Article from unknown source with handwritten date of (January) 1960. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. Joseph Elsberry "Joseph Elsberry, 76, died around eleven o'clock Tuesday morning at the Pleasant Rest Home, Paris after an extended illness. He had been a patient at the home for nine months being hospitalized in Moberly in April. Mr. Elsberry had been a bed patient at his home here for quite sometime. Mr. and Mrs. Elsberry resided on a farm moving to Madison around seventeen years ago. Mr. Elsberry was the son (of) Elige and Lucy Elsberry, born December 10, 1883 north of Madison. He was married to Miss Ruby Ann Sloan, of Redrock, Oklahoma, July 23rd, 1911. Two children were born to this union, one daughter, Anna Maye and a son, Charles. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and two brothers. He is survived by his wife; a son, Charles Elsberry of Madison, one daughter, Mrs. Anna Tucker, Madison; two granddaughters, Sharon Elsberry who is attending Gem City Business College in Quincy, Illinois, Charlotte Elsberry, Madison; two nephews, Raymond Elsberry, Moberly, Jack Johnston, Whitaker, California; three nieces, Virginia Johnston, Los Angeles, California; Mrs. Leland Hinton, Ponca City, Oklahoma; and Mrs. Howard Copple, Ed Monte, California. Mr. Elsberry was a member of the First Christian Church, Madison. Mr. Elsberry lay in state at the Thompson Mackler Funeral Home until hour of services which were held Thursday afternoon at the Chapel at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. W.C. Cornn in charge of services. Burial was in Sunset Hill 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