Extracted from The Conservative (Carrollton, MS)
Thursday, January 17, 1980

Mary J. Emmons

Funeral services for Mary Elizabeth Jackson Emmons were held at 2 p.m. on January 9 from the chapel of National Funeral Home in Grenada. Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery with Reverend William Waddle officiating, assisted by Reverend Norris Corley.

Mrs. Emmons, 85, died January 7 at the Greenwood Leflore Hospital. A native of the Hickory Grove Community in Carroll County, she was a housewife and the widow of Tillman Trotter Emmons. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. C. L. Miskelly, Mrs. Sammie Harris, Jr. and Mrs. Dorville Turner all of Grenada; seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.