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Times-Republican Thursday April 25, 1929 p. 4 Mrs. I. A.
Hindman Mrs.
I. [ra] A. Hindman [Jane Maxwell] passed
away at her home in Bedford at 7 o'clock Wednesday evening, after a
lingering illness. No funeral
arrangements have been made at this time.
The son, Harry Hindman
of Chicago, is expected to arrive this evening. Times-Republican Thursday April 25, 1929 p. 4 J. B. Coup J.
[acob] B. Coup passed
away at his home Sunday evening.
Although he had been in failing health for some time, death came
suddenly. The funeral services were held at the
Methodist Episcopal church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted
by Rev. M. R. Talley. Interment
was made in the Fairview cemetery.
The obituary will appear next week. Times-Republican Thursday April 25, 1929 p. 4 Mrs. C. Wesley
Fletcher Mrs.
C. Wesley Fletcher [Olive Reneau],
wife of Rev. Fletcher,
former pastor of the First Baptist church, of Bedford, passed away at
her home in Glenwood, Iowa, Sunday morning at 6 o'clock. The funeral services were held in Glenwood Wednesday afternoon
and interment was made at that place. Mrs. Fletcher
had a host of friends in Bedford.
She was one of those quiet, home loving mothers who always had
a word of comfort or cheer for everyone.
The family have the sympathy of many friends here in their loss. Times-Republican Thursday January 9, 1902 p. 3 Died Suddenly Edward Ferry Dies Suddenly of Heart Disease At The Home of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry O'Dougherty
South of This City From Saturday's
Daily Republican Edward
[L.] Ferry died suddenly
last night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry O'Dougherty, a mile and a quarter south of this city. Mr.
Ferry is the father of
Mrs. O'Dougherty [Dora
Ferry] and he and his wife [Angeline Russell] have been visiting here during the past few weeks.
He took sick suddenly at about 7 o'clock in the evening and died
at about 9 p. m. Death resulted from heart disease. Mr. Ferry was aged
about 68 years. Relatives
are expected to arrive today from St. Joseph, Missouri, after which
the funeral arrangements will be made. Later It
has been arranged to hold a short funeral service at the O'Dougherty residence at 1 p. m. tomorrow. The services will be conducted by Rev.
E. N. Ware, and will be under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity,
of which Mr. Ferry was a member. The
remains will be conveyed on the 3:40 p. m. train to his late home in
St. Joseph, Missouri, where the principal funeral services will be held. In the sorrow that came so suddenly to
them the grief stricken relatives have the sympathy of all. Bedford Times-Press Thursday April 26, 1934 p. 7 Guss Buried in Guss
Cemetery Ray Thompson, Auto Accident Victim, Dies From Injuries Funeral
services for Ray Thompson,
35, who died from injuries received in an automobile accident near Yorktown,
were held in Clarinda Friday afternoon and burial was made in the Guss
cemetery. He
was born in Taylor County, near Guss, May 14, 1898. August 8, 1918, he was married to Miss Eva West. To
them were born six children, Lawrence, Edna, Earl, Carrie, Doris
Jean, and Wayne, who, with the wife, survive.
Other relatives are a sister, Mrs. Laura Combs of Gravity; five brothers, Marian Thompson and Charlie Thompson of Sharpsburg, Ira Thompson of New Market, Ernest Thompson of Gravity and Roy Thompson, a twin brother, of Glenwood. Bedford Times-Press Thursday November 28, 1957 p. 7 Fred R. Dunkin Of Gravity Dies Fred
R. [obert] Dunkin, 77,
of Gravity was taken to Municipal Hospital in Clarinda Saturday night
and died a short time after his arrival there. Funeral
services were held at the Methodist church in Gravity Wednesday afternoon
with Rev. Howard DeVore of Gravity and Rev. David S. Johnson of New
Market officiating. Burial
was in Gravity cemetery. Mr.
Dunkin is survived by his wife; one son, Rowland "Jack"
Dunkin and wife, and one granddaughter, Mrs. Phil Acampora
of Burbank, California. Bedford Times-Press Thursday November 28, 1957 p. 7 Mrs. Mary
Cooper Of Lenox Dies Mrs.
Mary Cooper of Lenox died
Monday, Nov. 18 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Melvin Wurster, at Mount Ayr. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Lenox
Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 20, Rev. Burton Collier officiating. Burial was in the Conway cemetery. Mrs.
Cooper is survived by
her husband, Ed [Edwin];
one daughter, Mrs. Wurster;
two sons, Dale of Conway
and Donald of Minnesota; a brother, Ed Hargin of Lenox; and a number of grandchildren. She
was a member of the Lenox American Legion Auxiliary. Bedford Times-Press Thursday November 28, 1957 p. 7 Robert Bix
Buried Fairview Cemetery Robert
Bix, son of George
[David] and Margaret Reynolds Bix,
was born in Bodham, England, Dec. 27, 1873, and departed this life Nov.
21, 1957, at Bedford, where he spent the past seven years. At the time of his passing he was 83 years, 10 months, 25 days
of age. At
an early age he came with his parents to a new home in the United States
and located on a farm near New Market, Iowa, where he spent most of
his life. Robert
became an American citizen and enjoyed the respect and friendship of
those who knew him. He
never married. His parents,
three sisters: Mary
[Agnes Martha], who was Mrs. Frank Dougherty, Anna, who was Mrs. William Johnson and Edith [Mary], who was Mrs. A. [bram] Oxley; and two brothers, William and James Bix, preceded him in death. He
leaves to mourn his death, one sister, Ella Blanche Bix of Clarinda; two brothers, George of Siam and Ernest of Ottumwa, Iowa. Sixteen nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral
services were conducted from the Shum Funeral Home, Friday, Nov. 22
by Rev. Clarence M. Potter of New Market.
Burial in Fairview cemetery. [Dougherty,
Agnes Martha Bix Witt] Bedford Times-Press Thursday July 14, 1955 [p. 1] Mrs. F. Dougherty Died Here Sunday Mrs.
Frank Dougherty, a long-time
resident of Taylor County, died July 10, after having been in failing
health for several years. Funeral
services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Wednesday p. m. conducted
by Rev. Fred H. Cowles. Agnes
Martha Bix, eldest daughter
of G. [eorge] D. [avid] and Margaret [Reynolds] Bix, was born in Plumstead, England, Dec. 16, 1869, and died at the age
of 85 years, six months and 24 days. She
came to Taylor County with her parents at the age of 14, and located
in Mason Township. In early
youth she united with the Morning Star Presbyterian church of that vicinity. She
was married to Jess Witt on
April 11, 1892. To them
one daughter was born, Mrs. Helen Cornell of Omaha. On
February 19, 1908, she was married to [William] Frank Dougherty and to them were born three children, Edna [May],
who died in infancy, Marion Dougherty
and Mrs. Margaret Burns of Bedford. Mrs.
Dougherty spent all her life after coming to the United States in and
around Bedford, with the exception of the year 1901, when she returned
to England for a visit. She
is survived by her husband, three children, nine grandchildren, four
great grandchildren; also by four brothers, Robert Bix of Conway, James Bix of New Market, George Bix of Bedford, Ernest Bix of Ottumwa; one sister, Miss Ella Bix of Clarinda. Bedford Times-Press Thursday December 9, 1948 p. 5 Obituary - A.
G. Oxley Abram
Garfield Oxley, youngest
son of Ethan and Elnora Oxley,
was born April 9, 1882, and passed away November 28, 1948, at his home
two miles south of Siam at the age of 67 years, seven months and 19
days. On
February 22, 1908, he was united in marriage to Edith Mary Bix. To
them were born six children. Besides
his wife, he is survived by four sons, George, Siam; Frank of Bedford; Mahlon of
Creston and Hobart
of Ceres, Calif. Preceding
him in death were Ivan Kirk
and Adaline. There
are nine grandchildren, Barbara Jean, Donald Richard, Norma Eileen,
Beverly Ann, Dennis Dean, Jerry Leroy, Judith Ann, Linda Lou and Kenneth Allen Oxley. Bedford Times-Press Thursday January 15, 1953 [p. 1] Mrs. Edith
Oxley Died In Hospital Mrs.
Edith Oxley, 70, of the
Siam community, died at St. Francis hospital, Maryville, Jan. 13. She
is survived by four sons: George Oxley of Siam, Frank Oxley
of Bedford, Mahlon Oxley
of Creston, Hobart Oxley
of California. Funeral
services will be held at the Siam Methodist church at 2 o'clock Thursday
afternoon, Jan. 15. Burial
in Shearer cemetery. Bedford Times-Press Thursday January 29, 1953 p. 6 Obituary - Mrs.
Edith Oxley Funeral
services for Mrs. Edith Oxley
were held Thursday at the Methodist church in Siam. The Rev. Earl Streyffeler conducted the services. Burial was in the Shearer cemetery. Edith
Mary Bix, daughter of
George [David] and Margaret [Reynolds] Bix
was born in Norfolk, England, Sept. 29, 1882, and died at the St. Francis
hospital in Maryville, Jan. 13, 1953, at the age of 70 years, three
months and 14 days. On
Feb. 22, 1908 she was married to Abram G. [arfield] Oxley. To
them were born six children: George Oxley of Siam, Frank Oxley
of Bedford, Mahlon Oxley
of Orient, Hobart Oxley
of Ceres, Calif. Ivan and Adaline died in infancy. Mr. Oxley
died Nov. 28, 1948. Her
home was established around Siam from infancy until death. She attended the Methodist church. Besides
her family she is survived by ten grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs.
Agnes Dougherty of Bedford
and Miss Ella Bix of
Clarinda; four brothers, George
and Jim Bix of Siam,
Bob Bix of Clarinda and Ernest Bix of Ottumwa, Iowa. Bedford Times-Press Thursday November 25, 1937 p. 4 Obituary -
Mrs. John Kimpton Clara
Ethel Kimpton [Ethel Clara],
daughter of Daniel and Rachel [Heidlebaugh] Beery, was born near Shambaugh, Iowa, July 31, 1885, and
passed away at her home near Gravity, Tuesday, at the age of 52 years,
3 months and 15 days. She
came to Taylor County at the age of 8 years and resided on a farm in
the vicinity of her late home until her marriage to John A. Kimpton on Dec. 26, 1906. To this union 7 children were born: Homer, Edith, Wilbur,
Iva and Lois of Gravity, Mrs. Vida Snyder of Bedford and Paul, who passed away Nov. 29, 1923, at the age of 10
years and 10 months. She
had been in ill health for several months but her passing was a shock
to her family and friends. Besides
her husband and children, she leaves to mourn her loss, an aged mother;
two sisters, Mrs. Maybelle Argetsinger
of Mason City, Iowa, and Mrs. Iva Hicks of Richey, Mont.; two brothers, A. C. Beery of Gravity and Lawrence Beery of Salt Lake City, Utah; two grandchildren, Doris
Kimpton and Johnny
Snyder. Her
father and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Hixon and Mrs. Zena Westfall,
preceded her in death. Mrs.
Kimpton was a wonderful mother and a good neighbor. The
funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon, Nov. 19, at the Guss
Methodist church, by the Pastor, Rev. E. B. Stewart. Burial was in the Guss cemetery. Bedford Times-Press Thursday June 24, 1937 p. 7 Gravity Fred Myers Succumbs Funeral Services
Were Saturday---Mrs. Myers
Very Ill Fred
Myers [Frederick Meyers],
82, passed away at his home in northeast Gravity Thursday June 17 at
9:00 p. m. The funeral
services were held Saturday afternoon at the Gravity Methodist church,
conducted by a former pastor, Rev. W. H. Warrior of Blockton, assisted
by Rev. A. J. Bissinger. A
special service was held in the home before going to the church, on
account of the serious illness of Mrs. Myers [Meyers]. Mr.
and Mrs. Myers [Meyers] have both been very ill in the home the past three
weeks. Mrs. Myers is no
better at the present time. Bedford Times-Press Thursday June 24, 1937 p. 7 Attend Myers Funeral Mr.
and Mrs. R. Morey, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Costen, Mrs. Len Oxley, Jud Sturm and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Hamblin, Mr.
and Mrs. Lou Cundy and
son Orin Jessie, Mr.
and Mrs. Chester Hamblin, Mary Ann and Mary Louise Cundy, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Cochran and mother, Mrs. Henry Cochran, Mrs. Albert Beck,
Mrs. Ted Selders, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hamblin, Lloyd and Esther, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Damewood, attended the funeral of Fred Myers [Meyers] at Gravity Saturday afternoon. [Meyers,
Esther McNerney Riggle] Bedford Times-Press Thursday November 18, 1937 [p. 1] Mrs. Fred
Myers Dies Mrs.
Fred Myers [Meyers] of
Gravity, who had been ill for several months, died at her home Wednesday
night, Nov. 17. The funeral
services will be held at the Methodist church in Gravity at one o'clock
Friday afternoon. Mrs. Myers [Meyers] is the mother of Mrs. Amasa Hamblin [Bertha Jane] of Sharpsburg. [Meyers,
Esther McNerney Riggle] Bedford Times-Press Thursday November 25, 1937 p. 4 Obituary Mrs. Fred Meyers Esther
McNerney Riggle, daughter
of Joseph and Jane McNerney Riggle,
was born near Muncy, Penn., Dec. 22, 1858 and died at her home in Gravity,
Iowa, Nov. 17, 1937, aged 78 years, 10 months, and 25 days. Esther was the oldest in a family of 8 children. When 13 years of age she moved with her
parents to Page County, near College Springs, Iowa, where a few years
later she joined the Methodist Episcopal church. On
Feb. 9, 1880, she was married to Frederick Meyers who passed away June 17th, 1937. To
this union five children were born:
Hattie Faye,
who died in infancy, Arthur Meyers
of Gravity, Bertha Hamblin
of Sharpsburg, Burton F. Meyers
of Northboro and Semina [Semma May] Webb of Gravity. Besides
the four children, who were all with their mother the last days of her
illness, she leaves ten grandchildren, two great grandchildren and one
brother, J. C. Riggle of
Shenandoah, Iowa. In
1900 Mr. and Mrs. Meyers and their family moved from Page Center to
their farm north of Gravity, where they lived until they moved to town
in 1910. The
church was always on the minds of these staunch pioneers and when Fred
was no longer able to hear the sermon, Mrs. Meyers would attend the
services and on returning home would give not only the text but the
sermon word for word for his benefit. At
the time of Mr. Meyer's passing, both Mr. and Mrs. Meyers faced death
together and not only at that time but since, the children have lovingly
"stood by" knowing that "all is well." The
funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Gravity Friday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. J. Bissinger.
Burial was in the Gravity cemetery. Clearfield
Chronicle December 1957 Amasa Hamblin Funeral
services for Amasa Lewis Hamblin,
78, well known farmer of Gravity, were held last Wednesday afternoon
at the Presbyterian Church in Bedford.
Rev. Kenneth Miller conducted the service. Mr.
Hamblin suffered a fatal heart attack on December 1 and died at his
home. Survivors
include his wife [Bertha Jane Meyers] and three children, Mrs. Lorna Bowman of Bedford, Mrs. Gladys Brown of Grundy Center and Lloyd Hamblin of Lenox; also two brothers, Ray of St. Joseph and Frank of Modesto, California, and Mrs. Olive Nickell, a sister. Interment
was in the Washington cemetery. Bedford Times-Press Thursday February 17, 1966 p. 8 Final Rites Are
Held For Mrs. Hamblin Funeral
services for Mrs. Amasa L. (Bertha) Hamblin, 82, long time Taylor County resident, held February
10 at the Bedford Presbyterian Church, were conducted by Rev. John D.
Kerr. Mrs. Hamblin died
at the Municipal Hospital in Clarinda, Iowa, February 8, 1966. Interment was at Washington Cemetery,
Gravity, Iowa. Bertha
Jane Meyers, daughter
of Fred and Esther [McNerney Riggle] Meyers,
was born in Page Center, Page County, Iowa, Jan. 24, 1884. Bertha
moved with her parents to a farm north of Gravity where she grew to
young womanhood. On
September 26, 1906, she was married to Amasa L. [ewis] Hamblin at her parentsŐ home, Gravity, Iowa. They made their home on farms near
Gravity and Sharpsburg and after the death of her husband she moved
to Bedford. Bertha and
Amasa were faithful workers in the Presbyterian Church. To
this union were born four children:
Lorna, Gladys, Lloyd
and Esther. Preceding
her in death were her husband and daughter, Esther, her parents, brother Arthur, twin brother, Burton and sister, Semma. Left
with memories are two daughters, Mrs. Clifford Bowman [Lorna], Bedford, Mrs. Glenn Brown [Gladys], Grundy Center, Iowa; one son, Lloyd Hamblin, Lenox, Iowa; five grandchildren, and six great
grandchildren. Relatives
and friends from a distance at the Feb. 10 services for Mrs. Bertha
Hamblin were: Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn R. Brown,
Grundy Center, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Austin, Mabel, Minn.; Mrs. Larry Eslinger, Ames, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hamblin, Oakland, Ia.; Mrs. Bert Meyers, Northboro, Ia.; John Tieman, Fort Hood, Texas; Dr. Ray Hamblin, St. Joseph, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stearns, Arapahoe, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Klakken and Mrs. Jessie Beery, Coin, Iowa. Times-Republican Thursday January 14, 1909 p. 8 Obituary Oma
Vesta Hamblin, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. [ranklin] L. [ee] Hamblin [Mary Catherine Mathers] was born at F. [ranklin] L. [ee] Hamblin's home just west of Sharpsburg, January 14th,
1891, where she spent most of her life attending the Sharpsburg schools,
until she had completed her work there.
She attended the summer school, held in Bedford two terms. Last August she went up to Howard Lake,
Minn., where her sister, Mrs. Lou Cundy [Jessie Pearl Hamblin],
lives and enrolled in the high school there. Her progress in her studies there was brilliant from the very
beginning, and she soon stood at the head of her classes. Miss Oma had a very winning personality, and soon won her
way to the hearts of her schoolmates and the teachers there, as was
eloquently attested to, by their kindness during her illness, and after
her demise. In November, she and her sister, Mrs.
Cundy, both took down
with typhoid fever. The
Doctors expressed doubt as to Miss Oma's recovery after the eighth day,
when there was a decided change for the worse.
Mrs. Hamblin was there on a visit when they took down, and shortly
after Mr. Hamblin went up. There
was some indication of improvement, and it seemed to all of the friends,
that she was on the road to recovery, and Mr. Hamblin having business
interests that demanded his attention, came home, but receiving a telegram
shortly afterwards that she had taken a relapse, and could not live,
returned to her bedside at once.
All that human skill could do was done for her recovery, but
the poisons of the typhoid did its work, due to inability to take proper
nourishment, and because of the weakness of the heart, and on the morning
of January the fifth, she quietly passed out of this into the life beyond,
being 17 years, 11 months, and 21 days old. She had grown up in the service of the
Master, through the Presbyterian Church at Sharpsburg, filling various
places in the work of the church.
She had united with the church at the age of 14 years, and was
ever after a willing worker for the Master, wherever duty called. She was Sunday school organist, and assistant Organist for
church services, and a member of the choir, when she left here to go
to Howard Lake. She
had a host of warm friends among the schoolmates and neighbors. She was a very efficient worker
in the Christian Endeavor Society of the church. The
remains were brought here last Thursday evening, and appropriate services
were held from the Presbyterian Church.
Flowers were presented by the members of the High School, and
also by the teachers of the Howard Lake school, and a service was held
at the Cundy home over the remains, Miss Oma's classmates furnishing
the music, and acting as pallbearers.
The Christian Endeavor Society here presented a very beautiful
crescent of white carnations, the Aid Society a bouquet of the same,
the choir a bouquet of pink carnations, while the [word missing] here
presented a bouquet of [white?] roses, while other flowers were brought
by others. The front of
the church was banked with house plants, while the corner of the organ,
upon which she had played so often, in the church services of the church,
held a rosette with long streamers of white and black ribbon; all of
which attested to the sorrow and high esteem of her many friends and
friends of the family. As
the remains were brought into the church, Miss Bessie Sweigard, the church organist, played a funeral march, and
the choir sang three selections during the service appropriate to the
occasion. Mrs. A. P.
Walton sang a solo entitled "We Shall cross Mystic
River, one by one," the chorus of which was sung as a mixed quartette
by Rev. and Mrs. A.P. Walton,
Mrs. Bessie Gorfrey
and S. R. Henderson. An immense congregation gathered, not
over two thirds of which could get into the building. The service was in charge of Rev. A. P. Walton, who preached
the sermon from James 4:14 and Rev. 22:14. Interment was made in Gravity cemetery. Bedford Times-Press Thursday November 15, 1945 [p. 1], 4 F. L. Hamblin, 88, Sharpsburg, Dies Frank
[lin] L. [ee] Hamblin,
youngest son of Daniel W. [oodard] and Anna [Sarah Kenyon] Hamblin, was born March 1, 1857, in Lee County, Illinois,
the parents and his two older brothers, Horace K. and Arthur A. [llen]
stopping there for the winter while enroute to Iowa from their old home
in Cayuga County, New York. He
died at the home of his son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hamblin, west of Sharpsburg, Saturday, November 10, 1945,
following a long and useful life, at the age of 88 years, 8 months and
9 days. Of
a family of pioneer settlers in Taylor County, the first home was established
for the D. [aniel] W. [oodard] Hamblin family in Washington Township, where Frank L. [ee] grew to manhood, attended grade school, many years
in a school maintained in his own home, with his mother as teacher. This, like home maintained rural schools
of that day, was the forerunner of the public school system of Taylor
County. Finishing his grade
school education, he attended Academy School at New London, Iowa, one
of the first academies established west of the Mississippi River, and
the forerunner of high schools in Iowa.
Obtaining a teacher's certificate after his studies in the academy,
he contracted to teach his first rural school at the age of 17, teaching
a few weeks in the winter, and another short period in the spring, allowing
time for pupils and teacher to engage in the strenuous work on the newly
established farms of the district. In
the fall of 1880 he was married to Mary C. [atherine] Mathers of Bedford, taught school nearby, and in the spring
of 1881, established their home on the farm located three quarters of
a mile west of Sharpsburg where he resided until retiring from active
management of the farm 36 years ago.
To them were born three children, Chester, Jessie, and Oma. Oma died in 1908 [1909] and Jessie, Mrs. F. [rancis]
L. [lewellyn] Cundy, died
in 1943. Mrs. Mary C.
[atherine] Hamblin died
May 6, 1929. Mr.
Hamblin married Mrs. Hester C. [hilcote] Mattice of Conway in the fall of 1932, and they resided
in Sharpsburg until the time of her death, in the fall of 1939. Since that time Mr. Hamblin made his home
with his children, Mrs. F. [rancis] L. [lewellyn] Cundy [Jessie Pearl], and Chester Hamblin and their families. Outstanding
characteristics of Mr. Hamblin were his strict attention to whatever
business claimed his attention, his deep religious convictions backed
by his energetic work in the Presbyterian Church at Sharpsburg, and
his cheerful disposition. He
served as a clerk of the session of the Sharpsburg Presbyterian church
for 45 years, served in the church organization for a half-century or
more as deacon and then as elder and was an active charter member in
establishing the church at Sharpsburg.
That church had its first beginning in homes of families of the
community, then affiliated with the Presbyterian Church at Bedford,
then Conway, and then established its own home at Sharpsburg.
Thoughts for the welfare of his home and of his church were always
uppermost in his mind. In
civic affairs Mr. Hamblin was always active, serving his township for
years as a trustee, the town of Sharpsburg as clerk, and the school
of Sharpsburg as secretary. He
served as vice-president of the State Savings Bank of Sharpsburg for
more than 25 years. Surviving
are one son, Chester F. Hamblin
and his wife; a son-in-law, F. [rancis] L. [lewellyn] Cundy, seven grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. The
funeral services were held at the Presbyterian Church in Sharpsburg,
Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 1:30 P. M., Rev. J. W. Chase, pastor of the church,
in charge. Burial was in the Gravity cemetery. [Hamblin,
Hester Sophia Chilcote Mattice] Bedford Times-Press Thursday September 28, 1939 p. 3 Mrs. F. L.
Hamblin Hester
[Sophia] Chilcote, daughter
of Israel and Susan [Coleman] Chilcote,
was born in Perry County, Ohio, on May 15, 1860. She moved to Taylor County with her parents in 1864, where
she grew to maturity. She
went with her sister to the Black Hills in South Dakota, where she met
and married A. E. [Ernest A.] Mattice
in 1887. They located on
a cattle ranch there, where she resided until he passed away in 1916. She then returned to Conway. She united with the M. E. church and was
a faithful worker for her Master She was also a member of the Eastern Star. In
1931 she was married to F. [ranklin] L. [ee] Hamblin and moved her church membership to the Presbyterian
Church at Sharpsburg. She
passed away at her home in Sharpsburg, Sept. 22, 1939, at the age of
79 years, 4 month and 7 days. She
is survived by her husband, the Chester Hamblin and F. [rancis] L.[lewellyn] Cundy families; one sister, Mrs. Eva Litteer of Conway; and two brothers, John H. [enry] Chilcote
and E. [mery] H. Chilcote
of Bedford. Also, [by] a large number of nieces and
nephews. The
funeral services were conducted by Rev. Paul McCleave at the Presbyterian
Church in Sharpsburg Sunday afternoon.
Burial was in the Lexington cemetery. |