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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