Lucie Tunstall Irby
b. 14 December 1885, d. 18 March 1966
- Father: Christopher Perry Irby b. 30 May 1863, d. 9 November 1942
- Mother: Mary Vernon Pegues b. 4 July 1865, d. 3 May 1908
- Lucie Tunstall Irby was born on 14 December 1885 in Gee's Bend, Wilcox County, Alabama.
- Christopher Perry Irby and Mary Vernon Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Lucie Tunstall Irby, Christopher Pegues Irby, Helen Earle Irby, Annie Pegues Irby and Joseph Young Irby.
- She married James Bishop Chambers, son of William Adams Chambers and Willie Appleton, on 4 September 1904 in Marion, Perry County, Alabama, with Rev. McCann, of the Methodist Church, officiating.
- The following appeared on 6 September 1904 in The Montgomery Advertiser: (Uniontown, Sept. 5) Last night at 9:15 o'clock, at the King House in Marion, Mr. James Bishop Chambers and Miss Lucy Tunstall Irby of this city, were married by Rev. McCann of the Methodist Church.
There were present from this place Hon. J. B. Christian, Prof. A. M. Spesard, R. D. Hart and Miss Violet Mark and a few of Miss Irby's relatives in Marion.
The bride is a fair specimen of the Canebrake belles, beautiful, lovely, accomplished and a universal favorite. Mr. Chambers is equally a favorite in the community and one of our most prosperous young merchants.
There were no parental objections to the marriage, but the young couple took this means of having a quiet marriage. They will return home tomorrow. - The following appeared on 16 January 1910 in The Montgomery Advertiser: (Uniontown, Jan. 15) C. P. Irby and daughter,s Mrs. James B. Chambers, and Miss Annie Irby, returned Wedensday from Atlanta, where they attended the marriage of their son and brother, Christopher P. Irby, Jr., to Miss Pauline Hope of that city.
- Lucie Tunstall Irby became a widow at the 5 February 1932 death of her husband James Bishop Chambers.
- The following appeared in a local newspaper: (Uniontown, Ala., Feb. 6) Funeral services for James Bishop Chambers, 59, who died of heart failure while hunting with some friends near here, were held Saturday afternoon from the residence here. [:CR;] Interment was in the Uniontown Cemetery, with Foster Funeral Home of Tuscaloosa in charge. Rev. O. D. Lasadon officiated at the services Saturday. The deceased is survived by his widow. He had lived in Uniontown all his life.
- She married Joseph Bryan Stickney. Joseph was the father of Lucie's sister Mary's husband..
- Lucie Tunstall Irby became a widow at the 22 February 1959 death of her husband Joseph Bryan Stickney.
- Lucie Tunstall Irby died on 18 March 1966 at age 80 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 17 Mar 2015