Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Monday, March 10, 1975

JOHN ARLEDGE SR.

WAYNESBORO, Miss. -- Graveside services were held Friday, 2 p.m., at Vossburg Cemetery for John C. Arledge Sr., 83, a pioneer citizen of Vossburg, who died Thursday at his residence following an extended illness. The Rev. E. C. Moss officiated and Freeman Funeral Home of Waynesboro was in charge.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Willie Smiley Arledge; two sons, John C. Arledge Jr., Waynesboro; W. R. Arledge, Pascagoula; grandson, John Arledge III, Gautier; two great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Mae Carlisle, and a number of nieces and nephews.