Calhoun County AlArchives News.....Mary L. Talley January 3, 1928 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gila Ragan-Hoover raganhoo@bellsouth.net April 30, 2006, 9:08 pm Anniston Star January 3, 1928 January 3, 1928 Anniston Star Newspaper WOMAN DIES IN HOSPITAL FROM BURNS: Mrs. Mary L. Talley Succumbs to injuries Received Sunday - DRESS IGNITED BY OPEN GRATE - Funeral Services for Victim are Held At West End Baptist Church This Afternoon - Funeral Service were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at West End Baptist Church for Mrs. Mary L. Talley, 56, who died in a local hospital at 7 o'clock Monday night of injuries received when her dress was ignited from an open grate Sunday morning. rev. L.N. Claton, past of the First Baptist church conducted the services. interment is to be made in Pine Grove cemetery. Usrey will be in charge. Mrs. Talley's clothing was ignited from an open grate at the home of her daughterm Mrs. Raney Gray, near West End. More than two thirds of the surgace of her body was burned by the flames. She was rused to the hospital immediately after she was burned, but all efforts to save her from death proved fruitless. She died in about 36 hours after she was burned. Mrs. Talley is the first victim of an open grate in the city during the present year. Surviving are fives sons, J.L., T.L., Dave, G.O., and Robert Talley, all of this city: one daughter, Mrs. Raney Gray of Anniston and two brothers, James and Rev. J.R. Talley of Anniston. Additional Comments: Mary L. Talley is the daughter of Bedford B. Talley File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/calhoun/newspapers/maryltal948gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb