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Nevada County Obits 1966


1-6-1966
Mrs. Gertrude Sharman; 84; Bodcaw No. 1 Cem.

1-13-1966
B. F. McDonald; 82; DeAnn Cem.
William M. Fielding; 57; ???
Richard Morman; 33; ????; an explosion
Jell Ann Postlewait; 11 months; Pleasant Hill Cem.
Johnnie E. Campbell; 61; Harmony Cem.

1-20-1966
Melton Eldridge Dickerson; 54; Pleasant Hill Cem.
Rev. C. H. Tippit; 77; Center Point Cem. near Nashville
Mrs. Stell Jane Stewart Weisenberger; 84; Rose Hill Cem.
Uriel L. Bearden, Jr.; 5; Falcon Cem.; tricycle/truck accident
Hill Carter Penn; 80; Hollywood Cem.
Mrs. Roxie Auxier Tippett; 64; Pleasant Ridge Cem.

1-27-1966
William V. Ellis; 91; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
W. F. Robey, Jr.; 58; Ironton, MO
A. E. “Ob” McGuire; 83; DeAnn Cem.
Munn Daniel;70; Syracuse, NY
Mrs. Ruby Bonner Stewart; 84; Rome Cem.

2-3-1966
Eugene E. Reichstadt; 80; Memorial Gardens
Hubert A. Nash; 53; Antoine Cem.

2-10-1966
Mrs. Josephine E. Reed; 89; Eylar Cem.
Mrs. Ada Orene Hooper Mitchell; 74; Willisville Cem.
Mrs. Lizzie Thomas Haynie; 77; Rosston Cem.
Mrs. Elsie Mae Pruitt Barham; 50; Liberty Cem.
Mrs. Rosa Dowd Hawley; 78; Chidester Cem.

2-17-1966
Barnie Bill Haynie; 76; Las Cruces Cem., NM
Duncan Dewoody; 57; Bluff City Cem.
Jarrett White; 91; Liberty Cem.

2-24-1966
Alga Neal Watson; 42; County Line Cem.
William E. Pedigo; 68; May Cem.
T. E. McMaster; 94; Weir Cem.

3-3-1966
Donald Hill; 35; Snell Cem.
Robert Lee Johnson; 85; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Albert J. Cheal;??; Mt. Gambier; tree limb hit car
Mrs. Wilma Wilson Price; ??; Shiloh Cem. at Stamps
Mrs. Ethel Thornton Durham; 77; Harmony Cem.
Richard Glenn Blake; 87; Ebenezer Cem. near Bluff City
J. Dan White; 68; Moscow Cem.
Willis Peter Brunson; 78; Memorial Gardens in Hope
Mrs. Nona Mae Davis Hunt; 64; DeAnn Cem.

3-10-1966
Andrew Jackson; 68; Big Spring, TX
W. U. “Pete” Wade; 77; Marlbrook Cem.
Miss Wilma Elizabeth Childers; 43; Bethel Cem. at Okolona
Brice Martin; 61; Mt. Olive Cem.
Mrs. Orrie Rooks; 81; Academy Cem. at Nathan
Barton M. Saunders; 77; Harmony Cem.

3-17-1966
James Dawson Atkinson; 73; DeAnn Cem.
Charles Dundee; 78; Piney Grove Cem.
Mrs. Lena Meador Wake; 74; Midway Cem.
Coy A. Jones; 60; incomplete
Mrs. Jewel Pittman Vickers; 79; DeAnn Cem.
Fred P. White; 78; DeAnn Cem.
Roy C. Kirkham; 51; Delight Cem.

3-24-1966
Rev. Cecil R. Culver; 60; Roselawn Memorial Park
Enis W. Pruitt; 66; Mt. Moriah Cem.
Mrs. Mattie Lou Whitted; 61; Richmond, CA

3-31-1966
Charles E. Swindell; 57; Forest Hill Cem. near Hope
Mrs. Mattie Buchanan Cox; 88; DeAnn Cem.
Clarence N. Bolls; 65; Mt. Moriah Cem.
Mrs. Carrie Davis Callaway; 80; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
J. G. “Buddie” Nance; ??; ??; heart attack
John Haggard; ??; Houston, TX; heart attack

4-7-1966
Mrs. Ellen Allison Bradford; 80; DeAnn Cem.
Warren E. Regan; 98; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
Sam O. Logan; 84; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Teresa Blake Scott; 92; DeAnn Cem.

4-14-1966
Russel Benton Hannah; 56; Amber Cem. in OK; heart attack
John J. Delaney; 87; Sweet Home Cem.
John Clyde Brown; 75; Pleasant Hill Cem.
Mrs. Lorena Virdin Wicker; 78; DeAnn Cem.

4-21-1966
Mrs. Carrie Hart Fuller; 70; Edgewood Cem. in Little Rock
Mrs. Frances Few Kinlay; ??; incomplete

4-28-1966
Mrs. Lemma O’Keefe; 78; Mt. Moriah Cem.
Mrs. Jessie Mae Rogers Thomas; 58; Rosehedge Cem.
Rufus Hart Hill; 55; Chalybeate Valley Cem.
John William Cottingham; 82; Bluff City Cem.

5-5-1966
Johnny W. Johnson; 20; DeAnn Cem.; gunshot while cleaning rifle
George W. Mitchell; 64; Piney Grove Cem.
Mrs. Winnie McLelland Blevins; 46; Woodlawn Cem.
Charles E. Buie, Jr.; 43; DeAnn Cem.
William R. Thrasher; 65; DeAnn Cem.

5-12-1966
H. G. “Mickey” Nelson; 53; Brookside Memorial Park in Houston
Mrs. Stella Mae Stewart; 76; Marlbrook Cem.

5-19-1966
Eriless N. Grisham; 52; Bodcaw No. 1 Cem.; heart attack
C. F. Boyce; 88; Washington Cem.

5-26-1966
Mrs. Gertie Crawley Spears; 63; Sweet Home Cem.
Mrs. J. R. Sangston; ??; North Little Rock
Bruce W. Price; 77; Snell Cem.
Joe W. Ghormley; 76; Bluff Springs Cem.
J. T. “Bud” Wilson; 84; Missionary Grove Cem.

6-2-1966
Mrs. Gertrude Yarbrough Hutson; 72; Marlbrook Cem

6-9-1966
Mrs. Ada Lou Kizer Honea; 78; Memorial Park in Dallas
Lt. Col. Sidney E. Loomis; 62; Rose Hill Cem.

6-16-1966
Miss Kathryn Jane White; 49; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Billie Ruth Jarvis Morman; incomplete
Mrs. Beulah Elizabeth Gunter; 78; Shiloh Cem.
Mrs. Ada Belle Calhoun Wingfield; 94; Antoine Cem.

6-23-1966
Charles Raymond Coup; 71; DeAnn Cem.
Edmond Jane Gaillard; 64; Pleasant Home Cem. in Pike Co.
Harold Taylor Simpson; 73; Spring Cem.
Billie Ruth Jarvis Morman; ??; Rosston Cem.
Mrs. Viola Burdett Steele;78; Lamesa Memorial Park, TX
Mrs. Callie Gathright Campbell; 59; Harmony Cem.
Mrs. Mary Roberts; 90; Pleasant Home Cem.
Miss Laura Belle Kirk; 81; Ebenezer Cem. near Bluff City
F. W. “Buck” White; ??; Pleasant Ridge Cem.

6-30-1966
Mrs. Dorothy Arnett Haynie, Sr.; 552; Piney Grove Cem.
Joseph M. Osburn; incomplete
William W. Ghormley; 50; Harmony Cem.

7-7-1966
Mrs. Lill Buchanan Hamilton; 77; DeAnn Cem.
Miss Lois Russell; ??; Taft, CA
Charles Stell Shope; 44; Forest Hill Memorial Park
Mrs. Jenice Elizabeth Plyler Waters; 83; Midway Cem.
Lem White; incomplete

7-14-1966
Robert Wayne Spradlin; 13; Caney Cem.; drowned
Josiah E. Raines; 72; Piney Grove Cem.; heart attack
Mrs. Carrie Lowdermilk Barlow; 73; Bluff City Cem.
Lemuel Webster White; 87; Old Union Cem.

7-21-1966
Otis Nuel Curtis; 60; Caney Cem.
Mrs. Mucie Ridling Murrah; 70; DeAnn Cem

7-28-1966
Mrs. Berta Bennett; 79; Harmony Cem.
D. D. Bolls; ??; Macon, MS; heart attack
Mrs. Marcia L. Hesterly; 90; Willisville Cem.
William Elmore White; 76; incomplete
Homer C. Trevillion; 86; Pleasant Hill Cem.
James Franklin Pringle; 88; Bluff City Cem.

8-4-1966
Ralph Lewis Adams; 41; Dexter, KN
Mrs. Miriam Wollenberger Schrierer; 55; wreck in Memphis

8-11-1966
Mrs. Lela McNelley Defoor; 65; Liberty Cem.
William Morgan Johnson; 84; Gavelston Memorial Cem.
Merrell A. Huckabee; 45; Macedonia Cem.
James Howard Lewis; 54; Clarksville Cem.
David Asberry McKinnon; 78; Pleasant Hill Cem.
Eugene Burchfield; 37; ??; drowned
Hillard R. Daniell; 33; Caney Cem.

8-18-1966
Hynes Sparks; 72; Forest Park Cem.
Mrs. Cora Whitmarsh; 89; DeAnn Cem.
Claudis Deaton; 69; Snell Cem.
William Albert Smith; 88; Mt. Moriah Cem.
Lizzie Fulks; 68; ??; wreck

8-25-1966
Melanie Christine Gauthier; infant; Laneburg
Mrs. Leslie G. Stevens; 89; Albright Cem. in Kokomo, IN
Rev. Joseph Edwin Britt; 57; Terrell, TX
Wade Kitchens; 87; Columbia Cem.

9-1-1966
Paul Jones; 63; Smackover Cem.
Carl Purtle; 74; DeAnn Cem.
Thomas Ray Wylie; 73; Laurel Land Memorial Park in Dallas
Mrs. Vada Pankey Baskins; ??; ??
Mrs. Littie McCullogh Hastings; 73; New Salem Cem.
Mrs. Sarah Emma Cornelius Wilson; 85; Missionary Grove Cem.
Agee Boone Butcher; 64; Moscow Cem.

9-8-1966
Ray Hines; ??; Lufkin Cem.; wreck
Arthur P. Davis; 80; DeAnn Cem.
John Sweeney; 79; ???

9-15-1966
Avery McKinney; ??; Memorial Gardens
Mrs. Lizzie D. Jordan; 90; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Mary Dee Rhodes White; 47; Caney Cem.
Mrs. Lula May Whitten; 89; Union Cem.
Mrs. Pearl Moore Brooks; 75; DeAnn Cem.
John Crumby; 78; Snell Cem.
William T. Woodul; ??; Pleasant Hill Cem.; wreck

9-22-1966
Carl E. Porter; 70; Forest Park East Cem.
Nick Jones; 70; DeAnn Cem.

9-29-1966
Mrs. Adell S. Marlar; 72; funeral at Hope
Mrs. J. D. May; 72; Corinth Cem.
Mrs. Irene Baker Graham; 50; Piney Grove Cem.
Col. Glenn L. Allen; 71; The Presidio in San Francisco
Hezikiah B. Cabaniss; 57; Pleasant Home Cem. near Murfreesboro

10-6-1966
Chester M. Avery; 71; Midway Cem.
John Timothy Dempsey, Sr; 79; ??
John N. Hubbard; 70; DeAnn Cem.
Sidney A. Fairchild; 57; Mt. Moriah Cem.

10-13-1966
Mrs. Lizzie M. Niemeyer; 85; DeAnn Cem.
William Edward Dunn; 60; Ebenezer Cem.
Fletcher Loe; 54; Harmony Cem.; drowned while squirrel hunting
Mrs. Hester Williams Shackelford; 49; Laneburg Cem.
Mrs. Leota Almand Honey; 59; Laneburg Cem.
Mont Wardlow; ??; ???

10-20-1966
Mrs. Jack Shupert; ??; ??; wreck
John B. Tidwell; 21; ??; wreck
Nathaniel Godbolt; 17; ??; wreck
Jackie Sue Williams; 18; ??; wreck
Troy Lee Gulley; 16; ??; wreck
Robert C. Fincher; 55; Waldo Cem.; heart attack
Dr. Samuel Davis McGill; 80; Greenwood Cem. in Camden

10-27-1966
Harry Lemuel Arrington; 56; Liberty Cem.
Mrs. Naoma Gladys Thomas; 62; West Side Cem. in Taft, CA
Ross Buchanan; 78; DeAnn Cem.
Elbert Edward “Shorty” Davis; 58; DeAnn Cem.
William L. McDonald; 38; Nubbin Hill Cem.

11-3-1966
Crawford Andrews; 80; Liberty Cem.
Mrs. Arch Moore; 81; Rose Hill Cem.
Rayburn E. Smith; 42; Rosston Cem.
Mrs. Zella Ross Bostick; 84; DeAnn Cem.
James Shirron; 62; Mt. Olivet Cem.

11-10-1966
John C. Cox, Sr.; 49; Friendship Cem. at Amity
Dr. James Ellis Cox; 87; Liberty Cem.
Charles C. Mautz; 94; ??

11-17-1966
Joe W. House; 81; Piney Grove Cem.
Mrs. Mattie Lusby; 79; Snell Cem.
William Everett Baldwin; 46; DeAnn Cem.
Emil Wiese; ??; died in Pensacola, FL

11-24-1966
Tom Baum; 60; died in Sacremento, CA
Mrs. Cora Effie Almond; 75; Rose Hill Cem.
Miss Ruby Young; 74; Rosefield Cem. in Clark Co.

12-1-1966
Mrs. Rose P. McCain; ??; Greenwood Cem. in Arcata, CA
Robert “Bud” McCain; 80; Pleasant Hill Cem.
Varnice Ward Simm; 22; ??; wreck
Elstory Simon; 35; ??; wreck
William A. Townsend; 91; Snell Cem.
James Ray Steed; 15; Pleasant Ridge Cem.; throat cut by flying glass

12-8-1966
Mrs. Opal Bailey; ??; Union Cem.; wreck
Henry Thurston Stuart; 75; Missionary Grove Cem.
Mrs. Alice E. Polk; 73; Pleasant Hill Cem.
Wallace Haynes Cromer; 82; Beard’s Chapel Cem.

12-15-1966
Mrs. Cattie McAteer; 75; Ebenezer Cem. near Bluff City
William Olen Calhoun; 59; Mt. Moriah Cem.
Barham Cox; ??; Liberty Cem.; shot by Billy Edwards (news article)

12-22-1966
Mrs. Annie Bradley Morgan; 78; Bluff City Cem.
Will Williams; ??; Dallas, TX
Mrs. Nannie L. Brooks; 88; Marlbrook Cem.
Johnny D. Starnes; 77; Bluff City Cem.
Floyd H. Lee; 58; Rosston Cem.
Nelson Carr Purtle; 75; Mouses Cem. at Rocky Mound

12-29-1966
Mrs. Nodie Warmack Lewis; 71; funeral at Waldo
Mrs. Johnnie Pearce Meador; 79; Bluff City Cem.