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Nevada County Obits 1950

OBITUARIES FROM THE NEVADA NEWS


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

1-5-1950
Paula Fay Arnold; 5; funeral at Hot Springs; burn victim
William B. Gillespie; 72; funeral at Bluff City

1-12-1950
William R. Steed; 80; De Ann Cem.
Thomas Hamilton; 50; Belton Cem.

1-19-1950
Mrs. Mollie G. Cox; 63; De Ann Cem.
James M. Thomas; 79; funeral at McCaskill
Michael G. Freyberger; 88; Macedonia Cem. at Blevins
Mrs. Tula Rodgers; 77; funeral at Friendship church (probably McCaskill)
Mrs. Lelia B. Holcomb; 71; Delight Cem.

1-26-1950
James L. Cagle; 26; Piney Grove Cem; auto accident
William Dillard; 52; incomplete

2-2-1950
Mrs. Margaret Ellen Powell; 92; funeral in Prescott
Mrs. Beulah Leaton; 64; funeral in Prescott

2-9-1950
Mrs. Maggie Meador; 66; Bluff City Cem.; explosion at school
James H. Webster; 89; funeral at Sweet Home
Pvt. Leonard Spell; 23; ??; burn victim
Dwayne Douglas May; 5; Caney Cem.; cancer

2-16-1950
Mrs. Sadie H. Brooks; 75; De Ann Cem.
Tom Scott; 73; died in Idabel, OK

2-23-1950
Francis Diane Roberts; 1 month, 29 days; De Ann Cem.

3-2-1950
Mrs. Andrew Rhea; 61; Pleasant Hill Cem near Willisville
Howard Campbell; 9; Harmony Cem.
James H. McKenney; 87; Harmony Cem.
Josie Blakely; 80; Moscow Cem.3
Thomas Elmer Anderson; 54; Evening Shade Church of Christ in Macedonia
James J. Frizzell; 71; Woodlawn Cem. in El Dorado
Mrs. James Frank Moore; ??; Bossier City, LA

3-9-1950
Mrs. Bessie N. Carrington; 70; De Ann Cem.

3-16-1950
Mrs. Lena Gillespie; 61; funeral at Moscow Church
Charles r. Astin; 65; funeral at Sweet Home
Mrs. H. S. Bever; 88; Bluff City Cem.

3-23-1950
Samuel G. Hays; 86; Enid, OK
Mrs. Ella Wood; 78; funeral at Macedonia

3-30-1950
Mrs. T. A. Glanton; 73; Harmony Cem.
Mrs. Ida Butcher; 83; De Ann Cem.
John C. Calhoun; 91; Antoine Cem.
T. E. Osburne; 50; funeral at Emmet
Stanley Warner; ??; died in Sioux City, IO

4-6-1950
William A. Huff; 85; De Ann Cem.

4-13-1950
None listed

4-20-1950
Hugh Yeager; ??; died in Granite City, IL
Mrs. W. B. Riggs; 81; Pleasant Ridge Cem.

4-27-1950
Joseph W. Ridling; 69; Friendship Cem.
Robert A. Landers; infant (27 days); died in Dallas, TX

5-4-1950
None listed

5-11-1950
Charles A. Baker; 72; Piney Grove Cem.

5-18-1950
Reese Adams; 72; Piney Grove Cem.
Jerry May; 11; Union Cem.; leukemia
J. E. “Pete” Eaves; 59; funeral in McKinney, TX
Charley Roberts; 72; funeral at Holly Grove

5-25-1950
Issue missing

6-1-1950
Rufus Cummings; 55; funeral at Caney
Mrs. Mary E. Kennedy; 95; funeral at Mt. Moriah

6-8-1950
Dr. Maurice H. Kennedy; 66; funeral at Cornish Mortuary
William Snider Jones; 63; funeral in Prescott
Mrs.Bettie W. Hamby; ??; De Ann Cem.

6-15-1950
Robert L. Carman; ??; died in Henrietta, OK
James Garland McWilliams; 36; died in Gurdon in train yard accident

6-22-1950
J. N. Starnes; 76; Bluff City Cem.

6-29-1950
Milton McKissack; 66; Rosston Cem.
Mrs. Delta Haynie; 57; Piney Grove Cem.
Vernon Murrah; 41; ???; auto accident
Jack Crowell; 59; Bluff City Cem.; sawmill accident
R. B. Black; 62; Bluff City Cem; heart attack; postmaster at Bluff City

7-5-1950
J. Lee Cox; 68; De Ann Cem.
Mrs. Ella West Beaty; 74; Beaty Cem. at Emmet
Sam T. Johnson; 56; funeral at Emmet; timber cutting accident
Albert P. Creech; 70; funeral at Bluff City (burial Ebenezer)

7-13-1950
Emma Jean McLelland; 11; Liberty Cem.; drowning
Mrs. Dovie Roden; 58; Macedonia Cem.
C. B. “Happy” Burton, Jr.; 49; died in Greenville, TX
Mrs. N. T. Smith; ??; died in Corsicana, TX

7-20-1950
Wallace H. Welch; 62; De Ann Cem.
John H. Burrow; 61; funeral at Laneburg
Murrey J. Jackson; 63; De Ann Cem.
Mrs. L. H. Walthall; 60; Bluff City Cem.

7-27-1950
Dee Coy Huskey; 48; Ft. Worth, TX
Mrs. Lena King; 69; funeral in Prescott; hit by auto
Oscar Wylie; 20; funeral in Prescott; auto accident

8-3-1950
Bracy Haynie; 49; Greenwood Cem.; heart attack
Infant Evans; 1 day; funeral at Cornish Mortuary

8-10-1950
W. J. White; 80; De Ann Cem.
Paul Lambert; 51; funeral at Sweet Home; hit by truck

8-17-1950
Minus Green; 60; De Ann Cem
. Nacy Evans Ward; 887; funeral in Prescott
Mrs. Mary E. Martindale; 78; Mt. Moriah Cem.
Ed Renfro; 76; Missionary Grove
C. B. Easterling; 73; funeral in Bastrop, LA

8-25-1950
Percy M. Blakely; 59; De Ann Cem.; heart attack

8-31-1950
Samuel A. Sewell; 91; De Ann Cem.
Ray Hendrix; 53; Marlbrook Cem.
Mrs. Rose Ingram; ??; died in Glendale, CA

9-7-1950
Mrs. Ida Marion Gordon; 82; funeral at Midway
Mrs. Christine Covington; 40; funeral in Prescott
Marshall Gardner; 54; funeral in Delight

9-14-1950
F. C. Stewart; 87; funeral in Murfreesboro
Thomas B. Hathcoat; 68; funeral at Laneburg
William Pinkey Elmore; 39; Piney Grove Cem.

9-21-1950
Mrs. Lucy Grimes; 79; funeral at Caney
George Joseph Yamada; 1 yr, 11 mths.; De Ann Cem.
Robert Clayburn Harris; 71; Missionary Grove
Abe Underwood; 49; died in Aberdeen, WA
Margie O’Rourke; 9; Hart’s Chapel
T. M. Richardson; 84; De Ann Cem.

9-28-1950
Mrs. Mary Catherine Daniel; 75; De Ann Cem.
J. T. Wood; 38; Bluff City; burn victim
William F. White; 23; Harmony Cem.

10-5-1950
None listed

10-12-1950
C. C. Prince; 64; De Ann Cem.; burn victim
Mrs. J. G. Rhodes; 78; Friendship Cem.

10-19-1950
Lewis A. Allwhite; 68; Snell Cem.
John Tomlinson Burns; 85; funeral in Durant, OK
Benny J. Auxier; 45; funeral in Prescott
Delphia Faye Almond; 4 mths.; funeral at Caney

10-26-1950
Mrs. Patricia Erskine Durham; 16; funeral in Prescott
Mrs. W. L. or L. W. Rowe; 72; Snell Cem.

11-2-1950
Mrs. Beulah Tatum; 68; De Ann Cem.

11-9-1950
Mrs. Mary Caroline Sage; 88; funeral in Magnolia
Mrs. Pearl Grimes; 59; De Ann Cem.

11-16-1950
Mrs. Martha Wood; 75; Bluff City Cem.
David E. Seago; 58; Huckabee Cem.

11-23-1950
Lonnie J. Mann; 26; Pleasant Ridge Cem.; truck accident
Mrs. Mary Jane Herring; 81; De Ann Cem.
Miss Laura Cantley; 80; funeral in Arlington, VA

11-30-1950
Alta Mills Pruitt; 72; Pleasant Ridge
Mrs. Charity Clark; 82; funeral at Mt. Nebo church

12-7-1950
Mrs. Mildred Pittman Guthrie; ??; funeral in Prescott
Luke Carter; 84; Bluff City Cem.
Mrs. Janie M. Lumpkin; 76; White Chapel Memorial Gardens in Ft. Worth, TX

12-14-1950
Lawrence Walker; 45; Bluff City Cem.; log truck accident
Mrs. W. C. Manning; 71; funeral at Union church

12-21-1950
Luther L. Caudle; 64; Shover Springs
Mrs. Viola T. Goodwin; 56; Union Cem.

12-28-1950
Sgt. Charles W. Jeter; 28; funeral at Rosston; car/train accident