VERA BINGHAM HARRISON –
Services for Mrs. Vera Bingham Harrison were Friday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah with the Rev. Warren Roberts officiating. Burial was in Neill Cemetery. Mrs. Harrison, 79, died Wednesday at Hardin County Hospital. She was a Baptist. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Betty McFall and Mrs. Myrtle Hitchcock, both of Savannah; a son, William Thomas Harrison of Savannah; four brothers, W. C. Bingham, Homer Bingham, Edward Bingham, all of Saltillo and W. M. Bingham of Sardis; three sisters, Mrs. Kate Bingham of Sardis, Mrs. Oma Lowe of Lexington and Mrs. Bessie Barnes of Morris Chapel and a grandchild.
The Lexington Progress, June 12, 1969
LIBURN V. McMURRAY -
Services for Liburn V. McMurray, Lexington cab driver, were Saturday at Pafford Funeral Homes with Charles Thomasson officiating. Burial was in Lebanon Cemetery in Hardin County. Mr. McMurray, the county's last Spanish-American War veteran, died early Thursday at Lexington Hospital shortly after a collision between his car and a Meadors Motor Lines truck at the intersection of Highway 22S and the alternate route. A passenger in Mr. McMurray's cab, Max Ray Bowman, was carried to Jackson General Hospital. The truck driver, Austin Avent of Bolivar, was not injured. No charges were filed. Mr. McMurray was returning toward Lexington and the truck was headed south toward Highway 100. Born in Alabama, Mr. McMurray had been a cab driver here many years. He was a member of the Church of Christ. He was 82. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Velta McMurray of Brooklyn, two brothers, Lonnie McMurray and L. C. McMurray, both of Sardis; four sisters, Mrs. Della Hanna of Memphis, Mrs. Mattie Hamilton of Kingsland, Ark., Mrs. Mary Phillips of Big Sandy and Mrs. Ethel Hooper of Sweeney, Texas.
The Lexington Progress, March 8, 1962
HILDRED SMALL -
Services for Mrs. Hildred Small were Friday at Lewis Chapel Church with the Rev. Verline Crothers officiating. Burial was in Saltilo Cemetery with Parham Mortuary in charge. Mrs. Small, who was 66, died Monday at John Gaston Hospital in Memphis after a short illness. She was a retired Tennessee State University employee and a Methodist. She leaves her husband, George Small of Lexington; a daughter, Miss Linda Small of Lexington; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Perry of Almo, Ky and Mrs. Dorothy Davis of Daisy, Tenn.; a brother, Albert Cooper of Florence, Ala.
The Lexington Progress, September 17, 1975
