Article from unknown source with handwritten date of August 15, 1958. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. R.E. Bloodworth Dies in Kansas City; Burial in Madison "Madison - Rufus E. Bloodworth, former Madison resident, died yesterday morning at his home in Kansas City following a heart attack. He was about 85 years old. Mr. Bloodworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bloodworth, natives of England, came from Illinois to Monroe County with his parents when he was a young child. The family lived near Paris and then for many years near Madison. He and his wife went to Kansas City in 1943 to be near their children. Mrs. Bloodworth, the former Miss Elsie Forsyth, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Milton Forsyth, and Mr. Bloodworth celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Oct. 29 at their home in Kansas City and she died June 27. He is survived by three sons, Dennis and William Bloodworth, Kansas City, and Glen Bloodworth, Yoakum, Tex.; two grandchildren Alvin and Linda; and a great-grandchild. Mr. Bloodworth was the last of a family of eight children. The others were Will, John, Charlie, Tim, Jennie, Grant and Joan Bloodworth. A short funeral service will be held at 12:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the Muehlebach Funeral Home in Kansas City and the body then brought to Sunset Hill cemetery for a burial service tomorrow afternoon." Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathleen Wilham. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathleen Wilham 2 Sharon Drive Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562