Mrs. Sarah Angelina Fortner, 89, wife of the late Houston [sic Henry] Turner Fortner, died this morning, 5 o'clock, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. J. Pulliam, 18th Avenue, Gulfport, with whom she resided. The funeral service will be held this afternoon, 4 o'clock, at Riemann's Funeral Home, with Rev. P. M. Caraway, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. The deceased had been in failing health for several years and had been in a critical condition since Saturday.
Mrs. Fortner was born September 3, 1845, at Georgetown, Miss., and had lived in Gulfport for 21 years. She died on the 11th anniversary of the death of her husband.
Surviving Mrs. Fortner are: One son, Ike Fortner of Gulfport; three daughters, Mrs. J. J. Pulliam of Gulfport; Mrs. Ellie Jennings of Baton Rouge, La., and Mrs. Frank Grantham of Corcoran, Cal.; two daughters-in-law, Mrs. Maude Fortner of Gulfport, and Mrs. Douglas Fortner of Tallulah, La. She is survived by about 70 descendants including two great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be D. V. Cochran, F. DeL. Smith, R. H. Taylor, George C. Taylor, J. B. Pilsbury and S. A. Tomlinson.
Published in The Daily Herald (Biloxi-Gulfport, MS), Thursday, January 10, 1935
(prov. by Find A Grave contributor Ron Manley)
Mrs. Fortner was born September 3, 1845, at Georgetown, Miss., and had lived in Gulfport for 21 years. She died on the 11th anniversary of the death of her husband.
Surviving Mrs. Fortner are: One son, Ike Fortner of Gulfport; three daughters, Mrs. J. J. Pulliam of Gulfport; Mrs. Ellie Jennings of Baton Rouge, La., and Mrs. Frank Grantham of Corcoran, Cal.; two daughters-in-law, Mrs. Maude Fortner of Gulfport, and Mrs. Douglas Fortner of Tallulah, La. She is survived by about 70 descendants including two great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be D. V. Cochran, F. DeL. Smith, R. H. Taylor, George C. Taylor, J. B. Pilsbury and S. A. Tomlinson.
Published in The Daily Herald (Biloxi-Gulfport, MS), Thursday, January 10, 1935
(prov. by Find A Grave contributor Ron Manley)
Mrs. Sarah Angelina Fortner, 89, wife of the late Houston [sic Henry] Turner Fortner, died this morning, 5 o'clock, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. J. Pulliam, 18th Avenue, Gulfport, with whom she resided. The funeral service will be held this afternoon, 4 o'clock, at Riemann's Funeral Home, with Rev. P. M. Caraway, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. The deceased had been in failing health for several years and had been in a critical condition since Saturday.
Mrs. Fortner was born September 3, 1845, at Georgetown, Miss., and had lived in Gulfport for 21 years. She died on the 11th anniversary of the death of her husband.
Surviving Mrs. Fortner are: One son, Ike Fortner of Gulfport; three daughters, Mrs. J. J. Pulliam of Gulfport; Mrs. Ellie Jennings of Baton Rouge, La., and Mrs. Frank Grantham of Corcoran, Cal.; two daughters-in-law, Mrs. Maude Fortner of Gulfport, and Mrs. Douglas Fortner of Tallulah, La. She is survived by about 70 descendants including two great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be D. V. Cochran, F. DeL. Smith, R. H. Taylor, George C. Taylor, J. B. Pilsbury and S. A. Tomlinson.
Published in The Daily Herald (Biloxi-Gulfport, MS), Thursday, January 10, 1935
(prov. by Find A Grave contributor Ron Manley)
Mrs. Fortner was born September 3, 1845, at Georgetown, Miss., and had lived in Gulfport for 21 years. She died on the 11th anniversary of the death of her husband.
Surviving Mrs. Fortner are: One son, Ike Fortner of Gulfport; three daughters, Mrs. J. J. Pulliam of Gulfport; Mrs. Ellie Jennings of Baton Rouge, La., and Mrs. Frank Grantham of Corcoran, Cal.; two daughters-in-law, Mrs. Maude Fortner of Gulfport, and Mrs. Douglas Fortner of Tallulah, La. She is survived by about 70 descendants including two great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be D. V. Cochran, F. DeL. Smith, R. H. Taylor, George C. Taylor, J. B. Pilsbury and S. A. Tomlinson.
Published in The Daily Herald (Biloxi-Gulfport, MS), Thursday, January 10, 1935
(prov. by Find A Grave contributor Ron Manley)
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