Martha Williamson (Ralls) Philips (1889 - 1962)

Born 24 Jul 1889 in Peeks Hill, Calhoun, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Ross Philips — married 22 Dec 1910 in Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States

Died 14 Oct 1962 at age 73 in Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States [uncertain]

Biography

The obituary for Martha Ralls Phillips was published on the front page of "The Gadsden Times"; newspaper; Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama: Monday, Oct. 15, 1962

Death Takes Mrs. Phillips

Mrs. Martha Ralls Phillips, 73, Martha Washington Apartments, Turrentine Avenue, died at 4:45 a.m. yesterday after an illness of two weeks.

Funeral services were to be held at 3:30 p.m. today at Collier-Butler Chapel with the Rev. Thomas Cross, Jr. officiating. Burial was to be in Forrest Cemetery.

Active pallbearers were to be John Sidney Walker, Holt Leach, Dr. John B. Bass, John H. Cathey, Dr. Scott Vance, B.W. Appleton, Dr. Mort Glosser, Dr. L. R. Lonnergan, Willis A. Harris, Lonnie Noojin and Ken Mitchell.

Mrs. Phillips is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Charles A. Cain, Army Chemical Center, Maryland; one son, J. Ross Philips, Jr., Youngston, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. Boyd Philips, Mrs. Gracy Gallant and Mrs. Oscar Freeman, all of Gadsden; four brothers, Hamilton B., Joseph C. and F. C. Ralls, all of Hoganville, Ga., and John II Ralls, Santaa Maria, Calif., and four grandchildren.

A native of Calhoun County and a resident of Gadsden for most of her life, Mrs. Philips was a member of First Presbyterian Church.

She was the wife of the late John Ross Philips, Sr., and the daughter of the late Rev. Hamilton B. Ralls and Emma Williams Ralls.

The body will remain at Collier-Butler throughout the hour of service.

Sources

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Coal City, St Clair, Alabama; Page: 42; Enumeration District: 0107; FHL microfilm: 1240038. Description: Precinct 10 Coal City including Coal City Town

Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line].

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29T-SR9B : 17 July 2020), Martha Ralls Philips, 1962; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151370743/martha-philips

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Gordon Ralls for creating WikiTree profile Ralls-493 through the import of Ralls043013.GED on Jun 20, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Gordon and others.