Newspaper Abstracts from "The Cleburne News", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for APRIL 22nd 1937 thru APRIL 29th, 1937 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, APRIL 22, 1937 VAUGHAN RITES AT MT. PARON Mrs. W.L. Vaughan, 71, died suddenly at the family home near Oak Level on Tuesday afternoon of last week. She had been in ill health for a long time and her death, while not unexpected, came as a shock to her loved ones. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon of last week at Mr. Paron church, the Rev. J.C. Calloway of Tallapoosa, Ga. and Rev. G.L. Bell of Bremen, Ga. officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery, directed by Owens of Heflin. Survivors are the husband W.L. Vaughan, four sons and two daughters. All have the heartfelt sympathy of their neighbors and friends in their sad hour of bereavement. Pallbearers were Alvin Long, Bun Morris, Henry Carpenter, Harry Morris, Homer Morris and Jake McWhorter. ------ BIRTHDAY DINNER On last Saturday, April 18, the children, grandchildren and other relatives and friends met at the home of G.F. Bennett for the celebration of his 63rd birthday anniversary (April 17). He received many nice gifts and good wishes for many happy returns of the day. After the usual blowing out of the candles, and a prayer by Mrs. A.G. Grice, a sumptuous dinner was served. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. R.O. Smith and children Mr. and Mrs. T.S. Perrin and children Misses Marguerete and Ruth Bennett; all of Clarkston, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. S.E. Bennett and children of Stevenson Mrs. A.G. Grice Mrs. N.A. Sox and daughter, Miss Sara Sox Mr. and Mrs. Chester Burgess and son Mrs. Evelyn Cunningham Napier of Arizona Mr. and Mrs. G.F. Bennett Guy, Edith, Cara Lynn and Louise Bennett of Edwardsville -------- SURPRISE BIRTHDAY DINNER A number of relatives and friends met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Roach, eight miles northeast of Heflin, on the Bankhead Highway, on Sunday. The occasion was the joint celebration of the birthdays of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Roach. At noon, lunch was served picnic style on the lawn. The afternoon was spent singing. Those present were: Miss Pearl Holley Mrs. Hettie Saxon Clarice Fay Saxon Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Parker and daughter Ruby Mrs. E.L. Thompson and children Alene and Dorothy Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Holley and son John Mr. and Mrs. M.A. Bannister and children, Grace, Herbert and Bettye Jean Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Butler and children, Annie Pearl, Jimmie Lou, Bettye Sue and Jack Mr. and Mrs. N.A. Parker and daughter Junita Mrs. Hallie Parker Mrs. J.M. Dunn Mrs. J.A. Thompson and daughter Elsia Mr. and Mrs. Chester Johnson and children, Rubye, Ruth, Loy and Melvin Mr. and Mrs. P.L. Roberts Mary Alice Anderson Mrs. G.A. and Joe Holley Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Hogan Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Joe Steed and daughter Evelyn Mr. and Mrs. Newman Roach and children Alvin and Helen Miss Clelen Clay Mis Bernice, Chester, Ray and Cyril Hughes John and Hoyt Smith Oliver Owen Forney Cobb Miss Reba Robinson Mrs. and Mrs. Johnnie Parker, Alfred, Hershel, Thelma, Howard, Louisa and Ernest Miss Nannie Roach --------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, APRIL 29, 1937 PERRYMAN RITES HELD THURSDAY AT CHURCH; BURIAL IN CEMETERY Pioneer Heflin Merchant is Death Victim; Was Widely Known in Cleburne The death on Tuesday night, April 20, 1937 of David Dixon Perryman marked the passing of one of Cleburne county's best known citizens. Born June 8, 1860 in Rockdale community of Randolph county, Mr. Perryman was educated in that county and in the schools of Atlanta, Ga. For many years he was connected in business with Atlanta firms, and then in 1892 as a partner in the firm of Perryman Brothers he became a resident of Heflin. He was married in 1895 to Miss Kate Robertson of Oxford, Ala and is survived by her. He is also survived by three sisters and one brother, Mrs. James R. Little of Atlanta; MIsses Harriet and Ella Perryman and R.A. Perryman of Heflin. Mr. Perryman tood an interested part in civic and business affairs of Heflin until blindness and ill health forced his retirement from active participation about five years ago. His affliction ws growing on him long before it was realized by anyone, and as he never complained, it was a shock to his friends when he became unable to carry on his affairs in the usual way. Of a marked intellectual capacity, Mr. Perryman had an unusual grasp of mathematics and history, was a student of literature and the Bible, and in his youth was an outstanding speaker. When failing eyesight closed the avenues of personal study to him, he still maintained an intense interest in public affairs and current events, and derived great enjoyment from recollections of his extensive travels in earlier years. He was devoted in all family relationships and generous in ways not generally known to the world. His attitude during the long period of his affliction was that of the utmost patience and cheerfulness. He was never rebellious or resentful but always in good spirits. Quiet and retiring in his true nature, unostentatious in well doing and in late years patient in affliction; these are the traits by which Mr. Perryman was longest and best known, and for which he was justly held in high regard by all who truly knew him. Sympathy for their loss in his passing is extended to the widow and his family and this comforting thought is offered: That now he is made whole again by The Great Physician. -------- COUPLE MARRIED FIFTY-NINE YEARS Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Hollis recently celebrated their fifty-ninth wedding anniversary at a gathering of relatives and friends at the home near Chulafinnee. Mr. Hollis was born Dec. 19, 1854 in Campbell county, Ga. and came to Cleburne county with his parents to the Chulafinnee section in 1860. Mrs. Hollis, 78, was formerly Miss Margaret Malissa Johnson and lives within one half mile of the house in which she was married on March 19, 1878 by the Rev. Ellison Miller of near Delta. Both are still active in church and civic affairs of the community. Mr. Hollis who is in his 83rd year, directs the activities of from 10 to 12 plows and other farming work on his 400 acre plantation. He is the last of the old set. His father, G.B. Hollis Sr. and six uncles, enlisted in the Confederate Army early in the war. An uncle was killed at the battle of Shiloh and his father was slightly wounded in the right arm. Three sons of Uncle Ben and Mrs. Hollis enlisted for service in the World War. One son Saldwell, died while in camp. The couple has four sons and four daughters, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. When Mr. and Mrs. Hollis were married, a marriage license was copied from a statute book by Wesley Backus, a justice of the peace. Printed forms were not available nearly 60 years ago. Mr. Hollis recently sold 13 bales of cotton at 15 cents a pound. His farm produces on an average of 1,000 to 1,200 bushels of corn, upward of 21 bales of cotton, grain, hay and fodder. "I live at home and board at the same place", he told a Cleburne News man Friday. Although he is one of the most prosperous farmers in the county, he delights in telling of the first year he and his bride "started out" with little household furniture and working for $6. a month. He told Sam Striplin that if he could make a living farming he and Mrs. Hollis were ready to "get going." That Fall he sold six bales of cotton at 25 cents a pound and reduced the debt on the land he'd bought, including other debts. He said he had never held public office, not even a trustee of his school district, stating he did not care for the job. However, he remarked that at one time he was "Scovalhoe Overseer". When asked what that meant, he enlightened The News; he was a road overseer when the only working material used included hoes, scooter plows, shovels and picks. Down the Horseblock Mountain Highway about one half mile from his home, Hollis Schoolhouse has been replaced by a modern $35,000. brick building. -------- A GOOD CITIZEN DIES IN NORTH RANDOLPH COUNTY Roanoke, Ala., April 19 J.R. Braden, age 60 of Corinth, Beat 2, passed to his reward last Wednesday night. He is survived by his widow, five sons and four daughters. Mr. Braden was one of the county's best citizens and was active in causes for the betterment of his community. He was a member of the Corinth Baptist church, where funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. B.W. Mathews. A daughter, Miss Essie, arrived from Wyoming just in time for the funeral. ------- LAMBERT NOTES 85th BIRTHDAY Sixty-eight children, grandchldren and great grandchildren of C.E. Lambert of near Micaville, attended his eighty-fifth birthday anniversary on Sunday, April 11. The program included singing and lunch served picnic style. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Cavender and children, Mary Etta, Essie Mae, Lurlene, J.C. and Arris Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Young and children, Harold and Mary Jane Mr. and Mrs. John Lambert and children, Cleo, J.C. and Dorothy Nell Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Lambert and children, Ruby, Eva Lee and Lorene Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lambert Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Loveless Mrs. Vera Cavender and sons, Harold and Jim Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rollins and children, Theodore, Aline and Lee Estrice Mr. and Mrs. Lem Lambert and children, Eunice and Clyde Ewell Perkins and son Clellon Melvin, Edward and Edna Lawler Mr. and Mrs. Roy Glasgow and children, Lucille and Billie Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Cavender and children, Mary Ann and Jackie Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Rollins Mrs. Edd Rooks and daughter Janace Homer Roberts Margaret and Ellie Lee Lumpkin Eli Lambert Mrs. Minnie James and daughter Luvennie Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Lambert We wish grandfather many more happy birthdays. He and grandmother were able to enjoy the sumptuous dinner and having their children home again. Edna Lawler and Ruby Lambert ------- BOYD FUNERAL IS HELD AT PLEASANT HILL Funeral services for John M. Boyd, 75, a native of the Chulafinnee community of Cleburne county, who died late Friday at the residence, were held from Pleasant Hill Baptist church at 2 p.m. Sunday, the Rev. J.D. Eason of Bowdon, Ga., officiating, assisted by Rev. T.D. Stovall of Oxford and the Rev. Paul Meigs of Heflin. Interment was in the church cemetery, directed by Owens of Heflin. He was born and raised near Chulafinnee and lived all but two years in the house in which he died. He had been in declining health the last two years. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Ida Campbell Boyd, five sons, Jim, Frank, Grady, Dewey and Sidney Boyd; five daughters, Mrs. Nannie Gaines of Ai., Mrs. Annie Bell Webb, Mrs. Lillie Mae Riddle, Mrs. Ollie Crosson and Miss Mavis Boyd, all of Chulafinnee. --------- IN MEMORY OF WILL BLANTON On April 29, 1935, Will Blanton, husband and father, was suddenly taken away from us to the heavenly home prepared for everyone. On this 2nd anniversary of his passing, we do not feel he is far away, but only in the next room and our love for him and his for us, lights the mystic way into that other room. Though the years come and go, and the dark days of his passing seem to deepen into rain, there comes the gleam of love-lighted vision to shine while we lift the torch into the next room to be with our loved one. Mrs. Esther Blanton Geneva Blanton and Delia Mae Blanton --------- MRS. ROBERTS DIES AT WHITE PLAINS Anniston, Ala., April 25 Funeral services for Mrs. S.A. Roberts, age 28, were conducted from the residence at White Plains at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon by the Rev. H.R. Carter of Heflin. Burial was in White Plains cemetery, directed by Usrey. Mrs. Roberts died at the residence at 6:30 o'clock Thursday night after an illness of six weeks. She was born and reared in Calhoun county and held membership in the Oak Level Methodist church. Surviving are her husband, four sons, Herman, Clark, Billy and James Roberts, a daughter Clara Bell Roberts and the parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Perry, all of White Plains; four brothers, R.M. and Jack Perry of White Plains, Lee of Fort McClellan and Whit of Tennessee and two sisters, Mrs. Ima Clay and Miss Vestie Perry of White Plains. ------- BOILER EXPLODES; TWO ARE KILLED Two persons were killed instantly and two seriously injured at about 7 a.m. Wednesday when a sawmill boiler exploded near here. The dead are Theopolis Price and Toll Story. Injured are Daniel and William Stephens who are in the Anniston hospital. The engine house and nearby buildings were demolished. Cause of the explosion is undetermined. -------- MRS. WADE RITES AT CANE CREEK Heflin, Ala., April 22 Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Jane Wade, age 77, who died at the home near Edwardsville Tuesday night was held at 11 o'clock Thursday at the Cane Creek Primitive Baptist church with Elder Ira Patty of Heflin officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery, directed by Owens of Heflin. Surviving are a son and daughter, G.T. Wade of Chulafinnee and Mrs. Rhoda Smith of Edwardsville; 10 grandchildren, 12 great grandchldren, a sister, Mrs. Mandy McDaniel and a brother Mose Williamson, both of Edwardsville. Pallbearers were Herbert Wade, Joe Wade, Carl Ayers, Bill Edwards, Elzie Smith and Joe Kerr. ------ AGED DELTA MAN DIED RECENTLY Delta, Ala., April 21 Funeral services for Glarcus E. Hunt, age 82 of Delta, who died at his home Monday, were conducted at Good Hope church near here on Tuesday. Mr. Hunt, widely known resident of Clay county, is survived by his wife, two sons, Hoyt of Delta and Word of Millport, a daughter, Mrs. R.C. Vasser of Ethelville and a sister Mrs. T.J. Jones of Delta. ------- IN MEMORY OF C.C. POPE C.C. Pope, a Confederate Veteran and Haralson County's oldest citizen, passed away at his home near Steadman, Ga., on March 24, after being confined to his bed almost a year. He volunteered his services in the Confederate Army when quite a young man, serving four years in Co. K and in several important battles, among which was the battle of Atlanta and he was slightly wounded in one battle. He married Miss Sarah Elizabeth Brannon on Nov. 12, 1867. They had 14 children, of whom 11 are still living. They have 54 grandchildren, 64 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren living. Mrs. Pope preceded him to the grave 16 years. He resided in one place for 54 years, coming with his family from Polk county, Ga. He was a member of the Baptist church and lived a true christian life. He was 95 years, two months and 22 days old at the time of his death. Surviving are six sons, J.W., E.A., A., Albert and Alvin of Tallapoosa, Ga, and C.L. of Nauvoo; five daughters, Mrs. Ellen Gentry and Miss Lillie Pope of Tallapoosa; Mrs. Mollie Stone of Cullman; Mrs. Evie Little of Muscadine and Mrs. Lula Wood of Pisgah. Funeral services were conducted at Poplar Springs, the Rev. J.F. Terrell officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were his grandsons and flower girls were his granddaughters. Miles K. Little ------- RITES FOR MISS COX ARE HELD AT HURRICANE Heflin, Ala., April 24 Funeral services were held at Hurricane Church Friday for Miss Elizabeth Cox, 89, who died Thursday at the home of her nephew, Jim E. Cox, following a long illness. -----