Martha YOW

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CENSUS RECORDS

1920 Federal Census
Name: Martha E Youn [Martha E Yow]
Age: 1 year 1 month
Birth Year: abt 1919
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Sweet Water, Marengo, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Ausie E Youn
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Susan C Youn
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: None
Household Members:
Ausie E Youn 31
Susan C Youn 29
Esten Youn 6
Elsie Youn 3 years 11 months
Martha E Youn 1 year 1 month
John G Lowrey 71 [boarder]

1930 Federal Census
Name: Martha E Yow
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1919
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1930: Pine Hill, Wilcox, Alabama
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: Ausie E Yokes
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Catherine G Yow
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Ausie E Yokes 42
Catherine G Yow 39
Esten E Yow 17
Elsie E Yow 14
Martha E Yow 11
Elvin G Yow 9
Emerson J Yow 7
Eleanor C Yow 5
Clara E Yow 2

OBITUARY

From Find A Grave

Martha Yow Gresham, 82, 42 Springbrook, died September 24, 2001 at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be held at Memory Chapel on Wednesday, September 26, 2001 at 10 a.m., with Dr. Donald Payne, Pastor of Forest Lake Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Gardens.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Richard A. Gresham; parents, Aussie E. and Catherine Gratham Yow; brother, Elvin Yow, Mobile; sister, Elise Yow Tucker, Northport.

Survivors include her daughter, Patricia G. Bleicher, Arlington, Va., sons, James R. Gresham, Lynchburg, Va., and wife Denise, Thomas A. Gresham and wife Karen, Coker, William R. Gresham and wife Julie, Tuscaloosa; sisters, Eleanor Y. Shirley, Northport and husband Ellis, Clara Y. Herrington and husband Ed, Tuscaloosa; brothers, Esten Yow and wife Margaret, Jackson, Miss., Emerson Yow and wife Catherine, Tuscaloosa; grandchildren, Elizabeth Bleicher and husband Paul Hanson, David P. Bleicher, Scott Gresham, Jared Gresham, Jonah Gresham; nieces and nephews.


Birth:
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
Name: Martha Y Gresham
Birth Date: 6 Dec 1918
Address: 42 Springbrook, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35405-2379 (1993)

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36264426

Died:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Martha Y. Gresham
SSN: 421-18-0724
Last Residence:
35405 Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
BORN: 6 Dec 1918
Died: 24 Sep 2001
State (Year) SSN issued: Alabama (Before 1951)

Martha married Richard A. Gresham. Richard was born 18 Mar 1916; died 30 Aug 1997, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co. AL; was buried , Memory Hill Gardens, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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OBITUARY
Tuscaloosa News; 23 February 2012

TUSCALOOSA William R. "Bill" Gresham, age 63, of Tuscaloosa, departed for his heavenly home Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at DCH Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. Services will be 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, at Memory Chapel Funeral Home with the Rev. Deacon Roland Ficken officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Gardens with Memory Chapel Funeral Home, a Dignity Memorial Provider, directing. Visitation will be Saturday night from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, Richard and Martha Gresham.

Those left to cherish his memory include his wife, Julie; stepson, Tim Jones; stepdaughter, Lynne Ellington (Roger); sister, Patricia Bleicher; brothers, James Gresham (Dee) and Tom Gresham (Karen); other relatives, Beth Bleicher Hansom (Paul), David Bleicher (Donna), Scott Gresham, Jared Gresham, and his namesake Jonah William Gresham; as well as numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins on the Yow and Gresham side of the family.

A 1966 graduate of Tuscaloosa High School, Bill proudly served his country in Vietnam aboard the USS Robert Craig and the USS Albert David. Upon his return, he graduated from the University of Alabama. Before illness forced his retirement, he worked for Sealy Maintenance for many years.

Bill loved fishing, Alabama football, cooking, and any project involving power tools. Helping others was his ministry, and this often took the form of homemade bread, cookies, and Eggplant Gresham.

Pallbearers will be Tim Jones, Roger Ellington, Emmett Ray, Jared Gresham, David Thomas, Robert Peterson, Scott Gresham, and David Bleicher.

Honorary pallbearers are Dr. Christopher Jordan, Dr. Melanie Graham, and the entire staff at the DCH Cancer Center; the staff of Randall-Reilly Publishing Company; Sealy Realty; and Dr. Michael McCracken.

The family also wants to recognize all those who offered their prayers and assistance as Bill arduously fought his courageous battle with cancer. We also want to thank Dr. Phillip Bobo as well as all Bill's friends at the clubhouse on River Road.

"I will say unto the Lord, thou art my hope and my stronghold; my God, in Him will I trust." Psalm 91:2.



Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=107194749