Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for JANUARY 1937 January 1937 ************************************************ 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 6, 2007, 8:50 pm The Cleburne News January 1937 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for JANUARY 1937 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, JANUARY 7, 1937 MRS. VAUGHAN PASSES Mrs. Vaughan, widow of the late Wesley Vaughan, died at the home of her son and was laid to final rest here Tuesday. ----- HENRY NORTON DEAD Henry L. Norton passed away at the home of a daughter Sunday after a long illness and was buried at Lower Cane Creek on Monday. ---- BIRTHDAY SURPRISE January 4th, a large crowd gathered in and surprised Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Alewine; it was his 78th birthday anniversary. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Alewine Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Long Mr. and Mrs. William Roberts and children Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hicks and children Mrs. Della Hicks Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Pruitt and children Mrs. Joice Pruitt Miss Bessie Cain Mr. Stogner All had a big time. A big dinner and they cut Grandpa's firewood and repaired his barn. We hope Grandpa will have many more happy birthdays. A granddaughter, Ola Pruitt ------ NOTE OF APPRECIATION We take this method of expressing our heartfelt thanks to our friends and neighbors for their many deeds of kindness in the illness and death of our beloved grandmother Mrs. Mary Cain. May God bless all of you, is our prayer. Bessie, Harvey and John Cain, Mars Hill. ----- MRS. CREWS PASSES It was learned at this office late Tuesday of the death of Mrs. Crews, mother of M.A. Crews at the home near Oak Level. We extend sympathy to the bereaved family. ----- LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Thrower were very happy to have with them on Christmas Day for a turkey dinner, Rev. Paul Meigs and family, S.C. Beason and family, T.H. Thrower and family, all of Heflin; Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Giles and son Jackie of Akron, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. M.C. Howle and daughter Louise of Birmingham; and Spurgeon Thrower of Tuscaloosa. ----- Tom Hicks of Heflin was under treatment Wednesday at Garner Hospital for several lacerations on his head. Hospital attendants reported that Hicks was struck by an automobile on the Gadsden Highway. The Anniston Star ----- IN MEMORY OF H.M. VISE The death angel visited the home of Mr.and Mrs. H.M. Vise on Aug. 5, 1936 and took away the husband and father, whom we loved so well. He was born Aug. 14, 1874; his words and deeds were of high ideas. Along the pathways of life he met with many burdens, sometimes hard to keep struggling along, but he never spoke hard of anyone. Mr. Vise is no longer on earth with us, but it still seems that we can see him in his corner and around the home; it seems when we go there we can hear his kind, affectionate voice welcoming us in and around the home. He surely tried to entertain his children and friends in his home and those birthday dinners, how we will miss them. The circle in the family home has been broken. It's lonely and sad on earth to us without him, but the Lord knew best. He bore his sufferings with patience; he was confined to his bed about eight weeks. Seemingly we think of him resting under the flower covered mound in Micaville cemetery; his tired body rests there, but his soul went drifting up to be with Jesus and the angelic band; he was a great lover of singing and always had the children to sing in his home. Mr. Vise, you don't know how much we miss you; you don't know how hard it is to get along without you, but with your influence and the help of Jesus, we shall be together again. Cora Vise ------ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, JANUARY 14, 1937 LAST VETERAN OF CLEBURNE PASSES William H. Vaughan, 91, last surviving Confederate Veteran of Cleburne county, died Thursday at the home of his daughter Mrs. A.J. Jones, following a long illness. He was a native of this county and spent most of his life in this city, coming here from the Cane Creek community many years ago. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Friday, with the Rev. C.C. Keathley, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church and the Rev. Paul Meigs, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiating. Burial was in the city cemetery, with Owens directing. Due to the illness of Mrs. Jones who was unable to attend the church rites, a brief service was held in the Jones home. Mr. Vaughan was a native Cleburne Countain and lived nearly all of his life in Heflin, before coming here from his Cane Creek farm where he grew to manhood. In the immediate family, four sons survive; J.C., W.E., F.A. of Heflin and M.L. of Anniston; one daughter Mrs. Jones of Heflin. --------- CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY The children of Mrs. Alice Gaines surprised her Sunday when they gathered in to celebrate her 80th birthday anniversary. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Gaines and family Mrs. Ida Thompson and daughter Pauline of Phil Campbell Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Gaines and children Mr. and Mrs. Clum Gaines and children J.S. Lambert and children Mrs. Ada Champion Mrs. Ophelia Gaines and children H.G. Gaines and family Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Buchanan Mr. and Mrs. Buna Gaines Miss Marjorie Pesnell Marvin Weathers It was a happy day for Grandmother and enjoyed by all present. Written by one present ------ NORTON FUNERAL HELD AT CHURCH Heflin, Ala., Jan. 7 Henry L. Norton, widely known Heflin citizen and Southern Railway employee for many years, died at 9 p.m. Sunday after being in declining health for several months. Rites for Mr. Norton were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Cane Creek church, Elder Ira M. Patty officiating, with burial in the church cemetery, directed by Owens of Heflin. Surviving are the widow Mrs. Laura Norton; two sons, Grady and Horace; daughters, Mrs. Estelle Jones; Mrs. Othella Lumpkin and Mrs. Maline Webb; brothers, J.C., Hamp and Homer Norton; sisters, Mrs. Ann Edwards, Mrs. Lizzie Weathers, Mrs. Rose Thrasher and Mrs. Ella Holcombe. ----- HOLLIS ALLOWED BOND IN FATAL SHOOTING Wedowee, Ala. Mose Hollis who was in jail charged with the fatal shooting of Vernon Smith, which occurred the night of December 25, 1936, was given a preliminary hearing in County Court on Monday and released on $1000. bond to await the action of the Grand Jury which will be in session during the week of January 25. ----- LOCAL News G.B. Howle of Bell Mills, a good friend of The News, was in to see us Saturday pushing his subscription up another notch and subsribing for a year for his brother D.T. Howle of Dallas Springs, Texas. ----- Annoucement was made of the marriage of Mrs. Lucyle Johnston to Mr. Philip Franklin Kingsley of Ozark on January 3, 1937 at Troy, Alabama. (The Troy Messenger). Mrs. Johnston is the daughter of C.F. Dodson of Heflin, Ala. Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley spent the latter part of the last week here in Cleburne. ------- MRS. VAUGHAN'S RITES HELD AT CHURCH Heflin, Ala., Jan. 7 Mrs. Reda Vaughan, 93, widely known and a pioneer Cleburne countain and the widow of the late Wesley Vaughan, a Confederate Veteran, died here at 2 p.m. Monday following a long illness. The funeral was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the Rev. C.E. Kaylor officiating. Interment was in the city cemetery, Owens Funeral Home of Heflin in charge. Survivors are six sons, Dave W., G.W., J.W. and U.S. of Heflin; Lee of Birmingham and Whit of Lawrenceburg, Tenn; two daughters, Mrs. Ella Evans of Birmingham; Mrs. W.L. Evans of Oklahoma and several grandchildren. ----- MRS. CREWS IS LAID TO REST Heflin, Ala., Jan. 7 Funeral services for Mrs. Will Crews, 86, who died at the home near Oak Level on Monday, were held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Camp Creek Church, the Rev. A.T. Warmack of Heflin officiating. Burial was made in the church cemetery, directed by Owens of Heflin. Surviving Mrs. Crews are the husband, three sons, Joe of Heflin; M.A. of Oak Level; George of Florence, and a daughter Mrs. Ferguson of Oak Level. ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, JANUARY 21, 1937 CARD OF APPRECIATION We take this method of thanking the many friends for their kindess during the sickness and death of our beloved father and grandfather. Mrs. Austin J. Jones and family ----- MRS. KATIE McMAHAN'S BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY Mrs. Katie McMahan was honored Sunday, Jan. 17 at a surprise dinner given on her 81st birthday anniversary at the home of her daughter Mrs. J.A. Wilson of Heflin. A large birthday cake holding 81 candles centered the lace covered table, which was presided over by Mrs. Byron Fowler of Anniston, assisted by Mrs. D.P. Lott of Pell City, both granddaughters of Mrs. McMahan. Mrs. McMahan had recently left her home in the Abernathy community to live with her children. Among those present were Mrs. J.A. Wilson of Heflin, Mrs. Ethel Thrasher of New Hope, Oscar McMahan of Abernathy and Larkus McMahan of Atlanta. May "Aunt Katie" have more happy birthdays as this one. ----- IN MEMORY OF J.P. BOMAN On the morning of November 7, 1936, the death angel visited our home and took our darling husband and father home to live, where pain or death is felt no more. It has left our home dark and gloomy but we feel that Heaven is brighter. If we can only live the life he lived, so we can meet him one day on that bright celestial shore, where we will part no more. He had not walked any in almost 12 years but he was always cheerful. Oh, how we miss his presence, his smiling face. But there was an angel band in heaven that was not quite complete, so God took our darling daddy to fill the vacant seat. Surviving are his wife and nine children, Mrs. Berdie Underwood; Mrs. Cora Layton; Mrs. Evie Bradley, all of Tifton, Ga.; Miss Bessie Boman of Childress, Texas; Mrs. Marvell Shoemaker of Fruithurst; Robert of Muscadine; Wilson, Leolan and Geraldine Boman of Hopewell; and thirteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Interment was in Concord Cemetery with Rev. Warmack and Rev. Johnson conducting the funeral services. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank each and every one for the kindness shown us during the sickness and death of our beloved husband and father. May God's richest blessings be bestowed on every one, is our prayer. His wife and children ------- IN MEMORY OF NUCY TURNER The death angel visited the home of James T. Turner on the morning of Nov. 1, 1936 and wafted away his beloved wife Nucy Harris Turner. She was born Sept. 19, 1868. She was one of the most beloved women of the country; her life was a shining light among her friends; she was a loving mother, a kind wife and was always ready to help others along the pathway of her life. She met many burdens; sometimes they were so great that it was hard to keep struggling along, but somehow she would come through singing. She had a smile for everyone, a friendly handclasp and kind words. She is no longer with us, and oh, how sad, but we seem to see her faint smile and hear her tender voice. The circle has been broken and the home has been torn up. It is hard to give her up, but it is a consolation to know that she's gone to be with the angels where there will be no more heartaches and no more tears. Seemingly we think of her as resting under the mound at Concord; her tired body rests there but her soul went drifting up to be with Jesus and the angelic band. She faced the battles of life bravely; she has fought a good fight and has finished her course. She had kept the faith; as a reward she has gained a crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous judge shall give. The funeral services were held at Concord Church, the Revs. Skinner and Morton and Johnson officiating. Pallbearers were two of her boys, John R. and Loyd and her son-in-law Howard Monroe and three brothers, Larence, Tarpley and Spillman Harris. Surviving are her husband James T. Turner and five children, Mrs. Mary Chandler of Cedartown, Ga., Mrs. Pearl Norrell of Heflin; Mrs. Beatrice Monroe of Lebanon; John R. and Loyd of Hopewell and 10 grandchildren. Written by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Irma Turner ------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, JANUARY 28, 1937 J.I. ARMSTRONG RITES AT CHURCH Heflin, Ala., Jan. 21 Funeral services for Joseph I. Armstrong, age 65, who died at 10 a.m. Monday at his home near Hightower, were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Lost Creek church, in Ranburne, the Rev. J.D. Eason officiating. Burial was in Ranburne cemetery, directed by Owens of Heflin. Survivors are the widow Mrs. Fanny Armstrong, two sons, four daughters, three brothers and other relatives. CARD OF APPRECIATION We wish to thank each and every one for the kindness during the sickness and death of our husband and father. God bless each and every one, is our prayer. Mrs. J.I. Armstrong and family ---------- BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY FOR MRS. REAVES The children and grandchildren of Mrs. Samantha (Sis) Reaves of Randolph county, gathered at the home of Mrs. D.F. Lipham on Sunday to celebrate her 85th birthday anniversary. Dinner was spread on tables in the front yard. Those present were: Mrs. and Mrs. Will Reaves and family Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Reaves and family Mr. and Mrs. H.S. White and family Mr. and Mrs. John McLedor and little son of Anniston Mrs. John Free and children of Anniston Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Stuart and son of Alexander City Mr. and Mrs. George Brady and family of Cedron; and a host of friends, 77 being present. It was a happy day for Grandma and we wish her many more. She received a lot of nice presents. A grandchild. ------ LECTA CITIZEN QUITE ILL H.J.L. (Jack) McCaghren of Lecta, who was recently carried to an Anniston hospital for treatment and later returned to his home, continues quite ill. ----- AGED WOMAN BUIRED JAN. 21 Last rites for Mrs. Margaret E. Massengale, 60, who died Wednesday of last week at the home near Graham, were conducted at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Hurricane church near Bell Mills, the Rev. H.R. Carter of Heflin officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Owens Funeral Home of Heflin directing. Surviving Mrs. Massengale are three sons, two daughters and a host of other relatives in the Graham community. ------ H.C. DEESE, 65, LAID TO REST Heflin, Ala., Jan. 21 Henry C. Dese, 65, who died Tuesday night at his home near Ranburne, was laid to final rest in Macedonia cemetery at 10 a.m. today, Thursday, directed by Owens of Heflin. Funeral services were conducted in the church by the Rev. R.L. Skinner of Pine Grove and the Rev. Mr. Caldwell of Carrollton, Ga. Mr. Deese is survived by his beloved widow, sons, daughters and other relatives of the Ranburne community. -------- MR. WILLIAMS PASSES AT HOME NEAR MACEDONIA Heflin, Ala., Jan. 21 Jim Williams, aged Macedonia citizen, died recently at his home following a brief illness. Funeral services and burial were held at Poplar Springs. Surviving are the widow, sons and daughters and other relatives. ---- AGED CITIZEN DIED IN CLAY COUNTY, JAN. 16 Roanoke, Ala., Jan. 22 The death of G.T. Yarbrough, for most his life a resident of this county, occurred Sunday, Jan. 16 at the home of his son J.W. Yarbrough, near Lineville. He was 86 years of age and for 60 years he had been a member of the Baptist church, for 40 years having his membership at Providence in Beat 1. Funeral services were conducted Monday at the old home church by Revs. C.S. Heard and Monroe Yarbrough, with burial in the Providence cemetery. Since the death of his wife a few years ago he had made his home with his children, six of whom survive him. They are W.H. and T.W. Yarbrough; Mrs. Cora Smith and Mrs. Lucy Ware of Randolph county; C.P. Yarbrough of Cleburne county and J.W. Yarbrough of Clay county. ------ LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Ashley and Mr. and Mrs. Levi Ashley of Haleyville attended the Joseph I. Armstrong funeral services last week. ---- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape1344gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 16.5 Kb