Obituary: The Miller County Sentinel, May 30, 1957 Pearl Frances Rodden of Brumley passed away May 24 at the Humphreys Hospital, Tuscumbia, where she had been hospitalized for three days due to a heart condition. She was born October 3, 1894 at Marys Home, in Miller County, the daughter of the late Oliver and Isabel Richardson. Her childhood was spent at Henley, Mo. In 1911, she was married to Nathaniel Rodden, who survives. Other survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Helen Whittle, Wichita, Kansas; Mrs. Almeta Bailey, Cedar City, Mo.; Mrs. Mable Wooley, Eldon, Mo., and Mrs. Ruby Ballenger, Brumley, Mo.; one brother, Roy Richardson of Washington; three sisters, Mrs. Emma Bridge, Mrs. Mary Roseberry and Mrs. Prue Sanning; eleven grandchildren, three of whom she raised from childhood; and five great-grandchildren. Mrs. Rodden was a member of the Rodden Church of Christ. She also was president of the mother's club of Brumley School and was very active in church, school and community affairs. Most of her life was spent on a farm near Brumley. Funeral services were conducted by Virgil Smith Sunday afternoon at the Rodden Church near Brumley and burial was in the church cemetery.