Thanks for posting this.. hope it helps someone... Marge > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 6:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOIRON] Mary Pruett Yarber Obituary > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Yarber, Pruett, Downard, Miller > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zMB.2ACI/935 > > Message Board Post: > > BELLEVILLE ILLINOIS NEWS DEMOCRAT > FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2001 > > > Mary Isabel (Downard) Yarber, nee Pruett, 76 of Belleville, IL, > born January 22, 1925 in Fredericktown, MO and died Thursday, > December 6, 2001, at her residence. Mrs Yarber was a cook before > her retirement. She was a member of the Council Bluffs Baptist > Church, Belgrade, MO, and a member of the New Athens, IL, chapter > of TOPS. Mrs Yarber was preceded in death by her first husband, > Will Downard, whom she married on January 11, 1941, in Ironton, > MO; her second husband. H.H. Yarber, whom she married August 18, > 1972; her parents, Will and Effie Pruett, nee Stacy, four > brothers, Raymond, Orville, Franklin, Vernon, two sisters, Opal > and Vivian. Surviving are a daughter, Patricia (Robert) Miller of > Fairview Heights, IL; two grandsons, Kent (Tammy) Miller of > Swansea, IL; Ray Miller of Swansea, IL; two great-granddaughters, > Ashley and Lauren Miller of Swansea, IL; four brothers, Ronie > (Lovie) Pruett of Camanche, IA; Earl Pruett (Nora)of Chester, IL; > Jacob(Betty) Pruett of Mascoutah,! > IL; Clyde(JoAnn) Pruett of Freeburg, IL; and a sister, Clara > Patton, of Freeburg, IL. Funeral services were held at 11 am > Saturday, December 8, 2001, at George Renner and Sons Funeral > Home, Belleville, IL, with Pastor Hal Santos of Grace Church of > Fairview Heights, IL, officiating. Burial was in Walnut Hill > Cemetery, Belleville, IL. > > ______________________________