Mrs Rhoda Faircloth obituary: Published in Holmes County Advertiser Bonifay, Florida Friday, April 19, 1940, page 1, col. 6 John D. Faircloth obituary: Published in Holmes County Advertiser Bonifay, Florida Friday, April 26, 1940, page 1, col. 1 Hope this helps Mona -----Original Message----- From: Michael S. Barnes [mailto:mbarnes@centurytel.net] Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 2:48 PM To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FLHOLMES] John D. Faircloth Obit The copy of the obit was not clear and therefore I was not able to complete a complete reproduction of the obit, but the information that it does provide is interesting. Obituary: undated newspaper in 1940 "John D. Faircloth, 79, died at the home of his niece, Mrs. Wesley Miller, in the Bethlehem community, on Thursday morning, following a long illness. Burial was at Union Hill cemetery Friday morning. Rev. ???stead conducted the funeral services and Holman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. The pallbearers were selected from the many nephews and grandsons of the deceased. The survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Maggie Smith, of Slocomb, Alabama, and one son, Elijah Faircloth, of Holmes County. There also survive sisters: Mrs. D. J. Paul, Bonifay; and Mrs. Lizzie French, now resident northwest of Bonifay. There survive many more distant relatives belonging to this pioneer family. John D. Faircloth was born in Holmes County in 1861, the son of Abraham Faircloth, who came to Holmes County in 1846. Like many of Holmes County's pioneers, the Faircloths originally came from North Carolina and sojourned a while in...." Michael Barnes 425.888.9763 mbarnes@centurytel.net -----Original Message----- From: Angela Williams [mailto:williamsa@nsu.law.nova.edu] Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 7:46 AM To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [FLHOLMES] Rhoda Woodall Faircloth That's really neat! Not too long ago, in an old trunk that belonged to Dora Faircloth, I found an original copy of the obituary for Andrew Elton Williams (grandson of the Williams patriarch of the same name). Do you have the date for when Rhoda's obit. appeared? Next time I'm in Holmes County, I'm going to bring a digital camera and sit on that old old OLD microfilm machine and track down some of these obits. There's no copier or anything attached to the machine so that's about the only way to get a copy of these old newspaper articles. > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael S. Barnes [SMTP:mbarnes@centurytel.net] > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 1:59 AM > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [FLHOLMES] Rhoda Woodall Faircloth > > My family collected obits for many relatives from the early 1920's forward. > Although I am sure over the years we lost many, we still have copies of the > original articles cut out of the newspaper. At the time, I am sure it was > done out of thoughtfulness and in remembrance of those who passed on, but > for us now they are a treasure beyond measure. > > I will try and post any others that I have. Currently I have them all > entered on my FTM file so it will be easy. > > Michael Barnes > 425.888.9763 > mbarnes@centurytel.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Angela Williams [mailto:williamsa@nsu.law.nova.edu] > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 1:42 PM > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [FLHOLMES] Rhoda Woodall Faircloth > > Thank you for the obit! How did you get it? I went to the Holmes County > Advertiser office several months ago and all they had were the newspapers on > microfilm with no index. At the time, I didn't have dates of death for most > folks, so I couldn't go to the right dates of publication to search for > obits. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael S. Barnes [SMTP:mbarnes@centurytel.net] > > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 3:55 PM > > To: FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [FLHOLMES] Rhoda Woodall Faircloth > > > > I thought you all might enjoy having this. They are notes from my records > > which include Rhoda's obituary. > > > > She and her folks were all born in Alabama. She reported her age as 43 at > > the time of the 1900 census. Her occupation was a housekeeper, bore 12 > > children with 10 living and married for 23 years in 1900. She could read > > and write according to census records. > > > > Obituary: > > "Mrs. Rhoda Faircloth, 80, mother of tax collector W.R. Faircloth, > > of this city, died at the home of her son near Miller's Cross Road, about > > 7:00 last Monday morning. The funeral services were held at Union Hill > > church, the long time church home of the deceased, Tuesday morning at > 11:00, > > and burial was in the cemetery nearby. > > The services were conducted by a former pastor, Rev. A.D. Halstead, > > assisted by the present pastor, Rev. M. Simmons, and Rev. J.C. Manuel. > > Bonifay Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. > > The deceased had been ill for about a year, following a light > > stroke. She is survived by four sons: W.R., R.A., Lee, and D.E. all of > > Holmes county. There also survive six daughters: Mrs. Wesley Birge, of > > Chipley; and Mrs. Andrew Miller, Mrs. Wesley Miller, Mrs. Dora Williams, > > Mrs. Jim Paul and Mrs. Jennie Murphy, all of Holmes county. One sister > > survives, Mrs. Jesse Lewis, affectionately known as "Aunt Caroline" to a > > host of descendents of the deceased. > > Mrs. Faircloth was born in Alabama, as Miss Rhoda Woodall. At the > > time of her marriage to Elbert Faircloth she moved with her husband to > > Florida where she has resided ever since. She was a great church and > > community worker and filled a large place in the lives of many for many > > years. With a large family and with the toil of rearing them under > pioneer > > conditions, she had energy and thought to include manifold services to> > > church and neighbors." > > > > Michael Barnes > > 425.888.9763 > > mbarnes@centurytel.net > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237