This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Karen_Jorgensen Surnames: Jeffries, Wallace, Slinker, Pierce Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.green/17795/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mrs. Gervaise Wallace Jeffreys, wife of Dewitt Jeffries and daughter of Aried and Ella Wallace, was born June 27, 1896, and died at the home of her mother at Pierce, Ky., on Jan. 10, 1941. On Dec. 25, 1912 she was married to Dewitt Jeffreys. Nine children were born to this union, and seven preceded her in death. She is survived by her husband and two sons, Rex and Raymond Jeffries of Louisville; her mother, Mrs. Ella Wallace; one brother, Vernard Wallace; and one sister, Mrs. Ruia Slinker of Pierce, and many relatives and friends whose hearts were saddened at her unexpected death. At the age of ten years she was converted and joined Trammel Creek Baptist Church, later moving her membership to the Greensburg Baptist Church of which she was a member at the time of her death. She was faithful to her church, her family and her friends, and hers was a life that was in constant touch with the Master's hand, and. though we grieve at her going, we know that, that body that suffered ! so long is at rest, and God's plans are always for our good. Her funeral was conducted at Trammel Creek church on Jan. 11, 1941, by Rev. Manley Towles, assisted by Rev. L. W. Stanger, and she was laid to rest in the Wallace cemetery. I cannot say and I will not say that she is dead. She is just away. With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand, she has wandered into an unknown land, and left us wondering how very -, it needs must be since she lingers there. Obituaries of Green Co. Ky., Vol. 2, compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, p. 109 Father: James A. Wallace (7 May 1871 - 23 Jan 1901) Mother: Ella Francis Pierce (23 May 1874 - 18 Jul 1951) The Ennis Family, by Wendell Ennis, 1988, p. 178 Cemeteries of Green Co., Ky. by Froggett and Houk, vol. 2, p. 98: Wallace Cem., farm of Aubrey Curry at Pierce: Gervaise Jeffreys, wife of M.D. - 27 June 1896 - 13 Jan 1941 Kentucky Vital Records Index, cd's JEFFERIES, GERVIS W; death place GREEN; 13 Jan 1941 1900 Green Co. Ky. Census; BRENTWOOD PCT Series: T623 Roll: 523 Page: 307; Heritage Quest Census Images James Wallace, May 1871, 29, married 10 years, Ky; Eller, May 1874, 26, 4 live births, 3 living children, Ky; Runa, Oct 1894, 6, Ky; Gertus, Jan 1897, 3, Ky; Vinis, Nov 1899, 1, Ky; 1930 Green Co. Ky. Census; Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: District 4, Green, Kentucky; Roll: 747; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 1135.0. Ancestry.com Census Images; 170 / 176 Dewitt Jeffries, 38, age 21 at 1st marriage, KyKyKy; Girvis, wife, 34, age 17 at 1st marriage, KyKyKy; Raymond, son, 16, Ky; Rex Harding, son, 9, Ky; Reva, dau, 4, Ky; Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.