Alma May Baker Hudspeth
Birth
7 May 1894
Tennessee, USA
Death
19 Sep 1962 (aged 68)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Memorial ID
229359895 · View Source

Alma May (Baker) Hudspeth was born on May 7, 1894 in Tennessee, the daughter of William Calvin Baker (1856–1938) and Sophie Frances (Mullins) Baker (1853–1913).

She was married as the 1st wife of William Pierce Hudspeth (1895–1972) on January 14, 1915 in Robertson County, Tennessee, and he was the son of Jesse Burr Hudspeth and Joe Ella (Briggs) Hudspeth.

Living at 123 Fairway Drive in rural Donelson, Davidson County,Tennessee, Alma was 68 years old and married when she died - cause unknown - on September 19, 1962 at Nashville General Hospital, where she had been for nine hours.

Survivors included her husband William in Donelson, daughters Miss Ella Frances Hudspeth of Atlanta, Georgia, Mrs Donald F Behm of Smithville, Tennessee and Mrs Douglas Bradley of Madison, Tennessee, brothers L Cleveland Baker of Springfield, Tennessee and Frank Baker of Nashville and six grandchildren.

Funeral Services were held on September 21st at Lockland Baptist Church, and burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville.

Much of the above is from her Death Certificate, with W P Hudspeth of Donelson as the informant. Added info is from her published obituary in THE TENNESSEAN on September 21, 1962.

Known children of Alma and William:

~ Ella Frances Hudspeth (1918–1993) single

~ Elizabeth "Arnelle" Hudspeth (1921–1999) married Harold "Douglas" Brantley

~ Euline Alma "Leigh" Hudspeth (1926–2019) married Donald F Behm

Family Members
Parents

William Calvin Baker
1856–1938

Sophia Frances Mullins Baker
1853–1913

Spouse
William Pierce Hudspeth
1895–1972 (m. 1915)

Siblings

William Calvin Baker Jr
1878–1910

Frank Davis Baker
1884–1975

Neppie Belle "Artha" Baker Tenpenny
1884–1913

Loren I Baker
1886–1909

Mary Lilly Baker Perry
1889–1910

Cora Maude Baker
1896–1917

Children
Ella Frances Hudspeth
1918–1993

Elizabeth Arnelle Hudspeth Brantley
1921–1999

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