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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