Obituary for Mariam Russell Black, Lowndes and Pike, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/lowndes/obits/mrblack.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: Carolyn Golowka ================================================================================ July 2003 Jean Peck of Lowndes County submitted this to me. She is not online and asked me to be the responsible person. Carolyn Golowka Miriam R. Black, born in Hayneville, AL, daughter of Dr. William Payne Russell and Mildred Brewer Russell. She was preceded in death by three sisters and two brothers. She lived in Montgomery, Al for a number of years with her maternal grandfather and grandmother, Col. Willis Brewer and Mary Elizabeth Baine Brewer. In 1920, she married Peter C. Black of Troy, AL and has lived there for 73 years. Mrs. Black was preceded in death by Peter C. Black. She is now survived by three children: Mary Henderson Folmar, Miriam Russell Franklin, and Walter C. Black. She is also survived by seven grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held in Troy, AL from St. Martin's Catholic Church on Tuesday, September 6, 1994 at 2:00 PM. Burial will be in Green Hills Cemetery, Troy, AL