Obituary of Mrs. Nettie Huff Bronte, 1958, Woodruff County, AR

********************************************************************************
Submitted by:  Gloria Bronte Lane, Little Rock, AR.
Date: 16 Aug 2001

Copyright. All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
********************************************************************************

McCrory Central Leader, Woodruff County, Arkansas, Thursday, June 12, 1958


MRS. NETTIE BRONTE DIES SUNDAY AFTER HEART ATTACK

Mrs. Nettie Huff Bronte, 77, widow of Jeff Bronte, died Sunday evening at 7
o'clock at a local hospital following a heart attack.

She was a lifelong resident of McCrory and was an active leader in church
and community affairs for a number of years.  She was past president of the
Woman's Society of Christian Service of the McCrory MEthodist CHurch.
During her presidency the WSCS purchased the church's pipe organ.

Mrs. Bronte was active in home demonstration work and served as president
of the Woodruff County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs.

Her grandfather, Elias Huff, settled one mile east of McCrory in the 1850's.

Survivors include two sons, Paul Bronte of McCrory and J. L. Bronte of
Nanuet, N.Y.; two daughters, Mrs. Lewis Weld of Weldon and Mrs. Clayton
WHite of South Pasadena, Calif.; a brother, Vernon Huff of McCrory; three
sisters, Mrs. D. E. Chappell of McCrory, Miss Ottie Huff of Birmingham,
Ala., and Mrs. R. L. Jones of Commerce, Tex., and 10 grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the McCrory Methodist Church Tuesday
afternoon by Dr. Golder Lawrence, pastor.  Burial was in Fakes Cemetery by
Thompson-WIlson Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Carl Taylor of Augusta; Buddie Best, R. C. Chappell, Roy
Smith, Billy Angelo, Marcus Bergschneider, Thorpe Hamilton, and T. C. Bull
of McCrory.