Elizabeth Jenkins

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• Name: Rebecca Wilkes
• Residence: 1860, Eastern Division, Fayette, Alabama, USA
• Residence: 1870, Township 14, Fayette, Alabama, USA
• Residence: 1880, Fayette, Alabama, USA

Family/Spouse: Asa Wilkes. Asa (son of Abner Wilkes and Martha Crider) was born in 1798 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; died in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA; was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Fayette, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary A. Gardner
• Residence: 1870, Township 14, Fayette, Alabama, USA
• Residence: 1880, Fayette, Alabama, USA

Mary married Reverend George W Gardner on 13 Feb 1876 in Fayette, Alabama, USA. George was born on 28 Feb 1854 in Alabama, USA; died on 9 Feb 1937; was buried in Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Tishomingo, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1880, Fayette, Alabama, USA

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Died:
Parents were G W Gardner and Mary Wilks Gardner.

Rites Held Thursday For Mrs. J. S. Kelley

Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock services were held in the Chapel of the Barry Funeral Home for Mrs. Ozie Gardner Kelley of Memphis, formerly of Okolona. The rites were conducted by the rev. Allison Bell, pastor of Okolona First Baptist Church,and E. C. Day, minister of Okolona Church of Christ. Burial was in Oddfellows Cemetery with Barry in charge.

Mrs.Kelley, who was 83, died at 10:30 Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe E. Moore in Memphis where she made her home since 1948. Born in Iuka, she was married to J. S. Kelley who died in 1939. Most of her married life was spent in Okolona and she was a member of First Baptist Church.

She leaves two other daughters, Mrs. J. W. Scruggs of Houston, Mrs. John Billingsley of Corinth, one son, Shirrell Kelley of Okolona, four brothers, Estes gardner, Bill Gardner, Bill Gardner, Richard Gardner and Burea Gardner, all of Iuka, two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Adams and Mrs. Mamie Grisham of Iuka, 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

The Okolona Messenger, Thursday, July 6, 1961, Page 1.

Family/Spouse: James Sanford Kelley. James was born on 28 Oct 1876 in Fayette, Alabama, USA; died on 24 Mar 1939 in Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 26 Mar 1939 in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Fayette, Alabama, USA

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Died:
Services Are Conducted For Mrs. Scruggs

Services were conducted at 3:00 pm, Tuesday, June 13 from the Houston Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Carrie Mae Scruggs who died at 6 am, June 12, 1972. She was 71. Mr. J W Holliday officiated, with interment in the Houston Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Roy P Davis, Bo Young, Hassell Franklin, A E Estes, W C Crump and Hal Allen.

Mrs. Scruggs died at her home at 569 N Pontotoc St. The widow of the late James W Scruggs, she had resided in Houston for 30 years. She was born in Alabama, the daughter of Ozie Gardner and James Helley. She was a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Natalie Berry and Mrs. Allie Mae Anglin, both of who reside in Houston, and two sons, James W Scruggs, Jr., of Houston and Thomas H Scruggs of Shreveport, La. She is also survived by a sister, Mrs. John Billingsly of Corinth, and by six grandchildren.

Printed in the Times Post, Houston, Mississippi dated June 16 1972

Family/Spouse: James Wiley Scruggs. James was born on 27 Jun 1892; died on 20 May 1966 in Houston, Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 22 May 1966 in Houston Cemetery, Houston, Chickasaw, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]