The Hood Family of Webster County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
The Hood Family of Webster County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
NameHUMPHRIES, Rev. Joseph Thomas 
Birth Date7 Nov 1917
Birth PlaceAvon, Hartford County, Connecticut
Death Date24 Apr 2011 Age: 93
Death PlaceTuscaloosa County, Alabama
OccupationMethodist Minister
Misc. Notes
Rev. Joseph Thomas Humphries, 93, died Sunday, April 24, 2011, at the Regency Retirement Village in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Rev. Humphries was a retired Methodist Minister whose churches in the North Mississippi Conference included Ethel, Morehead, Corinth, Cleveland, Amory and Leland. He also served as District Superintendent of the Greenwood District. He was fondly called Brother Joe by his many friends from these churches, and he was especially devoted to ministry to youth and families.
Rev. Humphries was born in Avon, Connecticut, one of eleven children of Chester and Edna Woodford Humphries. He grew up in Winston County, Mississippi and graduated from Wood Junior College in Mathiston, MS. He also graduated from Millsaps College in Jackson, MS in 1941 and from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.
Upon retirement, he and his wife of 69 years, Mallye Hood (Pat) Humphries, lived in Wister Gardens in Belzonia, MS and oversaw the beautiful public gardens there. He was a member of the Mississippi Men's Garden Club.
Rev. Humphries was preceded in death by his beloved son, Kenneth, an attorney in Atlanta, GA.
Survivors include his devoted wife, Pat; his two children, Beverly (Warren) Jones, Washington, D.C. and Robin (Jeff) McDaniel, Akron, AL; one daughter-in-law, Jo Bell Humphries Livingston; three grandchildren, Courtney Wilson, Reston, VA, Catherine Honori-Jones, Strasbourg, France and Adam McDaniel, Atlanta, GA; and four great-grandchildren.
Rev. Humphries was a life-long supporter of Millsaps College and a former member of the Board of Trustees.
Pallbearers were Rev. Carl Gubbs, Rev. Sam Morris, Rev. Pat Ludlam, Foster Dickard, Tom Dickard, and Heath Livingston.
Rev. Humphries was born in Avon, Connecticut, one of eleven children of Chester and Edna Woodford Humphries. He grew up in Winston County, Mississippi and graduated from Wood Junior College in Mathiston, MS. He also graduated from Millsaps College in Jackson, MS in 1941 and from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.
Upon retirement, he and his wife of 69 years, Mallye Hood (Pat) Humphries, lived in Wister Gardens in Belzonia, MS and oversaw the beautiful public gardens there. He was a member of the Mississippi Men's Garden Club.
Rev. Humphries was preceded in death by his beloved son, Kenneth, an attorney in Atlanta, GA.
Survivors include his devoted wife, Pat; his two children, Beverly (Warren) Jones, Washington, D.C. and Robin (Jeff) McDaniel, Akron, AL; one daughter-in-law, Jo Bell Humphries Livingston; three grandchildren, Courtney Wilson, Reston, VA, Catherine Honori-Jones, Strasbourg, France and Adam McDaniel, Atlanta, GA; and four great-grandchildren.
Rev. Humphries was a life-long supporter of Millsaps College and a former member of the Board of Trustees.
Pallbearers were Rev. Carl Gubbs, Rev. Sam Morris, Rev. Pat Ludlam, Foster Dickard, Tom Dickard, and Heath Livingston.
Spouses
1HOOD, Mattye , Niece
, NieceBirth Date4 Sep 1921
Birth PlaceWebster County, Mississippi
Death Date27 Nov 2012 Age: 91
Death PlaceCarollton, Pickens County, Alabama
FatherHOOD, Everett Jerome (1881-1972)
MotherLEWIS, Dora (~1889-1971)
Misc. Notes
Mattye (Pat) Hood Humphries, daughter of Dora and E. J. Hood was born September 4, 1921 in Webster County, Mississippi and died November 27, 2012 in Carrollton, AL.
Pat was the devoted and loving wife for 69 years of Reverend Joseph Thomas Humphries, a Methodist minister in the Mississippi Conference, who preceded her in death in 2011. She was also the warm and loving mother of three children, Beverly H. Jones (Warren) of Washington, DC and Robin H. McDaniel (Jeff) of Akron, AL.
She was preceded in death by her son, Kenneth, who died in 1981. She was also the mother-in-law to Jo Bell Livingston of Gallatin, TN.
Pat made a beautiful and welcoming home and had many close friends in every community where they lived, including Ethel, Moorhead, Corinth, Cleveland, Greenwood, Amory and Leland. Upon retirement, Pat and Joe were invited to live at Wister Gardens in Belzoni, Mississippi, and manage the beautiful public gardens, which they did for 12 years. Pat was an avid gardener and an award-winning flower arranger.
While in her 70's, she surprised her children with a written memoir of her life which gave treasured personal observations of a childhood in rural Mississippi in the 1920's and 1930's; a lifetime being the wife of a Methodist minister; and a recounting of their extensive international travel.
Pat was also a loving grandmother to Courtney Jones Wilson (Peter) from Reston, VA; Catherine Honore-Jones (Philippe) from Strasbourg, France; and Adam McDaniel from Atlanta, GA. She had four great grandchildren: Jonas and Paige Wilson and Solan and Cecilia Honore-Jones
Pat was the devoted and loving wife for 69 years of Reverend Joseph Thomas Humphries, a Methodist minister in the Mississippi Conference, who preceded her in death in 2011. She was also the warm and loving mother of three children, Beverly H. Jones (Warren) of Washington, DC and Robin H. McDaniel (Jeff) of Akron, AL.
She was preceded in death by her son, Kenneth, who died in 1981. She was also the mother-in-law to Jo Bell Livingston of Gallatin, TN.
Pat made a beautiful and welcoming home and had many close friends in every community where they lived, including Ethel, Moorhead, Corinth, Cleveland, Greenwood, Amory and Leland. Upon retirement, Pat and Joe were invited to live at Wister Gardens in Belzoni, Mississippi, and manage the beautiful public gardens, which they did for 12 years. Pat was an avid gardener and an award-winning flower arranger.
While in her 70's, she surprised her children with a written memoir of her life which gave treasured personal observations of a childhood in rural Mississippi in the 1920's and 1930's; a lifetime being the wife of a Methodist minister; and a recounting of their extensive international travel.
Pat was also a loving grandmother to Courtney Jones Wilson (Peter) from Reston, VA; Catherine Honore-Jones (Philippe) from Strasbourg, France; and Adam McDaniel from Atlanta, GA. She had four great grandchildren: Jonas and Paige Wilson and Solan and Cecilia Honore-Jones