Funeral Services For Mrs. William H. Cashion Conducted Monday
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Was One of City's Oldest Residents; Buried at Rose Hill --
Mrs. Elizabeth Magdaline Munday Cashion, wife of the late William Henry Cashion, Confederate Veteran, died at her home on Washington Street and Main Avenue, North, on Sunday morning, January 21, following a long illness. Had Mrs. Cashion lived until February 20, she would have been 97 years old, having been born in Knox County in 1843. With her parents, she moved from East Tennessee to Fayetteville in 1865 and in 1876, she married Mr. Cashion, who died in 1917. Mr. Cashion was numbering among the many brave soldiers from Lincoln County, who fought during the four years of the Civil War. He was served with Turney's First Tennessee Regiment, and at the Battle of Wilderness lost his leg. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Cashion were three daughters, Lucy Ellen, who died at the age of four years, Mrs. Lillian C. Parks, who died in 1920, the wife of the late B. O. Parks, and Mrs. Tom Wiley who has made her home with her mother since her marriage about thirty years ago.
Mrs. Cashion was a senior member of the local Methodist Church and her long life was useful and inspirational. She possessed a genius for friendship and their infectious enthusiasm for life endured her to all who knew and admired her. Through her years of deep affliction, having been blind for the past nine years and a confirmed invalid for thirteen months, she was gloriously blessed with the tenderest care which was given her by her devoted daughter and her son-in-law, Mrs. Wiley and Mr. Wiley.
Funeral services were conducted from the home on Monday morning at 11 o'clock by the Rev. D. D. Hinkle. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Source:
Lincoln County News
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Thursday, January 25, 1940
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Was One of City's Oldest Residents; Buried at Rose Hill --
Mrs. Elizabeth Magdaline Munday Cashion, wife of the late William Henry Cashion, Confederate Veteran, died at her home on Washington Street and Main Avenue, North, on Sunday morning, January 21, following a long illness. Had Mrs. Cashion lived until February 20, she would have been 97 years old, having been born in Knox County in 1843. With her parents, she moved from East Tennessee to Fayetteville in 1865 and in 1876, she married Mr. Cashion, who died in 1917. Mr. Cashion was numbering among the many brave soldiers from Lincoln County, who fought during the four years of the Civil War. He was served with Turney's First Tennessee Regiment, and at the Battle of Wilderness lost his leg. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Cashion were three daughters, Lucy Ellen, who died at the age of four years, Mrs. Lillian C. Parks, who died in 1920, the wife of the late B. O. Parks, and Mrs. Tom Wiley who has made her home with her mother since her marriage about thirty years ago.
Mrs. Cashion was a senior member of the local Methodist Church and her long life was useful and inspirational. She possessed a genius for friendship and their infectious enthusiasm for life endured her to all who knew and admired her. Through her years of deep affliction, having been blind for the past nine years and a confirmed invalid for thirteen months, she was gloriously blessed with the tenderest care which was given her by her devoted daughter and her son-in-law, Mrs. Wiley and Mr. Wiley.
Funeral services were conducted from the home on Monday morning at 11 o'clock by the Rev. D. D. Hinkle. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Source:
Lincoln County News
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Thursday, January 25, 1940
Funeral Services For Mrs. William H. Cashion Conducted Monday
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Was One of City's Oldest Residents; Buried at Rose Hill --
Mrs. Elizabeth Magdaline Munday Cashion, wife of the late William Henry Cashion, Confederate Veteran, died at her home on Washington Street and Main Avenue, North, on Sunday morning, January 21, following a long illness. Had Mrs. Cashion lived until February 20, she would have been 97 years old, having been born in Knox County in 1843. With her parents, she moved from East Tennessee to Fayetteville in 1865 and in 1876, she married Mr. Cashion, who died in 1917. Mr. Cashion was numbering among the many brave soldiers from Lincoln County, who fought during the four years of the Civil War. He was served with Turney's First Tennessee Regiment, and at the Battle of Wilderness lost his leg. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Cashion were three daughters, Lucy Ellen, who died at the age of four years, Mrs. Lillian C. Parks, who died in 1920, the wife of the late B. O. Parks, and Mrs. Tom Wiley who has made her home with her mother since her marriage about thirty years ago.
Mrs. Cashion was a senior member of the local Methodist Church and her long life was useful and inspirational. She possessed a genius for friendship and their infectious enthusiasm for life endured her to all who knew and admired her. Through her years of deep affliction, having been blind for the past nine years and a confirmed invalid for thirteen months, she was gloriously blessed with the tenderest care which was given her by her devoted daughter and her son-in-law, Mrs. Wiley and Mr. Wiley.
Funeral services were conducted from the home on Monday morning at 11 o'clock by the Rev. D. D. Hinkle. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Source:
Lincoln County News
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Thursday, January 25, 1940
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Was One of City's Oldest Residents; Buried at Rose Hill --
Mrs. Elizabeth Magdaline Munday Cashion, wife of the late William Henry Cashion, Confederate Veteran, died at her home on Washington Street and Main Avenue, North, on Sunday morning, January 21, following a long illness. Had Mrs. Cashion lived until February 20, she would have been 97 years old, having been born in Knox County in 1843. With her parents, she moved from East Tennessee to Fayetteville in 1865 and in 1876, she married Mr. Cashion, who died in 1917. Mr. Cashion was numbering among the many brave soldiers from Lincoln County, who fought during the four years of the Civil War. He was served with Turney's First Tennessee Regiment, and at the Battle of Wilderness lost his leg. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Cashion were three daughters, Lucy Ellen, who died at the age of four years, Mrs. Lillian C. Parks, who died in 1920, the wife of the late B. O. Parks, and Mrs. Tom Wiley who has made her home with her mother since her marriage about thirty years ago.
Mrs. Cashion was a senior member of the local Methodist Church and her long life was useful and inspirational. She possessed a genius for friendship and their infectious enthusiasm for life endured her to all who knew and admired her. Through her years of deep affliction, having been blind for the past nine years and a confirmed invalid for thirteen months, she was gloriously blessed with the tenderest care which was given her by her devoted daughter and her son-in-law, Mrs. Wiley and Mr. Wiley.
Funeral services were conducted from the home on Monday morning at 11 o'clock by the Rev. D. D. Hinkle. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Source:
Lincoln County News
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Thursday, January 25, 1940
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