----- Original Message ----- From: <tbeyer1@peoplepc.com> To: <ILROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 3:13 PM Subject: [ILROOTS] Obituary posting for Mrs. Betty Mae Cox > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Cox, Edwards, Williams, Travelstead, Watson > Classification: Obituary > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fh.2ADI/5984 > > Message Board Post: > > Feb. 13, 1958 > Mrs. Betty Mae Cox, 69, widow of the late Otis Cox, whose death occurred > in July 1952, died shortly before noon Friday at the Ferrell hospital in > Eldorado following a heart attack on Tuesday morning. She had been in > failing health for a few years due to strokes and high blood pressure. > Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the First > Baptist Church in Shawneetown with the Rev. Earl Vaughn of Harrisburg > officiating. Interment was in the McGehee cemetery near Junction under > the direction of the Wright funeral home. > Deceased was the daughter of the late John and Mary Jane Edwards and was > born in Gallatin county on January 27, 1889. She leaves a son, Otis Cox > of Chicago; and four daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Mary) Grimaldi and Mrs. Casey > (Lottie) Williams, both of Chicago, Mrs. Joseph (Marguerite) Travelstead > of New Haven and Mrs. Fred (Alma) Watson of Shawneetown. There are 26 > granchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. > > > ==== ILROOTS Mailing List ==== > Please remember when replying to a query REPLY TO THE LIST so your message > goes out to the entire list. This will ensure that the information is > archived, which may be of help to someone else in the future. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >