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OBITUARIES FROM THE NEVADA NEWS
Nevada County Obits 1955
Date is issue of paper
Name; age; cemetery; cause of death if given
1-6-1955
Mrs. Hattie Woosley; 76; Harmony Cem.
Thomas Alfred Eaves; 66; Memorial Park in Pine Bluff
Roger Lee Bailey; 22; Rosston Cem.
Mrs. Ella Hewitt; 83; Antoine Cem.
John Hawkins; 97; death mentioned in Bluff City news column
1-13-1955
Mrs. Joe Boswll; 72; De Ann Cem.
Thomas C. Graham; 57; De Ann Cem.
1-20-1955
Claude F. McGlone; 24; ????; wreck in Colorado
Mrs. Leola Edwards; 65; Marlbrook Cem.
Jesse Edward Dempsey; 87; Shady Grove Cem. (Greenbriar-?)
Mrs. Ruth Carol Patrick; 53; Wichita Falls Cem. in TX
1-27-1955
Mrs. Delphia Cross Lekas; 44; Mt. Moriah Cem.
Mrs. Gillie Griffith; 63; Ebenezer Cem. near Bluff City
Eugene A. Watson; 87; Rome Cem.
W. R. Boney; ??; Stamps
Mrs. Rosa Ellen Britt; 74; De Ann Cem.
2-3-1955
Lonnie Ervin “Jake” Billingsley; 63; Bastrop, LA
William S. Roe; 78; Midway Cem.
D. O. Montgomery; 67; Pleasant Hill Cem.
Mrs. C. W. Knowles; ??; Roselawn Memorial Park
Mrs. R. P. Bright; 71; funeral at Harmony
2-10-1955
Wilburn Bennet; 59; Mt. Moriah Cem.
David A. Snell; 78; Snell Cem.
Mrs. Katie Dowing; 51; New Salem Cem.
Roger Lee Bailey; a memorial
2-17-1955
Mrs. Frances DeLaughter; 94; De Ann Cem.
Jefferson Davis Cantley;92; De Ann Cem.
2-24-1955
Mrs. Lucy Waters; 55; De Ann Cem.
3-3-1955
Newton Carl Greer; 80; Bluff City Cem.
Mrs. Bessie Stuart; 68; Liberty Cem.
Glenn Orr; 52; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
3-10-1955
None listed
3-17-1955
George Irwin Haynie; 58; Liberty Cem.
Mary Rebecca Wilson; 91; Sweet Home Cem.
William F. Spears; 79; Sweet Home Cem.
3-24-1955
Franklin Trevillion; 44; De Ann Cem.
William S. Osborn; 81; Snell Cem.
Edgar M. Bonds; 70; Marlbrook Cem.
Mrs. Parlee Crowell; ??; mentioned in Bluff City news column
3-31-1955
Mrs. Artie Rogers; 81; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
Charles H. Mendenhall; 76; Stephens Cem.
John W. Whitehead; 79; Rosston Cem.
4-7-1955
Will A. Newth; 87; De Ann Cem.
Mrs. Mellie Carman; 62; Sweet Home Cem.
4-14-1955
Ralph Donovan Hines; ??; Beaumont, TX; fell from horse
Wesley F. Otwell; 79; Ebenezer Cem.
4-21-1955
Dwight B. Westmoreland; 63; Walnut Ridge
Miss Exa Cantley; ??; Arlington, VA
4-28-1955
None listed
5-5-1955
Billy Joe Coates; 21; De Ann Cem.
Hoyt E. Vandiver; 56; Prague, OK
Henry Calvin Bright; 83; Laneburg Cem.
5-12-1955
Ben Franklin Snell; 85; Harmony Cem.
S. H. Erwin; 83; Cabot, AR
Mrs. Mary Baker; 104; Brown Cem.
5-19-1955
None listed
5-26-1955
Mrs. Nina Wilson; 90; Midway Cem.
Charles Dickerson; 47; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
6-2-1955
Ulysses Westmoreland; 61; Bethel Cem.
Lester P. Brown; 45; Piney Grove Cem.
John M. Pittman; 47; De Ann Cem.; home fire
6-9-1955
Paul Frisby; 53; McAllen, TX
Mrs. Nancy Atkins; 97; Mt. Olive Cem.
Owen B. Hendrix; 73; Antoine Cem.
Mrs. Grace Busbee Wilson; 59; Sweet Home Cem.
6-16-1955
Irving A. Blakely; 66; Rosehedge Cem. in Gurdon
Terry R. Holder; 49; Piney Grove Cem.
Walter Meador; death mentioned in Bluff City news column
6-23-1955
Mrs. Johnny Phillips; 68; Harmony Cem.
6-30-1955
Dr. C. W. McClelland; 68; Greenlead Cem. in TX(?)
Mrs. Etta Stevenson; 80; Honey Grove, TX
Michael D. Moore; infant; ????
Cecil Ray Hall; ??; incomplete; auto wreck
7-5-1955
Mrs. Jennie Meador; 86; Midway Cem.
Dr. C. C. Purtle; 76; Blenwood (?) Cem.
7-14-1955
Mrs. Susie D. Caldwell; 46; Williamson Cem. in Vidor, TX
Mrs. Ruth A. Harper; 81; Mt. Moriah Cem
7-21-1955
W. A. Guerin; 64; Little Rock (?)
Mrs. Ruth Harper; a memorial
7-28-1955
John Ernest Foster; 39; Greenwood Cem.
8-4-1955
Martin L. Nelson; 74; Sweet Home Cem.
J. Olen Phillips; 55; Sweet Home Cem.
Joseph E. Meador; 78; Bluff City Cem.
James L. Cottingham; 91; Friendship Cem.
Ira L. Hurst; 63; incomplete (see 12-15-1955 for a Masonic memorial)
8-11-1955
Mrs. Mary Nell Grifford; 60; ???
8-18-1955
Donna Lynn Harris; 9 months; DeAnn Cem.
8-25-1955
Allen O’Rourke; 35; Hart’s Chapel Cem.
Mrs. Lvora Ann Burns; 81; Marlbrook Cem.
Mrs. Ida Easterling; 73; Laneburg Cem.
9-1-1955
Mrs. Nancy Barham; 73; Ebenezer Cem.
9-8-1955
John Henry Eddy; 71; Buckner Cem.
9-15-1955
William H. V. Walquist; ??; Riverside Cem.
James Ray Willis; 57; Holly Grove Cem.
9-22-1955
W. L. White; 75; funeral at Center Ridge
Joseph Henry Loe; 76; Sweet Home Cem.
9-29-1955
Mrs. Florence Jobe Westmoreland; 78; Forest Park Cem. in Houston
Tom Pittman; 90; Pleasant Hill Cem.
Mrs. Amanda Jane Allen; 81; Sweet Home Cem.
Sid Purtle; 41; DeAnn Cem.; leukemia
Mrs. Viva Oliver; ??; death mentioned in Bluff City news column
10-6-1955
Walter Newt Kirk; 76; Ebenezer Cem. near Bluff City
John D. Thompson; 88; Glenwood Cem.
Mrs. Minnie E. Shope; 63; DeAnn Cem.
10-13-1955
J. Wheeler Gordon; 57; Magnolia
Mrs. Bessie Wells; 75; Liberty Cem.
10-20-1955
Perry Norton; 88; Snell Cem.
Mrs. Nora Lee Graham; 45; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Martha J. Spencer; 79; Liberty Cem.
Mrs. Edith S. Kitto; 72; Long Island, NY
Albert Cummings; ??; death mentioned in Bluff City news column
10-27-1955
William B. Jobe; 72; Caney Cem.
Mrs. Dora Edwards; 86; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
Loyce Merle Head; 11; Sweet Home Cem.
11-3-1955
Moody Callicott; 73; Caney Cem.
Herbert H. Arnott; 70; Durant, OK
Mrs. H. M. Ross; 66; Murfreesboro
11-10-1955
Hansel C. Jackson; 64; Laneburg Cem.
11-17-1955
Mrs. John D. Langston; ??; Harmony Cem.
Mrs. Ethel Bailey Reeves; ??; DeAnn Cem.
Mrs. Alice Ward Willson (sp.-?); 81; funeral at Hope
Horace B. DeLamar; 58; DeAnn Cem.
Henry Harvey; ??; death mentioned in Bluff City news column
Lelas Walthall; ??; death mentioned in Bluff City news column
11-24-1955
Mrs. Bessie Richey; 66; DeAnn Cem.
James Tracy Cummings; 60; Midway Cem.
12-1-1955
Eugene Loe; 70; Mt. Moriah Cem.
Mrs. Georgia Price; 89; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
Virgil A. James; 57; ????
J. A. Copeland; 74; Pleasant Home Cem. near Delight (see 12-29-1955 also)
Henry Milner Stephens; ???; Marlbrook Cem.
12-8-1955
Sanderson P. Cantley; 63; Pleasant Ridge Cem.
12-15-1955
I. L. Hurst; a Masonic memorial (see 8-4-1955 issue)
12-22-1955
Cleo Andrew Vandiver; 69; DeAnn Cem.
R. Clarke White; 60; DeAnn Cem.; struck by car while crossing street
Mrs. Clara Dillard; 67; Bluff Springs Cem.; auto accident
Claude McGlone, Jr; a memorial poem (died 12-17-1954)
12-29-1955
Dr. W. D. or D. W. Milburn; 74; ????
J. A. Copeland; (see 12-1-1955 issue)
Louie Pelt; 79; Buckner Cem.