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MRS. MARY DIXIE LOCK
WEATHERS
Weathers - Mrs. Mary Dixie Weathers, age 79, 5316 5th Ave.,
S., passed away Wednesday p.m. at the residence. Survived by 3 daughters, Mrs.
B. G. Brasher, Mrs. J. B. Yarbrough, Miss Bessie Lock, all of Birmingham; 1
son, W. O. Lock, Fulton, Ky.; 1 sister, Mrs. Rachel Butler, Clanton. Funeral
services Friday, 10 a.m., from Brown-Service Chapel, the Rev. P. L. Newton
officiating. Interment Elemwood Cemetery.
Active pallbearers, Willard Yarbrough,
George Yarbrough, Henry Albert Lock, W. O. Lock, Jr., Gilbert Brasher, Curtis
Brasher. Brown-Service directing.
Order of interment is dated December 29, 1949. She was
interred on December 30, 1949 at 10 am. Lot 168, Block 1, J. B. Yarbrough Family
Plot.
[Transcribed and submitted by Lois
Anderson obtained from Elemwood Cemetery - newspaper
unknown.]
PAUL
L. WILLIAMS
Paul L. Williams, 69, of East
Liverpool, Ohio, who died Tuesday, was a native of La Grange, Ga., but had lived
in Birmingham most of his life. Mr. Williams was a retired electrician and
was a member of Wylam Presbyterian Church with burial in Elmwood. Angwin
Mortuary directing. Surviving are two sones, Ronald Williams and Donald
Williams, both of Eatonton, Ga.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Wesley Montgomery, East
Liverpool, Ohio; a step-son, William Ellis, Lake Worth, Fla. and a brother,
Oscar Williams, Birmingham.
[Birmingham (AL) News, November 13, 1970, page 36
- Transcribed by C. Anthony]
RHODA MATILDA
WILLIAMS
Mrs. Williams - Funeral services were held
today at the Wylam Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Rhoda Matilda Williams, 67, of
3016 Ave. E, Ensley, who died Saturday in a local hospital. Burial was in
Elmwood Cemetery, Angwin Mortuarty Center directing. A native of
Pittsburgh, Pa., Mrs. Williams had lived here 60 years. She was a member
of Wylam Presbyterian Church. Surviving are her husband, Paul L. Williams;
a daughter, Mrs. Wesley Montgomery, East Liverpool, Ohio; a son, William J.
Ellis, Maitland, Fla.; and two sisters, Mrs. Edward Day, Sr., Bessemer, and Mrs.
Robert McConnakey, San Jose, Calif.
[Birmingham (AL) News,
Monday, April 6, 1964 - Transcribed by C.
Anthony]
REV. W. L.
WILSON
Died
Yesterday at Leeds-Funeral Services this Afternoon at
Huffman.
Rev. W. L. Wilson, a local minister at the Methodist church, living at
Leeds, at one time the probate judge of Jefferson, and a very prominent man in
the county, died yesterday about noon of pneumonia.
The funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the
Oak Grove church at Huffman which is a mile or so beyond East
Lake.
Mr. Wilson was a native of South Carolina, but came to this county when
quite young, and has lived in different portions of it ever since. From 1860
to 1866 he was probate judge of the county, which office he filled with great
credit. Several years ago he owned the Alabama Christian Advocate, the
official organ of the Methodist church, and has for many years been one of its
local preachers. He was 77 years old at the time of his
death.
Mr. Wilson was married three times, his last wife surviving him. He was
blessed with eleven children, as follows:
J. E. Wilson, Birmingham; P. D. Wilson, Trussville; T. M. Wilson,
Calera; F. S. Wilson, Wylam; J. W. and E. D. Wilson, Maxie, Tex.; W. T.
Wilson, Elyton; W. B. Wilson, Lampasis, Tex.; Mrs. M. E. Vann, Woodlawn; Mrs.
Minerva Gillespie, Leeds; Mrs. Lida Diamond, Leeds.
Including all of his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren,
this good man left ninety-three descendants.
[Age-Herald (AL), August 19, 1899 - Transcribed by
C. Anthony]
JENNIE STAGGS WOOD
Jennie
Staggs Wood - The Oldest Woman. At Linn's Crossing Cemetery is buried
one of Jefferson County oldest resident Mrs. Jennie Staggs Wood. She was
the wife of Abner Wood Sr.. She was born May 12, 1786 and died August 9,
1892 at Age 106 years 4 months and 27 days. The following appeared in
the Birmingham Daily News on August 10, 1892.
The Oldest Woman in Jefferson county died
yesterday - Mrs. Jennie Wood was 107 eyars old. News comes from Linn's
Crossing this county, of the death yesterday morning at this place of Mrs.
Jermie Wood age 107 years. She was the oldest woman in Jefferson
County.
Her
descendant's run down four generations. She was an extrodinary old lady,
keeping her mental activity to the last. She was widely known and
respected throughout the county."
Submitted by:Dalwayne Caradine, 3216 Poplar Lane,
Adamsville, AL 35005. Sources: Gravestone Linns Crossing Cemetery, the
Birmingham Daily News, August 10, 1892. And Polly Hilton"
[Birmingham Daily News, August 10, 1892, Submitted by Elizabeth
Crauswell]
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