GAMMONS, John Jr. (Reverend) 1857-1943

GAMMONS, COOMBS, STUDEBAKER, MCGLOUGHLIN, MCKAGUE

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 12/8/2011 at 14:08:22

Rev. John Gammons Jr. – 1857-1943

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FINAL TRIBUTE PAID TO PASTOR
REV. JOHN GAMMONS LAID TO REST IN FAMILY LOT

Cresco – Funeral services for the Rev. John Gammons, 86, of Cresco, retired minister of the Upper Iowa Methodist Conference, were held Saturday at the Cresco Methodist Church, the Rev. George V. Turner, officiating, with burial at Osage in the family lot.

The Rev. A. B. Curran of Cedar Rapids, an old time friend and co-worker with Mr. Gammons, preached the funeral sermon and paid a glowing tribute to the outstanding Christian character of the deceased brother minister.

Casket bearers were boyhood friends of Mr. Gammons son, Earl, and a group of members of the Hward County Ministerial association attended in a body, as did also members of the P.E.O. to which Mrs. Gammons belonged.

[ Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday June 21, 1943 ]
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John Gammons Jr., was born August 1857 in Wisconsin, the son of John Gammons Sr. and Abagail (Coombs) Gammons.

He married Carrie B. Studebaker, the daughter of Herman and Mary (Gardner) Studebaker. She died in 1914. They had one son Earl Henderson Gammons who was born July 23, 1893 and Died February 27, 1974. Earl was buried in the Arlington Nation Cemetery.

He married Metta Mable McGloughlin, the daughter of Robert McGloughlin and Elizabeth (McKague) McGloughlin. She died in 1952.

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Photo of Rev. Gammons from DM Scott.

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