Not sure if this will help anyone, but this is the obituary of my great-grandmother Lydia Elizabeth Harr Lemarr/LeMarr. I have the original scanned and would be glad to send it if anyone is interested. Regina Obituary Column of Lydia Harr Lemarr/LeMarr Obituary Lydia Elizabeth Harr, was born in Sullivan County, Tennessee, June 13, 1861 and departed this life at her home at Palmyra, Feb. 4, 1919, age 57 years, 7 months and 21 days. At age of five she came overland with her parents, Adam L. and Melvina Harr to Macoupin County Ill. They settled on a farm near Barr, where she lived and grew to womanhood. At the age of fourteen she professed her faith in Christ and united with the M. E. church at Barr, where she remained a member until the organization of the Free Methodist church in South Palmyra; said church now located at Hettick, Ill. At that time she and her husband united with this church and remained active members until the moved to Palmyra in 1899. She was united in marriage to Francis Marion LeMarr, August 5, 1883; to which union five children were born. She was always a favorite in the community in which she lived, and among the first to respond when others needed assistance; a faithful neighbor; a loyal companion and a gentle, kind, loving mother. Her parents, four brothers, John, Luther, Robert and James; two sisters, Sarah Padget and Mollie Hungerford, have preceded her to the other shore. She leaves to mourn her departure, a husband, three sons, Samuel Ernest of LeRoy, Paul Earl of Camp Funston and Clinton Ebert, "Somewhere in France." Two daughters, Louella Ethel Porter of Edinburg and Ora Edith Fullington of Carlinville; two brothers, William Harr of Barr and Jacob Harr of Palmyra; two sisters, Susan Neece of Palmyra and Harriet Dugger of Scottville; six grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services were held in the M. E. church in Palmyra, Friday, February 7, 1919 by the pastor, Rev. Rhinehart. The body was taken to Oak Hill Cemetery and laid to rest and laid away with loving gentle hands, to await the resurrection morn. Pallbearers, John W. Duncan, C. S. Mahan, J. A. Turner, Charley Solomon, H. E. Standefer and F. P. Gangwer. AurevoirHusband and Children <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Check out free AOL at http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and much more.