This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BLACK, Brown, Sells, Roberson, Hibbs, Hawsey, Ganus, Joyner, Coker, Calloway, Brooks Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4R.2ADE/946 Message Board Post: Aged Citizen Succumbs to Stroke January 30 Funeral services were held Friday, January 31, 1936, for John Calvin BLACK. a resident of Conecuh County, living near Garland, Ala., who died Thursday, January 30th at 12 o'clock noon following a stroke of paralysis. Services were held at the Concord Methodist Church with the Rev. Fred BROWN, pastor of the Owassa Baptist Church conducting, assisted by the Rev. SELLS, pastor of the Concord Church. A large assemblage of friends and relatives gathered to pay their last respects. The deceased, aged 82, was born Feb. 20th, 1853, and came to Alabama from Kentucky in 1876. He was widely known in Conecuh and Butler counties where he was a landowner, having been one of the earlier settlers in Conecuh County. July 15th, 1877, he was married to Miss Sue ROBERSON, who died May 26, 1926. To this union were born 9 children. He was one of the oldest deacons of the Union Baptist Church of which he was a member for a number of years. Before coming to Alabama he was married to Miss Rebecca HIBBS. Two children were born to this union, one dying in infancy and the other, who was known here as Mrs. Amby HAWSEY, preceded her father to the grave some years ago. Surviving the deceased are three sons: James W. BLACK of Evergreen; Henry T. BLACK, Mobile, Ala.; Robert T. BLACK, of Mobile, Ala.; four daughters, Mrs. J. J. GANUS, Robertsdale, Ala.; Mrs. R. L. JOYNER, Garland, Ala.; Mrs. Henry COKER, Toulminville, Ala.; Mrs. W. Kenneth CALLOWAY who was making her home with her father at the time of his death. Mrs. J. Z. BROOKS and Miss Myrtle BLACK, daughters of the deceased, preceded their father to the grave several years ago. Four brothers, J. H. BLACK, Century, Fla.; C. R. BLACK, Century, Fla.; William I. BLACK, Allentown, Fla.; David BLACK, Atlanta, Ga. [from the Butler County News, Feb. 27, 1936]