Viola when she was a kid

A closeup photo for Mrs. Viola Jane Bowlin Phillips Honeycutt. Grave is back from the church facilities at Reeves Grove. The closeup photo was added to show birth was Sept. 30th and not 20th as shown on the memorial. A request was sent for submitter to make changes. (ngl)


Viola Jane Bowlin Phillips and her first husband, G. Smith Phillips, were parents of Clara Phillips Layfield; Roy Phillips; Bessie Mae Phillips Brewer; and Ruth Pearl Phillips Cunningham.

William Henry Honeycutt and his first wife, Annie Laura Carden Honeycutt, were parents of Lottie Charlotte Honeycutt Owen; Rose Lee Honeycutt Quimby; Horace Pinkney Honeycutt; William Leroy "Dink" Honeycutt and family states another boy who died young.

Mrs. Viola Phillips married William Henry Honeycutt and their children were Georgia Lee Honeycutt Jolly, Mary Faye Honeycutt Helms; Rubye Pauline Honeycutt Hare; Dorothy Honeycutt Hutchens and Gerald Honeycutt.



Alabama Death Record:
Name: Viola Jane Bowlin Honeycutt
Birth Date: abt 1892
Death Date: 10 Dec 1964
Death Place: Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama
Death Age: 72
Gender: Female
Father Name: Levi Bowlin
Mother Name: Sara Ann Morrison
FHL Film Number: 1909072



THE GADSDEN TIMES (Gadsden, Alabama), Friday, Dec. 11, 1964: Mrs. Viola Jane Honeycutt, 72, Steele, Route One, passed away at a local hospital (Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL) Thursday at 5 p.m. after an extended illness. Survived by 3 sons, Roy Phillips, Steele; Horace Honeycutt, Gadsden and W.L. Honeycutt, Trussville; 9 daughters, Mrs. Lottie Owens and Mrs. Ruth Cunningham, Steele; Mrs. Rose Quimby, Fowler, Ohio; Mrs. Bessie Brewer, Mrs. Dorothy Hutchins and Mrs. Sara McClendon, Attalla; Mrs. Georgia Jolly, Taylorsville, NC; Mrs. Faye Helms, Gadsden; and Mrs. Ruby Hare, Odenville; 4 brothers; 8 sisters; 29 grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren. Funeral services from Reeves Grove Baptist Church Saturday 2 pm with Revs. Leonard Franklin, Dwight Harris and Kenneth Spears officiating. Interment in Reeves Grove Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be grandsons. Mrs. Honeycutt was a native and life long resident of St. Clair County and a member of Reeves Grove Baptist Church. The body will remain at residence of her daughter, Mrs. Ruth Cunningham, Steele, until the hour of service. Collier-Butler Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

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Death Record for her first husband:
Name: Smith Phillips
Birth Date: abt 1890
Birth Place: Alabama
Death Date: 3 Oct 1917 <--------
Death Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
Burial Place: St. Clair Springs, Alabama
Death Age: 27
Occupation: Miner <-----------
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Street address: Hillman Hospital
Father Name: J A Phillips
Father Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother Name: M A Phillips
Mother Birth Place: Alabama
FHL Film Number: 1908190
(Hillman Hospital is currently UAB in Birmngham)
[parents: James Augustus and Mary Ann Patridge Phillips]


ALABAMA MARRIAGE RECORD:
Name: Viola Bowlin
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1908
Marriage Place: Saint Clair, Alabama
Spouse: G. Smith Philips
FHL Film Number: 1035445

An overview photo with surrounding family plots will assist researchers to locate the HONEYCUTT graves. They are back from the church facilities at Reeves Grove.