Charles Jacob Followwill

FOLLOWWILL, SAVAGE, HARPER, GRAEVE, VAN WINKLE, ADAMS, CRAWFORD, HILL, KENT, BEALL

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 6/17/2006 at 19:29:02

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
October 1980

Charles Followwill Services Wednesday

Charles Jacob Followwill of R.R. 1, St. Charles died Sunday, Oct. 5, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines at the age of 61. Mr. Followwill had lived in Madison County for the past 36 years.

Born on April 26, 1919, in Putnam County, Mo., he was the son of Aaron and Mary Belle Savage Followwill. He was united in marriage to Irene Harper on June 22, 1939, in Lancaster, Mo. Mr. Followwill was a Madison County maintainer operator for 32-1/2 years until his retirement last January.

Surviving are his wife, Irene; seven children, Charles of Independence, Mo., Carl of Redfield, S.D., Aretta Graeve and Oda Van Winkle, both of Des Moines, Norma Adams of Pasadena, Texas, Glenda Crawford of Heidenheimer, Texas, and Mary Belle Hill of Norwalk; 13 grandchildren; his father, Aaron Followwill of Queen City, Mo.; three brothers, Virgil of Springdale, Wash., and Lawrence of Albany, Ore.; and two sisters, Freda Kent of Greencastle, Mo., and Oda Beall of Greentop, Mo. He was preceded in death by his mother and a granddaughter, Charlotte Crawford.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Collins Funeral Home with Thomas Dennis of the Church of Christ officiating. Burial was at Union Chapel Cemetery.

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