Funeral services were held Sunday at the Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth White, 87 years old, who died at her home near Hatcher Friday after a brief illness. Rev. Holman Cowherd conducted the services and burial was in the Liberty Cemetery. She is survived by her husband, James Dan White. The couple recently celebrated their sixty-first wedding anniversary, and were among the few in Taylor County who have been married that length of time. Besides husband, Mrs. White is survived by three sons: Wilbur White, San Joe, Ill.; George White, Hatcher; James White, Louisville; three daughters: Mrs. Pearl Stailey, Hopedale, Ill.; Mrs. Winsey Hubbard, of Mason City, Ill.; and Mrs. Nolan Gilpin, Taylor County. Mrs. White made profession of faith in early life and was united with the Soul's Chapel Methodist Church of which she remained a faithful member until death. Pallbearers were: Reeser Miller, Joe Miller, Garlan and Douglas White, Edwin and Forest Gilpin. ~The News-Journal, Thursday, February 13, 1941
Dau of Robert Nicholas Atkinson and Elizabeth Watson.
Dau of Robert Nicholas Atkinson and Elizabeth Watson.
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth White, 87 years old, who died at her home near Hatcher Friday after a brief illness. Rev. Holman Cowherd conducted the services and burial was in the Liberty Cemetery. She is survived by her husband, James Dan White. The couple recently celebrated their sixty-first wedding anniversary, and were among the few in Taylor County who have been married that length of time. Besides husband, Mrs. White is survived by three sons: Wilbur White, San Joe, Ill.; George White, Hatcher; James White, Louisville; three daughters: Mrs. Pearl Stailey, Hopedale, Ill.; Mrs. Winsey Hubbard, of Mason City, Ill.; and Mrs. Nolan Gilpin, Taylor County. Mrs. White made profession of faith in early life and was united with the Soul's Chapel Methodist Church of which she remained a faithful member until death. Pallbearers were: Reeser Miller, Joe Miller, Garlan and Douglas White, Edwin and Forest Gilpin. ~The News-Journal, Thursday, February 13, 1941
Dau of Robert Nicholas Atkinson and Elizabeth Watson.
Dau of Robert Nicholas Atkinson and Elizabeth Watson.
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