Sunday's Obituary - Amanda Margaret Edmonds

Monroe News Star - 6/10/1976

Amanda Margaret Edmonds

Daughter of

William Thomas "Bill" Edmonds and Nelwyn Fox

Sister to

Tommy

Died on June 10, 1976

Buried in the Hasley Cemetery

West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Amanda Margaret Edmonds was the granddaughter of James Thomas Edmonds who was a brother to my paternal grandfather, Bruce Edmonds.


Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave member, Sharon Ray.

Sunday's Obituary - Frances Maude Herrin Brooks

Hattiesburg American - 6/14/1973

Frances Maude "Fannie" Herrin

Born on August 2, 1894

Daughter of

Simeon "Sim" Herrin and Mary Mathilda "Mollie" Bynum

Sister to

Ida, Ora, Lucy, Sallie, Prentiss Everett "Prent" and Buford Herrin

Wife of

Charles Samuel Brooks

Mother to

Gaston Wheeler, Gertrude Mamie, Mary Evelyn, Alson, Samuel,
Walter and Oliver Howard

Died on June 9, 1973

Buried in the Union Baptist Church Cemetery

Covington County, Mississippi

Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave member, Barbara.

Sunday's Obituary - Felix Jefferson Bynum

Hattiesburg American - 5/30/1974

Felix Jefferson "Fel" Bynum

Born on May 21, 1888

Son of

Prentice Montgomery Bynum and Nancy Caroline "Nanny" Rawls

Brother to

Aurelia "Rilla" Margaret, Mary Mathilda "Mollie", James Benjamin,

Ida Burtie, Prentice Buford, John Franklin, Charity "Pearly", Robert Everett,

Willard William and Nannie Nita

Died on May 29, 1974

Buried in Rawles Cemetery

Lamar County, Mississippi

Felix Jefferson Bynum was my maternal great-great uncle through my great grandfather and his half brother, James Benjamin Bynum.

Sunday's Obituary - Lula Steele Stubbs

Mexia Daily News - 11/24/1959

Lula Steele

Born on March 5, 1866

Daughter of

Francis Marion "Frank" Steele and Lucinda Chisum

Sister to

Lydia Frances, Louella "Ella", Isham Alfonso "Al", 

Mary Allye "Madie" and Lena Rhoda

Wife to

Nelson Foster Ferguson

James Henry Harrison Stubbs

Mother to

Elmer Ferguson

Vera Inez Stubbs

Died on November 23, 1959

Buried in the Thornton Cemetery

Thornton, Limestone County, Texas

Lula Steele was my paternal great grand aunt through her brother and my great grandfather, Isham Alfonso "Al" Steele.

Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave member, couchpotato.

Sunday's Obituary - James Thomas Edmonds

El Dorado Times - 9/11/1965

James Thomas Edmonds

Born on September 25, 1884

Son of

Francis Wesley "Frank" Edmonds and Mary Elizabeth "Mattie" Pannell

Brother to

Genie, Will, Laura, Mary Bush, Frank Golden, Minnie, Edward,

Annie, Joe Foster, Infant Brother and Frances Vesta

Husband of

Attilie Hughes

Father to

James Thomas, Jr., Emily Odell, Marilyn Mae and William Frank "Scott"

Died on September 9, 1965

Buried in the Arlington Cemetery

El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas

James Thomas' father, Frank, and my paternal great grandfather, William, were brothers.

Sunday's Obituary - Christine Campbell Bynum

Hattiesburg American - 5/29/1965

Cora Christine Campbell

Born on July 8, 1917

Daughter of

Daniel Campbell and Inez Mathis

Wife of

Daniel Gordon Bynum

Mother to

Rankin Glynn, Bennie Faye, Annette and Diane

Died on May 29, 1965

Buried in the Military Baptist Church Cemetery

Sumrall, Lamar County, Mississippi

Christine Campbell Bynum's husband, Gordon, was a brother to my maternal grandfather, John Buel Bynum.

Sunday's Obituary - James Jefferson Edmonds

James Jefferson Edmonds

Born on August 9, 1875

Son of 

Thomas Sanford Edmonds and Martha Ann Beatrice McGaughey

Brother to

Thomas Jackson Edmonds

Husband of

Eula Mary Lane

Father to

Martha, Mary Eula, Thomas Jefferson and James Jefferson, Jr.

Died on November 29, 1935

Buried in the Rest Haven Cemetery

Monroe, Walton County, Georgia

James Jefferson Edmonds was my first cousin, twice removed.  His father, Thomas Sanford Edmonds was a brother to my paternal great grandfather, William Newell Edmonds.

Obituary is courtesy of Becky Edmonds Fleeman.

Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave member, GA Firefighter.

Sunday's Obituary - Thomas Sanford Clegg, Sr.

Thomas Sanford Clegg, Sr.

Born on April 24, 1886

Son of

Hiram Alexander Clegg and Susan Catherine Edmonds

Brother to

Sallie Frances, William A., Joel Wesley Powell and Wilton Lumpkin

Husband of

Bertha Huff*

Father to

Thomas Sanford Clegg, Jr.

Died on March 19, 1961

Buried in Rest Haven Cemetery

Monroe, Walton County, Georgia

Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave member, GA Firefighter.

*The obituary lists his wife as Mattie E.  All census records show his wife as Bertha H.  Mattie E. could have possibly been a second wife.

Sunday's Obituary - James William Clegg

Walton Tribune - 6/1/1960

James William Clegg

Born on May 5, 1877

Son of

Thomas Perry Clegg and Elizabeth Rebecca "Eliza" Edmonds

Brother to

Mattie Emma, Elizabeth Ophelia and Mary Myrtice

Husband of

Louelah Jane "Elah" Towler

Father to

Oscar Nathan, Louelle, Lottie Bush and Mary Ophelia

Died on May 27, 1960

Buried in the Clegg Family Cemetery #1

Walton County, Georgia

James William Clegg was my first cousin, twice removed.  His mother and my great grandfather, William Newell Edmonds, were siblings.

Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave member, Rebekah Duncan Young.

Sunday's Obituary - Linda Bynum

Hattiesburg American - 5/11/1950

Linda's father, Robert Everett Bynum was a half-brother to my maternal great grandfather, James Benjamin "Ben" Bynum; making Linda my first cousin, twice removed.

Sunday's Obituary - Bertha Bynum Odom

Hattiesburg American - 2/25/1970

Bertha Rebecca Bynum Odom was the daughter of James Benjamin "Ben" Bynum and Annie Jane Sumrall.  She was a sister to my maternal grandfather, John Buel Bynum.

Sunday's Obituary - Bertha Bynum Odom

Hattiesburg American - 2/25/1970

Bertha Rebecca Bynum Odom was the daughter of James Benjamin Bynum and Annie Jane Sumrall.  She was also a sister to my maternal grandfather, John Buel Bynum.

Sunday's Obituary - Narvel Houston Bynum

Hattiesburg American - 3/31/1952

Narvel Houston Bynum was a brother to my maternal grandfather, John Buel Bynum.

Sunday's Obituary - Mary Ann Steele Bennett

Mexia Weekly Herald - 6/28/1940

Mary Ann Steele was born on February 4, 1854 to the marriage of Alfonso Parcutt Steele and Mary Ann "Polly" Powell.

Her siblings included:

Hampton
Alonzo Leo
Alvarado "Rado"
Francis Marion "Frank"
Leonard
Missouri Alice

Mary Ann married Townsend Bennett in 1868 and had the following children:

James
Eveleen Pearl
Frederick
Roy Lee
Harvey Steele

Mary Ann Steele Bennett died on June 21, 1940 and is buried alongside her husband in the Mexia City Cemetery in Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.

Photograph taken by FindAGrave member, James Coston

Mary Ann Steele Bennett was a sister to my great-great grandfather, Francis Marion "Frank" Steele.

Sunday's Obituary - Hampton Steele

Mexia Herald - 3/3/1928

Sunday's Obituary - Robert Everett "Bob" Bynum

Hattiesburg American - 2/3/1966

Robert Everett Bynum

Born on September 18, 1891

Son of

Prentice Montgomery Bynum and Nancy Caroline "Nanny" Rawls

Brother to

Ida Burtie, Prentice Buford, John Franklin, Felix Jefferson "Fel",

Charity, Willard William and Nannie Nita Bynum

Half-Brother to

Aurelia Margaret "Rilla", Mary "Mollie" and James Benjamin "Ben" Bynum

Husband of

Onie Rosilee Roberts

Father to

Edith, Eva Pearl, Joseph Prentiss, Robert Gray, Bertha Nancy,

Mildred Lavell, Infant Sister (1928), Infant Brother (1930), Linda Glenn

and Infant Sister (1933) Bynum

Died on February 3, 1966

Buried in the Military Baptist Church Cemetery

Sumrall, Lamar County, Mississippi

Sunday's Obituary - Minnie Frances Bynum Sumrall

Transcription

Mrs. Alfred Sumrall

Mrs. Minnie Frances Sumrall, resident of RFD 2, Sumrall, for 37 years, died unexpectedly at 5 a.m. today at her home.  She was 55 years old.

The body will remain at the family residence until time for services.  Funeral arrangements are incomplete.  Hulett Funeral Home is in charge.

Services will be held at Military Baptist Church with Rev. Gerald Aultman, paster, officiating.  Burial will be in Military Cemetery.

Mrs. Sumrall is survided by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Vivian Gandy, Jackson, and Mrs. Marjorie Drennan, Sumrall, five sons, A. C., H. B., Coy P. and Robert R. Sumrall, all of Sumrall, and  Alfred A. Sumrall, Hermiston, Ore, five sisters including Mrs. D. C. Odom, Mrs. Waldo Ford and Mrs. Dewey Robinson, Baton Rouge and Mrs. Bessie McQueen, Hattiesburg, four bothers, John Bynum, Prentiss, Howard Bynum, Jackson and Gordon and Terrell, Sumralll, and 20 grandchildren.

Minnie Frances Bynum Sumrall was the daughter of James Benjamin Bynum and Annie Jane Sumrall.  She was my maternal grand aunt.

Sunday's Obituary - Alphonso Hilliard "Punch" Edmonds

From the April 10, 1972 edition of the Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana:

Monroe News Star - 4/10/1972

Sunday's Obituary - Earl Bethea Sumrall

Hattiesburg American - 12/7/1959

Earl Bethea Sumrall

Born on June 15, 1888

Son of

Daniel Sumrall and Mary Rebecca Pouncey

Brother to

William Thomas, Mary Elizabeth, Frances "Fanny", Annie Jane,

Mary Margaret, Daniel Peter, Lilly, Berry Erastus "Raz",

Hattie, Addie and Allie Mae Sumrall

Husband to

Nancy Almeda "Nannie" Rutland

Father to

Roxie Lee, James Wilmer and Willard David Sumrall

Died on December 5, 1959

Buried in Highland Cemetery

Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi

Sunday's Obituary - Henrietta "Nettie" Blackman Fairbanks Disch

Henrietta "Nettie" Blackman

Born on June 13, 1874

Daughter of 

Joseph A. "Frank" Blackman and Virginia "Ginny" Smith

Sister to

Mary Virginia "Mollie" Blackman Steele

Wife of

Henry Osborne Fairbanks

Dr. Henry J. Disch

Mother to

Dr. Russell Usher, Thomas Osborne and Henrietta Fairbanks

Willie Joseph and Mary E. Disch

Died on October 21, 1932

Buried in the Old Pine Hill Cemetery

Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana