Son of Clarence Hue Autrey and Permelia "Pelmia" Bee Hull Autrey.
OBITUARY:
Johnnie Melvin Autrey, 84, died Jan. 19, 2007, at the Courtyard Nursing Home in Fulton. He was born Jan 26, 1922, in Alabama to the late Clarence and Pelmia Hull Autrey. He served in the U.S. Army for many years and was a veteran of World War II. He retired from the Downey Veterans Hospital in Great Lakes, Ill., where he was an attendant. He was a Baptist. He enjoyed buying and selling at local auctions.
Services were Jan. 20 at the Tupelo Chapel of Holland-Harris Funeral Directors with burial in Union Grove Cemetery in Lee County.
Survivors include his wife, Jewel Patterson Autrey of Fulton; his caregiver and daughter-in-law, Dorothy Autrey of Mantachie; two sisters, Mary Frances Pate and Olene Heath, both of Tallassee, Ala.; a sister-in-law, Genell Autrey of Wetumpla, Ala.; one granddaughter, Sherry Watkins; one great-grandson, Corey Grooms; one great-great-grandson, Gavin Grooms.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Johnnie L. Autrey, on Feb. 20, 2006; four brothers, Earnest, Willie, Forrest and Clarence Autrey Jr.; and two sisters, Emma Usgaard and Betty Watkins
OBITUARY:
Johnnie Melvin Autrey, 84, died Jan. 19, 2007, at the Courtyard Nursing Home in Fulton. He was born Jan 26, 1922, in Alabama to the late Clarence and Pelmia Hull Autrey. He served in the U.S. Army for many years and was a veteran of World War II. He retired from the Downey Veterans Hospital in Great Lakes, Ill., where he was an attendant. He was a Baptist. He enjoyed buying and selling at local auctions.
Services were Jan. 20 at the Tupelo Chapel of Holland-Harris Funeral Directors with burial in Union Grove Cemetery in Lee County.
Survivors include his wife, Jewel Patterson Autrey of Fulton; his caregiver and daughter-in-law, Dorothy Autrey of Mantachie; two sisters, Mary Frances Pate and Olene Heath, both of Tallassee, Ala.; a sister-in-law, Genell Autrey of Wetumpla, Ala.; one granddaughter, Sherry Watkins; one great-grandson, Corey Grooms; one great-great-grandson, Gavin Grooms.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Johnnie L. Autrey, on Feb. 20, 2006; four brothers, Earnest, Willie, Forrest and Clarence Autrey Jr.; and two sisters, Emma Usgaard and Betty Watkins
Son of Clarence Hue Autrey and Permelia "Pelmia" Bee Hull Autrey.
OBITUARY:
Johnnie Melvin Autrey, 84, died Jan. 19, 2007, at the Courtyard Nursing Home in Fulton. He was born Jan 26, 1922, in Alabama to the late Clarence and Pelmia Hull Autrey. He served in the U.S. Army for many years and was a veteran of World War II. He retired from the Downey Veterans Hospital in Great Lakes, Ill., where he was an attendant. He was a Baptist. He enjoyed buying and selling at local auctions.
Services were Jan. 20 at the Tupelo Chapel of Holland-Harris Funeral Directors with burial in Union Grove Cemetery in Lee County.
Survivors include his wife, Jewel Patterson Autrey of Fulton; his caregiver and daughter-in-law, Dorothy Autrey of Mantachie; two sisters, Mary Frances Pate and Olene Heath, both of Tallassee, Ala.; a sister-in-law, Genell Autrey of Wetumpla, Ala.; one granddaughter, Sherry Watkins; one great-grandson, Corey Grooms; one great-great-grandson, Gavin Grooms.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Johnnie L. Autrey, on Feb. 20, 2006; four brothers, Earnest, Willie, Forrest and Clarence Autrey Jr.; and two sisters, Emma Usgaard and Betty Watkins
OBITUARY:
Johnnie Melvin Autrey, 84, died Jan. 19, 2007, at the Courtyard Nursing Home in Fulton. He was born Jan 26, 1922, in Alabama to the late Clarence and Pelmia Hull Autrey. He served in the U.S. Army for many years and was a veteran of World War II. He retired from the Downey Veterans Hospital in Great Lakes, Ill., where he was an attendant. He was a Baptist. He enjoyed buying and selling at local auctions.
Services were Jan. 20 at the Tupelo Chapel of Holland-Harris Funeral Directors with burial in Union Grove Cemetery in Lee County.
Survivors include his wife, Jewel Patterson Autrey of Fulton; his caregiver and daughter-in-law, Dorothy Autrey of Mantachie; two sisters, Mary Frances Pate and Olene Heath, both of Tallassee, Ala.; a sister-in-law, Genell Autrey of Wetumpla, Ala.; one granddaughter, Sherry Watkins; one great-grandson, Corey Grooms; one great-great-grandson, Gavin Grooms.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Johnnie L. Autrey, on Feb. 20, 2006; four brothers, Earnest, Willie, Forrest and Clarence Autrey Jr.; and two sisters, Emma Usgaard and Betty Watkins
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