Extracted from The Biloxi Daily Herald (Biloxi, MS)
Monday, May 31, 1948

ATTEND FUNERAL

Relatives attending the funeral of Elias Spradley, 50, on May 27 included his widow, Mrs. E. Spradley, Gulfport, two sons, Stanley E. Spradley and Ben V. Spradley, Gulfport, five daughters, Miss Peggy Spradley, Miss Martha Spradley, Mrs. Catherine Nelson, Mrs. E. I. Hartner, all of Gulfport, and Mrs. R. Roark, Denver, Colo.; his mother, Mrs. A. B. Spradley, Gulfport, and four brothers, Willie Spradley, Curtis Spradley, Clinton Spradley and Harold Spradley, all of Gulfport, three sisters, Mrs. C. C. Prather, Gulfport, Mrs. H. C. Page, Pascagoula, and Mrs. R. Dickerson, Lake Charles, La.