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Nevada County Obits 1954

OBITUARIES FROM THE NEVADA NEWS


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

1-7-1954
Issue missing

1-14-1954
William Edgar Erwin; 78; funeral at Liberty
Henry C. Blakely; 74; Ruston, LA

1-21-1954
Mrs. Laura Renfro; 77; Missionary Grove Cem.
Irvin Stephens; 26; funeral at Friendship Methodist Church

1-28-1954
Arthur W. Newth; 75; DeAnn Cem.
Wilson Adams; 80; Pleasant Ridge Cem.

2-4-1954
Joe C. Beavert; 75; Piney Grove Cem.
Mrs. Dora Easterling; 66; Laneburg Cem.
Mrs. Mildred Menser; 44; DeAnn Cem.

2-11-1954
Samuel B. Gee; 72; DeAnn Cem

2-18-1954
Marshall L. Lewis; 78; Friendship Cem.

2-25-1954
Eula C. Dixon; ??; funeral at Rosston
Sam H. Gill; 61; DeAnn Cem.

3-4-1954
Remmell F. Grayson; 53; funeral at Christian Church at Bluff City
Lt. Charles Peachey; 25; ?? ; plane crash

3-11-1954
Mrs. Mary Parker; 53; Lewisville Cem.
Robert Neal Porter; 46; El Paso, TX

3-18-1954
Chriss Barham; 66; ??
Andy O. Eaves; 61; Pleasant Ridge Cem.; died from fall

3-25-1954
Luther N. Westmoreland; 77; Friendship Cem.
Mrs. Larcenia Hines; 74; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Nettie Witherspoon; 79; Rose Hill Cem.
Freddie Elmore; 15; Piney Grove Cem.; died from fall

4-1-1954
John D. Hunter; 27; Ebenezer Cem. near Bluff City; car/train wreck

4-8-1954
Sammie Hamilton; 53; DeAnn Cem.
Roy Garner; ??; Piney Grove Cem.
Gilbert Andrews; 41; Liberty Cem.

4-15-1954
???????

4-22-1954
Will McCain; 72; funeral at Sweet Home

4-29-1954
Mrs. Mary T. Haynie; 83; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Gladys Bailey; 48; Rosston Cem. (see 4-26-1954 issue also)
William R. Dowing; 83; New Salem Cem.

5-6-1954
None listed

5-13-1954
Mrs. Minnie V. Moore; 83; Snell Cem.
Mrs. Nellie Harris; 78; Pleasant Hill Cem.
5-20-1954
Odessa Daniel; 52; Sweet Home Cem.
Berry A. Brown; 65; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
James J. Arnold; 72; Pleasant Hill Cem.
Robert Lee Baker; 77; New Salem Cem.
David B. Turner; 82; Friendship Cem.
Tom McMasters; 53; funeral at Okolona

5-27-1954
John Henry Brown; 73; Piney Grove Cem.
William Nelson Brown; 86; Liberty Cem.

6-3-1954
None listed

6-10-1954
Lawrence C. Glass; 76; Caney Cem.

6-17-1954
Isaac P. Coleman; 63; Friendship Cem.

6-24-1954
D. C. Tippitt; 74; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Martha Adaline Hames; 85; Midway Cem.
Gladys East Bailey; a memorial (see 4-29-1954 issue)
Euna McDaniel; a memorial

7-1-1954
Dr. Robert Lee; ??; funeral at Hugo, OK
Edgar Edwards; 81; funeral at Marlbrook
Brad Hunter Scott; 79; DeAnn Cem.

7-8-1954
Mrs. Stella T. Wooldridge; ??; Washington, AR
Mrs. Alice Youman; 72; Snell Cem.

7-15-1954
Mrs. Euna Bailey; 45; Bethel Cem.
S. A. Moore; 78; Snell Cem.
John C. Walloch; 76; Calvery Cem. in Little Rock

7-22-1954
Guy Deaton; 56; funeral at Emmet
Amy Harriet Bender; 84; Pleasant Hill Cem.

7-29-1954
J. Tom Snell; 82; Snell Cem.
Mollie McHenry; 75; ???; struck by car

8-5-1954
John Harold Elmore; 39; incomplete; heart attack

8-12-1954
Thomas A. Bailey; 75; Holly Springs Cem.
Mrs. John A. Davis; 80; DeAnn Cem.

8-19-1954
Mrs. Fannie Fore; 81; Caney Cem.
John Hastings; 65; New Salem Cem.
Lynne Harrell; 63; DeAnn Cem.
Pvt. James Braden; 18; ??; drowned at Camp Polk, LA

8-26-1954
Edward Wheat; 77; Liberty Cem.

9-2-1954
John Clarke White; 80; funeral in Denver, CO
Mrs. Willie Martiel Hogue; 37; Sweet Home Cem.
Harmon Vickers Scott; 84; DeAnn Cem.

9-9-1954
Sidney Cox; 61; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Allie Morgan; 72; Shover Springs Cem.
Walter B. Lee; 70; Antoine Cem.
Mrs. Lee Payne; 80; Cantley Cem. (Pleasant Ridge)
Mrs. Bettie Rockett; 80; Harmony Cem.

9-16-1954
Sidney Carrington; 72; DeAnn Cem.
Dolphus Whitten, Sr.; 78; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Mabel T. Horne; 58; DeAnn Cem.

9-23-1954
James T. O’Keefe; 74; Mt. Moriah Cem.
William W. Eidson; 25; Pleasant Ridge Cem.; plane crash
Mrs. Cora White; 75; Marlbrook Cem.

9-30-1954
John Dale Wilson; 78; DeAnn Cem.
10-7-1954
D. C. Rogers; 73; Antoine Cem.

10-14-1954
James W. Miller; 77; Union Grove Cem.
James Monroe Wood; 83; Caney Cem.
Carl Lee Glass; 48; Caney Cem.

10-23-1954
J. David Lucas; 63; Piney Grove Cem.
Harry B. Clark; 58; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. H. M. Jones; 61; Dallas, TX

10-28-1954
Emond Wyatt White; 37; Kermit, TX
11-4-1954
Isaac Morris; 58; DeAnn Cem.

11-11-1954
Vernon R. Warren; 52; Caney Cem.
Hiram A. Loomis; 79; DeAnn Cem.
Joseph A. Tomlin; 12 days; Bluff Springs Cem.
E. P. Martin; 67; Washington Cem.
Dr. W. A. Bullock; 80; Elk City, OK

11-25-1954
Mrs. Susan A. Hirst; 86; Mt. Moriah Cem.
Mrs. I. B. Grayson; 75; Pine Crest Memorial Park
Matha C. Johnson; 69; Ebenezer Cem. near Bluff City

12-2-1954
Ephraim W. Dorman; 70; Glen Haven Memorial Park in San Fernando, CA
Johnny Salmon; 23; Sweet Home Cem.; truck fire
Nancy Salmon; 3; Sweet Home Cem.; truck fire

12-9-1954
Mrs. Apsie Atkins McKelvy; 65; Mt. Olive Cem.
12-16-1954
Mrs. Lela McDonald; ??; funeral at Shongaloo, LA
12-23-1954
J. Green Richardson; 74; Mt. Moriah Cem.
Claud McGlone, Jr.; 23; Nubbin Hill Cem.; wreck in Colorado

12-30-1954
Lofton Louis Keesee; 50; DeAnn Cem.
Albert Brown Dickey, Jr.; ??; Little Rock; plane crash