Extracted from The Hattiesburg American (Hattiesburg, MS)
Tuesday, May 31, 1960

MRS. EDITH B. DENHAM

Mrs. Edith Beverly Denham, 41, of RFD 7, died at 2 a.m. today at University Hospital, Jackson.

Services will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Quigley's Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in Green's Creek Cemetery.

Mrs. Denham is survived by her husband, L. L. Denham, two daughters, Leola Nell and Carolyn; five sons, Toxie, Marlin Thomas, Darryl, J. C. and Roger, all of RFD 7; her father, C. E. Ball, Leakesville; five sisters, Mrs. Flora Purvis, Eudora, Ark.; Mrs. Pandora Hillman, Leakesville; Mrs. Winnie George, Pascagoula; Mrs. Hazel Bush, Moss Point; and Mrs. Minnie Campbell, Lucedale; a brother, Sgt. Alfred Ball, US Air Force, Albnay [sic? Albany], Ore; and a number of nieces and nephews.
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Note: Her tombstone gives her full name as Edith Belva Ball Denham.