Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
NameEdward Eugene "Gene" SALTS461, M
Birth Date4 Dec 1915461
Birth PlaceMemphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Death Date8 Nov 2004461 Age: 88
Death PlaceTupelo, Lee County, Mississippi
Burial PlaceTupelo Memorial Park Cemetery, Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi
FatherThomas Heskell SALTZ , M (1882-1945)
MotherNelly Bly "Nell" LACY , F (1889-1961)
Spouses
Birth Date17 Jan 1918461
Death Date15 Feb 2011 Age: 93
Death PlaceHardin County Nursing Home, Hardin County, Mississippi
Burial PlaceTupelo Memorial Park Cemetery, Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi
Marr Date5 May 1934
ChildrenMichael (Living)
Notes for Edward Eugene "Gene" SALTS
Notes for EDWARD EUGENE SALTS from Connie Gray:
He was called Gene. He met Sylvia while working with his Father cutting timber in northern Mississippi. Gene served in the Navy during WWII. Gene and Sylvia won several Jitterbug contests in Memphis. They had a farm in Walnut, Miss., where Gene was a state constable. They moved to Boonville, MS when their son Mike opened Salts Funeral Home. They moved to Tupelo, MS around 2001.461
Obituary - Edward Eugene Salts, from the North East Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo Mississippi November 10, 2004 (corrections by Connie Gray are in brackets)
TUPELO - Edward Eugene Salts, 88, formerly of Booneville, died Monday, Nov. 8, 2004, at the North Mississippi Medical Center as the result of injuries received in a house fire three weeks ago. He was born Dec. 4, 1915, to Thomas and Nell Salts of Memphis. He attended Humes School. He was a Golden Glove boxing champion in Memphis in 1930 and 1931. He married Sylvia Street in May 1934. A veteran of World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy Sea Bees his entire military career. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a retired employee of the State of Mississippi, serving with the MDC for 16 years. He was a deputy sheriff in Benton County for four years. He was a retired funeral owner and director of Salts Funeral Home (now Prentiss County Funeral Home) for 30 years. A member of the Church of Christ, he was instrumental in the establishment of many Church of Christ congregations. He loved being with his family, especially his two grandsons.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at the Chapel of the Prentiss County Funeral Home with Bro. J.A. Thornton and Bro. Doug Greenway officiating. Burial will be in the Joyner Memorial Gardens in Tupelo.
Survivors include his wife of 70 years, Sylvia Street Salts of Tupelo; a son, Michael Salts and wife, Marie, of Tupelo; two grandsons, England-Dan Salts and Pat-Rue Salts of Tupelo; a sister, Dorothy Rayburn and husband, Alvin, of Memphis; three nieces, Connie Gray of South Carolina, and Betty Bajocki [Bargiacchi] and Patty Baggett of Memphis.
He was preceded in death by three sisters, Louise Ivy, Blanche Salieba [Saliba] and Nickey [Mickey] Jenson, and four brothers, Andrew Saltz, William Burton Saltz, Joe Saltz and Thomas Saltz.
He was called Gene. He met Sylvia while working with his Father cutting timber in northern Mississippi. Gene served in the Navy during WWII. Gene and Sylvia won several Jitterbug contests in Memphis. They had a farm in Walnut, Miss., where Gene was a state constable. They moved to Boonville, MS when their son Mike opened Salts Funeral Home. They moved to Tupelo, MS around 2001.461
Obituary - Edward Eugene Salts, from the North East Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo Mississippi November 10, 2004 (corrections by Connie Gray are in brackets)
TUPELO - Edward Eugene Salts, 88, formerly of Booneville, died Monday, Nov. 8, 2004, at the North Mississippi Medical Center as the result of injuries received in a house fire three weeks ago. He was born Dec. 4, 1915, to Thomas and Nell Salts of Memphis. He attended Humes School. He was a Golden Glove boxing champion in Memphis in 1930 and 1931. He married Sylvia Street in May 1934. A veteran of World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy Sea Bees his entire military career. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a retired employee of the State of Mississippi, serving with the MDC for 16 years. He was a deputy sheriff in Benton County for four years. He was a retired funeral owner and director of Salts Funeral Home (now Prentiss County Funeral Home) for 30 years. A member of the Church of Christ, he was instrumental in the establishment of many Church of Christ congregations. He loved being with his family, especially his two grandsons.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at the Chapel of the Prentiss County Funeral Home with Bro. J.A. Thornton and Bro. Doug Greenway officiating. Burial will be in the Joyner Memorial Gardens in Tupelo.
Survivors include his wife of 70 years, Sylvia Street Salts of Tupelo; a son, Michael Salts and wife, Marie, of Tupelo; two grandsons, England-Dan Salts and Pat-Rue Salts of Tupelo; a sister, Dorothy Rayburn and husband, Alvin, of Memphis; three nieces, Connie Gray of South Carolina, and Betty Bajocki [Bargiacchi] and Patty Baggett of Memphis.
He was preceded in death by three sisters, Louise Ivy, Blanche Salieba [Saliba] and Nickey [Mickey] Jenson, and four brothers, Andrew Saltz, William Burton Saltz, Joe Saltz and Thomas Saltz.
Notes for Sylvia Christine (Spouse 1)
2011, February 15th - Sylvia Salts Obituary - Published: Friday, March 4, 2011 2:45 PM CST in the Lee County Courier, Lee County, Mississippi
Private services for Sylvia Salts were held Feb. 22, at Kesler Funeral Home in Baldwyn. Salts, 93, died Feb.15, 2011, at the Hardin County Nursing Home. She was a retired secretary for Salts Funeral Home. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include one son, Mike Salts of Tupelo; and two grandsons, England Dan and Pat Rue Salts, both of Booneville. She was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, E.E. Salts. Burial was in Tupelo Memorial Cemetery. Kesler Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Private services for Sylvia Salts were held Feb. 22, at Kesler Funeral Home in Baldwyn. Salts, 93, died Feb.15, 2011, at the Hardin County Nursing Home. She was a retired secretary for Salts Funeral Home. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include one son, Mike Salts of Tupelo; and two grandsons, England Dan and Pat Rue Salts, both of Booneville. She was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, E.E. Salts. Burial was in Tupelo Memorial Cemetery. Kesler Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.