Sunday, February 17, 2019

1 May 1991 Obits

John L. Blanks
The Clarke County Tribune
Services for John L. Blanks, age 79, of Rt. 3 Quitman, were held April 30, 1991, at St. Mary Episcopal Church with burial in the Enterprise Cemetery. Rev. John Gibson and Rev. Henry Hudson officiated.
   Mr. Blanks passed away on April 28, 1991, at Jeff Anderson Hospital.
   He was a former resident of Meridian; a resident of Clarke County for 40 years; a member of the St. Mary's Episcopal Church; a member of the Clarke County Economic Development Council; past president of Texas Morgan Horse Association and a longtime hotel management owner of Stafford Springs Dude Ranch.
   Mr. Blanks is survived by his wife, Wanda "Molly" Blanks, Quitman; one step-son, Sgt. James C. Phillips, Germany; one daughter, Jackie B. Moss, Waynesboro; two grandsons; and a aunt, Ida Louise Simpson.
   Pallbearers were Jim Fagen, Milton Breeze, Richard Davis, Billy Phillips and Don McNair.
   In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to St. Mary's or St. Michael's Farm for Boys, Picayune.


Zola Gresham
The Clarke County Tribune
Services for Zola Gresham, age 89, of Oklahoma, were held Monday, April 23, 1991, at the First Baptist Church in Snyder, Okla.
   She passed away on April 19, 1991, at Memorial Hospital in Lawton, Okla., after a brief illness.
   She is survived by her four daughters, Mrs. Glenn Starcher, Snyder, Okla.; Mrs. Cleo Williams, Quitman; Mrs. Howard Moore, Roosevelt, Okla.; Mrs. Wendall Woodward, Amarillo, Texas; seventeen grandchildren; thirty-one great-grandchildren and one great, great grandchild.


Odell "Piggy" Pritchett
The Clarke County Tribune
Graveside services for Odell "Piggy" Pritchett, age 78, were held April 28, 1991, at Stonewall Cemetery, with Rev. Johnnie Mosley officiating. Wright's Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
   Mr. Pritchett passed away on April 26, 1991, at Benchmark Nursing Center.
   He is survived by several nieces and nephews.


Ina Mae Fleming
The Clarke County Tribune
Services for Ina Mae Fleming, age 81, of Rt. 4 Quitman, were held April 26, 1991, at Shady Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial at Andrew's Chapel Cemetery. Rev. Mark Thead and Rev. Leslie Roberts officiated. Wright's Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
   Mrs. Fleming passed away on April 24, 1991, at Winston County Medical.
   She is survived by three sons, Garner Fleming, Jackson, Mack D. Fleming and Ricky Fleming, Quitman; five daughters, Peggy Simpson, Louisville; Evelyn Clardy, Anita Coody, Diane Young, Cherry Castle, Quitman; one brother, Dave Wright, Camden, S.C.; twenty-three grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.


Garner "Jack" Underwood
The Clarke County Tribune
Services for Garner "Jack" Underwood, age 66, of Meridian, were held on April 25, 1991, at Wright's Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Rev. Grady Crowell and Rev. Lee Underwood officiated.
   Mr. Underwood passed away on April 23, 1991, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
   He is survived by his wife, Ruby Underwood, Meridian; three sons, Lucky Underwood, Meridian; Danny Underwood Crump, Nelson Underwood, Quitman; one daughter, Darlene Ray, Melvern, Ark.; five brothers, George Underwood, Stonewall; Bobby Underwood, Billy Underwood, Harvey Underwood, John Henry Underwood, Quitman; three sisters, Anelle Newburn, Citronelle, Ala.; Margie Carney, Meridian; LeNora Robinson, Quitman; eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchildren.


Wilton Pittman
The Clarke County Tribune
Services for Wilton Pittman, age 70, of Rt. 1 Pachuta, were held April 25, 1991, at Homewood Methodist Church with burial in the Orange Cemetery. Rev. Harold Mills and Rev. Joe Lofton officiated.   Wright's Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
   He was a member of the 345 Bombardment GP US Army and attended the Homewood Methodist Church.
   Mr. Pittman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ernesteen Pittman, Pachuta; one son, Charles Pittman, Pachuta; one daughter, Cheryl Pender, Pachuta; one sister, Ernestine Ulmer, Pachuta; four grandchildren, Jenifer Pender, Melissa Pender, LeAnn Pittman and Lacey Pittman.
   Palbearers were Elkins Castle, David Snowden, Bill Reed, Randy Kidd, Sam Risher and Bobby Kidd.


David L. Hunter
The Clarke County Tribune
Graveside services for David L. Hunter, age 85, of Biloxi, were held April 30, 1991, in Enterprise. Reimann Memorial Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
   Mr. Hunter passed away on April 27, 1991, in Biloxi.
   He was a native of Enterprise; served with the USMC, WW II; a member of the Methodist church and a rural mail carrier.
   He is survived by his wife, Ione Webb Hunter, Biloxi; daughter, Mrs. Donna Hunter, Schiegoleit-Chelmsord, Mass.; sisters, Mrs. Kate Ellison, Meridian; Miss Amelia Hunter, Enterprise; and two grandchildren.

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