11-23-1956
			Joseph Dale Hartness

Funeral services for Mr. Joseph Dale Hartness, 78, of Starkville were held November 
16 at 2:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Starkville with the Rev. Robert H. 
Walkup and Dr. Fred Neal officiating.

Mr. Hartness was born in the Oktoc Community of Oktibbeha County.  He attended 
Starkville schools, and then Mississippi A&M (now Mississippi State College.)

Mr. Hartness was a retired dairyman, an elder in the Starkville Presbyterian Church, 
and a charter member of the Oktoc Community Club.

Surviviors include one daughter, Mrs. Newton Fultz; three sisters, Mrs. C. B. Collier 
of Florence, Alabama; Mrs. E. G. Wade of Starkville; and Mrs. Buster McElroy 
of Baldwyn; one brother, C. K. Hartness of Sessums; two grandchildren, and
five great grandchildren.

Pall bearers were R. P. Hartness. Jr.,  William Hartness, R. H. Sikes, William 
White, Allison White, J. M. McElroy, L. O. Templeton, and W. B. Baker.

Interment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

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