August 1, 1937
sent in by Mary Whitaker Davis

County Woman is Buried Monday

Mrs. Max Stallings of Maben Succumbs
  After Long Illness

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Providence
Methodist Church for Mrs. Max Stallings, 60, who died at her
home near Maben after a lingering illness.  Rev. Maxie, pastor
of the Mathiston, Maben and Double Springs Methodist churches,
officiated.  Burial was in Providence Church cemetery.

Mrs. Stallings, a life-long resident of Oktibbeha County, was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Harpole.  She was a member of the
Baptist church and was widely known in this county.

Surviving Mrs. Stallings are her mother, Mrs. Jane Harpole of
Center Grove; six sons, Carl, Belton, Tobe, Ben and Rook, of
Maben, and Lem of Self Creek; four daughters, Mrs. Tom Hartley
of St. Louis; Misses Inez, Doyce, and Nina Stallings; seven
brothers, Dr. T. M. Harpole of Jackson; Messers Jack, Barron,
Rook, Robert, Tom, and Mack Harpole of Maben; and four sisters,
Mrs. Susie Fulgham, Mrs. Cyrene Lewis, Mrs. Lydia Johnson, and
Mrs. Elmer McBride.

Photographed at the Oktibbeha County Courthouse and submitted
by Mary Whitaker Davis
Transcribed by C. L. Herrick on May 3, 2008