This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Telford, Cunningham, Powell, Pilcher, Potts, Blackard Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HKB.2ACI/2044 Message Board Post: J.D. Telford Rites Friday Services for Jim Duff Telford, a retired farmer, who died last night at Kennedy Veterans Hospital in Memphis, following a seven month illness, will be held at 1p.m. tomorrow at Macedonia, Miss. Baptist Church. He was 72. Burial will be in Macedonia Cemetery, Cobb Funeral Home in charge. A native of Mississippi, Mr. Telford had been a resident of Blytheville, Ark. for the past 20 years. He was a veteran of World War I. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Minnie M. (Powell) Telford of Memphis; three sons, J. D. Telford, Gary Telford and Maurice Telford, all of Memphis; Two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Potts, and Mrs. Carmen Blackard, both of Memphis, and ten grandchildren. Note: Jim Duff Telford was the son of James Duff Telford, Jr. and Mary Soludie "Ludie" (Cunningham) Telford. Minnie Modell (Powell) Telford was the daughter of James Thomas "Jim" Powell and Frances Augusta "Gussie" (Pilcher) Powell. Provided by Gary Telford, Family Roots Genealogy Research, wgt@centurytel.net