Extracted from The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL)
Thursday, December 18, 1941

STEPHENS -- Mrs. Ophelia Elizabeth Stephens, age 73, passed away at the residence, Bessemer Route No. 2, Wednesday p.m.

Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Frank Huey; son, Hardy P. Stephens; sister, Mrs. W. H. Roland; seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services Thursday 3 p.m. from the Union Baptist Church. The Reverends Stealey Cameron and Bass officiating. Interment Union Cemetery. Brown-Service, Bessemer, Bess. 411, directing.