St Clair

The Anniston Star
July 28, 1972

Gradie Higginbotham Carlisle Bell (1911-1972) AL/CA/TX

Mrs. Grady Bell
Pell City - Mrs. Grady Carlisle Bell, 59, of Bellflower, Calif., died Wednesday at a Longview, Tex., hospital after a brief illness.

Funeral services were scheduled today at 2 p.m. at Providence Baptist Church in Ragland with the Rev. John Hastins officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery with Kilgore Funeral Home in charge.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Sarah Chapman of Los Angeles, Mrs. Carolyn Sue Walker of Montgomery and Mrs. Yvonne Shaffer of Indiana; two sons, Edward James Carlisle of Auburndale, Fla., and William Carlisle of Haines City, Fla., three sisters, Mrs. Katie Phillips, Mrs. Minnie Phillips and Mrs. Lucy St. John, all of Ragland; three brothers, Robert Higginbotham and Buddy Higginbotham, both of Ragland, and Bradford Higginbotham of Longview, Tex; 17 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

The Birmingham News
Oct 2, 2006

HIGGINBOTHAM, ALBERT EARL age 90, of Cropwell, AL, died Sunday, October 01, 2006 at home. Mr. Higginbotham was born on October 7, 1915 in Sayreton, AL to the late Floyd Washington Higginbotham and Rosa Mae Buckalew Higginbotham. Albert served in WWII in the Pacific Theater as a Master Sergeant in the Headquarters & Service Company of the 1874th Engineer Aviation Battalion. He was a mining engineer for Republic Steel his entire career; working in Birmingham, AL, Uniontown, PA and Berry, AL. Albert was married to the late Alwilda Granger for fifty-nine years. Mr. Higginbotham is survived by his son, A. Darryl (Lee) Higginbotham; granddaughters, Storey H. (Curtis) Freeman and Samantha Higginbotham (Michael Thomas); great-grandson, Peyton Freeman; sister, Beryl H. Ferguson and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 at 10:00 AM, Jefferson Memorial Trussville in the Abbey Mausoleum with Services following at 10:30 AM. Memorials may be given to the Big Oak Boys and Girls Ranch, Rainbow City, AL. Jefferson Memorial Trussville, directing.

Daily Home
Talladega, Pell City, Sylacauga
March 23, 2005

JOY DORIS GRAY

RAGLAND - Funeral service for Joy Doris Gray, 62, will be Wednesday, March 23, at 2 p.m. at Usrey Funeral Home chapel in Pell City with the Rev. Doug Ford officiating. Burial will be in Macedonia Baptist Cemetery in Ragland. Mrs. Gray died March 21 in Birmingham. She is survived by her husband, John "Tom" Gray of Ragland; daughter, Charma Crump (Barry) of Pell City; stepdaughter, Renee Overstreet (Jimmy) of Center Point; stepson, Harold DeWayne Gray (Sheryl) of Corner; sister, Peggy Mathis of Dawsonville, Ga.; niece, Donna Sue McCormick of Gainesville, Ga.; and five grandchildren. Usrey Funeral Home in Pell City will direct the service.

St. Clair Co. News
Ragland, Alabama
Jan 4. 1912

Mr. J. W. Gray died at his home two miles east of Ragland on Sunday last. Mr Gray was about 65 years of age; a man who lived a straight-forward life, and dealt with his fellowman justly. He is survived by his wife and seven children. The funeral services were conducted Monday at Macedonia.

Republished in Cherish, October, 1996, pg 97

[This is believed to be William H. Gray, whose first wife was Virginia L. Bird, and second wife was Ida Jane Campbell, though the initials do not match, and it lists the wrong number of children. "Sunday last" would have been 12/31/1911, which matches the death date of William H. Gray who is buried at Macedonia.]