Funeral services for David Charles Black, 95, of Clinton were held at 10:00 a.m. December 12 at Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Durant. Rev. Jack Nazary of West officiated. Interment was in the West Cemetery.
Mr. Black, formerly of West, died December 10 at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Clinton. A native of Yalobusha County, he Lived most of his life in West where he had been a grocery store owner and a member of West Jackson Baptist Church.
He is survived by three sons, Charles Black, Bill Black and Buddy Black, all of Jackson; four daughters, Dorothy Graves of Brandon, Lottie Mae Nix of Gonzales, LA., Elizabeth Hodges of Durant and Pauline Gamble of Greenville; and 22 grandchildren; and a host of great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were David Black, David Watson, III, Ed Graves, Walter Winstead, Plez White, James Welsey Hodges, William Gamble and Bill Musselwhite.
The Holmes County Herald – Page 2
Lexington, MS
December 17, 1987
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David Charles Black, a son of James M. "Jim" Black and the former Martha Ellen Goad, was married to Miss Allie Mae Shields, daughter of William and Caroline [née Gillmore] Shields on October 16th 1919. David and Allie had nine known children.
Funeral services for David Charles Black, 95, of Clinton were held at 10:00 a.m. December 12 at Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Durant. Rev. Jack Nazary of West officiated. Interment was in the West Cemetery.
Mr. Black, formerly of West, died December 10 at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Clinton. A native of Yalobusha County, he Lived most of his life in West where he had been a grocery store owner and a member of West Jackson Baptist Church.
He is survived by three sons, Charles Black, Bill Black and Buddy Black, all of Jackson; four daughters, Dorothy Graves of Brandon, Lottie Mae Nix of Gonzales, LA., Elizabeth Hodges of Durant and Pauline Gamble of Greenville; and 22 grandchildren; and a host of great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were David Black, David Watson, III, Ed Graves, Walter Winstead, Plez White, James Welsey Hodges, William Gamble and Bill Musselwhite.
The Holmes County Herald – Page 2
Lexington, MS
December 17, 1987
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David Charles Black, a son of James M. "Jim" Black and the former Martha Ellen Goad, was married to Miss Allie Mae Shields, daughter of William and Caroline [née Gillmore] Shields on October 16th 1919. David and Allie had nine known children.
Family Members
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Lottie Mae Black Little Nix
1917–2008
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Mary Elizabeth Black Hodges
1920–2000
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Cynthia Pauline Black Gamble
1923–1990
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James William "Jay" Black
1924–1978
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David Daniel "Dan" Black
1927–1977
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Charles Franklin Black
1929–2011
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Willis Wesley "Bill" Black
1931–2010
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John Leroy "Buddy" Black
1934–1994
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Dorothy Black Graves
1936–2014
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