NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for FEB. 16th thru FEB. 23rd, 1939 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, FEBRUARY 16, 1939 MRS. WHITLEY DEATH VICTIM Anniston, Ala., Feb. 9 Funeral services for Mrs. B.F. Whitley, age 67, who died at her home near Delta on Wednesday, were conducted at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at Shiloh church near Deleta by the Rev. Frank Ingram. Interment was in the church cemetery with Jones in charge. Mrs. Whitley is survived by her husband, four sons, H.C. of Delta, Roy of Memphis, R.O. of Hollywood and Grover of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; three brothers, Ed Ingram of Oxford and John and Leonard Ingram of Lineville; and two sisters, Mrs. Holly Hudson of Delta and Miss Zona Whitley of Opelika. ------ MRS. CHEATWOD IS LAID TO FINAL REST Mrs. B.F. Cheatwood of Heflin, Route 1, died in an Anniston hospital on Wednesday morning of last week where she had been rushed for treatment. Funeral services were conducted Feb. 9 at Bethel church with interment in the church cemetery. Survivors are the husband, four sons, Cecil of Chattanooga; Odell, Leroy and Linvill of near Bethel; Mrs. Harold Sims and Miss Nellie Cheatwood of Delta; two brothers, Howard, Delta and Charles of Chattanooga; seven sisters, Mrs. Y.L. McKibbon, Mrs. Delmon Morrison and Mrs. Ollie Lindsey, all of Chattanooga; Mrs. A.V. Whatley of McRae, Ga., Mrs. Jesse Phillips and Mrs. A.P. Cheatwood of Delta. ------ FORMER ANNISTON POLICEMAN PASSES Anniston, Ala., Feb. 14 John E. Garrett, former Anniston policeman, died suddenly at 8:30 o'clock Monday morning at his home at 1029 Noble street. Funeral services were conducted from the residence at 2 o'clock today by the Rev. L.N. Claxton Jr. and the Rev. Ira D. Harris. Interment was in Edgemont cemetery. Active pallbearers were Alex Deason, A.D. Black, C.L. Dill, Pink Coursey, Walter Wardlaw and Vernon Carter. Honorary pallbearers were Leighton Kitchens, James McGriff, M. Mullins, Houston Morris, Lawrence Peek, C.E. Turner, Dr. Hugh Gray and Dr. Jerre Watson. Mr. Garrett resigned from the police force in May 1934 after having served about 15 years. He established a filling station and tourist camp on the Bankhead Highway near Heflin at that time and had operated it since then. Mr. Garrett had been in poor health for the last few years. Surviving are the widow, three sons, Paul of Talladega and Odell of Los Angeles, California, and John Garrett Jr. of Anniston, and two daughters, Mrs. Morgan Wade of Anniston and Mrs. Ted Parrish of Los Angeles. ------ DR. J.D. DUKE PASSES AWAY SUNDAY NIGHT Dr. Jefferson Davis Duke, 77, pioneer Cleburne county physician, died at his home here Sunday night after an illness of six weeks, but had been in declining health for about three years. Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist Episcopal church, South, at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Rev. W.D. Boling, his pastor, officiating, assisted by Dr. J.E. Brasher of Boaz and the Rev. Roy Niager of Heflin. Masons were in charge of burial rites. Interment was in Heflin cemetery, with Brown-Service of Heflin directing. He was a graduate of Atlanta Medical College for Physicians and Surgeons, receiving his diploma in 1884. He held an honorary degree from Emory. Returing to his home at Graham, Randolph county, he practiced his profession and moved with his family to Heflin in 1905. Ill health caused him to retire from his profession about three years ago. Dr. Duke was a Mason, a Shriner, an Eastern Star member, and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. For many years he was chairman of the Medical Board of Cleburne county. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. D.H. Pearce of Bessemer; Mrs. C.M. Elliott and Miss Nell Duke of Heflin; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren; two half-brothers, A.D. and William Duke of Weowka, Okla., and one sister Mrs. Eula Smith of Okemah, Okla. --------- MRS. THROWER DEATH VICTIM Mrs. K.C. Thrower, 35, died at her home near Chulafinnee at 4 a.m. Wednesday of last week following an illness of several days. She had been in declining health for the last several months. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday of last week at the Chulafinnee Methodist church, the Rev. DeWitt Stovall of Oxford officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Thrower is survived by her husband; three sons, a daughter, her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. J.W. Grubbs; two brothers, Henry and Emmett Grubbs; four sisters, Mrs. T.N. Campbell of Oxford; Mrs. B. Hughes of Crest, Texas; Mrs. G.B. Hughes of Wichita Falls, Texas and Miss Cora Grubbs of Chulafinnee. ------- MERRILL BILL WOULD GIVE ALABAMA BACK THE SEAL USED BEFORE CIVIL WAR Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 3 The Alabama Legislature had before it today a bill to stop use of the state's great seal, which, a startled group of United Daughters of the Confederacy discovered, was designed by a Yankee. The "outlandish thing" as Mrs. Marie Bankhead Owen, was adopted as the state seal by a carpetbag Legislature in 1868. It was designed by Representative R.M. Barr, who was somewhat more offensive to the U.D.C. members than the average Union soldier because he served as a Major in the Union Army. He was from Ohio but was elected as a Monroe County Representative on the Republican ticket. Barr, it was pointed out, "was probably about as Southern as the King of Siam and probably would have turned up his nose at such Southern delicasies as hog and hominy." The seal, however, is "very pretty", Mrs. Owen admitted. It depicts an eagle flying with the United States flag and has the inscription "Here We Rest". The "Here We Rest" did not meet Mrs. Owens' approval, she said, because it might give outsiders an idea Alabamians are lazy. She added, however, that the word "Alabama" is of Indian origin, and means "Here We Rest." The name was taken from an Indian legend. According to the story, a group of Indians migrated here in search of peace. Each night the chief of the tribe stuck his staff in the ground and the next day the tribe journeyed in the direction in which it pointed. One day the staff remained straight and the Indians decided to settle on the spot, which, according to legend, was somewhere on the Alabama River. The new seal would be almost an exact copy of the original seal used prior to the Civil War. It shows a map of the state with principal rivers. The map is bordered by a circle inscribed "Alabama - Great Seal". The bill to adopt the former seal was introducted the Speaker of the House, Hugh D. Merrill of Anniston. ------- IN MEMORY OF MRS. LERA BLAIR On Wednesday morning, Nov. 16, 1938, at 10:12 o'clock the Death Angel came into the home of Clyde Blair and claimed as its victim his darling wife, Lera. She was 28 years old. She bore her suffering easy, but she will have no more pains to bear up yonder with the Angels in the sky. It was hard to give her up but we know our loss is Heaven's gain. We know that she cannot come back to us but with God's help we can live to meet her in the sweet by and by. Lera, better known as Lee, had a smile for everyone. All along the pathway of life she met with many trials and temptations, but she never complained. She never spoke hard of anyone; was always the same every time you saw her. Lee, you don't know how we miss you; don't know how hard it is to give you up, but some day we will live together again. Lee, the Angels only waited five days until they called away your darling baby, Bettie Lee. Dear little hands, we miss them so. She leaves to mourn her passing her husband Clyde Blair; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Langley; four brothers, Lenard of Cedartown; Lemuel of near Bowdon, Ga.; Virgil and Clifton of Macedonia; two sisters, Mrs. N.N. Smith of Macedonia and Mrs. Horace Huey of Farmers High, besides a host of relatives and friends. Written by a cousin, Myrtice Farlow ---------- BILL HEADRICK LAID TO REST MONDAY Funeral services for William W. Headrick, 69, who died at his home near here Saturday, were held at Hurricane church at 2 p.m. Monday, Rev. H.R. Carter of Heflin officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery, with Brown of Heflin directing. Survivors are the wide Mrs. Rebecca Headrick; three daughters, Mrs. Zera Hogan, Mrs. Curtis Owen, both of Heflin, and Mrs. Bessie Andrews of Anniston, and a son Clellon Headrick. ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, FEBRUARY 23, 1939 MISS PARKER PAID LAST RITES FEB. 16 Muscadine, Ala., Feb. 17 Funeral services for Miss Levonia Parker, age 22, who died at her home at Muscadine on Wednesday, were conducted at Friendship at 11 o'clock Thursday morning by the Rev. R.L. Bates. She had been in ill health nearly two years but was critically ill about two weeks. Miss Parker is survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Parker; three brothers, Horace of Lakeview, Oregon; and Wiley and Harold of Muscadine; and four sisters, Miss Lilla Wee ? of Muscadine, Mrs. L.C. Price of Waco, Ga., Mrs. R.T. Thompson of Bowdon, Ga. and Mrs. Thelma Akin of Graham. Pallbearers were Wiley Parker, Roy Thompson, Marvin McDaniel, Hoyt Clayton, Cecil Brown and Lee Boman. -------