Unknown Publication, February 1929 Mrs. Alex McClain died at her home near Brumley Thursday evening, Feb. 14, 1929, following a very short illness of influenza and pneumonia. Ella Esther McCommons, daughter of Stanhope and Julia Anne McCommons, was born in Illinois Nov 16, 1865. When just a child she came with her parents to Missouri, living a short time in St. Clair County. From there they came to Miller County, living just north of what is now the City of Eldon. They lived there until 1871 when the family moved to a farm just across the river from Tuscumbia. She was married to Alexander McClain Jan. 5, 1876, and to this union eleven children were born, all of whom are still living-Mrs. May Coburn, San Diego, Calif.; Wm. C. McClain, Brumley, Mo.; Chas. C. McClain, Barnsdall, Okla.; Mrs. Lena Keeth, Hominy, Okla.; L.T. McClain, Shirley, Ark.; J. Milton McClain, Enid, Okla.; Mrs. Elsie Moles, Ralston, Okla.; Mrs. Eunice Goodhue, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Alice Null, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Bernice Griffith, Buckley, Ill.; Mrs. Ruby Hendrix, Brumley. She is survived by twenty-five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She is also survived by three sisters-Mrs. Julia Wilson, Perckins, Okla.; Mrs. Ida R. Hauenstein, Tuscumbia; Mrs. Rosa Capps Hopkins, Iberia, Mo., and one brother-J.L. McCommons, Ulman, Mo. The deceased has been a member of the Baptist Church from girlhood. Her life was an example of love and devotion to her family and neighbors. She helped to raise and sent to school Carl and Elmer Pepmiller, sons of a deceased neighbor. She also principally raised and educated the following grandchildren: Ruby Simpson, Ardis, Bonnie, Beryl and Leland McClain. At the time of her death she had with her three grandchildren-Lowell, Goldie and Gladys McClain, who were attending school at Brumley. Her busy, cheerful life will be a sweet memory to all her relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted at the church at the Gott Cemetery Sunday afternoon by Rev. Zumwalt, pastor of the Iberia Baptist Church. Interment was in the Gott Cemetery where her father and mother were buried many years ago.