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Nevada County Obits 1953

OBITUARIES FROM THE NEVADA NEWS


Date is issue of paper
Name; age; cemetery; cause of death if given

1-1-1953
W. C. Griffin; 67; Columbus
Carl Porter; 30; incomplete; wreck
Thomas C. McRae; a memorial
John C. Williams; a memorial
Dr. J. E. Gentry; 71; McCaskill

1-8-1953
Mrs. W. T. Gulledge; 83; Old Piney Cem.

1-15-1953
None listed

1-22-1953
Mary Salome Shell; 86; funeral at Prescott
Bruce William Chappell; 6 weeks; Wilmington, Delaware
Thomas Lucius Garland; 74; Snell Cem.
L. D. Boyd; 80; Emmet

1-29-1953
Ellery Hood; 71; Snell Cem.
Bernice J. Caldwell; 64; Rosston Cem.

2-5-1953
Capt. C. Wayne Eley; 34; ???

2-12-1953
James H. McCraven; 79; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
Robert Carl Mitchell; 58; Pleasant Hill Cem.
Lawrence Sampson; 67; funeral at Laneburg
Mrs. Lorena Haynie; 73; Liberty Cem.
John L. Welch; 63; funeral at Prescott

2-19-1953
G. R. Auld; 72; funeral at Harmony

2-26-1953
Mrs. Alta White; 45; incomplete
Mrs. Cora Burrow; 65; ???
Charles William Herzog; 86; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
Mrs. Fred H. Ward; ???; ????
Frank G. Haltom; 58; Snell Cem.
Hugh Daniel; 64; Laneburg Cem.

3-5-1953
J. M. or J. F. Loe; 61; Mt. Moriah Cem.

3-12-1953
None listed

3-19-1953
Mrs. Betty Lowery; 78; funeral at Harmony Church

3-26-1953
Joe T. Jones; 80; funeral at Pine Grove
Arthur D. Smith; 75; White Cem.
W. Craig Woosley; 76; funeral at Harmony

4-2-1953
None listed

4-9-1953
Charles J. Crow; 87; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Dixie Mae Wake; 35; Midway Cem.
John A. Wallace; 68; died in Little Rock
Mrs. Bertie Brown; 61; Piney Grove Cem.
Mrs. R. H. Townsend; 75; Snell Cem.
James Odell; 57; Rosehill Cem. near Sutton; self-inflicted gunshot

4-16-1953
Hugh McDaniel; 65; DeAnn; heart attack
Benjamin F. Johnson; 73; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Betty McCarroll; 83; Lamar, AR
E. T. “Joe” Steed; 14; Nubbin Hill Cem.

4-23-1953
Mrs. Mary Jane Jackson Walker; 96; Bluff City Cem.

4-30-1953
Warren Green; ??; Mt. Moriah Cem.
Mrs. Warren Green; ??; Mt. Moriah Cem.; heart attack
Mrs. Minnie May Francisco; 81; DeAnn Cem.

5-7-1953
M. V. Thompkins; ??; ???

5-14-1953
None listed

5-21-1953
Mrs. Betty Hamilton; 83; funeral at Harmony Church
A. J. Purtle; 76; Laneburg Cem.

5-28-1953
None listed

6-4-1953
Mrs. Mary L. Billingsley; 81; Pleasant Hill Cem.
Luther S. Murry; 77; Snell Cem.
Ralph Montcrief; ??; DeAnn Cem.

6-11-1953
Mrs. Albert Hooks; 61; incomplete
Mrs. Ida Avery; 84; Midway Cem.
Ritchie E. DeLaughter; 59; DeAnn Cem.
Aubry W. Bonds; 38; Marlbrook Cem.; heart attack and wreck
Ed Gammage; died in Arizona
D. C. Fuller; a memorial poem

6-18-1953
John Dawson McGuire; 78; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Mary Meyer Volway; 81; DeAnn Cem.

6-25-1953
Elbert Grifford; 61; funeral at New Salem
Mrs. Ellie Adams Shell; 65; Bluff City Cem.

7-2-1953
William Dale Wilson; 18 months; Marlbrook Cem.
Billy Ray McNeely; 14; Liberty Cem.
CWO Robert J. Lewis, Jr.; 38; Arlington National Cem.

7-9-1953
Mrs. Adella Griffith; 83; Ebenezer Cem. near Bluff City
C. S. James; ??; died in Ft. Smith
Dr. A. S. Buchanan; 72; DeAnn Cem.

7-16-1953
Rev. W. M. Barham; 75; Forest Hill Cem.

7-23-1953
None listed

7-30-1953
Mrs. Dora Belle Orren; 65; Piney Grove Cem.
Charlie Wake; 81; Snell Cem.
Mrs. Rosa Bright Martin; 95; Harmony Cem. (also a memorial)

8-6-1953
Floyd T. Munn; 50; funeral at Corinth near Bodcaw
Mrs. Ada E. Mitchell; 64; Marlbrook Cem.

8-13-1953
Roy L. Duke; 56; DeAnn Cem.

8-20-1953
Mrs. Mollie B. Barham; 81; Liberty Cem.

8-27-1953
James R. Wilson; 88; DeAnn Cem.
J. Ed Pittman; 76; DeAnn Cem.

9-3-1953
W. Lestie McDonald; 59; Nubbin Hill Cem.
John F. White; 79; Harmony Cem.

9-10-1953
Marion T. Ward; 73; Marlbrook Cem.
Oscar A. Phillips; 77; Mt. Olive Cem.

9-17-1953
Dr. B. V. Ferguson; 70; Ft. Smith
Jeff J. Sampson; 69; funeral at Caney Church

9-24-1953
James Layman Dickinson; 56; DeAnn Cem.
Permelia Ann Willingham; 92; DeAnn Cem.

10-1-1953
John P. Cox; ??; funeral at Hope
Walter G. Ridgell; 76; DeAnn Cem.

10-8-1953
Charles B. Erwin, Sr.; 59; ??
Robert S. Long; 76; Avery’s Chapel Cem.
Mrs. Leona B. Daniel; ??; Pineville, LA
W. A. Parker; 66; Ebenezer Cem. near Bluff City

10-15-1953
Mrs. Mabel Lambert; 74; Harmony Cem.

10-22-1953
Mrs. Betty Jones; ??; DeAnn Cem.
Elbert M. Woosley; 74; Harmony Cem.
Pvt. Thomas Heiskel Martin; 38; Mt. Olive Cem.
Mrs. Elsie Mae Helton; 54; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Wayne Anderson; ??; Snell Cem.

10-29-1953
Larry Barksdale; 5; Hart’s Chapel Cem.

11-5-1953
None listed

11-12-1953
Sam M. Jones; 52; Pleasant Hill Cem.
Mrs. E. S. Ashcraft; 83; Laurel Hill Cem.

11-19-1953
Mrs. E. Y. Blakely; 85; DeAnn Cem.
Benjamin W. Mitchell; 71; Marlbrook Cem.
J. B. Easterling; 83; incomplete
James A. Billingsley; 82; Pleasant Hill Cem.
Ewell J. Gulley; 74; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Betty H. Langley; 77; funeral at Camden

11-26-1953
Bill Cobb; 46; Roselawn Cem.; heart attack

12-3-1953
Mrs. Ruth Saunders Ridgell; 74; Rose Hedge Cem.
William E. Stockton; 82; DeAnn Cem.
Joe Franklin Burke; 67; Piney Cem.
Jerry Michael Green; 7; Caney Cem.; fell under truck wheel

12-10-1953
Mrs. Sarah M. Morgan; 76; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
Harmon Norris Dorough; 74; Mt. Moriah Cem.
Mrs. O. H. Helbig; 85; Roselawn Cem.
John M. Davis; 73; DeAnn Cem.

12-17-1953
Ralph Bishop Hardey; 73; DeAnn Cem.
Nat May; 78; Pleasant Ridge Cem

12-24-1953
Claude E. Harris; 70; Marlbrook Cem.
Mrs. Dora Gentry; 74; Antoine Cem.

12-31-1953
Hubert Whitaker; 68; Rosehill Cem. in Texarkana
George Wesley Hudson; 76; funeral at Delight