1970


Mrs. Nora Lee DENHAM
CCT, Friday, 16 Jan 1970
Mrs. Nora Lee DENHAM, 55, resident of Eight Mile, AL, died Monday, Doctors' Hospital, Mobile; Funeral services held Wednesday, Cedar Creek Methodist Church, east of Quitman. Interment in church cemetery. Walters Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include husband, L. Vivian DENHAM; two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle May MERIFIELD, Mobile; Mrs. Frances Jean BLASCHKE, Fort Lauderdale, FL; three sisters, Mrs. Janie FAIRCLOTH, Toxey; Mrs. Ida KEMP, Miss Vivian MILLER, Mobile; three brothers, Andrew MILLER, Toxey; Floyd MILLER, Herbert MILLER, Needham; three grandchildren.

Ben Vivian EVANS, Sr.
CCT, Friday, 16 Jan 1970
Funeral services for Ben Vivian EVANS, Sr., 66, held Sunday, 2 PM, Shubuta Methodist Church, Revs. Luther Hargot, George Skelton, John Speed, J. K. Hagwood, Walter Laffler, Selby Alsworth officiating. Died Friday night, Watkins Memorial Hospital. Survivors include wife, Mrs. Annie JOHNSON EVANS; a daughter, Mrs. Laverne WADE, Quitman; two sons, Ben V. EVANS, Jr., Dan W. EVANS, both of Jackson; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Lee McNEAL, Rt. 3, Shubuta; Mrs. John EDGAR, Shreveport, LA; four brothers, Lewis EVANS, Shubuta; Julian and Earl EVANS, both of Rt. 2, Shubuta; Grady EVANS, Steubenville, OH. Pallbearers - R. L. Toney, Edwin Stanley, C. D. Meeks, Liston McInnis, Wallace Lowry, Ralph McClendon.

William Randolph RASCO
CCT, 16 Jan 1970


John Albert ROGERS
CCT, Friday, 16 Jan 1970
John Albert ROGERS, 77, Vossburg, Rt. 2, passed away Tuesday, 13 Jan, at family residence. Funeral services held 15 Jan, 2 PM, Zion Rest Congregational Methodist Church, Revs. Rupert Blue and Gary Simpson officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Survivors include one son, Fred A. ROGERS, Memphis, TN; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Jane SELLERS, Mrs. Mollie SHEDD, both of Laurel; one brother, Bunk ROGERS, Laurel.

Lester Houston ARANT
CCT, Friday, 23 Jan 1970
Funeral services for Lester Houston ARANT, 62, held 11 AM, Friday, from Walters Funeral Home Chapel, Revs. O. F. Grisham, E. E. Seale, Cecil Lafferty officiating. Interment in Andrews Chapel Cemetery. Survivors include wife, Mrs. Inez H. ARANT; two sons, T. V. ARANT, Lancaster, CA; J. W. ARANT, Saraland, AL; sister, Mrs. Vaudie HILLMAN, Hattiesburg; brother, Frank ARANT, Prichard; one grandchild; a step-daughter, Janice WILSON; a step-son, Ray WILSON, both of Quitman.

Robert Gordon DETERS
CCT, Friday, 23 Jan 1970
Robert Gordon DETERS, 23, Tallahassee, FL, passed away 14 Jan, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Graveside services held Sunday, 18 Jan, 2 PM, Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Rev. Alton Pitchford officiating. Survivors - wife, Kay HANEY DETERS, Tallahassee, FL; mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Fred DICKEY; one sister, Karen DETERS; one brother, Joel DETERS, all of Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

William Robert IVY
CCT, Friday, 23 Jan 1970
NEWTON - Funeral services for William Robert IVY, retired farmer, held Monday, Hickory Baptist Church, Rev. H. L. Davis, pastor, was assisted by Rev. Fred Fowler, Decatur. Burial in Hickory Cemetery. Native of Clarke Co.; born 1 Oct 1884; parents Mary Frances DEES and John Louis IVY. Died Friday at Laird Hospital, Union, after suffering a stroke two weeks earlier. Survivors - six sons, Leo IVY, Newton; Raymond IVY, Michigan; John Will IVY, Cocoa Beach, FL; Cecil IVY, Jasper, TX; Lunell IVY, Hickory; Edwin IVY, Powell, WY; six daughters, Mrs. Bessie Mae HARRIS, Mrs. Ruby JOHNSON, Hickory; Mrs. Bertie GRESSETT, Decatur; Mrs. Jessie Ruth LUCY, Newton; Mrs. Margaret MORAN, Jackson; Mrs. Dorothy MORAN, Gulfport; 26 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Bub and Albert IVY, Quitman; Hill IVY, Demopolis, AL; three sisters, Mrs. Florence JACKSON, Demopolis, AL; Mrs. Ruby ROBINSON, Enterprise; Mrs. Pearl BIGLAN, Laurel. Hutson Funeral Home directed arrangements.

Julian B. TEW
CCT, Friday, 23 Jan 1970
Funeral services for Julian B. TEW, 66, Mobile, AL, former resident of Clarke Co., held 3 PM, Walters Funeral Home chapel, Revs. O. F. Grisham and E. E. Seals officiating. Interment in Andrews Chapel Cemetery. Survivors - a daughter, Mrs. Anita Fay WALLEY, Monroe, LA; two brothers, Henry TEW, Meridian; Mack TEW, Quitman; four sisters, Mrs. Nettie SLAY, Albany, GA; Mrs. Ada Bell GIBBS, Atlanta; Mrs. Mattie EARLY, Bly, OR; Mrs. Claudie THOMPSON, Mobile; three grandchildren.

Maryland EARLY
CCT, Friday, 20 Mar 1970


John Earl IVY
CCT, Friday, 20 Mar 1970
Funeral services for John Earl IVY, 75, Rt. 2, Shubuta, held 2 PM, Sunday, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Rev. Val Robinson officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Survivors include wife, Mrs. Ida Mae IVY; a daughter, Mrs, Edna Earl SHAVER, Jolinton, TN; two sons, Leslie and Edwin IVY, Rt. 2, Shubuta; a sister, Mrs. Bessie LAMBERT, Shubuta; a brother, Homer IVY, Hiwannee; three grandchildren. Walters Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

John Dee KENNEDY
CCT, Friday, 20 Mar 1970
Graveside services held for John Dee KENNEDY, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. KENNEDY, Tuesday, 17 Mar, Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Revs. E. C. Moss and John W. McGrew officiated. Survivors besides parents - one sister, Martha KENNEDY; one brother, James KENNEDY; grandmother, Mrs. Bernice WATKINS, Taylorsville, MS.

James Gilbert TREST
CCT, Friday, 20 Mar 1970
Funeral services for James Gilbert TREST, 65, held Tueaday, 11 AM, Walters Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. John W. McGrew officiating. Interment in Stonewall Cemetery. Died Sunday, Riley's Hospital, Meridian. Survivors include wife, Mrs. Mary TREST; one daughter, Mrs. Ira FULLER, Quitman; one son, William TREST, Waynesboro; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Lou BOONE, Phoenix, AZ; Mrs. Matty ELAM, Mobile, AL; one brother, O. C. TREST, Hickory; three grandchildren.

Paul Evan BOLES
CCT, Friday, 21 Aug 1970
Paul Evan BOLES, 87, Meridian, passed away 19 Aug, St. Joseph Hospital. Funeral services held 2 PM today, Energy Holiness Church, Revs. W. A. Robinson, Eugene Moffett, Lee Drachenberg, C. N. Graham officiating. Interment in church cemetery. survivors - wife, Mrs. Alma BONNER BOLES, Meridian; three daughters, Mrs. Bessie IRBY, Mrs. Clarence DEARMAN, Mrs. Florence FORD, Meridian; five sons, Larkin, Leo, Mack, Houston, and Rev. Melvin BOLES, all of Meridian; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Paul HURST, Russelville, AL; Mrs. Curtis BECKMAN, Quitman; three stepsons, J. H. BONNER, Longview, WA; Max Ray BONNER, Mt. Vernon, WA; Henry BONNER, Jr., Dothan, AL; 23 grandchildren; 26 great-gandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Grandsons served as pallbearers.

Mrs. Winnie Edna DAVIDSON
CCT, Friday, 25 Dec 1970
Mrs. Winnie Edna DAVIDSON, 77, Jackson, passed away at family residence Friday afternoon. Services held Sunday, 3 PM, Walters Funeral Home Chapel, Quitman, Rev. F. C. Davey officiating. Interment in Coopers Chapel Cemetery. Survivors - two daughters, Mrs. Travis McINTOSH, Slidell, LA; Mrs. Shirley COX, Jackson; a son, Clifford DAVIDSON, Jackson; a brother, George TINDLE, Meridian; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren.

John Henry TAYLOR
CCT, Friday, 25 Dec 1970
Funeral services for John Henry TAYLOR, 46, Camden, AL, former resident of Clarke Co., held Tuesday, 2 PM, Walters Funeral Home Chapel. Interment in King Cemetery. Killed in auto accident near Camden Saturday night. Survivors - wife, Mrs. Bessie TAYLOR; six daughters, Mrs. Diane JOHNSON, Miss Mary Beth TAYLOR, Miss Rebecca TAYLOR, Miss Jane TAYLOR, Miss Carla TAYLOR, all of Camden; Mrs. Christine HERBERT, Wilford, TX; four sons, John F. TAYLOR, Bright Port, TX; J. C. TAYLOR, Spanish Fort, AL; Richard TAYLOR, Wayne TAYLOR, both of Camden; three sisters, Mrs. Berta HUTTO, Selma, AL; Mrs. Lucille McMULLIAN, Orlando, FL; Mrs. Daisy WOODALL, Mobile, AL; 11 grandchildren.

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