GILBERT (Special) — Funeral services for Mrs. Stella Sproles, 80, of Gilbert, were held at 1 p.m. today at Turkey Creek Baptist Church with the Revs. Carl Tubbs and Harold Dunn officiating. Burial was in Oakley Cemetery under direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
Mrs. Sproles died Thursday morning at Winnsboro Sanitarium after a long illness.
Survivors include three sons, J. Z. Sproles of St. Francisville, T. J. Sproles of Gilbert and Leslie Sproles of Wisner; four daughters, Mrs. Ina Greer and Mrs. Edna Edwards, both of Angola, Mrs. Ida Cain of Eudora, Ark. and Mrs. Lillian Smith of Pearl River; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Smith of Wisner and Mrs. Georgia McDaniel of Gilbert; three brothers, Willard Smith of Vidalia, Tommy Smith of Gilbert and Edward Smith of Jigger; 50 grandchildren and 64 great-grandchildren.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Friday, May 23, 1969
Note: Her birth date on her gravestone appears to be wrong. The censuses (1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940) all agree that she was born around 1888 or 1889. The 1900 census specifies September 1889.
Contributor: LaPerle (48141307) • [email protected]
Mrs. Sproles died Thursday morning at Winnsboro Sanitarium after a long illness.
Survivors include three sons, J. Z. Sproles of St. Francisville, T. J. Sproles of Gilbert and Leslie Sproles of Wisner; four daughters, Mrs. Ina Greer and Mrs. Edna Edwards, both of Angola, Mrs. Ida Cain of Eudora, Ark. and Mrs. Lillian Smith of Pearl River; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Smith of Wisner and Mrs. Georgia McDaniel of Gilbert; three brothers, Willard Smith of Vidalia, Tommy Smith of Gilbert and Edward Smith of Jigger; 50 grandchildren and 64 great-grandchildren.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Friday, May 23, 1969
Note: Her birth date on her gravestone appears to be wrong. The censuses (1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940) all agree that she was born around 1888 or 1889. The 1900 census specifies September 1889.
Contributor: LaPerle (48141307) • [email protected]
GILBERT (Special) — Funeral services for Mrs. Stella Sproles, 80, of Gilbert, were held at 1 p.m. today at Turkey Creek Baptist Church with the Revs. Carl Tubbs and Harold Dunn officiating. Burial was in Oakley Cemetery under direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
Mrs. Sproles died Thursday morning at Winnsboro Sanitarium after a long illness.
Survivors include three sons, J. Z. Sproles of St. Francisville, T. J. Sproles of Gilbert and Leslie Sproles of Wisner; four daughters, Mrs. Ina Greer and Mrs. Edna Edwards, both of Angola, Mrs. Ida Cain of Eudora, Ark. and Mrs. Lillian Smith of Pearl River; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Smith of Wisner and Mrs. Georgia McDaniel of Gilbert; three brothers, Willard Smith of Vidalia, Tommy Smith of Gilbert and Edward Smith of Jigger; 50 grandchildren and 64 great-grandchildren.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Friday, May 23, 1969
Note: Her birth date on her gravestone appears to be wrong. The censuses (1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940) all agree that she was born around 1888 or 1889. The 1900 census specifies September 1889.
Contributor: LaPerle (48141307) • [email protected]
Mrs. Sproles died Thursday morning at Winnsboro Sanitarium after a long illness.
Survivors include three sons, J. Z. Sproles of St. Francisville, T. J. Sproles of Gilbert and Leslie Sproles of Wisner; four daughters, Mrs. Ina Greer and Mrs. Edna Edwards, both of Angola, Mrs. Ida Cain of Eudora, Ark. and Mrs. Lillian Smith of Pearl River; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Smith of Wisner and Mrs. Georgia McDaniel of Gilbert; three brothers, Willard Smith of Vidalia, Tommy Smith of Gilbert and Edward Smith of Jigger; 50 grandchildren and 64 great-grandchildren.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Friday, May 23, 1969
Note: Her birth date on her gravestone appears to be wrong. The censuses (1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940) all agree that she was born around 1888 or 1889. The 1900 census specifies September 1889.
Contributor: LaPerle (48141307) • [email protected]
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