McCANLESS, Homer Dudley The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jul 1952 Homer Dudley McCanless, age 75, died Friday morning, July 25th at 4:30 at his home after a months illness. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Bennett-May Funeral Home by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman and Rev W. C. Moorehead. Burial was in the McCanless graveyard in Friendship community. Mr. McCanless a retired carpenter born October 29, 1877 was a lifelong resident of the Friendship community. He was the son of John Wesley McCanless and America Parsons McCanless pioneer families of that community. He was a member of the Methodist Church since early boyhood. Surviving are his second wife, Mrs. Carrie Beard McCanless; one daughter, Mrs. Richard E. Holt; one son B. O. McCanless, all of Pulaski; one brother, George McCanless of Seymour, Texas; and a sister, Mrs. Steelman of Athens, Ala.; and five grandchildren. His first wife, Mrs. Lula Riddle McCanless died March 31, 1941.
