Sprouse Family Genealogy Pages

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101	Ruthie died Nov. 8, 1973. She is buried in Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery.	Stripling, Ruthie Mae (I276)
102	Seth K. Davis married Mary Jane Sprouse. They had one child and then Mary Jane died.. We do not know where she was buried. Seth Davis and his 2nd wife is buried in the Walnut Grove Cemetery in Lamar County, AL.	Davis, Seth K. (I158)
103	She and her husband, Elton Dowdle are both buried at Andrews Chapel Cemetery in Pickens County, AL.	Wright, Mary (I1277)
104	She died when she was only 2 years old.	Sprouse, Elle Gertrude (I82)
105	She died with lung cancer. She lived about 9 months after it was diagnosed. She was a heavy smoker. Jewel and Ted Harden were divorced in the early seventies and Jewel never remarried. She was employed by The Social Security Administration for more than 30 years. She was buried in Friendship Cemetery in Columbus, MS	Wilson, Jewel Banks (I21)
106	She divorced Steve Bowler in 1983.	Trapp, Judith Lynn (I1214)
107	She is also buried at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Al. Buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Lamar County, AL. about 10 miles south of Vernon, AL.	Walden, Georgian (I11)
108	She is buried in Friendship Cemetery in Columbus, MS.	Sprouse, Martha Annie (I78)
109	She is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery just off the Columbus to Millport Hwy.	Robertson, Lucille (I1157)
110	She is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery just off the Columbus to Millport Hwy.	Pritchett, Estelle (I1136)
111	She lived only 17 days.	Ferguson, Deloris Jean (I324)
112	She was a sister to Jimmy Wilson, Annie Lee Sprouse's husband.	Wilson, Annie Mae (I213)
113	She was a twin and died after 6 months.	Baswell, Reba (I280)
114	She was buried in Ebenezer Church Cemetery near Fernbank, AL. in Lamar County, AL.	Draper, Sarah Melissa (I986)
115	She was buried in Memorial Gardens, just west of Columbus,MS	Sprouse, Arvie Lee (I17)
116	She was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near Vernon, AL.	Atkins, Mary Ann (I848)
117	She was buried in Old Macedonia Graveyard in Lamar County, AL It is overgrown with trees but the Sprouse family has kept the brush cut back and now they have a sign on a nearby road calling it the Sprouse Cemetery. After a lot of searching I have not been able to find any info on the Deborah Family of Mississippi.	Deborah, Cassie Teela (I55)
118	She was buried in the Crews Cemetery in Lamar County, AL.	Walden, Tessie Mae (I643)
119	She was divorced in 1997.	Trapp, Melody Dianne (I1216)
120	Spencer and Meley[Emaline] Atkins were living in Lamar County[then Fayette], Alabama, in 1850. Spencer was 56 and Meley was 50,according to the census that year.They had 2 children in the household. Both had been born in Mississippi, which indicates the Atkins family had recently moved from that state. As a matter of fact, Spencer and Meley lived in the Vails/Trulls Beat area, near Melborne. By 1870, [an error] Spencer had died and Meley, listed as 85 in the census, was living with their son, Joel Atkins. In 1864, Spencer owned 240 acrea of land in Trulls Beat, valued at $1,500. He was active in his community. In 1876 he served as overseer on the Pinhook Road. Seeing these facts about dates, I believe He died abt. 1878.	Atkins, Spencer (I893)
121	Steven was divorced from Kimberly in Sept. 1997.	Skinner, Steven (I1187)
122	Ted was an Optometrist.	Harden, Ted G. (I22)
123	The marriage took place at the home of the groom's first cousin, Dr. A. T. Sprouse's home. He was a retired Methodist minister. Witnesses were Dr. Sprouse's wife, Anne, and his brother Raymond Sprouse and wife Claudine. After the ceremony Anne graciously brought out a cake and we had some refreshments before leaving on our honeymoon. We went to Gatlinburg, TN. and enjoyed some cooler weather for a change. We were married by Ed's first cousin Rev. A. T. Sprouse at his home in Birmingham, AL. Also present was Raymond Sprouse & Wife Claudine. Took place at the home of Rev. Dr. A. T. Sprouse in Birmingham, AL. Marriage license was bought in Pickens County, AL.	Family F5
124	The Reverend Alfred Tillman Sprouse, 88, died Feb. 19, 2007. Born in Melbourne, AL, he was educated in the public schools of Lamar County, at Birmingham-Southern College, and at the Garrett Theological Seminary at Northwestern University. He held a Doctor of Divinity degree from Athens College. Over the course of his ministry, he served at First Methodist Church in Attalla,AL; First Methodist Church in Jasper; First Methodist Church in Florence; Trinity United Methodist Church in Huntsville; Central Park United Methodist Church in Birmingham; Trinity United Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa; and as District Superintendent in Gadsden, AL. He also served on a wide range of Boards & Commissions within the Methodist Church. He organized the first Television Radio and Film Commission, serving as the commission's first chairman. He served 15 years as the Clerical Member of the World Methodist Conference, traveling extensively. He helped to organize the Association of Retired Ministers and Spouses of the North Alabama Conference, which included 425 members originally; he later spent 10 years as president of the association. He was elected as a delegate to the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1956 and again in 1960. After one of his sermons was printed in Jasper's DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE, the World Travel Bureau invited him to tour post-WW I I Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. He was chosen for a private audience with Pope Pius XII, and the Pope granted him permission to hold the first Protestant worship service in the ruins of the Roman Coliseum. He visited with Muhammad Naguib, the president of Egypt, and was invited to lunch by General Anwar Al Sadat, who would later become the third president of Egypt. He sat down with Syrian dictator Adib Shishakli and was entertained by both David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel and by King Talal and Crown Prince Hussein in Amman, Transjordan. He held two George Washington Honor Medals from the Freedom Foundation of Valley Forge, given in recognition of his efforts to bring about a better understanding of the American way of life. He opened the 82nd Congress with prayer in answer to an invitation by the Chaplain of the House of Representatives. He was Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Alabama of Free and Accepted Masons and was appointed Ambassador to the King Soloman Lodge in Old Jerusalem. He retired in June 1983 from Roanoke First United Methodist Church and had spent the last five years at Fair Haven United Methodist Retirement Home in Birmingham, Alabama.	Sprouse, Alfred Tillman (I96)
125	Troy suffered from emphysema. He committed suicide. He was in his seventies. He was buried in Birmingham, AL.	Sprouse, Troy (I176)
126	Twin to Charles Edward twin to Charles Edward	Atkins, Chester Henry (I697)
127	was a Mason Lodge # 5 Columbus, Ms	Atkins, Sr. Charles Edward (I692)
128	We assume there were no children born to W.J. Atkins and Elizabeth and that she preceded him in death, since there was no mention ofElizabeth or any children in W.J.Atkins estate settlement.	Ross, Elizabeth (I1159)
129	Whil in the Columbus, MS. hospital Jim was told that his infected foot and ankle would have to be amputated. He said no, they were not going to take off his lower leg. He died a few days later at the age of 98 1/2 years old.	Sprouse, "Jim" James Thomas (I161)
130	William O. Draper was a School teacher. When his granddaughter Ruth Gail was born he wrote a beautiful poem called LITTLE RUTH GAYLE HAS COME TO PLAY. I remember when he passed around some copies of the poem and I was only eight years old . It made a lasting impression on me at that time. If I can locate the poem we will include it here later. Ruth Gayle is now living near Columbus,, Ms.	Draper, William O. (I72)
131	William was called Bill by just about everyone who knew him.	Sprouse, Sr "Bill" William Henry (I185)
132	[Bill] Dela Valle is a computer expert and works in programming.	Valle, William Sylvester Dela (I1240)

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