Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Augustus Moncrief

Graveside funeral services for Augustus Z. Moncrief, 87, was Tuesday at noon at the DeAnn Cemetery in Prescott.

A native of Prescott, Mr. Moncrief lived in Los Angeles where he died on August 21, 2004.

Mr. Moncrief was the son on Earlie Norton Moncrief and Tom Moncrief. He was born September 25, 1916. He married Mildred Wallace in 1937. She preceded him in death in 1965. They had five children. "Moncrief", as he was known by many, later married Faye Frazier Birmingham, who also preceded him death.

Before moving to California, Mr. Moncrief lived in Little Rock and in Texarkana, Texas. Early in life he was a passenger assistant for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. He later retired from the Los Angeles Unified School District where he worked in support services.

Mr. Moncrief is survived by his children, all of Los Angeles. They are: daughter, Colette DeVerge and her husband Frank and Barbara and Millicent (Lisa) Moncrief; sons, Augustus, Jr. (his wife Marilyn Jan) and Byron. He is also survived by seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Other survivors include his sister, Flossie Furlow of Berkeley, Calif.; and two step-daughters, Cheryl Robertson of Dallas, Texas, and Janice Powell of Marshall, Texas; several nieces, nephews, and numerous cousins also mourn his loss.