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Nevada County Obits 1957

OBITUARIES FROM THE NEVADA NEWS


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

1-3-1957
Mrs. Calvin Barham; 63; Liberty Cem.
O. I. "Pete" Cantley; 64; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
Mrs. Mattie Smith; 91; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
C. W. McGill; ??; Camden; wreck
James W. Franks; 86; DeAnn Cem.
Dr. J. A. Bias; 72; ??; wreck

1-10-1957
Mrs. Mary E. Elmore; 26; Union Cem.
Ray Collins; 32; Midway Cem.
B. B. Hill; 75; died in California
Madolph Robinson; ??; Bluff City Cem.; mentioned in news column

1-17-1957
Fred Powell; 71; DeAnn Cem.

1-24-1957
William L. Carter; 72; Bluff City Cem.
Alexandria A. Ed" Gordon; 94; DeAnn Cem.
Robert D. Ursery; 72; DeAnn Cem.
William Edgar Loe; 78; Sweet Home Cem.
Mrs. Nettie McLelland; 39; Missionary Grove Cem.
Mrs. Ted McGough; 75; DeAnn Cem.

1-31-1957
Wayne Burkett; 63; Caney Cem.
James Thomas Easterling; 70; Laneburg Cem.
Lum Carter; ??; death mentioned in Bluff City news column

2-7-1957
Milton Thomas Blankenship; 52; Redding, CA; heart attack
Mrs. Lillian T. Cress; 81; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Georgia Sheriff; 82; DeAnn Cem.

2-14-1957
Mrs. Ruth C. Bomar; 77; DeAnn Cem.

2-21-1957
W. D. "Doss" Friday; 76; Laneburg Cem.
John Dorris Bullock; ??; Harmony Cem.
A. L. Porter; 70; Stephenville, TX

2-28-1957
Mrs. Louella Sallee; 78; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
Mrs. Grace Woosley Hare; 65; Vinita, OK
Mrs. Myrtle Owens Carpenter; 55; Detroit, MI

3-7-1957
Mrs. Florence Miller; 84; Midway Cem. (see 4-25-1957 issue also)

3-14-1957
Rev. Jennings Bryan Ritchie; 57; Union Grove Cem.; heart attack
Mrs. Florence Miller; 84; Midway Cem.

3-21-1957
Mrs. Elizabeth McDougald; 76; DeAnn Cem.
Harry Morton; 75; DeAnn Cem.

3-28-1957
Arlice Pittman; 56; DeAnn Cem.
Tim McLelland; 53; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Iona Riggs Marsh; ??; Greenwood Cem.
Ellis T. Sudsberry; 83; Bluff City Cem.

4-4-1957
Clarence Cavanah; 55; DeAnn Cem.
Marshall Dougan; 80; Snell Cem.

4-11-1957
Rev. A. H. Lambert; 75; Harmony Cem.
Mrs. Minnie Haynie Watson; 90; Lebanon Cem.

4-18-1957
Douglas Dougan; 46; Snell Cem.
Mrs. Hattie Almand White; 78; DeAnn Cem.

4-25-1957
Mrs. Horace F. Green; 36; Piney Grove Cem.
Mrs. Minnie Peachey; 90; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. S. H. McMahan; 78; DeAnn Cem.
Florence Miller; a memorial (see 3-7-1957 issue)

5-2-1957
Mrs. Lois Lough Pratt; 67; Bluff City Cem.

5-9-1957
J. Thomas Davis; 81; Pleasant Ridge Cem.

5-16-1957
Henry Martin Crane; 80; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
Leonard Pruitt; 55; Piney Grove Cem.
C. C. Purtle; ??; DeAnn Cem.

5-23-1957
Frankie Buie; 74; Missionary Grove Cem.
Gee Wilson; ??; National Cem. in Little Rock

5-30-1957
Thomas L. Hitt; 75; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Alice Logan Cagle; 86; funeral at Union Grove Church; wreck
James Earl Thomas; 53; funeral at El Dorado
John W. Griffin; 71; funeral at Columbus

6-6-1957
Clyde Williams; 61; Snell Cem.
Dr. Neil Forbes; 40; Laurel, MS

6-13-1957
Hugh Martin; 74; Harmony Cem.

6-20-1957
William Washington King; 63; DeAnn Cem.

6-27-1957
Fred J. White; 79; Arlington Cem. in El Dorado
Steve Allen Stivers; 3 weeks; in Gurdon
Mrs. Parks Fisher; ??; funeral at Hope

7-4-1957
Genie Oliver Starnes; 59; Bluff City Cem.

7-11-1957
Mrs. Eugenia Olive White; 77; DeAnn Cem.
Orbie B. Burks; ??; Austin, TX; heart attack
7-18-1957
Mrs. Nora or Nona Dickinson Orren; 82; DeAnn Cem.

7-25-1957
None listed

8-1-1957
Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Nesbit; 98; Marlbrook Cem.
Mrs. Mattie Steed; 82; Laneburg Cem.
H. O. Barber; 68; Centuries National Park in Shreveport, LA

8-8-1957
Mrs. Estella Honea; 65; Mt. Moriah Cem.

8-15-1957
Marcus Justiss; 56; DeAnn Cem.
Henry Johnson Wilson; 76; DeAnn Cem.
R. E. Stuckey; 70; Mt. Olive Cem. in Hugo, OK

8-22-1957
A. A. Galloway; 79; Harmony Cem.

8-29-1957
James Pete Eaves; 32; San Antonio, TX
Ralph Ellis; 19; Harmony Cem.
James Leon Moore; 45; Bluff City Cem.

9-5-1957
Charlie Walker Hamilton; 60; Shiloh Cem.
Yana Cynthia Otwell; 7 months; Ft. Sill Cem., OK; cardiac failure

9-12-1957
Virgil D. Daniel; 62; DeAnn Cem.
J. C. Cox; 83; Memory Gardens in Hope
T. J. Casteel; ??; died in Powers Lake, ND
John Richard "Jid" Hays; 82; Okolona Cem.
Mrs. Exa Arterbury; 94; Harmony Cem.

9-19-1957
Andrew Jackson Thompson; 92; Thompson’s Chapel near Amity
Mrs. Mary Frances Whitney; 87; Missouri Cem. in Ouachita Co.

9-26-1957
Mrs. Amanda Cox; 90; Corinth Cem.

10-3-1957
Horace E. Thornton; 58; Harmony Cem.

10-10-1957
Mrs. Lillie Simpson; 69; Memory Gardens in Hope
Porter C. Wilson; 56; Rosston Cem.
Charles F. Cludy; 79; Pleasant Ridge Cem.

10-17-1957
D. W. Citty; ??; St. Paul’s Cem.
Col. Lois C. Dill; 62; National Cem. in San Antonio, TX

10-24-1957
Joe T. Rhodes; 69; Caney Cem.
J. W. Wingfield; 90; Antoine Cem.
John Darsie Moore; ??; Plainfield, NJ
Kavin Ray Whipple; infant son; died in Lawton, OK
Mrs. Lola Mae Pry; ??; Rose Hill Cem.

10-31-1957
John Wesley Loe; 64; Mt. Moriah Cem.
William Rufus Crofford; 71; Rose Hill Cem. in Hope
Mrs. Bessie Brady Cook; 72; Snell Cem.

11-7-1957
Mrs. Bobbie Nell Loe; 76; Sweet Home Cem.
Mrs. Mabell Jackson Martin; 82; Mt. Olive Cem.
Mrs. Homer Ross; 65; McGehee Cem.
Howard Smithton Hart; 80; Bluff Springs Cem.
Mrs. Naomi Trexler; 89; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
Mrs. Alice Woosley; 83; Harmony Cem.
Albert Alfred Hawley; 71; Pleasant Ridge Cem.

11-14-1957
Willie Gulley; ??; ??; fell from moving truck
Mrs. Sallie Webb; 82; St. Paul’s Cem.
Ted May; ??; Union Cem.
John W. Mason; 87; Holly Springs Cem.
Mrs. Mabel Jackson Martin; 82; Mt. Olive Cem.

11-21-1957
Fred Garrett; ??; Rodeo, CA

11-28-1957
William H. "Edd" Pope; 94; ???

12-5-1957
Ray L. Isenhour; 38; from NC; died at hotel in Prescott
William Barnett Bennett; 69; Union Cem.
Henry Holcomb Smith; 77; Pine Crest Memorial Park
Mrs. Ada Elmore; 75; Piney Grove Cem.
J. W. Mason; a Masonic memorial (see11-14-1957 issue)

12-12-1957
S. L. Crow; 66; Smith Cem. in Havana, AR-?; wreck
Charles Elwood Smith; 39; Mt. Moriah Cem.
Mrs. Jess Howell; 61; Pisgah Cem. near Delight
John R. Crouse; 62; Caney Cem.
Mrs. Augusta Hamilton Pfeiffer; 63; Roselawn Memorial Park
Bernard J. Braheney; 67; Waldo Cem.
Mrs. Annie L. Crayne; 89; Pleasant Ridge Cem.

12-19-1957
John Harris Langley; 53; DeAnn Cem.
James N. Dewoody; 75; Bluff City Cem.
Louis Suckles; 75; funeral at Texarkana

12-24-1957
None listed