Article from unknown source with handwritten date of November 1958. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. John William Phelps "John William Phelps, 83 years old, died Saturday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. R.D. Hawkins at Moberly. He had been ill for two years and critically ill for three weeks. The son of the late John and Mary Kelly Phelps, he was born in Monroe County and lived his entire life there, in the Holliday vicinity, as a farmer and carpenter. Surviving are his wife, the former Leah Foster, two daughters, Mrs. R.D. Hawkins of Moberly and Mrs. Ed Markham of Los Angeles, California and one granddaughter. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Holliday Christian church of which he was a charter member. Burial was at Bethel Cemetery." 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