Ella Frances Hudspeth
Birth
28 Nov 1918
Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
1 Dec 1993 (aged 75)
Burial
Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Memorial ID
229361063 · View Source

Miss Ella Frances Hudspeth was born on November 28, 1918 in Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee, the daughter of William Pierce Hudspeth (1895–1972) and his 1st wife Alma May (Baker) Hudspeth (1894–1962).

She attended public schools in Nashville and was employed by Equifax-Retail Credit Company for 45 years. She was state president of Georgia Business & Professional Women (BPW) in 1962-63, Buckhead BPW president in 1959-60, vice president & treasurer of Nashville BPW in 1953-54, president of Atlanta Women's Chamber of Commerce in 1966-67 and the US hostess & delegation leader of Goodwill People to People Travel Program in 1964. She was also instrumental in creating Georgia's State Commission on the Status of Women.

A member of Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, Ella was 75 years old when she passed away on December 1, 1993.

Survivors included her sisters Euline H Behm and Arnelle Brantley, nieces Kathy Celauro, Patricia Rowe, Donna Reed, Amy Restarick and Gayle Riggins and nephew Lee Brantley.

Funeral Services were held on December 3rd, and burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville.

Original obituary in THE TENNESSEAN on December 2, 1993

Family Members
Parents
William Pierce Hudspeth
1895–1972

Alma May Baker Hudspeth
1894–1962

Siblings

Elizabeth Arnelle Hudspeth Brantley
1921–1999

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