1976
Robert Luther GRIFFIN
CCT, 9 Apr 1976
Services for Robert Luther GRIFFIN, 69, held Friday, 11 AM, Wright's Funeral Home Chapel; Rev.
Tom Benson officiating; interment in New Bethel Cemetery; died Wednesday, St. Joseph Hospital,
Meridian; survivors - dau. Mrs. Clarence STOVER, Meridian; sister, Mrs. Lessie BOYKIN, Quitman;
two grandchildren; one great grandchild.
Grover PRITCHETT
CCT, 9 Apr 1976
Services for Grover PRITCHETT, 65, Stonewall, held Monday, 2 PM, Wright Funeral Home Chapel,
Rev. Ed Perrett officiating; interment in Stonewall Cemetery; d. Saturday at Watkins Mem. Hosp.;
survivors - sons, Thomas PRITCHETT, Artesia; Houston PRITCHETT, Houston, TX; daus, Mrs.
Geraldine CARPENTER, Stonewall; Mrs. Syble LAUX, New Orleans; Mrs. Peggy
ROWELL, Heidelberg;
brother, Odell PRITCHETT, Stonewall; sisters, Mrs. Pauline JONES, McNeil; Mrs. Gladys
GIGANTICA, Kansas City, MO; Mrs. Willie PHILLIPS, Meridian; 12 grandchildren; three great
grandchildren.
(Note: Son of Benjamin Frank PRITCHETT and Edgie MOSLEY)
Robert Earl ANDERSON
CCT, 23 Apr 1976
Services for Robert Earl ANDERSON, 52, Rt. 4, held Friday. 11 AM, Manassa Methodist Church,
Revs. Alfred Braddock and Eddie Parker officiated; interment in church cemetery; died
Tuesday, Baton Rouge, LA; survivors - wife, Mrs. Earline ANDERSON; parents,
Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. ANDERSON; son, Robert D. ANDERSON, all of Rt. 4; four daughters, Mrs.
Connie WARREN, Livingston, AL; Mrs. Regina HALES, Meridian; Mrs. Barbara
JOHNSON and Miss Janet ANDERSON,
both of Quitman; four brothers, Ray ANDERSON, Pasadena, TX; Lamar and Darrell
ANDERSON, both of Quitman; Lew ANDERSON, Los Angeles, CA; two sisters, Mrs.
Margaret ROSS, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Miss Frances ANDERSON, Quitman; three
grandchildren; Wright's Funeral Home in charge.
William A. DENHAM
CCT, 30 Jul 1976
Services for William A. DENHAM, 81, held Saturday, 2 PM, Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Revs.
Ralph Smith and E. E. Fairchild officiated; interment in church cemetery; died Thursday,
H. C. Watkins Memorial Hospital; survivors - wife, Mrs. Irene DENHAM, Quitman; son,
William E. DENHAM, Mobile, AL; stepson, William J. ROBINSON, Meridian; two daughters,
Mrs. Evelyn SCOTT, Quitman; Mrs. Ruby WILLIAMS, Rt. 1, Meridian; four stepdaughters.
Mrs. Wilmaree JONES, Chunky; Mrs. Virginia ALEXANDER and Mrs. Gloria Dean KENNEDY, both
of Quitman; Mrs. Dorothy ROBERTS, Collinsville; brother, J. P. DENHAM, Quitman; two
sisters, Mrs. Susie BONNER, Quitman; Mrs. Maude PEARSON, Meridian; 23 grandchildren;
26 great grandchildren; 11 step-grandchildren.
Bobby H. MARTIN
CCT, 19 Nov 1976
Services for Bobby H. MARTIN, 47, Rt. 1, held Saturday, 2 PM, Rolling Creek Baptist Church,
Revs. John Edwards and E. C. Moss officiated; interment in church cemetery; died Wednesday
night in Anderson Hospital; survivors - wife, Mrs. Ethel MARTIN, Quitman; three sons, Danny
SMITH; Bruce & Charles MARTIN; all of Quitman; sister, Mrs. Sadie ROBINSON, Rayfield, LA;
Wright Funeral Home in charge.
(Note: Son of Robert H. MARTIN and C. Evelyn MARTIN
J. W. MARS
CCT, 3 Dec 1976
Services for J. W. MARS, 55, Rt. 1, held Thursday, 10 AM, Wright's Funeral Home Chapel;
Revs. Cleveland Harrison and Jimmy Seals officiating; interment in Quitman Cemetery;
survivors - wife, Mrs. Essie MARS; three sons, Bobby MARS, Waynesboro;
Robert and Danny
MARS, Quitman; three daughters, Mrs. John A. COCKRELL and Mrs. Earl WALLER, both of
Quitman; Mrs. Larry RILEY, Pascagoula; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey CHESTNUT, Quitman;
two brothers, Roberts MARS, Quitman and Eddie Ray CHESTNUT, Quitman; three sisters, Mrs.
Lloyd H. MILLER and Mrs. T. L. HEADRICK, both of Quitman; Mrs. W. L.
HEATHCOCK, Venice, LA;
seven grandchildren
Perry W. DEW
CCT, 31 Dec 1976
Services for Perry W. DEW, 65, Stonewall, held Sunday, 2 PM, East Pleasant Grove Baptist
Church; Rev. Bill Patton officiated; interment in church cemetery; died Saturday in
Anderson Hospital, Meridian; survivors - wife, Mrs. Janie DEW, Stonewall; two sons,
Perry
W. DEW, Jr., Selma, AL, and Colin L. (Buddy) DEW, Stonewall; two daughters,
Mrs. Octavia
PHILLIPS and Mrs. Peggy LEE, both of Stonewall; three brothers, Clyde DEW, Quitman;
Cecil DEW, Stonewall; Sidney DEW, Meridian; three sisters, Mrs. Milo HAYES, Mrs. Earl
COOPER, and Mrs. Otis IVEY, all of Quitman; 10 grandchildren; one great-grandchild;
Wright's Funeral Home in charge.
Charles R. MOSLEY
CCT, 31 Dec 1976
Services for Charles Royce (Hoss) MOSLEY, 27, Rt. 2, Enterprise, held Friday, 11 AM,
chapel of Wright Funeral Home; Revs. Taylor Wallace and Roger McGrew officiated; died
Wednesday, Anderson Hospital, Meridian, following injuries sustained in a traffic
accident; survivors - wife, Mrs. Linda Sue MOSLEY, Enterprise; parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil MOSLEY, Enterprise; grandmother, Mrs. Mary SMITH, D'Lo; three brothers,
Billy
Wayne and David MOSLEY, Enterprise; Jerry MOSLEY, Quitman; two sisters,
Mrs. Cecil
WITKER and Mrs. Cathy IRBY, both of Enterprise.
William T. NOLAN
CCT, Friday, 31 Dec 1976
Services for William T. NOLAN, 72, Rt. 1, Carrollton, AL, held Monday, 10 AM, chapel of
Wright Funeral Home, Rev. Clarence Burt officiated; interment in Stonewall Cemetery;
died Friday at residence; survivors - two daughters, Mrs. Rosie Mae STIMAC, Carrollton;
Mrs. Katherine GRAY, Fayette, AL; three brothers, Cecil NOLAN, Pine Bluff, AR; Perlee
Ray NOLAN, Kosciusko; Charie (sic?) E. NOLAN, Jackson; two sisters, Mrs. Valerie HOOD
and Mrs. Vera SANDERS, both of AR; one grandchild; one great-grandchild.
F. J. WILLIAMS
CCT, 31 Dec 1976
Services for F. J. WILLIAMS, 56, Stonewall, held Thursday, 2 PM, Stonewall Methodist
Church, Revs. James Waddell and Mrs. Beulah Ivy officiated; interment in Stonewall
Cemetery; died Wednesday, Watkins Memorial Hospital; survivors - son, Jerry WILLIAMS,
Laurel; four daughters, Mrs. Ramona SCHRIMPSHIRE, Mrs. Becky HARPER, and Mrs. Rhonda
HOWARDS, all of Stonewall; Mrs. Melissa McNEIL, Meridian; mother, Mrs. Viola WILLIAMS
LAND, Stonewall; brother, J. C. (Pete) WILLIAMS, Stonewall; four sisters, Mrs. D. P.
JOHNSON, Enterprise; Mrs. Helen TOUCHSTONE and Mrs. H. L. RILEY, both of Stonewall;
seven grandchildren; Wright's Funeral Home in charge.
Note: The above obit showed survivors "four sisters", but only three were listed in
paper)
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