W.W. GILMORE

Mary Jane GILMORE

Charles GILMORE

OLD CITIZEN PASSES AWAY

J. H. WALDROP Dies Saturday and is Buried at Oak Lawn Cemetry Monday Afternoon At his home in South Brinkley, on Saturday morning last, Mr. James Henry WALDROP died after a short illness. Mr. WALDROP was 73 years of age and leaves a wife, two daughters, Mrs. C. D. HOLDEN of Memphis, and Mrs. T. A. LEFOLDT of St. Louis, and a son, Guy WALDROP of Merigold, Miss. to mourn his death.
The deceased moved to this section some 15 or more years ago. He was in business in Dark Corner and later moved to Brinkley, having married Mrs. Rena HENDERSON, one of our most worthy women. He was a kind hearted, public spirited citizen and was a Christian man, being a member of the Methodist Church.
The funeral was at the M. E. Church Monday afternnon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. L. E. MANN officiating and the interment was at Oaklawn Cemetery. From the BRINKLEY ARGUS, Thursday, January 20, 1921

Marie FREEMAN

Mrs. Marie FREEMAN, 76, of Wyatte died July 24 at her son's home. Services for Mrs. FREEMAN were held July 26 at C.O. Pate Funeral Home-Chapel with interment in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Independence. Serving as pallbearers were Bill BURFORD, Norman OGLESBY, Winfred OGLESBY, Harold BRADLEY, Johnny Ray STEWARD and Webber STEWARD. Rev. Garry HIGGINBOTHAM and Rev. Bob ORGERON officiated.
Mrs. FREEMAN was preceded in death by her husband, James Earl "Junior" FREEMAN, and her son, Thomas FREEMAN. She is survived by her son, Wendell FREEMAN of Wyatte; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the Wyatte Baptist Church. THE DEMOCRAT August 4, 1998

Walter EDWARDS

Mr. Walter EDWARDS, 79, of Greenleaf died July 30 at Baptist Desoto. Graveside services were held Aug. 1 in Palestine Cemetery. Mr EDWARDS leaves his wife, Modene EDWARDS. He was a member of the Antioch church of Christ. THE DEMOCRAT August 4, 1998

Clemmie Tucker Dean

The date of publication was 7/23/1968. 

 
Services Friday Morning For Mrs. Dean 

  One of Cantons most beloved citizens, Mrs. Clemmie Tucker Dean, died late Tuesday night at the Madison General Hospital following a long illness.  Mrs. Dean was 82 (the day before her death). 

  She was a native of Senatobia, daughter of the late B. A. and Maggie Ward Tucker.  She and her husband, Charles Hermon Dean, who is a prominent Canton attorney, have lived in Canton for the past 32 years and formerly lived in Brookhaven for 27 years before moving to Canton. 

  She was a graduate of Belmont College, receiving a degree in music in 1906.  She taught in the Senatobia schools for a short time prior to her marriage to Mr. Dean (March 25, 1909). 

  She was active in the work of the First Baptist Church in Canton, of which she was a member, having served as church organist for 20 years.  She also worked with the young people and the YWA in the church and was also active in the WMS of the church. 

  Final rites will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe T. Odle, the Rev. Johnny Lee Taylor and Dr. C.Z. Holland officiating.  Interment will follow in the Senatobia Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. Friday.  The body will remain at the Breeland Funeral Home until time for the services. 

  She is survived by her husband, Charles Hermon Dean Sr. of Canton; two son, Charles Hermon Dean, Jr. of Jackson and Ben Tucker Dean of Pensacola (passage is cut off - also a daughter: Mrs. Paul G. Wiley of Alexandria VA.). 

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Hermon Dean, 94, rites today;
state’s oldest practicing attorney

  CANTON – Services for Hermon Dean, 94, of 337 East Center St., oldest practicing attorney in Mississippi, will be held at 10 a.m. today at the First Baptist Church.  Burial will follow at 3 p.m. in Bethesda Cemetery in Senatobia. 
  Mr. Dean, a native of Senatobia, died Friday at his home of an apparent heart attack.  He attended Stetson University, graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1906 and from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1907.  After being admitted to the Mississippi Bar he joined a law firm in Brookhaven.  In 1936 he became attorney for Denkman Lumber Company, moving to Canton.  When Denkman, later King Lumber Company, moved, Mr. Dean remained in Canton, entering the private practice of law. 
  Mr. Dean served as trustee for the Baptist Children’s Village for many years and was recently honored when a building on the Tate County campus was named for him.  He was a member of the Madison County and Mississippi Bar Associations and of the First Baptist Church in Canton where he was a former Sunday school teacher and deacon.  In 1959 Mr. Dean and his wife, the former Clemmie Tucker, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary.  She preceded him in death in 1968. 
  At the time of his death he was the oldest University of Mississippi School of Law alumnus, the oldest Vanderbilt University alumnus and one of the oldest members of the Sigma Chi fraternity. 
  Survivors include two sons, Ben Tucker Dean of Pensacola, Fla., and Charles H. Dean of Jackson; a daughter, Mrs. Paul G Wiley of Alexandria Va.; seven grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. 

Hermon Dean’s Life Example to All

  The people of Canton and Madison County lost a valuable citizen last week as Hermon Dean died peacefully at his home on Friday. 
  He was known by many as the oldest practicing attorney in Mississippi, having dedicated 71 years to his career. 
  But the true value of Hermon Dean’s life, as was suggested in a eulogy by Dr. C. Z. Holland, was not in the number of his years, but in the fullness in which he lived those years. 
  Hermon Dean was a remarkable man. 
  In a highly technical and complicated twentieth century, he stood out as a person who adhered closely to a set of values learned in a much simpler day.  They are values founded in the love of God and fellow man, and they are values from which Hermon Dean was not distracted in his lifetime of work and study. 
  Hermon Dean set an example of love and dedication, service and scholarship, that few can claim. 
  He was a very gentle man – but he proved that the gentlest of men can be the strongest when their strength comes from faith.  He was a quiet man – although his life is proof that the softest voice will be heard above the shouts of a generation when that voice has something to offer. 
  He had no enemies, because he destroyed enmity with kindness and love before they could be …(cut off here)…
  And in his personal generosity and charity, Hermon Dean found the kind of wealth that millionaires cannot afford. 
  The closest of his friends say that Hermon Dean’s own greatest treasure, and his greatest gift to this world, was in a loving and devoted family.  Indeed, it would be impossible to discuss Hermon Dean without discussing his beloved Clemmie Tucker Dean, who died in 1968, but whose life remained with Mr. Dean until his own death. 
  He left all those who knew him better for the experience – better in the understanding that a man who dares to live life in adherence with the truest of human values will find happiness and contentment. 
  In the services Tuesday, Rev. Louis Smith referred to a short bit of prose we believe characterizes the worth of Mr. Dean’s life.  We would like to quote it: 
  “This man is a success…
  “Who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; 
  “Who has gained the respect of intelligent men, and the love of children. 
  “Who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by and improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul. 
  “Who never lacked appreciation for earth’s beauty, or failed to express it. 
  Who looked for the best in others and gave the best he…  (cut off here)

 July 6, 1900, Tate County Democrat 

 
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