Date of birth: 20 Sep 1903
Date of death: 17 Dec 1984

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Burial Information

Section 09 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0384-01
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Obituary

Mrs. Mary Alice Chason Gilliam

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Alice Chason Gilliam, 81, of Lexington were held from the Southern Funeral Home chapel in Lexington at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 19 with Rev. Mike O’Brien officiating. Interment followed in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington.

Mrs. Gilliam, a member of First Baptist Church and a native of Lumber Bridge, North Carolina, died at her home in Lexington on Monday, December 17. She was a retired health nurse. She moved to Lexington in 1929 and worked at the Holmes County Community Hospital for a number of years. She continued her work as a nurse with the Holmes County Health Department until her retirement in 1969.

She is survived by a daughter, Sonia G. Truitt of Columbus, Mississippi; two sisters, Mrs. Lawrence Glisson of Hendersonville, North Carolina, and Mrs. F.L. Robbins of Columbia, Mississippi; and one grandson, Hal G. Truitt of Columbus, Mississippi.

Pallbearers were Charles Lee Truitt, Lewis Massey, Winfred Holder, Audrey Holley, Mike Lammons, and James Carroll.

The Holmes County Herald (Lexington, MS)
December 27, 1984, vol. 26, no. 52, pg. 3

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Family Members

Parents
Archibald Franklin "Archie" Chason
1869–1943

Annie Jane Carter Chason
1875–1944

Siblings
PVT Carson Britt Chason
1895–1918

Lonnie McDonald Chason
1897–1982

Joseph William Chason
1900–1966

Annie Rebecca Chason Glisson
1912–2008

Ruth Chason Robbins
1917–2005

Children
Sonia Gilliam Truitt
1938–2021

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