Funeral services for Mrs. Tally Gardner, 64, native of Giles County, were held in Athens, Ala., at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, March 27, at the Church of Christ, with the burial taking place in the City Cemetery, Athens.
Mrs. Gardner died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Friday at the Athens Hospital. Born August 4, 1895, at Prospect in Giles County, she was the former Miss Freddie Griggs, the daughter of the late Dee Griggs and Lillian Downs Griggs.
Mrs. Gardner, who had lived in Athens many years, was a member of the Church of Christ.
Her first husband, Lonnie Allen Chapman, died September 25, 1918.
Mrs. Gardner is survived by her husband, Tally Gardner; two sons, John M. Chapman, Dewitt, Ark., and Lerman Chapman, Athens, Ala.; one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Poole, Indiana; thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; two step-children; two brothers, Gilbert Griggs, Evansville, Ind., and Tommy Griggs, Detroit, Mich.; and six sisters.
Children:
John M. Chapman (FAG#98418711)
Ruby Dale Chapman Poole (FAG#59702134)
Lerman Allen Chapman
Funeral services for Mrs. Tally Gardner, 64, native of Giles County, were held in Athens, Ala., at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, March 27, at the Church of Christ, with the burial taking place in the City Cemetery, Athens.
Mrs. Gardner died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Friday at the Athens Hospital. Born August 4, 1895, at Prospect in Giles County, she was the former Miss Freddie Griggs, the daughter of the late Dee Griggs and Lillian Downs Griggs.
Mrs. Gardner, who had lived in Athens many years, was a member of the Church of Christ.
Her first husband, Lonnie Allen Chapman, died September 25, 1918.
Mrs. Gardner is survived by her husband, Tally Gardner; two sons, John M. Chapman, Dewitt, Ark., and Lerman Chapman, Athens, Ala.; one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Poole, Indiana; thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; two step-children; two brothers, Gilbert Griggs, Evansville, Ind., and Tommy Griggs, Detroit, Mich.; and six sisters.
Children:
John M. Chapman (FAG#98418711)
Ruby Dale Chapman Poole (FAG#59702134)
Lerman Allen Chapman
Family Members
-
![]()
Bertha Leona Griggs Woodfin
1889–1978
-
![]()
Jessie Mae Griggs Rogers
1891–1946
-
![]()
Dora Anna Griggs Claxton
1894–1970
-
![]()
Dewitt Gilbert Griggs
1897–1976
-
![]()
Ethel Idabell Griggs Stanford
1900–1987
-
![]()
Lacy Cecilia Griggs Tomerlin
1903–1973
-
![]()
Thomas David Griggs
1906–1993
-
![]()
Maggie Villa Griggs Woodfin
1909–1987
-
![]()
Rachel O. Griggs Young
1911–1981
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
