Lawrence County Press
Jan. 03, 1957
Funeral Services Held For Mrs. J. N. Gunnell
Funeral services were held in the Providence Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. J. N. Gunnell, member of a prominent South Mississippi family and esteemed resident of the Topeka community for sixty four years. The high esteem in which she and her family are held was shown by the large number attending the service.
Mrs. Gunnell died at the family home at three o'clock Tuesday morning following an attack of pneumonia. She was eighty-eight but had not been confined to her bed until the last few days of her life.
Her pastor, the Rev. W. E. Ainsworth, pastor of the Methodist Church at Felder's Camp Ground in Pike County, had part in the services. Mrs. Gunnell was buried in the Providence Church Cemetery in the Gunnell family plot. The Hartman Company of Brookhaven had charge of funeral arrangements. Beautiful floral tributes expressed the sympathy of friends.
Mrs. Gunnell, the daughter of the late Smith Felder and Julia Huffman Felder, pioneer residents of South Mississippi was Miss Emma Felder before her marriage sixty four years ago the past November to J. N. Gunnell of Lawrence County. She was born near Ruth. She organized the Ruth Post Office and was the first postmaster at Ruth. She named the office for her sister, Ruth Felder, now Mrs. Charlie Lewis of Perry, Florida.
Since early childhood Mrs. Gunnell had been a member of the Felder's Camp Ground Methodist Church.
She was the mother of seven children. One daughter, Mrs. Mildred Terrell, was killed in an automobile accident twenty-six years ago.
Mrs. Gunnell leaves her husband; J. N. Gunnell of Topeka; three daughters, Mrs. D. N. Sandifer, Topeka; Mrs. T. A. Simmons, Bogalusa, La., and Mrs. W. W. Huguley, Topeka; three sons, Jack Gunnell, W. W. Gunnell and James Gunnell all of whom live at Topeka near the family home and three sisters, Mrs. Evie Douglas, Little Rock, Ark., Mrs. Ruth Lewis, Perry, Fla., and Mrs. Beulah Lenoir, Jacksonville, Fla. She also leaves twenty-four grandchildren and forty-eight great grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Gunnell were honored by their children on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary in November 1942 with "Open House" in their home. They had been married sixty-four years this past November and have spent their married lives in the home
Jan. 03, 1957
Funeral Services Held For Mrs. J. N. Gunnell
Funeral services were held in the Providence Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. J. N. Gunnell, member of a prominent South Mississippi family and esteemed resident of the Topeka community for sixty four years. The high esteem in which she and her family are held was shown by the large number attending the service.
Mrs. Gunnell died at the family home at three o'clock Tuesday morning following an attack of pneumonia. She was eighty-eight but had not been confined to her bed until the last few days of her life.
Her pastor, the Rev. W. E. Ainsworth, pastor of the Methodist Church at Felder's Camp Ground in Pike County, had part in the services. Mrs. Gunnell was buried in the Providence Church Cemetery in the Gunnell family plot. The Hartman Company of Brookhaven had charge of funeral arrangements. Beautiful floral tributes expressed the sympathy of friends.
Mrs. Gunnell, the daughter of the late Smith Felder and Julia Huffman Felder, pioneer residents of South Mississippi was Miss Emma Felder before her marriage sixty four years ago the past November to J. N. Gunnell of Lawrence County. She was born near Ruth. She organized the Ruth Post Office and was the first postmaster at Ruth. She named the office for her sister, Ruth Felder, now Mrs. Charlie Lewis of Perry, Florida.
Since early childhood Mrs. Gunnell had been a member of the Felder's Camp Ground Methodist Church.
She was the mother of seven children. One daughter, Mrs. Mildred Terrell, was killed in an automobile accident twenty-six years ago.
Mrs. Gunnell leaves her husband; J. N. Gunnell of Topeka; three daughters, Mrs. D. N. Sandifer, Topeka; Mrs. T. A. Simmons, Bogalusa, La., and Mrs. W. W. Huguley, Topeka; three sons, Jack Gunnell, W. W. Gunnell and James Gunnell all of whom live at Topeka near the family home and three sisters, Mrs. Evie Douglas, Little Rock, Ark., Mrs. Ruth Lewis, Perry, Fla., and Mrs. Beulah Lenoir, Jacksonville, Fla. She also leaves twenty-four grandchildren and forty-eight great grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Gunnell were honored by their children on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary in November 1942 with "Open House" in their home. They had been married sixty-four years this past November and have spent their married lives in the home
Lawrence County Press
Jan. 03, 1957
Funeral Services Held For Mrs. J. N. Gunnell
Funeral services were held in the Providence Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. J. N. Gunnell, member of a prominent South Mississippi family and esteemed resident of the Topeka community for sixty four years. The high esteem in which she and her family are held was shown by the large number attending the service.
Mrs. Gunnell died at the family home at three o'clock Tuesday morning following an attack of pneumonia. She was eighty-eight but had not been confined to her bed until the last few days of her life.
Her pastor, the Rev. W. E. Ainsworth, pastor of the Methodist Church at Felder's Camp Ground in Pike County, had part in the services. Mrs. Gunnell was buried in the Providence Church Cemetery in the Gunnell family plot. The Hartman Company of Brookhaven had charge of funeral arrangements. Beautiful floral tributes expressed the sympathy of friends.
Mrs. Gunnell, the daughter of the late Smith Felder and Julia Huffman Felder, pioneer residents of South Mississippi was Miss Emma Felder before her marriage sixty four years ago the past November to J. N. Gunnell of Lawrence County. She was born near Ruth. She organized the Ruth Post Office and was the first postmaster at Ruth. She named the office for her sister, Ruth Felder, now Mrs. Charlie Lewis of Perry, Florida.
Since early childhood Mrs. Gunnell had been a member of the Felder's Camp Ground Methodist Church.
She was the mother of seven children. One daughter, Mrs. Mildred Terrell, was killed in an automobile accident twenty-six years ago.
Mrs. Gunnell leaves her husband; J. N. Gunnell of Topeka; three daughters, Mrs. D. N. Sandifer, Topeka; Mrs. T. A. Simmons, Bogalusa, La., and Mrs. W. W. Huguley, Topeka; three sons, Jack Gunnell, W. W. Gunnell and James Gunnell all of whom live at Topeka near the family home and three sisters, Mrs. Evie Douglas, Little Rock, Ark., Mrs. Ruth Lewis, Perry, Fla., and Mrs. Beulah Lenoir, Jacksonville, Fla. She also leaves twenty-four grandchildren and forty-eight great grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Gunnell were honored by their children on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary in November 1942 with "Open House" in their home. They had been married sixty-four years this past November and have spent their married lives in the home
Jan. 03, 1957
Funeral Services Held For Mrs. J. N. Gunnell
Funeral services were held in the Providence Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. J. N. Gunnell, member of a prominent South Mississippi family and esteemed resident of the Topeka community for sixty four years. The high esteem in which she and her family are held was shown by the large number attending the service.
Mrs. Gunnell died at the family home at three o'clock Tuesday morning following an attack of pneumonia. She was eighty-eight but had not been confined to her bed until the last few days of her life.
Her pastor, the Rev. W. E. Ainsworth, pastor of the Methodist Church at Felder's Camp Ground in Pike County, had part in the services. Mrs. Gunnell was buried in the Providence Church Cemetery in the Gunnell family plot. The Hartman Company of Brookhaven had charge of funeral arrangements. Beautiful floral tributes expressed the sympathy of friends.
Mrs. Gunnell, the daughter of the late Smith Felder and Julia Huffman Felder, pioneer residents of South Mississippi was Miss Emma Felder before her marriage sixty four years ago the past November to J. N. Gunnell of Lawrence County. She was born near Ruth. She organized the Ruth Post Office and was the first postmaster at Ruth. She named the office for her sister, Ruth Felder, now Mrs. Charlie Lewis of Perry, Florida.
Since early childhood Mrs. Gunnell had been a member of the Felder's Camp Ground Methodist Church.
She was the mother of seven children. One daughter, Mrs. Mildred Terrell, was killed in an automobile accident twenty-six years ago.
Mrs. Gunnell leaves her husband; J. N. Gunnell of Topeka; three daughters, Mrs. D. N. Sandifer, Topeka; Mrs. T. A. Simmons, Bogalusa, La., and Mrs. W. W. Huguley, Topeka; three sons, Jack Gunnell, W. W. Gunnell and James Gunnell all of whom live at Topeka near the family home and three sisters, Mrs. Evie Douglas, Little Rock, Ark., Mrs. Ruth Lewis, Perry, Fla., and Mrs. Beulah Lenoir, Jacksonville, Fla. She also leaves twenty-four grandchildren and forty-eight great grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Gunnell were honored by their children on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary in November 1942 with "Open House" in their home. They had been married sixty-four years this past November and have spent their married lives in the home
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