Sidney attended school in Airmount and was a member
the Baptist Church in that small community.
He later, worked as a mechanic for my grandfather
in Centralia, Illnois. This is where he met and courted my mother,
Pearle Augusta Schneider. They were married June 24, 1924
in Brownstown, Illinois. They were later divorced and he was remarried
to a lady whose first name was Frances. He later, married Ruth Byars.
He was the owner of a Sundry store in Memphis, Tennessee, where he died
on the 21st day of March in 1952. He is buried in the New Hope Baptist
Church cemetery near Coffeeville, Mississippi.
Child by Sidney and Frances: Billie Jean French
Child by Sidney and Ruth Byars French:
Sydney Ruth French
Sydney L. French Obituary
Funeral services were held at New Hope Church last Sunday
afternoon for Sidney L. French who died in the Baptist Hospital, Memphis, Friday.
Rev. G. B. Basden conducted the services. Burial in the New Hope cemetery was
in charge of National Funeral Home, Memphis.
Mr. French was born and reared in the New Hope community, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Grafton L. French, who survive. He united with New Hope Church early in life.
He moved to Memphis about 20 years ago where at the time of his death he was
operator of Lincoln Sundry Store. He was 53. Death was caused by a heart attack.
Besides his parents, who live in Memphis, Mr. French is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ruth French, Memphis, and two small daughters, Billy Jean and Sidney Ruth; four
brothers, Roy French, Coffeeville; Frank French, Baton Rouge, La.; B. L. French,
Houston, Texas; and Will Ike French, Memphis; and five sisters; Mrs. J. W. Davis,
Mrs. Ed Woods, Miss Annie Mae French and Miss Jubeth French, all of Memphis, and
Mrs. Kennis Bryant, Jackson, Miss. [date March 21, 1952]