These are typed from photographed copies of many obituaries and death notices that I have in my collection. For many of them there is no indication of what newspaper they came from nor is a year indicated for some of them. Photo copies are sometimes hard to read or are damaged. Also, some of the obits and death notices may not be complete. I will be spending time searching out the complete documents and their location, as well as continuing to search for more obituaries and death notices to add here. I always strive for correctness.
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C. C. PACK, 65 YEARS OLD, DIES NEAR HERE
Native of Virginia; Funeral Services To Be Held Monday
Crockett Calvin Pack, 65, died yesterday at his home on rural route 6. The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, where the funeral services will be held tomorrow at one o’clock in the afternoon. Rev. W. R. Kornegay, pastor of the Nazarene Church, will officiate. Interment will be at Newtown.
Mr. Pack, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Pack, was born in Tazewell County, Va., on March 11, 1880. He was married to Lillie Smith, on Sept. 30, 1904, in Cleveland, Va., and to this union four children were born. Mr. and Mrs. Pack have lived near Kirksville for the past twenty years, having moved here from Milan.
He is a member of the Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Beulah Montgomery and one son, John C. Pack, both of Kirksville; one brother, Sam Pack, West Virginia, and one sister, Mrs. Ella Thomas, Norton, Va. There are also three granddaughters and two grandsons.
One son, Pvt. Clyde Pack, USMCR, was killed in action of Okinawa, June 11, 1945, and another son, Clarence, died in 1930. He was also preceded in death by five brothers and two sisters.
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Amy Packwood Funeral Service Is Held
Amy Grace Packwood was born in Elliot Township, Iowa on April 2, 1884. She was the daughter of T. E. Hannan and R. E. Smith Hannan.
She spent much of her life in Chicago and later in St. Louis Mo. On September 23, 1942 she was married to Rev. Purley E. Packwood. They spent many happy years together in the Methodist ministry in Missouri before retiring in Rutledge. In her last years she enjoyed the wonderful association with her church and community friends.
Her survivors are one sister, Mrs. Mary Kerr of Morningsun, Iowa; three stepchildren, Normal E. Packwood, Mays Landing, N. J., Mrs. Thelma Packwood Dengg of Brazil, Ind. and Mrs. Neldena Packwood Huffman of Anaheim, Calif.; five step grandchildren, three step great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband and a son, Harold by a precious marriage.
Services were held from the Gerth & Baskett chapel in Memphis, Mo., Tuesday, Jan. 4 at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Frank Barnett officiating.
Burial was in the Wyaconda cemetery. Body bearers were Raymond Forquer, Earl Forquer, Wade Phillips, Leland Miller, Pearl Grover and Irvin Johnston.
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JOHN VICTOR PADGET
John Victor Padget, son of John W. and Sarah A. Padget, was born near Arbela, January 24, 1883, and departed this life on July 4, 1938, at his home in Gary, Ind., being 55 years, five months and ten days of age.
On March 15, 1905 he was united in marriage to Ollie L. Curry. To this union were born two sons, Jas. Leslie and Dillard Paul, who now reside with their mother in Gary.
After marriage they moved to a farm two and one half miles west of Arbela, at which place they resided for 23 years, after which they moved to Gary, Ind., where he spent the remainder of his life.
He was converted when a young man and united with the Hickory Grove Methodist church.
He was an indulgent husband and father, and was highly respected in the community which he lived.
He leaves to mourn his loss, besides his wife and two sons, Dillard and Leslie, a daughter in law, Mrs. Leslie Padget, and two brothers, Samuel W., of Arbela, and Lee H., of Mound City, One niece, Mrs. Faye Kinney of Memphis, and two nephews, John W., and Lee, Jr., of Mound City, besides a host of friends. Two sisters, Ollie and Ella and one brother preceded him in death.
Services were held in the Arbela Methodist church, July 7, 1938, conducted by the pastor, the Revs. H. Byrne and Paul C. Paschal, former pastor, now of Kahoka.
Music was furnished by the Arbela Methodist quartette, Tiabitha White, Opal Little, Willie and Stanley Adams, with Betty Lou Found at the piano. The songs were, Lead Kindly Light, No Tears in Heaven, and Somewhere.
Body bearers were Otto Kice, Joe Harvey, Leo Finly, Wm. Adams, Lawrence Steelpes [sic] and Edgar Padget. Interment was in Hickory Grovo [sic] cemetery.
John Victor Padget, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 14 Jul 1938, p. 5, col. 1 & 2
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MRS. E. PADGETT DIES HERE; WAS 83 YEARS OLD
Ill Past Two Months; Funeral This Afternoon at Edina.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon for Mrs. Emma Padgett, 83 years old, who died at 10 o’clock Friday evening at her home, 410 South High Street. Mrs. Padgett had been ill for the past two months and death was attributed to infirmities of old age.
The Rev. Joseph Smith will conduct the funeral services at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon in the Methodist Church here. Burial will be in the Linville Cemetery at Edina. Mrs. Padgett was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church, uniting in early childhood.
She was born April 8, 1856, in Champaign County, Ill., the daughter of John C. and Mary A. Rousie. While a child she moved with her parents in a covered wagon to Missouri where they settled near Newark. She was married to William H. Padgett of near Newark, on Jan. 19, 1871.
Three daughters were born to this union. Martha Belle died in infancy and Mrs. Ethel Maud Payne, of near Millard, in 1934. Her husband preceded her in death in 1909.
Mrs. Padgett moved to Kirksville in 1919 and lived here for a number of years. She then made her home for six years with her daughter near Millard and for the past seven years she had lived at her home here, 410 South High Street.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mary Cunningham, of Fairfax, Mo., and one granddaughter, Patricia Ann Payne of near Millard.
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Lula F. Padgett
Lula F. Padgett, 92, passed away December 15, 1972, at Boulder, Colorado. She was born November 18, 1880, in Illinois, a daughter of Charles Lewis and Frances Caroline Booz Austin.
On February 22, 1900, she was united in marriage to Sam Padgett. She was a member of the Methodist Church, P.E.O., D.A.R. and O.E.S.
Surviving are one son-in-law, Robert Miller Kenny of Ocala, Florida; two granddaughters, Mrs. Barbara Jane Burneson and Mrs. Frances Culver of Boulder, Colorado; one grandson, Robert Miller Kinney, Jr., of New York, and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband October 11, 1956, and one daughter.
Funeral services were held in the Gerth & Baskett Chapel, Memphis, Missouri, Saturday, December 16, 1972, at 11:00 a.m. The Rev. John Gooch officiated. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. Body bearers were Earl Crawford, Marion Cowell, Don Norton, Floyd Cowell, Roger Poole, and Harold Davis.
Lula F. Padgett, From Unknown Newspaper, 21 Dec 1972
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MRS. DOVIE PAGE DIES AT HOME NEAR WINIGAN
Had Suffered from Heart Condition; Was 75 Years Old
Mrs. Dovie Page, 75 years of age, died unexpectedly at her home northeast of Winigan yesterday afternoon. Her husband left the home yesterday morning about 10 o’clock and returned around five in the afternoon and found her head on a davenport in the house. She had suffered from a heart condition for a number of years.
A daughter of James and Emmaline Webb Moffitt, Mrs. Page was born north of Winigan on March 13, 1879. She was married to Ira Reed in 1898 and to this union 11 children were born.
Mr. Reed preceded her in death in 1934. She married again, this time to Alfred Page in 1948.
Besides her first husband she was also preceded in death by an infant daughter, seven brothers and two sisters.
She is survived by her husband; three sons, Eldon Reed, of Brookfield, Lavern Reed, of the state of Washington, and Clifford Reed, 314 W. Mill, in Kirksville; seven daughters, Mrs. Fay McCollum, of Winigan, Mrs. Oma Groves, of Caldwell, Ohio, Mrs. Winnie Farson, of Dexter City, Ohio, Mrs. Herma Crist, of Brookfield, Mrs. Alta Muck, of Forks, Wash., Mrs. Ival Brammer, of Compton, Calif., and Mrs. Loretta Page, of Cora, Mo. Three brothers, Nate Moffitt, of Colorado, Ed Moffitt, of Sumner, and Elmer Moffitt, of Bloomfield, Ia., and one sister, Mrs. Della Greenstreet, of Winigan also survive.
The body is at the Glenn E. Kent and Son Funeral [Home] in Green City. Funeral arrangements will be announced later, pending word from relatives.
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Funeral Held Sunday For Miss Elmira Page
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Providence Baptist church for Miss Elmira Page, 81, who died Thursday evening at a nursing home in Kirksville.
Rev. J. Purd Hays conducted the services. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Miss Page was born in Hancock county, Ill., Oct. 12, 1871, the daughter of Henry and Sarah Wells Page
Relatives attending the funeral from out of town included Mrs. George Creek and her sister of Bartlesville[.] Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Richards of Triplett, Mo.; and Mrs. Stella Bryan of Hermitage, Mo.
Miss Colleen Shelley and Mrs. Doris Burden sang a duet and Mrs. Helen Billups played the piano at the funeral.
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SAMUEL PAGE, OF GREEN CITY, DIES SUDDENLY
Stroke Said Cause Of Death; Funeral Plans Incomplete
Green City, Mo., June 17. (Special)—Samuel S. Page, 70, lifelong Sullivan County resident, died at his home here Thursday evening about seven o’clock. Mr. Page had gone to the post office for the mail and on his return home he collapsed and died. A physician was called and stated that he suffered a stroke.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending word from relatives. The body is at the Glenn E. Kent and Son Funeral Home.
He was the son of John S. and Martha (Payne) Page and was born on a farm near Green City on Oct. 25, 1878. He was married to Miss Elva Irwin of Green City. Two children were born to them.
He is survived by his wife, one son Ralph I. Page, superintendent of Novinger schools, one daughter, Mrs. Wilma Kallenbach, of Jefferson City, four grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Braden Webb, of Excelsior Springs, and Mrs. Flem C. Page, of San Fernando, Calif.
Mr. Page lived on a farm south of Green City until six years ago when he moved to Green City.
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Rites at Green City For Samuel S. Page
Green City, Mo., June 19, (Special)—Funeral services for Samuel S. Page, who died at his home here Thursday evening, will be held this afternoon at two o’clock at the Glenn K, Kent & Son Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Omer Hunsaker, of Galt.
Interment will be in the Green City cemetery north of town.
Samuel S. Page, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 19 Jun 1949, p. 6, col. 1, Sunday
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Mrs. Sarah E. Page Dies in Oklahoma
Word had been received here of the death of Mrs. Sarah Ellen (Atwell) Page, a former Kirksville resident, at a hospital in Elk City, Okla. On Oct. 3.
Mrs. Page was born in Kirksville on Nov. 14, 1877. She was married to Elias Z. Page on Feb. 15, 1894. Eight children were born to them. Her parents, one son, Charles, four brothers and one sister preceded her in death.
She is survived by her husband, four sons, William G. Page, of Dumas, Tex., Aden, George and Pete, all of Morewood, Tex.; three daughters, Mrs. H. D. Ross, of Dumas, Tex., Mrs. E. V. Boyers, of Elk City, Okla., and Mrs. H. D. Horner, of Kuma, Idaho; one sister, Mrs. Cora M. Young, of Greentop, Mo.; thirty grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren.
Funeral and interment was at Elk City, Okla.
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Suffered Stroke of Paralysis Three Weeks Ago.
Special to The Daily Express.
Lancaster, Mo., July 11—Mrs. William L. Pagitt, 69 years old, died at her home in the New Hope neighborhood this morning at 12:30 o’clock. She suffered a stroke of paralysis three weeks ago.
The funeral is to be held at the Methodist Church here but the date has not been set. Burial will be in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery.
Mrs. Pagitt was born on a farm southeast of Queen City, Feb 8, 1870, a daughter of Joseph and Anna Peters. She was married in 1894 to William L. Pagitt, of the New Hope vicinity, and they have made their home at New Hope since then. Two children were born to them.
Surviving are her husband, a son, Lewis; daughter, Hilda; two brothers, John and Charles Peters, who live in Idaho, and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Chambers, Jamestown, Ind.
She was a member of the Methodist Church.
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FUNERAL FRIDAY FOR CLIFFORD PAINTER, 77
Dropped Dead Yesterday Afternoon Near His Home.
Funeral services for Clifford Painter, 77, who dropped dead near his home early yesterday afternoon, will be held at the Davis Funeral Chapel Friday afternoon at two o’clock. Rev. Russell E. Otto, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, will conduct the services. Interment will be in the Cater Memorial Cemetery.
Coroner F. R. Easley, of Brashear, who was called, stated the cause of death was angina pectoris.
Mr. Painter was born in Hennepin County, Minn., December 14, 1869. When a small child he moved with his parents to Missouri and settled on a farm east of Millard
He was married to Della Hayward in 1897. Three children were born to this marriage, Virgil Painter, of Newton, Ia., Mrs. J. J. Wurst, of Fontana, Calif., and Rheba Marie, who died in infancy.
Besides his wife and children, he is survived by three grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Elma Murdy, of Greenfield, Ia., Mrs. Leola Gordon, of Spokane, Wash., and Mrs. Cora Andrews, of San Diego, Calif.
Mr. Painter united with the Presbyterian Church when quite young.
The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be Dolph Hayward, Lloyd Hayward, Robert Fletcher, D. W. Sutton, Thomas Sutton, John Rutledge.
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DELLA PAINTER DIES AT MACON THIS AFTERNOON
Former Resident of Kirksville; Body Being Brought Here
Mrs. Della Painter, 75, a former resident of Kirksville, died this afternoon at Macon where she has been since last fall. She had been in failing health for several years.
The body will be brought to the Davis Funeral Home, 202 E. Washington street where it will lie in state from tomorrow morning until time for the funeral, arrangements for which has not been been [sic] made.
She was the widow of Clifford Painter who died about six years ago. Those surviving are her son, Virgil Painter, of Newton, Ia.; one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Wurst, of Fontana, Calif., and a a [sic] sister, Miss Laura Hayward, 315 S. Baltimore. Dale, Dolph and Lloyd Hayward and Mrs. Pearl Blue of Kirksville are nephews and nieces.
Painter, Della, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 7 May 1952, p. 3, col. 5
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Mrs. Della Painter Funeral Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Della Omega Painter, 75, who died yesterday afternoon at Macon, will be held at the Davis Funeral Chapel, 202 E. Washington, Friday afternoon at 2:30 conducted by Rev. Herbert E. Manning, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Interment will be in Cater memorial cemetery.
She was born in Adair county Oct. 9, 1876.
Besides one son, Virgil P., of Newton, Ia., and one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Wurst, of Fontana, Calif., she is survived by three grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one daughter, four brothers, one sister and a half sister.
The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home.
Bearers will be Thomas Sutton, Lloyd and Dolph Hayward, Dee Hollenbeck, Glen Hocker and Virgil Fletcher.
Della Omega Painter, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 8 May 1952, p. 2, col. 8
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Dr. E. M. Painter, Or [sic] Unionville, Dies
Dr. E. M. Painter, of Unionville, who was graduated from the American School of Osteopathy here in 1903, died at the Masonic Home in St. Louis Monday night. He was 84 years of age.
Dr. Painter had practiced his profession in Unionville until about five years ago, when he retired. He had been living at the Masonic Home for the past three months.
He leaves his widow who is at the home of her son in Unionville. Ernest Drury, of Kirksville, and Mrs. J. O. Attebery, of Elmer, are a nephew and niece.
Funeral services were held in Unionville this afternoon at 2 o’clock and were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Drury and Mrs. Attebery.
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OBITUARY
John W. Painter, a well known resident of Adair County, died at the home of his son, W. F. Painter, near Hulett, Wyoming, September 5th, 1925, aged 77 years, 2 months and 20 days.
He was born in Rawls County, Mo., June 16, 1848, but came with his parents to Macon County when a boy of 10 years and spent all his life in Macon and Adair counties until his health failed two years ago and he came to Wyoming to live with his children where he met and made many new friends and mingled with a great many old ones.
He was united with the Advent Christian Church in 1896. He afterward united with the Christian Church at Gifford, Mo.
The deceased was married to Jennie Mahuron Anspach January 22, 1874 and to this union three children were born, Lecta, who died in youth, Willie Painter of Hulett, Wyo., and Bessie Dawdy of Sheridon, Wyo. He also leaves his aged wife, nine grandchildren, five great grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. John Urquhart, of Gifford, Mo., and five brothers, Dan Painter, of Big Springs, Tex., Dr. E. M. Painter, of Unionville, Mo., Geo. Drury of Randolph County, Mo., Bud Drury of Knox County, Mo., and Jess Drury of Gifford, Mo.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. L. Wright at the Hulett church September 7th at 11 o’clock. Interment was made in the Hulett cemetery.
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OBITUARY
Mrs. H. O. Painter a former resident of Kirksville died at her home in Kansas City, Monday morning, Dec. 2, 1918.
Mrs. Painter was born in Adair county, January 20, 1879, being at the time of her death 39 years 9 months and 13 days old.
She departed this life after an attack of the influenza followed by pneumonia. She is survived by her husband, Harry Painter, and four children, three daughters, Jessie, Ruth and Velma and a son, Leo, a mother, Mrs. C. Conley, two sisters, and a brother, Mrs. W. H. Billington, J. N. Conley of Kirksville and Mrs. C. A. Wood of Tulsa, Oklahoma and a host of friends and relatives to mourn her death. Deceased was a member of the Christian church and lived a faithful Christian life. She was highly esteemed by all who knew her.
Funeral services were conducted at the A. P. Doehler chapel and the remains were laid to rest in the Elm Wood cemetery at Kanras [sic] City.
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Obituary Of Anna Palmer
Mrs. Anna H. Palmer, 84, of rural Farmington, died today at 7:30 a.m. in Sacred Heart Hospital in Fort Madison, after a long illness.
Born April 15, 1884, in Gorin, Missouri, she was the daughter of Henry and Dora Arnold Walters.
She was married to Alpha Palmer on June 14, 1908, at Gorin and he preceded her in death.
She had been a resident of the Farmington community since 1950 and a member of the Baptist Church in Farmington and the Royal Neighbors of America.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Lester (Dorinne) Mohr of Farmington and Mrs. Richard (Edith) Smith of Perry, Illinois; two brothers, Albert of Hugo, Colorado, Carl, Marceline, Missouri; two sisters, Miss Amelia Walters and Mrs. Edith Marshall, of Gorin; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother; one infant son; and one infant granddaughter.
The funeral service took place on a Friday at 1:00 p.m. in the Baptist Church in Farmington with the Rev. Ronald Cochran officiating. Burial was in the Gorin Cemetery at Gorin, Missouri.
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Philatus Palmer Dead
Passed Away Sunday Morning July Twenty-Seven
Been a Resident of Scotland County Since 1841 – Funeral Monday Afternoon Bible Grove
J. P. Palmer, one of the old time citizens of Scotland County, died at his late home near Bible Grove Sunday, July 27th, 1913. The funeral services were held Monday afternoon, after which the remains were buried in the cemetery at Bible Grove. Thus closes the life of one of the pioneers of the county, J. P. Palmer was born in Ashland County, Ohio, November 17, 1833. In July, 1841 he came with his parents to Scotland County, Missouri, where he has since resided.
In 1854 Mr. Palmer was united in marriage to Miss Charlotte Purvis, also of this county. There were born to this union six children, as follows: Thomas Milton, P. Abe, Malissa Matilda and T. D. Palmer. The deceased had been married four times. The second wife was Mrs. Martha March, the third was Mrs. Eliza March, and the fourth and present widow was Mrs. Sarah Croley.
The deceased was a hard working honest man, a kind neighbor and an indulgent husband and father. He leaves the wife and five children to mourn his death.
At his death, Mr. Palmer was aged 79 years, 8 months and 10 days.
J. Philatus Palmer, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 31 Jul 1913, p. 7, col. 1
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LEWIS PALMER, AGED 79, DIES AT GREENTOP
Had Been Ill Since August; Funeral To Be Held Tuesday
Lewis P. Palmer, 79 years old, died at his home in Greentop, Sunday afternoon, following an illness since last August.
Mr. Palmer was born November 24, 1859, near Memphis, Mo., and spent his early life on farms in Scotland, Adair and Schuyler counties.
He moved to Greentop, in 1901 and about two years later purchased the dray business which he sold when trucks hauled most of the freight business that came to Greentop. He has lived a retired life for the past nine years.
He was married September 2, 1880 to Miss Margaret Kendall of near Memphis, and to this union was born nine children, five of whom survive. They are Virgil Palmer of Raymondsville, Tex., Mrs. Bertha Vanwey of Kirksville and Mrs. Bessie Thomas of Emmett, Idaho. Mrs. Maudie Reigdon [sic], Mrs. Allie Tudor, Cleo and Lillie Mae Palmer, preceded him in death. He is also survived by his wife, 24 grand children and 7 great grand children.
Funeral services will be held from the home in Greentop, Tuesday afternoon, at 1:00 p.m., conducted by Rev. P. M. Lind, and burial will be in Fort Madison Cemetery.
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MRS. PALMER, GREENTOP, DIES HERE SUNDAY
Funeral Services Wednesday, 2 Here; Burial at Greentop.
Mrs. Lucy (Wilson) Palmer, 71, wife of Theodore Palmer, Greentop, died at 9 o’clock last night at a local hospital where she had been a patient for the past two days. Mrs. Palmer had been in failing health for three and one-half years and recently had undergone an operation at the hospital here.
A daughter of Jasper N. and Mary (Pool) Wilson, Mrs. Palmer was born June 15, 1872 in Adair County. On Nov. 16, 1891, at Willmathsville, she was married to Theodore Palmer. A daughter Cecil, and a son, Leslie, were born to this marriage. Both children had preceded their mother in death.
Mr. and Mrs. Plamer had lived most of their married life in or near Greentop where Mr. Palmer was engaged in farming and also worked as a carpenter. On two different occasions, they lived in Kirksville for a brief time. Mrs. Palmer was a member of the Greentop Methodist Church.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Palmer is survived by a grandson, Sgt. Dolph D. Dyer, who is expected to arrive here today from his base at Alamogordo, N. M.; four sisters, Mrs. J. A. Brent, of Kirksville; Mrs. Rose Prunty, of Des Moines, Ia.; Mrs. F. E. Van Wey, of Avenal, Calif., and Mrs. Mary Harris, of Finley Ill., and four brothers, John Wilson, of Aberdeen S. D.; E. S. Wilson of Warner, S. D.; Loman Wilson, of Washington, and Logan Wilson, of San Bernardino, Calif.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the Dee Riley Funeral Home. The Rev. Martin Cross will conduct the services and burial will be in the Greentop Cemetery. Pallbearers are to be Jim Pierce, Ira Pierce, John Young, Clarence Shaw, Ira Robinson and Bryan Arnold. The body will lie in state at the funeral home until time for the services.
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Lula Palmer Passed Away March 19
Mrs. Lula Adeline Palmer was born in the Conyers neighborhood October 11, 1876, and passed away March 19, 1962 at the Memphis Community Home after an illness of four months. She was 85 years of age.
Mrs. Palmer was the daughter of William Michael and Mary Elizabeth Smith Summers. She united with the Salem Christian Church and later moved her membership to the First Christian Church in Memphis. She was united in marriage to Edgar Palmer on Feb. 2, 1899. He preceded her in death in 1944.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Irene Williams of Hobart, Ind.; a son, Michael Paul Palmer of Memphis; two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Mauller and Mrs. Goldie Simth [sic] of Memphis three grandchildren: Phyllis Olson of Hobart, Ind.; Patricia Ann McRobert of Kansas City, Mo., and Lt. j. g. Michael Paul Palmer of Pensacola, Fla., and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Thursday, March 22 at 2:00 p.m. at the Christian church in Memphis with Rev. Howard Merchant officiating. Burial was in the Memphis cemetery. Body bearers were James Adams, Don Smith, Joe Creek Jr., Pearl Stivers, Ivan Ludwick and Ira Onken.
Burial was in the Memphis cemetery. Body bearers were Roland Taylor, George Meinhardt, Emmett Arnold, Lowell McConnell, Kenneth Cunningham and Robert Overfield.
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M. P. Palmer Dies Suddenly In Kansas Ciy [sic]
M. P. (Mike) Palmer, 59, retired business man of Memphis, died suddenly Monday at 2:15 p.m. in the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Max McRobert, in Kansas City, Missouri.
He had operated the Palmer Implement Company in Memphis for several years until ill health caused his retirement.
Born in August, 1906, in Scotland County, he was the son of Edgar and Lulu Summers Palmer. He was married to Maxine Barker, who survives.
He was a member of the Christian church in Memphis, the A. F. and A. M. No. 16, and the Lions Club of Memphis.
Also surviving are one son, Lt. M. P. Palmer with the U.S. Navy, statoned [sic] at Jacksonville, Fla., a daughter, Mrs. Patricia McRobert, of Kansas City, four grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Irene Williams, of Florida.
Payne funeral home of Memphis will be in charge of services.
M. P. “Mike” Palmer, From Unknown Newspaper, 7 Jul 1966
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SERVICES HELD FOR MARGARET PALMER, 86
Greentop Woman Died at Home on Tuesday.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon in Greentop for Mrs. Margaret Ann Palmer, 86, who died at her home there on Tuesday, June 26. Services were conducted by Rev. Perley M. Lind, with interment in the Fort Madison cemetery.
Mrs. Palmer, the daughter of James Harrison and Alla Jones (Griggs) Kendall, was born near Memphis, in Scotland County, November 2, 1858. She was married to Lewis Porterfield Palmer, of Memphis, in 1881. To this union nine children were born.
She was preceded in death by her husband and five children, Mrs. Maude Rigdon, Mrs. Allie Tudor, Cleo, Lillie Mae and Virgil Palmer, and her parents and brothers and sisters.
She is survived by four children, Mrs. Bessie Thomas of Long Beach, Calif.; Mrs. Bertha Hudson, of Kirksville; Ed Palmer, of Jefferson City, and Leonard Palmer, of Moravia, Iowa; 23 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
The Palmer family moved from Scotland county to Greentop 44 years ago.
Mrs. Palmer was united with the Holiness church at Sperry.
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Mrs. H. C. Palmer, Plevna, Ill For Several Years, Died In A Hospital At Quincy
Mrs. Hiram Clare Palmer of Plevna, who died Monday, Sept. 25, 1956, was buried last Thursday afternoon in the Mt. Salem Cemetery near Plevna. Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock at the Mt. Salem Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Howard Higdon of Hannibal.
Death came to Mrs. Palmer, 62 years old, in Blessing Hospital, Quincy. She had not been well for some time and she and her husband had resided in Tucson, Ariz., the last two years because of her health. They had returned to their home near Plevna in the spring.
Besides the husband there survive three children, Virginia, Mrs. Carl Poehlman, of Davenport, Iowa; Eleanor, Mrs. Dwayne Blakney, of Ukiah, Calif., and William Palmer of Novelty. There are also eight grandchildren: Charles, Nancy and John Hiram Poehlman, Teresa Ann, Clement and Charles Blakney and Noel Palmer and Nelda DeeAnn Palmer, the last named being a daughter of the late Hiram Palmer, Jr., and the now Mrs. Alma Dee Palmer Daniels. Three sisters and four brothers survive: Mrs. Alma Schlanker, Montgomery City, Mo., Mrs. Zelma Bedsworth, Yermo, Calif.; Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wood, Anthony, Kan.; Harvey Scanland, Kansas City; Charles Scanland, Hatton, Mo.; William Scanland, Springfield, Mo., and Llewellyn Scanland of Havanna, Ill.
Mrs. Palmer was Miss Nell Edgar Scanland, a daughter of Edgar and Bertie Virginia Hobson Scanland and was born Dec. 6, 1893, at Mineola, Mo. She received her education at the Teachers College at Kirksville and at Chicago University, and before her marriage taught in the public schools of Callaway and Montgomery Counties.
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer were married June 14, 1919, and they lived in Montgomery City, Mr. Palmer’s home town, for twenty years before moving to near Plevna in 1939. They were the parents of five children, of whom two are dead, Hiram, Jr., already mentioned, who died in1948, and Miss Zelma Jean Palmer, in 1950.
Mrs. Palmer was a member of the Montgomery City Chapter of the Daughters of The American Revolution, Mr. Salem Women’s Missionary Society, Plevna Homemakers Club and a charter member of the American Legion Auxiliary of Plevna, Darell L. Knauer Post No. 574. She joined the First Baptist Church of Montgomery City in 1916 and later moved her membership to the Mt. Salem Baptist Church near Plevna.
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RITES FOR GRANGER WOMAN
Mrs. Port Palmer, 76, Died at Her Home Last Tuesday
Oriella James was a daughter of Abel and Martha Sellars James. She was born near Sciota, Ill., October 31, 1873, and died May 2, 1950, at her home in Granger, Missouri.
Funeral services were held at the Granger Methodist church Thursday, May 4, at 2 p.m., conducted by her pastor, Rev. C. J. Chappell. Interment was in the Granger cemetery. Pall bearers were Burdette Kice, Clarence Workman, Arthur Workman, Dean Jameson, Floyd Workman and Robert Workman.
At the age of 19 years she was married to Frank Workman of King City, Missouri. To this union were born two sons, Emet A. of King City, and Orin C. of Granger. Her husband died July 5, 1895.
On September 20, 1898, she was married to Wm. Porter Palmer of Memphis. To this union were born four children. Winnie of Good Hope, Ill.; Murl R. of Granger, Finis Edgar, who died in infancy, and Claude A. of Luray.
At an early age she united with the Methodist Episcopal church. She leaves a sister, Alda Estenie McQuigg of Redding, Iowa, a brother, Perry C. of Peoria, Ill., five children, twenty-four grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
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RITES FOR P. A. PALMER, 83
Among the Last of the Native Born Bible Grove Pioneers
Funeral services for P. A. Palmer, who would have been 83 years of age on April 25, were held at the Bible Grove Christian church last Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock and interment was in the cemetery there.
As Mr. Palmer was among the last of the native born pioneer citizens of that community and a man of fine standing in the community, the funeral was one of the largest attended of any ever held there. While many of the by-roads of the community were yet filled with snow, almost everyone in the community got out in some manner to attend the service which was conducted by Rev. W. M. Feay of Memphis.
The Bible Grove choir sang. The pall bearers were Claud Carter, Merl Corwin, Raymond McCandless, Philatus E. Palmer, Roy Purvis and Jesse Purvis.
Mr. Palmer lived a life of honor and integrity, dealt fairly and courteously with all, and every person who knew him of had business dealings with him during his long life, was his friend.
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B. J. PALMERTON DIES SATURDAY NEAR ELMER
Funeral Services to Be Held at LaPlata Tuesday.
Benjamin J. Palmerton, 77 years old, a resident of the Radical Ridge community for 21 years, died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mamie Miller, west of Elmer.
He was born in Clark County, Mo., Nov. 13, 1865, a son of Alton and Eliza Palmerton. He joined the Christian Church at Illinois Bend when a young man. He later joined the Baptist Church at Walnut, Mo., and later moved his membership to the Baptist Church at Elmer, and still later to the Baptist Church in Kirksville.
On March 9, 1887, he was married to Miss Lucinda S. Crawford. To this union two daughters were born, Mrs. Mamie Miller of Elmer with whom he had made his home, and Mrs. Grace Williams also of Elmer. His wife preceded him in death on Aug. 9, 1938. His parents, a brother and sister also preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at LaPlata Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The body will lie in state at the Christy Undertaking parlors at LaPlata until the hour of the funeral. The funeral rites will be conducted by the Rev. R. T. Rollene.
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Charles Pampel Dies at Kirksville Hospital
Charles Edward Pampel, 80, died at 11 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21 at the Stickler hospital in Kirksville, where he was taken Monday, Dec. 18th.
He was born Dec. 27, 1880 in Ollie, Iowa, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Pampel. He married Alta Hollingsworth in 1906 and she preceded him in death in 1925. Then in 1927 he married Gertrude Andrews Fritchen. She survives; also surviving are two sons, Neil Pampel, Williams, Iowa. Charles LeRoy, engineer in U.S. Army stationed in Iran; two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Cunningham, Rutledge, Miss Ruby Pampel, of Des Moines; five grandchildren and two step-children. He moved to Missouri in March 1935 and spent most of that time in and around Memphis.
Funeral services were held Saturday morning, Dec. 23, at 10:30 at Gerth and Baskett Funeral Home with burial in Memphis cemetery. Rev. Howard Merchant had charge of the services.
Charles Edward Pampel, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 28 Dec 1961, p. 1, col. 8
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Services Held For Former Scotland Resident
Graveside services were held in Memphis on October 15 for Mr. F. G. Parcells of Kirksville. He was a native of Scotland County, having been born near Rutledge, but he had lived for many years at Kirksville where he was employed by the Missouri Power and Light Company.
He is survived by his widow, the former Anne Mudd, of Memphis; by a son, Richard, of Arlington, Texas; a daughter, Mrs. Duane Norman of Kirksville; two brothers; three sisters; five grandchildren; and by his brother-in-law, Harmon Mudd, of New York City; and his sister-in-law, Miss Louise Mudd, of Kirksville.
F.G. Parcells, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 24 Oct 1968
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J. M. Parcell, Born in Adair Co., 71 Years Ago, Dies
Death has claimed John Mont Parcells, a native born citizen of Adair County. He died at his home in this city at 9:30 o’clock Wednesday morning at the age of 71 years.
The deceased was a son of Edward Parcells, a member of the Parcells family who were among the earliest settlers of this county, coming here from Kentucky about the year 1839, and who died a few years ago, at his home on North Green street. He has spent all of his life in and near Kirksville and has recently been living at 216 West Patterson avenue.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Edna Wilson of Chicago, who is here and Mrs. Grace Jelly of Chicago who was here ten days ago. There are three sons, Chester of this city, and Maurice and Claude who are in the U. S. Army.
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John Mont Parcells, a native born citizen of Adair county, died at his home in this city Wednesday morning at the age of 71 years. The deceased was a son of Edward Parcells, a member of the Parcells family who were among the earliest settlers of this county, coming here from Kentuck [sic] about the year 1839. He had spent all his life in and near Kirksville and had recently been living at 216 West Patterson Av. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Edna Wilson of Chicago, who is here and Mrs. Grace Jolley of Chicago, who was here ten days ago. There are three sons, Chester of this city, and Maurice and Claude who are in the U. S. Army. He is also survived by two brothers, Geo. R. Parcells, of Brookfield and Edward W. Parcells of Keokuk, Ia., and four sisters, Mrs. Laura Haskins, of Big Timber, Mont., Mrs. Emma Wilson, of La Grand, Ore., Mrs. Anna Conley, of Jacksonville, and Mrs. Effie Cook, of Kirksville. Funeral services will be held in the Davis & Wilson chapel this morning at 10 o’clock. The service will be conducted by Rev. C. F. Acree, Rurial [sic] in Ft. Madison cemetery.
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John W. Parcells
Died last Monday morning at the residence of his father, Hon. W. H. Barcells [Parcells], three miles southeast of Kirksville. Mr. Parcells was as well as usual when he retired on Sunday night, and about two o’clock Monday morning his father heard him making an unusual noise and calling to him received no reply. He at once went to his bedside and found him unconscious. He sank rapidly and died about 6 o’clock. The physician says he had a paralytic stroke which produced death. The funeral services were conducted from the Christian church in this city, yesterday at 2 o’clock p. m., Elder U. M. Browder preaching the sermon. John W. Parcells was born Febry. [sic] 17, 1841, and died Febry. [sic] 2, 1891.
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Mrs. Carrie Parcels, of Greencastle, Dies
Mrs. Carrie (Wood) Parcels, 80, died at her home one mile southeast of Greencastle today. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Methodist Church in Greencastle. Interment will be in the Greencastle Cemetery.
The youngest daughter of Edward and Jane Wood, Mrs. Parcels was born at Frankville, Ia., Nov. 21, 1865. She was married to R. J. Parcels on Dec. 25, 1887 and to this marriage four children were born all, of whom survive. One daughter, Mrs. June Daniel, of near Greencastle; three sons, Everett H. of Shelbina, Lee W. and Winford R. of the home; also three grandchildren.
Early in life Mrs. Parcels united with the Baptist Church. In 1902 she moved to Sullivan County, Mo., then united with the Methodist Church, of which she was a member at the time of her death.
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R. J. PARCELS, 80, DIES NEAR GREENCASTLE
Funeral Thursday Afternoon in Greencastle.
Robert Jones Parcels, 80, died at his home one mile southeast of Greencastle, Tuesday evening.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the Methodist Church in Greencastle. Interment will be in the Greencastle Cemetery.
The youngest son of William H. and Susan N. Parcels, Mr. Parcels was born on a farm near the city limits of Kirksville on Sept. 10, 1865. He was married to Miss Carrie Wood on Dec. 25, 1887 and to them four children were born all whom survive; one daughter, Mrs. June Daniels, of near Greencastle, Everett H. of Shelbina, Lee W. and Winford R. of the home; also three grandchildren, Carrie Lee and Reva Darlene of Shelbina, and Robert C. Daniel, and one niece, Mrs. Mattie Barnes, of Kirksville.
Early in life Mr. Parcels united with the Baptist Church. In 1902 he moved to Sullivan County then united with the Methodist Church of which he was a member at the time of his death.
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GEORGE PARIS, 66, DIES NEAR NOVINGER
Was at Home of Son; Funeral Services At Green Grove
Green City, April 28, (Special)—George W. Paris, 66, died at the home of a son, Charles Paris, near Novinger at 4:30 Sunday morning. He had been in ill health for the past year.
Mr. Paris was born in Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 25, 1885, a son of John and Adeline (Ayers) Paris. In early childhood he came to Missouri with his parents and settled near Connelsville. He spent the rest of his life there.
On December 27, 1908, he married Flora Erickson. Three children were born to them.
A daughter, Blanche, aged 12, his parents, and two sisters preceded him in death.
Surviving are the son, Charles; a daughter, Mrs. Howard (Fannie) Whittom, of Ottumwa, Ia.; one sister, Mrs. Minnie Thompson, of Worthington; four brothers, Jim and Edgar, of Novinger; Fred and Joe, of Aurora, Ill., and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at Green Grove Church Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock with the Elder Clyde O. Johnson conducting the service. Interment will be in the Green Grove cemetery. The body was taken from the Kent Funeral Home to the home of Charles Paris this afternoon at four o’clock. Bearers will be Pearl Leonard, Ronald Leonard, Dean Lawrence, Gerald Lawrence, Emory Lawson and Oval Lawson.
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PARIS BOY SHOOTS BROTHER SUNDAY
A very sad accident happened Sunday morning, April 15th, about 9:30 at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Paris, two miles southwest of Crawford Station, when Mazel, the five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paris, shot and killed his brother Herman Raymond Paris, eight years old.
It is said the two boys were playing around a bed when they got hold of Mr. Paris’ shot gun. Mrs. Paris was in the kitchen at the time and Mr. Paris was at the barn doing some chores. The smaller boy pulled the trigger, being too young to realize the danger. The charge from the gun tore off the boy’s left hand, and entered the left side.
Dr. Bridges, of Downing, was called, they started to a hospital at Kirksville, and the boy died about the time they reached the hospital.
The funeral was held at the Camp Ground Presbyterian church Monday afternoon at two o’clock and was conducted by Rev. A. S. Olsen, pastor of the Methodist church of Memphis. Burial was in the cemetery there.
Herman Raymond Paris was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Paris, and was born in this county June 29, 1920, and was almost eight years of age. In addition to the parents and one brother, there are three daughters in the family, Vada, Eva and Erma.
The pall bearers were four young friends of the boy, Stacy Woods, Delbert Kellum, Delbert Dalton and Edgar Hatfield.
The choir of the Camp Ground church sang “Rock of Ages.” “Jesus Savior Pilot Me.” and “Going Down the Valley.”
It was a very unfortunate accident and the funeral was largely attended by neighbors and friends of the family.
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DIED AT KAHOKA MONDAY
Mrs. Geo. Paris Was the Mother of Thirteen Children
Laura Elmora was the daughter of John and Amanda McDaniel. She was born September 26, 1866, and died Feb. 16, 1942, at the home of her daughter Mrs. Oscar McKinney in Kahoka, where she made her home.
She was united in marriage on September 21, 1888, to George Paris who preceded her in death on October 10, 1933.
To this union thirteen children were born, Ada, Earl, Bertha, Mary and Vernie preceded her in death. She leaves the following children: Grover Paris of Downing, Mrs. Mel Couch of Memphis, Mrs. Lee Elschlager of Alexandria, Mrs. Oscar McKinney of Kahoka, Mrs. Oval Burnett and Oral Paris of Fairfield, Iowa, Frank Paris of Chicago and Mrs. Pearl Lora of Keokuk; two stepchildren, Mrs. Della McDaniel and Jesse Paris of Memphis.
She also leaves forty grandchildren, twenty-three great grandchildren, two brothers and seven sisters.
She was a member of the Christian church at Downing.
Funeral services were held yesterday at 10:30 a.m. at Camp Ground church. Burial in the cemetery there. Rev. W. E. Longstreth was in charge of the service.
Pall bearers were [unreadable], G. M. Couch, Oscar McKinney, Lee Elschlager, Robert Hatfield, [unreadable] Burnett an Pearl Lora.
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MAZIL R. PARIS KILLED IN LUZON
Word was received here last week of the death of Mazil R. Paris in Luzon. He was not registered here. His first address we had (for he was raised in Scotland county) was APO 708, San Francisco, and November 13 last to APO 453, San Francisco.
Mazil was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Paris and was born May 14, 1921, near Memphis. He attended the Memphis grade school.
He went to Keokuk in 1940 and in March of 1942 he was married to Opal Dye of that city. In the summer of 1943 he was drafted and last March he was sent overesas [sic] and in the service of the country and loved ones, he gave his life. He was on a tank destroyer.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Opal Paris of Macomb, Ill., he leaves his parents, three sisters: Eva and Erma at home and Mrs. Nada Woutzke of Baring; three nephews and one niece and several uncles and several uncles [sic] and aunts.
Mazil was a very lovable boy and had many friends in this city.
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MRS. VALIANT PARIS DIES IN ILLINOIS
Former Kirksville Resident; Body Being Brought Here.
Mrs. Valiant Ikerd Paris, 60, native Schuyler County woman, died at her home in Rockford, Ill., Sunday, Jan. 20.
The body will arrive at the Dee Riley Funeral Home late Wednesday afternoon. Funeral arrangements will await the arrival of relatives.
Born December 18, 1885 at Queen City, Mo., Mrs. Paris was the daughter of Henry and Ida May (Miller) Ikerd. She was married to William J. Paris at Queen City on Oct. 8, 1906 and to this marriage eight children were born.
She is survived by her husband, four daughters, Mrs. Marguerite Eitel and Mrs. Ruth McKim, both of Kirksville, Mrs. Mildred Heaberlin, of California, and Mrs. Irene Cordy, of Rockford, Ill., four sons, Harold Paris, Oklahoma; William Jr., Edgar and Virgil Paris, all of California; her mother, Mrs. Ida May Ikerd, 1303 E. Randolph, Kirksville; two brothers, Glen Ikerd, of Des Moines, Ia., and Leo Ikerd, of Kirksville; two sisters, Mrs. Velma Crews, of Moberly and Mrs. A. R. Martin, of Portland, Ore., and 21 grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her father and two sisters.
Mrs. Paris was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Paris lived in Kirksville until three years ago, when they moved to Rockford.
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ANOTHER OLD SETTLER PASSED AWAY IN THIS CITY LAST THURSDAY
Mrs. J. E. Parish died at her home on West Madison street, Thursday afternoon, November 21, 1918. She was Miss Mary E. Smoot before her marriage, and was born in Scotland county, Mo., Aug. 8, 1846. She was united in marriage to Dr. John E. Parish, September 2, 1872. To this union two children were born: Mattie May, who died Dec. 4, 1884, and Dr. Edward E. Parish, of this city. Besides the son and his family, there survive a sister, Mrs. M. A. Broadwater, of Memphis, and a brother, Mr. S. C. Smoot, of Oklahoma. The funeral services were conducted at the home by her pastor, Dr. F. M. Hawley, and the interment was in the city cemetery Saturday morning, November 23, 1918.
Mrs. Parish was a devoted member of the First Presbyterian church, and ever manifested a deep interest in all its work. Her greatest regret, during the last year of her life, was that she was not able to attend the services or take part in the work of her church, yet up to the very last she did what she could, remembering needs in detail and providing for these even during her absence in a hospital in a distant city. She will be missed by many in many ways.
“Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.”
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Ray Parish 66, Services Held At Mt. Sterling
Ray Edison Parish, 66, of rural Mount Sterling, Iowa, died suddenly at his home September 27, 1972. He was a retired farmer and worked at the Mount Sterling Elevaator [sic].
He was born January 4, 1906, near Mount Sterling, to Rosevell and Artinsie Parsons Parish. His entire life was spent in the Asbury Community, which is in Clark County, Missouri. He married Muriel Kerr, January 31, 1931.
He leaves to mourn his passing his widow; two brothers, Elmer of Bloomfield, Iowa, and Charley of rural Mount Sterling; two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Chamberlain, also of rural Mount Sterling, and Mrs. Grace Adams of Bloomfield; nieces, nephews and other relatives and many friends. Five brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held Saturday, September 30, at the Methodist Church in Mount Sterling, Iowa, with the Reverend Dale church officiating. Burial was in the Harness Cemetery.
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Ray Parish 66, Services Held At Mt. Sterling
Ray Edison Parish, 66, of rural Mount Sterling, Iowa, died suddenly at his home September 27, 1972. He was a retired farmer and worked at the Mount Sterling Elevaator [sic].
He was born January 4, 1906, near Mount Sterling, to Rosevell and Artinsie Parsons Parish. His entire life was spent in the Asbury Community, which is in Clark County, Missouri. He married Muriel Kerr, January 31, 1931.
He leaves to mourn his passing his widow; two brothers, Elmer of Bloomfield, Iowa, and Charley of rural Mount Sterling; two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Chamberlain, also of rural Mount Sterling, and Mrs. Grace Adams of Bloomfield; nieces, nephews and other relatives and many friends. Five brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held Saturday, September 30, at the Methodist Church in Mount Sterling, Iowa, with the Reverend Dale Church officiating. Burial was in the Harness Cemetery.
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Retired New Boston Farmer Dies Here
W. J. Parish, 87, retired farmer of the new [sic] Boston community, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elza Prough, at 701 W. Hildreth in Kirksville this morning at six o’clock.
Funeral services will be held at the McCollum Funeral Home in Elmer Thursday afternoon at two o’clock where the body will lie in state. Interment will be in the Elmer cemetery.
The son of Milton E. and Rachael (Nichols) Parish, he was born at Frankford, May 8, 1864. On Dec. 18, 1891 he was married to Emma Lee Guthrie. Three children were born to them. One son, Willis, preceded him in death May 5, 1948, also his parents, two brothers, two sisters and a half-brother.
Surviving are his wife, the two daughters, Mrs. Elza Prough, of 701 W. Hildreth, and Mrs. Berna Prough, of Elmer, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mr. Parish was a farmer in the New Boston community most of his life.
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Rev. C. C. Parker Funeral Sunday
Rev. C. C. Parker, son of Christopher and Margaret Parker, was born May 20, 1867 in Sullivan, Illinois, and died December 15, 1954, in Bloomfield, Iowa, at the age of 87.
He was married to Minnie B. Patterson, Sullivan, Ill., June 16, 1888. To this union 4 sons and one daughter were born. Golda Rush, Los Angeles, California; W. C. Parker, Memphis, Dale Parker, Memphis; Fred A. Parker, Huntington Park, California; Claude E. Parker, Quincy, Ill., who preceded him in death.
The couple came to Memphis 44 years ago with their family and settled on the Will Cone farm 3 miles northwest of Memphis, where they resided until the time of Mrs. Parker’s death in 1953.
Surviving, besides his four children, are a sister, Jennie Garver of Springfield, Ill., seven grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and other relatives.
Attending the funeral from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Charley Roberts, Kahoka; Mr. and Mrs. Will Baker, Wyaconda, Mrs. Bill Vaughn, two sisters and a niece of Bloomfield, Iowa.
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Died—At her home in Burlington, Ia., Sept. 17, 1909, Mrs. Delila Parker. Mrs. Parker formerly resieed [sic] here and the remains were brought here for interment. Funeral services were conducted Monday. Interment at Youngstown cemetery.
Delila Parker, Kirksville, Missouri, The Kirksville Journal, 23 Sep 1909, p. 1, col. 2
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G. G. PARKER DIES TODAY AT BRASHEAR
Funeral Services Will Be Held at Two O’Clock Sunday
Brashear, Mo., Aug. 22 (Special)—G. G. Parker, 83, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Cleo M. Henry at 12:10 this morning. He had been in failing health the past year and seriously ill the past week.
Funeral services will be held at the United Brethren Church Sunday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by his pastor, Rev. G. D. Hammontree. Interment will be in the Brashear Cemetery.
Mr. Parker was the son of Charles and Mary (McCoy) Parker and was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio on Dec. 15, 1863. He came to Missouri in 1871 and settled near Stover. About 1875 he went to Chico, Calif., where he lived for two years. He then returned to Stover.
He was married to Miss Mary E. Small on March 4, 1890. One daughter was born to this marriage, now Mrs. Cleo M. Henry, of Brashear. His wife died Jan. 20, 1942.
He is survived by his daughter, one brother, J. B. Parker, of Stover; two nephews and one niece and foster son, Norman Ornes, of Brashear. One sister, Sallie Beardsley, one half brother, C. O. Parker, preceded him in death.
After his marriage he lived near Stover until 1918 when he came to Brashear where he has since resided. He was an active member of the United Brethren Church at this place.
The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home until Sunday morning when it will be taken to the home of his daughter to remain until time for the funeral service.
The honorary pallbearers will be: Jerry Platz, Elza Walters, Albert Walters, Cleve Stroud, Elmer Henry and Elmer Patterson.
The active pallbearers will be Charles Lindquist, Robert Zinn, Arthur Crossgrove, Clyde Payne, William Mahaffay and Elmer Skinner.
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OBITUARY
Joseph Parker was born November 7, 1820, in Fredrick county, Virginia; died at his residence, six miles north of Memphis, August 4th, 1877.
When Mr. Parker was 24 years old, he removed to Athens county, Ohio, where he was united in marriage to Miss Lucy A. Connor, who still survives him. About the year 1846 he immigrated with his family to Lee county, Iowa, where he lived until the spring of 1857; then came to this County, and for the last past twenty years he has been one of our best citizens. Bro. Parker enjoyed that which makes a man a good citizen, viz: the religion of Christ. Twenty-seven years ago he united with the M. E. Church, in which he lived a faithful and active member until God called him from labor in the church militant to rest and refreshment in the church triumphant that is without fault, before the throne of God and the Lamb forever. As a church member he was truly religious, but, like all good men, no sectarian; unswerving in the path of duty. For quite a number of years he filled the important office of Sabbath school Superintendent; at his death was one of the Vice-Presidents of the S. S. Convention of the county. He was class-leader in the church when he died, which position he held for eight years. As a neighbor and friend he was kind, generous and obliging. For several years his health was impaired, though his last illness was not very protracted; about three weeks. On the Sabbath before his death he was considered better, so much so that his son William, who had come home from Iowa, left on Monday and returned to his business, but did not get home again to see his father alive.
How much he was loved and esteemed by the public was manifest by the very large concourse of people who gathered to pay their last respects to his remains as they were laid away in their last resting place, to wait till the sound of the last trumpet, when they shall rise to receive a lot among the blessed.
The funeral sermon was preached in Union Chapel, and the burial service conducted at the grave by the pastor, Guy Hamilton.
The family has lost a loving and affectionate parent and companion; the church one of her most efficient members, and the county one of her best citizens. A wife and five children mourn his absence, but their loss is his infinite gain.
Joseph Parker, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 16 Aug 1877, p.3, col. 3
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MRS. MARY S. [sic] PARKER DIES NEAR BRASHEAR
Succumbs at Age of 72; Funeral To Be Held Thursday
Special to the Daily Express.
Brashear, Mo., Jan. 20—Mrs. Mary E. Parker, wife of G. G. Parker, died this morning at 5:15 o’clock at the family home one mile southeast of Brashear. She had suffered a stroke of paralysis yesterday evening at 7 o’clock. She was 72 years of age.
Mrs. Parker was born near Stover in Morgan County, Missouri, Nov. 1, 1869. She was a daughter of J. P. and Margaret Stewart Small. She was married to Mr. Parker on May 4, 1890, and one daughter, Mrs. Cleo M. Brooks, was born to this marriage. Mrs. Brooks has made her home with her parents since the death of her husband.
Besides her husband and daughter, Mrs. Parker leaves a foster son, Norman G. Ornes, who has made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Parker since childhood; two foster grandchildren, Norma and Ellen Ornes; two brothers and one sister, S. A. Small of Tacoma, Wash., W. E. Small and Mrs. Howard Evans, of Milton, Oregon; four nephews and six nieces. Her parents and three brothers preceded her in death.
Mrs. Parker was a member of the United Brethren Church, having united with the church in early childhood.
Mr. and Mrs. Parker lived in Morgan County until 1918, when they bought a farm near Brashear and moved there.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the United Brethren Church in Brashear, conducted by Rev. Paul Thompson. The pallbearers will be Mesdames Idris Lindquist, Bertha Garrett, Susie Smith, Kate Maltbie, Anna Skinner, and Mae Zinn. Burial will be made in the Brashear cemtery [sic].
Mary E. Parker, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Dailey Express, 20 Jan 1942, p. 1, col. 2, Tuesday
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Mrs. C. C. Parker Buried Here Sunday
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Gerth and Baskett chapel for Mrs. C. C. Parker, 86, who died Oct. 15 at a nursing home in Bloomfield.
Rev. George V. Baskett of Wyaconda conducted the services, with burial in Memphis cemetery.
Mrs. Parker was born Minnie Belle Patterson Aug. 21, 1867, to Will and Betty Patterson, near Sullivan, Ill.
In 1888 she married C. C. Parker, also of Sullivan. The couple settled in Memphis 43 years ago, with their family, buying the Will Cone farm, three miles northwest of Memphis.
During the past three years, Mrs. Parker has been an invalid at Belle Nursing home in Bloomfield, where she died Thursday.
Surviving are her husband; three sons: W. C. and Dale of Memphis, and Fred A. of Huntington Park, Calif.; a daughter, Golda M. Rush of Sherman Oaks, Calif.; eight of their nine grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren [sic].
Preceding her in death was one son, Claude E., who died June 29, 1953.
Pallbearers for Mrs. Parker were: Willis Patterson, Will Morton, John Patterson, Clyde Evans, Noah Montgomery, and Albert Lancaster.
Those attending the funeral from a distance were her daughter, Mrs. Rush; and her nephews, Mr. and Mrs. John Patterson, Middleton, Mo.; and Mr. and Mrs. Edd Patterson, Osceola, Ia.; and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Patterson of Peru, Ia.
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Obituary.
Lewis Parkins was born in Belmont County[,] Ohio, April 2[,] 1831 and departed this life at his home in Milton, Iowa, July 5, 1914 at 7 p.m. at the age of 83 years, 8 months and 23 days.
He was united in marriage to Margaret Huff in Ohio, July[,] 1857. To this union eight children were born, three sons, Robert A., who died Feb. 21, 1910; J. B., who lives in Sonora, Calif., and Judson, of Chewelah, Wash.; five daughters, Laura E., died in 1874; Lydia, who has lived with her father and cared for him in his last illness; Mrs. Grant Beans, Mrs. D. C. Gilchrist and Mrs. Bishop all of Milton, Ia.
Mr. Parkins and his noble wife came to Iowa in 1876 and settled an[sic] a farm in Davis County, Mrs. Parkins passing away June 24, 1876, after which Mr. Parkins moved to Milton where for the past 13 years he and daughter, Lydia have made their home. He had a birthright in the Friends church. He was a good and lovable husband and father and had a large circle of friends.
Funeral services were held at the home July 7th, conducted by W. E. Overturf, Pastor of the Baptist Church. Interment was made in the Round Grove cemetery near Waneta.
Editor’s Note: a notation indicates that this obituary was found in the Luman family Bible
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Jack Parks died very suddenly at his home in Downing, Wednesday night, of rheumatism. Mr. Parks was about forty-five years of age and well known in Schuyler County. He has been acting as janitor of the public school in Downing and was on hand to ring the bell at noon Wednesday. The Excelsior extends sympathy to the bereaved family. – Lancaster Excelsior.
Jack Parks, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 23 Nov 1899, p. 1, col. 6
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MRS. HENRY PARKS, 66, DIES HERE
Home Near Kirksville; Funeral Plans Incomplete
Mrs. Henry Ed (Nellie May) Parks of route 6, died Wednesday night in a hospital here.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home and funeral arrangements are pending the arrival of relatives. Mrs. Parks was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Ivie) Buckallew and was born near Kirksville, July 22, 1882. She was married to Henry Ed Parks in Kirksville, Oct. 9, 1898, and to this marriage eight children were born.
She is survived by her husband, five daughters, Mrs. Yale (Ona) Miller, La Plata; Mrs. Murrell (Elizabeth) McClanahan, Des Moines, Ia.; Mrs. Myron (May) Perry, Brashear; Mrs. Dale (Ruth) Perry, Stahl, and Mrs. Robert (Ruby) Anderson, Prineville, Ore.; three sons, Edgar, La Plata; John, St. Joseph, and Saul of Kirksville; one brother, Pearl Buckallew, Forsyth, Mont.; and one sister, Mrs. Emma Heyd, Portland, Ore.; 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Her parents and one sister preceded her in death.
Mrs. Parks was a member of the Church of God Holiness at Hazel Green.
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S. T. PARMLEY, 77, DIES TODAY AT HOME HERE
Former Farmer Had Spent Most of His Life in This County
Samuel Taylor Parmley, 77, died this morning at his home at 415 S. First street.
Funeral services will be held at the Nazarene Church, Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock, conducted by Rev. W. R. Kornegay, pastor of the Nazarene Church. Interment will be in the Highland Park Cemetery.
Mr. Parmley, the son of Samuel and Sarah Davis Parmley, was born in Sullivan county, Aug. 15, 1869. He married Ermina Myrtle Zeigle, at Winnigan Feb. 11, 1904, and to this marriage six children were born.
He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Leona Baird and Mrs. Louis Memmen, both of Chicago, Ill.; and Mrs. Henry Burchett, Greencastle; one son, Cecil Parmley, Atlanta, and thirteen grandchildren.
Mr. Parmley was a member of the Nazarene Church.
Mr. Parmley was a farmer and spent most of his lifetime in the west part of Adair county. For the past seven years he has lived here.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
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H. E. Parrish Dies Thursday At Columbia
H. E. (Doc.) Parrish died at Boone County Hospital, in Columbia, at 8:40 p.m. January 4th, where he had been a patient for two weeks.
Born at Memphis, Missouri, July 16, 1901, of Dr. Edward E. Parrish and Martha Estelle Mudd Parrish.
Mr. Parrish had been in the jewelry business in Columbia since 1926.
He was married at Hannibal, Missouri, May 21, 1926, to the former Beulah Virginia Hulse, who survives.
Other survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence E. Couey, Jr., of Chesterfield, Missouri; three grandchildren, Linda Susan, Lawrence E. and Stephen Parrish Couey; and a sister, Mrs. H. S. Thompson of Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church and Knights Templer [sic] Masonic Lodge.
Services were held at Parker’s Chapel in Columbia, with Rev. John S. McMullen officiating, at 11:30 a.m. January 6th. Interment followed in Columbia Cemetery.
H. E. Parrish, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 11 Jan 1968
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Oral Franklin Parrish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alpha Parrish was born in Scotland County, August 29, 1914 and died at his home in the Ft. Donaldson neighborhood, when he was tragically killed, January 14.
He attended the Millport school in Knox County, but had been a farmer in this county, most of his life.
September 24, 1938, he was united in marriage to Donna Burrus at Kirksville. To this union one child, Wanda Fern, was born.
Oral is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alpha A. and Nellie Parrish of Baring; his wife and daughter; four sisters: Mrs. Fred Tripp, Rutledge; Mrs. Orville McAllister, Edina; Mrs. Victor Guinn, Rutledge and Miss Rachel Parrish at home; five brothers: Rufus Parrish of Knox City; Bryan Parrish, Nauvoo, Ill.; Claude Parrish, Gorin; Tillman and Varley Parrish, Baring. Twenty-seven nieces and nephews, a host of relatives and friends mourn his going.
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P. S. PARRISH, AGED 89, DIES AT LA PLATA
Succumbs to Heart Attack; Funeral To Be Held Tomorrow.
Special to The Daily Express.
La Plata, Mo., March 31—Porter S. Parrish, 89, died at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Paull, in La Plata Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. He was alone at the time of his death and his death is attributed to a heart attack. His body was found on the floor by Mr. and Mrs. Paull when they returned home about 4 p.m., and it is believed he was attempting to walk from his chair to a couch when he was stricken. A coroner’s inquest was held and the corner [sic] pronounced his death due to a heart attack. He had suffered an attack about a year ago, but had been in fair health recently.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Christian Church and burial will be made in the La Plata cemetery. The sermon will be preached by Rev. Albert W. Farmer.
Mr. Parrish was born in October 1851, near Palmyra, Mo., and had spent most of his life farming. At one time he engaged extensively in cattle buying. In 1880 he was married to Belle Antile who died in 1896. One daughter and one son also preceded him in death.
He leaves two children, Mrs. Charles Paull of La Plata, and Emmett Parrish of Berkeley, Calif. He had been living with his children, dividing his time between the two, for the past ten years.
Mr. Parrish had been a member of the Christian Church for seventy years.
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Mrs. Sally Parrish Died Tuesday; In Illinois
Mrs. Sally Parrish of Oquawka died in Monmouth hospital at 9:35 p.m. Tuesday following an extended illness. Her health had been failing for two years. She had been hospitalized on several occasions and was last admitted on December 21.
Born October 26, 1904, in Burkesgarden, Va., she was the daughter of Thomas and Laura (Newton) Tibbs. When she was six weeks old she came with her family to Kirkwood, where she was reared and educated. In 1916 they moved to Gorin, and in September 1924, she married Lloyd Parrish there. They came to the Kirkwood and Oquawka areas after they were married and farmed; returning to Missouri in 1938 where they had purchased a farm. In 1939 they retired and moved to Oquawka. Mr. Parrish died in March 1954. Mrs. Parrish was of Baptist faith.
Surviving are the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. Edna Hancock of Kirkwood; John K. Tibbs of Rutledge; Marvin Tibbs of Gorin; Mrs. Gladys Nichols of Monmouth, and Mrs. Laurence Davis of Oquawka. There are also surviving nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister in addition to her husband.
Funeral services were held Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the Holliday and Hoover Memorial Chapel, Rev. H. D. Rosenberger officiating. Burial was in Center Grove cemetery at Kirkwood, Illinois.
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Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon at 2 O’Clock Here
George Dale Parry, 40, of 616 N. Davis, died in a Kirksville hospital Sunday night at eight o’clock following an illness of four months.
Funeral services will be held from the memorial chapel of the Robert B. Davis Funeral Home, 115 W. Jefferson, Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock. Rev. Herbert E. Manning, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Highland Park cemetery.
He was the son of George and Nellie (Neal) Parry and was born at Youngstown, Ohio, Jan. 19, 1912. He was married to Mary Crabtree on July 7, 1944.
Surviving are his wife and daughter, Joyce, of the home and one sister, Isabelle Copeland, of Ohio.
Escorts will be Raymond and Albert Eschmann, Harry Brown, Harry Young, Beryl Tuder and William Haynie.
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MRS. WILLIAM PARSONS DIES; RITES FRIDAY
Greencastle Woman, 77, Ill Only Few Days.
Greencastle, Mo., Jan. 7—Mrs. Angeline Parsons, wife of William Parsons, died at the family home in Greencastle last night at 10:30 o’clock, after an illness of a few days. She was 77 years of age.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. Mr. DeBolt, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Green City. Burial will be made in the Greencastle cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Kent Funeral Home in Green City.
Mrs. Parsons, whose maiden name was Angeline Shepler, was the daughter of Henry and Barbara Shepler. She was born Oct. 15, 1865, on a farm three miles south of Greencastle, and had lived her entire life in this vicinity.
In 1885 she was married to William Parsons, who with three children, and one brother survives. The children are Mrs. Bertha Steele, of Little Earth, Minn.; Everett H. Parsons, of Greencastle, and Clyde H. Parsons, of Queen City. The brother is William Shepler, who lives in the State of Washington. One daughter, Mrs. Frances Gates, preceded her in death.
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MRS. PARSONS DIES AT HOME HERE, AGED 56
Funeral Services To Be Held Tomorrow at Browning
Mrs. Emma Louise Parsons, 56 years old, died yesterday evening at 6 o’clock, at her home, 907 South Franklin street, following an illness with pneumonia. She was born May 3, 1865, in Linn county, and had been a resident of Kirksville for the past three years or more.
Her husband, J. E. Parsons, and seven children survive her. The children, all of whom live in Kirksville, are Mrs. Frankie Hamilton, Mrs. Freda White, French, Fritz, Foster, Fleet and Freeman Parsons. She is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Margaret Mairs, and two brothers, V. B. Arnold and W. F. Arnold, all of near Browning.
The body will be taken to Browning tomorrow morning and funeral services are to be held there. Interment will be in the Knifong cemetery near Browning.
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F. W. PARSONS, ONCE MILLER HERE, DIES
Wife Critically Ill in Alton, Ill., Services Today.
Frank W. Parsons, a former resident of Kirksville, died Wednesday morning at 9:20 o’clock at the St. Joseph Hospital in Alton, Ill., according to word received by Kirksville friends. Funeral services and burial were to be held at Alton this afternoon. He was 79 years of age.
Mr. and Mrs. Parsons formerly lived at 209 E. Scott Street, but sold their property here about two years ago and moved to Alton, their former home. They had made their home in Kirksville for 37 years, Mr. Parsons worked for 27 1-2 years for the Kirksville Milling Co. operated by the late Charley Millbank. After Mr. Millbank died, Mr. Parsons was employed at the same mill by the Farmers Exchange.
Mr. Parsons was born at Bunker Hill, Ill., but had lived most of his life in Alton, before coming to Kirksville. He was married to Miss Cora Bradley in Upper Alton, Ill, on June 3, 1891. They celebrated their golden wedding in Kirksville on June 3, 1941.
Mr. and Mrs. Parsons were living alone in Alton, according to word received here, and on Christmas night they both fell out of bed and remained on the cold floor for some-time until Mrs. Parsons could make someone hear her calling. They were rushed to the hospital where Mr. Parsons died and Mrs. Parsons is reported to be in a serious condition. She is 74 years of age.
Mr. and Mrs. Parsons never had any children, but they reared Mrs. Parsons’ youngest brother’s child, Virginia Bradley, now Mrs. W. J. Hickman, whose husband is a teacher in the public schools of Alton. Mrs. Hickman is also sick in a hospital and neither she nor Mrs. Parsons were able to attend the funeral today. Mrs. Parsons has been in ill health for several years, having suffered a stroke of paralysis about five years ago.
Frank W. Parsons, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 31 Dec 1943, p. 6, col. 5
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MRS. I. PARSONS, AGED 72, DIES AT HURDLAND
Heart Attack Fatal; Funeral Tomorrow at 3:15 p.m.
Special to The Daily Express.
Hurdland, Mo., March 2—Mrs. Ivy Parsons, 72 years of age, died at the home of Harl Davis in Hurdland this morning at 6 o’clock of a heart attack. She was ill about an hour.
Mrs. Parsons leaves a daughter, Mrs. Pearl Davis, of Kansas City, and two sons whose address is not known here. She also leaves four brothers, Toast, Sam, Charles and Homer Hammond, of near Novelty, and two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Mason, of Macon, and Mrs. Meade Reed, of near Nickerson.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3:15 at the Methodist Church in Hurdland, conducted by Rev. R. T. Finnell. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
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JAMES EDWARD PARSONS, AGED 73, DIES HERE
Funeral for County Bridge Foreman To Be Held Tuesday.
James Edward Parsons, 73, years old, died last night about 11 o’clock at his home, 416 North Main Street. Mr. Parsons had been bridge foreman for the Adair County Road Department for the past 20 years.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o’clock in the Summers and Flinchpaugh Funeral Home and burial will be at Browning. The Rev. L. V. Freeman, of the Kirksville Christian Church, will conduct the ceremonies.
Mr. Parsons had been active in his work until about four weeks ago when he became ill and had been bedfast since that time.
Mr. Parsons was born Feb. 15, 1866 in Jackson County, West Virginia, the son of T. B. and Elizabeth Ann Parsons. He married Miss Emma L. Arnold in 1891. Seven children were born to this union. Mrs. Parsons preceded her husband in death in 1922.
Mr. and Mrs. Parsons moved to Missouri in 1900, making their home at Browning. They moved to Kirksville about 20 years ago.
Surviving Mr. Parsons are his children: Mrs. Frankie Hamilton, 416 North Main Street; Mrs. Freda Whitmer, Des Moines, Ia.; Freeman Parsons, Kirksville; French and Foster Parsons, of Des Moines; Fleet, of Omaha, Neb.; and Fritz, of Louisville, Ky.; nine grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Pallbearers will be men who have been closely associated with Mr. Parsons in his years of work in Adair County: R. C. Sangster, John Curry, Harve Elsea, Arlie Bradshaw, Ed Jones, and County Judge Joe Johnson.
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JOHN PARSONS, OF NEAR CLAY, DIED TUESDAY
Funeral Services at U. B. Church In Brashear Today.
Brashear, Mo., Oct. 13—John W. Parsons, 73 years old and a resident of the Hazel Green vicinity for the past 44 years, died at 3 o’clock Tuesday morning at his home, eight miles northwest of Brashear. He had been ill for the past two years and seriously ill for the past three weeks.
He was born March 9, 1864, in Knox County a son of Ulysses and Elizabeth Cain Parsons. He was married to Miss Louisa Barger on Jan. 8, 1887, and three daughters were born: Mrs. Edith Pevehouse, Kirksville; Mrs. Earl Gregory, Hurdland, and Miss Lottie Parsons at home, four grandchildren and one great grandchild, one brother and three sisters, Elsworth Parsons, Manhattan, Kan.; Mrs. Martha Tubman, Landover, Md.; Mrs. Lottie Collins, San Diego, Calif., and Miss Virginia Calef, Gibbs.
Following his marriage they moved to Augusta, Ill., where they lived until October, 1893, when they returned to Missouri and settled on a farm near the Hazel Green Church, where they have since lived.
When a young man he united with the Baptist Church at old Wilsontown.
Funeral services will be held at the U. B. Church here at 2 o’clock this afternoon conducted by the Rev. L. E. Wetherell. Burial in the Brashear Cemetery.
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Lorenzo Parsons Dies In Ocean Park, Wash.
Brashear, Mo., Jan. 13. (Special)—Word was received by Mrs. Bert D. Brown Saturday evening of the death of her brother, Lorenzo Parsons, 68, who died Saturday morning at his home in Ocean Park, Wash., of a kidney ailment. He had not been well for the past year.
Lorenzo E. Parson [sic], son of Ephriam and Marietta Parsons, was born near Secor, Woodford County, Ill., June 11, 1873. When he was about the age of nine years, his parents moved to Adair County, settling in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood.
In 1894, he married Miss Katie Smith and to them nine children were born, one preceding him in death. In the year 1900 he and his family moved to the State of Washington, settling near Garfield, where they lived for several years. Later they moved to Zillah, Wash., and two years ago moved to Ocean Park.
He is survived by his widow, eight children, twelve grand children and eight great grand children, a brother, L. E. Parsons, and one sister, Mrs. B. D. Brown of Brashear, and another sister, Mrs. Bertha Brown of Alta Vulcan, Canada.
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LOUIE PARSONS DIES AT HOME IN BRASHEAR
84 Years Old; Funeral Plans Not Yet Made
Brashear, Mo., Sept. 21. (Special)—Louie E. Parsons, 84, died at the family home here Tuesday evening at 9:20 o’clock. He had been in failing health the past three years.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete awaiting arrival of his sons, but will be announced later.
He was the son of Ephriam and Mary (Shumaker) Parsons and was born in Washington, Ill., on May 14, 1865. He came to Missouri with his parents in 1882 and settled on a farm two miles southeast of Brashear.
He was married in 1893 to Miss Alta Long and three children were born to them. One daughter, Mrs. Marie Harscher, preceded him in death. Surviving from this marriage are Mrs. Golda Platz Cox, of Sheffield, Ill., and Elza J. Parsons, of Lubbock, Texas. His wife died in 1901.
He was married to Miss Minnie Shrear on Sept. 29, 1903 and seven children were born, two sons dying in infancy. Surviving from this marriage are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Inez Davis, of Kirksville, and Mrs. Cleone Harbur, of Brashear; three sons, Henry W. Parsons, of Venice, Calif., Norman, of Dodge City, Kan., and Marion, of Kirksville. Other survivors are thirteen grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Bertha Moore, of Banff Alta, Canada.
Mr. Parsons was a member of a family of fifteen children. He lived the greater part of his life on his farm southeast of Brashear until 1939 when he moved to Brashear. He was a member of the United Brethren Church here and the I.O.O.F. Lodge at Hurdland.
The body is at the Easley Funeral Home.
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AGED RESIDENT OF HAZEL GREEN VICINITY DIES
Mrs. Mary Parsons, 92, Succumbs; Last Rites on Wednesday
Brashear, Mo., Oct. 29. (Special)—Mrs. Mary Louesa Parsons, 92, a resident of the Hazel Green community 10 miles northwest of Brashear for nearly 60 years, died at her home this morning at 12:15. Mrs. Parsons had been in failing health for several years and on July 11 she fell and broke her hip.
Funeral services will be held at the Easley Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 conducted by Rev. James T. McClanahan, pastor of the Church of God Holiness at Hazel Green. Interment will be in the Brashear cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home until the funeral hour.
Mrs. Parsons was the daughter of John and Hester (Markley) Barger and was born in Hancock county, Ill., June 7, 1859. She was married to John W. Parsons in Illinois Jan. 19, 1886. She and husband came to Missouri in 1893 and settled on a farm in the community where she died.
Mr. Parsons died Oct. 12, 1937, and two brothers and four sisters also preceded her in death.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Edith Pevehouse, of Kirksville, Mrs. Earl Gregory, of Hurdland, and Miss Lottie Parsons of the home; four grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Cora Hiles, of Quincy, Ill., and Mrs. Lizzie Wisch, of Mahall, N. D.
Mrs. Parsons was a member of the United Brethren Church in Brashear.
Bearers will be: Robert Goodwin, Beryl Horton, Roscoe Pevehouse, Earl Gregory, Pete Taylor and Roscoe Willard.
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MRS. MINNIE PARSONS, 80, DIES AT GIBBS
Brashear Resident; Funeral Services Friday Afternoon
Brashear, Mo., April 24. (UP)—Mrs. Minnie (Shrear) Parsons, 80, a resident of Brashear for a number of years, died at the Ada McClanahan Nursing Home in Gibbs Wednesday afternoon at 2:50 o’clock following an illness of more than two years.
Funeral services will be held in the Evangelical United Brethren Church of which she was a member, Friday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by her pastor, Rev. G. D. Hammontree. Interment will be in the Brashear cemetery.
She was the daughter of Henry and Rebecca (Ausmus) Shrear and was born near Sue City in Macon county on Feb. 12, 1872. She was married to Louie E. Parsons on Sept. 29, 1903. Seven children were born to this marriage, two sons having preceded her in death. Her husband died Sept. 20, 1949.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Sumner (Inez) Davis, of Kirksville, and Mrs. Leonard (Cleone) Harbur, of Brashear; three sons, Henry Parsons, of Venice, Calif., Marion, of Kirksville, and Norman, of LaPlata; thirteen grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; a stepdaughter, Mrs. William (Golda) Cox, of Sheffield, Ill., and a step-son, Elza Parsons, of Lubbock, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Coleman, a patient at the McClananhan Nursing Home in Gibbs and Mrs. George (Gussie) Zentz, of Brashear, and one brother, William Shrear, also of Brashear.
One stepdaughter and one sister also preceded her in death.
Mr. and Mrs. Parsons lived on their farm southeast of Brashear for several years before coming to Brashear to make their home.
The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home here until the funeral hour.
Bearers will be Charles Eagle, Mark McClanahan; Herward Davis, Foster Moore, Roy Lancaster and Gene Lyons.
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Pearl Parsons Dead.
News reached this city today of the death of Pearl Parsons, son of Capt. Parsons at Edina, yesterday.
Deceased has been ill for the past two years or longer, and his death, while unexpected, was not any great surprise.
Pearl Parsons, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 30 Jul 1906, p. 1, col. 4
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Riley Parsons Dies At Home Near Millard
Riley M. Parsons, 74, died Tuesday afternoon at his home east of Millard. Services were scheduled to be held today at Marshalltown, Ia., with interment at the Riverside cemetery.
He was born in Marshall County, Ia., on Nov. 2, 1873, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Parsons. He was married to May Lunch at Green Mountain, Ia.., and five children were born to them. Mrs. Parsons died in 1909. On March 26, he was married to Ruth Edna Crosley at Marshalltown, Iowa.
Surviving are his wife; four sons, Dale of Chicago, Ill., Roy, of Philadelphia, Pa., Carl, of Gladbrook, Ia. and Harry, of Ackney, Ia.; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
He was a member of the Progressive Dunkard Church in Iowa.
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FUNERAL FOR DR. PARSONS TO BE SUNDAY
Doctor at Greencastle for More Than 50 Years Dies
Greencastle, Mo., Nov. 21. (Special)—Dr. William Parsons, 85, aged resident and medical doctor for Greencastle and community for more than fifty years, died Thursday following a long illness. Dr. Parsons was stricken with paralysis in 1934 from which he never fully recovered.
Funeral services will be held in the Methodist Church here Sunday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Elder Clyde Johnson, of Kirksville. Interment will be in the Greencastle Cemetery.
He was the son of Epheriam and Eleanor (Sutton) Parsons and was born in the state of Indiana, on Aug. 2, 1862. He came with his parents to Sullivan County when four years old settling on a farm south of Greencastle. He was married to Angeline Shepler in 1884 and four children were born to this marriage. Mrs. Parsons and one daughter, Frances, preceded him in death.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Roy Steele, of Blur Earth, Minn., and two sons, E. H. Parson [sic], of Greencastle and Clyde Parsons, of Queen City; one sister, Mrs. J. O. Heaton, of Green City and one brother, Joseph, of Greencastle; several grandchildren and great grandchildren, and other relatives.
Dr. Parsons attended the schools of Sullivan County, the old Kirksville Normal School, Morris Hill College in Indiana and graduated from the Mercantile College in Kirksville. He taught school in Sullivan County several years and then studied medicine under Dr. W. L. Taylor. He entered the American Medical College in St. Louis and graduated from this College in 1889. Following his graduation he located in Greencastle for the practice of his profession where he has since resided.
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Attending Funeral
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Rouner and son, of Plevna, and G. W. (Bill) Crump, also of Plevna, and Clyde Crump, of Moberly, all former residents of Kirksville were here yesterday en route to Greencastle to attend the funeral of their grandfather, Dr. William Parsons.
Dr. William Parsons, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 24 Nov 1947, p. 3, col. 5, Monday
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MILES PARTIN OF GRAYSVILLE DIES; NEAR 80
Former Farmer and Merchant; Funeral Plans Incomplete
Miles H. Partin, about 80 years old, of Graysville, died unexpectedly at the Monroe Hospital in Unionville Friday night about 10 o’clock.
He was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Harley Scofield, 706 S. First, who with Mrs. Partin had planned to leave yesterday for Joliet, Ill., for the bedside of their brother, Rolla Minick, who is gravely ill.
Mr. Partin, the son of William and Sarah Partin, was born in Putnam county where he spent his entire life. On September 25, 1895, he was married to Lavada Minnick at Graysville. They operated a farm near there for many years. Upon retiring from the farm they operated a general store in Graysville a number of years, but they had also retired from the store.
They were the parents of six children: Pearlie Partin, of Newton, Ia.; Lloyd and Floyd Partin, of Milan; Carl Partin, of Unionville; Clayton Partin, of the home, and Mrs. Everett (Cleta) Hays, of Graysville. Several grandchildren and great grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Fredona Hatfield, of Graysville, also survive.
His parents and one brother preceded him in death.
The body is at the Husted Funeral Home in Unionville but funeral arrangements are incomplete. Burial will be in the Rose cemetery at Graysville.
Miles H. Partin, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 4 May 1952, p. 8, col. 1, 2, & 3
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MRS. SARAH E. PARTIN DIES AT NOVINGER HOME
Was 82 Years Old; Funeral Friday At Low Ground
Mrs. Sarah E. Partin, 82, died at her home in Novinger Wednesday afternoon about three o’clock. She had been ill for some time.
Funeral services will be held at the Free Will Baptist Church at Low Ground Friday afternoon at two o’clock. Rev. Archie Cooper, of Kirksville, will conduct the funeral rites.
She was the daughter of John and Delilah Abernathy and was born in Adair County on Jan. 26, 1868. She was married to Preston E. Partin, June 28, 1883, who preceded her in death Oct. 23, 1936. To this marriage thirteen children were born, two of whom died in infancy.
Her surviving children are: Robert Perry, James, Glen, Dave Partin, Mrs. Emma Carter and Mrs. Anna Ellsworth, all of Novinger; Mrs. Cora Mulanix and Orval Partin, of Worthington; Arlie Partin, of Detroit, Mich., and Will Partin, of Downing; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Mills and Mrs. Emma Drake, of Novinger; 28 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church of Low Ground.
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MRS. SHIRLEY PARTIN, 22, IS DEAD
Had Heart Attack; Was Mother of Two Months Old Baby.
Mrs. Shirley Partin, 22, died Sunday morning about 5:15 o’clock of a heart attack at her home, Novinger, route 1.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Mt. Moriah Church conducted by Rev. Archie Cooper, of Novinger. Interment will be in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
She was the daughter of Dwight and Mamie (Myer) Russell and was born Nov. 21, 1923. She was married to Layton Partin on Nov. 22, 1941, who served in the Army Air Forces and was discharged in October, 1945.
She is survived by her husband, a two-months old son, her father and one sister, Mrs. William Chamberlain, of Petonica, Ill. Her mother and one sister have preceded her in death.
The body will be taken late this evening from the Davis Funeral Home to the family home.
The pallbearers will be: Eugene, Roy, Lyle, Marvin, Melvin and Everett Partin.
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VICTOR PASH DIES MONDAY IN HOSPITAL
Services To Be Held Wednesday Afternoon in La Plata.
La Plata, Mo., Aug. 8—(Special)—J. Victor Pash, of this city, died at a Kirksville hospital Monday afternoon. He had been in ill health for about five years.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Community Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by the Rev. F. L. Hudson, pastor. Interment will be in the La Plata Cemetery.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pash and was born March 26, 1900 in Wyaconda, Missouri. His parents have preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife, Eva (Webber) Pash; two children, Sarah Beth and Laddie; three sisters, Mrs. R. W. Halloway, of Galesburg, Ill., Mrs. John Desvaux, of Ft. Madison, Ia., and Mrs. Maury Lestwich, of Memphis, Tenn.
Mr. Pash was employed, before his illness, as a welder at the Sinclair Prairie Oil Co., in LaPlata.
He was a member of the Community Presbyterian Church here.
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Died, near Downing, on the 12th of Oct., Mr. Gill Patrick, of cancer, aged 50 years; leaves a widow and five children.
Gill Patrick, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 16 Oct 1884, p. 3, col. 3, Local Chips Column
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KIRKSVILLE WOMAN DIES IN CHILLICOTHE
Mrs. Mary Patrick, 79, Succumbs at Home of Daughter.
Mrs. Mary Patrick, of Kirksville, died at 4:45 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Bradford, in Chillicothe. Mrs. Patrick, who was 79 years old, had been visiting her daughter since June 23.
She had been in failing health for a few months, but had not been bedfast until two weeks ago, when she fell and injured her back.
Mrs. Patrick was born Nov. 10, 1861, in Trenton, the daughter of Dr. Jesse J. and Nancy Steely. While she was still a young child the family moved to Randolph County where she later married James G. Patrick. Her husband died in December, 1922. After his death, Mrs. Partick moved to Kirksville and has lived here since that time.
Mrs. Patrick was preceded in death by for sisters and two brothers. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lora Grace Murrell, of Kirksville; Mrs. Eugene Shelton, Moberly; and Mrs. Roy Bradford, Chillicothe; and seven grandchildren.
Mrs. Patrick was a member of the Methodist Church and the Eastern Star.
Funeral services will be held at the Davis Funeral Home at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Hugh H. Snider. Burial will be at the Sugar Creek Cemetery near Moberly.
All of Mrs. Patrick’s daughters were with her at the time of her death. Her only son, James Howard Patrick, died in 1938.
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MRS. BERT PATTEN DIES NEAR BULLION
Had Been Ill Past Two Months; Services Thursday
Brashear, Mo., Nov. 16. (Special)—Mrs. Hannah Martha Patten, died at the farm home southeast of Bullion this morning at 1:30. She had been ill the past two months.
Funeral services will be held at the Bullion Methodist Church Thursday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by her pastor, Rev. Martin Cross. Interment will be in the Bullion Cemetery.
Mrs. Patten, better known as “Minnie” Patten, was the daughter of Marshall and Elvira (Wise) Thompson and was born in eastern Adair County on Oct. 17, 1885. She was married to Bertie G. Patten on Oct. 25, 1903. Four children were born to this marriage.
She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. James (Beulah) Anderson, Kirksville RFD 5, and Mrs. Don (Hazel) Flinn, of Quincy, Ill., and two sons, Ernest G. of Kirksville and Orville, of Kirksville RFD 4; three grandchildren, Gary Dean Anderson, Ronald Wayne Patten and O. H. Patten; three sisters, Mrs. C. H. (Bertha) Paul, Mrs. Floyd (Pearl) Wright and Mrs. Charles (Ada) Behymer; two brothers, Leonard and Lee, all of Kirksville RFD. One brother, Frank, and her parents preceded her in death.
Mrs. Patten was a member of the Bullion Methodist Church and had lived in the same neighborhood all her life.
The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home until time for the funeral services.
The bearers will be: Vernon, Loren and Cecil Wright, Joseph Paul, Dorsey and LaVerne Thompson.
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Funeral Tuesday Afternoon; Burial at Bullion.
Mrs. Sarah Ann Patten, 89 years old, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Cusick, east of Kirksville, following a short illness.
Death was attributed to cerebral hemorrhage.
The funeral is to be held at the Davis & Wilson Funeral Home tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. J. H. Lane, of Brashear. Burial will be made at Bullion Cemetery.
Mrs. Patten was born in Lee County, Ia., March 10, 1847 but came to Missouri with her parents when ten years of age and has made her home in Adair County since that time.
She was married Sept. 24, 1847 to W. W. Patten, who preceded her in death June 3, 1884. Seven children were born to this union, one dying in infancy.
Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Ina, Modesto, Calif.; James A., Twin Falls, Ida.; Frank, Kellogg, Ida.; Bert, Kirksville; Phebe Cusick, Kirksville, and Fred, Denver.
All the children were at her bedside during her last illness except Frank.
She also leaves seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Annie E. Patterson
Annie Patterson (colored) a resident of Memphis for 43 years died in Iowa City, April 11, where she had been for the last four months. She was ill only two days.
She was born in Keokuk, April 4, 1869, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Whaley.
She is survived by her daughter, Lucille Patterson; two sisters, Kitty Baker of Chicago and Cordelia Whaley of Iowa City; three nieces and one nephew.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon (Thursday) at the Gerth chapel, conducted by the Rev. W. M. Feay.
Annie E. Patterson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 14 Apr 1934, p. 5, col. 4
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Bessie Patterson Services To Be On Thursday
Miss Bessie H. Patterson of Memphis died at 9 a.m. Sunday in her home following a long illness. The daughter of A T. and Rebecca Miller Patterson she lived her entire life in the family home in Memphis.
She attended Memphis schools, Gem City Business college in Quincy and Gregg School of business in Chicago. She served as secretary to attorney J. M. Jayne for many years.
She was a member of the Presbyterian church and was active in the Sunday school as long as her health permitted.
Her only survivors are nieces and nephews. She was preceded by six sisters and one brother.
The funeral service will take place at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Payne Chapel with Rev. Robert Hauer officiating. Burial will be in the Memphis cemetery.
Bessie H. Patterson, From Unknown Newspaper, 6 Jul 1967
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Mrs. Chloe Patterson
Mrs. Chloe Patterson, widow of E. A. Patterson died at her home in this city, Monday, March 16, aged 61 years, 3 months and 19 days. She had been in failing health for several months.
She was a daughter of Eld. A. Russell, a pioneer pastor of the Christian Church here, and had been a resident of Kirksville for about 50 years.
She is survived by two daughters, Thelma Patterson, of this city, and Mrs. J. R. Hart, of Corydon, Iowa; two sons, Carl Patterson, of this city, and Harry Paterson of Visalia, California; and one sister, Mrs. Clara Sublette, of Salina, Kansas.
Mrs. Patterson had many friends in this community who sympathize with the bereaved family.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Davis & Wilson Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. T. S. Williams. Interment was in Llewellyn cemetery.
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Well-Known Colored Citizen Dies Tuesday
James Henry Patterson, well known in this place as an industrious, inoffensive and well posted colored man, died at his home in this city, Tuesday morning, May 12 at 11 a.m., following an illness of several months.
Henry Patterson was the son of Andrew and Martha Patterson, and was born in this city May 8, 1871, being aged 65 years and 4 days.
Funeral services will be held at the home Friday at 2 p.m., in charge of the Rev. W. M. Feay, pastor of Memphis Christian Church. Interment in Memphis Cemetery.
James Henry Patterson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 14 May 1936, p. 1, col. 2
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Henry Patterson is Dead
Funeral Services Will be Held at His Home Tomorrow
Funeral services for James Henry Patterson, colored, who died at his home in southeast Memphis Tuesday morning, May 12, at 11 o’clock, will be held at his late home Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W.M. Feay, pastor of the Christian Church. Interment will be in the Memphis Cemetery.
The deceased has been a resident of Memphis all his life and for sometime has been in failing health.
He was born in Memphis, May 8, 1871, having celebrated his 65th birthday last Friday. He leaves the wife and one daughter, Lucille.
James Henry Patterson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 14 May 1936, p. 1, col. 4
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Henry Patterson Funeral
Funeral services for Henry Patterson, colored, were held at his late home, 478 Huntington Street in Memphis, Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, and were conducted by Rev. W.M. Feay, pastor of the Christian church. Interment was in the Memphis cemetery.
Mrs. G.C. Clark and Miss Faye Chappell sang, accompanied by Mrs. C.C. Fogle at the organ.
James Henry Patterson was born in Memphis, May 8th, 1871, and died May 12, 1936. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Patterson. He was married to Nannie Kelso, April 7th, 1892. She preceded him in death July 11, 1894. He was married to his present wife March 23, 1895. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
He leaves his wife and adopted granddaughter, one son, Thomas Patterson, one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Thomas Patterson; one brother, Robert Patterson, an uncle, James H. Patterson.
James Henry Patterson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 21 May 1936, p. 2, col. 7
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Died At Gorin Saturday
Mrs. Rachel A. Patterson, who for a number of years lived in the Bible Grove community but who had lived at Gorin in recent years, died at her home in Gorin on Saturday, December 29, following a short illness.
Funeral services were conducted at the Bible Grove Christian church Monday afternoon, December 31, at 2:30 o’clock by Rev. Claude W. Risinger, pastor of the Memphis Christian church. Interment was in the Bible Grove cemetery.
She was the mother of William Patterson of near Willmathsville, who died September 13.
Rachel Ann Dorothy was the daughter of Marion and Mary Dorothy. She was born in Hancock County, Illinois, October 12, 1862.
She was united in marriage to James Patterson, March 13, 1879. She, with her husband, moved to Scotland County, Missouri, in 1883 and she has resided in this community the balance of her life. To this union were born eight children, seven of which, with their father, preceded her in death. Surviving is one son, Oscar Patterson of Wimbledon, North Dakota, and several grandchildren.
In early life, at the age of 17 she became a member of the Christian church at Bible Grove. She loved the church and always enjoyed the fellowship with the Bible Grove people.
She was of a sunny disposition, always being able to see sunshine through the darkest clouds. She was greatly loved by all who knew her.
Rachel Ann (Dorothy) Patterson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 3 Jan 1946, p. 1, col. 7
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C. J. PATTON, FORMER CITIZEN DIED LAST NIGHT
Funeral Services Friday Morning at 11 O’Clock In Edina.
Clyde J. Patton, of Edina, who for nine years was in the insurance business in Kirksville, died in a hospital here last night from kidney and heart disorders. He was 55 years old.
The funeral is to be held Friday morning at 11 o’clock at the L. B. Kelly Funeral Home in Edina and burial will be made in Linville Cemetery at Edina.
Mr. Patton was for several years a representative of the Prudential Insurance Company, with supervision over its farms in this vicinity, and had an office in the Grim building here. He moved from Kirksville to Edina about four years ago. During the past two years, impaired health had forced him into virtual retirement to a farm near Edina.
He was born at Bald Bluff, Ill., Oct. 27, 1884, a son of Joseph and Matilda Patton. He was married to Anna Marie Buffe, at Ft. Madison, Ia., in June, 1911, who died a year ago last November. Surviving is a son, Arthur, New York City; daughter, Mrs. Leland Wood, Chillicothe, and two brothers, Lee J. Patton mayor of Kirksville, and Roy Patton, Dallas, Tex., and two sisters Mrs. Fred Johnson, Ontario, Salif. [Calif.] and Mrs. Sherman Barnhill, Hurdland, Mo.
Mr. Patton was a member of the Kiwanis Club here a few years. His daughter, Mrs. Wood, the former Miss Dorothy Patton, attended the Teachers College.
Mrs. Johnson, a sister, is coming to Edina for the funeral, and the two children were present at the time of his death.
Clyde J. Patton, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 10 Jan 1940, p. 1, col. 8
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THOMAS PATTON
Thomas Patton, about 76 years old, died at the home of his nephew, Clyde J. Patton, in Edina, Friday morning. He had been a resident of that city for the past 12 years, owning a little farm south of town. Mr. Patton formerly resided at Little York, Ill.
Funeral services were held at 10 o’clock Sunday morning at the L. B. Kelley Funeral Home. Burial was in Harmony cemetery, beside his wife, who died five years ago.
He is survived by one brother, Martin Patton, of Farmington, Ia., a sister, Miss Ellen Scott, of Monmouth, Ill., several nieces and nephews.
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Death of Mrs. L. A. Paxson
At the residence of R. M. Barnes in this city last Sunday afternoon, at 3 o’clock occurred the death of Mrs. L. A. Paxson, one of the old settlers of Scotland County.
Mrs. Paxson was the widow of the late John C. Paxson, a member of the firm of Paxson & Hudson, which was one of the first firms in the history of Memphis.
She was born in the state of Ohio, and was 80 years and 26 days old at the time of her death. She came to Scotland County with her husband in the early fifties, and has resided here ever since. Mrs. Paxson has been failing for several months, and her death was caused from paralysis.
Funeral services were held from the First Presbyterian Church, of which the deceased was a charter member, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by the pastor. Remains were buried in Masonic Cemetery.
Mrs. Paxson leaves one daughter, Mrs. C. G. Mety, of Denver, Colo., and two brothers, one at St. Francis, Kas. and the other lives at Pittsburg, Pa. She was the grandmother of Mrs. R. M. Barnes and J. P. Knight, of this city.
Mrs. L. A. Paxson, Memphis, Missouri, The Scotland County Democrat, 4 Feb 1904
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MISS PAYNE DIES AT HOME
Funeral Services to be Held Tomorrow Afternoon
Miss Carolanne Payne, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phil D. Payne, died at her home in Memphis yesterday afternoon, October 19, at 3:25, after an illness of several months.
Funeral services will be held from the home tomorrow afternoon, October 21, at 2:30, conducted by Rev. V. A. Venezia, pastor of the Presbyterian church, and burial will be in the Memphis cemetery.
Miss Payne was born in Memphis, March 13, 1923, and lived all of her life in Memphis except for a few years spent in California where she was employed as a stewardess by the American Air lines.
She received her education in William Woods College, the Kirksville State Teachers College and the University of Missouri. She taught one year at the Brock school.
Miss Payne was a member of the D.A.R., Chapter C, P. E. O. and of Carter Chapter O.E.S.
She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phil D. Payne, two brothers, Robert D. Payne of Schenectady, New York, and Philip Eugene Payne at home. She is also survived by her grandmother, Mrs. R. M. Barnes, and other relatives.
Carolanne was a charming young lady with a pleasing personality and was liked by everyone.
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Payne Baby Dies
A daughter was born Friday morning at 11:52 o’clock at a hospital here to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Payne, of Milan, but lived only until 5:20 o’clock that afternoon.
Daughter Payne, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 01 Nov 1942, p. 3, col. 2, Sunday
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Last Saturday noon the family of D. W. Payne received word that Miss Edith Payne had passed away in the Wesley Memorial Hospital in Chicago that morning. Although the family knew an operation for appendicitis was to be performed no thought was given as to the outcome. The operation was performed by Dr. Goldstine, one of the foremost surgeons of that city, and the attending nurse was deceased’s sister, Marjorie, who is taking nursing in that hospital. The operation was brief–only eight minutes–and successful, but as the work was completed, breathing of the patient stopped. Efforts were made to resusciate [sic] her, but her vitality failed to respond.
Edith was born in this city, Sept. 24, 1895, being at the time of her death just 26 years of age, and the eldest child of D. W. Payne. When only ten years of age her mother died, and when a few years later she was more mature she took her mother’s place in the home and was a great help to her father in looking after the affairs of the home.
In 1905 she was converted and joined the Presbyterian church in which organization she was a zealous member, attentive at Divine services and taking an interest in the young peoples [sic] service, Sabbath school and choir meetings. Edith gave unstintingly of her accomplishments to her Master.
She graduated from the Memphis high school in 1915 and began preparing herself for a life work as teacher. Last spring she completed her work in the Teachers college at Kirksville after having success fully taught in several rural schools in this county. She was elected a teacher in the Hammond, Indiana, schools and had entered on her work there. Having been indisposed before she took up her school work, a careful examination was given by the hospital surgeons and an operation was deemed imperative.
The funeral was under the direction of John H. Mulch and services were held at the family home Tuesday, at 2:30 p.m., conducted by Edith’s pastor, the Rev. E. M. Nesbitt. A mixed quartette consisting of G. W. Shacklett, H. E. Prather, Mrs. M. G. Williams and Mrs. E. E. Parrish furnished the music. Schoolmates of deceased acted as pall bearers and eight young ladies were flower bearers. The former consisted of Harry Lee Board, Orlo Summers, Harry Cook, Scott Rugh, Chas. B. Myers, and Arthur Thompson. The latter were Misses Ila Mae Hines, Floy Busey, Helen Weir, Nada Reddish, Lena Johnson, Mabel Knott, Melba Moore and [unreadable] Dowdall.
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EDWARD M. PAYNE DIES AT BRASHEAR
Funeral at 2 O’clock Friday at United Brethern [sic] Church
Brashear, Mo., Jan. 2. (Special)—Edward Marshall Payne 83, died at 8:10 a.m. Jan. 1, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Francis P. Henry, of Brashear. He had been seriously ill for the past month.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Evangelical United Brethren Church, Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock by the Rev. G. D. Hammontree, pastor of the church. Interment will be in the Brashear cemetery.
Mr. Payne, a son of Urial and Elvira (Kiggins) Payne, was born near Lewistown, Mo., in Lewis County, on Dec. 1, 1860. In his early years he moved wit his parents to a farm near Brashear. He was married to Elmazie Patterson on March 25, 1885. Two children were born to this marriage. He is preceded in death by his wife who died April 25, 1931. Also one brother, two half-brothers, and two sisters. Surviving him are his two children, Clara M. Henry and Clyde W. Payne, one grandson, Doanld Loren Payne, and one brother, George G. Payne, all of Brashear.
Mr. Payne united with the Assembly of God Church and has remained active until it recently ceased functioning. The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Earl Scott, Jesse Scott, Charles Eagle, Charles Lindquist, W. E. Milstead, and George Gardner.
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GEORGE PAYNE DIES AT HOME IN BRASHEAR
Was 87 Years Old; Had Been Seriously Ill for a Month
George Gaius Payne, 87, aged resident of Brashear, died at his home there today at 12 o’clock noon. He had been in failing health for some time and seriously ill the past month.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Davis Funeral Home, 202 E. Washington, where the body will lie in state.
He was born Dec. 2, 1862 in Lewis County, Mo., the son of Urial and Elvira (Kiggins) Payne. He came with his parents from two miles east of Lewistown in 1875 and settled on a farm northeast of Brashear. He was married to Clara Isabelle Brier and two sons were born to them. His wife preceded him in death on March 21, 1948, and he was also preceded in death by one son, two brothers, Willliam H. Payne and Edward M. Payne, and two half brothers, Thomas and Amos Payne.
He is survived by one son, Clarence, three grandchildren, two great grandchildren, two nephews and three nieces.
In 1914 he retired from the farm and moved to Brashear where he had since made his home.
He was a member of the Grandview United Brethren Church.
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G. T. PAYNE, 60, GREEN CITY, DIES IN FALL
Hardware Merchant For 31 Years; Coroner’s Inquest Held.
Special to The Daily Express.
Green City, Mo., Feb. 5—George T. Payne, 60 years old, owner and manager of the Payne Hardware Store in Green City for 31 years, was found dead at the rear of his store, just outside the building Tuesday afternoon about 2:30 o’clock. His death was believed to have been due to a fall. Mr. Payne had left the store about ten minutes before his body was found. He suffered a broken arm and fractured skull. An inquest was conducted this morning at the Kent Funeral Home by Dr. Charles Judd, of Pollock, coroner of Sullivan County and the jury returned a verdict of: “Accidental death; unavoidable.”
Mr. Payne was born on a farm four miles west of Green City on Dec. 15, 1880, the son of John T. and Martha D. Payne. When 22 years of age he was married to Miss Irene Terry of Green City. She died about two years after their marriage and on Jan. 12, 1916, he was married to Nettie B. Lynch of Guymon, Okla.
He had been in ill health for the past four years.
Mr. Payne had been a member of the Christian Church since boyhood. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and had been a past master of the lodge.
He leaves his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Andrew Macso of Pittsburgh, Pa., a student at the Kirksville State Teachers college; a granddaughter, Martha Annette Macso; two sisters, Mrs. I. Dean Page of Milan and Mrs. J. Frank Dearing, of Phoenix, Ariz.; and two brothers, P. K. Payne of Galt, and Sam Ben Payne of St. Louis. One brother, James H. Payne, preceded him in death.
Mr. Payne taught for several years in the rural schools in the vicinity of Green City and was superintendent of schools at Purdin, Mo., city superintendent of schools at Guymon, Okla., and county superintendent of schools in Texas County, Oklahoma.
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JAMES PAYNE, 71 YEARS OLD, IS DEAD HERE
Funeral Services Scheduled for Tuesday Afternoon
James I. Payne, 71, died at his home, 115 E. Harrison, early Sunday morning.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon at 2:00, conducted by Rev. Archie Cooper of Kirksville. Interment will be in the Maple Hill cemetery.
Mr. Payne was the son of Benjamin and Mary Frances Williams Payne, and was born at Green City on June 16, 1883. He was married to Dena Rouse on Dec. 18, 1904, at Green City, and to this marriage five children were born.
He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Mrs. R. L. (Dessie) Chevalier, Kirksville; Mrs. H. D. (Opal) Hammer, Ft. Campbell, Ky., Mrs. B. B. (Evelyn) Jaggers, Midland, Texas; one son, Clarence I. Payne, Kirksville; one sister, Mrs. Virginia Rouse, Green City, and two half sisters, Mrs. Ann Murphy, Green City, and Mrs. Susan Hill, Jacksonville, Ill.; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mr. Payne was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter, Edna, and two brothers.
Mr. Payne was a retired stock buyer, and was well known in Adair and Sullivan counties.
Bearers will be Pete Anesi, Ross Ritter, Rutherford Chevalier, Joe Anesi, H. D. Hammer and Payne Rouse.
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MRS. MELVINA PAYNE, 84, DIES HERE TODAY
Had Been Ill for Week; Funeral To Be Held Wednesday.
Mrs. Melvina Payne died at the county home this morning at 12:40 o’clock, after an illness of one week from the infirmities of age. She was born August 18, 1849, and was 84 years old at the time of her death. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tom Payne, a son, and three daughters. She is survived by two brothers, John Burch, who lives in Montana, and Andy Burch, of LaBelle; four grandchildren, Russell Pierce, of Kansas City, Berdine Mosley, of Jackson, Miss., Roy Payne, of LaPlata, and Mrs. Wayne Walters, of Gibbs, and four great grandchildren.
Mrs. Payne had been a life-long member of the Methodist church. Funeral services will be held at the Davis & Wilson Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The services will be conducted by Rev. J. W. Thompson, pastor of the First M. E. Church.
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FORMER MAYOR OF PURDIN DIES IN ST. LOUIS
Sam Ben Payne, 78, of University City, a former mayor of Purdin, Mo., died Sunday of heart disease. He was a retired real estate broker.
He was prominent in Democratic politics in St. Louis.
Sam Ben Payne, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 30 Jul 1951, p. 8, col. 6, Monday
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Former Brashear Man Dies In Washington
Special to The Daily Express.
Brashear, Mo., Aug. 23—Word has been received here of the death of the Rev. William H. Payne, brother of E. M. Payne and G. G. Payne, of Brashear, who died Monday evening at 6 o’clock at his home in Tekoa, Wash.
He had been ill since January and suffered severe pain during the last days of his life. Burial was to be in Tekoa.
The Rev. Payne was born Sept. 11, 1875, near Lewistown, the son of Urial and Elvira Payne. When 19 years old he settled with his parents on a farm about three and a half miles from Brashear. He married Miss Rebecca Rice in December, 1880.
Mr. and Mrs. Payne lived in old Paultown until they left Missouri for Washington in 1899.
He united with the United Brethren Church and in Washington became affiliated with the Free Methodist Church. He became a minister and preached for more than thirty years.
He is survived by his wife, three children, Frank of Tekao [sic], Wash.; Mrs. Maude Atkinson, Spokane, Wash.; and Mrs. Artie Smith, Tekoa; seven grandchildren and his two brothers here.
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AMBROSE PAYTON’S FUNERAL SUNDAY
Funeral services for Ambrose Payton of Greentop were conducted Sunday morning at 10 o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home in Kirksville, with Rev. L. T. Mohr, pastor of the Greentop Christian Church, officiating. Burial was in the Highland Park cemetery.
Mr. Payton, 79 years of age, died Thursday evening from injuries suffered when he was struck by an automobile while crossing Highway 63 in Greentop. A car driven by Arthur Kenworthy of Kirksville struck the aged man.
An inquest was held at Greentop Saturday morning by coroner F. V. DeVinny of Downing and the jury absolved Kenworthy of all blame and decreed that the accident was unavoidable.
Mr. Payton was married Monday, February 7, to Mrs. Ida Willis.
He was born July 4, 1858, in Macon county, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Payton. He was married in 1889 to Miss Lizzie Floyd. Mrs. Payton died about a year after their marriage, however, and he later married Miss Edith Pinkerton, who died about 15 years ago. His third wife, Mrs. Ellen Barnes Scott before their marriage, also preceded him in death.
Surviving him are his widow, one son, Jess, Philadelphia, Pa.; his step-mother, Mrs. Martha Ellen Payton, who lives here; three daughters, Oma and Dorothy, who live in Indiana, and Mrs. Amy Elliott, who lives in Colorado; four half brothers, Albert, Charley, John, and Neil Payton, all of this place, and one half sister, Mrs. Ruth Shawley, of Edina.
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DANIEL R. PAYTON, AGED 81, DIES TODAY
Funeral to Be Tomorrow at Union Temple.
Daniel Robert Payton, resident of Southwestern Adair County, died at 3 o’clock this morning at his home. Mr. Payton had been in failing health since last fall and had been seriously ill since Sunday.
Born July 26, 1861, Mr. Payton was the son of Vancouver and Delilah Payton. He married Rhoda Hays in 1885 and with the exception of a few years spent in Southern Missouri, they have lived all their married life in Adair County.
Surviving, besides his widow, are four sons, Joe Payton, of Mountain View; Ward Payton, of West Plains, and Charles and Jink Payton, of Yarrow; two daughter [sic], Mrs. Mamie Martin and Mrs. Opal Roberson, both, of Yarrow; a brother, Lewis Payton, of Woodward, Okla., and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Hankins, of Hillsboro, Ore.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until the funeral which will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Union Temple Church. Interment will be in the Union Temple Cemetery. Pallbearers will include Elmer, Lawrence and George Hays, Garrett Sullivan, Bert Payton and Oscar Easley.
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MRS. PAYTON, 91, DIES AT HOME TODAY
Funeral Services To Be Held Friday at New Hope Church.
Louise G. Payton, colored, aged 91, died at her home, 1112 S. Franklin, this morning at 10:10 o’clock. She had been seriously ill the past three weeks with infirmities of old age.
Funeral services will be held at the New Hope Baptist Church Friday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by the Rev. N. P. Nelson, of Quincy, Ill., a former pastor of the church here. Interment will be in Forest Cemetery.
She was the daughter of John and Lucy Brown and was born in Knox County, Jan. 15, 1853. She was married to James Payton in 1876 and to them two daughters and one son were born, Mrs. Marshall Jackson, of this city, Mrs. Virgil Burris, of Pontiac, Mich., and Dillard Payton, of Joliet, Ill. Mr. Payton died in 1911.
She is survived by the three children, seven grandchildren, ten great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Ben Smith, and Mrs. Vanie Reid, both of Edina, a host of nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Payton was one of the oldest, if not the oldest, colored woman living in Kirksville. She has made her home at 1112 S. Franklin Street for the past fifty years and was highly respected by the older residents of this city.
The body will lie in state at the Summers and Powell Funeral Home.
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MRS. ELLEN S. PAYTON, 76, DIES AT GREENTOP
Bedfast Since April; Funeral Tomorrow at New Harmony.
Mrs. Ellen Scott Payton, 76, died from a stroke of paralysis this morning at 8 o’clock at her home in Greentop. She had been bedfast since April.
Funeral services are to be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the New Harmony Church, west of Greentop, conducted by the Rev. Charles E. Mann, Free Will Baptist minister of Livonia.
Mrs. Payton was born as Margaret Ellen Bond April 1, 1861, on a farm north of Kirksville, the daughter of Hugh and Sarah Hardin Bond. She was married to Jacob Scott Sept. 3, 1882, her husband dying Sept. 30, 1931 [1922?]. To this union eight children were born, one dying in infancy. On Sept. [Jan.?] 26, 1926 she married Ambrose Payton.
Besides her husband, she is survived by seven children, 25 grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. The sons and daughters are Marlin and Harry, of Greentop; Jasper, of Novinger; Mrs. Nina Lay, of Greentop; Mrs. Jessie Gilaspie [Glaspie], of Novinger; Mrs. Edna Lovell, of Griswold, Ia., and Mrs. Lula Decker, of Sidney, Ia.
She was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church and was active in the New Harmony Church before her illness.
Margaret Ellen (Bond) Scott Payton, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 08 Nov 1937, p. 1, col. 8, Monday
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RANSFORD PAYTON, 82, IS DEAD HERE
Lived Near Novinger; Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon
Ransford Payton, 82, of route two, Novinger, died this morning in a Kirksville hospital.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, where the body is lying in state, Sunday afternoon at 1:30, conducted by Rev. W. R. Kornegay, pastor of the Nazarene Church. Interment will be in the Maple Hills cemetery.
Mr. Payton was the son of Thomas and Martha (Stivers) Payton and was born in Adair county Oct. 21, 1868. He moved with his parents to his present home at the age of eight years where he had lived ever since.
He was married to Lillie C. Dear Oct. 12, 1896, at Kirksville, and three sons were born to this marriage.
He is survived by his wife and sons, Archie of De Witt, Iowa, Richard of Novinger, and Francis of Kirksville; two brothers, Charley and Albert, both of Novinger, two sisters, Mrs. Thomas (Rosella) Stevens, Novinger, and Mrs. Ruth Shalley, Edina; six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, two half-brothers, five sisters and two half-sisters. Bearers will be: Ray Fountain, Herman Fountain, Wendell Hamilton, Cohen Walters, Louis Polovich, Jr., and Jess Truitt.
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THOMAS PAYTON DIES HERE; WAS 90 YEARS OLD
Had Been Making Home with Son West of LaPlata
Thomas Jefferson Payton, 90, who had been making his home home [sic] with his son, Royal, on a farm west of La Plata for the past three years, died this morning in a Kirksville hospital.
Mr. Payton was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Payton and was born in Macon County, Sept. 5, 1860. He was married to Mattie D. Floyd March 3, 1887 and five children were born to this marriage.
Mrs. Payton died Oct. 18, 1903, and he was also preceded in death by one son, two daughters, one brother, his parents and one grandson, Garnet Maize, who was killed in World War II.
He is survived by one son, Royal G. Payton, west of La Plata; one daughter, Mrs. Erma Maize, Kirksville; three half-brothers, Albert, Ransford and Charlie Payton, all of Novinger; two half-sisters, Mrs. Ruth Sholly, Edina, and Mrs. Thomas Stevens, Kirksville; two granddaughters, Mrs. Pauline Bookie, Pontiac, Mich., and Mrs. Juanita Drost, Delta, Colo.; two step-granddaughters, Georgiana and Henriette Burris, of west of La Plata, and eight great grandchildren.
When a young man he became a member of the Mulberry Church.
Mr. Payton lived his entire life in Adair County and was a retired farmer and coal miner.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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B. S. PEARCE DIES AT HOME IN GREENTOP
Funeral Services Sunday at Greentop Methodist Church
Benjamin S. Pearce, 87, died at his home in Greentop, Thursday afternoon.
Funeral services will be held at the Greentop Methodist Church Sunday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. P. M. Lind, of Queen City, assisted by Rev. J. Truman Quigley, pastor of the Greentop Methodist Church. Interment will be in the Greentop Cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until 12:30 p. m. Sunday when it will be taken to the church and the casket will be closed at the beginning of the Memorial Hour.
Mr. Pearce was the son of James and Emily E. (Caldwell) Pearce, and was born in Scotland County, Mo., June 13, 1859. He was married to Elvira Couch, Jan. 7, 1883 in Scotland County and to this marriage eight children were born.
He is survived by four sons, Ira T., Harry and James, of Greentop and Ray C. Pearce, of Kirksville; two daughters, Mrs. Nira Mikel and Mrs. Goldie McElhinney, of Kirksville; six grandchildren and three great grandchildren and one brother Elmer, of New Boston.
Mrs. Pearce died Sept. 23, 1945 and he was also preceded in death by one son, one daughter, two brothers and seven sisters.
Mr. Pearce was a member of the Greentop Methodist Church.
The early part of his life was spent near Bible Grove and the last thirty-five years have been spent in the Greentop vicinity.
The body bearers will be: B. F. Arnold, Otto Peterson, H. E. Mikel, Eben Brewer, Ovid Gregory and Willard Cameron.
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ELVIRA PEARCE, 82, DIES AT GREENTOP HOME
Funeral for 82-Year-Old Woman To Be Held Wednesday.
Mrs. Elvira Pearce, 82, a native of Schuyler County, died at her home in Greentop last night.
Funeral services will be held in the Methodist Church in Greentop Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock. Interment will be in the Greentop Cemetery.
Elvira Couch, daughter of Thomas and Nancy J. (Newton) Couch, was born in Schuyler County, Mo., May 3, 1863. She was married to Ben S. Pearce, Jan. 7, 1883 in Scotland County, Missouri.
She is survived by her husband, four sons, Ira T., Harry and James Pearce, all of Greentop, and Ray C. Pearce, of Kirksville; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Mikel and Mrs. Goldie McElhinney, both of Kirksville; six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
She was preceded in death by one son and one daughter, five brothers and three sisters.
Mrs. Pearce was a member of the Greentop Methodist Church.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
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Downing Woman Died Thursday
Mary Frances Still, daughter David Nelson and Sara Elizabeth Still, was born Oct. 20, 1870 at Burmingham [sic], Ia., and passed away at her home in Downing, July 27, 1951.
She was united in marriage to Wm. T. Pearce, March 25, 1919. She was a member of the Christian church at Downing. She leaves her daughter, Mrs. Grace McVey, one granddaughter, Mrs. Frances Houchen, her husband and several stepsons, and stepdaughters, two sisters, Miss Nannie Still and Mrs. Jane Aldrich of Fairfield, two brothers, J. N. Still, Fairfield, and Oren of Bloomfield, and nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Wm. Riddle at Coffey Christian church, July 29. Interment in the Coffey cemetery.
Flower girls were Ethel Seamster, Effie Brill, Neva Lewis, Marjorie Ballew, Nellie Smoot, Daisy Simmons. body bearers: Floyd and Clyde Kracht, Robert and Rosco Pearce, Junior Houchen and Kermit Shaw.
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GREENTOP MAN, WILLIAM T. PEARCE, DEAD
Was 82; Funeral This Afternoon at Coffey Church
William Thomas Pearce, 82, died at the home of his son, Julian, in Greentop Friday.
Funeral services will be held at the Coffey Church this afternoon with the Rev. Faye Chapell, of Memphis, officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
He was the son of Jonathan and Julien Catherine (Caldwell) Pearce and was born in Scotland county June 17, 1868. He was married to Mary Frances Mullinix on March 31, 1919. He was preceded in death by his wife and one brother, Walter, both of whom died in 1951.
Surviving are the son, Julian, Greentop, and one daughter, Mrs. Jennie Goodwin, of Rose Hill, Iowa; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Grace McVey, of Downing, two grandchildren and one step-granddaughter, Mrs. Frances Houchens, of Kansas City.
William Thomas Pearce, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 12 Oct 1952, p. 2, col. 2
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Albert F. Peavler, 74, Dies Here Monday
Albert Franklin Peavler, 74, died Monday night at the home of his daughter, Miss Myrtle Peavler, 1216 West Michigan.
Funeral services were held at the North Salem Church Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Park Chassie. Interment was in the Peavler Cemetery near the church.
Mr. Peavler was the son of William Franklin and Amanda Peavler and was born June 29, 1871, at Leroy, Ill. He was married to Miss Anna Herworth [Hurworth], Jan. 7, 1900. He lived in the North Salem community most of his life, coming to this city in recent years.
He is survived by his wife; one son, Travis, of Moberly; three daughters, Miss Myrtle Peavler, Mrs. Frank Ward, and Mrs. Vernon Funk, of Kirksville; one brother, Marion, of Triplett; five sisters, Mrs. Izora Baker, Minco, Okla., Mrs. Almeda Baker, North Salem, Mrs. Malisa Peavler, Kirksville, Mrs. Amanda McClaid, Kirksville, and Mrs. Iva Keim, Greentop; ten grandchildren and other relatives. He was preceded in death by an infant son and by one brother, John.
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MRS. MARY M. PEAVLER DIES AT TROY MILLS
Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon at North Salem Church.
Mrs. Mary Margaret Peavler, 75, widow of W. F. Peavler, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Amanda McClaid, in the Troy Mills vicinity.
The funeral is to be held at North Salem Church, in Linn County, Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Brown. Burial will be made in Peavler Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until time for the rites.
Mrs. Peavler was born April 26, 1861 in Linn County, a daughter of Brice and Nancy Colyer. Her husband died Oct. 7, 1911.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Anna Peavler, Mrs. Malisa Peavler and Mrs. Iva Kim, Kirksville, and Mrs. McClaid, of the Troy Mills vicinity; four step-children, Mrs. Isora [Izora] Baker, Oklahoma; Marion Peavler, Saline County, Missouri; Albert Peavler, North Salem, Missouri, and Mrs. Almeda Baker, North Salem; fourteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Mrs. Peavler was a member of the Christian Church, with which she affiliated in her girlhood.
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Carlos Peck Dies of Injuries Received in Wreck Monday
Carlos Peck, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Peck of Memphis died at 7:10 Tuesday morning at the Graham hospital in Keokuk a result of injuries received when the pick-up truck he was driving went off the road half way down the hill just east of the Wyaconda road junction on highway 136.
A large collie dog was found dead near the scene of the wreck shortly after the accident and it is thought that he perhaps attempted to avoid hitting the dog and in so doing lost control of the truck. Carlos was going east down the hill when the accident happened at about 9 p.m. Monday night.
Brownish hair was found on the underneath side of the bumper and on one place on the fender, indicating that the dog had been struck.
Carlos was found unconscious by Dr. C. V. Conger, veterinarian of Kahoka, who summoned an ambulance to take him to the hospital.
His parents were summoned to Keokuk and Tuesday morning early his brothers and sisters were called to the hospital.
Carlos, who is associated with his father in the quarry here, was a well liked lad by those of his own age and by older people who knew him. He graduated from Memphis high school in the class of 1951.
Carlos was one of the original members of the Cub Scout organization in Memphis in which he was very active until he advances to the Boy Scouts.
He was born December 11, 1932, in Scotland county and spent all of his life here.
Surviving besides his parents, are two brothers, Cecil of Edina, Gerald at home; seven sisters, Mrs. Leland Howard, Mrs. Roy Clark of Memphis, Jewell, Joanna and Judy at home. Mrs. Harvey Musgrove of Gorin and Mrs. Stanley Russell, Jr., of Des Moines, Iowa, and his grandmother, Mrs. Martha peck of Memphis.
Mass was held for Carlos from the St. Michael Catholic church at Kahoka at 7 o’clock this morning and funeral services will be conducted from the same church at 2 p.m. this afternoon by Father Scobee, pastor.
Body bearers will be Danny Hinds, Tom Shally, Jim Allen, Bob Dodge, Dave Morris and Neil Nelson.
Honorary body bearers will be Kenneth Eggleston, Dick Johnson, Leroy Orton, Donald Dean Gray, Carroll Dean Clark and Garland Carter.
Flower girls in attendance will by Lynn Smoot, Joan Hinds, Carol Rose, Marlene Girardin, Janet Johnson, Lila Baker, Bonnie Goosey, Mildred Fetters, Shirley Johnson, Helen Jean Bourn, Margaret Purvis and Nancy Morris.
Burial will be in the Memphis cemetery.
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Funeral Held Sunday For Mrs. Forrest Peck
Mrs. Forrest E. Peck, 39, died at 4 a.m., Jan. 1, while in a Bloomfield hospital. She had not been in the best of health lately and underwent surgery at the hospital the day before her death.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at First Baptist church in Memphis, with Rev. J. Purd Hays, officiating.
Mrs. Peck was born Evelyn Maxine Rigby, Sept. 21, 1913, a daughter of Arthur and Ethel May Fine Rigby. Her early life was spent in Farmington, Iowa, where she attended school and the Baptist church. In 1929 she married George William Johnson of Hillsboro, Iowa. To this union three children were born: William Eugene, Richard Keith, and Janet Kay.
In 1951 she was married to Forrest E. Peck, who survives. Other survivors are two children Janet Kay Johnson of Memphis and Richard Keith Johnson of Ft. Madison; Two brothers, Edwin Keith Rigby of Chicago, and Gerald F. Rigby of western Nebraska and one sister, Mrs. Mildred Bickford of Detroit.
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Funeral Services Held Here Monday For Forrest E. Peck
Funeral services were held here Monday, January 23, at 2 o’clock for Forrest E. Peck, conducted by Father Newman. Burial was in Memphis cemetery.
Body bearers were William Pence, Fred DeRosear, Hillis Morgan, Victor Orf, Henry Reed and Hubert Morgan.
Mr. Peck, who has been ill for a number of years, was making his home at the Flower hotel and was found dead in his room by Fred DeRosear, manager of the hotel.
Forrest Eugene Peck, son of George L. and Martha Mudd Peck was born December 13, 1907, in Scotland County. He died January 21, 1956, aged 48, after a long illness from a heart ailment. He was baptized at an early age at St. Mary church in Scotland County.
He was married to Maxine Johnston April 3, 1951, who preceded him in death, as did his father and mother and two brothers, Virgil and Ray.
Surviving are two stepchildren, Mrs. Janet Grey and Richard Johnston, both of Memphis; one brother, Charles E. Peck, Memphis, two sisters, Miss Beulah Peck and Mrs. Irma Mathes, both of Memphis; two aunts Miss Nora Peck of Memphis, Mrs. Lula Knisley of Charleston, South Carolina, nineteen nieces and nephews and other relatives.
Mr. Peck spent most of his life in Scotland county, where he operated a farm in the Hitt neighborhood. he was in service during World War II.
Due to failing health, he spent the last 5 years in Memphis.
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LEO RAY PECK DIED; FUNERAL HELD MONDAY
Leo Ray Peck, a farmer of near Hitt, died at 5 p.m. Friday in Davis County Hospital. Mr. Peck, who was 45, had suffered a stroke Tuesday.
Born in 1905 in Schuyler county, a son of George Lewis and Martha Mudd Peck, the deceased lived most of his life in Scotland county. He attended Scotland county schools and was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic church near Hitt. He lived with his mother, Mrs. Martha Peck, and a sister, Beulah Peck, who survive.
Mr. Peck in 1931 married the former Miss Eva Pruett of Memphis; to them were born two sons, one of whom died in infancy. Vernon, of Warsaw, Ill., survives.
Other survivors are a sister, Mrs. Irma Mathes of Memphis, and two brothers, Forrest and Charles E., both of Memphis.
Funeral services for Mr. Peck were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday from Gerth & Baskett Chapel, Father R. G. Scobee of Kahoka officiating. Burial was in Sacred Heart cemetery at Hitt.
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Mrs. Martha Peck Dies At Bloomfield
Mrs. Martha Peck, 85, died at the Davis County hospital, Bloomfield, Iowa, Monday, January 17. Funeral services were held from the Payne Chapel, January 19, conducted by Father Patrick Newman. Burial was in the Sacred Heart cemetery.
Body bearers were Cecil Peck, Gerald Peck, Roy Clark, George Mathes, Leonard Mathes, and Stanley Russell.
Mrs. Peck, the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Catherine Mudd, was born February 7, 1869, in Scotland county near Hitt. She spent her entire life in the community where she was born except for the past few years when she lived in Memphis.
She was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic church, and was a teacher in the county schools. She was married to George L. Peck of Scotland county, October 2, 1894, who preceded her in death.
Six children were born to them, four of whom survive, Charles and Forest [sic] of Memphis, Beulah of Memphis, and Irma Mathes of Downing. Two sons, Virgil and Ray, preceded her in death.
Also surviving are 19 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, four brothers, John, Charles, Walter, and Robert Mudd; four sisters, Sally Campbell, Mattie Mudd, Mary Mudd and Elizabeth Mudd.
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MRS. MARY PECK DIES TODAY, AGED 78 YEARS
Mrs. Mary A. Peck died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. Wilson, 616 E. Pierce street, about 1:30 this morning, of bronchial pneumonia, after a weeks illness.
She has been making her home with her daughter for several months. She was 78 years of age, having been born in the state of Ohio, Jan. 31, 1842.
Besides Mrs. Wilson, she is survived by four other daughters, Mrs. T. W. Morrow and Mrs. Charles Davis, of Moulton, Ia., Mrs. J. T. Kennett, of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. T. C. Richey, of Cordell, Okla.
She also leaves two sons, Ed Peck, of Centerville, Ia., and Alfred Peck, of Phoenix, Ariz., and one sister, Mrs. Eliza Hanna.
The body will be taken to her old home near Moulton for burial, leaving Kirksville tomorrow at 8:30 a. m. The funeral will probably be held there Friday.
Mary A. Peck, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 17 Feb 1920, p. 1, col. 1, Tuesday
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RITES FOR VIRGIL B. PECK
Died at His Home West of Memphis Friday Afternoon
Funeral services for Virgil B. Peck were held at his home three miles west of Memphis Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Francis O’Duignan of Kahoka. Interment was in the Barker cemetery near Killwinning.
The pall bearers were Ray Foglesong, Ben H. Briggs, Earl Wolf, John W. Jones. Lynn Riddington and Willie Stine.
Virgil Peck grew to manhood and was educated in this county. He was a young man of splendid character, honorable and fair in all his dealings. His death is not only regretted by the members of his immediate family, but by the people of the community who have known him all his life.
Mr. Peck had been in ill health several months but was seriously ill only a few days prior to his death, which was a shock to the community.
Virgil Benjamin Peck was a son of the late George L. Peck and Martha Peck. He was born in Scotland county, Missouri, near Hitt on February 28, 1896, and has lived in this county all his life. He died at his home three miles west of Memphis on Friday, Sept. 16, 1938, at 11:15 o’clock a.m.
He was maried [sic] at Kahoka, Mo., on February 26, 1925, to Miss Violet Fincher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Fincher of Scotland county. Two daughters, Ruth Bernice, 12, and Ruby Aleen, 9, were born to this union.
Mr. Peck is survived by his wife and the two daughters, his mother, Mrs. Martha Peck, of near Hitt, and the following brothers and sisters: Charles E. Peck, Ray Peck, Forrest Peck, Mrs. Irma Mathes and Miss Beulah Peck, all of whom live in Scotland county.
He also leaves two aunts, Miss Nora Peck of Downing and Miss Lula Peck of Charleston, S. C., and two uncles, W. A. Mudd of Hitt and Charles E. Mudd of Denver, Colo.
He was a member of the Catholic faith.
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Merle Pedersen Dies In Evanston, Illinois
Merle Pederseu [sic], 73, of Evanston, Illinois, formerly of LaPlata, Missouri, died Thursday morning at 6 o’clock, in the Evanston Hospital. She was born in Scotland County, March 31, 1896, and was the daughter of John W. and Ruth (Goldsby) Myers.
She was married to Einar Pederseu [sic], who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death were her parents, two sisters, and three brothers.
Surviving are one sister, Pauline Jones Acton, of Memphis; a sister-in-law, Emma Myers, of LaPlata; and several nieces and nephews, including Quentin Jones of Arbela, and Lucile Smith of Memphis.
Mrs. Pederseu [sic] was reared in Scotland County, going to Chicago about 40 years ago, where she owned and operated a dress shop.
She was a member of the LaPlata Baptist Church. The body was returned to La-LaPlata [sic], where the funeral was held Saturday at 2 p.m., in the Jackson Wilson Funeral Home.
Among those attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Action [sic], Mrs. Lucile Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Jones, Janevra and Barrett, and Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Reynolds and Mrs. Lena Buhr of Rochester, New York, who was visiting relatives and friends in Scotland County. Mrs. Reynolds is the foster daughter of Mrs. Acton, in Bloomfield.
Merle Pederson, From Unknown Newspaper, 29 May 1969
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(March 19, 1940)
We were grieved to hear of the death of two of our highly respected citizens Friday, Edward Pedigo and Frank Laws. Mr. Pedigo leaves his wife, two sons, Everett and Johnnie Lee, of Downing, two daughters, Mrs. Cleo Thrasher of Bible Grove and Mrs. John Fogle of Chicago. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Lloyd Moore at the Moore funeral home Sunday at 2:30. Burial in Downing cemetery.
Mr. Laws leaves his wife, three sons, Henry, James and Charley, all of Downing; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Snider of south Missouri and Mrs. James Whittom of Kirksville. The funeral was held at the Baptist church Sunday at 1 p.m., conducted by Rev. Daniel. Burial in Coffey cemetery.
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C. E. PEEBLES DIES TODAY AT MOBERLY
Kirksville Resident Was Patient in a Hospital There
Charles Edward Peebles, 66, of 415 N. Elson, died this morning in a hospital in Moberly, where he had been a patient for the past fourteen days.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Mr. Peebles was the son of Charles Edward and Anna Eliza (Attebery) Peebles and was born September 5, 1884, in Macoupin County, Illinois. He was married to Kittie Charlotte Vittetoe, September 4, 1907, and to this marriage six children were born.
He is survived by his wife; one son, Charles Owen Peebles, of Rockford, Ill.; five daughters, Mrs. Wade (Grace) Hunsucker, Vancouver, Wash.; Mrs. Jay (Lucille) Nigh, Ames, Iowa; Mrs. Kyle (Wilma) Terry, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. Warren (Beatrice) Ashby and Mrs. William (Leantha) Powell, both of Kirksville. Two brothers, Bert of Rockford, Ill., and John Peebles, of Queen City, one sister, Mrs. John Jones, Queen City, and thirteen grandchildren also survive. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister.
He was a member of the Kirksville Christian Church.
Mr. Peebles was a retired Wabash Railroad employee and worked out of Kirksville and Queen City.
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R. R. PEEK, ILL OVER TWO YEARS, DIES
Succumbs to Heart Disease; Funeral Here Thursday.
Ransley Raymond Peek, 32, died yesterday at the home of his parents, John and Minnie Peek, 711 West Patterson Street. He had been in failing health for the past two and a half years. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
Born Jan. 5, 1911, in Kirksville, he attended the public schools here and is a graduate of the Kirksville Senior High School. He married the former Edith Mathes, Nov. 5, 1938.
Besides his widow and parents, he leaves two sons, John Leroy, age two, and Raymond, Jr., age four; a daughter Willia June, age three months and two brothers, Corp. William D. Peek, who was granted a furlough from Laredo, Texas, and Garnett Neal Peek, at home.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until the funeral, which will be held there at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. The Rev. L. V. Freeman will officiate. Interment will be in Maple Hills Cemetery.
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Ethel Pemberton Dies at Mexico
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Ethel (Boone) Pemberton, of Centralia, Mo., formerly of the Star neighborhood south of Brashear. Mrs. Pemberton died Sunday, Feb. 27, following a lingering illness, in a hospital in Mexico, Mo. Her sister, Mrs. Eva Dunham, of Brashear, had been with her for the past several weeks.
Her husband, Orville Pemberton, preceded her in death nearly three years ago.
She is survived by three sons, three grandsons, one brother and three sisters.
She united with Star Christian Church a number of years ago.
Funeral services were held in the Christian Church in Centralia Wednesday afternoon and interment was at Centralia.
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THOMAS O. PEMBERTON, 60, IS DEAD
Former Adair County Farmer Was At Moberly.
Thomas Orville Pemberton, 60, former Adair County farmer, died at the McCormick Hospital in Moberly Monday afternoon. He had undergone an operation for cancer.
The body was taken to Centralia where funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Christian church.
Mr. Pemberton was the son of Hayden and Sophia Pemberton and was born on a farm southeast of Gibbs. He was married to Miss Ethel Boone and three sons and one daughter were born to them.
He is survived by his wife, three sons, Boon Thomas Pemberton, of Clark, T. O. Pemberton, Jr., of Centralia, T/Sgt. George H. Pemberton, with the U. S. Army in Egypt, one daughter, Miss Ethel; five brothers, Lloyd, of Vallejo, Calif., Edgar, of Oregon, Bernard, of Idaho, Arthur, of Columbia and William, of Quincy, Ill.; one sister, Mrs. Hallie Seddell [sic], of Los Angeles, Calif.
His parents preceded him in death.
Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton have been living on a farm near Centralia, Mo., for a number of years.
Mrs. Eva Dunham, of Brashear, a sister-in-law, left for Centralia immediately on receipt of the word of his death.
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Obituary
Burton Ivan Pence, son of Leander and Sadie Pence, was born in Wabuncy [Wabaunsee] County, Kansas, August 10, 1880, and departed this life at his home five miles south of Memphis, Mo., May 18, 1926, at the age of 46 years, 9 months and 8 days.
He came to Missouri in 1881, where he united in marriage to Miss Maude Palmer, August 14, 1901. To this union four children were born.
He united with the United Brethren Church, August 14, 1901, in which organization he retained his membership until the time of death.
Besides his wife he leaves to mourn his death, one daughter, Edna Mavis, three sons, Euell Harold, George Wesley and Burt Junior, three sisters, Mrs. Emma Shriver of Gorin, Mrs. Tom Carpenter of Memphis, Mo. and Mrs. Addie Wells of Rutledge, Mo., two brothers, Joseph of Memphis, Mo. and Lenard of Rutledge, Mo., also two half-brothers, Clarence Pence of Chicago, Ill., and Clyde Pence of Salt Lake City, Utah, and a host of other relatives and friends.
He had been in ill health for more than a year and the latter months of his life were attended with much suffering which he bore patiently. He was a kind and faithful loving husband and father. But at last the angel of death came to relieve him of his suffering and bore him away to his heavenly home where he will rest in peace forever and ever.
Funeral services were held at the Bethel Church, Thursday, May 20, at 11 a.m., conducted by Rev. Willy of Rutledge and the remains were laid to rest in the Bethel cemetery. –Gorin Argus.
Burton Ivan Pence, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 3 Jun 1926, p. 1, col. 5
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Passes Away January 10 At Age of 88
Carl Pence passed away in Scotland County Hospital, January 10, 1972, at the age of 88. He was born in Scotland County, December 13 in the year 1883 to Riley and Nancy Bailey Pence.
Mr. Pence was a member of the Oak Ridge Baptist Church and Memphis Odd Fellows. He is survived by one brother, Lester Pence of Memphis, two nieces, Mrs. Lois Foclune, Burlington, Iowa; Mrs. Jacqueline Peterson, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; two great nieces, Mrs. Carol Myers of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Teresa Foclune of Burlington, Iowa.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother, one sister and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Lena Pence.
Services were held from the Payne Chapel in Memphis, Missouri on Thursday, January 13, 1972 at 1:00 p.m. The Rev. Kenneth Campbell officiating.
Body bearers were the I.O.O.F. and interment the Memphis Cemetery.
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Clarence L. Pence Dies In Louisiana
Clarence L. Pence died suddenly at his home in Houma, Louisiana, shortly after returning home from work the evening of July 12th. Mr. Pence was born and raised in Scotland County and lived here until the early 1920’s. He was the youngest child of Leander and Minnie Lowry Pence and was the last of a family of eight children. He is survived by his wife, one daughter and four grandchildren.
Relatives here include a niece, Mrs. Maymie Beckert, two nephews, Joe B. and Wm. M. Pence, and a cousin, Harold Tippett.
Burial services were at Hauma [sic], on July 14th.
Clarence L. Pence, From Unknown Newspaper, 20 Jul 1967
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Plevna Resident Lived Many Years In Kirksville.
Mrs. Susan M. Pence of Plevna, widow of the late William Pence, and a resident of Kirksville for many years, died Monday morning at a hospital in Fairfield, Ia., after a short illness with a bowel ailment.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Plevna Wednesday at 2 o’clock and burial will be made there.
Mrs. Pence is survived by one son, Guy Pence, superintendent of schools at Fairfield, Iowa. Since the death of her husband three years ago, she had been living with a housekeeper in Plevna. When she became ill a few days ago her son took her to a hospital in Fairfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Pence lived most of their married life in Kirksville, but left here several years ago.
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W. M. Pence, Former Resident Here, Dies
William Michael Pence, 82-year-old resident of Plevna, and a former resident of Kirksville, died at his home Friday. He had been an invalid for a year or more and suffered a stroke a couple of weeks ago.
The Pence family lived in Kirksville for a great many years and he was janitor at the courthouse for several years. He returned to Plevna, his old home town, a few years ago.
He is survived by his widow, one son, W. G. Pence of Fairfield, Iowa and three brothers and a sister. Henry and Albert Pence of Plevna, Wes Pence of Gibbs, and Mrs. Monroe Vanosdo of Shelbyville.
Mr. Pence was born at Plevna on September 16, 1858, and was married to Miss Susan Rice.
The Rev. Mr. E. N. Garrett of Sedalia conducted funeral services Saturday at the Methodist Church in Plevna.
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Sam Penney of Styles, Iowa, was buried at the Barker cemetery on May 25. He lived for many years on the farm then occupied by Will Rush.
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CAPTAIN J. M. PENNY DIED AT LEANDO, IA.
Captain J. M. Penny, of Leando, dropped dead on the street while walking from the store to his home yesterday at 5 o’clock. The captain, while not in very good health for sometime past, was around as usual, and his sudden death is a shock to his many friends. Death is attributed to heart trouble. The captain was a veteran of the civil war and highly respected by his acquaintances. He was 77 years of age. He leaves to survive him a wife, two sons and four daughters.
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The sudden death of James M. Penny, a long time resident of Leando, Iowa, came as a great shock not only to his family and relatives but to the entire community.
He was a member of the G. A. R. having served four years as first lieutenant in Company B. 30th Iowa Infantry in the Civil War and in the last three months of the war he served as captain, but did not receive a commission as such. He gave his heart to God in early life and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Memphis.
Having finished his education at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, he chose teaching as a profession and was instrumental in organizing a number of our public schools. He followed this occupation as long as his health would permit. He also was among those who were instrumental in organizing the Farmers and Traders Bank of Douds, Iowa. His work led him into many different localities where he made many friends. He was loved and respected by all who knew him.
Mr. Penny was born in Indiana, November 20, 1841, and died April 3, 1919, aged 77 years, 5 months and 13 days.
He was married to Julia A. Davis in the year 1866. To this union was born nine children, four sons and three daughters, six of whom are still living as follows: Mrs. Mae Graham of Douds, Iowa, Mrs. Kate Stoop of Centralia, Washington, Leslie Penny of Mexico, Missouri, Captain Albert Penny of Almeda [sic], California, but now stationed at Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Dora McKee of Kahoka, Missouri and Mrs. Winnie Holton of Chicago[,] Ill. The other three died in infancy.
His first wife died January 12, 1897. He was afterwards married to Mrs. Phoebe House in 1901, who is living.
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Mrs. Geo. Penny passed away in Ottumwa last Monday. She was the stepmother of Alva Penny, of near Hitt.
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RITES ON THURSDAY FOR JOHN P. PERISHO
John P. Perisho, 82 years old, a life long resident of Edgar county, Illinois, died at 6 o’clock last evening at the family home 430 West Madison St., Paris, Ill., his death being due to complications resulting from a fall two weeks ago which affected his throat.
Funeral services will be held from the home at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon, Dr. Jesse T. Dodds, pastor of the First Methodist Church officiating. Burial wlil [sic] be at Edgar cemetery.
Mr. Perisho, the son of Harvey and Elizabeth Ogden Perisho, was born Sept. 16th, 1849, in Symmes township. In 1916 he moved to Paris from a farm ten miles west of Paris. On Feb. 19th, 1874, he was united in marriage to Martha Morris, daughter of Jesse B. and Kitty Barnett Morris, who survives, together with the following children: Mrs. Dessie Conley, Mrs. Ruth Honnold, Mrs. E. O. Delap and Elbert Perisho, Paris, Ill.; Charles Perisho, Chicago and Mrs. Burr Honnold, Kansas. Also surviving are two brothers, W. W. Perisho, Paris, and Abraham Perisho, residing west of Paris, and one sister, Mrs. Harlan Swango, of Paris. There are fourteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Mr. Perisho was a Primitive Baptist and was formerly identified with the Modern Woodmen and Workman orders. He was a member of the Elks lodge.
(Taken from a Paris, Illinois, paper issue of Feb. 17th, 1932.)
John P. Perisho, Brashear, Missouri, The Brashear News, 25 Feb 1932, p. 1, col. 3
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J. L. PERKINS DIES SUDDENLY AT FARM HOME
Moved Last Saturday To Clay Vicinity; Ill 3 Years.
James Lewis Perkins, 54, died suddenly last night at his new home north of Clay. He recently had bought a farm in that vicinity and moved to it only last Saturday.
Mr. Perkins had suffered three years from ulcers of the stomach and heart disease.
He was born May 13, 1887, the son of James and Elizabeth Hills Perkins, and was married to Ida Novinger Feb. 7, 1909. They lived in Idaho and Washington several years, returning to Missouri in 1914 and living near Novinger and Youngstown. He worked in the Arctic coal mine thirteen years, then moved to a farm north of Adair in 1931.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Ida N. Perkins; two daughters, Pauline, of Kirksville, and Gladys, at home; one son, Glen, of Kirksville; three sisters and two brothers. His parents, two sisters and one brother preceded him in death.
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MRS. PERLEY DIES AT HOME IN MOBERLY
Mrs. J. M. Perley, a former resident of Kirksville, died Tuesday evening at her home in Moberly. The family lived here three or four years ago and they have many friends in Kirksville who extend sincere sympathy.
The Moberly Democrat contains the following item concerning Mrs. Perley’s death:
The spirit of Mrs. Ardenia Perley passed from its pain wasted body at 6:15 o’clock last evening. She was born November 26, 1870.
For a long period Mrs. Perley had been a sufferer. Prior to that time she had been a woman of physical and mental vigor and when specialists told her the her earthly days were numbered she accepted their verdict with gallant courage and her cheeriness was a marvel and comfort to her family and friends. Her life’s ambition was centered in her children and she kept herself companionable to them by her own mental alertness and her continued interest in their education and aims.
Her husband, J. M. Perley, passed away several years ago, the surviving members of the family are two daughters, Misses Dean and Inez Perley; one son, Raymond Perley, Moberly.
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MRS. ALICE PERRY DIES IN TRENTON
Former Novinger Resident Had Been Ill for Three Weeks
Mrs. Alice (Garriott) Perry, 89, former Novinger resident, died Sunday morning at nine a.m. at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Bert Mingus in Trenton. She has been ill the past three weeks.
Funeral services will be held at the Summers & Powell Funeral Home here Tuesday afternoon at one o’clock conducted by Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Interment will be in the La Plata Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home until time for the funeral.
Mrs. Perry, was the former Miss Alice Matilda Garriott and was born in Rushville, Ill., Sept. 6, 1858. She came with her parents to La Plata, Mo., when a small child. In 1877 she was married to Sam Mingus, who died in 1891. Three children were born to them, two of whom died in infancy. Her son Bert died in 1945.
In 1895 she was married to J. B. Perry. They lived the first few years of their married life at Elmer, La Plata and Brashear where Mr. Perry was engaged in business. Later they went to Novinger where they made their permanent home. Mr. Perry died in 1930 and Mrs. Perry continued to maintain her home in Novinger until 1946 when she moved to Trenton to the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Cora Mingus.
Mrs. Perry was a member of the First Baptist Church in Trenton.
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DIED.
PERRY -Of consumption, Sept. 15th, 1875, at the residence of her mother, in Scotland County, Mo., Miss Cyntha J. Perry- aged 27 years.
Thus, one by one, the members of this dear family cross the river and are gathered in their eternal home.
The subject of this notice was a member of the “household of faith”- a daughter beloved by her Father in heaven.
She united about eight years ago with the Baptist church at Buffalo Lick, Shelby County, Kentucky; came to Missouri in 1869, where she lived a faithful Christian, and died in firm and sure reliance on the blood of Jesus Christ her Saviour.
The period of her last sickness, though one of suffering, was endured meekly and patiently, and was devoted to diligent preparation for the coming change. Christ was formed in her hope of glory so that her countenance shone with a softened light, reflecting the image of Him who was making her meet for His kingdom.
It was delightful to witness the sweet peace, the abiding comfort, and the sensible joy of God’s favour that possessed her soul. She did not fear to die; for death to her had no sting- the grave no victory. ‘There remaineth a rest.’ She knew it was ‘an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled- that fadeth not away.’ These considerations, whilst they do not lessen the sense of loss, do assuage sorrow. And whilst the dear ones here weep over the severance of sweet earthly ties, they may find comfort in the thought that their loss is her eternal gain; for as her own lips said: ‘It is far better to depart and be with Christ.’
“I heard the voice of Jesus say:
Come unto Me and rest;
Lay down, thou weary one, lay down
Thy head upon my breast.
I came to Jesus as I was,
Weary and worn and sad,
I found in Him a resting place,
And He has made me glad.”
T. B. L.
Shelby Co. (Ky.) Sentinel please copy.
Cyntha J. Perry, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 7 Oct 1875, p. 3, col. 4
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Rites Held Today for Perry Infant
Funeral services for Donnie Dale Perry, infant son of Dale and Ruth (Parks) Perry of route three, Novinger, were held this afternoon at 1:30 at the Dee Riley Funeral Home. Rev. Arthur Dockum, pastor of the Church of God Holiness, officiated. Interment was in the Brashear cemetery.
Donnie Dale was born and died Sunday morning in a Kirksville hospital.
He is survived by his parents, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Perry of Abingdon, Ill., and H. E. Parks of Kirksville.
Donnie Dale Perry, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 7 Jan 1952, p. 5, col. 8
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OBITUARY
Dora Virginia Hudson was born April 15, 1866 in Knox County, Missouri, the daughter of William Fisher Hudson and Virginia Perry Hudson. She left this life November 7, 1955 in San Diego, California at the age of 89 years, six months and twenty-three days.
She was married on February 7, 1889 to Marcus Alvin Perry who passed away August 12, 1934. Four of the five children born of this union survive, Mrs. Irene Pitzer, Fulton, Missouri, Mrs. Virginia Allsworth, San Diego, California; Chester Brack Perry, Delta, Colorado and Mrs. Florence Schwada, San Diego, California. One son, Marcus Lee Perry, Waukegan, Illinois, passed away August 10, 1954.
In addition to these children who mourn their mother’s passing, Mrs. Dora Perry is survived by fourteen devoted grandchildren, twenty-one great grandchildren, four great great grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.
She lived many years of her life west of Leonard, and in later life lived in Leonard and in Shelbyville. The last eight years she lived in San Diego, California.
She was a charter member of the Cherry Box Christian Church.
Her life was full. Her life was good. Her love for her family was a beautiful thing. The world is a better place for her having been here.
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MRS. LLOYD M. PERRY, OF NEAR BRASHEAR, DIES
Suffered Stroke Four Weeks Ago; Funeral At Center Sunday.
Special to The Daily Express.
Brashear, Mo., Sept. 11—Mrs. Emma E. Perry, 41 years old, died at 10:30 o’clock last night in a hospital in Kirksville. She suffered a paralytic stroke four weeks ago yesterday at the family home five miles north of Brashear and was taken to the hospital last Friday.
The funeral is to be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Center Church, conducted by the Rev. J. H. Lane. Pallbearers will be Mrs. Owen James, Mrs. Ernest Miller, Mrs. Forrest Gordon, Mrs. Elmer Hunsaker, Mrs. H. A. Shuetz and Mrs. Jesse Miller. The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home here until time for the services.
Mrs. Perry was born near Clay, Nov. 6, 1899, a daughter of Robert and Effie Gleason McClanahan. She was married to Lloyd M. Perry Sept. 7, 1923 and three children were born to them.
Surviving are her husband, the children, Robert Lewis, Juanita Pearl and Cecil Dean Perry; her father, Robert McClanahan; two sisters and three brothers, Mrs. Alice James, Kirksville; Charles McClanahan, Kirksville; Lawrence McClanahan, Kirksville; Oral McClanahan, Sperry, Ia.; Mrs. Ernest Clarkson, La Plata; five nieces and five nephews. One brother, Noble, died in 1913 and her mother died Feb. 11, 1933.
Mrs. Perry and her husband went to Ft. Madison, Ia., to live shortly after their marriage and were there four years, since which time they have lived on a farm in Adair County. She was a member of the Ft. Madison Christian Church.
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Leonard Perry Services Were Held Friday
Leonard Wayne Perry, youngest son of Jason Leonard Perry and Emma Josephine Wilson Perry, was born in Kirksville, Missouri, on January 29, 1952, and departed this life on January 9, 1968, near Memphis, Missouri.
His childhood days had been spent in Clark County, Missouri. Later his parents moved to Scotland County, near Memphis, Missouri, where he attended school until the time of his death.
He attended Sunday School at Carmel Church, south of Luray, and was a Sophomore in the Memphis School.
He leaves to mourn his loss his parents, one sister, Mrs. Dale (Jolene) Heaton, his brother-in-law, Dale Heaton of Memphis, Missouri, and a brother, J. W. of the home, his maternal gradmother [sic], Mrs. Mabel Wilson of Kahoka, Missouri, his paternal grandfather, J. W. Perry of Kahoka, Missouri, a number of aunts, uncles, cousins, and a host of friends.
Leonard was especially fond of working with machinery and spent many hours working on neighbors farms helping with their tractor work.
Funeral services were held from the Payne Chapel at Memphis, Missouri, on Friday afternoon, January 12, at 1:30 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Harold C. Spiva of Luray, and pastor of Carmel Church in Clark County.
Pall bearers were Lee Verne Bullock, Roy Bullock, Thurman Perry, Lee Perry, Hugh Wilson and Wallace Taylor.
Interment was in the Wilson Cemetery, a family cemetery located on the Wilson farm south of Luray, Missouri.
Leonard Wayne Perry, From Unknown Newspaper, 18 Jan 1968
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MRS. LIZZIE PERRY, AGED 61, DIES HERE
Funeral To Be Held Tomorrow; Burial At Novinger.
Mrs. Lizzie Belle Perry, 61, of 912 South Wabash Street, died yesterday in a hospital here, where she had been under treatment the past few days for heart and kidney disorders.
The funeral is to be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock and burial will be in the Novinger Cemetery. The body is lying in state at the funeral home. Pallbearers have been selected as follows: Arnold Griffith, Carl Brown, Herschel Figge, Lowell Gosser, Clifford Dabney, Edward Higbee.
Mrs. Perry was the widow of Charles Perry, who was killed by a Wabash train here Nov. 8, 1935 while walking on the railroad tracks. They were married in 1894 and lived in Iowa before coming here 24 years ago.
She was born Feb. 27, 1879 at Macon County, Missouri. Surviving are ten sons and daughters, Mrs. Roy Figge, Gary Ind.; Mont Perry, Chicago; Leland Perry, Chicago; Mrs. Arnold Griffith, Excelsior Springs; Mrs. Lowell Gosser, Fort Dodge, Ia.; Plin Perry, Kirksville; Mrs. Clifford Dabney, Kirksville; Mrs. Carl Brown, Kirksville; Oliver Deon Perry, Kirksville; Mrs. Edward Higbee, Kirksville; ten grandchildren, and three sisters, Mrs. Laura Bretz, Novinger; Mrs. Matt Adams, Kirksville, and Mrs. Nettie Bryden, Novinger.
She is survived by two granddaughters, Mrs. Bernard Povlovich, of Kirksville and Miss Grace Mingus, a former Trenton teacher and now head of the English department in North Kansas City High School, North Kansas City, Mo.; one great-granddaughter, Miss Charlene Povlovich, of Kirksville; four step-children, O. M. Perry, of Novinger; Arb Perry, of Ft. Madison, Ia.; Claude Perry, of Atlanta, Mo., and Mrs. Alta Clark, of Salt Lake City, Utah; one sister, Mrs. Sada Bragg, of Kansas City, Mo.
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THOMAS PERRY, AGED 80, DIES AT BRASHEAR
Suffered Stroke Three Months Ago; Funeral Thursday.
Special to The Daily Express.
Brashear, Mo., Feb. 15—Thomas L. Perry, 80 years old, died at his home in Brashear yesterday afternoon at 4:10 o’clock. He had been in failing health the past year. He suffered a paralytic stroke three months ago and gradually grew worse.
He was the son of Marshall and Nancy Kiggins Perry, natives of Kentucky. He was born April 26, 1858. He was married to Miss Nora K. Cummins, Jan. 23, 1890. To this union six children were born. One son, William, died at the age of seven years. Those, who with the mother survive, are: Ed and Ira, of Brashear; Myron, of Hurdland; Lloyd and Mrs. Clarence Miller, of near Kirksville. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Patterson, of Brashear, and Mrs. Mary Monroe, of Gibbs. Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. There were ten grandchildren.
Mr. Perry lived in the Grandview neighborhood practically all his married life until four years ago, when he and his wife moved to Brashear. He was a member of the Christian Church at Brashear, having united with the church a number of years ago under the ministry of Rev. P. D. Holloway.
Funeral services will be held at the U. B. Church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. J. H. Lane. Burial will be in the Brashear Cemetery.
The pall bearers will be Ernest Mills, Frank Coppers, Elmer Skinner, Earl Scott, William Scott, and Jesse Scott.
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FUNERAL FOR MOTHER AND SON MONDAY
Double Ceremony for Mrs. Flora Person and Lennis Person.
Double funeral services are to be held at the Sabbath Home Church Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock for Mrs. Flora Person, who died in a hospital here yesterday afternoon, and her son, Lennis, 37, who died Friday at Rock Falls, Ill. The obsequies will be conducted by the Rev. J. H. Lane, Methodist Episcopal minister, of Brashear.
Mrs. Person, a resident seven miles east of Kirksville, had been ill several days and was brought to the hospital here Friday morning for an emergency operation. She is survived by two other sons, Aubrey and Dorsey Person at home, and a daughter, Mrs. Jess Miller, Brashear. Her body is lying in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home here today.
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DIES IN CAR WRECK AT EDGE OF TRENTON
Robert J. Peters, Jr., Killed, Five Other Youths Hurt
A short time after receiving a diploma from the Milan High School at the graduating exercises held last night, Robert J. Peters, Jr., of Osgood, was fatally injured when the automobile in which he and five other youths were riding, turned over on a curve near the junction of Highways 6 and 65 at the edge of Trenton about 11 o’clock.
Other occupants of the car were Glen Morris, J. R. Cox and Franklin Harris, who live in or near Milan, and Delbert McDonald, of Pollock, all of whom were members of the graduating class, and Franklin McAlister of Milan. They were taken to a hospital in Trenton, and Morris and McDonald are reported to be in a critical condition.
The group as well as some others in cars left Milan after the commencement exercises and drove to Trenton. The six were riding in a car belonging to Glen Morris’ father.
Funeral services for the Peters youth will be held at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Christian Church in Osgood. Burial will be at Harris. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peters of Osgood.
Robert J., Peters, Jr., Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 17 May 1951, p. 8, col. 3, Thursday
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CARL PETERSEN DIES AT HOME IN LA PLATA
Native of Norway Fought For U. S. In Philippines.
Special to The Daily Express.
La Plata, Mo., April 16—Carl Petersen, 62 years of age, died at his home in La Plata this morning about 2 o’clock following a heart attack suffered at 12:30 a.m. He had been suffering from heart trouble for several years.
Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Mr. Petersen was born May 27, 1879, at Langangen, Norway. His parents were Jacob R. and Martha Sorenson Petersen. He came to America at the age of 12 years and located at Hayti, S. D., where relatives were living. He spent three years in the Spanish-American War, two and half of them in the Philippines.
He was married June 12, 1907 to Celia M. Hagestead of Fairfax, Minn. Five children were born to this marriage, three of whom with the mother survive. They are Royal Petersen, of La Plata, Mrs. Violet Lambert, San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Delores Kanan, Kirksville. Two sons, Carleton and Earl, preceded their father in death. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Mary Maquin of Phillips, Wis., and two who live in Stavanger Norway.
Mr. Petersen had spent most of his life in Minnesota. He had lived in La Plata a year and a half. He was a member of the Blue Lodge and the Royal Arch Chapter of the Masonic Lodge Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Spanish-American War Veterans. He was active in Boy Scout work before coming to La Plata. He was a member of the Methodist Church. He was agent for the Great Western Railroad from 1904 to 1937.
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MRS. CATHERINE PETERSON DIES AT FARM HOME
Willmathsville Woman, 90, To Be Buried Today at Ridge Creek
Mrs. Catherine Peterson, 90 years old, was to be buried at Ridge Creek cemetery this afternoon. She died Friday morning at her home in the Willmathsville neighborhood, following a general decline in health attributed to her advanced years.
The funeral services will be conducted at the home at 2 o’clock this afternon [sic] by the Rev. P. D. Holloway, pastor of the Christian church at Queen City.
Mrs. Peterson had lived in Adair county for many years and was well known in the northeastern section. Her husband and one son preceded her in death.
She is survived by three sons and two daughters, all of whom live in the Willmathsville vicinity.
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PETERSON FUNERAL MONDAY
Body of Serviceman Being Returned From Holland
The body of Pvt. Charles O. Peterson, of Kirksville, who died in the service of his country, will arrive Saturday morning at LaPlata and will be brought to the Dee Riley Funeral Home where it will lie in state. The body is being returned from the United States Military Cemetery, Martgraten, Holland.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, Monday afternoon at 1:30, conducted by Rev. James F. Miller, of Flat River, Mo. Interment will be in the Jewell Cemetery.
Pvt. Peterson was the son of Oscar W. and Nellie G. Alexander) Peterson, of Kirksville, and was born March 10, 1919. He was married Jan. 20, 1940, to Gladys L. Wellman, and to this marriage two children were born, Charley J. and Patricia Ann, who survive him. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Junior (Freeda) Evans, of Greentop, Mo., and Mrs. Harvey (Mary) Neff, Waterloo, Iowa. One brother preceded him in death.
He entered the service Aug. 7, 1944 from Kirksville and went to Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., later going to Camp Fannin, Texas where he received his training. He died March 27, 1945. Before entering the service he was employed in defense work.
He was a member of the Hazel Creek Union Church.
Bearers will be Vernon Evans, Glen Briddle, Virgil Evans, Henry Lee Gregory, Douglas Hamilton, and Sam Tarr.
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Adair County Pioneer Died Monday
E. L. Peterson, a retired farmer, died at his home in Greentop of stomach trouble, aged 78 years, Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Peterson’s brother, Judge S. M. Swanson, came to Adair county from Sweden a half-century ago. The men were first employed by Uncle Charley Patterson, who gave them work in his nursery. Later they moved to Greentop where they were employed by the Wabash railroad. When they had saved enough money they purchased forty acres of land, which they handled as they had learned to cultivate and care for land in Sweden. Soon another forty-acre tract was added to the little farm followed by other additions until both became large and independent farmers, and were recognized as being among the most prosperous farmers in this section of the state. Mr. Peterson was an ideal citizen, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. He reared a family of eight children, all grown to manhood and womanhood, and all were at his bedside at the time of his death. Mr. Peterson for fifty years had been a splendid example of industry and integrity in his community, and his influence for community uplift and the developmeut [sic] of a higher and more progressive citizenship will be felt throughout the coming years.
E. L. Peterson, From Unknown Missouri Newspaper, 07 Mar 1924
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FUNERAL MONDAY DREW LARGE CROWD
Was a Most Popular Lady, and the Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rice
The untimely death of Mrs. Clyde Peterson Sunday morning brought a shock to the entire community. The funeral was held from the First M. E. church Monday afternoon at 2:30, services being under the direction of Rev. E. B. Thompson, pastor of that church. Burial followed at the Memphis cemetery.
Edna Rice, eldest daughter of Mr. and William H. Rice, was born at Milton, Iowa, July 29, 1893. When about five years old she moved with her parents to Scotland county, Missouri, where they have since resided. Early last summer she was united in marriage to Clyde Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson, of this city. To this union was born February 28, a girl baby, who has been christened Dorothy Lee.
Since that time complications set in that made it impossible to save the live of the young mother. The parents, relatives and friends are grief-stricken over her death. The funeral was one of the largest that has been held in this city in a long time. The church and casket were beautifully decorated for the occasion and the crowd filled the entire auditorium together with the Sunday School room, which was thrown open. The pall bearers were young men and three young ladies, friends of deceased, Namely: Lucille Drew, Donna McDole, Edith Sheets, Charles Cotton, Chas. Long and Glen McPherson.
Of relatives and friends from the country and from a distance there were large numbers came to show their respects to this splendid young woman. Among those from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Rice and children of Milton, Mr. and Mrs. Grant dren [sic] of Milton, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Rice, of Corydon, Iowa, and others whose names we did not learn
Mrs. Peterson or Edna Rice, as she was better known, was quite popular among the people of this community, and deservedly so. Her disposition was such as to win friends wherever she happened to be. For several months Edna was an employe [sic] of The Democrat office and was faithful and courteous to all alike. The sympathies of the entire community are extended to the bereaved husband and families.
Edna (Rice) Peterson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 9 Mar 1916, p. 1, col. 3
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Imogene Peterson Dies At Age of 72
Imogene Martha Peterson, 72, passed away at 10:20 a.m. Tuesday in Levering Hospital at Hannibal, Missouri. She was born on February 12, 1899, in Scotland County Missouri, a daughter of John and Ella Morris Crawford.
In May, 1919, she was united in marriage at Lancaster, Missouri to Clyde Franklin Peterson. To this union five children were born. Mrs. Peterson was a member of the Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Chruch [sic].
Survivors include Mrs. Lewell (Mildred) Waide of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Wendell (Coralie) Ferris, John R. Peterson and Mrs. Nolan (Betty) Newman all of Hannibal Missouri, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one brother Willie, and one daughter Virginia, and one sister Ethel.
Services were from Gerth and Baskett chapel in Memphis, Missouri on Thursday, December 23, 1971 at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Kenneth Campbell officiating. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. The body bearers were Orlo Harrison, Joe Tom Walker, George Townsend, Roger Poole, James Cone and Bob Moore.
Imogene Martha Peterson, From Unknown Newspaper, 30 Dec 1971
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FUNERAL HELD YESTERDAY FOR L. S. PETERSON
Father of Mrs. Buckingham Died at Galt Saturday
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock in Galt, Mo., for Lewis Samuel Peterson, a former resident of this city who died on Saturday, Feb. 14, at his home in Galt. Services were conducted at the Payne Funeral Home by the Rev. Kenneth Tipton, of Odessa, Mo., and interment was in Humphreys, Mo., cemetery.
He was the son of Hanson Miles Peterson and Mary Jane Roach Peterson.
Born in Lewis County, W. Va., May 28, 1866, Mr. Peterson came with his family to Missouri at the age of three years and located in Sullivan county. He was married to Elizabeth Doolin, of Sullivan county, in 1893 and to this union was born two children: Mrs. Lena Frances Buckingham, a member of the Home Economics Department of the Kirksville State Teachers College; and a son Clyde, who died at the age of five years.
Mr. Peterson resided on a farm near Humphreys for many years prior to coming to Kirksville in in [sic] 1941. After seven years he and his family returned to the farm. For the past ten years, however, he had made his home in Galt.
While in Kirksville he united with the First Christian Church and served as a deacon. Upon moving to Galt he transferred his membership to the Christian Church of that community. He had suffered ill health for the past four years.
In addition to his widow and daughter there survives a grandson Edward Doolin Buckingham, of this city; a sister, Mrs. Lee Thurlo, of Sullivan county, three nephews, one niece, many cousins and a host of friends.
Mr. and Mr. [sic] Frank Buckingham, Mrs. Florence Buckingham and the Misses Ada Belle Rice and Mary Lou Bumgartner attended the funeral services.
Mrs. Lena Frances Buckingham and son, Edward, returned to Kirksville with them yesterday evening.
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MRS. PETREE, 80 YEARS OLD, DIES TODAY
Has Resided In This City Since the Year 1891
Mrs. Mary A. Petree, one of the well known residents among the older generation, died this morning at 3:30 o’clock at her home 820 East Washington street. She became ill with the influenza on March 1 and afterwards was taken down with pneumonia. She was 80 years old.
The deceased was born in Tennessee and moved to Adair county, Mo., when a child. She was married in Andrew county to Bailis Petree and they moved to this city in 1891. Her husband died in May, 1910. She was the last member of her family.
Mrs. Petree was a faithful member of the Christian church and of the C. W. B. M.
The surviving children are James H. and Clara B., of Andrew county, L. E., of San Jose, Cal.; O. A., of Cal.; Mrs. W. F. Traughber, of Los Angeles; Mrs. D. A. Bragg, of Topeka, Kan., and Mrs. V. C. Hoefner, of Waukeegan [sic], Ill.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed today but will probably be held Sunday afternoon at the Christian church.
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ROBERT PETREE OF BRASHEAR VICINITY DIES
Last Rites this Afternoon for 89-Year-Old Man
Robert W. Petree, 89, resident of southwestern Knox County for more than 80 years, died at the home of his son, Ray Petree, southwest of Brashear, Friday afternoon at 4:30.
Funeral services will be held at the Hazel Dell Christmas Church near Sue City this afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. R. L. Prather, of La Palta. Interment will be in the Hazel Dell cemetery.
He was the son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Moncrief) Petree and was born in Decatur County, Ind., on Mar. 7, 1861. He came with his parents to Missouri when a small child and settled on a farm west of Locust Hill where he grew to manhood. He was married to Miss Louisa Hodges on Feb. 10, 1887 and four children were born to them. Mrs. Petree died Dec. 1, 1938, and one son, who died in infancy, two brothers and four sisters also preceded him in death.
Surviving are one son Ray, of Brashear; a daughter, Mrs. Blanche Welsh, of La Plata, and a son, Delbert R., of Helena, Mont. One brother, Benjamin F. Petree, four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Petree united with the Star Christian Church a number of years ago.
The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear until time for the funeral.
Bearers will be: Guy Fast, Russell Oliver, Edgar Shelton, Conner Easley, Edgar Francis, Paul Hutchison.
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AGNES PETTIT, OF ST. LOUIS, IS DEAD HERE
Cousin of Dr. Claude Adams and Mrs. Alpha Few
Mrs. Agnes M. Pettit, 58, of St. Louis, died today in a Kirksville hospital.
Mrs. Pettit was the daughter of Eugene and Delia (Floyd) Lamb and was born August 3, 1892 at St. Louis. She was married there to George A. Pettit July 26, 1930, and to this marriage one son was born. She is survived by the son, Robert Eugene Pettit, of St. Louis; one sister, Mrs. Claude (Hazel) Nord, St. Louis; one niece, Mrs. Emma Munyon, Kirksville, and two cousins of Kirksville, Mrs. Alpha Few and Dr. Claude Adams.
Mrs. Pettit was a member of the Union Avenue Christian Church at St. Louis.
She came to Kirksville Sept. 9, to visit Mrs. Few and Dr. Adams, and since that time had been in failing health and remained here. Prior to her illness she was employed as a bookkeeper for the Westlake Construction Company in St. Louis.
The body is lying in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home and will be taken to St. Louis for services and interment will be in the Laurel Hill Gardens cemetery.
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Former Resident Passes Away
Arthur T. Petty, well known resident of Karval, Colorado for the past twenty years, formerly of Gorin, succumbed in a Colorado hospital Tuesday evening, March 16, after a lingering illness of diabetes. Mr. Petty was an industrious farmer until his health failed, a few years ago.
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Arthur Tolbert Petty, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Petty, was born near Rutledge, Missouri, January 4th 1878, and departed this life March 16th, 1937 in Bethel hospital at Colorado Springs, at the age of 59 years, 2 months and 12 days. He had been in failing health for some time. Three weeks ago he was taken to the Springs for treatment, but did not improve, and passed away Tuesday evening.
He was united in marriage to Urbane Tague, of Gorin, Oct. 18, 1899. To this union five children were born, four daughters and one son.
At an early age he united with the Baptist church at Indian Creek, of this community, and remained a faithful follower until death.
In 1916 they moved to Colorado, locating near Aroya, for one year. In 1917 they settled on a homestead six miles southwest of Karval, where they made their home until his death.
Those left to mourn his passing are his widow, Urbane Petty, four daughters, Eliza Holmes of Colorado Springs, Pheobe Kinkade of Grand Junction, Colorado, Verona Hodgson and Clara Hodgson of Karval; one son, Arthur T. Petty, Jr., who lives at home; three grand children, Dorothy, Lucille and Paul Hodgson, of Karval; and 2 brothers, S. P. Petty of Rutledge, Mo., and Pearl Petty of Southern Missouri, other relatives and many friends who will mourn the passing of a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend.
His father, mother, and two sisters preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 21, at the Church of the Nazarenes, the Rev. Mr. Rich of LaJunta paid a fitting tribute to the deceased and spoke words of comfort to the bereaved ones. He was laid to rest in the Karval cemetery. Deitz Funeral Home of Limon, in charge.
Mr. Petty was well liked by all. He was a kind and considerate man, and the beautiful floral offering and large crowd in attendance bespoke the high esteem in which the community held him.
Pall bearers were: Hans Sorensen, S. A. Wineninger, A. F. Harris, H E. Petefish, Roy Stone and H. R. Hodgson.
Three comforting hymns were suung [sic] by a quartet of the community.
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DOWNING
B. A. Petty, 60, passed away Friday evening, Oct. 24, at his home in Downing. He was a patient sufferer for several months. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Moore funeral chapel by Rev. Perry Baldwin, pastor of the Christian church. Music by Jim Ashworth, Harry West, Chas. Riley and G. V. Burnett, with Miss Lena Shobe at the piano. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lenna McVey Petty, three sisters, Mrs. Ada Martin of Fort Madison, Mrs. Myrtle Richard and Mrs. Pheobe Slavin of Downing and one brother, Leon Petty of Downing and many other relatives and friends. Out of town attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Martin, son Woodrow and family of Ft. Madison, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bunte of Quincy, Harbon Ross and daughter, Frances, of Springfield, Ill., Misses Ina and Wanda McVey of Quincy, Clay Ray of Hannibal, Mrs. Claud McVey of Kahoka, Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Slavin of Lancaster, and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Kelso of Macon, Mo.
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F. A. PEVEHOUSE, 73, FARMER NEAR BRASHEAR, DIES
Ill For a Year; Had Lived On Same Farm All His Life.
F. A. Pevehouse, 73, years old, life-long resident on a farm six miles north of Brashear, died here yesterday afternoon at 4:10 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. R. Roberts, 1106 North Franklin Street.
He had been in declining health the past few years, markedly ill for a year, and when he became bedfast several days ago was brought here for care.
Mr. Pevehouse, whose full name was Francis Albert, was born April 17, 1867 on the farm where he spent his entire life, a son of Willilam Wesley and Elizabeth M. Pevehouse. He was married Feb.12, 1888 to Mary Frances Dunham and ten children were born, as follows: Oscar, who died in infancy; Elijah, who died thirteen years ago; Mrs. Nora E. Roberts, Kirksville; Roy E. Pevehouse, Union, Ia.; Mrs. Eva Adkins, of near Sperry; Francis Albert Pevehouse, Jr., Reseda, Calif.; Mrs. Nellie Bell, Washington, Ill.; Mrs. Goldie Bauer, Kirksville; Glen Pevehouse, Pueblo, Colo., and Mrs. Gladys Rigdon, Kirksville.
He is also is survived by twenty-two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Three brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
Mr. Pevehouse was a member of the Sabbath Home Methodist Church throughout his life. He was widely known for raising purebred livestock on his farm and was active in community affairs.
The funeral is to be held tomorrow afternoon at the Sabbath Home Church, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Wagenknecht. Pallbearers will be six grandsons, Roscoe Pevehouse, Russell Roberts, Daniel Pevehouse, Francis Pevehouse, Harold Adkins and Roy Tom Pevehouse. Granddaughters will be flower girls. The body is lying in state at Mr. Pevehouse’s farm home.
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MRS. MARY F. PEVEHOUSE DIES HERE
Had Been Seriously Ill in Hospital For Past Week.
Brashear, Mo., April 10. (Special)—Mrs. Mary Frances Pevehouse, of 1001 S. Florence street, in Kirksville, died in a Kirksville hospital at 8:15 o’clock last night on the eve of her 77th birthday. She had been in failing health the past two years and seriously ill the past week.
Funeral services will be held in the Sabbath Home Church, of which she was a member, Thursday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. Fred P. Hanes, pastor of the Kirksville Methodist Church. Interment will be in the Sabbath Home Cemetery.
Mary Frances Dunham, the daughter of Elijah and Ann (Moore) Dunham, was born near Clay, in Adair County, on April 10, 1869. She was married to Francis Albert Pevehouse, on Feb. 12, 1888. Ten children were born to this marriage, eight of whom survive.
Her husband died in August, 1940, a son Oscar died in February, 1894, and another son, Elijah, died in August, 1927.
Her survivor children are Mrs. Nora Roberts, Mrs. Eva Adkins and Mrs. Golda Bauer, all of Kirksville: Mrs. Nellie Bell, of Washington, Ill.; Mrs. Gladys Rigdon, of Wapello, Ia., Roy, of Union, Ia., Albert, of Tunjunga, Calif., and Glen, of Malvern, Ia. She is also survived by 21 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren; one brother, Coliver Dunham, of Solomon, Kan. and one aunt, Mrs. Betty Rainier, of Kirksville.
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Retired Business Man Spent Entire Life In Sullivan County.
Special to The Daily Express.
Green City, Dec. 24—Edward S. Pfeiffer, 74, died at his home here this morning at 9 o’clock. He had been in failing health for several years.
Mr. Pfeiffer was the son of Fred and Cahterine Pfeiffer of near here and spent his entire life in this community. He was in business at Green City for over fifty years and at one time was president of the City National Bank and a director of the former Bank of Green City. He was married to Laura Sanders in May, 1887. To this union three children were born, one dying in infancy.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Clio Hoffman of New York City, Mrs. Helen Cummins of Colo, Ia., one granddaughter, Helen Virginia Hoffman of New York, one sister, Mrs. Fannie Davis of Kirksville, and one brother, Fred, of Green City.
Funeral arrangements have not been made. The body will lie in state at the Glenn Kent Funeral Parlor.
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LONG ILLNESS FATAL TO MRS. ORA PFEIFFER
Funeral Tomorrow For Green City Woman.
Special to The Daily Express.
Green City, Feb. 5—Mrs. Mabel Pfieffer, 62, died at her home here at 7:30 o’clock yesterday morning. She had been in failing health several months. Death was due to complications.
Born March 26, 1881, near Greencastle, she was the daughter of the late David and Mary A. Campbell and lived here entire life in or near Green City. She was married to Ora Pfeiffer, of Green City, March 28, 1909. To this union two children were born, one having preceded her in death at the age of two and a half years.
She leaves, besides her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Bert Alger, Greencastle; four brothers, Guy Campbell, of Milan, Clarence Campbell, of Basin, Wyo.; Olan Campbel, of Kansas, and William Campbell; four sisters, Mrs. Ella Allison, of Kansas, Mrs. Bert Bishop, of Greencastle, Mrs. Buel Williams, of Stahl and Mrs. John Walters, of Stahl and three grandchildren, Norma Jean Alger, and Keith and Kenneth Alger, twins, of Greencastle.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist Church. The Rev. G. T. Rolston will officiate. Burial will be in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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MRS. NETTIE PFEIFER DIES AT GREEN CITY
Funeral Services Tomorrow for 84-Year-Old Woman
Green City, Mo., Nov. 28. (Special)—Mrs. Nettie (Scott) Pfeiffer, 84, died here Sunday morning at five o’clock at the home of her stepdaughter, Mrs. Elva Campbell. She had been seriously ill the past eight weeks from a heart ailment.
Funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian Church here Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock. Interment will be in Mt. Olivet cemetery.
Mrs. Pfeiffer was the daughter of Ely and Sarah (Runnels) Scott and was born in Dallas, Tex., Jan. 12, 1865. She was married to Henry Pfeiffer in 1889. Seven children were born to this marriage. Her husband died several years ago, one son Ely, died in infancy, and a stepson, Ora Pfeiffer, also preceded her in death.
The surviving children are Andrew and Clarence, both of Cora, Mo., John, of Weatherby, Mo., Emmett, of Green City, Mrs. Estella Leavengood, of Enid, Okla., Mrs. Pauline Linhart, of Cora, and the stepdaughter, Mrs. Elva Campbell; eleven grandchildren; four great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Lulu Keel, of Watts, Okla., two brothers, Roy Scott, of Sallisaw, Okla., and Sammie Scott, of Woodward, Okla.
The body is at the Glenn E. Kent and Son Funeral Home.
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Died at Home Here
Charles Pflanz died at his home 433 East Monroe street, in Memphis Tuesday, February 8th. Funeral services will be from the Payne & Sons chapel Friday afternoon, February 11, at 2 p.m., conducted by Father Robert Scobee of Kahoka.
Burial will be in the St. Mary’s cemetery near Hitt. Mr. and Mrs. Pflanz moved to this county from Nebraska several years ago and lived on a farm near Hitt, moving to Memphis a few years ago where they bought property. He was a good man and a successful farmer.
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RITES FOR CHAS. PFLANZ
Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery Near Hitt
Funeral services for Charles Pflanz, well known retired farmer, who died at his home in Memphis last Tuesday, Feb. 8, were conducted by Father Robt. Scobee at the Payne Chapel in Memphis Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock and interment was in the St. Mary’s cemetery in the northwest part of the county, where Mr. Pflanz lived for a number of years. He suffered a heart attack and his death was sudden.
Pall bearers were Cecil Lunsford, Gale Hunter, James R. Hall, Herbert Alexander, Roy Southmayd and Glen G. Bloomfield.
Mr. Pflanz was born in Germany on July 10, 1860, being 88 years of age.
Mr. Pflanz was a resident of Scotland county the past 45 years. He lived in Granger a few years before moving to Memphis where he bought property. He came to Missouri in 1903 from Little York, Ill. He was married at Monmouth, Ill., on Jan. 3, 1898, to Miss Bertha Roeder, who survives with the following children Mrs. A. H. Osing, Batavia, Iowa; Carl Pflanz, Bloomfield, Iowa; Miss Elizabeth Pflanz, Memphis; Walter Pflanz, Woodland, Calif.; and Mrs. Stanley Robinson, Cantril, Iowa, also one brother, Joseph Pflanz of Randolph, Nebr., four grandchildren and one great granddaughter. One son, Edward Pflanz, died in 1935.
Mr. Pflanz was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic church.
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FRANCES MARY PHELPS, 81 YEARS OLD, DIES
Adair County Resident; Had Been Staying in Illinois.
Frances Mary Phelps, 81, native of Schuyler County, but who lived the greater part of her life in Adair County, died Sunday morning at 2:30 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Rood in Abingdon, Ill., where she had been making her home for the past two months.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Willmathsville Church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by the Rev. Perley M Lind, of Queen City. Interment will be in the Willmathsville Cemetery.
Francis Mary Arnold was born in Schuyler County on Feb. 25, 1864, the daughter of Jesse and Martha Arnold. She was married to James Phelps on Feb. 16, 1881, in Schuyler County. Mr. Phelps preceded her in death on Aug. 3, 1914.
She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Elmer (Elsie) McBee, of Queen City; Mrs. Stewart (Della) Spears, Willmathsville; Mrs. Jerry (Erma) Hills, Kirksville; Mrs. Frank (Opal) Rood, Abingdon, Ill.; and Orville Phelps, Waynesville, Mo.; Ross Phelps, Abingdon, Ill. and Art Phelps, of Avon, Ill., also 25 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Four sisters and four brothers preceded her in death.
Mrs. Phelps became a member of the Willmathsville Christian Church at the age of 13.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The pallbearers well be Byron Brassfield, John March, Alva Crow, Harve Hewitt, Harry Lowen and Eddie Rummerfield.
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Samuel S. Phelps Dies
Samuel Saunders Phelps, 52, Ottumwa, formerly of Scotland county, died at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, in St. Joseph Hospital in Ottumwa. He had been ill since Friday evening, when he suffered a cerebral hemorrage [sic].
Burial will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, in Oddfellow’s [sic] Cemetery, Bloomfield.
Mr. Phelps was well known in Scotland county, having grown up near Arbela. For many years he and his wife, the former Miss Fannie Talbott, of near Hitt, have lived in Ottumwa.
He is survived by his wife and a daughter, Mrs. Gene Hubbart, Ottumwa.
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William J. Phelps
Queen City, Mo., Jan 7. (Special)—Funeral services for William Jackson Phelps, 75, who died at his home here yesterday morning, will be held at the Willmathsville Church Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. P. M. Lind. Burial in the Willmathsville Cemetery. Mr. Phelps had been in failing health the past year.
He was the son of Thomas and Mary Phelps and was born near Willmathsville in February, 1871. He was a farmer in Adair and Schuyler Counties most of his life.
He is survived by his wife and one son, Holly, of the state of Nevada.
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Clyde Winifred Pherigo
Clyde Winifred Pherigo, son of James Riley and Mary Pherigo, was born June 27, 1905, near Unionville, Mo., and departed this life February 8, 1938, at Newton, Iowa.
He was reared to early manhood in Greencastle. He attended the Greencastle school until his junior year. He united with the Presbyterian Church in Greencastle, and was a member until his death.
In February of the year 1925 he was united in marriage to Hazel Kelso of Novinger. They moved to Newton, Iowa, following their marriage, where he was employed by the Maytag washing machine company.
To this union four children were born: Bobby, age 12 years; Connie, age 9 years; Peggy, age 7 years; and Hugh, age 5 years.
Besides his father, who preceded him in death, he leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, four children, his mother, four brothers, Leonard and Charles of Newton, Iowa; Gayle of Ceylon, Minn.; and Onie of Greencastle; and two sisters, Faye Farrow of Newton, Iowa; and Warda Bookout of Green City, also a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Devolld at the Presbyterian church in Greencastle, February 9 at 10:30 a. m. The remains were then taken to Newton, Iowa, where funeral services were again held February 10. Interment was at Newton.
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I. G. PHERIGO, RESIDENT OF NOVINGER, DIES
Funeral Services Tomorrow for 81-Year-Old Man
Greencastle, Mo., Jan. 3. (Special)—Ira Grant Pherigo, 81, former resident of Greencastle, but who for the past few years has been a resident of Novinger, died at his home Sunday.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Methodist Church here, conducted by Rev. J. L. Minchell. Interment will be in the Greencastle cemetery.
Mr. Pherigo was the son of Martin and Mary Ann (Carpenter) Pherigo and was born in Putnam County Mar. 19, 1868.
He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Guy White, of Novinger, and one brother, Oscar, of Greencastle.
Mr. Pherigo was one of a family of nine children. His brother, Oscar, is the only survivor of the nine.
The body is at the Glenn E. Kent Funeral Home in Green City.
Bearers will be: Charles and Onie Pherigo, William Farrow, Raymond and George White and Parson Ledford.
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ALVA W. PHILLIPS, 80, RETIRED FARMER DIES
Alva Warren Phillips, retired Scotland county farmer, died early Thursday evening, Feb. 28, 1952, at Webb Nursing Home, Kahoka, where he had been for two weeks. He was 80.
Born Dec. 18, 1871, near Fairfield, Ia. to George B. and Melissa Ball Phillips, the deceased in 1903 came to a farm in Scotland county, where he had lived until about 17 years ago, when he moved to Memphis. He was a member of Crawford Christian Church.
In 1896 he married the former Miss Hattie Elizabeth Stewart, who survives.
Other survivors are: three sons, C. S. “Barney,” Memphis, Harold, Wichita, and Leo, Kankakee, Ill.; a brother, George Elbert, Colo.; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Phillips were conducted Saturday afternoon from Payne Chapel by Rev. G. Lolin Eaton. Burial was in Memphis cemetery.
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FUNERAL FOR MRS. PHILLIPS HERE TUESDAY
Aged Woman Died at Home of Son at Ottumwa Sunday
Mrs. Alwilda Elnora Phillips, 79, died Sunday afternoon at the home of her son, Noah, in Ottumwa, Iowa, where she has been living for the past six months.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. Cyrus Davis, pastor of South Side Baptist Church. Interment will be in the Ownbey Cemetery.
Mrs. Phillips was the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Smith) Lasley, and was born near Oskaloosa, Iowa, November 2, 1868. She was married to John Harvey Phillips in Schuyler County, and to this marriage seven children were born.
Mr. Phillips died in 1925 and she was also preceded in death by three children, one brother and three sisters.
She is survived by four sons, Hoer and Omer (twins); and Ora, all of Kirksville and Noah, of Ottumwa; two brothers, R. L. Lasley, Scammon, Kansas and Will Lasley, Pulaski, Iowa; two sisters, Miss Kate Lasley, Ottumwa, Ia., and Mrs. Bell Fincher, Lancaster; seventeen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Mrs. Phillips became a member of the Lancaster Baptist Church years ago and later moved her membership to Kirksville.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
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KILLED THIS MORNING
A RUTLEDGE YOUTH LOSES LIFE IN HEAD-ON COLLISION
Audra Phillips, 20 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Phillips of Rutledge, was killed when the car he was driving collided with a Sawyer Biscuit Company truck driven by Howard Whittom of Kirksville near the Mrs. Myrtle Burrus home on Highway No. 15, nine miles south of Memphis at 7 o’clock this morning.
It was not learned where Phillips had been, but he was evidently returning to his home at Rutledge. Whittom left Kirksville at 6 o’clock this morning in the truck to make his usual delivery trip.
The crash occurred just a few feet north of the driveway at the Burrus home. Mrs. Burrus and her brother, a Mr. Roberts, were in the barn lot doing the chores and heard the crash. Roberts and Mrs. Burrus ran to the wreck where the former removed the body of Phillips.
Whittom, not seriously injured, was unable to get the doors of the truck open, so climbed out through the window and helped to remove the Phillips boy.
Phillips’ feet were wedged between the front cushion and the back of the motor which had been driven back into the body of the car.
Roberts stated that Phillips was not dead at the time he was taken out of the car but died within a few minutes.
Whittom suffered a broken left arm and a deep cut on the point of his chin.
Mrs. Burrus called Sheriff D. A. Wise and Deputy Clyde Evans and Dr. P. M. Baker, coroner, drove to the Burrus residence and brought Whittom to the latter’s office where his injuries were [unreadable]. An ambulance was called and Phillips’ body was removed to the Gerth & Baskett funeral parlors in Memphis.
The Phillips car, a 1937 Chevrolet coach, was one of the worst wrecked cars ever seen in this vicinity. From the front end of the car to the back of the front seat, there is scarcely an unbroken part. The rear wheels were thrown out of line.
Lying at the side of the highway some distance from the wrecked car, was the transmission gear. Bolts, taps, springs and broken castings were lying about.
The front end of the Sawyer truck, which is one of the cab-over-engine type, was also badly damaged. The front wheels, axle and springs were all torn loose and twisted.
Phillips’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Phillips were in Rochester, Minnesota, with their daughter, Mrs. Lucille Hunolt. They were notified and are expected home tomorrow.
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Mrs. Callie Dona Phillips, 80, was born Feb. 24, 1867, near Downing and died at a Kirksville hospital Aug. 21. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Bessie Becraft and Mrs. Hazel Penney of Memphis and Mrs. Mary Ruggles of Downing; one sister, Mrs. Minnie Mullanix.
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C. S. Phillips Services Were Held Saturday
Clarence S. Phillips, 64, prominent Memphis businessman, died at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19, 1962 in the Laughlin hospital at Kirksville, Missouri, following recent surgery. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 at the Payne Chapel in Memphis conducted by Rev. Howard Merchant. Burial was in Memphis cemetery. Body bearers were Leo Paul, A. L. Luther, B. O. Reeves, E. H. Monsees, Bud Burns and Richard Moore.
Mr. Phillips was born in Jefferson County, Iowa, a son of Alva W. and Harriett Stewart Phillips. He was married to Leota Tall of Memphis, who survives. Also surviving are three sons, Junior and Charles of Memphis, and Paul of Arbela; one daughter, Mrs. Leona Gomer of Kansas City, Kansas; 11 grandchildren, and two brothers, Harold of Wichita, Kansas and Leo of Kankakee, Ill.
Mr. Phillips was a member of the Memphis Lions Club and was active in all civic affairs. He was a member of the Dover Baptist church and the I.O.O.F.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips owned and operated the Phillips Coal Company here since 1935 and the Phillips Conveyor Co. since 1947 which has enjoyed nation-wide sales. These conveyors were invented and promoted by Mr. Phillips and were manufactured in Memphis.
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MRS. HARRY PHILLIPS DIES AT CHICAGO
Former Resident of Kirksville; Funeral Here on Monday
Mrs. Effie Jane Phillips, 68, a former resident of Kirksville, died in a hospital in Chicago Friday.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Monday afternoon at one o’clock, conducted by Rev. T. W. Jolly, pastor of the First Christian Church. Interment will be in the Highland Park cemetery.
Mrs. Phillips was born in Missouri in 1882, the daughter of John R. and Sarah Ellen (Hollingshead) Cox. She was married to Harry Phillips and Mr. Phillips died April 26, 1839. She was also preceded in death by three brothers.
She is survived by one son, Claude, of Marshall, Mo., and three sisters, Mrs. R. E. (Minnie) Johnson, of Kirksville; Mrs. Bess Reichart, of Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. Maggie Linabury, Los Angeles, Calif.
Mrs. Phillips was a member of Eastern Star Chapter No. 184, Kirksville.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
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Was Secretary-Treasurer of Shryack Co.
Finous E. Phillips, 68, secretary-treasurer of the Shryack Grocery Company, died suddenly of a heart attack at 3:45 o’clock yesterday afternoon at his home, 301 N. Mulanix street. He had been a sufferer from a heart condition for some time.
Mr. Phillips had been an employe of the Shryack Company since 1910 and had been secretary-treasurer since 1941. An elder of the First Presbyterian Church, he had been an usher there for more than 20 years.
He was a son of Nathaniel and Lizzie Rowland Phillips and was born June 25, 1883, at Chapel Hill, Mo. He was married to Miss Dixie Gray on June 17, 1906, at Fayette, and they came to Kirksville in August, 1912.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Homewood, of Valley City, N. D., and Mrs. Betty Gardner, of East Lansing, Mich., five grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. C. H. Sherlock, of Holden, and Mrs. G. H. Gibson, of Sedalia. One brother preceded him in death in 1946.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home, 202 E. Washington street.
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AN UNUSUAL ACCIDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR L.R. PHILLIPS DEMISE
Leslie B. Phillips, for the past six montah [sic] a resident of Owensmouth, sustained injuries in an automobile accident on the Topanga Canyon highway Sunday morning from which he died in a hospital at Santa Monica about three hours later.
Mr. Phillips, in company with Melvin and Joseph Fancher, Fred Tucker, I. O. Myers and Howard Hector, had left Owensmouth about 5:30 o’clock Sunday morning. Melvin Fancher was driving his Chevrolet sedan and they were about a quarter of a mile from the ocean on the Topanga Canyon highway when the car struck an obstruction and swerved from the road striking a fence along the side. One of the top rails of the fence had evidently been broken and came crashing through the window of the sedan striking Mr. Phillips, who was riding on the rear seat, on the right breast. At first it was thought his injuries were not serious, but he soon began growing weaker and asked to be taken to a hospital and that Mrs. Phillips be notified. He was taken to St. Catherine’s hospital in Santa Monica and Mr. Fancher drove back to Owensmouth for Mrs. Phillips. She and Mrs. I. O. Myers accompanied him on to the return to Santa Monica. When they arrived at the hospital Mr. Phillips had been dead about thirty minutes, death being due to a hemorrhage.
Leslie Barrett Phillips was born in Memphis, Missouri, May 19, 1891. He was married there on December 25, 1912 to Miss Clara Lancaster. Mr. Phillips followed the barbers’ trade and the couple lived in the Memphis community until last summer. In September, 1924, they arrived in Owensmouth with Mr. and Mrs. I. O. Myers, whom they had accompanied on their return from an automobile trip to Missouri. Mr. Phillips entered the employ of Mr. Myers and the couple made their home in the Myers property on Wyandotte street.
The deceased in survived by his widow, his parents Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Phillips, of Mmephis [sic], Missouri, a brother and sister at that place and a sister at Loveland, Colorado. He had no relatives in California, except an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Barrett of Riverside. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs at Memphis.
The body will be taken to Memphis for burial, accompanied by Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. I. O. Myers. They expect to leave today.
Mr. Phillips was of a genial disposition, though quiet and unobtrusive and made many friends during his short residence in the Owensmouth community, who grieve his untimely death–Owensmouth (Calif.) Gazette.
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MRS. MARIA PHILLIPS DIES HERE AT 102
Was Oldest Resident of County; Born When Jackson Was President, She Saw Inauguration if Many Modern Inventions.
Mrs. Maria C. Phillips, the oldest resident of Adair County, who celebrated her 102nd birthday on April 26, last, died this morning at 8:10 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Mason, 915 South Florence Street.
Her death was not due to illness but to a wearing out of the body, as she passed away without any fever or pain. It was noticed last Friday that her breathing was difficult and she had gradually grown weaker until the end came this morning. She has never been sick, at least for many years, and has not missed a meal in the past ten years on that account. During the last two years her diet has been lighter and recently the diet has been mostly of liquids.
She was born in Vermont, on April 26, 1831, the daughter of M. B. and Martha Sackett Witter. When she was six years old she came with her parents to Missouri and they settled on a farm where Brunswick is now built. Later the family moved to Sullivan County where Mr. Witter named the village of Milan. It had formerly been known as Versailles but the people did not like it, and Mr. Witter decided upon a new name.
Miss Witter was married to Oliver P. Phillips in 1856 and eight children were born to them. They located in Penn township in 1864 and later moved to Greencastle. He died about 40 years ago, and Mrs. Phillips has been making her home with Mrs. Mason for 25 years.
Besides Mrs. Mason there are two other daughters, Mrs. George Meador, of Rochester, Wash., and Mrs. Jesse Jamison, of San Pedro, Calif., and children of her deceased daughter, Mrs. Louise McDonald.
When Mrs. Phillips was born Andrew Jackson was president of the United States and there have been 24 different occupants of the White House since then. The country has survived four wars, and the inventions include the steam engine, telephone, radio, automobile, airplane and an innumerable number of modern inventions in all branches of science, since her birth.
In living to the age of 102, Mrs. Phillips reached the same age as did her father who died when he was 102. Her death ended the unusually long and useful life of a woman held in reverence by many friends and relatives. A consecrated Christian, she lived the life of a faithful member of the Methodist Church with which she had been affiliated since early childhood.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Dee Riley Funeral Home on North Franklin Street, conducted by the Rev. E. N. Garrett, pastor of the Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Greencastle cemetery beside the body of her husband.
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MRS. R. G. PHILLIPS, 74, DEAD
Funeral Services Were Yesterday Morning at Her Home
Funeral services for Mrs. R. G. Phillips were held at her home in Memphis yesterday morning at 11 o’clock. Interment was in the Memphis cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. Dan Newland of Hitt. The pallbearers were Ross Leach, Hubert Mustoe, Wm. Morton, Fred Mann, Cody Stone and Wm. McWilliam.
Mary Amanda (Barrett) Phillips was born Dec. 13, 1863, in Barker county, West Virginia. She died March 13, 1938, at 10:30 p.m. at the age of 74 years. She was the oldest of four children born to Geo. and Melissa (Beavers) Barrett, came to Missouri at the age of two years, and remained here the rest of her life.
She was married to Randolph Phillips January 2, 1885. To this union was born four children, Emma Mustoe, Denver, Colo.; George R., Scotland county; Leslie, who died Feb. 22, 1925; and Lucille Folkstead, Scotland county. there are five grandchildren living, Vera Shaw, Velma Johnson, Syble Kerr, Doris Fogle and Junior Folkstead.
She also leaves her sisters, Mrs. Christena Davis and Mrs. Matilda Drummond. A brother, George Martin Barrett, preceded her in death.
Mrs. Philips joined the M. E. Church at Prairie View. She later moved her membership to the Presbyterian church at Pleasant Hill, of which she remained a faithful member.
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Services Held For Mina Phillips
Mrs. Mina Phillips, 66, of Baring, Missouri, died Tuesday, July 22, 1969, at 1 a.m. in the Laughlin Hospital, Kirksville, Missouri.
Funeral services were held Thursday, at two p.m. in the Church of Christ of Bible Grove. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Phillips was born in Scotland County, June 19, 1903, a daughter of Sol and Amanda Purvis Corwin. She was a member of the Church of Christ of Bible Grove.
She was married to Vernie Phillips, July 20, 1921, in Memphis.
Surviving are the husband; a son, Emmett, of Memphis; a daughter, Mrs. Rita Kittle, of Arbela; three brothers, Frank Corwin, of Los Angeles, Glen of Baring, and Fred of Rutledge; a twin sister, Sina Phillips of Carthage, Illinois; and seven grandchildren.
Mina (Corwin) Phillips, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 31 Jul 1969, p. 4, col. 5
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Nellie Phillips Dies Monday, September 4
Nellie Inez Phillips, second daughter of Edward T. and Mary Sallee Tull, was born in Scotland County[,] Missouri, near Rutledge on February 20, 1894, and departed this life on Monday, September 4, 1967, at her home in Rutledge. At the time of her death she was 73 years, 6 months and 14 days old.
She was united in marriage to James E. Phillips on August 14, 1919, at Memphis, Missouri, and he preceded her in death on October 8, 1965. She was also preceded in death by her father, mother, older sister, Mabel, and brother, Wm. Archie.
She united with the Rutledge Christian Church at the age of 16 and was a faithful member until death.
She leave[s] to mourn her passing four sisters, Mrs. Carrie Ewing, Mrs. Vera Buford, Mrs. Lottie Francis, Mrs. Mildred McCabe; and one sister-in-law, Mrs. Vivian Tull: nieces and nephews and a host of relatives and friends.
She had been in failing health for several years, and was faithfully cared for by her sisters and families until her death.
Funeral services were held Wednsday [sic], September 6, 1967 at 2 p.m. from the Rutledge Christian Church. Rev. Kenneth Campbell officiated at the services. Body bearers were Gene Ewing, Bob Ewing, Clarence Hicks, Hillis McCabe, Buford and James Tull. Burial was in the Pauline Cemetery, Rutledge.
Nellie Inez Phillips, From Unknown Newspaper, 1967
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Mrs. Callie Phillips and three daughters, Mrs. Alva Tinney, Mrs. Billie Becraft and Mrs. Guy Ruggles went to Geneso, Ill., Thursday to attend the funeral of the former’s son, Ray Phillips, 51, who died suddenly.
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SAUL PHILLIPS DIES AT HOME IN KIRKSVILLE
Was 69 Years Old; Funeral Services to Be Held Tuesday
Saul Phillips, 69, of 1311 E. Jefferson, retired miner, died at his home Sunday morning at 4:45. He had been in failing health the past two years and more seriously ill the past six weeks.
Funeral services will be held at the Davis Funeral Chapel Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by elders Christoffersen and Dalton, of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Interment will be in the Highland Park Cemetery.
He was the son of Saul and Mollie (Vought) Phillips and was born in Dean, Iowa, on July 23, 1879. He was married to Patsy Cross on March 10, 1906. Eight children were born to this marriage, all of whom are living.
He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Leona Sandidge, of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Laura Blacksmith, of Novinger; Mrs. Vivian Grundy, of Kirksville and Mary Jane Phillips, of King City, Calif., four sons, Thomas, Roy and Foster, all of Kirksville, and George, of Atascadero, Calif., and four grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Lula Phillips, of Des Moines, Ia., Mrs. Ora Brott, of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Mrs. Laura Abbel, of Auburn, Calif. His parents, three brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
Mr. Phillips was a member of the United Mine Workers of America. He retired from mining about three years ago on account of his health.
The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home.
Bearers will be B. H. Harmon, Lawrence Hodge, Billy Gates, Ed Hutchinson, Charles Darr and John DeGard.
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FATHER OF MRS. MYRON MILLER BURIED TODAY
Died Wednesday of Injuries Suffered When Hit by Car.
Funeral services for William Thomas Phillips, father of Mrs. Myron Miller, of Kirksville, were held this afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Snow Funeral Home in Moberly, after which the body was taken to the Bennett Cemetery north of Keytesville for burial.
Mr. Phillips, 89 years of age, died Wednesday night at the Woodland Hospital in Moberly from injuries received the night of March 8, when he was struck by an automobile in that city. He suffered a fractured skull and a broken right leg. He had been making his home in Kirksville with Mrs. Miller since the first of January and had gone to Moberly for a visit with old friends.
Mr. Phillips had been an employe of the Wabash railroad for twenty years and had been retired for the past six years. He was born in Campbell County, West Va., Sept. 22, 1848, and moved to Missouri in 1876 and was a farmer for several years. He was married in 1868 to Mollie Womack, and to this union eight children were born. His wife died fifty-two years ago. In 1886 he was married to Janie Rice, who died in 1919. Two children were born to this union. Mr. Phillips was then married to Mary Durham, who died in 1931, and 1932 to Mrs. Ida Ray, whose death occurred Jan. 3 of this year.
Mr. Phillips had lived in Moberly until the death of his wife in January, and since then had lived with his daughter, Mrs. Anna Miller, Kirksville. The night of the accident he had gone to Moberly for a visit.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Virgie Ricker, Chillicothe; Mrs. Anna Miller, Kirksville; Mrs. Lula Bradshaw, and Mrs. Janie Lamb, Kansas City, Kan., and Mrs. Susie Clarkson, Brookfield; three sons, Cass Phillips, Keytesville, Morris Phillips, Huntsville, and Lewis Phillips, Chillicothe; forty grandchildren; fifty great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.
Mr. Phillips was a member of West Park Methodist Church and taught a Sunday School class there for a number of years.
The body was taken to Snow Funeral Home where funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 1 o’clock by the Rev. J. E. Baker, pastor of West Park Methodist Church. Burial will be in Bennett Cemetery, north of Keytesville.
William Thomas Phillips, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 18 Mar 1938, p. 1, col. 7, Friday
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MRS. M. F. PHINNEY DIED SUDDENLY SUNDAY
Julia Ann Needham was born at Memphis, May 26, 1870, and departed this life in the early morning oof [sic] June 22, 1930, at her home north of Memphis, at the age of 60 years and 26 days.
She was united in marriage on Oct. 5, 1886, to M. F. Phinney. To this union two children were born–Virgil A. Phinney and Mrs. Delcie Fulk, both of Memphis. In addition to her husband and these children, she is also survived by one sister, mother of Henry Smith of Memphis and Frank Smith of Ottumwa, Iowa. One brother preceded her in death, and one sister, Mrs. Margaret Gundy, mother of Louis and Jake Gundy, of this county, also nine grandchildren.
Mrs. Phinney was a member of the Memphis lodge of Rebekah.
Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon at the Methodist church by the pastor, Rev. Paul Barton. Interment made in the Memphis cemetery.
Mrs. Phinney had lived in Scotland all her life and had won many friends by her upright character and friendly neighborhly [sic] spirit. She was a kind neighbor, always ready to help those in need, and a faithful wife and loving mother.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to thank friends and neighbors for sympathy, floral offerings and assistance in our bereavement.
M. F. Phinney,
Virgil Phinney, Family,
Marvin Fulk, Family.
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M. F. PHINNEY DIED FRIDAY
Funeral Services Were Held at Christian Church Sunday
Funeral services for M. F. Phinney were conducted at the Christian church in Memphis Sunday afternoon at 2:30 by Rev. Arthur L. Huff, pastor of the Gorin and Rutledge Methodist churches. Interment was in the Memphis cemetery.
Music was by the Chappell sisters and the pall bearers were Frank J. Wishart, Don Gardner, Glen F. Martin, O. E. Cunningham, Charles A. Roberts and Carl Overfield.
Martin Francis Phinney was a son of Ambrose Slocum and Orlan Phinney. He was born Feb. 1, 1867, near Memphis and died at the home of his son, Virgil Phinney, north of Memphis on Friday, August 8, 1941, after an illness of several months.
He was united in marriage, October 10, 1886, to Miss Julia Ann Needham, who preceded him in death in 1930.
To this union were born two children, Virgil Phinney of Memphis, and Mrs. Marvin Fulk of Arbela.
Mr. Phinney is servived [sic] by his son and daughter, eight grandchildren, five great grandchildren, four half sisters, Miss Grace Phinney of Memphis, Mrs. Stanley Crapnell of Galesburg, Ill.; Mrs. Nannie Anderson and Mrs. Vern Huston of Keokuk.
Mr. Phinney was a member of Scotland lodge, I.O.O.F., of Memphis.
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MRS. VIRGIL PHINNEY DIED MAY 15 AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Sylvia Pearl, second daughter of Wm. A. and Marie Tull Mallett, died at her home northeast of Memphis, May 15, 1945, after a long and painfull [sic] illness, she being confined to her bed for over a year. She bore her suffering with such patience and always greeted her friends with a pleasant smile.
She was born February 8, 1899 at her home near Lawn Ridge church. Here she grew to womanhood. She was a faithful member of the Christian church at Lawn Ridge where she always attended Sunday school when a girl.
September 10, 1921 she was married to Virgil Phinney and to them were born four children, three daughters and one son–Louise, Eileen, now Mrs. Isaac Lawson, Virgil Clayton and Barbara, all at home and who so tenderly cared for her through her illness. All was done that loving hands could do. She was of a family of six children. She leaves two brothers, Leonard and Tull Mallett. Her father, mother, brother, D. L. and two sisters, Mrs. Eula Fay Morgan and Mrs. May Parrish preceded her in death.
God gave her to us for these few brief years and her love has made these years beautiful. Her mission in life has been completed, and she leaves many memories of her kindness. We must not grieve too much for her for we know she has gone to our Heavenly Father and will receive her reward for what she has done here. Let us all do as much Kindness as we can in her memory.
She will be greatly missed by her family, relatives and friends.
Treasured thoughts of one, so dear, Often brings a silent tear.
And reminds of scenes long past
Time rolls on but memories last.
Services were held at the Christian church in Memphis at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. A. M. Hadley of Milton, Iowa in charge. Three of her favorite songs “Rock of Ages”, ” The Old Rugged Cross” and “In The Garden” were sung by the Chappell sisters.
Body bearers were Van Gardner, Ralph Adams, Louie Cone, Glen Martin, Carl Overfield, and O. E. Cunningham.
The body was laid to rest in the Memphis cemetery.
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Virgil Phinney Services Were Held Sunday
Virgil Ambrose Phinney, son of Martin F. and Julia Needham Phinney, was born July 8, 1887, in Scotland County, Missouri, and passed away November 1, 1968, at a Kirksville, Missouri, Hospital. He had been in failing health the past several months. He spent most of his life in Scotland County.
He was united in marriage to Sylvia Mallett September 10, 1921. To this union four children were born, Mrs. Mallett [sic] preceded him in death May 15, 1945.
He was married to Avalee Young December 24, 1950, and resided in Kirksville, Missouri, since that time.
Surviving are his wife, Avalee; four children, Louise, Mrs. Ernest Shultz, of Rutledge, Missouri, Eileen, Mrs. Bill Boley, of Wentzville, Missouri, Clayton of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Barbara, Mrs. Edwin Shultz, of Rutledge, Missouri; two step-daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Goodwin and Mrs. James Welch, both of Kirksville; one sister, Delcie Fulk of Arbela; 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held at the Christian Church, Memphis, Missouri, Sunday, November 3, 1968, at 2 p.m. Rev. Howard Merchant officiated. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. Body bearers were Michael Boley, Dennis Lee Shultz, Richard Shultz, Robert Phillips, Jerry Fulk and Larry Fulk.
Virgil Ambrose Phinney, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 14 Nov 1968
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MRS. CORA MAY PHIPPS DIES AT BETHANY
Shibley’s Point Resident Was Living in Rest Home
Green City, Mo., Sept. 14, (Special)—Mrs. Cora May Phipps, 64, of Shibley’s Point, died Thursday afternoon at 2:25 in a rest home at Bethany, Mo., where she had been the past eleven months.
Funeral services will be held at the Shibley’s Point Church Sunday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. Archie Copoer [sic]. Interment will be in the Green Castle cemetery.
Mrs. Phipps was the daughter of John Bradley and Alice (Newman) Stewart and was born in Pawnee county, Neb., April 16, 1887. She came to Missouri when a small girl and lived in Kirksville a number of years. She was married to Elmer Phipps Aug. 16, 1906, and seven children were born to them. Her husband, parents and two step-children, Glen and Oren Phipps and Mrs. Leila Ines Ray, and one sister, Ora Stewart, preceded her in death.
Surviving are the seven children, Clyde and Vernon, both of Green Castle, Leland and Laurel, both of Marshalltown, Iowa, Arthur of San Bernardino, Calif., Paul, of Kirksville and Mrs. Vera Martin, of Novinger; a step-son, Gail Phipps, of Boise City, Okla.; three sisters, Mrs. Clara Adams, of Radcliffe, Ark., Mrs. Pearl Burns, of Eldora, Ia., Mrs. Lela Meyers, of Mountain View, Okla.; three brothers, Ralph Stewart, of Oklahoma City, Charles, of Agru, Okla., and Earl, of Waterloo, Ia.
She was a member of the Methodist Church in Kirksville and later changed her membership to the Free Will Baptist Church at Stahl.
The body is now at the Glenn E. Kent and Son Funeral Home but will be taken to the family home at Shibley’s Point at four o’clock Saturday afternoon.
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E. W. PHIPPS SUCCUMBS NEAR SHIBLEY’S POINT
Had Heart Attack; Funeral Services Monday Afternoon
Green City, Mo., Sept. 15—Elmer Walker Phipps, 77, a farmer of near Shibley’s Point, died of a heart attack at his home this morning at three o’clock.
Funeral services will be held at the Shibley’s Point Church Monday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. Archie Cooper. Interment will be in the Green Castle cemetery.
The son of Horace Virgil and Matilda Ann (McDowell) Phipps, he was born in Illinois on July 7, 1873. He was married to Jennie Sizemore and three children were born to them. His wife, one son Glen, and one daughter, Mrs. Opal Ray, preceded him in death. One son, Gayle, of Boise City, Okla., survives.
On Oct. 18, 1906, he was married to Cora May Stewart. Seven children were born to this marriage, one daughter and six sons. Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Vera Martin, of Novinger; six sons, Clyde and Vernon, of Green Castle, Leland and Laurel, of Marshalltown, Ia.; Arthur, of San Bernadino, Calif., and Paul, of Kirksville; twenty-five grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren; one sister, Grace Hazelton, of Mt. Vernon, Wash. Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
The body is at the Glenn E. Kent & Son Funeral Home.
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