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Obituary: Johnson-Sanders Funeral Home, LaFayette, AL
OSCAR THOMAS BONE
10 Dec 1899 – 27 Feb 1973

LAFAYETTE, AL -- Oscar Thomas Bone of Route #3 LaFayette died Tuesday, 27 Feb 1973 at the Lanier Memorial Hospital in Valley, AL. He was 73.

Mr. Bone was a native of Tallapoosa County, AL and a member of Rock Springs Baptist Church. He was the son of the late James Samuel Bone and the late Emma Little Bone. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wives, Janie Lou Bailey Bone and Thelma Estelle Sanders Bone and two sons, Infant Son Bone and Eugene Russell Bone; brothers, Elbert Bone, William Ervin Bone, James H. Bone, Woodie Elvin Bone; and sisters Ola Bone Mullins and Flossie Lue Bone Patty.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Ethel Mae Phillips of LaFayette, AL, Mrs. Mary Magdalene Powell of Opelika, AL and Mrs. Gracie Cora Wooddy of LaFayette, AL; three sons, Arthur Edgar Bone of Fairfax, AL, William Laverne "Bill" Bone of Opelika, AL and Louis Franklin Bone of Shawmut, AL; brothers, Woodrow Wilson Johnson of Prattville, AL, Joe Elijah Bone, James Barney Bone, Rankin Lester Bone, Alvin Thomas Bone; sisters, Mrs. Nora Lee Johnson Neeley of Montgomery, AL, Phila Belle Bone Jones, Nancy Elizabeth Bone Hubbard; 15 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be 3 p.m. (EST) Thursday, 29 Feb 1973 from Johnson-Sanders Chapel with Revs John Kirby and Charles Watkins officiating. Interment will be at Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Huguley, AL.

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1900 Census, Mineral Springs, Chilton, Alabama, USA, NARA T623 (as enumerated on 18 Jun 1900)

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

John W Middlebrooke Head M 50 Georgia (Farmer)
Mary A Middlebrooke Wife F 43 Alabama
William C Middlebrooke Son M 23 Alabama (Sawmill Teamster)
Charlie S Middlebrooke Son M 17 Alabama (Farm Laborer)
Richard H Middlebrooke Son M 15 Alabama (Farm Laborer)
Emma A Middlebrooke Daughter F 13 Alabama (Farm Laborer)
Ida G Middlebrooke Daughter F 11 Alabama (Farm Laborer)
Virginia B Middlebrooke Daughter F 10 Alabama (Farm Laborer)
Laura J Middlebrooke Daughter F 8 Alabama
Daniel H Middlebrooke Cousin M 16 Alabama (Farm Laborer)
Emma (Little) Bone Servant (Divorced) F 24 (26 11/12) (Birth: Jul 1876; grave marker shows 2 Jul 1873) Alabama (Domestic)
OSCAR T (Thomas) BONE Boarder (Emma's Son) M 0 (6/12) (Birth: Dec 1899) Alabama

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1910 Census, Precinct 16, Dudleyville, Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA, NARA T624 (as enumerated on 22 Apr 1910)

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

Emma (Little) Bone Head (Divorced) F 32 (36 9/12) Alabama (Farmer-General Farm)
OSCAR T (Thomas) BONE Son M 10 (10 4/12) Alabama (Laborer-Home Farm)
James H Bone Son M 7 (9) Alabama (Laborer-Home Farm)
Nora L (Lee) Bone (Johnson) Daughter F 1 (1 4/12) Alabama

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1920 Census, Beat 9, Cold Springs, Elmore, Alabama, USA, NARA T625 (as enumerated on 8 Jan 1920)

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

OSCAR (Thomas) BONES (Bone) Prisoner (Single) State Prison No. 2 M 21 (20) Alabama (Cotton Mill)
Note: On 31 Mar 1919, Oscar Bone was sentenced to 1 Year + 1 Day for making liquor; his long time sentence would have been until 1 Apr 1920 and his short time sentence would have been until 1 Feb 1920; he was released on 1 Feb 1920.

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1930 Census, Precinct 3, Milltown, Chambers, Alabama, USA, NARA T626 (as enumerated on 10 Apr 1930)

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

OSCAR (Thomas) BONE Head M 31 (30 4/12)) Alabama (Sawer-Sawmill)
Janey (Janie Lou Bailey) Bone Wife F 28 Alabama (Housekeeper)
Ethel (Mae) Bone Daughter F 8 (8 8/12) Alabama
Maggie (Mary Magdalene) Bone Daughter F 6 (6 8/12) Alabama
(Arthur) Edgar Bone Son M 4 (4 10/12) Alabama
Grace (Gracie Cora) Bone Daughter F 2 (2 9/12) Alabama
William (Laverne) Bone Son M 1 Alabama

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1940 Census, Beat 16, Dudleyville, Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA, NARA T627 (as enumerated on 15 Apr 1940)

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

OSCAR S (should be T for Thomas) BANES (Bone) Head M 40 (40 4/12) Alabama (Farm Manager)
Thelma E (Estelle Sanders) Banes (Bone) Wife F 25 Alabama
Maggie (Mary Magdalene) Banes (Bone) Daughter F 16 (16 8/12) Alabama
(Arthur) Edgar Banes (Bone) Son M 14 (14 11/12) Alabama (Farm Laborer)
Grace (Gracie Cora) Banes (Bone) Daughter F 12 (12 9/12) Alabama
William (Laverne) Banes (Bone) Son M 11 Alabama
Louis F (Franklin) Bones (Bone) Son M 1 (1 2/12) Alabama

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1950 Census, E.D. 9-22, Shawmut, Chambers County, Alabama, USA (as enumerated on 1 Apr 1950)

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

OSCAR T (Thomas) BONE Head M 50 Alabama
Thelma E (Estelle Sanders) Bone Wife F 35 Alabama
Louis F (Franklin) Bone Son M 11 Alabama
Mary M (Magdalene Bone) Powell Daughter F 26 Alabama

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Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974

Name: Oscar Thomas Bone
Event Date: 27 Feb 1973
Event Place: Langdale, Chambers, Alabama
Gender: Male
Age: 73y 2m
Birth Year (Estimated): 1899 (10 Dec 1899)
Father's Name: (James Samuel) Dock Bone
Mother's Name: Emma Little
GS Film Number: 2242016
Reference ID: 5961

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