Mrs. W. W. Walden, 69, died at the residence of her son in Fairfield; remains sent to Kellyton for interment
2 December 1923 · The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.)
Named here: Lila Walden, Harris Solomon Walden, Julius West Walden, Vallie Alburn Walden, Joseph Forney Walden, William Walker Walden, James Pleasant Webb, Emma Louise McKinney
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Mrs. W. W. Walden—Remains of Mrs. W. W. Walden, 69, who died at the residence of her son, A. W. Walden, 515 Fortieth street, Fairfield, will be sent to Kellyton, Ala., Sunday morning by Echols & Antwin for interment. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Valley Fisson of Opelika, Ala., and Mrs. J. P. Webb of Woodlawn; three sons, H. S. Walden of Tulsa, Okla.; J. S. Walden of Ensley, and A. W. Walden of Fairfield.
Citation: "Mrs. W. W. Walden," in the Deaths column, The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.), Sunday 2 December 1923, p. 6; image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1923-12-02/ed-1/?sp=6).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Louise McKinney | Death | Mrs. W. W. Walden, 69, died at the residence of her son at 515 Fortieth Street, Fairfield (the day not given; the paper of Sunday 2 December 1923) | Died 1 December 1923, Fairfield, Jefferson, Alabama; born 28 June 1854 (69 in December 1923) | agrees |
| Emma Louise McKinney | Burial | Remains "sent to Kellyton, Ala., Sunday morning [2 December 1923] by Echols & Antwin for interment" | Buried 2 December 1923, New Shiloh Cemetery, Coosa County (her memorial: Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, Coosa County) | agrees (Kellyton the railway point; the cemetery not named) |
| Emma Louise McKinney | Children | Survived by two daughters and three sons | Eight children, of whom Lila, Vallie, Harris, Julius and Joseph were living in 1923; Martha Frances Mary (1919), Ida Mae (1915) and Elma Irene (October 1922) had died | agrees |
| Lila Walden | Residence | "Mrs. J. P. Webb of Woodlawn", December 1923 | Birmingham, 1920 and 1930 | agrees |
| Vallie Alburn Walden | Residence | "Mrs. Valley Fisson [Sisson] of Opelika, Ala.", December 1923 | Wife of Dee Jackson Sisson from 1917; Birmingham in 1920; a divorce before 1930, then the wife of Tee Marion Reaves, with whom she lived at Opelika in 1940 and 1950 | new |
| Harris Solomon Walden | Residence | "H. S. Walden of Tulsa, Okla.", December 1923 | Okmulgee, Oklahoma, in 1920 and 1930 | new |
| Julius West Walden | Residence | "J. S. Walden of Ensley", December 1923 | Election Precinct 53, Jefferson County, in 1920; Fairfield in 1930; "J. W. Walden of Ensley" in his father's death notice of January 1920 | agrees (the initial misprinted) |
| Joseph Forney Walden | Residence | "A. W. Walden", at whose residence, 515 Fortieth Street, Fairfield, his mother died | Camp Hill in January 1920; Birmingham in 1930; Fairfield in 1940 | new (see notes) |