Obituary of Mrs. R. L. Huddleston, Elmore, Alabama

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                        THE WETUMPKA HERALD
                 Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama
                        Tuesday, March 22, 1960
           MRS. HUDDLESTON DIED IN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL TUESDAY
     Mrs. R. L. Huddleston died on Tuesday morning in a Montgomery hospital. 
 She had undergone surgery a week before for a hip injury suffered on March 
11.  She had been in failing health for several years, and during her 
invalidism made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Ed Wadsworth in 
Montgomery.
     The former Mattie Dee Howard, she was the daughter of the late John and 
Susan Smart Howard.  She was born at Equality March 17, 1875, but grew 
up in Weoka community.
     On May 6, 1891, she was married to a rising young physician, Dr. Robert 
Lee Huddleston in Columbus, Ga.  They established their first home at 
Wadsworth, but later moved to Deatsville, where the greater part of her life 
was spent.  Her husband was a practicing physician for more than 55 years 
in Elmore County.  He was also active in politics, and served as Senator in the 
State Senate.  They moved to Wetumpka in 1945, where the doctor died in 
1946.
     Mrs. Huddleston was intensely and actively interested in all phases of 
church work.  A loyal member of the First Baptist Church, she gave 
wholehearted devotion to Women's Missionary Union, serving as president of 
Elmore W. M. U. Association several years.  A teacher in the Sunday School, 
and held offices in other church organizations.  She was also a member of the 
Eastern Star, and served as a state officer.
     Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at 
Campbell-Brown Funeral Chapel, the Rev. J. Albert Hill, officiating.  Burial 
was in Wetumpka Cemetery.  Campbell-Brown Service directing.
     Pallbearers were J. E. Morris, J. D. Glasscock, U. G. Jones, Geo. Howard, 
John A. Howle, and Joe Macon.
     Survivors include one son, R. Winston Huddleston, Wetumpka; two 
daughters, Mrs. Edward W. Wadsworth, Montgomery and Mrs. William 
Butterfield, Pascagoula, Miss.; five grandchildren, Mrs. Laurie Haygood, 
Montgomery, Edward W. Wadsworth, Jr., New Orleans, Charles Robert 
Butterfield, Bonita Butterfield, Pacagoula, Miss.; Mrs. Jack King, Anniston; 
seven great-grandchildren, Everett, Paula, and Susanne King, Anniston, 
Edward W. III, and Stephen Lee Wadsworth, New Orleans, and Charles 
Trotter, and Teddy Haygood, Montgomery; five brothers, Judge G. H. Howard, 
Wetumpka, M. S Howard, Holtville, J. H. Howard, of Montgomery, Cleveland 
Howard, Little Rock, Ark., and Leon Howard, Pontiac, Mich.

(Contributed by Barbara Walker Winge,  barbarawinge@yahoo.com)