{"id":1916,"date":"2013-05-09T16:45:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T22:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waltoncountyheritage.org\/wp\/?p=1916"},"modified":"2013-05-09T16:45:03","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T22:45:03","slug":"the-defuniak-herald-july-21-1960-obituaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wcgs\/2013\/05\/the-defuniak-herald-july-21-1960-obituaries\/","title":{"rendered":"The DeFuniak Herald &#8211; July 21, 1960 Obituaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1960 July 21<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Neal<\/b> F <b>Ray<\/b>, 71 of Piney Grove died Wednesday.\u00a0 He was a native of Walton co and a life-<\/p>\n<p>long resident.\u00a0 Services were held Friday from Piney Grove Church with interment followed in<\/p>\n<p>the church cemetery.\u00a0 He is survived by his wife Mrs <b>Lela<\/b> <b>Mae<\/b> Ray, 3 sons <b>Cletus<\/b>, <b>Dennis<\/b> and<\/p>\n<p>Mrs <b>DeLeon<\/b> Ray; one daughter Mrs Lucille <b>Hanks<\/b> and 5 grandchildren. (way they were listed).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Charles<\/b> <b>Monroe<\/b> <b>Adkison<\/b>,62 of Darlington died Tuesday. Services were held from Gaskin<\/p>\n<p>Baptist church with interment following in the church cemetery.\u00a0 He is survived by 2 sons,<\/p>\n<p><b>Alton<\/b> &amp; <b>Arlon<\/b>; one daughter Mrs <b>Lala<\/b> <b>Gainey<\/b> and 9 grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Henry<\/b> <b>Brannon<\/b>, 74, died July 7 in a DeFuniak hospital.\u00a0 He was a native and lifelong resi-<\/p>\n<p>dent of Walton Co.\u00a0 Services were held July 10 with interment in Magnolia.\u00a0 He is survived<\/p>\n<p>by one daughter, Mrs Ruthie <b>McManus<\/b>; one brother <b>Rosier<\/b>; and 4 grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Sumner<\/b> <b>Mann<\/b>, formerly of DeFuniak and Brookline, Mass, died on June 22 at the<\/p>\n<p>Mt Sinae Hospital, Miami Beach, Fl.\u00a0 He was the beloved husband of <b>Ida<\/b> (<b>Bowers<\/b>),<\/p>\n<p>Devoted father of Pauline <b>Duke<\/b>, <b>Morton<\/b>, <b>Harriett<\/b> &amp; <b>Phyllis<\/b> Mann; loving son of <b>Esther<\/b>,<\/p>\n<p>Grandfather of Dianne Rose <b>Duke<\/b>; and brother of Florence <b>Rhodes<\/b> and William <b>Mann<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Services were held in Brookline, Mass, Sunday June 26.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mrs <b>Chassie<\/b> <b>Wilkerson<\/b> <b>Holman<\/b>, 86, died in Biloxi, Miss on July 13. She was a native of<\/p>\n<p>Walton Co.\u00a0 Services were held July 15 with interment in Magnolia.\u00a0 Mrs Holman is<\/p>\n<p>survived by 5 daughters; Mrs Tarsa Mae <b>Wells<\/b>, Mrs Elzona <b>Crosby<\/b>, Mrs Peter <b>Pollok<\/b>,<\/p>\n<p>and Mrs J D <b>Stafford<\/b>; 3 brothers, <b>S P, D F, &amp; M T Wilkerson<\/b>, 2 sisters Mrs M D<\/p>\n<p><b>Henderson<\/b> &amp; Mrs Milbra <b>Bell<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contributed by Lois Danley and Sharon Watson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1960 July 21 &nbsp; Neal F Ray, 71 of Piney Grove died Wednesday.\u00a0 He was a native of Walton co and a life- long resident.\u00a0 Services were held Friday from Piney Grove Church with interment followed in the church cemetery.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wcgs\/2013\/05\/the-defuniak-herald-july-21-1960-obituaries\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,10,14],"tags":[458,462,821,1412,1710],"class_list":["post-1916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1960-07-july","category-deaths","category-herald","tag-charles-monroe-adkison","tag-chassie-wilkerson-holman","tag-henry-brannon","tag-neal-f-ray","tag-sumner-mann"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wcgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wcgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wcgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wcgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wcgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wcgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wcgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wcgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/waltonpast2present.com\/wcgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}