Index to Bernice Hottinger’s Collection of Obituaries
During her lifetime, Bernice Hottinger has collected various obituaries. Later in
life she began placing them in a spiral notebook. After her brother-in-law, Shelby
Hottinger, passed away in 1991, Bernice contacted me about her book of obituaries.
She wanted it preserved and handed down. I went to her home and stayed with her
for quite awhile. Mrs. Hottinger told me a few stories about her mother, and we
chatted about her two grandsons whom I know because I am a school teacher.
Actually, Bernice Hottinger and I are each descendants of Richard Young. She
descends from Richard Young and his first wife, Pernecia Jane McKinley Young,
and I descend from Richard Young and his second wife, Caroline Susannah Linam
Chambers Young. Since the time the book of obituaries was photocopied by me,
Bernice Hottinger’s husband, Raymond, has passed away.
I cleaned out my files this summer and came across the photocopies I had made
for Mrs. Hottinger. I decided at that time that it was finally time to do something
with her book, so I contacted her son who placed me back in touch with his mother.
Consequently, this week I again visited with Bernice Hottinger. We chatted for
some time, and I showed her the book of her collected obituaries I am presenting to
the library. Bernice told me that she has four or five more books of obituaries to be
worked on and twenty-eight albums of family pictures.
Again, since she and I are both descended from Richard Young, and I am
interested in family history, I imagine I will be spending quite a bit of time with
Mrs. Hottinger in the future. We will be planning at least Volume II.
Right before I left, Bernice Hottinger told me she is eighty-nine years old. What
a remarkable woman! She has chronicled 89 years’ worth of information about her
family and friends.
This week I presented the book to Laura Shull at the Pope County Library. It
will be placed in the Genealogy Section of the Russellville Branch of the Pope
County Library System.
-–Jacquelyn Bonds
Adkison, Ouida, 82
Adkison, Reece, 107
Agnew, Julia, 104
Austin, Jess, 73
Baker, Billy E., 18
Baker, Garland Ray III, 30
Baker, William E., Sr., 93
Barker, James R., 70
Bartlett, Ronell, 74
Barton, Rona Crandle, 35
Berry, Floyd Ellis, 1
Berry, Jack E., 2
Berry, Lavienia Poynter, 1
Berry, Nora Ellen, 2
Berry, Robert, 84
Berry, Susie Ruth, 1
Berry, Timmy, 2
Berry, W. M., 1
Berry, Willis F., 3
Berryman, Perle, 34
Bewley, Carrie K., 24
Blake, Mildred, 104
Blake, Oscar Ben, 42
Blalock, Troy, 105
Bollinger, Lena Forrest, 25
Booth, Mary G. Voss, 22
Bowden, Hazel Hanks, 27
Bowden, Jenk, 34
Bowden, Mary Dell, 20
Bowden, Rhea, 56
Bowden, Ricky Lynn, 13
Braselton, Mrs. Billye Carrol, 9
Braselton, R. W., 25
Braselton, Raymond, 117
Brewer, Eula Hughes, 32
Brewer, James, 90
Brewer, William, 87
Bringle, Alex, 15
Brinkman, Otto, 41
Brooks, Van R., 46
Brooks, Van, 91
Brown, Benjamin Berl, 38
Brown, Luva Mae Rushing, 17
Brown, Margaret, 96
Buchanan, Zetti Ann, 8
Cain, Robert C., 17
Callan, Eunice E., 58
Campbell, Boyce, 76
Campbell. Juanita, 17
Caudle, Tom, 22
Chansley, Patsy, 104
Churchill, Audra, 75
Churchill, Edie Kandis Storey, 7
Churchill, James, 25
Churchill, L. J., 44
Churchill, Mary, 111
Churchill, Monroe K., 7
Clayton, Wylie Verlon, 37
Cloud, Lee, 99
Clubb, Marilyn Taylor, 29
Cobb, DeLois, 105
Cobb, Golan H., 114
Cole, Troy, 92
Cooper, Mrs. George T., 9
Cornell, Lura, 50
Cousar, Charles Sr., 120
Cousar, Ruth, 83
Craig, Ruth Ashmore, 25
Criner, Cecil, 24
Criner, James V., 23
Criner, Thelma, 100
Curry, George, 99
Davis, J. M., 28
Davis, Maggie Mae Bledsoe, 18
Deal, Opal, 103
Dogherty, Dean, 21
Eakes, Ruby L., 76
Elliott, Charles Joe, 11
Elliott, Mrs. E. L., 11
Ellis, Betty, 108
Epperson, Gladys, 110
Eubanks, Argus, 81
Eubanks, Mrs. Francis, 37
Eudy, Bennie Leona, 4
Eudy, Charles Young, 4
Eudy, Charles, 64
Eudy, Eli, 5, 14
Eudy, Fred, 5
Eudy, Grace Mae, 4
Eudy, Gwendolyn L. Connerly, 64
Eudy, Irma, 38
Eudy, John J., 4
Eudy, Mae Forrest, 4
Eudy, Margaret Young, 5
Eudy, Mrs. J. J., 4
Eudy, Otto, 52
Eudy, William Ewing, 4
Farmer, Evah Vivian, 48
Ferguson, Ina, 100
Flanagan, Jesse S. “Dugan”, 65
Forrest, J. C., 10
Forrest, Jesse J., 11
Fowler, John Ray, 7
Fox, Illah Pless, 22
Fulford, Phylious G., 50
Gardner, Ellis, 19
Gifford, Emma, 21
Goates, Kathleen, 83
Goodwin, Joe, 94
Grant, Clara W., 22
Grant, Ermil, 85
Grant, Gilbert, 22
Green, Freida Gwen, 96
Green, Marvin Ellis, 17
Griffin, Clarence, 32
Griffin, Ester, 47
Griffin, Lenora, 21
Hallum, Silas, 92
Hamilton, Edward, 81
Hamilton, Emmett A., 45
Hamilton, Henry T., 31
Hamilton, Mrs. Robbie, 10
Hankins, Ada Marie, 95
Hankins, Luther W., 94
Hardin, Edna M., 67
Harms, Edward H., 14
Harvey, Laura, 101
Harwell, Ethel Forrest. 11
Harwell, True, 11
Haskins, Elizabeth Lavance Humphreys, 33
Haskins, George, 27
Hatley, William, 88
Helton, Joie, 23
Hemmer, Babe, 55
Hemmer, John W., 112
Henderson, Chloie, 107
Henderson, Hugh, 37
Henderson, Leacy Lenora, 3
Henderson, William L., 27
Henry, Dr. John Arnold, 66
Henry, John Forrest, 36
Henry, Letha Fern, 45
Henry, R. A., 10
Hice, Newton, 95
Hickey, Anna Mae, 28
Hickey, M. J., 26
Hickey, Robert, 17
Hill, Elise, 90
Hill, Emalene, 100
Hill, Euel, 116
Hill, Lytle, 59
Hinterthuer, Raymond J., 29
Hockman, B. H., 21
Hoffsteter, Linda, 101
Hogins, Bernadette, 110
Hogrefe, Emma Lois, 111
Hogrefe, Fred C., 57
Hollabaugh, Ina, 69
Hollabaugh, James L., 8
Hollabaugh, Mildred, 38
Hollabaugh, Roy, 38
Hottinger, Al, 38
Hottinger, Charles, 83
Hottinger, Charles Lee, 98
Hottinger, Claud E. 38
Hottinger, Fred, 89
Hottinger, Harold, 61
Hottinger, Henry, 22
Hottinger, Jess Lee, 13
Hottinger, John W., 12
Hottinger, Kirby Anderson, 12
Hottinger, Margaret M., 12, 46
Hottinger, Mildred May Staggs, 2
Hottinger, Raymond, 71, 72
Hottinger, Robert Leon, 30
Hottinger, Shelby, 57
Hottinger, Syble, 50
Hughes, Francis, 85
Humphrey, J. Lee, 23
Humphrey, Jack, 119
Humphrey, Paul, 14
Humphreys, Pauline, 92
Hurley, Edith, 114
Hurst, Millie, 14
Hutchins, J. B., 89
Jackson, Jack, 67
Jennings, Lytle, 17
Johnson, Jerry, 91
Johnson, Mattie Hottinger, 78
Jones, Luther, 87
Jones, Maxine Estelle, 38
Jones, Sue Evelyn Lynch, 30
Judkins, Francis Marie, 29
Jurcik, Myrtle, 101
Keeton, Pearl, 37
Kelton, Evelyn, 78
Kilburn, Jessie, 115
Kinslow, Cecil, 77
Kinslow, Clyde, 54
Kinslow, Louise, 112
Kinslow, Rev. Thomas A., 79
Kinslow, Virgil Lee, 55
Lambert, Faye, 68
Langford, Marie, 116
Langford, Osmond, 102
Langford, Rheba, 100
Leavell, Joe Ed, 21
Leavell, Margaret, 62
Leavell, Truett, 82
Lee, Frankie, 18
Lee, Jeff, 102
Lemley, J. B., 109
Linton, Amy Ester Harris, 51
Linton, Charlie, 51
Llewllyn, James, Sr., 10
Lowrey, Mary Dell Bowden, 20
Lynch, O. L., 86
Lynch, Thelma, 99
Magness, Clyde, 70
Martin, James D., 114
Massey, Mary Janea Churchill, 8
McAlister, Zerl, 102
McCain, Sue, 108
McCutcheon, Bette Bacchus, 73
McGuire, Annie Ashmore, 23
Merrill, Emma Lea, 105
Mikel, Phillip Edward, 31
Moore, Fread, 30
Moore, John, 19
Moore, Ralph, 77
Morgan, Naomi, 90
Moro, Dessie Lee Myers, 8
Morris, Lucille, 34
Morrow, Virginia Sue, 53
Mosley, Charles Curtis, 15
Mowrey, Nealie, 82
Myers, Fay Ralph, 38
Nelson, Beatrice Lee, 6
Nelson, Beth, 43
Nelson, J. C., 6
Nelson, Louvillie M., 6
Nelson, Mary, 58
Nelson, Mrs. Samuel, 6
Nelson, Samuel Lee, 6
Page, John William, 75
Payne, Belva, 113
Peters, Lillian, 24
Phillips, Eliza L., 48
Piercy, William Winton, 56
Pitts, William J., 36
Powell, Glen, 119
Powell, Mary Caroline “Carolyn,” 60
Poynter, Basil W., 84
Poynter, Delia Vance, 81
Poynter, Grace Lano Kirksey, 48
Poynter, Guy, 59
Poynter, Hays, 78
Poynter, James Y. II, 117
Poynter, James Yancy, 24
Poynter, Mildred L., 36
Price, G. L. “Buddy,” 37
Price, Willie, 120
Pugh, Paul, 97
Ragsdale, Rev. James, 103
Rankin, Jane E., 7
Rankin, Robert, 34
Reasoner, Fannie, 88
Reed, Mrs. Artie G., 60
Roach, Ilah Faye, 68
Roberts, Lawrence, 93
Roberts, Mrs. Walter C., 12
Roberts, Walter, 107
Roderick, Bobby J., 26
Rogers, Sylvia, 42
Rogerson, Lynda Kay, 52
Rollow, John E., 80
Ross, Florence Bewley, 7
Ross, Ina Marcia, 9
Ruff, Dr. S. W., 8
Ruff, Minnie Elizabeth, 8
Russell, Dene, 113
Rye, Ray, 43
Sacrey, David, 28
Selvey, Maggie, 103
Shinn, Avery E., 39
Shinn, Bertha, 47
Shinn, Earl, 13
Shoptaw, Claudia Ruth, 32
Shoptaw, Mary Sue, 112
Shoptaw, Thomas A., 61
Simpson, Charles W., 98
Simpson, Evelyn, 74
Simpson, James Andrew, 3
Simpson, Mary, 113
Simpson, Reba, 27
Sisk, Sue West. 63
Smardo, Walter, 35
Smith, Anita Sue Shoptaw, 9
Smith, Gary, 20
Smith, Melvin James, 52
Sparks, Daisie, 97
Staggs, Charlie, 13
Staggs, James, 95
Staggs, Jesse E., 41
Staggs, Walter Columbus, 13
Standridge, Chance Alan, 106
Stanfill, Laura Taylor, 69
Stratton, Mary Alice, 55
Sturgis, Irene, 98
Sturgis, Mack, 40
Sudmeyer, Wilma, 115
Sweeney, Mike, 29
Taylor, M. D., 54
Taylor, Maggie, 91
Taylor, Marilyn, 29
Taylor, William Earl, 59
Taylor, William Price, 3
Thacker, Judy Coffman, 87
Thompson, A. J., 49
Thompson, Emma Mullins Eudy, 9, 10
Thrasher, Hazelle, 33
Tripp, Jim, 115
Tripp, Margaret, 110
Tripp. C. M. “Pety” Tripp, 65
Tripp. J. B. “Pat,” 60
Tucker, Bonita, 116
Tucker, James Price, 118
Tucker, Julius, 21
Tucker, Sarah Lamont, 7
Turnbow, M. L., 10
Turner, John V., 79
Turner, Marguerite, 104
Turner, Maude, 11
Turner, Sallie West, 27, 29
Turner, Thomas, 34
Underwood, Elizabeth, 101
Vinson, Sue Wait, 84
Virden, Ila Gertrude, 25
Voss, Lillie A., 36
Wait, Mary Ethel, 17
Wait, Molly, 11
Wait, O. K., 96
Waldo, Joe Dewey, 9
Walker, Imogene P., 42
Walker, Jack, 108
West, Eva Mae, 91
White, Mrs. Bertie, 12
Whitworth, Tom, 40
Williams, Rev. Bill, 71
Williamson, Allye, 29
Williamson, James E., 44
Wilson, Stella E., 33
Young, Dave W., 33
Young, Finis Erwin, 6
Young, Lola, 86
Young, Martha E, Bringle, 15
The obituaries in this collection cover nearly 70 years - beginning in
early 1924 through early 1991. Among the obituaries are Margaret F. Eudy who
died in 1924 and Mack Sturgis who died in 1986. Mrs. Eudy, of Dover, was born
Feb. 18, 1858, daughter of W.W. and Martha E. Young, and married E.M. Eudy on
Jan. 10, 1878. Sturgis, also of Dover, was the father of the late Mrs. Bobbye
McAlister of Russellville who died in 2005 after serving a number of years as Pope
County tax collector. Sturgis' career included 10 years as state purchasing
agent and 15 months as state Highway Department director. – Laura Shull
Postscript:
The final format of this book includes all of Mrs. Hottinger’s obituaries through
Nov. of 2004. When I visited with Bernice last week, she did give me additional
information. She said she worked at the shoe factory for twenty-five years and that
some of the obituaries were those of friends from work. I intend to submit for
publication Part II (which is already included here) in the March or June issue of
the Pope County Historical Association Quarterly, and, in addition, I intend to place
the information on the Internet. –Jacquelyn Bonds