Article from unknown source with handwritten date of Oct 14, 1955. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. Mrs. Ben Dry "Mrs. Ben Dry died Friday afternoon after about three years illness, at a Paris rest home. Mrs. Dry was the daughter of Benona and Elizabeth Stuart Cunningham, (and) was born in Monroe County on may 4, 1882. She had lived her entire life in this community. She is survived by her husband, one brother, Dan Cunningham of Chariton, Ia., and three sisters, Mrs. earl Dry and Mrs. Garland Mitchell of Madison and Mrs. Percy Sherman of Moberly, four nieces and a nephew. She was a member of the Holiday Christian Church. Funeral services were held at the Madison Christian church at 2 o'clock Sunday by the Rev. S.B. Owings. Burial was in Bethel Cemetery, Holliday." 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