Funeral services for Walter Grady Birdsong, 76, retired farmer of the Elkton Community, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in Elkton Methodist Church, conducted by Dr. W. H. Mansfield and the Rev. Loren Barnhart, Methodist ministers. Burial took place in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Birdsong died at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, March 21, in Giles County Hospital.
Born February 6, 1889, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Walter H. Birdsong and Laura Bell Mason Birdsong. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Birdsong is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Shelton Birdsong; six sons, Walton Birdsong, Oklahoma City, Okla., Julian Birdsong, Long Island, New York, W. H. Birdsong, Chicago, Ill., and Bernard Birdsong, Tullahoma; two daughters, Mrs. Laura Bell Kinner, California, and Mrs. Bobby Whitt, Ardmore, Route 1; and nineteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Funeral services for Walter Grady Birdsong, 76, retired farmer of the Elkton Community, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in Elkton Methodist Church, conducted by Dr. W. H. Mansfield and the Rev. Loren Barnhart, Methodist ministers. Burial took place in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Birdsong died at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, March 21, in Giles County Hospital.
Born February 6, 1889, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Walter H. Birdsong and Laura Bell Mason Birdsong. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Birdsong is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Shelton Birdsong; six sons, Walton Birdsong, Oklahoma City, Okla., Julian Birdsong, Long Island, New York, W. H. Birdsong, Chicago, Ill., and Bernard Birdsong, Tullahoma; two daughters, Mrs. Laura Bell Kinner, California, and Mrs. Bobby Whitt, Ardmore, Route 1; and nineteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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WALTER GRADY BIRDSONG
FEB. 6, 1889
MAR. 21, 1965
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