Marcell Young Douthit

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Marcell Young Douthit

Birth
Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Death
6 Sep 1951 (aged 84)
Tanner, Limestone County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Ardmore, Limestone County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Marcell was the son of Calvin Young Douthit and Mary Jane Dunlap. He was born in Ardmore, Lincoln County, Tennessee. At age 23 he took Addie Bea George as his wife. The couple was married by E.S. Wilson in Lincoln County, Tennessee. The couple had 10 children during the next 18 years.

Marcell was a farmer. Much of what he farmed was cotton. In 1900 he was renting a farm in Lincoln County, Tennessee. By 1910 he owned and ran a general farm in Sand Springs, Alabama. The family remained there for some time. In April of 1930 he was found to be residing in Quid Nune, Limestone County, Alabama. He died in Tanner Alabama.

Athens (AL) Limestone Democrat, September 11, 1951, p.1.
Funeral services for M. Y. Douthit, Sr., 86, were conducted by Rev. J. C. Crim and Rev. G. M. Bynum at the Tanner Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at two o’clock. Internment followed in Ardmore Cemetery, directed by McConnell-Service.
Mr. Douthit and the late Mrs. Douthit came from Lincoln County, Tennessee, to Alabama in 1900. His spirit, his entusiasm and love for all people, particularly the unfortunate were outstanding. Mr. Douthit was a devoted servant at Tanner Methodist Church. He was always an
inspiration. A Christian man who never sacrificed principles for any cause. A leadership for the better ways of life.
Survivors include 10 children, G.F. of Prattville, H.Y. of Ardmore, H.L. of Decatur, E.E. of Belle Mina, M.Y. Jr., Athens, Route 3, Florence of Tanner, Mary of Washington, DC, Ruby of Montgomery, Mrs. Mike Lindsay of Tanner and Mrs. Douglas Henderson of Russellville, Mr. R.W.Commons, Coldwater, Tenn.;18 grandchildren; and 18 great­ grandchildren
Marcell was the son of Calvin Young Douthit and Mary Jane Dunlap. He was born in Ardmore, Lincoln County, Tennessee. At age 23 he took Addie Bea George as his wife. The couple was married by E.S. Wilson in Lincoln County, Tennessee. The couple had 10 children during the next 18 years.

Marcell was a farmer. Much of what he farmed was cotton. In 1900 he was renting a farm in Lincoln County, Tennessee. By 1910 he owned and ran a general farm in Sand Springs, Alabama. The family remained there for some time. In April of 1930 he was found to be residing in Quid Nune, Limestone County, Alabama. He died in Tanner Alabama.

Athens (AL) Limestone Democrat, September 11, 1951, p.1.
Funeral services for M. Y. Douthit, Sr., 86, were conducted by Rev. J. C. Crim and Rev. G. M. Bynum at the Tanner Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at two o’clock. Internment followed in Ardmore Cemetery, directed by McConnell-Service.
Mr. Douthit and the late Mrs. Douthit came from Lincoln County, Tennessee, to Alabama in 1900. His spirit, his entusiasm and love for all people, particularly the unfortunate were outstanding. Mr. Douthit was a devoted servant at Tanner Methodist Church. He was always an
inspiration. A Christian man who never sacrificed principles for any cause. A leadership for the better ways of life.
Survivors include 10 children, G.F. of Prattville, H.Y. of Ardmore, H.L. of Decatur, E.E. of Belle Mina, M.Y. Jr., Athens, Route 3, Florence of Tanner, Mary of Washington, DC, Ruby of Montgomery, Mrs. Mike Lindsay of Tanner and Mrs. Douglas Henderson of Russellville, Mr. R.W.Commons, Coldwater, Tenn.;18 grandchildren; and 18 great­ grandchildren

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