Daughter of Spartan & Lydie Freeman Childs.
First husband was Jay Thornwell Nalley, who died in 1942 and is buried next to her at Oates. His first wife was Lydie Carter Nalley who died around 1902, according to his obituary.
Second husband was Joe E. Burgess; he is buried next to his first wife Lula Browning Burgess in Six and Twenty Baptist Church Cemetery.
Lula's obituary stated she died in a Pickens hospital after several months' illness. She
was a member of Griffin Baptist Church and had spent most of her life in Pickens County.
Lula was survived by her son, Burrell P. Nalley, one grandchild and one great-grandchild; her stepdaughter, Mrs. Jessie Nalley Banks* of Easley; also from her marriage to Joe Burgess, she was survived by three stepsons, H.K. Burgess, F.G. Burgess, and J.C. Burgess, and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Leonard Holliday; three brothers, Grover Childs and Carl Childs of Pickens and Seth Childs of Easley, and six sisters, Mrs. Beth Reece of Greenville, Mrs. J.P. Dorr, Mrs. Clarence Hendrix, Mrs. Fletcher Stewart, Mrs. Oscar Clark, and Mrs. Vernon Day, all of Pickens.
Funeral services: Saturday, July 12, 1954, Griffin Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Milo Hayes, Rev. Jack Lynch and Rev. Mr. Williams.
Burial: Oates Cemetery
Nephews served as pallbearers.
As was still the custom of the day, her body was returned to the family home (that of her son, B.P. Nalley) for visitation until the time of the funeral service.
Gantt Funeral Home
Liberty, SC
Full obituaries may be located here:
The Greenville News
Burgess, Lula Childs Nalley
(Mrs Joe E)
1954 Jun 11 p12
1954 Jun 12 p6
age 72 Liberty
*Note - Jessie was listed as Lula's step- daughter in her 1954 obituary; when Jessie passed away in 2001, Lula was listed as her mother, not stepmother. Based on the information in JT's and Lula's obituaries, it appears Jessie was the daughter of JT's first wife Lydie Carter Nalley and died when Jessie was an infant. His obituary from 1942 stated Lydie died about 40 years earlier, which would have placed her death in 1901-1902; Jessie was born in 1901.
Daughter of Spartan & Lydie Freeman Childs.
First husband was Jay Thornwell Nalley, who died in 1942 and is buried next to her at Oates. His first wife was Lydie Carter Nalley who died around 1902, according to his obituary.
Second husband was Joe E. Burgess; he is buried next to his first wife Lula Browning Burgess in Six and Twenty Baptist Church Cemetery.
Lula's obituary stated she died in a Pickens hospital after several months' illness. She
was a member of Griffin Baptist Church and had spent most of her life in Pickens County.
Lula was survived by her son, Burrell P. Nalley, one grandchild and one great-grandchild; her stepdaughter, Mrs. Jessie Nalley Banks* of Easley; also from her marriage to Joe Burgess, she was survived by three stepsons, H.K. Burgess, F.G. Burgess, and J.C. Burgess, and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Leonard Holliday; three brothers, Grover Childs and Carl Childs of Pickens and Seth Childs of Easley, and six sisters, Mrs. Beth Reece of Greenville, Mrs. J.P. Dorr, Mrs. Clarence Hendrix, Mrs. Fletcher Stewart, Mrs. Oscar Clark, and Mrs. Vernon Day, all of Pickens.
Funeral services: Saturday, July 12, 1954, Griffin Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Milo Hayes, Rev. Jack Lynch and Rev. Mr. Williams.
Burial: Oates Cemetery
Nephews served as pallbearers.
As was still the custom of the day, her body was returned to the family home (that of her son, B.P. Nalley) for visitation until the time of the funeral service.
Gantt Funeral Home
Liberty, SC
Full obituaries may be located here:
The Greenville News
Burgess, Lula Childs Nalley
(Mrs Joe E)
1954 Jun 11 p12
1954 Jun 12 p6
age 72 Liberty
*Note - Jessie was listed as Lula's step- daughter in her 1954 obituary; when Jessie passed away in 2001, Lula was listed as her mother, not stepmother. Based on the information in JT's and Lula's obituaries, it appears Jessie was the daughter of JT's first wife Lydie Carter Nalley and died when Jessie was an infant. His obituary from 1942 stated Lydie died about 40 years earlier, which would have placed her death in 1901-1902; Jessie was born in 1901.
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1897–1966
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