DYER UNDERWOOD, WILLIE MAE - Pemiscot County, Missouri | WILLIE MAE DYER UNDERWOOD - Missouri Gravestone Photos

Willie Mae DYER UNDERWOOD

Mount Zion Cemetery
Pemiscot County,
Missouri

Willie
1 Nov 1909 Lexington, Henderson, TN
19 Apr 1976 Memphis, Shelby, TN

Howard
3 Dec 1905
10 Aug 1979 Blytheville, MS, AR
The Steele Enterprise, Steele, Missouri
Thursday, April 29, 1976

Willie Mae Underwood, wife of H.L. Underwood of Holland, died Monday, April 19, 1976 in Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis at the age of 66.

She was born November 1, 1909 in Lexington, Tenn., had lived in the Bootheel area for the past 37 years and was a Baptist.

In addition to her widower, she leaves five sons: Elton Underwood and Bobby Underwood, both of Steele; James Underwood of Hayti; Gene Underwood of Blytheville; and Bill Underwood of Holland; two daughters: Ethel Galbraith of Steele and Mrs. Ersel Scott of Holland; four brothers: Farris Dyer of Holdenville, Okla., Odell Dyer and Ed Dyer, both of Blytheville; one sister, Sarah Pratt of Blytheville; 24 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, April 21, 1976 in Cobb Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Roy Handley officiating. Interment was in Mount Zion Cemetery at Steele with Cobb Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

H.L. Underwood, 73, a retired farmer and resident of Holland, died Thursday, August 30, at Chickasawba Hospital in Blytheville.
He was a member of the Church of God and had lived in the Bootheel Area since 1939.
He leaves five sons: Elton Underwood, Bobby Underwood, and Billy Underwood, all of Steele; James Underwood of Hayti and Gene Underwood of Blytheville.
He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Ersel Scott of Holland and Mrs. Ethel Galbraith of Steele; A brother, Holland Underwood of Brawley, Calif.; two sisters: Mrs. Betsy Terry and Mrs. Sally Davis, both of Tupelo, Miss.; 26 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Saturday, September 1, 1979, at 1:30 p.m. in Cobb Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Roy Handley officiating. Burial was in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Steele Enterprise - Steele, Missouri - September 6, 1979

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Submitted: 4/28/17 • Approved: 5/1/17 • Last Updated: 4/15/18 • R804326-G804325-S3

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