Obituaries - 1982

Boozer, Birdie Tigert

Carpenter, Dale U.

CARPENTER, DALE U                                                                               March 6, 1938 - November 23, 1982

Son of Blanche Lamont & James Willis Carpenter, brother to Marvin, Velta C., Floyd Kelly, Anthony, James M., Charles, Ellis, Lindell, Milton, Maxine Keene and Pauline Barfield.   (Row 35 SE)

Haywood, Mary Alice Rivers

HAYWOOD, MARY ALICE RIVERS                                                        January 6, 1895 - June 10, 1982

Mary Alice Haywood was the daughter of Oscar J. & Laura J.Clayton Rivers.  She married Shirley J. Haywood who was born January 9, 1891 and died January 28, 1978.  She was survived by a daughter, Edward Mavis Haywood Smith and a granddaughter Shirley, as well as a grandson, Winston Haywood, Jr.  She was preceded in death by granddaughters Judy Haywood and Alice Roberta Haywood.  Mary Alice�s siblings were Anys Leon Rivers, Conley C. Rivers, Frank Rivers, Ivy Rivers and Ida Bam Rivers.  (Row 15 NE)

JOHNSON, VIVA MAE DAVIS                                                                 1908 �  April 20, 1982

 Viva Mae Johnson, 73, of Daingerfield, died April 20, 1982, at Hospital in the Pines near Daingerfield.  Funeral services were Thursday, April 22, at 2 p.m., at the Nail-Haggard Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. T. P. Lee and the Rev. Ed Young officiating.  Burial was in the Concord Cemetery near Omaha.  Mrs. Johnson was a native of Morris County and a member of the Concord Baptist Church.  Serving as pallbearers were grandsons Mike Allen, Marty Collins, Edwin Collins, Jim Collins, Mike Johnson, Doug Coleman, Donnie Doss and Scott Johnson.  Survivors include two sons, Earnest Ladell Johnson of Houston, and Danny Ray Johnson of Lawton, OK; four daughters, Mary Ida Allen of Daingerfield, Viva Ann Stokes of Aurora, CO, Linda Joyce Collins of Beaumont, and Marsha Christine Attaway of DeSoto, TX; two brothers, James Odie Davis of Omaha and James E. Davis II, of Mt. Pleasant; two sisters, Lucille Galloway of Omaha and Verna C. Lawhon of Baytown; 25 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.  (Row 34 NE)

JONES, CREONA LOIS COOK                                                                  July 14, 1906 � September 17, 1982

LOIS JONES, 76, of Omaha, died Friday in a Naples hospital after a lengthy illness.  Services were at 3 pm Sunday at Concord Baptist Church with the Rev. Glenn Griffith and the Rev. Clifford Longino officiating.  Burial was in the Concord Cemetery.  Mrs. Jones was born July 14, 1906, in Alabama.  She was a retired employee of Red River Army Depot,  a member of the Concord Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.  Survivors include one daughter, Myra Tucker of Richardson; two sons, Tob Jones of Mt. Pleasant and Ray Jones of Daingerfield; two sisters, Arvella Cook of Omaha and Myrtle Collins of Blum; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. (She was the wife of Henry Melton who was born April 25,1904 and died March 14, 1942.)  (Row 31 SE)

MCCOLLUM, MARVIN D.                                                                       September 9, 1907 � November 11, 1982

Marvin D. McCollum, 75, of Omaha, died Thursday of last week in a Mt. Pleasant hospital following a brief illness.  Services were at 3 pm Friday at the Concord Baptist Church, near Omaha, with the Rev. Glenn Griffith, the Rev. Dale Webster and Jamie Duncan officiating.  Burial was in the Concord Cemetery under the direction of Hanner Funeral Home of Naples.  Mr. McCollum was born September 9, 1907.  He was a retired employee of Lone Star Steel Company, member of the Concord Baptist Church and a lifetime resident of Omaha.  Survivors include his wife, Dovie McCollum of Omaha; two sons, Albert Mack McCollum and M. D. McCollum, both of Mt. Pleasant; two daughters, Dorothy Gaddis of Duncanville and Melba Webster of Kansas City; one brother, Earl McCollum of Omaha; one sister, Ruby Smith of Paris; 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.  (NE Row 39)

MCCOLLUM, ROBERT LEE                                                                  April 5, 1917 -- November 14, 1982 

Rivers,  William T.  Ross

Tigert, Cleola Garrett

Tigert, Louis Anglo