1967
Anna WILLIAMS DENHAM
CCT, 13 Jan 1967
Services for Mrs. Anna WILLIAMS DENHAM, 80, who died at Watkins Hospital, Sunday, held
Monday, 11AM, Walters Funeral Home chapel, Revs. James Irby and Claiborne officiating;
interment in Cedar Creek Cemetery; survivors - five sons, L. V. DENHAM, Eight Miles, LA;
Jeff DENHAM, Quitman; S. C. DENHAM, Enterprise; Leo DENHAM, Meridian;
Eugene DENHAM, Mobile,
AL; four brothers - Berry WILLIAMS, Madison; Harry WILLIAMS, Goldberg, NC;
Horace WILLIAMS,
Eugene, OR; Frank WILLIAMS, Waynesboro, WV; 13 grandchildren; four great grandchildren.
(Note: Maiden name may have been WILLIAMSON, not WILLIAMS; husband was
Colon Pinkney
DENHAM)
Mrs. Lelia M. IRBY
CCT, 10 Feb 1967
Services for Mrs. Lelia M. IRBY, 81, held 2 PM, Friday, 3 Feb, Rolling Creek Baptist
Church, Revs. Jack Kinley and E. C. Moss officiating. Interment in church cemetery with
Walters Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include three sons, Ralph IRBY, Quitman;
Charles Renzer IRBY, Venice, LA; John RASBERRY, Quitman; a sister, Mrs.
Mamie WHITE, Quitman; a brother, Dan MARTIN, Meridian; seven grandchildren;
two great-grandchildren. Pallbearers - Edgar Mathis, Bobby Martin, Wesley Chancellor,
Van Chancellor, Henry Wilkins, R. L. Smith.
Charles Woody HUTCHINSON
CCT, 10 Feb 1967
Services for Charles Woody HUTCHINSON, 84, held 11 AM, Tuesday, Elim Baptist Church,
Revs. John McGrew and L. D. Ogle officiating. Survivors include wife, Mrs. Hester
HUTCHINSON; four sons, Early HUTCHINSON, Jacksonville, FL; B. G. HUTCHINSON,
Gilmer, TX; Charles Edward HUTCHINSON, Quitman; E. W. HUTCHINSON, Forest;
nine grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Hattie SCHRIMPSHIE, Columbus, GA; Mrs. Cora
SMITH, Daytona Beach, FL; three brothers, Ernest HUTCHINSON, Columbus, GA;
Agnew HUTCHINSON, Andrew HUTCHINSON, Daytona Beach, FL; three stepsons, Hayward
ELMORE, Gilbertown, AL; Charles ELMORE, Mt. Vernon, AL; Pierce ELMORE,
Satsuma, AL; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Louise PRESLEY, Quitman. Pallbearers - Andrew
McCarra, C. J. Griffin, Roy Hayes, Thomas Martin, Norman Hutchinson, Thomas Hutchinson.
Mrs. Annie Elizabeth JOHNSTON
CCT, 10 Feb 1967
Services for Mrs. Annie Elizabeth JOHNSTON, 92, held 3 PM, Tuesday, Mont Rose Baptist
Church, Revs. Ed Grayson and Edward Fairchild officiating. Interment in church cemetery with
Walters Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. G. E. CREAGH,
Alice, TX; Mrs. J. B. GRIFFIN, Quitman; six sons, W. J. JOHNSTON, Jr., Magee;
Dr. G. W. JOHNSTON, State College; E. L. JOHNSTON, Sheffield, AL; V. M.
JOHNSTON, Conway, SC; H. R. JOHNSTON, Gulfport; J. L. JOHNSTON, Quitman;
a brother, E. G. FAIRCHILD, Quitman; 14 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a
great-great grandchild. Pallbearers - A. W. Riley, Morris Griffin, T. J. Nichols, Preston
Cooper, Jim Culpepper, Odell Williams.
Tommy Hardin PONDS
CCT, 10 Feb 1967
Tommy Hardin PONDS, 66, Quitman Drive, passed away 2 Feb, 5:49 AM, St. Joseph Hospital,
Meridian. Native of Lauderdale Co. Lived, owned, operated Pond's Grocery, Highway 45, Clarke
Co., for about 40 years. Member of Union Baptist Church. Survivors include wife, Mrs.
Lois CARTER PONDS; one daughter, Mrs. Sam P. MASSEY; two grandsons, Sammy
PAYNE, Tommy Scott MASSEY, Monroeville, AL; three sisters, Mrs. Sam CULPEPPER, Mrs.
H. L. GOUGH, Mrs. Thellis POGUE, all of Meridian; three brothers, Preston, Stennis,
J. L. PONDS, Meridian. Services held Friday, 3 Feb, Union Baptist Church. Rev. Bobby Ivy
officiated, assisted by Rev. Rev. Ed Grayson. Interment in church cemetery. Pallbearers -
nephews, Levin CULPEPPER, Harold and James GOUGH, Mack POGUE, Mike McDONALD, Mike
PONDS. Walters Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Lawrence Boney FORD
CCT, 21 Apr 1967
Lawrence Boney FORD, 81, Rt. 7, Meridian, passed away 12 Apr, Watkins Memorial Hospital,
Quitman; survivors - wife, Mrs. Annie E. FORD, Rt. 7, Meridian; daughter - Mrs. Joe BLAIR,
Quitman; two sisters, Mrs. C. N. KENNEDY and Miss Winnie FORD, Quitman; two grandchildren;
funeral services held Thursday, 13 Apr, Bucatunna Baptist Church, Revs. E. L. Ray and Jackie
Hamilton officiating; interment in church cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; pallbearers - Lamar Christian, Franklin Hayes, Warren and Jimmy Blair, Rufus Linton, W. L. Goodman.
(Note: Wife - Annie E. MERRELL)
William Ernest BOUTWELL
CCT, 12 May 1967
Services for William Ernest BOUTWELL, 54, Rt. 1, Quitman, who died Saturday at Veterans
Administration Hospital, Jackson, held Tuesday, 10:30 AM, Antioch Baptist Church, Rev.
E. L. Ray officiating; interment in church cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge;
survivors - three brothers, L. C. BOUTWELL, Rt. 1, Quitman; J. C. BOUTWELL, Weslaco, TX;
Clyde BOUTWELL, Shreveport, LA; pallbearers - Walter Goodman, Lamar Christian, Lavelle
Perrit, Leon Boutwell, Austin Dunnam, McDee McLemore.
Mrs. Rosa SMITH McDONALD
CCT, 7 Jul 1967
Funeral services held for Mrs. Rosa SMITH McDONALD, Saraland, AL, former resident of Clarke
County, died Sunday at family residence; services held at Buckatunna Baptist Church;
interment in church cemetery; Walters Funeral Home in charge; survivors - six daughters,
Mrs.
Bertha JOHNSON and Mrs. Billy BECKMAN, Saraland, AL; Mrs. Ralph WYLAND, Denver, CO.; Mrs.
W. C. JONES, Mobile; Mrs. Thomas DEARMAN, Quitman; Mrs. William RUSSELL, Sacramento, CA; two
sisters - Mrs. Virgie PURVIS, Enterprise; Mrs. Bama WILLIAMS, Gulfport; three half-sisters -
Mrs. Eula AVERA, Mrs. Johnny PICKETT, Mrs. Nora Lee McLEMORE, all of Meridian; two
half-brothers - Nate SMITH, Meridian; Grady SMITH, TX; brother - Parma
SMITH, Gulfport; 17
grandchildren; six great grandchildren; step-mother - Mrs. Virgie SMITH, Meridian;
pallbearers - Larry Avera, Pete Griffin, Vivian Mathis, Freddie Robinson, Franklin Slay,
Jamie Smith.
(Note: Husband, Leroy Showers McDONALD)
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