Frances Elmina “Big Mama” <I>Strickland</I> Tarpley

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Frances Elmina “Big Mama” Strickland Tarpley

Birth
Whitehall, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
Death
20 Aug 1996 (aged 95)
Union Point, Greene County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Frances Elmina ''Mina'' Strickland Tarpley, 94, of 304 Spring St., died Tuesday Aug. 20, 1996, at Greene Point Nursing Center.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church, with the Revs. Ed Nelson, Wayne Usry and Terry Christie officiating. Burial will be in Greensboro City cemetery.

Mrs. Tarpley, a native of Clarke County, was a spinner at Mary Lela Cotton Mills for 51 years and a member of First United Methodist Church of Greensboro.

Survivors include three sons, Charles F. Tarpley, Greensboro, Thomas T. Tarpley, Augusta, and W. Mell Tarpley, Columbia; a daughter, Annie T. Bray, Augusta; a sister, Aretta Hancock, Eureka, Cal.; and 15 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and 19 great-great-children.
Mrs. Frances Elmina ''Mina'' Strickland Tarpley, 94, of 304 Spring St., died Tuesday Aug. 20, 1996, at Greene Point Nursing Center.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church, with the Revs. Ed Nelson, Wayne Usry and Terry Christie officiating. Burial will be in Greensboro City cemetery.

Mrs. Tarpley, a native of Clarke County, was a spinner at Mary Lela Cotton Mills for 51 years and a member of First United Methodist Church of Greensboro.

Survivors include three sons, Charles F. Tarpley, Greensboro, Thomas T. Tarpley, Augusta, and W. Mell Tarpley, Columbia; a daughter, Annie T. Bray, Augusta; a sister, Aretta Hancock, Eureka, Cal.; and 15 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and 19 great-great-children.

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