{"id":1836,"date":"2012-10-09T16:44:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T22:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waltoncountyheritage.org\/wp\/?p=1836"},"modified":"2012-10-09T16:44:42","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T22:44:42","slug":"the-defuniak-herald-november-1944-obituaries-births","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wcgs\/2012\/10\/the-defuniak-herald-november-1944-obituaries-births\/","title":{"rendered":"The DeFuniak Herald &#8211; November 1944 &#8211; Obituaries &#038; births"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1944 Nov 16: \u00a0 <strong>Jesse<\/strong> <strong>Melvin<\/strong> <strong>Childers<\/strong>, the young son of Mr &amp; Mrs J A <strong>Childers<\/strong> died at the family home<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday night Nov 7 after a brief illness of diphtheria. Services were Wednesday after-<\/p>\n<p>Noon at the home.\u00a0 The little daughter of the family is also quite ill with same disease.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mr <strong>\u00a0Maynard M Bannister <\/strong>died unexpected Monday morning at his home.\u00a0\u00a0 The Bannister<\/p>\n<p>Family came here from Florala, Ala many years ago.\u00a0 Services were held at family home, with<\/p>\n<p>interment at Magnolia.\u00a0 Surviving family include the widow and 2 daughters Mrs <strong>Lura<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>White<\/strong> and Miss <strong>Thelma<\/strong>\u00a0 Bannister, son <strong>Ray<\/strong> M Bannister and 2 gr sons <strong>Maynard<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Fred<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>White<\/strong>, and the little son of Mr &amp; Mrs Ray Bannister; sisters Mrs E M <strong>Lee<\/strong>, and Mrs O L<\/p>\n<p><strong>Smith<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mrs <strong>Sherman<\/strong> <strong>Hutto<\/strong> was found dead last Monday with her head in a small spring of water,<\/p>\n<p>near her home.\u00a0 Mrs Hutto was a victim of epilepsy and it is presumed she had an attack<\/p>\n<p>and fell into the spring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lakeside Clinic<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 T\/Sgt &amp; Mrs H W <strong>Alford<\/strong>, son Nov 8<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mr &amp; Mrs Willie <strong>Drake<\/strong>, girl Nov 13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1944 Nov 23: \u00a0 P W <strong>Smith<\/strong>, died at his home on the Freeport road early Monday morning. Services were<\/p>\n<p>held at the home Tuesday, interment in Magnolia Cemetery.\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Percy<\/strong> W <strong>Smith<\/strong> was born in<\/p>\n<p>Booneville, Mo on Mar 21 1869.\u00a0 He spent his boyhood day in Lamar Mo, going from there<\/p>\n<p>to Tyndall, S D from which place he moved to Walton Co arriving here on Thanksgiving day<\/p>\n<p>in 1901.\u00a0 Survivors include widow, 3 sons <strong>Lewis<\/strong> T, <strong>Hugh<\/strong> P &amp; <strong>Kenneth<\/strong> R Smith; 2 daughters<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Anna <strong>Hollingsworth<\/strong> and Mrs Maxwell <strong>Master<\/strong>; one sister, Mrs W P <strong>Finks<\/strong> of Mo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contributed by Lois Danley and Sharon Watson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1944 Nov 16: \u00a0 Jesse Melvin Childers, the young son of Mr &amp; Mrs J A Childers died at the family home Tuesday night Nov 7 after a brief illness of diphtheria. 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