Troup-Harris County GaArchives Obituaries.....PHELPS, Mrs. Tommie (Sturdivant) September 3, 1917 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace (Teal) Gravelle http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00023.html#0005680 and Valerie (Johnson) Freeman http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00009.html#0002248 January 21, 2006, 2:01 pm "The Roanoke Leader" Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, May 14, 1913 W. A. and H. P. Sturdivant from Georgia are visiting their sister Mrs. R.P. Phelps. (Transcribed by Candace [Teal] Gravelle 11 Nov 2005) * "The Roanoke Leader" Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, August 8, 1917 H. P. and W. A. Sturdivant of Georgia have been spending several days here visiting their sister Mrs. R.P. Phelps who continues in very feeble health. (Transcribed by Candace [Teal] Gravelle 18 Jan 2006) * "The Roanoke Leader" Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, August 22, 1917 LOCAL News Mrs. R. P. Phelps continues quite ill. Her daughter Mrs. Staples from Oklahoma is attending her. (Transcribed by Candace [Teal] Gravelle 18 Jan 2006) - - - NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, September 5, 1917 DEATH OF MRS. R.P. PHELPS At 6:30 Monday morning the spirit of Mrs. R.P. Phelps was called from the crumbling tenement of clay to the realm beyond. Mrs. Phelps had been ill for many months at her home in this place, and all efforts to check the ravages of disease were to no avail. The deceased was a devout christian woman and had been a member of the Methodist church for thirty-five years. Those who knew her best appreciated her highly for her modest, womanly worth. At ten o'clock Tuesday morning, services in memory of the deceased were conducted by Rev. R.E. Tyler at the home. Quite a number of friends as well as relatives from a distance, gathered to pay their last respects. The interment was in Cedarwood cemetery. The deceased leaves a husband and several grown children. Many friends join in offering condolence. - - - LOCAL News H.P. Sturdivant was called here from Georgia on Monday by the death of his sister Mrs. Phelps. - - - NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, September 26, 1917 LOCAL News Mrs. L. G. Staples, who has been here with the family of her father Mr. R. P. Phelps since May, left this morning with her children for Sayre, Oklahoma where she will again make her home. (Transcribed by Candace [Teal] Gravelle 19 Jan 2006) Additional Comments: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * CEDARWOOD CEMETERY Township 21, Range 12, S 35 Main Street, Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama Section C Phelps, Mrs. R. P. Aug 14, 1862 Sep 3, 1917 (nee Tommie Sturdivant) Phelps, John Gordon Feb 14, 1886 Mar 4, 1911 * AL Death Index Name: Tommie Phelps Death Date: 03 Sep 1917 Death County: Randolph Volume: 45 Roll: 2 Page #: 385 * Troup Co., Georgia Marriage Index Robert P. Phelps - Tommie Sturdivant m. 20 Nov 1879 * 1880 Census - Smiths Cross Roads, Harris Co., GA; pg. 421d Robert P. PHELPS Self M Male W 24 GA Farmer GA GA Tom PHELPS Wife M Female W 18 GA Keeping House GA GA * 1900 Census - Bloomingdale, Chambes Co., AL; ED 3; pg. 9B Robert P. Phelps abt 1856 Georgia White Head Tomie Phelps abt 1863 Georgia White Wife Mattie Phelps abt 1881 Georgia White Daughter Annie Phelps abt 1883 Georgia White Daughter Gordon Phelps abt 1886 Georgia White Son Mary Phelps abt 1889 Georgia White Daughter Sturdivart Phelps abt 1895 Alabama White Son * 1920 Census Name: Robert P Phelps [Robert R Philps] Age: 63 years Estimated birth year: abt 1857 Birthplace: Georgia Race: White Home in 1920: Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama Home owned: Rent Sex: Male Marital status: Widow Relation to Head of House: Head Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: Georgia Father's Birth Place: Georgia File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/troup/obits/p/phelps7973ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb