Mrs. Morna Crossgrove, 92, died at her home northeast of Brashear Saturday evening at eight o'clock. She had suffered an influenza attack recently and a prolonged heart condition was the cause of her death. Mrs. Crossgrove had been cared for in her home the past several years by her granddaughter, Mrs. Vivian Thomas.
Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the E.U.B. Church of Brashear, of which she was a member. The Rev. G.D. Hammontree will be the minister. Interment will be in the Brashear cemetery.
Morna E. Moore was born September 29, 1865 in what was then known as the South Prairie community on a farm just east of the present town of Gibbs. She was the daughter of Joseph M. and Catherine Ann Rowe Moore.
She was married to Wilbur T. Woods on January 15, 1885 and to this marriage two sons were born, Glenn who died at the age of five years, and Dale Forrest, who died Feb. 25, 1957. Wilbur Woods died July 25, 1891.
On April 10, 1895, Mrs. Woods was married to William L. Crossgrove and to this marriage three sons and a daughter were born.
Surviving are the three sons, Charles L. Crossgrove of Freeville, N.Y., Arthur L. Crossgrove of Brashear and John M. Crossgrove of Union Springs, N.Y.; a daughter, Mrs. Bruce (Mary) Jones of Baton Rouge, La.; 21 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Sylvia Anderson of Colorado Springs, Colo., Mrs. May M. Derfler of Hyattsville, Md., and Mrs. Merle Funk of Kirksville, and two brothers, Foster Moore of Brashear and Dr. J.C. Moore of Hoopeston, Ill.
She was preceded in death by her second husband, Mr. Crossgrove who died October 29, 1941; three brothers and three sisters.
The body is at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear.
Bearers will be Clyde Payne, Elmer Skinner, Norman Ornes, Kyle Cooper, Edgar Shelton and Robert Zinn.