Obituaries for Los Angeles County California Surnames Starting with M

EDWARD K. McCOLLUM -

Services for Edward K. McCollum, 75, native Henderson Countian, were conducted at Los Angeles , Calif. , last week. Mr. McCollum died Friday at Los Angeles General Hospital . He was born near Scotts Hill, Tenn., April 18, 1875 , and moved to Los Angeles in 1919. He was a former school teacher in this county and was a member of Juno Lodge No. 443. He is survived by two sons, Stanley and Helton; a sister, Mrs. R. H. Patterson of Ada , Okla. , and a brother, W. D. McCollum of Altadena , Calif. Masonic honors were given at the burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Los Angeles.

The Lexington Progress, ( Lexington , Tennessee ), September 22, 1950 - transcribed by, Amanda Jowers

 

Skokie, IL-- Peachie Williams McKenzie, 77, of Skokie and formerly of Los Angeles, died Feb. 21 at her daughter Gwendolyn's residence where she had lived since 1995. Mrs. McKenzie was affiliated with Ebenezer A.M.E. Church in Evanston.

Survivors include daughter Gwendolyn Holmes of Skokie, son Wilbur Jr., six grandchildren, two sisters-in-law and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband Wilbur Sr. and her husband Tommie Lee McKenzie of Los Angeles, Cal.

Service and interment were Feb. 28 at Bethel A.M.E. Church in St. Petersburg, Fla., where she was raised.

--Lincolnwood Review (IL) - March 27, 1997 [Contributed by A. Newell]

Obituary of Warren Dexter Montooth and death of brother, Edward "Eddie" James Montooth
Warren died: May 7, 1943
Edward died February 15, 1943 Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California
Rushville Times, May, 1943
Warren Montooth
Warren Montooth, 58, a native of Oakland township, and a son of George and Mary Jane Sloan-Montooth, deceased, died May 7 in Los Angeles, California, following a several months illness from cancer of the stomach. His death followed that of his oldest brother, Edward, whose death occurred only two months previous in California and was also the result of cancer of the stomach.
Warren was born on the old homestead farm in the Houston school district north-east of Rushville, and grew to young manhood there. 
More than twenty-five years ago he removed to South Dakota, later going to California to reside.
He is survived by his widow and two sons, Gerald and Robert, both of whom are in the army, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Fanny Haney of Watertown, South Dakota, Mrs. Bertha Aten of Macomb, Mrs. Alice Garrison of Toulon, Mrs. Grace Jones of Oakland township, Mrs. Lizzie Welker of Pasadena, California and Mrs. Kate Phillips and Frank and Walter Montooth of Rushville.
[From Sara Hemp- 2008]


Miller, Irene G., in Oakland, February 23, 1964, wife of the late Wilbur L. Miller; loving mother of Mrs. Leonard Durant of Oakland and Robert Miller of North Hollywood, grandmother of Randall Miller, Charlene and Helen Durant; sister of Mrs. Raymond F. Thomas of San Bernardino and Byron G. Gwartney of San Diego. A native of Indiana; aged 72 years. For many years a resident of Hollywood.
    Services will be held in Hollywood at the Pierce Bros. Mortuary, 5959 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. Interment Holly Memorial Park Cemetery.

February 24, 1964 Oakland Tribune, Oakland California

 

 

 

 

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