Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for SEPT 1936 September 1936 ************************************************ 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: C Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net February 3, 2007, 10:37 pm The Cleburne News September 1936 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for SEPTEMBER 1936 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, SEPTEMBER 3, 1936 J.E. CAMPBELL IS DEAD FROM BURNS OF ELECTRIC LIGHT Anniston, Ala., Aug. 31 J.E. Campbell, employee of the Alabama Power Company, who formerly was connected with the local office the the utility, died at 5 o'clock this morning in the Opelika hospital from burns received when he was enveloped by an electric arc while checking a repair job at an Opelika textile plant. Mr. Campbell, who was Southern Division sub-station foreman with headquarters in Montgomery, was fatally burned Sunday afternoon when the switch was thrown to test a motor repair job. Another power company employee was slightly burned, it was reported. The body was brought here by Usrey this afternoon and will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Reaves at 1504 Noble Street. Mr. Campbell was employed in Anniston for a number of years and moved to Montgomery about 10 years ago when he received a promotion. Surviving are his wife Mrs. Birdie Pearce Campbell, a son James and a daughter Annie Nell; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.H. Campbell of Heflin; three brothers, Martin of Heflin, Brock of Golden Springs and Henry of Mississippi, and a sister Mrs. Harvey Murray of Heflin. ------ WOMAN, 88, HURT IN FALL Mrs. W.H. Vaughan, 88, suffered four fractures of the left hip in a fall at the home here, and was in critical condition in an Anniston hospital where she was taken for treatment. ---- DELTA WOMAN DIES Mrs. Rose Mitchelll of Delta died at the home of her son L.C. Mitchell, on Friday afternoon, at the age of 80. Funeral services were conducted from the Providence Methodist church on Saturday. She is survived by three sons, L.C., W.C. and M.C. Mitchell, all of Delta, Ala. ----- J.A. BATCHELOR FAMILY REUNION; 37 WERE PRESENT Misses Annie, Emma and Olivia Batchelor returned recently from a visit to their sister near Tifton, Ga. We thank the Lord for being at home together again with dear mother and Dad. All of the children were present except William of Talladega. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. N.F. Gay and family of the Hightower community Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Batchelor of the Hightower community Mr. and Mrs. Jesse H. Otwell and family of Lenox, Georgia Johnnie Batchelor and little girl of Anniston Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Brown and family Myrtle and Rachel McElroy Kermit Preston Hope all will be together at this time next year. Emma Batcheor, Heflin, Ala. ----- RITES FOR MRS. WADE Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Wade, 69, who died at 8 p.m. Saturday at the home of a son near Cedar Creek, were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Bethsadia Baptist church near Edwardsville. Burial was in the church cemetery. Survivors are four sons, W.E. Wade, J.R. Wade, M.O. Wade, all of near Edwardsville and J.T. Wade of Atlanta; two daughters Mrs. Sallie Edwards of Cane Creek and Mrs. Sarah Smith of Moreland, Ga. ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, SEPTEMBER 10, 1936 SEWELL FUNERAL HELD AT CONCORD Funeral services for W.R. (Willie) Sewell, age 46, former member of the county board of education, who died at the home of Mrs. George Pounds in Tallapoosa, Ga. on Thursday, Sept. 3, were held Friday at 2 o'clock at Concord Baptist church. Revs. Rufus and P.P. Johnson of Lebanon officiated. Burial was in Concord cemetery, Owens of Heflin directing. Surviving Mr. Sewell are the widow Mrs. Lois Sewell and three sons, Ernest, Lester and Curtis all of the Lebanon community. Also one sister, two half sisters and one half brother survive. ----- LEBANON News Sept. 5 On last Thursday, W.R. Sewell, 46, passed away at the home of Mrs. George Pounds in Tallapoosa, Ga. He moved to Cleburne county about 30 years ago from Haralson county, Ga. and married Miss Louise Roberts about 25 years ago. To this union were born three sons; one sister Mrs. Josie Allen of near Tallapoosa; one half- sister of Birmingham; one half- brother Johnny T. Chandler of Lebanon; and a host of relatives in Haralson and Cleburne county to mourn his death. He joined the Baptist church at Concord about 15 years ago and was a faithful member and a deacon and will be greatly missed in the church. He served in the capacity as Sunday school superintendant for several years. He was also serving his second term as a member of the county board of education. Mr. Sewell was loved and respected by all who knew him; he was a true christian man, and always had a kind and sympathetic word for the sick and unhappy. He loved his God, church and home and stood for all things that were good. The church and community's loss is Heaven's eternal gain and surely Heaven has gained a great soldier of the Cross. Let us all live to as to meet Bro. Sewell in that home he so faithfully lived to go to. A friend. ------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, SEPTEMBER 17, 1936 MRS. W.H. VAUGHAN PASSES AWAY SATURDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Vaughan, age 88, wife of W.H. Vaughan of Heflin, who died at an Anniston hospital Saturday afternoon about 5 o'clock, were held at the First Methodist church on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Revs. L.S. Wessinger of Sumiton, Ala., J.E. Brasher of Leeds, Ala., and C.E. Kaylor of Heflin officiating. Interment was in the Heflin cemetery, Owens directing. Mrs. Vaughan was one of the county's oldest citizens, having been a resident of Heflin for a number of years. Surviving her are her husband, four sons, Lige, Clinton and Arthur of Heflin; Luther of Oxford, and one daughter Mrs. A.J. Jones also of Heflin, and several grandchildren. Active pallbearers were Frank Lowens, Roosevelt Baber, Roy Brown, Fred McMurray, LeRoy Groover and M.T. Clay. ------ LAST RITES FOR MRS. JOSEPHINE VAUGHAN HELD TODAY Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Vaughan, age 71, wife of David Vaughan, who died at her home in Beat 10, Tuesday morning about 1 o'clock, will be held at the home of a sister Mrs. W.A. Neal of near Oxford Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. C.E. Kaylor, pastor of the Methodist church of Heflin officiating. Burial will be in the Heflin City cemetery, Owens of Heflin directing. Surviving Mrs. Vaughan are the husband, two sisters, Mrs. W.A. Neal of Oxford and Mrs. Lula Milligan of Anniston, nephews and nieces. ------ HEART VICTIM LAID TO REST AFTER RITES Anniston, Ala., Sept. 10 Funeral services for Thomas M. Campbell, age 52, of Oxford, who died suddenly from a heart attack Tuesday morning while on duty as a foreman at the WPA project near Anniston, were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Pleasant Hill church in Cleburne county by the Rev. H.R. Carter and the Rev. T.D. Stovall. Interment was in the church cemetery with Usrey in charge. Surviving are the wife, a son Cleon and two daughters Mrs. J.R. Aldridge and Mrs. Gladys Estes, all of Oxford; two brothers, W.W. Campbell of Albertville and Homer Campbell of Heflin and two sisters, Mrs. L.H. Haywood of Heflin and Mrs. C.W. Jones of Delta. ----- PINHOOK News Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Pesnell of Anniston spent the weekend with Mrs. Sarah Dunn and Mrs. Ella Pesnell. ---- FINAL RITES FOR MARY PARKER, AGE 46 The death angel visited the home of Mrs. Sarah Buchanan and took Mary from her, the one she did all she could for, but God knew best. We cannot understand why God should take Mary in the prime of life, but we do know that He doeth all things well and his doings cannot be questioned. She had been in declining health for several years from which she suffered painfully. To her children we would say the fact that she has gone on before only makes it more interesting to live well and bravely, in the hope that we, who survive the perils of living, may meet her later on in the place where she has gone. Though how hard the thought of parting, life will not be long, at best, then how sweet will be the meeting bye and bye when we're at rest. There's only one mother, hundreds of stars in the sky, hundreds of shells on the shore, hundreds of birds go singing by, hundreds of clouds in the sunny weather, hundreds of dew drops on the lawn, hundreds of bees in the purple cloves, hundreds of butterflies on the lawn, but only one mother the wide world over. She had a smile for everyone she met. To know her was to love her. Mary Parker was born January 17, 1888 and departed from this world August 4, 1936 leaving her husband and five children, one grandchild, a mother, four brothers and five sisters, to mourn her death. May her sleep in death be peaceful and happy. A Friend. ------- JOHN WARREN HAS BIRTHDAY One of the most enjoyable events of the season took place at the home of John W. Warren on Sept. 12th, when his good wife gathered together all his children and a few of the close relatives and surprised him with a big birthday dinner. The occasion was also a celebration of his wife's birthday on the 3rd and his daughter Eppie Mae's on the 21st, all of September. It took quite a bit of scheming to work plans to prepare the dinner in his absence. Imagine his broad grin when he returned from Heflin to find all his children waiting to greet him, and a still broader one when he was marched to the dining room to sit before his beautiful cake of 64 candles and a bountiful supply of other good eats and his place heaped high with gifts. The ones present were: John W. and Mrs. Josie (Ford) Warren; Ralph, Vernon and Irene Warren Mr. and Mrs. Olen Weaver all of Heflin Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Warren and son and daughter Gregory and Betty Carolyn Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bohannon and daughter Johnnie Lee of Dutton Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Bain and children Lonial, Edna, Elizabeth, Evelyn, William Albert and Howard Mr. and Mrs. Eston Hilley and son Billy Charles of Choccolocco Other relatives present were his sister, Mrs. Lola Tolleson and children, Zelma, Wilson, Norvin, Euel and Leander of Heflin; and a cousin Mrs. Bertha Horton of Anniston. The day closed with quite a number of neighbors and friends gathering to enjoy the beautiful string music made by the Bain brothers, Lee and Albert and son Lonial. That day with its pleasures will indeed ever be a sweet memory planted in the hearts and minds of all who were present. We extend to our dear father the greatest of blessings and may the Lord see fit to spare him to be with us many more such happy occasions. Written by his children ------- FATHER HONORS SON'S BIRTHDAY On the first Sunday in Sept. 1936, according to previous arrangement, our venerable friend James L. Lowery, entertained a few hundred of his friends at his home in Ranburne by spreading for them perhaps the biggest public dinner ever spread by an individual in Cleburne county, given in honor of his eldest son Virgil, celebrating his 45th birthday. At about 10 o'clock a.m., friends of Mr. Lowery began coming in, in response to that great, broad invitation, and as they arrived they found Mr. Lowery and his good wife busily engaged in superintending the spreading of that great feast, loading a table of nearly a hundred feet long, always finding time to leave the table long enough to greet their friends with a hearty handshake and with a remark peculiar only to Jim Lowery, making them feeling doubly welcome. This dinner was spread in the back yard of Mr. Lowery's home in the most beautiful grove among shade trees, whose boughs swayed by the gentle breezes seemed to beckon a welcome, that even Mr. Lowery could not excel and the people continued to pour in and at about 12:30 Ben Bresner of Atlanta, a friend of Mr. Lowery's, called the congregation to order and made an appropriate talk; the Rev. Charley Kaylor involved the divine blessing and Mr. Lowery, full of emotion and love, asked his friends to walk up and help themselves, which they did. The writer filled a plate with pork, mutton, kid, chicken, fish, all properly barbecued and bread and many things too numerous to mention, and walked back to the woodpile and climbed about half way up, seated himself and began to devour and feast upon that wonderful dinner, as he looked down that long table with happy men, women and children, with hearts like sea foam on ocean waves, as they too devoured the contents of those plates, and back again and again for the third application until all were filled, and yet the table looked as it it were still loaded. Ice tea, ice water and cold lemonade were plentiful. When dinner was over and every body looked as if they only wanted a place to rest a few minutes, Bro. Charley Kaylor, laboring under that great pressure, made an excellent talk, who then called upon Pelham Merrill, W.C. McMahan, Judge Glasgow, Andy Kaylor, Rev. Coley, Dr. J.E. Lindsey and Lon Lowery. The Rev. Gregg dismissed us with an appropriate prayer. -------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, SEPTEMBER 24, 1936 VAUGHAN SERVICES HELD AT MRS. NEAL'S HOME Heflin, Ala., Sept. 17 Mrs. Josephine Pinson Vaughan, a descendant of one of the early white settler's in Cleburne county, then Benton county, died at the age of 71 at the residence in Arbacoochee at 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday. She had been in ill health for about 18 months, having suffered a fractured hip in a fall at the home in February 1935, and was in almost helpless condition up until the time of her passing. Born and reared in this section, Mrs. Vaughan spent her entire life in Cleburne county. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. She fell asleep at 10:30 a.m. Monday and never awakened, passing gently into the hands of her maker shortly after midnight on Tuesday, her devoted husband being at her bedside, where he had kept constant vigil during her helpless condition. The body was removed Tuesday morning to the home of a sister Mrs. W.A. Neal near Oxford, where funeral arrangements were announced. Funeral services for Mrs. Vaughan were conducted from the residence of Mrs. Neal at 10 a.m. today, the Rev. C.E. Kaylor, pastor of the Heflin South Methodist church, officiating. Burial followed in the cemetery here, Owens of Heflin directing. Survivors are her husband Dave W. Vaughan; two sisters Mrs. Neal of Oxford and Mrs. W.G. Milligan of Anniston and several nephews and niees and a host of other relatives and friends. Active pallbearers were Dr. W.A. Neal Jr., Dr. R.D. Neal, Dr. T.C. Neal, G.B. Hollis, Dr. George Leyden and Frank Owens. ------- IN MEMORY OF AARON WALKER Oh, how our hearts were grieved and made sad and a gloom was formed over the little village of Hightower and everywhere he was known when the sad news came that Aaron Walker had passed on from this world to a brighter world. The Reaper of Death was sent into the Bremen Hospital on Thursday, July 23 at 12 o'clock and said " Aaron, you have suffered enough, come home, dear one, where all will be well. " We cannot understand why Aaron was taken away from us, but God wanted him, he needed another crown to make Heaven brighter and Aaron was too good to stay in this world of trouble. He suffered so much, but he was always smiling and bore his suffering so good. He did want to get well, just for the sake of Essie and the children. When he knew he wasn't going to get well, he said, "Essie, give me up and let me go; it will be a rough road for you, but it won't be long; I'm allright and will soon go." God doeth all things well, but some times we are puzzled why does does these things, but He knows best. Aaron's presence is not with us anymore, but his sweet memory will never die. We are looking at the good words of kindness or deeds he had said or done, he was such a help to his community. Aaron was born Jan. 13, 1906; died July 23, 1936, living 30 years, six months and ten days at the time of his death. He leaves to mourn his going a broken hearted wife, two little boys, Wallace and Reid; one little daughter Shirley; a father, mother, three sisters, four brothers, besides a host of relatives. Pallbearers were J.E. Jackson, Carl Lindsey, S.H. Gibbs, J.E. Thomason, G.T. Lipham and Ed Farlow. Funeral services were conducted at Ranburne Baptist church, the Rev. C.T. Morton of Hightower officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery, Yates of Bowdon in charge. A friend. ------ IN MEMORY OF MRS. DAVIS On Friday morning, June 19, 1936, the good Lord came and took the dear wife of Hubert Davis. Mrs. Leona Davis was born May 8, 1908; at the time of her death she was 28 years, one month and eleven days old. After staying here only a little while, she was called to the Great Beyond where all will be called some day. Leona was a devoted young wife and mother. Though it was sad to leave an infant baby, but thank the Good Lord it has gone on with its dear mother, only living three weeks. To know her was to love her as she was so kind and good to all. She was confined to the bed two weeks before she was called to go home with the death angel. She leaves her husband Hubert Davis, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Chandler, three brothers, Richard Allen and Thomas Chandler all of Muscadine; three sisters, Mrs. Lessie Hill, Mrs. Dora Young of Muscadine and Mrs. Lena Benefield of Edwardsville. Owens was in charge of the burial. The pallbearers were Hubert Davis, Richard Chandler, Fred C. Benefield, Allen Chandler, Howard Voss and Thomas Chandler. A Friend. ----- LOCAL News Mrs. T.J. Shockley, 86, who suffered a stroke of paralysis at the home of her daughter Mrs. John Bell of Cedar Creek, is still in serious condition as of Tuesday. ----- The News learned late Tuesday that Duke Haley, widely known Heflin railroad employee, was seriously ill at his home here, being stricken suddenly Sunday night. It is also learned that his aged father, A.J. Haley of Heflin is seriously ill at the home of a son in Birmingham. ------ FORMER CLEBURNE COUNTAIN PASSED AWAY LAST MONDAY Word was received here yesterday of the death last Monday of Jim A. Thompson, 69, which occurred recently in Phil Campbell, Ala., following an illness of two years. Thompson, a former resident of the Bell Mills community, moved with his family to Franklin county, Ala., 32 years ago. E.A. and H.G. Gaines, brothers- in-law of Heflin, attended the funeral which was held Tuesday of last week. ----- TURNER FAMILY HAS REUNION SUNDAY NEAR NEW HOPEWELL On September 20 the children and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Turner, known as Uncle Jim and Aunt Lucy, met at their home with lots of nice gifts and good eats to enjoy a happy surprise birthday dinner with Aunt Lucy. She and all present enjoyed the day more than words can express. We hope that it will be the Lord's will for us all to meet together again there a year from that day. This was her 69th birthday anniversary. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. John R. Turner and family Mr. nd Mrs. Howard Monroe and family Mr. and Mrs. Millard Norell Sr. Mr. and Mrs. L.S. Scott Mr. and Mrs. T.P. Harris and family Mr. L.L. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Garlon Gray Mr. and Mrs. Spillman Harris Mr. Hoyt Watson Mr. and Mrs. Sam McCord and family Mr. and Mrs. Earl McCord Mr. and Mrs. Herman Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Bradley and son from Anniston Mrs. C.H. Durham Mr. Robert Harris It was a day that will be remembered a long time. May she spend many more happy birthdays like this and may her last years be her brightest and happiest of all. By one present. ----- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape1332gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 20.2 Kb