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William Albert “Will A.” Huckaby

Birth
Randolph County, Alabama, USA
Death
4 Oct 1945 (aged 36)
Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Wedowee, Randolph County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Parents: James W. and Mary Jane "Molly" (Jones) Huckaby. Wife: Lannie (Hill) Huckaby, daughter of William T. and Martha (Lindley) Hill. Children: Gladys Lee Huckaby, Martha Bernice Huckaby, Billy Ray Huckaby, Chester Gay Huckaby, Lester Faye Huckaby. Resident of Oxford, Rt. 2 in October of 1945 when he died at the Anniston Memorial Hospital. Survived by his wife; three sons Lester, Chester, and Billy Ray Huckaby; two daughters, Miss Gladys Huckaby of Miami and Miss Bernice Huckaby of Oxford, Rt. 2; his mother, Mrs. J. W. Huckaby of Oxford, Rt. 2; two brothers, H. R. Huckaby of Oxford and B. J. Huckaby of Lykesland, S.C.; four sisters, Mrs. B. H. Craft of Blountsville; Mrs. J. E. Blake of Ft. Thomas, Ariz.; Mrs. W. R. Mize of Colorado City, Texas; and Mrs. M. O. Shank of Columbus.

1940 CENSUS
Home in 1940
Detta and Pyriton Road
Fox Creek, Clay, Alabama
Mother Mollie Huckeba 76
Head Willa Huckeba 29
Wife Lannie Huckeba 29

Daughter Gladys L Huckeba 11
Daughter Martha B Huckeba 8
Son Billie Ray Huckeba 6
Son Chester Huckeba 2
https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Alabama/Billie-Ray-Huckeba_244y24

Lester Faye Huckaby, twin brother to Chester Gay Huckaby. Lester was not listed in the 1940 census. Lester F. Huckaby married Agnes.

Two Brothers

Burry James Huckaby
Memorial 51818081

Harvey R Huckaby
Memorial 119472935

Four Sisters

Betsie C. (Huckaby) Craft
Memorial 178444454

Mattie Will (Huckaby) Blake
Memorial 120859157

Caudia Ada (Huckaby) Mize
Memorial 27983199

Piccola (Huckaby) Shank
Memorial 177463515

In-Laws

Father-in-law
William T. Hill
Memorial 35815896

Mother-in-law - the mother of Lannie (Hill) Huckaby - Martha E. Lindley - died 1911; however the Martha (Lindley) Hill family members stay involved, as family to Lannie (Hill) Huckaby.
Martha E. (Lindley) Hill
Memorial ID 35815785

Step-mother-in-law; second wife of William T. Hill
Mary Elizabeth (Key) Hill
Memorial ID 45055259

Sister-in-law
Minnie E. (Hill) Craven
Memorial 110058299

Sister-in-law
Velma E. (Hill) Warren
Memorial 36384327

Brother-in-law
Onward Deray "O. D." Hill
Memorial 16719357

CHILDREN

Gladys L. HUCKABY Dethrage (1929-2011)
First Baptist Church at McClellan. Anniston resident. Born Randolph Co, AL. Oldest of 5 children. Survivors: her only child, son & wife (divcd.); 3 grandchildren; 1 sister; 3 brothers. Nieces, nephews, great nieces/nephews. 32 yrs. marriage Fred Aaron DETHRAGE. Daughter-in-law: Kathy Jo (HAWKINS) Tuscaloosa & Anniston, AL.
https://www.therandolphleader.com/obituaries/article_547b5f50-e554-11e0-a81e-001cc4c002e0.html

Billy Ray HUCKABY (1934-2012)
Born Randolph County. Anniston resident. Survivors: wife Betty J. (FLORENCE) Huckaby; 2 sons; 3 grandchildren; 1 sister; 2 brothers; nieces, nephews, great-nieces/nephews. Pallbearers: Donnie Watson, Bob Babcock, Kenneth Gibson, David Dethrage, Randy Huckaby, Daniel Huckaby, Alan Medders, Rickie Shaw, Alan Harrelson, and Joey Burn. Honorary Pallbearers: Pastor Garry Burns, staff and students of the Center of Hope. Caregivers: Joey Burn, Theresa Milstead, Brandy Chaney. Memorials: Center of Hope 2906 Bynum Leatherwood Road, Anniston; Golden Springs Baptist Church. The Anniston Star on Oct. 21, 2012.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/annistonstar/name/billy-huckaby-obituary?id=19108082

Betty J. (FLORENCE) Huckaby. Anniston resident. Survivors: 2 sons; 3 grandchildren, Anniston; 2 sisters, JoAnn Harrelson, Saks & Nancy Fincher, Roanoke; nieces, nephews, great-nieces/nephews. Preceded by: husband of 53 yrs.

Chester Gay HUCKABY (1938-2015)
Anniston resident. Born 1938 Randolph Co, AL. Survivors: wife of 55 yrs Barbara (OWEN) Huckaby; 2 daughters, 1 son & spouses; 8 grandchildren; his twin brother; siblings-in-law Watkins & Owen. Preceded by: his sisters, one brother; parents-in-law: Mr & Mrs Loyce Owen, Oxford, AL.
https://www.therandolphleader.com/obituaries/article_9c30f072-0633-11e5-aca7-9b3b62a7b359.htmlObituary

Other in-laws: Dorothy Louise (Shuffield) Medders; Lee G. Shaw, Flat Rock, AL; Floyd Dixon Shaw, Tellico Plains, TN; John Daniels, Long Island, NY.

Martha Bernice HUCKABY
Oxford & Anniston AL; Rome, GA. Born Randolph Co, AL. Oxford High Sch. Preceded by: sister; one brother; one granddaughter. Survivors: husband; 3 children; 10 grandchildren.
https://www.goodshepherdfh.net/obituary/Bernice-Watkins

Obituary available also to be read at this link
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-anniston-star-obituary-for-garry-gle/123541653/

Son-in-law Clifford Gerald WATKINS of Anniston/Oxford/Ohatchee & Rome GA only child of Alex George Watkins & Edna A. (CHITWOOD) Watkins Adams. 1948 Anniston High School, AL; 1950 Coyne Electrical School, Chicago IL. Veteran US Army 1950-52, resv. to 1956. Married Nov. 24, 1951 Anniston, AL. Moved to Rome, GA 1954. Georgia Kraft Co. ret. 1991. Garden Lakes Baptist Church. The Gadabouts. Retirement in his workshop and waterskiing Weiss Lake 2nd home. Preceded by wife. Survivors: 1 son, Evans, GA; 2 daughters, Rome, GA. Preceded also by: 3 siblings-in-law. Other survivors: one brother-in-law; one spouse of another brother-in-law; nephews, nieces, 18 great nieces/nephews. Additional survivors: his Weiss Lake family, Betty Chamblee & Dee Poland. Grandson of Robert Chitwood of Anniston (memorial # 242896376), burial Coldwater Cemetery.
https://www.goodshepherdfh.net/obituary/Clifford-Watkins

UNION HILL CONGREGATIONAL METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY
Township 18, Range 10, Section 35
Randolph County, Alabama.
[Updated February 19, 2019. By: Tommy Hill, Levis Lindley and Linda Ayres.]
http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/cemeteries/unionhillmeth1.txt
Parents: James W. and Mary Jane "Molly" (Jones) Huckaby. Wife: Lannie (Hill) Huckaby, daughter of William T. and Martha (Lindley) Hill. Children: Gladys Lee Huckaby, Martha Bernice Huckaby, Billy Ray Huckaby, Chester Gay Huckaby, Lester Faye Huckaby. Resident of Oxford, Rt. 2 in October of 1945 when he died at the Anniston Memorial Hospital. Survived by his wife; three sons Lester, Chester, and Billy Ray Huckaby; two daughters, Miss Gladys Huckaby of Miami and Miss Bernice Huckaby of Oxford, Rt. 2; his mother, Mrs. J. W. Huckaby of Oxford, Rt. 2; two brothers, H. R. Huckaby of Oxford and B. J. Huckaby of Lykesland, S.C.; four sisters, Mrs. B. H. Craft of Blountsville; Mrs. J. E. Blake of Ft. Thomas, Ariz.; Mrs. W. R. Mize of Colorado City, Texas; and Mrs. M. O. Shank of Columbus.

1940 CENSUS
Home in 1940
Detta and Pyriton Road
Fox Creek, Clay, Alabama
Mother Mollie Huckeba 76
Head Willa Huckeba 29
Wife Lannie Huckeba 29

Daughter Gladys L Huckeba 11
Daughter Martha B Huckeba 8
Son Billie Ray Huckeba 6
Son Chester Huckeba 2
https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Alabama/Billie-Ray-Huckeba_244y24

Lester Faye Huckaby, twin brother to Chester Gay Huckaby. Lester was not listed in the 1940 census. Lester F. Huckaby married Agnes.

Two Brothers

Burry James Huckaby
Memorial 51818081

Harvey R Huckaby
Memorial 119472935

Four Sisters

Betsie C. (Huckaby) Craft
Memorial 178444454

Mattie Will (Huckaby) Blake
Memorial 120859157

Caudia Ada (Huckaby) Mize
Memorial 27983199

Piccola (Huckaby) Shank
Memorial 177463515

In-Laws

Father-in-law
William T. Hill
Memorial 35815896

Mother-in-law - the mother of Lannie (Hill) Huckaby - Martha E. Lindley - died 1911; however the Martha (Lindley) Hill family members stay involved, as family to Lannie (Hill) Huckaby.
Martha E. (Lindley) Hill
Memorial ID 35815785

Step-mother-in-law; second wife of William T. Hill
Mary Elizabeth (Key) Hill
Memorial ID 45055259

Sister-in-law
Minnie E. (Hill) Craven
Memorial 110058299

Sister-in-law
Velma E. (Hill) Warren
Memorial 36384327

Brother-in-law
Onward Deray "O. D." Hill
Memorial 16719357

CHILDREN

Gladys L. HUCKABY Dethrage (1929-2011)
First Baptist Church at McClellan. Anniston resident. Born Randolph Co, AL. Oldest of 5 children. Survivors: her only child, son & wife (divcd.); 3 grandchildren; 1 sister; 3 brothers. Nieces, nephews, great nieces/nephews. 32 yrs. marriage Fred Aaron DETHRAGE. Daughter-in-law: Kathy Jo (HAWKINS) Tuscaloosa & Anniston, AL.
https://www.therandolphleader.com/obituaries/article_547b5f50-e554-11e0-a81e-001cc4c002e0.html

Billy Ray HUCKABY (1934-2012)
Born Randolph County. Anniston resident. Survivors: wife Betty J. (FLORENCE) Huckaby; 2 sons; 3 grandchildren; 1 sister; 2 brothers; nieces, nephews, great-nieces/nephews. Pallbearers: Donnie Watson, Bob Babcock, Kenneth Gibson, David Dethrage, Randy Huckaby, Daniel Huckaby, Alan Medders, Rickie Shaw, Alan Harrelson, and Joey Burn. Honorary Pallbearers: Pastor Garry Burns, staff and students of the Center of Hope. Caregivers: Joey Burn, Theresa Milstead, Brandy Chaney. Memorials: Center of Hope 2906 Bynum Leatherwood Road, Anniston; Golden Springs Baptist Church. The Anniston Star on Oct. 21, 2012.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/annistonstar/name/billy-huckaby-obituary?id=19108082

Betty J. (FLORENCE) Huckaby. Anniston resident. Survivors: 2 sons; 3 grandchildren, Anniston; 2 sisters, JoAnn Harrelson, Saks & Nancy Fincher, Roanoke; nieces, nephews, great-nieces/nephews. Preceded by: husband of 53 yrs.

Chester Gay HUCKABY (1938-2015)
Anniston resident. Born 1938 Randolph Co, AL. Survivors: wife of 55 yrs Barbara (OWEN) Huckaby; 2 daughters, 1 son & spouses; 8 grandchildren; his twin brother; siblings-in-law Watkins & Owen. Preceded by: his sisters, one brother; parents-in-law: Mr & Mrs Loyce Owen, Oxford, AL.
https://www.therandolphleader.com/obituaries/article_9c30f072-0633-11e5-aca7-9b3b62a7b359.htmlObituary

Other in-laws: Dorothy Louise (Shuffield) Medders; Lee G. Shaw, Flat Rock, AL; Floyd Dixon Shaw, Tellico Plains, TN; John Daniels, Long Island, NY.

Martha Bernice HUCKABY
Oxford & Anniston AL; Rome, GA. Born Randolph Co, AL. Oxford High Sch. Preceded by: sister; one brother; one granddaughter. Survivors: husband; 3 children; 10 grandchildren.
https://www.goodshepherdfh.net/obituary/Bernice-Watkins

Obituary available also to be read at this link
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-anniston-star-obituary-for-garry-gle/123541653/

Son-in-law Clifford Gerald WATKINS of Anniston/Oxford/Ohatchee & Rome GA only child of Alex George Watkins & Edna A. (CHITWOOD) Watkins Adams. 1948 Anniston High School, AL; 1950 Coyne Electrical School, Chicago IL. Veteran US Army 1950-52, resv. to 1956. Married Nov. 24, 1951 Anniston, AL. Moved to Rome, GA 1954. Georgia Kraft Co. ret. 1991. Garden Lakes Baptist Church. The Gadabouts. Retirement in his workshop and waterskiing Weiss Lake 2nd home. Preceded by wife. Survivors: 1 son, Evans, GA; 2 daughters, Rome, GA. Preceded also by: 3 siblings-in-law. Other survivors: one brother-in-law; one spouse of another brother-in-law; nephews, nieces, 18 great nieces/nephews. Additional survivors: his Weiss Lake family, Betty Chamblee & Dee Poland. Grandson of Robert Chitwood of Anniston (memorial # 242896376), burial Coldwater Cemetery.
https://www.goodshepherdfh.net/obituary/Clifford-Watkins

UNION HILL CONGREGATIONAL METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY
Township 18, Range 10, Section 35
Randolph County, Alabama.
[Updated February 19, 2019. By: Tommy Hill, Levis Lindley and Linda Ayres.]
http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/cemeteries/unionhillmeth1.txt

Inscription

HUCKABY
WILLA
JULY 27, 1909
OCT. 4, 1945



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