Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....Veal, Jesse H. August 29, 1972 ************************************************ 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: Phillip Davis phillipd07@bellsouth.net December 1, 2010, 2:51 am "The LaGrange Daily News" in LaGrange, Georgia; August 29, 1972 edition, p. 6 Jesse Veal Jesse H. Veal, 80, of 108 North Page Street died this morning at his home following several years of ill health. Born in Randolph County, Ala., he opoerated Veal's Grocery on New Franklin Road for a number of years before being employed by Perkerson Cleaners for ten years. He had lived in Troup County for 51 years and was a charter member of the Franklin Road Baptist Church. He is survived by two sons, A.J. and Emmett Veal, both of LaGrange; two brothers, O.T. Veal of Hughley, Ala.; and Bobby Veal of Roanoke, Ala.; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Franklin Road Baptist Church with Rev. Edward Salter officiating. Burial will be in Shadowlawn Cemetery with O.C. Edmondson, O.M. Patteron, Bobby Nelms, Wiley Woody, A.D. Guin and T.J. Wood serving as pallbearers. The body will remain at his home on North Page Street until after noon Wednesday and will lie in state at the church from 1 p.m. until the funeral hour. Maddox Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Additional Comments: Jesse H. Veal was born on 3 March 1892 in Randolph county, Alabama and died on 29 August 1972. Jessie H. Veal married Josie Noles on 28 March 1915. Jessie Harmon Veal and Josie Noles Veal are buried in the LaGrange Hill View Cemetery, LaGrange, Troup county, Georgia. Parents of Jesse H. Veal William Oliver Veal was born on 15 August 1861 in Hickory Flat, Chambers county, Alabama and died 13 January 1914 in Randolph county, Alabama. Parents of William Oliver Veal were William Harvel and Emily Smeadley Veal. William Oliver married Mary Dora Boyd. William Oliver Veal is buried in the Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery in Springfield, Randolph county, Alabama. Mary Dora Boyd was born on 28 April 1867 in most likely Randolph county, Alabama and died 3 April 1936. Parents of Mary Dora Boyd Veal were John and Sarah Boyd. Mary Dora Boyd Veal is buried in the Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery, Springfield, Randolph county, Alabama. Brothers and Sisters of Jesse H. Veal Frances Ellen Veal was born on 24 December 1885 in Randolph county, Alabama and died 19 October 1946. Frances Ellen Veal married Harvey Jasper Gay on 19 November 1904. Frances E. Veal and Harvey Jasper Gay are buried in the Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery, Springfield, Randolph county, Alabama. Willie Dee Veal was born on 3 February 1887 in Randolph county, Alabama and died 2 May 1964 in Heard county, Georgia. Willie Dee Veal’s first marriage was to Thomas ‘Tom’ Jefferson Gay on 18 August 1907. Willie Dee Veal Gay’s second marriage after Tom Gay died was to Thomas Gordon Bennett on 10 April 1961 in Randolph county, Alabama. Willie Dee Veal is buried alongside Thomas Jefferson Gay at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hillabehatchee, Randolph county, Alabama. Sarah Obela Veal was born on 22 August 1888 in Randolph county, Alabama and died on 12 January 1925. Sarah Obela Veal married George Washington Barsh on 23 December 1912. Sarah O. Veal and George Washington Barsh are buried at Taylor’s Crossroads Church of Christ Cemetery, Taylor’s Crossroads, Randolph county, Alabama. Carrie Bell Veal was born on 21 November 1890 in Randolph county, Alabama and died on 30 July 1970. Carrie B. Veal married Thomas C. Burke on 21 December 1911. Carrie Bell Veal and Thomas C. Burke are buried in Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery, Springfield, Randolph county, Alabama. Johnnie Calvin Veal was born on 18 September 1894 in Randolph county, Alabama and died on 1 April 1960. Johnnie C. Veal married Sallie Mae Potts on 26 December 1920. Johnnie Calvin and Sallie Mae Potts Veal are buried in the Cedarwood (Roanoke City) Cemetery, Roanoke, Randolph county, Alabama. Mittie Mae Veal was born on 7 April 1900 in Randolph county, Alabama and died on 28 September 1971. Mittie M. Veal married Samuel Alonza Manley about 1915. Mittie Mae Veal and Samuel A. Manley are buried in Taylor’s Crossroads Church of Christ, Taylor’s Crossroads, Randolph county, Alabama. Thomas W. Veal was born on 22 November 1901(death certificate says 1906) in Randolph county, Alabama and died 18 August 1969 in St. Vincent’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. Thomas William Veal married Zudie Pike on 19 January 1935. Thomas W. Veal is buried in Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida but there is no visible grave marker in the cemetery and Zudie Pike Veal is buried in the Mount Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Chambers county, Alabama. Zera Lee Veal was born on 11 October 1906 in Randolph county, Alabama and died on 28 October 1969. Zera L. Veal married Sanford Paul Shelnutt on 25 December 1928. Zera Lee Veal and Sanford Paul Shelnutt are buried in Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Big Springs, Randolph county, Alabama. Robert ‘Bobbie’ Amos Veal was born on 18 July 1908 in Randolph county, Alabama and died on 25 February 1992. Robert A. Veal married Mary Velma Johnson on 25 December 1934. Robert ‘Bobbie’ Amos and Mary Velma Johnson Veal are buried in the Roanoke Memory Gardens Cemetery, Roanoke, Randolph county, Alabama. Oliver Trent Veal was born on 4 April 1912 in Randolph county, Alabama and died on 9 March 2002. Oliver T. Veal married Corene Perry on 20 November 1938. Oliver Trent and Corene Perry Veal are buried in the Rest Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Lanett, Chambers county, Alabama. There is no death date on Oliver T. Veal’s tombstone. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/obits/v/veal290nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/alfiles/ File size: 6.2 Kb