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The Crockett Times Mrs. Betty Holcomb--Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. for Mrs. Betty Holcomb, age 93, who died at the home of her son, Herman L. Hendrix of Ripley, Friday night, at Nut Bush Church. The Rev. L. M. Napper officiated. She was a Methodist and a resident of Lauderdale and Haywood County. She is survived by four sons, John Holcomb, J. F. Holcomb, Pate Holcomb and Herman Hendrix and one daughter, Jinnie Lee Holcomb, all of Ripley. Burial was in Trinity Cemetery with Thompson Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Ada Thomas--Services for Mrs. Ada E. Thomas of 1736 Faxon, who died at 10:20 last night at her home will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow afternoon at National Funeral Home. Dr. R. H. Wade will officiate. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery at Brownsville. Mrs. Thomas had been in failing health 18 months and had been seriously ill six months. She was 85. Mrs. Thomas was born in Crockett County, the daughter of the late Joseph E. and Mrs. Harriet Moore Criehlow. Before moving to Memphis in 1904, she lived for a number of years in Brownsville and Dyer, Tenn. Her husband, the late William S. Thomas was a Haywood County, Tenn., former Sunday school teacher at First Methodist Church. Mrs. Thomas was in the first group of women to be elected to the Board of Stewards there. She leaves two sons, William S. Thomas and J. Elliston Thomas, both of Memphis. ----Sunday's Commercial. Mrs. Thomas will be remembered by many of the older people of Crockett County. William Alvin Kee--Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kee have been notified by the War Department that the remains of their son, William Alvin Kee, are enroute to the States. Midway--A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stephens Sunday afternoon and only lived a few hours. She was given the name Juadina Louise. Bro. Franks conducted a brief funeral service in the home Monday and burial in Raines Cemetery. Gadsden--Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church here Tuesday morning for Eugene Devasher, who died at his home in Dyersburg Sunday. Eugene was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Devasher who made their home here for many years.
Crockett Mills--We wish to announce that Mr. and Mrs. James Bennett of Memphis are the pound parents of a boy born April 27th. He has been given the name James Perry. Mrs. Bennett is the former Anne Elizabeth Perry of this place. Mrs. Alymer Perry is visiting them for a few days. Midway--Mr. and Mrs. Milton Mitchell are announcing the arrival of a son born May 1st and has been given the name John Thomas.
Marriage Announced--Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Ward of Bells, Tenn., announce the marriage of their daughter, Maxine, to Mr. Russell A. Denzer on Sunday, the 16th of May 1948, at Santa Monica, Calif. Midway--Mr. James Alvin Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Williams and Miss Zona Marie Evans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Evans of near Bells, surprised their many friends by driving to Corinth, Miss., Saturday night and getting married. We wish them much happiness.
The Editor's Say-So--Mrs. Lillie Stewart Redmond, out on Alamo, Route 1, has had six mothers; her own and five stepmothers; her father, W. J. Stewart, having been married six times. Mr. Stewart lives with his daughter and is 87 years young, and according to his granddaughter, Miss Emeline Redmond, is very active for a man of his age but likes to talk about the days gone by. Mrs. Redmond has one brother, Ethridge. The first Mrs. Stewart was Mary Emison; the second, Willie Ann Brasfield (2 children); third, Alice Trull (1 child); fourth, Nannie Sewell; fifth, Mrs. Nannie Ballentine; sixth, Mrs. Jessie Breece. Mrs. Redmond and Ethridge were mostly reared by the second mother. Miss Emeline had six grandmothers on one side of the family and I forgot to ask how many on the other. She says that she would have had a seventh if she had not objected to Grandpap's matrimonial aspirations and now she doesn't know sometime whether she wished she had or hadn't. Eldon Roark, so far as I know, has never had a stepmother contest, but I believe he couldn't do better than this one. Mr. Stewart is a fine gentleman and was in his day a very successful farmer. He was for a long time overseer on the Robertson home place at Crockett Mills, living just back of the First Christian Church.
The Crockett Times Dr. E. C. Reams passes away--Dr. E. C. Reams of Bells, passed away suddenly of a heart attack last Friday morning at 11:30 in Haywood County where he was making a call. The funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at his home by Rev. Richardson, pastor of the Church of Christ here and burial took place in Belleview Cemetery. Dr. Reams is survived by his wife and son, Clyde Reams; two brothers, a grandchild and a large number of friends. Goosmann Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Dr. Reams was 66 years, 11 months and 15 days old. Pfc. Charles Tinker--The body of Pfc. Charles Tinker, son of Mr. Sammie Tinker, who was killed in France in 1944, was brought back to his native home and the military funeral was held Tuesday morning at the Midway Baptist Church with Rev. J. E. Sharpe as the minister in charge. Charles was 29 years old when he was killed in the service of his country and was a native of Crockett County. His body now rests in Belleview Cemetery. Goosmann Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Sgt. James J. Francomacaro was the Government Escort here. S-Sgt. Wylie T Marbury--The remains of S-Sgt. Wylie T. Marbury, S-S 34 146 932, whose next of kin is Faye W. Marbury, Alamo, Tenn., were dispatched from Memphis General Depot on Thursday, May 6, Lieut. Col. Dan L. Miller, chief of the Memphis General Depot's American Graves Registration Division, announced. Escorted by a military escort, they will be delivered to Cox Funeral Home in Brownsville, Tenn. Estimated time of arrival at Brownsville was 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 6. S-Sgt Marbury, who served with the United States Army Ground Forces, was returned from Blosville Cemetery, Carentan, France. Mrs. Fannie Jones--Mrs. Fannie Thompson Jones, 87, widow of the late J. H. Jones, died suddenly, Saturday, May 8th at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Griffin in Maury City. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Maury City Baptist Church with R. E. Black and J. W. Lowrance officiating. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. Mrs. Jones was the daughter of the late James Nelson Thompson and wife. She was well known throughout Crockett County where she had a host of relatives and friends who mourn her passing. She leaves four sons, Joe Jones of Maury City, O. C. Jones of Alamo, W. J. Jones of DuQuoin, Ill., and L. H. Jones, Humboldt; three daughters, Mrs. W. A. Griffin and Mrs. W. T. Poston of Maury City and Mrs. E. C. Pittman of Alamo; a sister, Mrs. S. D. Boothe of Maury City. Pallbearers were J. T. Connell of Halls, H. C. Colvett and Coy Branch of Alamo, Howard Hopkins and Cecil Moore of Crockett Mills, Mike Martin of West Point, Miss., Leon Rice of Maury City and J. C. Pittman of Memphis. Burial was in the Pond Creek Cemetery with Thompson Funeral Home in charge. Walter Scott Morton--Services for Mr. Walter Scott Morton, who died at Webb-Williamson Hospital, Monday, May 10th at 9:30 a.m. were held at the First Christian Church at Crockett Mills Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Frank Perry officiated. Burial was in Bethesda Cemetery. Sudbury Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Morton had been in failing health for some time. He was 67. Mr. Morton was born in Crockett County and spent most of his life in and near Crockett Mills where he was in the farming and mercantile business. He was loved and respected by his friends and neighbors. He was a member of the Christian Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Kate Maxwell Morton; two sons, Carlton of Henderson and Aubrey of Crockett Mills; two daughters, Mrs. Walton Shearin of Milan and Miss Chastine Morton of Crockett Mills; two sisters, Miss Beulah Morton of Crockett Mills and Mrs. Alice Roberson of Neboville; one brother, Horace Morton of Elizabeth and several nieces and nephews. Bells Items--Miss Ethelene Nichols and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Shellabarger of Jackson and Mrs. Lena Shellabarger are in Indianapolis, Ind., to attend the funeral of Pfc. Duane Shellabarger, who was killed on Iwo Jima in 1945. Duane was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Shellabarger, former residents of Bells. Crockett Mills--Mrs. Magie Coburn and son, Tib, attended the funeral of little Romona Foster in Eaton, Sunday afternoon. Friendship--Mr. and Mrs. Hal Malone, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Park, Mrs. Paul Park and Miss Pearl Coburn, Mrs. Ruby Flack and Mrs. C. W. Brown and Miss Sula B. Greer, attended the funeral of Romona Foster at Eaton Sunday afternoon. Romona was the 9-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Foster of Eaton and she was the niece of Miss Pearl Coburn and Mrs. Porter Brown Rice.
Alamo--Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Barnwell in St. Mary's Hospital at Humboldt, a 7-pound girl. She has been given the name, Mary Diane. Mrs. Barnwell will be remembered as Miss Frances Edwards. Maury City--Mrs. Lester Buford has returned home after a weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Montague, and new granddaughter in Memphis who has been named Ann Elizabeth.
Tawater-Hopper--Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hopper, Sr., announce the marriage of their daughter, Barbara Ann to Martin Harris Tawater, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Tawater on December 31st. The ceremony was performed by Howard Plaxico of Corinth, Miss. The couple will make their home near Alamo. York-Smith--A wedding of interest to a wide circle of friends in West Tennessee was solemnized Sunday afternoon at 5:00 o'clock in the Church of Christ in Friendship when Miss Evelyn York, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry York, became the bride of Mr. Jerry Wilson Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Smith of Henderson. The ceremony was said by Elder E. V. Boone of Alamo. Candle lighting and double ring ritual were used. Mrs. M. V. Williams, Jr. played the processional and recessional. Mrs. Net York, aunt of the bride accompanied by Mrs. Williams, gave the nuptial music. Mrs. J. H. Haley, sister of the bride, was matron of honor and Mr. Fred Luton, brother in law of the groom, served as best man. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Messrs John H. York and Alton Smith were ushers. After the wedding the bride and groom left immediately for a ten-day trip, after which they will enter Peabody for the summer quarter. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith will teach in Bells High School next season.
The Crockett Times James Cooke--Services were held at Cairo Church of Christ Monday for James Loyd Cooke of near Alamo who was killed Sunday in a truck accident on the Tigrett Highway. R. E. Black officiated and burial was in Cairo Cemetery under direction of Ronk Funeral Home of Alamo. Mr. Cooke was 21. A companion in the truck, Dorris Ray Brown, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lofton Brown of Alamo was seriously injured and was carried to Baird-Brewer Hospital. Sheriff John Yarbro of Dyer County, who investigated, said tracks along the highway indicated the truck must have met another vehicle and that both were forced to swerve to avoid a head on collision. The pickup truck in which the Alamo men were riding left the highway on the right side, crossed over to the left side again and smashed into a high bank. The truck then flipped back over and landed upside down on the highway. Mr. Cooke was a farmer, World War II veteran, and a member of the American Legion. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cooke; a sister, Eleanor Faye Cooke, and a brother, Denton Cooke all of Alamo. Also his grandmother, Mrs. Alice King survives. He was a member of the Church of Christ. Bells Items--Neil Morris, highly respected colored teacher of Crockett County passed away Friday at the home of her brother, Robert Morris. Neil was the daughter of Oliver and Polly Morris who lived in the Fruitvale Community and were honest and honorable colored people and highly respected by their white friends. Neil was buried Saturday with Goosmann Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Jettons--Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Turnage are the parents of a girl born on Sunday at the Haywood County Hospital in Brownsville. Gadsden--Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rorex of Knoxville are announcing the arrival of a baby daughter in their home. Mrs. Rorex is the former Doris Ann Williams. Maury City--Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Carter a daughter, May 12th in Haywood County Hospital in Brownsville. Friendship--Mr. and Mrs. Fred Travis of Nashville announce the birth of a son, Richard Freeman Travis, at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, May 7. Mrs. Travis is the former Bernice Freeman of Friendship. Mr. Travis is Nashville correspondent for the Chattanooga Times.
The Crockett Times Billy Stallings dies in California after operation--The people of Humboldt were saddened Wednesday when news reached here of the death of little Billy Stallings, 11 year old son of Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Stallings. He passed away at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, Calif., at 10:30 (Central Time) Wednesday morning following an operation, which had been performed with the hope that it would restore him to normal health. Billy, because of his sweet and patient disposition, was much loved by all who knew him. He had been in delicate health all of his life, which endeared him all the more to his parents and older brother, Herman Ray. The devotion and love, which they had for Billy was well known and the sympathy of the entire community goes out to them in their sorrow. In addition to his parents and brother, he is survived by his grandmothers, Mrs. H. H. Stallings of Friendship, and Mrs. Jasper Privett of Crockett Mills. Funeral services were held at the family home in Humboldt Friday at 2 o'clock and were conducted by the Rev. S. R. Woodson, assisted by Revs. King Dickerson, Hayward Highfill and J. B. Porter. ----Humboldt Courier-Chronicle The many friends of Dr. and Mrs. Stallings in this county deeply sympathize with them in their loss. They were both reared in Friendship. William A Kee--The remains of William A. Kee, who died in France, will arrive at Sudbury's Funeral Home in Halls, Friday at 11 a.m. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kee of Friendship. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at press hour. Clifton Johnson--Funeral services for Clifton Johnson, who was killed in France, will be held Saturday at the Methodist Church in Bells at 3:00 p.m. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Johnson of Bells.
Maury City--Born to Mr. and Mrs. Brigham Scallions, a son on May 23rd in Haywood County Hospital in Brownsville.
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