Extracted from The Panola Watchman (Carthage, TX)
Funeral Held at Antioch Monday For Marshall Lady
Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Monday at Antioch Church for Mrs. Mertie Mae Spradley, 60, of Marshall, who died Sunday after an illness of several months.
The officiated minister was the Rev. Claude M. Wyatt, pastor of the Marshall Pentecostal Church. Interment was in Antioch Cemetery.
Funeral services were in charge of Sullivan Funeral Home, Marshall with Randell Rogers of Longview, Elbert Elder of Beaumont and Ravis Capps, Earl Deas Capps, Jack Haney and Glen Haney, all of Carthage as pallbearers.
Survivors are her husband, M. M. Spradley, one son, Moses M. Spradley of Marshall; one daughter, Mrs. Seals of Beaumont; four sisters, Mrs. W. J. Anderson, Valley View, Mrs. D. R. Baker, Joaquin, Mrs. N. P. Lanigan, Logansport and Mrs. S. L. Dotson, Hearne; eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Thursday, August 8, 1957