Obituary for Hugh W. Black, Lowndes, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/lowndes/obits/hwblack.txt =============================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Cheryll Sumner ================================================================================= February 2004 11-20-1941 Greenville Advocate Hugh BLACK Dies Here; Burial Fort Deposit Funeral services for Hugh BLACK were held at Fort Deposit Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Church with Rev. Charles H. HILDRETH, pastor of the church, officiating. Interment was made in the Fort Deposit cemetery by the side of his wife, who had preceded him to the grave some years ago. Dunklin and Johnson in charge. Mr. BLACK died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. L. DECKER in this city Saturday afternoon. He had made his home with Mrs. DECKER in Greenville for the past eight months. Prior to that time he had most of his 85 years at Fort Deposit, where a long and interesting life had made him appreciated by the citizens of that place and through Lowndes County. He had been in failing health for some time and the end was not unexpected. Mr. BLACK is survived by two sons, Henry BLACK, of Atlanta, and James BLACK, of Mt. Willing; two daughters, Mrs. H. L. DECKER, of Greenville, and Miss Lola May BLACK of Selma.