Obituary of Alma Batts, St Francis County, AR

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        Date: 9 Dec 2008
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BATTS, MRS. ALMA MYERS
4/5/1886-6/2/1967
HUGHES Cemetery
OBIT

6/5/1967
Mrs. Alma Batts Dies; Services Held SundayFuneral services for Mrs. Alma Batts, 
81, who died Friday afternoon in a Malvern hospital, were held at 2 p. m. Sunday
in Stevens Funeral Home. Rev. W. O. Hoover of Malvern and Rev. J William Watson
conducted the services. Burial was in Hughes Cemetery. Mrs. Batts was born in
Corinth, Miss., April 5, 1886, the daughter of Mrs. Miranda Pipkin Myers and
Leslie C. Myers Sr. She was a member of the First Methodist Church here. She had
lived in and around Forrest City for over 30 years and in Memphis before moving
to Malvern 10 years ago to live with her son. Her husband, J. J. Batts, whom she
married in 1903, died in 1927. Mrs. Batts had been in failing health for several
years and hospitalized for eight days. Survivors include two sons, of Memphis; a
daughter, Mrs. Alice Brady of Memphis; a brother, and a twin sister, both of
Forrest City; 8 grandchildren, 14 great-grand children and 4 great-great-
grandchildren. 

Copyright With Permission: Forrest City Times Newspaper
Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas