Article from unknown source with handwritten date of Dec 27, 1957. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. Mrs. R.G. McCreery "Mrs. R.G. McCreery, who would have been 97 in January, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.H. Glasscock at Holliday Friday night after a short illness. Until a week before her death she had lived in her own home and until the last retained her clear mind and interest in everything. She was the former Miss Annie Belle Powell, daughter of William and Eliza Powell, and was born in Mexico. Her husband, the late R.G. McCreery, was cashier of the Florida Bank for four years, and in 1901 the couple moved to Holliday, where he was head of the Exchange Bank until it quit business. Mr. and Mrs. McCreery were active in all phases of church and community life for many years at Holliday. Funeral services were held at the Holliday Christian Church at 2:30 Monday, by Rev. S.B. Owings and burial was in the Holliday cemetery. Surviving Mrs. McCreery are five children, Mrs. C.H. Glasscock and Miss Bertha McCreery of Holliday, James McCreery of Savannah, Georgia, Jesse McCreery of Higginsville, and Mrs. Guy Gwyn of St. Louis. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren." 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