Article from unknown source with handwritten date of 1956. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. Mrs. J.B. Cromer "Mrs. J.B. Cromer, 86, died at 12:30 o'clock, April 27th, Friday morning, at the Betty Thatcher Rest Home in Hannibal. Mrs. Cromer, the daughter of (Martin and John Frederick), was born March 16, 1904. She is survived by her husband, J.B. Cromer, and four children: Ernest and William Bird of Madison, Jessie Bird and Mrs. Herbert Gano of Hannibal; six grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Cora Bland of Frankford, Mo. One daughter, Marie Embree, died about 24 years ago. Mrs. Cromer was a member of the Madison Methodist Church. The body was at the Thompson Funeral Home where the services were conducted by Rev. William Winters, Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Burial was at 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