----- Original Message ----- From: <tbeyer1@peoplepc.com> To: <ILROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 3:44 PM Subject: [ILROOTS] Obituary for Mrs. Elma M. Watson > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Watson, Edwards, Cox, Lane, Pritchard, Grimaldi > Classification: Obituary > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fh.2ADI/5987 > > Message Board Post: > > 10 April 1980 > Mrs. Elma Mae Watson, 68 of Shawneetown, passed away at the Ridgway Manor > Nursing Home on Thursday, April 3. > She was born March 9, 1912 of the late John and Betty Mae Edwards in White > County. In 1940 in Old Shawneetown, she was married to Fred Watson who > survives. She had resided in Shawneetown for 40 years and had been > employed as a maid at the motel. > Surviving besides her husband, Fred, are one son, Robert Cox of Carmi; > four daughters, Madeline Cox of Chicago, Betty Lane of Cedar Hill, Tenn., > Velma Lane of Shawneetown and Shirley Pritchard of Junction; one sister > Mrs. Mary Grimaldi of Townsend, Wis.; 17 grandchildren and eight great > grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Tom, and two brothers > and two sisters. > Funeral services were held Saturday April 5, at Wright Byassee Funeral > Home in Shawneetown with the Rev. Earl Vaughn officiating. Burial was in > McGhee Cemetery. > > > ==== ILROOTS Mailing List ==== > How long has it been since you posted to the list? A "quiet" list will > never help anyone! > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >