Nancy, Thanks for the obituary of my husband's g grandfather! His name is William Riley (Uncle Rile) Keeth. I can see how the Wriley happened in the obituary as he didn't go by his first name. Isn't it interesting that his wife, Mary Ella (Ellen) is not mentioned by name? Cheers, Joan .· ´¨¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ Joan Enders -:¦:- -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´* "What shall we do with Jesus who is called Christ? Learn of him. Search the scriptures for they are they which testify of him. Ponder the miracle of his life and mission. Try a little more diligently to follow his example and observe his teachings. Bring the Christ back into Christmas." --Gordon B. Hinckley

Information I have from other reliable sources gives the following individual's name as William Riley Keeth, not Wriley R. Keeth. I'm typing this obituary as it appeared in the paper. The Iberia Sentinel, February 1936 Wriley R. Keeth passed away at his home near Panama, Oklahoma Saturday, February 8, of pneumonia. If he had lived only a few hours longer until Sunday morning, he would have reached the age of 71 years. He had been in poor health for the past two or three years. Mr. Keeth was well known in Iberia and vicinity, he having resided on a farm near Iberia for many years prior to his moving to Oklahoma about nineteen years ago. He reared a large family of twelve children, nine sons and three daughters, all of whom are living, the father's death being the first in the family. The children are Frank of Wheatland, Calif., Eddie of Corona, Calif., Elmer of Iberia, Mo., Lloyd, Leonard, Arthur, Roy and Ralp0h (twins), Walter, Mrs. James Slone and Mrs. Evelyn Johnston, all of Panama, Okla., and Mrs. Clara Hale of Longview, Washington. All were present except Frank and Mrs. Clara Hale. Besides the children he is survived by his wife, 62 years of age, two brothers and one sister, namely: Johnta and Simon Keeth and Mrs. Robert Whittle, all of near Iberia, Mo. Funeral services were held in the Baptist Church at Shady Point near Panama and interment was made in the cemetery at that place under direction of the Heavener Burial Association. The many relatives and friends here of the deceased join in extending heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved.

The Iberia Sentinel, October 1936 James Garfield Messersmith, son of Hiram and Harriet Messersmith was born near Iberia in Miller County on November 23rd, 1880 and died in St. Johns Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, October 15, 1936, being at the time of his death fifty-five years, ten months, and twenty-two days old. On May 16, 1909, he was married in the Christian Church at Tuscumbia to Miss Anna Clark. To this union four children were born-Clark, who is in the U.S. Navy; Carl, who is teaching in Linn Creek public school; Martha Elizabeth and Mary Francis. He united with the Christian Church at Tuscumbia early in life and later transferred his membership to the Methodist Church in Linn Creek. He received his education at the Iberia Academy and the University of Missouri. He taught in the public school of Miller County for several years and was principal of the Tuscumbia High School in 1908 and 1909. He was county superintendent of schools of Miller County from 1909 to 1915, being the first person to hold that position in Miller County under the present law. He was employed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. at Eldon and Fulton for several years. During the construction of the Bagnell Dam he was employed by Stone & Webster, afterward locating at Linn Creek where his family now resides. He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant brother and three sisters, Sarah, Della and Harriet. Besides his wife and children he leaves to mourn his loss a brother and two sisters, Charles of Tuscumbia, Mrs. D.M. Blanton of Chilhowee and Mrs. E.T. Thompson of Beaumont, California. Also a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted at the Christian Church at Tuscumbia by the pastor of the Methodist Church of Linn Creek.

Thanks Nancy, that helped. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy & Jerry Thompson Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 8:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOMILLER] Howser/Downing - obituary I have her listed as Nancy Rebecca Downing -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charlene Uchtman Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 7:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOMILLER] Howser/Downing - obituary Was George's wife a Downing? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy & Jerry Thompson Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 6:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOMILLER] Howser/Downing - obituary The Iberia Sentinel, July 1935 George M. Houser, of the community west of Iberia, died early Tuesday morning at the age of 66 years, 3 months and 14 days. About three weeks ago he suffered an infection caused by a tick bite and later this was followed by pneumonia from which he failed to rally. Mr. Houser formerly lived in the Horseshoe Bend community on the Osage River and during the construction of the Bagnell Dam he sold out to the Union Electric people and bought the Frank Andrews farm about five miles west of Iberia. He was born near Gladstone in Morgan County, April 16, 1869. He is survived by his wife and eight children-five girls and three boys. Two children died in infancy. Mr. Houser was a long-time member of the Baptist Church and continued to live in that faith until his death. Funeral services were held at a new community church hear Pruitts Station on Highway 54 near the Lake of the Ozarks, Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock and interment was made in the cemetery at that place under direction of the Adams & Casey funeral service of Iberia. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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The Iberia Sentinel, May 1937 William Henry Eiffert, son of William and Mary Eiffert, was born at Missoula, Mont., Dec. 13, 1894. Death came to him Sunday, May 23, 1937, from drowning. He came with his parents to Miller County in 1915. On April 15, 1917, he was married to Miss Myrta Humphrey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphrey of the Brays community. To this union was born three children, Carl, Genevieve and Margie. His first wife and one daughter preceded him in death. On June 30, 1930, he was married to Miss Marian Rice of Webster Groves, Mo. To this union no children were born. Those surviving to cherish his memory are: his wife, Mrs. Marian Rice Eiffert, two children, parents, three brothers, three sisters, and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services, conducted by Bro. Ebe of the International Bible Students of St. Louis, were held Tuesday, June 1, 1937, at Union Church and interment made in the cemetery at that place under direction of the Adams & Casey funeral service.

The Iberia Sentinel, July 1936 The body of Mrs. Harry Bassett (Esther Mae), who was killed in an automobile accident at Modesto, Calif. Sunday, July 26, was shipped back to Miller County for burial the latter part of last week and funeral services were held at Union Church near Brays last Saturday afternoon, after which interment was made in the cemetery at that place. Mr. Bassett with her husband and brother, Floyd Watson, and wife went to Modesto last winter. She is survived by a few months old baby, her husband, her parents, one brother and three sisters. Mrs. Bassett was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Watson of northwest of Dixon.

I have had no luck locating the death certificate of Grace Genevieve or her father. Her mother's death certificate was filed in Greene County under the spelling Eiffart. The Iberia Sentinel, July 1936 The home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphrey, of near the Union Church east of Iberia, was the scene of another tragic accident Tuesday morning shortly before noon hour, when their fourteen-year-old granddaughter, Grace Genevieve Eiffert, daughter of William Eiffert of south of Iberia, met almost instant death from the accidental discharge of a 22 rifle in the hands of her sixteen-year-old brother, Carl. She lived only about forty minutes after she was shot. Carl had just traded for the gun, had brought it home and was, in some manner, trying to adjust the shell. He was standing up and his sister, Grace Genevieve, was sitting down in a chair near him when the gun accidentally went off. The ball entered her right side and ranged downward and it is thought that it lodged in one of the vertebrae of the spine, since she was rendered unconscious and lived only a short time. Since the death of her mother on March 12, 1928, Grace Genevieve, her younger sister, Marjorie, age 13, and her brother, Carl, have been making their home with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey. As the Sentinel goes to press, according to present arrangements, funeral services will be held at the Union Church, four miles east of Iberia, Thursday morning at ten o'clock. It is not definitely known at this time who will preach the funeral discourse. The entire community mourns the untimely death of this young lady.

The Iberia Sentinel, October 1936 Funeral services were held for Mr. Sam Allen of Dixon at the Pleasant Hill Christian Church southwest of Iberia, last Thursday, Eld. Frank Moneymaker conducting the services. Interment was made in the cemetery at that place. Mr. Allen, about 80 years of age, died at the Rolla hospital of an abdominal ailment Monday night of last week. He was a blind pensioner and had been making his home with his daughter, Mrs. James Watson, in Dixon for the past few years. His wife, oldest sister of James Long of Iberia, sister of James Long of Iberia, died in 1920. He and his family lived in the Pleasant Hill community at that time. Mr. Allen is survived by two daughters who live in Dayton, Ohio and one daughter and two sons in Dixon.

The Iberia Sentinel, October 1936 There are some apparent discrepancies/errors in the following obituary. Her death certificate lists her birth ad 19 Aug 1870. If she had been married on the date shown here, she would have been 10 years old. Informant on her death certificate was Lucy Rowden Dake. Her husband's death certificate lists his date of death as 3 Mar 1915. I don't write them; I just type them. Mrs. Mary Rowden, who had been in poor health for some time, died of a heart attack last Friday here at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Dake, with whom she was making her home. Mrs. Mary (Burks) Rowden was born in Iberia August 19, 1871, being 65 years, two months and four days old at the time of her death. She was married to Joseph Rowden Nov. 8, 1880, and to this union seven children were born, two dead and five living, Mrs. Daisey Hickey, Topeka, Kansas; Pat Rowden, Whiting, Indiana, Mrs. George Dake, Iberia, Missouri, Mrs. Pearl Henson, Dixon, Missouri, and Otto Rowden, St. Anthony, Missouri. At the age of thirteen she became a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Rowden died March 3, 1914. Mrs. Rowden was the last surviving member of the Burks family, her two brothers having passed away several years ago. For many years prior to the death of Mr. Rowden, they owned and operated a farm a few miles northeast of Iberia. Since that time Mrs. Rowden has been spending a good portion of her time among her children. Funeral services conducted by reverend Bill Akery of Dixon, were held in the Iberia Church of the Nazarene Sunday afternoon, after which interment was made in the Bray's Cemetery four miles east of Iberia.

Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Thursday, February 13, 2003 Sadie Whittle, 92, Eldon, died Feb. 12, 2003, at Lake Regional Health System, Osage Beach. She was born May 1, 1910, in Camden County, a daughter of George and Nancy Rebecca Downing Houser. She was married July 3, 1933, in Iberia, to Clarence Whittle, who died April 3, 1983. A homemaker, she was a member of Russellville Baptist Church. Survivors include: three sons, Ronald Whittle, California, Gerald Whittle, Tuscumbia, and Glen Whittle, Cairo; one sister, Sylvia Irwin, Iberia; seven grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. One daughter, Arthena Rebecca Whittle, preceded her in death. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Rekus Funeral Home, Eldon. Robert "Nippy" Jones will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Osage Beach. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charlene Uchtman Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 7:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOMILLER] Howser/Downing - obituary Was George's wife a Downing? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy & Jerry Thompson Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 6:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOMILLER] Howser/Downing - obituary The Iberia Sentinel, July 1935 George M. Houser, of the community west of Iberia, died early Tuesday morning at the age of 66 years, 3 months and 14 days. About three weeks ago he suffered an infection caused by a tick bite and later this was followed by pneumonia from which he failed to rally. Mr. Houser formerly lived in the Horseshoe Bend community on the Osage River and during the construction of the Bagnell Dam he sold out to the Union Electric people and bought the Frank Andrews farm about five miles west of Iberia. He was born near Gladstone in Morgan County, April 16, 1869. He is survived by his wife and eight children-five girls and three boys. Two children died in infancy. Mr. Houser was a long-time member of the Baptist Church and continued to live in that faith until his death. Funeral services were held at a new community church hear Pruitts Station on Highway 54 near the Lake of the Ozarks, Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock and interment was made in the cemetery at that place under direction of the Adams & Casey funeral service of Iberia. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have her listed as Nancy Rebecca Downing -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charlene Uchtman Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 7:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOMILLER] Howser/Downing - obituary Was George's wife a Downing? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy & Jerry Thompson Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 6:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOMILLER] Howser/Downing - obituary The Iberia Sentinel, July 1935 George M. Houser, of the community west of Iberia, died early Tuesday morning at the age of 66 years, 3 months and 14 days. About three weeks ago he suffered an infection caused by a tick bite and later this was followed by pneumonia from which he failed to rally. Mr. Houser formerly lived in the Horseshoe Bend community on the Osage River and during the construction of the Bagnell Dam he sold out to the Union Electric people and bought the Frank Andrews farm about five miles west of Iberia. He was born near Gladstone in Morgan County, April 16, 1869. He is survived by his wife and eight children-five girls and three boys. Two children died in infancy. Mr. Houser was a long-time member of the Baptist Church and continued to live in that faith until his death. Funeral services were held at a new community church hear Pruitts Station on Highway 54 near the Lake of the Ozarks, Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock and interment was made in the cemetery at that place under direction of the Adams & Casey funeral service of Iberia. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have previously posted an obituary for Francis Kinder Karr, but just came across this one that is more complete. Her death certificate is listed under "Karr F. Kinder".a bit tricky to find. The Iberia Sentinel, October 1936 This community was saddened latter part of last week when the news was chronicled that Mrs. Elmer Karr, one of our fine Christian women, and her two infant babes (girls) were dead. Mrs. Karr became critically ill on Friday and was rushed to the Wallace Hospital in Lebanon in the Adams & Casey ambulance. The twin girls were stillborn Friday night and their mother passed away Saturday evening, thus leaving a once happy home a place of sorrow which will be hard to erase. The mother and her infant babes were brought back to Iberia and prepared for burial, all three in the same casket by Adams and Casey, local funeral directors. Frances Kinder was born August 1897, in Chicago, where she spent the first few years of her life. Because of the death of her mother, when she was only three years of age, she was sent to the Deaconess Home at Dover, Illinois. It was at Dover that she received her public school education, and it was during these years that she made a profession of Christian faith and united with the Congregational Church at that place. A few years ago she had her membership transferred to the Congregational Church of Iberia. Through the influence of Rev. Cotton, who was pastor at Dover, Illinois and who had been a former pastor in Iberia, and Prof. Smith, Mrs. Karr came to Iberia where she studied in the Academy. It was here that she met Mr. Elmer Karr who later became her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Karr were united in marriage June 17, 1923 in the Congregational Church at Dover, Illinois. After their marriage they came to Iberia and in this vicinity have made their home. To Mr. and Mrs. Karr six children were born, namely Charles, Emma, Howard, Eula May and the infant twins. Mrs. Karr has always been a courageous woman, an affectionate wife and mother and a woman of good Christian character. She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, her four children, two sisters, Mrs. Sophie Rapp of Chicago and Mrs. Bessie Lottis of Crown Point, Indiana, and a number of relatives. Mrs. Karr died at the Wallace Hospital in Lebanon Saturday, October 17. She was taken to the hospital on Friday. Funeral services were conducted at the home west of Iberia by Rev. P.J. Eckhoff and Professor G. Byron Smith. Burial was made at the Hickory Point Cemetery under the direction of Adams & Casey, local undertakers.

Was George's wife a Downing? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy & Jerry Thompson Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 6:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOMILLER] Howser/Downing - obituary The Iberia Sentinel, July 1935 George M. Houser, of the community west of Iberia, died early Tuesday morning at the age of 66 years, 3 months and 14 days. About three weeks ago he suffered an infection caused by a tick bite and later this was followed by pneumonia from which he failed to rally. Mr. Houser formerly lived in the Horseshoe Bend community on the Osage River and during the construction of the Bagnell Dam he sold out to the Union Electric people and bought the Frank Andrews farm about five miles west of Iberia. He was born near Gladstone in Morgan County, April 16, 1869. He is survived by his wife and eight children-five girls and three boys. Two children died in infancy. Mr. Houser was a long-time member of the Baptist Church and continued to live in that faith until his death. Funeral services were held at a new community church hear Pruitts Station on Highway 54 near the Lake of the Ozarks, Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock and interment was made in the cemetery at that place under direction of the Adams & Casey funeral service of Iberia. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The Iberia Sentinel, June 1936 Mrs. Cleo Cochran, wife of Jabe Cochran of the Keethtown community, died of spinal meningitis Tuesday morning about 1 o'clock following a brief illness. Everything that loving hands and a skilled physician could do to save her life was of no avail. Due to the nature of the disease, which necessitated strict precaution, only brief services were held at the home, conducted by Revs. Virgil Smith and Frank Moneymaker. Burial was made in the Mt. Union Cemetery Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock under direction of Adams & Casey, Iberia undertakers. Mrs. Cochran was a daughter of Frank McDowell and a twin sister of Mrs. Everett Slawson of near Iberia. Her age was 25 years, two months and 26 days. The immediate members of her family that survive her are her husband and three small children-two sons and a daughter.

The Iberia Sentinel, June 1936 Dora Elizabeth Lea Pickering was born July 16, 1881; died June 13th, 1936, age 54 years, 10 months and 27 days. She was married in 1901 to William Pickering who preceded her in death a number of years ago. To this union three children were born, Lena Mae, Mary Lucy and Ollie Susan. She united with the Baptist Church at an early age. In 1925 she became a charter member of First Church of the Nazarene at Iberia, Mo. Her Christian life was an example of great devotion, she being one of the church's most faithful members. She leaves to mourn her passing, three daughters; an aged mother, Mrs. Rebecca S. Lea; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Pankey and Mrs. Laura Dake, both of Dixon, Mo.; a brother, Charley A. Lea of Bourbon, Mo.; several nieces and nephews, and a host of loving friends. Funeral services conducted by Rev. Otto Shearrer were held here in the Nazarene Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, after which interment was made in the Union Cemetery near Brays.

The Iberia Sentinel, June 1936 Everett Bilyeu (spelled Belyeu on the death certificate), 52, farmer of near St. Anthony, was shot by Everett Stark, his neighbor, at noon Sunday and died almost instantly from a charge of No. 2 shot fired at close range from a 10-gauge double-barrel shotgun. The charge struck Bilyeu just below the heart and tore a two-inch hole in Bilyeu's abdomen, death coming almost instantly. Stark and Bilyeu lived on the same farm, the Taylor Shelton place. Stark at the old building down on Wimmer Creek and Bilyeu at the log house on that part of the farm known as the George Clark place, which had, in recent years, been purchased and added to the larger creek farm. According to information available, Stark and his wife had on various occasions in the past, been quarreling. On Saturday, Mrs. Stark left her home and went on the hill to the Bilyeu house. Later in the night, Stark came to the Bilyeu home and demanded that Bilyeu give him a gun which belonged to Mr. Shelton. Bilyeu refused, and Stark claims that Bilyeu fired the gun at him as he was in the act of entering his car, a number of the shot striking the car, but not injuring Stark. Then early Sunday morning Stark came up to the Bilyeu home and both parties apologized. Later the same morning Bilyeu took with him a bucket of scraps to feed his dog which he had loaned to Stark, and went down to the Stark home. This was the last time Bilyeu's family saw him alive. About 12:30 Stark approached the home of a neighbor, Joe M. Bax, and told him that he had shot Bilyeu, and said he wanted to call Frank Burks of Iberia, deputy sheriff, and give up. Burks then called Sheriff Lafe King, who went to the scene of the tragedy. Sheriff King found the body of Bilyeu lying in a draw between the garage and the machinery shed. He was lying on his back, his right hand over his head and clutching his cap, while at his side was a pitchfork and near his feet was the bucket of scraps, undisturbed. There were no eye-witnesses to the shooting. Stark told the Sheriff that Bilyeu threatened him with a pitchfork, and that he fired while standing on the approach to the garage, which was a distance of about eight or ten feet from Bilyeu. King said further that Stark had phoned to him Saturday night asking him to come down and settle a family quarrel, but that he had refused to do so unless Stark would issue a warrant. Stark was brought to Tuscumbia and lodged in jail awaiting this report of the Coroner, Dr. J.R. Ellison. The inquest will be held at St. Elizabeth Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock of this week. The body of the victim was taken to Iberia by Adams & Casey, undertakers and burial was held at the Bilyeu Cemetery Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Bilyeu was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fielding Bilyeu and was born and reared on Humphrey's Creek, eight miles east of Tuscumbia. He was married (his wife being a daughter of John Maylee), and they had three or four children, one son being in CCC camp in California. John and Arthur Bilyeu of the Humphrey's Creek community, and Sgt. Roscoe Bilyeu, instructor in the Army school at Ft. Benning, Ga. are brothers.

The Iberia Sentinel, July 1935 George M. Houser, of the community west of Iberia, died early Tuesday morning at the age of 66 years, 3 months and 14 days. About three weeks ago he suffered an infection caused by a tick bite and later this was followed by pneumonia from which he failed to rally. Mr. Houser formerly lived in the Horseshoe Bend community on the Osage River and during the construction of the Bagnell Dam he sold out to the Union Electric people and bought the Frank Andrews farm about five miles west of Iberia. He was born near Gladstone in Morgan County, April 16, 1869. He is survived by his wife and eight children-five girls and three boys. Two children died in infancy. Mr. Houser was a long-time member of the Baptist Church and continued to live in that faith until his death. Funeral services were held at a new community church hear Pruitts Station on Highway 54 near the Lake of the Ozarks, Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock and interment was made in the cemetery at that place under direction of the Adams & Casey funeral service of Iberia.

The Crocker News, August 1935 Mary Allen, daughter of E.M. and Eliza Allen, was born in Miller County, Mo., September 5, 1855, and passed away at her home in Springfield, August 3, 1935, at the age of 80 years, 10 months and 28 days. She was united in marriage to C.L. Brown in 1875 and to this union one daughter was born, passing away in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were among the first residents of Crocker, Mr. Brown having been one of our town's first merchants. Later they moved to Springfield where they had since made their home. Mr Brown passed away in 1920 and is buried in the Crocker Cemetery. Those surviving are a sister, Julia A. Miller, of Springfield, and two brothers, J. Walker Allen of Little Rock, Ark., and Louis W. Allen of Wister, Okla. The body was prepared for burial under the direction of J.W. Klingner of Springfield, and brought to Crocker for burial, funeral services being conducted at the Christian Church Monday afternoon by Rev. C.H. Moneymaker, after which the body was laid to rest in the Crocker Cemetery

The Iberia Sentinel, April 1936 Louis G. Forbes of this place, another one of the few survivors of the Civil War, departed this life Sunday evening after a two years or more illness. He was widely known throughout south Miller County, having been a citizen of Iberia and vicinity for many years. His death leaves only one Civil War Veteran of the Union Army on the south side of the county, the only survivor being Com. John Ferguson of Iberia. Louis G. Forbes was born March 26, 1846, in the state of Kentucky. He passed away in Latham's Hospital in California, Mo. Sunday evening, April 5th, 1936 at the age of 90 years and 10 days. In the year 1874 he was married to Irene Ellen Atwell, who passed away in the year 1901. To them were born seven children, only three living-James Forbes, Mrs. Della Helton and Ethel. He was a member of the Iberia post of the G.A.R. and his passing leaves only one more member of this once so large a post, Mr. John Ferguson. Mr. Forbes has spent his last several years in Iberia where he had lots of friends among his acquaintance. The past two years of his life has been mostly spent in bed, from which sickness he never recovered, although everything was done for him that could be, even to the end. Mr. Forbes served his country in the Civil War, being a private in Company L, 1st Regiment of Light Artillery of Missouri. Brief services under the auspices of the American Legion post at Iberia were held at the Tyler Cemetery east of Iberia Tuesday afternoon. Interment was made under direction of the Adams & Casey funeral service of Iberia.