Jefferson

Whitten, Annie Jane Sitton, d.1949

The Birmingham News
Wed, June 15, 1949

Deaths, pg 36
Whitten - Mrs. Annie Jane Whitten, age 68, of Warrior, Ala, passed away Tuesday a.m. at the residence. Survived by 2 sons, Paul and Harold Whitten; 4 daughters, Mrs. Grace McCulley, Mrs. Marie Wright, Mrs. Lois Chambers and Mrs. Mary Sue Chambers; 2 sisters, Mrs. Lela Thomas and Mrs. Zelphia Sanders; 25 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren. Funeral Services Wednesday, 2 pm from the Stewart's Chapel, interment adj. cemetery. Lewis Brown Services, of Warrior, directing. Gadsden papers, please copy.

Alabama

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Gray, William, d.1947

The Birmingham News
Tuesday June 17, 1947
pg 17
Heart Attack Fatal
to William Gray
Funeral services for William Gray will be held at Savannah, GA, it was announced this morning. Mr. Gray, brother of Allen Gray, president of the Jefferson County Sportsmen's Association, died of a heart attack yesterday at Jefferson Hospital.
Offices of the J.C.S.A will be closed for several days, Mr. Gray said last night.

The Birmingham News
Wednesday June 18, 1947
pg 18
Gray - William Gray, age 73, of Savannah, GA., passed away Monday pm at a local infirmary. Survived by the widow, Mrs. William Gray; 1 brother, Allan Gray. Body was shipped Tuesday pm to Savannah, GA, for services and interment by Luquire.

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Gray, Frances Victoria, d.1955

The Birmingham News
Monday November 7, 1955
pg 15
Mrs. Frances Gray,
of Dixiana, dies
Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Victoria Gray, 81, who died yesterday at her home in Dixiana, Ala, will be held Wednesday.
Services will be held at 2 pm at the Bradford Baptist Church with the Rev. Jasper Kelly and the Rev. Oscar York officiating. Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery, Brown-Service, Norwood, directing.
Mrs. Gray is survived by her husband, Durbin Gray; two sons, E. H. and Lofton Gray, of North Carolina; four daughters, Mrs. Leona Watson, Mrs. Ruby McCombs, Mrs. Reva Glass and Mrs. Geneva Hawkins, 18 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

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McCulley, Cordie Lee, d.1970

The Birmingham News
Sunday Feb 22 1970
pgA29
Mrs. Cordie Lee McCulley, 86, of Abernant, who died Saturday, was a native of Bibb County. She lived in Abernant 20 years. Funeral will be at 11 am Monday at Elmwood Chapel with burial in Elmwood. She is survived by four daughters Mrs. Charley Buck, Abernant; Mrs. Ernest Reid, Anniston; Mrs. Howard Lucas and Mrs. J. H. Splawn, both of Birmingham; two sons, T. E. McCulley, Montevallo, and J. C. McCulley, Lipscomb, and two sisters, Mrs. Callie Dailey, Birmingham, and Mrs. Nellie Reach, Calera.

[Note: her parents were Allen Henderson and Josephine Majors according to her death certificate.]

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Gray, Ethel Lillian Parsons, d.1974

The Birmingham News
Monday, April 29, 1974
pg 39
Gray, Mrs. Ethel Lillian, age 68 of 1727 14 Avenue South, passed away Saturday at a local hospital. She is survived by one daughter Mrs. Nettie (Betty) Carroll of B'ham, one step-son O. D. Brogdon of Atlanta, three brothers David L. Parsons, Sr. of Bham, James W. Parsons, Sr. of Fairfield and A. H. Parsons of Jacksonville, Fla, several nieces and nephews, several great nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be Tuesday 11 am at the Chapel. Interment in The Bethlehem Methodist Cemetery in Dolomite, Reverend Jack LeGrande officiating, Johns-Rideout's 2116 8 Avenue South, directing.

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Gray, Durbin I., d.1959

Birmingham News
Sunday, September 20, 1959
pg B2

Mr. Durbin I. Gray, age 91, of Bradford, Ala, passed away Friday pm at the residence. Survived by 4 daughters, Mrs. Otis McCombs of Pinson, Ala, Mrs. Leona Watson of Bessemer, Mrs. Otis Glass of Bradford, Mrs. Clarence Hawkins of Flat Creek, 2 sons, Hubert Gray of Bradford, Ala, Lofton Gray of Amherst, VA, 18 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held Sunday 2:30 pm from Bradford Baptist Church, interment Hopewell Cemetery, the Rev. Jasper Kelley, the Rev. R. J. Cash and the Rev. D. W. Akins officiating. Remains to lie in state at the church from 1:30 until 2:30 pm. Brown-Service, Norwood, directing.

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Gray, Hester Smith, d.1959

Birmingham News
Sunday, September 20, 1959
pg B2

Mrs. Hester Smith Gray, age 80, of 4225 4th Ave. S. passed away Friday pm in Panama City, Fla. She is survived by the husband William N. Gray; 2 sisters, Mrs. D. F. Black and Mrs. G. W. Harris, both of Atlanta, Ga., and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Sunday 2:30 pm. from Johns-Ridout's Church Chapel, the Rev. James E. Harris officiating. Interment Elmwood Cemetery, Johns-Ridout's directing, 2136 8th Ave. S.

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Garrett, Dorothy Campbell, d.1975

The Birmingham News
Wed, Aug 20, 1975
Page 71
Metro Edition
Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Garrett,56, of 2042 Montreat Parkway, Hoover, who died Tuesday, was a Birmingham native, a member of Woodlawn United Methodist Church and had lived in Jasper 18 years. Graveside services will be at 3 pm. Thursday at Elmwood, Valley Chapel directing. Survivors include her husband, Roy J. Garrett; two daughters, Mrs. William E. Reynolds Jr., Jasper, and Mrs. Jerry Hutto, Covington, La, and her mother, Mrs. Florence M. McCroskey, Birmingham.

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Gray, Ruby Allen, d.1975

The Birmingham News
Wed, Aug 20, 1975
Page 71
Metro Edition
Mrs. Ruby Allen Gray, 84, of 108 West Hawthorn Road, Homewood, who died Monday, was an Alabama native and a member ofTrinity United Methodist Church. She was a retired bookkeeper for Spivey Johnson Co., and a former member of the 50 Plus Bridge Associaion. Graveside service was today at Elmwood, Valley Chapel directing. Survivors include two nieces, Mrs. Laura Clanton, Lakeland, Fla, and Mrs. Morgan Tyler, Greenville, SC, and a nephew, James Clapp, Memphis, Tenn.

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Prince, Clarence Lloyd, d.1975

The Birmingham News
Wed, Aug 20, 1975
Page 71
Metro Edition
Clarence Lloyd Prince, 59, of 1617 Hatchet Ave, who died Tuesday, was a retired employee of Gasline Manufacturing Co. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Tarrant and of Masonic Lodge of Tarrant. Funeral will be at 11 am Thursday at Jefferson East Chapel with burial in Jefferson Memorial Gardens. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Swinney, Tarrant, and Mrs. Betty Butts, Morris; six sons, Robert L. Prince and Billy Prince, both of Muscle Shoals, Harry Prince, Morris; Leon Prince and Ray Prince, both of Tarrant, and Jerry Prince, Scottsboro; two sisters, Mrs. Lillan Kennedy, Birmingham, and Mrs. Mildred Little, Wylam and a brother, Gurrid Prince, Birmingham.