Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for NOV 1920 November 1920 ************************************************ 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: Candace Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net May 3, 2005, 9:57 pm The Cleburne News November 1920 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for NOVEMBER 1920 NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, November 4, 1920 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL LANDS FOR DIVISION State of Alabama, Cleburne County Probate Court October 25, 1920 On this 25th day of October 1920, came Sarah E. Smith and filed her petition in writing, under oath, praying for an order and proceeding to sell certain property described therein for the purpose of division and partition between said petitioner and: Lucinda Terrell who resides in Carrollton, Georgia Bennie Denney, Ada White, Henrietta Martin, James Bennefield, Zack Bennefield, Hezekiah Bennefield, who reside in Cleburne County, Alabama; Mary Emily Bennefield and Ben F. Bennefield who reside in Bowdon, Georgia Sarah Bracknell who resides in Bremen, Georgia; Martha Holland and Mary Lizzie Lambert who reside in Cleburne County, Alabama C.T. Bennefield who resided at Leoma, Tennessee L.J. Bennefield who resides at Phil Campbell, Alabama W.J. Benefield, Julia Thompson, Tom Bennefield, Zack Bennefield, Annie Bennefield, Jane Bennefield, Rosa Bennefield, Lillie May Bennefield, Walter Bennefield, Hugh Bennefield, Doctor Inus Bennefield, who reside in Cleburne County, Alabama, as joint owners of said property. It is ordered that said petition be sets down for hearing on the 25th day of November 1920 and that notice thereof, together with the day set for hearing the same, be given above named persons as said joint owners of said property, by citation to be personally served on them ten days before said day appointed for hearing the same, and also by publication for three successive weeks in the Cleburne News, a newspaper published in this county, at which time all parties in interest can appear and contest the same if they think proper. D.S. Baber, Judge of Probate ___________ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, November 18, 1920 LOCAL News Mr. S.A. Stricklin is making arrangements to move to Villa Rica, Georgia where he will engage in the mercantile business. __ NEWELL Community News Mrs. Pollie Lovvorn has been on the sick list for several days but glad to note she is improving. __ EDWARDSVILLE News Mr. Hamp Bell of Atlanta was here last week visiting his mother Mrs. L.R. Bell. __ Miss Grace Burton spent the day with her grandmother Mrs. Barnes in Muscadine on Thursday. __ Mr. Mell Reese is very sick. We hope for him a speedy recovery. __ MR. HUNNICUTT DIED WEDNESDAY A gloom of sorrow was cast over Heflin and the entire community Thursday morning when the sad news was received of the death of Mr. John Hunnicutt which occurred at a Birmingham sanitarium on Wednesday night at 7 o'clock after an illness of several days. Mr. Hunnicutt had been in a serious condition for some time and continued to grow worse until his death. For several years he had made his home in Centerville where he was prominent in business affairs. He was 55 years old. Besides his mother Mrs. W.R. Hunnicutt, he leaves five sisters, Misses Mattie, Ida, Ellen and Frances Hunnicutt and Mrs. Lola Gibbs of Heflin; and one son, Norvin Hunnicutt of Centerville. The funeral and interment will take place in Heflin on Friday. ___ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, November 25, 1920 DEATH CLAIMS A PROMINENT SON OF CLEBURNE The news of the death of Mr. John W. Hunnicutt which occurred on last Wednesday at a private sanitarium in Birmingham has cast a gloom over the entire town. Not only did our people grieve for the passing of this splendid man, but all hearts were deeply touched for the aged mother who was called upon to follow her last son to the tomb. Mr. Hunnicutt represented one of the oldest and most influential families in Cleburne county. Early in life he was married to Miss Dussie Bell of Heflin who preceded him in death by many years. One son, Norvin Hunnicutt is the only child of that union. He was his father's constant companion in business and daily life; they were more like brothers than father and son. It is to him that rests the destiny of the family. Mr. Hunnicutt had not been a citizen of Heflin for twenty years or more but made frequent visits to his mother's family. His marked unselfishness, his constant watchfulness for the comfort of his loved ones, here, was at all times an unmistakable sign of his thoughtfulness of them. In all the attendant worries and perplexities of the affairs of great business men, he never forgot to guard zealously the needs of his family. But his magnanimity ws unceasing and all inclusive as attested to by the teacher of his bible class in the town of Centerville, where he resided. It was a source of comfort to talk with those friends who had been closest to him in his life there. Each gave expressions of his willingness to serve in every good movement in their community, whether it was for general or individual charity. His was the quiet nature that served unostantatiously. His closest friends had made weekly visits to his ward in the hospital where he patiently waited the will of god. He was a benefactor in many ways as was demonstrated by the presence of sorrowing friends who came to keep the watch of the last night on earth with him. The body lay in the home of his boyhood awaiting the last ceremonies. All day as he rested so peacefully in the bed of floral offerings from all over the state, I watched the friends go and come. The aged, the middle aged, the young and a few children. Some had been close to him in childhood, some in his early business career, here in Heflin, but of all his associates, I think none felt greater love for him in life and greater sorrow for his untimely mowing down than the old faithful John who was his body guard. As the morning hours passed many of his old colored friends came and asked permission to look upon his face. He had served his family from the bounty of his supply and yet he had not forgotten the less fortunate. The funeral services were at the residence. The exercises were conducted by a life long friend of the deceased, Rev. Powell of Birmingham, who visited him throughout this long illness. After reading appropriate lessons from the scriptures, he dwelt on the strength of character, the beauty of service to others and the quite, forceful life. The music was furnished by the local choir and was appropriate and comforting. The Masons then came forward and at the cemetery had an impressive and sacred service. The funeral was one of the largest ever held in Heflin. Written by Hattie Perryman, Heflin, Ala. _____ CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our appreciation and gratitude to our dear friends who so kindly and willingly came to our assistance in the hour of need. Without their loving care and kindly administrations, we could not have borne our sorrow. May god bless and keep each and every one who so graciously tendered their sympathy and help in the death of our dear son, brother and father. Mrs. W. Hunnicutt and family Mr. and Mrs. R. Gibbs Norvin Hunnicutt _____ LOCAL News J. McLeod Seabrook and Miss Allie Blake were married Monday evening at the court house by Rev. G.B. Boman. The happy couple left on the first train for Atlanta, Washington and other eastern cities. ___ SHERIFF ENJOYS EXCELLENT SINNER Sheriff McWhorter gave a birthday dinner on Sunday marking his 63rd year here on this old clod. More than fifty enjoyed the dday and dinner with the sheriff, some of whom are as follows: H.N. McWhorter and three children of Fruithurst W.P. McWhorter of Fruithurst J.C. McWhorter and family of Esom HIll Leonard Morris and family of Oxford L.R. Jones and family of Munford C.A. Pruitt and family of Felton, GA Wm. Austin and family of Muscadine Homer Lambert and family of Muscadine A.M. Wood, James Shealy, Misses Louisa and Grace Jones. By reading the names of these boys you can safely wager your hat that there was nothing left after supper. __ SAINTED MOTHER CLAIMED BY DEATH Mrs. Marth Carter, devoted mother of Mr. John A. Brown of Bell Mills, died at the home of her son there Monday morning and was laid to rest in the cemetery at Pine Grove on Tuesday, Rev. G.B. Boman conducting the funeral services, a large congregation being in attendance. Mrs. Carter has lived to the ripe age of eighty-one years. She had been in the home of her son John for more than a quarter of a century and had enjoyed his pleasures and shared his sorrows and heartaches as only a true and affectionate mother could. One son, William Brown, lives in Atlanta. The News extends sympathy to the bereaved family. ____ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape462gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 9.3 Kb