Obit: Waldrop, Stephen; Jackson Par., Louisiana Submitter: Sharon K. Ray Source: Jackson Independent Date: 20 Dec 2004 ************************************************ Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives Waldrop, Stephen April 13, 1961 Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Chatham Methodist Church for Stephen Lincoln Waldrop, age 76, of Chatham. Rev. Falcon Hearn, Rev. J. T. Garrett and Rev. S. W. Tullos conducted the services with interment in the Chatham Cemetery under the direction of Edmonds Funeral Home of Jonesboro. Mr. Waldrop died at his home Sunday afternoon after an illness of several weeks. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include his widow Mrs. Elizabeth Waldrop of Chatham; five sons, S. L. Jr. of little Rock, Ark., Joseph of Pensacola, Fla., Robert of Kansas City, MO., Harold of Grayson, and Bryant Waldrop of Lafayette; two daughters, Mrs. Athalie Beeson and Mrs. Mildred Rosser, both of Pineville; a sister, mrs. Mattie Sweeney of Grenada, Miss.; 16 grandchildren