Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Obituaries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockObits/349 Surname: Crow, Earls, Henrick, Kimbrough, Koontz, McGinnis, Shardon, Swain ------------------------- Fannie Earls Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie F. Earls, 92, will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Neiser Funeral Home in Carthage with the Rev. Glenn V. Manis officiating. Burial will be in Moss Ridge Cemetery. A memorial has been established to the United Methodist Church in Carthage. Mrs. Earls died Sunday evening, May 7, 1978, in Montebello Manor Nursing Home in Hamilton. She was born Oct. 2, 1885, in Carthage, a daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Sarah Frances Kimbrough Koontz. She married Waddie Iverson Earls Oct. 16, 1904, in Carthage. He died in 1964. She was also preceded in death by two children, three grandchildren, three sisters and two brothers. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Carthage. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. J. J. (Helen) McGinnis of Santa Ana, Calif., Mrs. Eldon (Blanche) Swain of Carthage, Mrs. S. W. Crow of Corpus Christie, Tex., Mrs. D. A. (Corrine) Shardon of Mendon and Mrs. Michael (Joanne) Henrick of Quincy; three sons, Ross Earls of Hamilton, Wayne Earls of Monterey, Calif., and Kenneth Earls of Portland, Ore.; 11 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; and one brother, Ross Koontz of Prather, Calif. Hancock County Journal Carthage, Illinois Wednesday May 10, 1978 Page 14 Column 5 Link: Bryant Genealogy Web Page URL: <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bryant>