NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for AUGUST 1937 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, AUGUST 5, 1937 KENT FUNERAL AT OAK GROVE LAST FRIDAY T.J. Kent, 72, a resident of Cleburne county for about 40 years, was found dead in bed early Thursday morning of last week at the home near Oak Grove. He had been in poor health for the last year and a heart attack was thought to have caused his death. Funeral services were held at Oak Grove Baptist church at 11 a.m. Friday, the Rev. R.L. Skinner of Bell Mills officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery, directed by Owens of Heflin. Survivors are the widow and four sons, Robert of Edwardsville; Will of Atlanta; Luther of South Carolina and John of Montgomery. Pallbearers were Howard White, Sylvan Walker, Ponder Kitchens, Elbert Hare and Jerry Wise. ------ MURRAY FUNERAL CONDUCTED FRIDAY AT WHITE PLAINS Anniston, Ala., July 31 The funeral of Mrs. Maggie Murray, 36, resident of White Plains, was held at the White Plains Baptist church Friday afternoon, the Rev. H.R. Carter of Heflin officiating. Interment followed in the White Plains Cemetery, Usrey in charge. Mrs. Murray died at the residence at 10 a.m. Thursday after an illness of five months. Born and reared at Oak Level she had lived at White Plains about 27 years. Surviving are the husband, G.W. Murray, two sons, Leonard and Vergree, three daughters, Mary, Myrtis and Dorothy, all of White Plains; her mother Mrs. Kate Coppock, three half-brothers and two half-sisters, all of Coldwater. ------- MIZE FUNERAL AT HEPSIBAH Heflin, Ala., Aug. 2 Funeral services for Miss Mary Mize, age 54, who died at her home here Sunday afternoon, were conducted at Hepsibah church this afternoon by the Rev. Jack Clifton. Interment was in the church cemetery with Usrey of Anniston in charge. Miss Mize is survived by a sister, Miss Betty Mize and several nieces and nephews. ----- GABLES NOTE 50th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY LAST SUNDAY E.T. Gable of the New Hopewell community noted his and Mrs. Gable's 50th wedding anniversary last Sunday, when their 9 children, 34 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren and friends, 54 in all, gathered at the home where a sumptuous dinner was served to the guests. Mrs. and Mrs. Gable have reached the age of three score and ten, and were made happy at the gathering of their children and friends. A short talk by J.J. Turner was enjoyed by the large crowd. ----- BORDEN SPRINGS News Aug. 2 Mrs. Jimmie Lucas is visiting her mother Mrs. Delia Ripley and other relatives here. --- LOCAL News Mrs. Rosa Langley and sons Dolphus, Gordon and Levi of near Old Cane Creek were Heflin visitors on Saturday. --- J. Virgil Bell of near Pine Hill returned last Friday from the Veteran's Hospital at Tuscaloosa where he was a patient for several weeks. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, AUGUST 12, 1937 FUNERAL HELD FOR ERLINE McCORD Heflin, Ala., Aug. 8 The body of Miss Erline McCord, 24, arrived here Thursday night from Albuquerque, New Mexico where she died early in the week in a sanatorium, following an extended illness. She was taken to the New Mexico city about two years ago from her home for Newell for her health. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Morrison's Chapel with interment in the church cemetery, directed by Owens of Heflin. Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McCord of Newell and other relatives in Randolph and Cleburne counties. ----- HOOPER FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY Piedmont, Ala., Aug. 9 Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Jane Hooper of Borden Springs, was conducted from the Pleasant Valley church at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon by the Rev. J.A. Cox. Usrey directed interment. Mrs. Hooper died at her residence at 1:20 o'clock Saturday. She was a member of the Piedmont Church of God. Surviving are her mother Mrs. Sarah Weaver of Piedmont; her husband G.C. Hooper; three sons, William, Paul and Sidney of Borden Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Ada Wheeler and Miss Barbara Hooper of Borden Springs, and three brothers, William and John Weaver of Piedmont and Thomas Weaver of Gadsden. ------ YOUNG GIRL DIES AT FRUITHURST Fruithurst, Ala., Aug. 5 Miss Flonnie Odessa Denney, age 15, died at her home here at 9 o'clock this morning following an illness of seven months. Funeral services were conducted at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning at Harmony Church by the Rev. C.E. Garner of Ai. Interment was in the church cemetery, with Jones of Anniston in charge. Survivors are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Garner, a brother Aaron and five sisters, Lula, Maybelle, Emily, Flossie and Lossie Denney. ----- LAWLER RITES HELD U.G. Lawler, age 65 of Tallapoosa, Ga., passed away Sunday afternoon at a local infirmary. Surviving are his widow, one son, C.J. Lawler of Birmingham; one daughter Miss Rosie Pearl Lawler of Tallapoosa; a step-daughter Miss Geraldine Fuller of Tallapoosa; two brothers, L.E. Lawler of Atlanta and Cicero Lawler of Fort Payne, Ala., one sister Mrs. Ethel Mauldin of Lubbock, Tex., and five grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the FIrst Baptist church at 3:30 p.m. last Tuesday at Tallapoosa. ----- LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Bennett from Tyus, Ga. community spent Sunday at Lebanon with Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Dryden. ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, AUGUST 19, 1937 BURNS FATAL TO BEAT 8 WOMAN; Mrs. Mabel Dryden Passes After Suffering Burns Received Last April Heflin, Ala., Aug. 13 Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Dryden, who died Wednesday morning at the home of her parents at Ai, from burns received early last April, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ai Baptist Church, the Rev. W.M. Barr of Bell Mills and Elder H.S. Sanders of Chulafinnee officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery, directed by Owens Funeral Home of Heflin. Mrs. Dryden died on her twenty-eighth birthday anniversary as a result of severe body burns suffered last April 3 when a can thought to have contained kerosene exploded while she was preparing to start a fire in the stove. Her clothing was enveloped in flames almost instantly and her husband was badly burned on both hands when he was extinguishing the flames in smothering them with a quilt. Surviving are the husband Luther Dryden and two children, Eugene, age 5 and Dura, age 2; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Dougherty of Ai, and a sister Mrs. Ludell Kirk of Bremen, Ga., besides many uncles, aunts and cousins in Heflin and in and around Ai and other parts of the state. Pallbearers were Ozzy Prichard, Willis Lee Gaines, Lee and Spencer Bennett, Oscar Myers and Otis Gaines. CARD OF APPRECIATION We wish to thank our many neighbors and friends for the kindness and sympathy shown us during the long illness and death of our beloved wife, mother, daughter and sister; also those who sang and for the beautiful flowers. Luther Dryden and children Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Daugherty Mrs. Ludell Kirk ----- CLEBURNE MAN DIES AS TRUCK OVERTURNS; Horace Cheatwood Killed on Bankhead Highway Saturday Morning Anniston, Aug. 14 Horace Cheatwood, age 23, lumber truck driver of Edwardsville, died early this morning shortly after reaching Garner Hospital where he was brought following an accident on the Bankhead Highway in Cleburne county. He was admitted to the hospital at 3:15 o'clock and died 30 minutes later from a head injury. Sheriff's deputies in Cleburne county reported today that Cheatwood was fatally injured when the truck he was driving overturned after a blow out. After the truck overturned, part of it projecting into the highway, it was struck by another truck. None was seriously injured in the second accident. Heflin, Ala., Aug. 16 Funeral services for Horace Cheatwood, 23, lumber truck driver, fatally injured early Saturday near Fruithurst, was held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Edwardsville Methodist church, Rev. H.R. Carter of Heflin and Rev. Mr. Duke of Fruithurst officiating. Burial was in the cemetery there, Owens of Heflin directing. A blow out threw the loaded truck into an embankment, it was said, Cheatwood falling from the truck, the wheels passing over the body, it was learned. Buck Green, a companion, escaped injury. A passing motorist carried Cheatwood to a hospital in Anniston at 3 o'clock where he died 30 minutes after being admitted. After the truck overturned, part of the vehicle projected into the highway and was struck by another truck, but none was injured in the second accident. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Cheatwood, several brothers and sisters and other relatives of Edwardsville. ------ LOCAL News John W. McMahan carried Marion Ivey to the Veteran's Hospital at Augusta, Ga. on Sunday. --- Mrs. Margaret Cook returned last week from an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Cook at Asheville, N.C. She also spent several days with another son, James R. Cook and Mrs. Cook in Atlanta. --- Dr. and Mrs. W.L. Evans, daughter and son Mary Ross and Willie Bess and Lee Jr. of Durant, Okla., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. H.V. Jones and other relatives in Cleburne county. --- Mr. and Mrs. J. Austin Wilson of Cane Creek spent Sunday here with their daughter Mrs. Fred Dollar and Mr. Dollar. --- Carl Tolleson arrived Monday from Dallas, Texas and will spent several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Tolleson and other Heflin and Cleburne county relatives. --- JORDAN FAMILY REUNION SUNDAY Choccolocco, Ala., Aug. 16 Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Jordan held a family reunion at their home in Choccolocco on Sunday, Aug. 15. Four generations were present and included were: Mr. Jordan's mother Mrs. J.E. Jordan, age 77 of Birmingham Their eldest daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. Fappiano of New Haven, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Little of Emelle, Ala. Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Jordan of Choccolocco Miss Rita Jordan and Bill Langston of Atlanta Mr. and Mrs. W.N. Davis of Sumterville, Ala. Others attending were Mr. and Mrs. Jordan's sister, Mrs. W.W. Willaimson and family of Heflin; brother and family of Birmingham Mrs. Jordan's sister Mrs. H.T. Murray and family of Oxford Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Howell of Oxford ------- CARRIED TO HOSPITAL LAST WEEK Mrs. Lovella Jackson Finley was stricken suddenly ill at her home near Mars Hill and carried to an Anniston hospital for emergency treatment. Her condition Wednesday morning was reported as "fair". ---- MR. and MRS. HENRY HOWLE ARE MADE HAPPY How the hearts of Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Howle were made happy on Sunday, August 8. All of their nine children were present except two. A real good dinner was served at 12 o'clock which was enjoyed by all. The afternoon ws spent in talking, music, games played by the children, watermelon eating, and drinking lemonade. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Howle of Beason Mills Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Brown and son Mercer of Tallapoosa, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Waldrup and children Billy and Bobby of Birmingham Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Morrison and children, Imagene, Herman, Milton, Eileen, Carl, Ruby, Nell and Margie Glenda of Beason Mills Mr. and Mrs. E.D. Moore and children Marilynn and Jimmie of Anniston Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Payne and children Charlie Jean and Jacqueline of Beason Mills Herbert and Grover Howle of Beason Mills Miss Exa Howle of Hubbardville We hope next year all the children can meet with granddaddy and have another good time. One present, Imagene Morrison ----- JOHNSON HURT WHEN KICKED BY MULE; LUNGS PUNCTURED Anniston, Ala., Aug. 16 T.S. Johnson of near Newell went out into his front yard to scare away a stray mule. The obstreperous animal lashed out with both rear hoofs, catching Mr. Johnson in the chest. Several ribs were broken and attending physicians fear his lungs have been punctured. He is under treatment at Garner Hospital. ------ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, AUGUST 26, 1937 IN MEMORY OF MISS LURLENE McDOWELL Miss Lurlene McDowell, 19, died Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 18 at 2:30 o'clock at Grady Hospital in Atlanta from injuries received in a fall while coming from a singing school at Chosea Springs. She stepped on the bumper of her father's auto to ride a short distance to her uncle's house where she was visiting; she was holding onto the ornament on the radiator cap when it broke off. She fell backwards and the full length of the car passed over her body. She was rushed to the hospital in Anniston and later removed to Atlanta where she succumbed. Funeral services were held last Friday at Peachtree Baptist church and interment was in East View cemetery. Surviving are her father J.L. McDowell, three brothers, five sisters, all of Atlanta and a host of relatives and friends in Alabama and Georgia. Pallbearers were Paul Wells, Orvel Johnson, Leo Wells, Lester Johnson, Guy Greene and Eston Johnson. Lurlene's mother passed on just six weeks ago and I will say to the bereaved ones, weep not; it is hard to give her up so soon after the loving mother's death, but you have the sweet assurance that she is now rejoicing with mother and there will never be an separation any more. Just try to live so as to meet them one sweet day. A friend. ------