Frances Lutitia Bentley

1874 - 1951  (76 years)

• Name	Frances Lutitia Bentley
  Birth	29 May 1874	Alexander County, , , North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Death	5 Mar 1951	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Burial	Fork Mountain Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina
  Notes	Frances was the daughter of Robert F. Bentley & Sarah Ann Davis. She was the wife of Wilburn Harrison Calhoun. Siblings: James Partee; Mary Jane; M.M.;Oscar M.;Florence; John; Meadie Victoria Mrs. Frances Calhoun, 75 died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mike Peters, at Hampton, 11:40 am Monday, after a several months. She was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church for 50 years. Survivors are three daughters, Miss Jessie Calhoun of Hampton, Mrs. Sam Harrison of Shell Creek, and Mrs. Mike Peters of Hampton; three sons, Clarence Calhoun of Elizabethton, Oscar Calhoun of Hampton and Tate Calhoun of South Bend, Ind, three sisters and on brother, forty grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Evergreen Church at 11 AM Wednesday with the Rev. Carl Osborne officiating. The body will be taken to the home of her sister, Mrs. Sam Harris at 3 PM today. Burial will be at Fork Mountain Cemetery in Vale, NC. Appalachian Funeral Home is in charge. Note: The above obit. was copied as it appeared in the Elizabethton Star. There are a couple of errors in this obituary. Grandma and Grandpa Calhoun had 2 daughters and 4 sons, not 3 daughters and 3 sons as the obit. states. There is no Miss Jessie Calhoun. It should have read Jeffie Calhoun of Hampton. The body was taken to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sam Harrison, not to the home of her sister, Mrs. Sam Harris as the obit. stated. Frances did not have a sister who married a Sam Harris.
  Person ID	I10063	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Robert Franklin Bentley,   b. 14 Sep 1847, North Carolina, , , d. 7 Dec 1906, Mitchell County, , , North Carolina (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann Davis,   b. 8 Mar 1852, Wilkes County, , , North Carolina d. 7 May 1940, Mitchell County, , , North Carolina (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1867
  Family ID	F4115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wilburn Harrison Calhoun,   b. Abt 1877, Mitchell County, , , North Carolina d. 15 Jan 1949, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age ~ 72 years)
  Marriage	28 Feb 1895	Mitchell County, , , North Carolina
  Children	1. Clarence Tilman Calhoun,   b. 19 Oct 1897, Mitchell County, , , North Carolina d. 28 Apr 1965, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 67 years)   2. Otis P. Calhoun,   b. Abt 1901, Mitchell County, , , North Carolina   3. Oscar Cleo Calhoun,   b. 8 Jul 1903, Mitchell County, , , North Carolina d. 5 Aug 1986, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 83 years)   4. Grace Calhoun,   b. 16 Apr 1907, Mitchell County, , , North Carolina d. 4 Sep 1997, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 90 years)   5. Texie Beatrice Calhoun,   b. 10 Feb 1910, Unicoi County, , , Tennessee d. 28 Aug 1990, Washintgon County, , , Tennessee (Age 80 years)   6. Patie Calhoun,   b. Abt 1913, , Avery County, North Carolina,   7. Living
  Family ID	F4139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart