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 >