TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA...a Great Place
GREETINGS:
Thank you for visiting my site and being here on the Tuscaloosa page where I hope to have lots of info from Tuscaloosa and surrounding counties. Tuscaloosa is my hometown and I love and miss everything about it. It is located in West Central Alabama about 65 miles from Birmingham and has a population around 187,000.
T-Town, as it is known by many who love the town, is the home of the University of Alabama and the Bear Bryant Museum. Bear Bryant was the coach at the UA campus for many years and had a great winning record and coached such football greats as Joe Namath, Leroy Jordan, Pat Trammell, Shiran Stacey and David Palmer.
Football is not all that is offered by my hometown. Tuscaloosa offers you friendship, warmth, and a place to call home. It is my hope that this page can help you in your search for your family roots and that you will enjoy your visit and
"Ya'll Come back, Ya hear".
1963 Obits
GEORGE C BARTON, 89, of 723 23rd Ave. E., died Thursday Dec. 12,1963 at Hale Memorial Hospital. Burial in Hopewell Baptist Cemetery. Survivors include a Son, J. A. BARTON of Tuscaloosa; 4 Daughters, Mrs. Albert PIERSON, Mrs. Florence M. ELMORE, Mrs. Mary IRWIN and Miss Gladys BARTON, (Tuscaloosa); a Brother, M. W. BARTON (Tuscaloosa); 15 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. Grandsons named as pallbearers are: Bobby MORRISON, Claude MORRISON, Paul MORRISON, William B. BARTON, Marion PIERSON, & George SEALY.
Mrs. J. Ennis THORNTON, age 72, widely known Greene County resident, died Thursday Dec. 12, 1963 at Greene County Hospital in Eutaw, AL. Mrs. THORNTON owned & lived at the Thorn Hill Plantation, an ante bellum home near Boligee, AL. Mrs. THORNTON was born in Tuscaloosa, AL, and her Father was the late Dr. James L. WILLIAMSON, who at one time owned the old governor's mansion in Tuscaloosa , which is now the University Club. She was member of the Boligee Episcopal Church. Burial at the Eutaw(AL) Cemetery. Survivors include a son, Richard A. ALLISON (Livingston,AL), 5 grandchildren; a Sister, Mrs. Kee BOUCHELLE (Boligee, AL), a Niece & a Nephew.
Thomas Herman SPRINGER, 56, A lifelong resident of Northport, Route 2, AL, died Thursday, Dec. 12,1963 in Northport. Burial will be in Springer Town Cemetery( Northport?) Survivors include his wife, Katherine PEARSON SPRINGER (Northport); 2 sons, Thomas Leon SPRINGER & E. L. SPRINGER (both of Miami, FL); 6 daughters, Miss Johnnie Elizabeth SPRINGER, Miss Carol Ann SPRINGER & Miss Sara Katherine SPRINGER (Northport) & Mrs. John HARRIS ( both of Tuscaloosa) & Mrs. Frank TIMBERLANE & Miss Wanda SPRINGER (both of Miami); 2 brothers, Coleman SPRINGER (San Diego, CA) & T. L. SPRINGER (Frisco City, CA) & several grandchildren
SIMS infant; Sherrie Gail Sims, died Dec. 13, 1963, at Druid City Hospital, Tuscaloosa. Burial at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park. Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton SIMS, of 313 15th St. E., 3 sisters & 2 brothers (unnamed), her paternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. L. W. SIMS (Tuscaloosa)
1968 OBITS
Mrs. M. L. DEERMAN, age 57, of 3013 5th St.,died May 7?or May 8?, 1968. Burial in Tuscaloosa Memorial Park. (correction in time of funeral-in May 9,1968 Tuscaloosa News paper
Marion W. PERKINS,29,of Route 2, Bankston(AL)died May 8, 1968 (a suicide),. He was born in Fayette County (AL). Burial in Oak Grove Methodist Church Cemetery near Fayette(AL). Survivors include his mother Mrs. Doris PERKINS of Route 2, Bankston(AL) & 3 brothers, Joe PERKINS(Birmingham), Loyd PERKINS(North Carolina) & Jerry Perkins(Route 2 Bankston,AL) & 2 sisters, Sarah PERKINS (Route 2 Bankston, AL) & Syble ENNIS of Birmingham, AL
Mrs. Bernadette SMITH BYRD, 46, died in Demopolis, AL. Burial in Mesopotamia Cemetery in Eutaw(AL). Rosary services May 9, 1968. (Appeared in May 9, 1968 Tuscaloosa News paper-no date of death given)
B. P. WILLIAMS,JR., age 52, died in Greensboro(AL). Burial in Greensboro Cemetery (Greensboro,AL)Survivors include his wife Mrs. B. P. WILLIAMS; a son Robert D. WILLIAMS (Both of Greensboro); a daughter, Mrs.Walter WILLIAMS (Mobile); his mother, Mrs. B. P.WILLIAMS, Sr.(Greensboro); 5 brothers, Adalph, Roy G., & Julian A. WILLIAMS (all of Greensboro); 3 sisters, Mrs. J. A. WILSON (Birmingham), Mrs. E. A. BROUGHTON & Mrs. Horace BONDS(Both of Greensboro) & 4 grandchildren (Tuscaloosa News May 9,1968-no date of death given)
Mrs.Erma WILSON, age 83,of Newtonville,AL,(Fayette County) died May 9,1968, in Reform, AL . Funeral services held at Shepherd's Baptist Church in Newtonville,AL. Survivors include husband, Felix WILSON; 2 sons, Leon & Yerby WILSON (both of Newtonville); 1 daughter, Mrs. James HOWELL(Newtonville) & 6 grandchildren & 8 great-grandchildren
TRIVIA
Theodor HEUSS, age 79, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 1963, in Stuttgart, Germany. He was West Germany's President from 1949 to 1959
John Wayne MORRIS, Auburn University student, missing since May 5,1968. His body was found in Pascagoula River near Lucedale, Miss. on May 8. MORRIS was from Route 3, Albertville, AL. He was to graduate in December, 1968 (Tuscaloosa News-May 9, 1968)
GHOST invited to wedding: Kristine FORBES-SEMPILL, 24, to marry John CABLE,29, at Craigievar Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland on June 1, 1968. Official invitation left on mantle in castle inviting RED SIR JOHN (FORBES), the "friendly ghost"& other ghosts to their wedding. Miss SEMPILL's mother is Lady SEMPILL, who the ruler of Craigiever. (Tuscaloosa News-May 9, 1968)
Nov 1963. A baton twirled during a talent show knocked out the lights in Rosehill, Kansas, leaving all the residents in the dark.
Nov 23, 1963. 63 residents of a nursing home in Norwalk, Ohio perished in a fire.