Veterans records list her last name as Fobbs (wife of Miles Fobbs) while most research indicates her name was Alabama Oates FORBES (wife of Miles Forbes and mother of Miles Forbes Jr.)
Per website of Registrar, Shelby County, Tennessee:
ALABAMA FORBES, file #02155, died 01/06/1979, age 80, black, widow, county of death Shelby TN, county of residence Shelby TN
Died - MRS. ALABAMA OATES FORBES, 80, of 908 North Montgomery, widow of Miles Forbes, died at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at home. J.C. Oates & Sons Funeral Home has chare. She leaves a son, Miles Forbes Jr. of Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. Alice Oates of Memphis. (Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, on Monday, January 8, 1979)
Notice - MRS. ALABAMA OATES FORBES - At her late residence 908 N. Montgomery, Jan. 8, 1979. Mother of Mr. Miles Forbes Jr. of Chicago, Illinois; sister of Mrs. Alice Oates of Memphis; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Remains will lie in state Sunday, Jan. 14, in our chapel fro 1 to 4 p.m. Services at 4 p.m., Rev. Samuel Harris officiating. Interment National Cemetery, Monday, 11:30 a.m. J.C. OATES & SONS, 216 Auction (Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, on Saturday, January 12, 1979)
Per website of Registrar, Shelby County, Tennessee:
ALABAMA FORBES, file #02155, died 01/06/1979, age 80, black, widow, county of death Shelby TN, county of residence Shelby TN
Died - MRS. ALABAMA OATES FORBES, 80, of 908 North Montgomery, widow of Miles Forbes, died at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at home. J.C. Oates & Sons Funeral Home has chare. She leaves a son, Miles Forbes Jr. of Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. Alice Oates of Memphis. (Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, on Monday, January 8, 1979)
Notice - MRS. ALABAMA OATES FORBES - At her late residence 908 N. Montgomery, Jan. 8, 1979. Mother of Mr. Miles Forbes Jr. of Chicago, Illinois; sister of Mrs. Alice Oates of Memphis; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Remains will lie in state Sunday, Jan. 14, in our chapel fro 1 to 4 p.m. Services at 4 p.m., Rev. Samuel Harris officiating. Interment National Cemetery, Monday, 11:30 a.m. J.C. OATES & SONS, 216 Auction (Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, on Saturday, January 12, 1979)
Veterans records list her last name as Fobbs (wife of Miles Fobbs) while most research indicates her name was Alabama Oates FORBES (wife of Miles Forbes and mother of Miles Forbes Jr.)
Per website of Registrar, Shelby County, Tennessee:
ALABAMA FORBES, file #02155, died 01/06/1979, age 80, black, widow, county of death Shelby TN, county of residence Shelby TN
Died - MRS. ALABAMA OATES FORBES, 80, of 908 North Montgomery, widow of Miles Forbes, died at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at home. J.C. Oates & Sons Funeral Home has chare. She leaves a son, Miles Forbes Jr. of Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. Alice Oates of Memphis. (Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, on Monday, January 8, 1979)
Notice - MRS. ALABAMA OATES FORBES - At her late residence 908 N. Montgomery, Jan. 8, 1979. Mother of Mr. Miles Forbes Jr. of Chicago, Illinois; sister of Mrs. Alice Oates of Memphis; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Remains will lie in state Sunday, Jan. 14, in our chapel fro 1 to 4 p.m. Services at 4 p.m., Rev. Samuel Harris officiating. Interment National Cemetery, Monday, 11:30 a.m. J.C. OATES & SONS, 216 Auction (Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, on Saturday, January 12, 1979)
Per website of Registrar, Shelby County, Tennessee:
ALABAMA FORBES, file #02155, died 01/06/1979, age 80, black, widow, county of death Shelby TN, county of residence Shelby TN
Died - MRS. ALABAMA OATES FORBES, 80, of 908 North Montgomery, widow of Miles Forbes, died at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at home. J.C. Oates & Sons Funeral Home has chare. She leaves a son, Miles Forbes Jr. of Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. Alice Oates of Memphis. (Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, on Monday, January 8, 1979)
Notice - MRS. ALABAMA OATES FORBES - At her late residence 908 N. Montgomery, Jan. 8, 1979. Mother of Mr. Miles Forbes Jr. of Chicago, Illinois; sister of Mrs. Alice Oates of Memphis; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Remains will lie in state Sunday, Jan. 14, in our chapel fro 1 to 4 p.m. Services at 4 p.m., Rev. Samuel Harris officiating. Interment National Cemetery, Monday, 11:30 a.m. J.C. OATES & SONS, 216 Auction (Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, on Saturday, January 12, 1979)
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