NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for JANUARY 6th thru JANUARY 13th, 1938 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, JANUARY 6, 1938 FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. MACK KITCHENS HELD AT NEW HARMONY Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Gertrude Kitchens, age 33, who died of a bullet wound at her home near Heflin on Monday morning about 9:30, were held Tuesday afternoon at New Harmony Baptist church at 2 o'clock, Rev. G.W. Grubbs conducting the services. Interment was in the church cemetery, Owens of Heflin in charge. Surviving are the husband, Mack Kitchens, two sons, her father and mother Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stephens of Heflin and several brothers and sisters, all of Heflin. ------ MRS. BURGESS LAID TO REST Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Johns Burgess, age 59, wife of the late Dr. Jim Burgess, who died at the residence at Edwardsville on Tuesday morning about 4 o'clock of last week, were held Wednesday, Dec. 29 at 2:30 p.m. at Antioch church, Rev. Hobart Murphree of Wedowee officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery, Owens of Heflin, directing. Surviving Mrs. Burgess are two sons, Leman and Howard Burgess of Edwardsville, two daughters, Mrs. Mabel McKinney of Heflin and Miss Ruth Burgess of Edwardsville; two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Favors of Atlanta; Mrs. K.M. McBride of Tallapoosa and one brother Dr. L.J. Johns of Birmingham. Pallbearers were Chester Burgess, Robert Owen, Bob Burton, Charlie Owen, Burton Burgess and Claude Pilgram. ------- 27 COUPLES ARE ISSUED MARRIAGE LICENSES DURING DECEMBER Records Monday at the office of Probate Judge Glasgow show that 27 couples obtained marriage licenses in December: Lee Dunkin and Miss Lesie Lee Laminack Leonard J. Floyd and Miss Opal Coppet Charles Crawford Baggs and Miss Julia Clarke Leslie Don F. Peck and Mrs. Nell Wing Cochran Ernest Whitmore and Miss Evelyn Mitchum Laurine G. Smith Jr. and Miss Mary Alice Boggs William W. Edwards Jr. and Miss Isabel Fraser Curtis Bibles and Miss Willie Dean W.B. Pruitt and MIss Felma Mae Frames James R. Burns and Miss Addie Lee Stuart Chester T. Allen and Miss Era Rice George Duval Phillips and Mrs. Lillian Cochron Alvin McMahan and Miss Mildred Bennett William Otis Craft and Miss Ethel Parker William Gordon Gibbs and Miss Lois Lowery Milburn Yates and Miss Vertie Calhoun H.H. Vaughan and Miss Oma Estella Benefield M.L. Anderson and Miss Bessie Mae Headrick C.F. Patton and Miss Catherine Childers Calton D. Jackson and Miss Bealah Mae Smith Grover Wilson Shoemaker and Miss Evelyn Williams Clarence D. Nichols and MIss Oma Butler W.B. Pritchett and Miss Sara Freeman Royce Q. Benefield and Miss Irene Luallen H.W. Boyd and Miss Frances Fortson James A. Bishop and Miss Louise Shermer --------- RITES OF JOHN PRICE HELD AT MOUNTAIN CREEK DEC. 23 Funeral service for John Price, age 65, of the Mountain Creek section of Cleburne county, who died Dec. 22 at a Rome, Georgia hospital, were held last week, Dec. 23 at Mountain Creek church, Rev. A.T. Warmack officiating. Owens of Heflin was in charge. Interment was in the church cemetery. Surviving Mr. Price are two daughters, Mrs. Vera Holcomb and Mrs. Lottie Holcomb, and six sons; Eugene, Acey, Clarence, Clark, Ralph and Roy Price, all of the Mountain Creek settlement. ------- LOCAL News Clyde Boman of Jackson, Miss., visited his sister Mrs. J. Houston Morris and Mr. Morris last week. ---- David A. Wright who is with the C.C.C. Camp at Cades Cove, Tenn., visited his father Allen Wright last week. --- OBITUARIES Funeral services for James Earl Davidson, age 14, who died at an Anniston hospital of a gun shot wound received Monday afternoon last week while hunting with a companion, were held Wednesday, Dec. 29 at 12 o'clock at Bethlehem church with the Elder Sanders conducting the services, assisted by Rev. Williams. Interment was in the church cemetery, Owens of Heflin in charge. Surviving James Earl are his mother, and brothers and sisters. -------- Funeral services for Mrs. Dona Eva Hicks, age 46, wife of R.J. Hicks, who died at her home at Ai on Wednesday night of last week were held Thursday afternoon, Dec. 30 at 2 o'clock at Oak Grove church, Rev. Mr. Stiles of Bowdon, Georgia officiating. Surviving Mrs. Hicks are the husband and six children, three sons and three daughters, all of the Ai community. She is also survived by her mother Mrs. McIntyre, and brothers and sisters. -------- Services for Mrs. Walter J. Bell, age 68, of 627 Woodland Ave S. E, Atlanta, Ga. who died Wednesday morning of last week in a private hospital, were held at 10:30 o'clock Thursday, Dec. 30 at Martha Brown Memorial Church, the Revs. T.T. Davis and R. Turner officiating. Burial was in Pine Grove cemetery near Heflin, Ala. Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Henry Jones of Dos Palos, Calif., and Mrs. Barney F. O'Brien of Atlanta; five sons, Raymond C., John M., and Horatio D. Bell of Atlanta; and W. Reginald Bell and Roy H. Bell of Heflin, Ala., and 11 grandchildren. -------- Funeral services for G.A. McCleskey, age 77, who died at his home in Muscadine on Thursday afternoon of last week were held Saturday morning, Jan. 1 at Muscadine Church at 11 o'clock, Rev. A.T. Warmack officiating. Burial was in Muscadine cemetery, Owens in charge. Surviving are the widow Mrs. Lucinda McCleskey; one son, Roy McCleskey of Fitzgerald, Ga., one daughter Mrs. E.W. Carter of Miami, Florida. Pallbearers were Roy McCleskey, Nat Davis, Carl Brown, Paul Brown, Raymond Brown and E.J. Little. ------ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, JANUARY 13, 1938 RITES ON SATURDAY FOR J.T. CHANDLER Funeral services for J.T. Chandler, age 71, who passed away at the home of his son, Ernest Chandler, near Fruithurst Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock, were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at State Line church, with the Rev. A.T. Warmack conducting the services. Burial was in the church cemetery, Owens of Heflin directing. Mr. Chandler is survived by two sons, Ernest and Luther Chandler of Fruithurst; four daughters, Mrs. Ned Hill of Birmingham; Mrs. Della Morrow, Mrs. Monroe Ferrell and Mrs. Lola Ward, all of Fruithurst. Active pallbearers were Marlin Ward, Howard Ward, Ernest Chandler, Luther Chandler, Johnny CHandler and Bob Jones. ------ CLEBURNE WOMAN PASSES AT HOME Funeral services for Mrs. Ora Thrower, aged wife of Marcus Thrower, who passed away at the home near Chulafinnee of pneumonia Friday evening about 6 o'clock, were held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Chulafinnee Methodist church, with the Revs. G.W. Grubbs and C.E. Kaylor officiating. Surviving Mrs. Thrower are the husband; three daughters, Mrs. Thelma Waits of Fort Worth, Texas; Mrs. Zebber Ford of Albany, Ga., and Miss Connie Thrower, and one son J.W. Thrower and six grandchildren. ------ LOCAL News R.B. McElroy of Jasper, Ala., a former citizen of Cleburne county and a brother of Mrs. J.H. Crumpton, died at his home at 8 p.m. Monday. ------