1960


Joe Edward EVANS
CCT, Friday, 12 Feb 1960


Jodie JACOBS
CCT, 1 Apr 1960
Supervisor Jodie JACOBS, District 5, died Tuesday morning around 7:30 at Foundation Hospital, New Oleans, LA; 65 years old...filling third term as Supervisor, Beat 5; member of Manassa Methodist Church; Quitman Masonic Lodge; and a Shriner...Meridian Mosque Masonic rites conducted at cemetery; survivors - wife, Mrs. Katie CARMICHAEL JACOBS, Rt. 4, Quitman; daughter - Mrs. Wilburn WILLIAMSON, Mobile, AL; three sons - Jodie N. JACOBS, Meridian; Raymond JACOBS, Beaumont, TX; James JACOBS, Quitman; six sisters - Mrs. Charlie IVEY and Mrs. Mollie IVEY, Meridian; Mrs. Lula PHILLIPS, Rt. 4, Quitman; Mrs. Alice YOUNG, Toxey, AL; Mrs. Mary CODY, Mobile; and Mrs. Gladys PELGER, SC; five brothers - Lee JACOBS, Butler; Bill JACOBS, Meridian; Rosier and H. L. JACOBS, Quitman; S. F. JACOBS, Ft. Lewis, WA; six grandchildren; funeral services held 3 PM, Manassa Methodist Church; Rev. James Howell, Pastor, officiating; interment in church cemetery.

Mrs. Jessie M. SMITH
CCT, 24 Jun 1960
Mrs. Jessie SMITH, 53, Quitman, died Tuesday night, Riley's Hospital, Meridian; survivors - husband, Jeff SMITH; sons, J. W., Mobile, AL; Alfred of Quitman; grandsons Dewayne and Tony; granddaughters, Sherry, Tommy, and Vickie; four brothers and three sisters; services held 11 AM, Thursday, Crossroads Methodist Church, Revs. Beulah Ivy and Johnnie Mosley officiating; pallbearers - Jess Neal, Edd Harris, Jack Adams, George Burt, Lendsey Tuttle, Earnest Arrington; Walters Funeral Home in charge.
(Note: Interred at Crossroads Cemetery; dau. of John E. FLOWERS and Josephine P. ROBERTS)
David Floyd HURST
CCT, 5 Aug 1960
Funeral services for David Floyd HURST, Rt. 2, Quitman, held Wednesday, 4:30 PM, First Baptist church, Quitman; Rev. N. F. Greer, assisted by Revs. W. L. Meadows and C. H. Schultz, officiated; interment in Quitman cemetery; age 71, farmer and lifelong resident of Clarke County; survivors - wife, Mrs. Eula GRAHAM HURST; one daughter, Mrs. Leon LOPER, Rt. 2, Quitman; three sons, V. G., Meadville, MS; MSgt Willard of Winslow, AZ; Wilburn, Rt. 2, Quitman; two sisters, Mrs. Ada JONES, Buckatunna; Mrs. Evelyn JONES, Meridian; three grandchildren, one great grandchild; pallbearers - J. L. Weaver, Arnold Love, W. C. Webb, Lewis McClinton, John Carmichael, G. F. Dabbs, Sr.; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Susie DEARMAN LATHAM
CCT, 5 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Susan DEARMAN LATHAM, wife of W. F. LATHAM, held Sunday, 31 Jul, 3 PM, Bethany Pentecostal Holiness Church; survivors - three daughters, Mrs. T. C. PEEL, Jr. and Mrs. W. L. TUTTLE, Quitman; Mrs. E. F. PAGE, Meridian; one son, Charlie, Butler, AL; nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. John MILLER, Mrs. Florence WILLIAMS, Mrs. Jack COOK and Mrs. W. C. GARDNER, all of Meridian; and Mrs. Lon RASBERRY, Biloxi; two brothers, Dallas DEARMAN, Crystal Springs and Floyd DEARMAN, Quitman; Mrs. LATHAM died at Rush Memorial Hospital, 8:45 AM, 30 Jul; Rev. O. F. Grisham officiated, assisted by Revs. L. D. Headrick and Jimmie Seale; interment in Quitman Cemetery; nephews were pallbearers; Walters Funeral Home in charge.

Larry Wayne SMITH
CCT, 5 Aug 1960
Larry Wayne SMITH, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger SMITH, died at family residence 30 Jul, 5:45 PM; funeral services held 1 Aug, Bethel Baptist Church, Rev. Johnnie Mosley officiating; interment in church cemetery; survivors - parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roger SMITH, Stonewall; one sister, Bettye Ann SMITH, Stonewall; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lamar SMITH, Vossburg; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. ROBINSON, Quitman; pallbearers - James Edward Hiatt, Kelly Sanders, Jim Williams, J. W. Johnson, Jr.

Leona Elizabeth WALTMAN
CCT, 5 Aug 1960
(Note: Last name erroneously printed as WALTHAM in obit below)
Funeral services for Leona Elizabeth WALTHAM, Meridian, held 2 PM Sunday, Walters Funeral Home, Quitman; Rev. J. L. Morgan officiating; interment in Mt. Pisgah Baptish Church cemetery (Note: This was actually Mt. Pisgah Memorial Cemetery); membership was at Fallen Creek Baptist Church; died Friday; survivors - two daus., Mrs. Ruth HARMON, Meridian; Mrs. Etta McNEIL, Quitman; five sons, Otho & David, Gibsland, LA; Ernest, Houston, TX; Willie, Dallas, TX; Lloyd WALTHAM, Quitman; nine grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; eight great great grandchildren; sisters - Mrs. M. M. WALTHAM; Mrs. Jessie HANDS, DeKalb; brother, B. C. PUCKETT, Porterville; nephews as pallbearers - Larry W., Johnny W., Harry Carroll and B. C. Puckett, Jr.; Scott L. & Chas G. Hand; Charles E. Love; Charles Flannagan; Jake & J. T. Redmond; Everett Massey
(Note: Dau. of William Daniel LAMBERT and Alice Jane COVINGTON
Another version of the above obit was published in the Meridian Star and had some major differences.)

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth GRAYSON
CCT, 23 Sep 1960
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth GRAYSON, 79, Mobile, AL, passed away 17 Sep, 8:40 PM; funeral services held 19 Sep, Elim Baptist Church, 10 AM; Rev. J. W. Vanester, Mobile, officiating; survivors - daus, Mrs. Martha ELDRIDGE, Jackson; Mrs. Minnie LOPER, Quitman, Rt. 4; Mrs. Ella PRESLEY, Creighton, AL; Mrs. Alice DAVIDSON, Mobile, AL; Mrs. Mary TURNER, Whistler, AL; sons, Jeff GRAYSON, Crandall, MS; Roshier GRAYSON, Rt. 1, Quitman; sister, Mrs. Emma CHESTNUT, Rt. 2, Shubuta; 25 GC; 37 GGC
(Note: Interred at Elim Cemetery; dau. of William A. TODD and Frances Rebecca BURT)
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