Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Obituaries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockObits/348 Surname: Crow, Earls, Henrick, Koontz, Lester, McGinnis, Schardon, Swain ------------------------- Funeral services for Waddie Iverson Earls, 80, of Carthage were held Sunday, Aug. 2, in the Neiser Funeral Home in Carthage, the Rev. John N. Keller, pastor of the First Methodist church of Carthage, officiating. Pallbearers were A. W. Crow, Eldon Swain, Duane Schardon, Michael Hendrick, Ross Wear, and Dale Lawson. Burial was in Moss Ridge cemetery. Mr. Earls, a retired interior decorator, died in his home Thursday morning, July 30. Born in Floyd county, Va. May 29, 1884, he was a son of John Wesley and Rhonda Caroline Lester Earls. He was married to Fannie Koontz in Carthage Oct. 16, 1904. He was a member of the Carthage Methodist church and the Bentley lodge No. 412, I.O.O.F. Surviving are the widow; five daughters, Mrs. D. J. (Helen) McGinnis of Skokie, Mrs. Eldon (Blanche) Swain and Mrs. D. A. (Corinne) Schardon of Carthage, Mrs. A. W. (Bessie) Crow of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mrs. Michael (Joan) Henrick of Hull; four sons, Willard A. of Niles, Ross of Carthage, Wayne of Nauvoo, and Kenneth of Portland, Wash.; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Hancock County Historical Society Carthage, Illinois Siegfried XVIII Page 27 Note: Portland, Wash. should probably be Portland, Oregon. - ------------------------------- Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Earls of Carthage quietly observed their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 16. A dinner at Hotel Nauvoo that evening was given in their honor. Those attending the dinner were: Mr. and Mrs. Earls, Ross Earls and Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Swain and Earl of Carthage and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Earls, Elizabeth and Peter of Nauvoo. The Earls were married near Carthage Oct. 16, 1904, and have always lived in the Carthage vicinity. They are the parents of four sons and five daughters. The sons are: Willard of Skokie, Ross of Carthage, Wayne of Nauvoo and Kenneth of Portland, Ore. Their daughters are: Helen, Mrs. D. J. McGinnis of Skokie; Blanche, Mrs. Eldon Swain of Carthage; Bessie, Mrs. A. W. Crow of Corpus Christi, Texas; Corrine, Mrs. D. A. Schardon of Nashville, Tenn., and Joanne, Mrs. Michael Henrick, Quincy. They also have six grandchildren. Hancock County Historical Society Carthage, Illinois Siegfried V Page 73 Link: Bryant Genealogy Web Page URL: <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bryant>