Thank you, Bettye. Darryl Lawson sent me the same information after seeing my post to you on the List. Hope all is well in your neighborhood and you are enjoying the summer. Hugs and God Bless, Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Warner" <bkwofc@i1.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 12:52 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Sudden Death of Josephine Ringer (1945) > Joyce, > The article "might" be referring to Mary Easter (nee > Cronk). She had a son named Charles Easter who was > married to Mary Forchee Easter. On her obit she's refered > to as "Grandma Easter". She died when she was 96 years > old. > Bettye > > > On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:27:55 -0700 > "Joyce D Wafford" <ograndma1@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> Bettye, >> >> Any idea who "GRANDMA EASTER" is, that they are >>referring to in this >> article? >> >> Thanks, >> Joyce Nash-Wafford >> Selma, CA >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "B. Warner" <bkwofc@i1.net> >> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 12:28 PM >> Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Sudden Death of Josephine Ringer >>(1945) >> >> >>> The Star News Register, Bonne Terre, Missouri. >>> Thursday, August 30, 1945. >>> >>> SUDDEN DEATH IS INVESTIGATED HERE. >>> Mrs. John Ringer Dies After Family Scuffle. >>> >>> Mrs. Josephine Ringer, 68, of Bonne Terre, Route Two, >>>died >>> about 7:30 o'clock Tuesday evening, August 28th at her >>> home in Moontown. Her death was "due to heart trouble >>> caused by excitement," according to a coroner's jury, at >>> the inquest of her death held at Benham's Undertaking >>> Parlor Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock. >>> >>> According to testimony given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles >>> Ringer and Willard Ringer, as well as neighbors, James >>> Pyeatt and "Grandma" Easter, a marital battle between >>>Eli >>> White and his wife, Mrs. Ada White, daughter of Mrs. >>> Ringer, was the indirect cause of Mrs. Ringer's fatal >>>fall >>> Tuesday evening. All of the witnesses called by >>> Prosecuting Attorney W. E. Coffer and his assistant, K. >>>C. >>> Weber testified that Mrs. Ringer had a bruise on her >>>face, >>> which they seemed to believe must have been caused when >>> she fell. They seemed to think that she hit her head on >>> the newel post of the stairway as she fell. Dr. F. >>> Welebir was brought to the Ringer home immediately by >>> Willard Ringer. He pronounced Mrs. Ringer dead. He had >>> been her physician for almost a year and had repeatedly >>> warned her family of her chronic heart condition. >>> >>> It was understood from the testimony brought out at the >>> inquest, that the Whites, who lived upstairs in the >>>Ringer >>> home, were always fighting. During the abuse of his >>>wife, >>> Tuesday evening, it is believed that Eli White cut his >>> hand as his fist hit a door pane, breaking the glass. >>> He >>> is reported to have grabbed an icepick and started for >>>his >>> wife when Mrs. Ringer chose to interfere for her >>>daughter. >>> Somehow in the scuffle, Mrs. Ringer fell. No one seemed >>> to be able to recount the actual happenings, although, >>> according to the testimonies, Ada White's screams had >>> summoned Mr. Pyeatt, a neighbor, and his brothers from >>> next door. "Grandma" Easter was at the Ringer home >>> visiting. >>> >>> Eli White was arrested Tuesday evening on North Division >>> Street by Deputy Sheriff Arthur Miller and confined to >>>the >>> county jail at Farmington. According to Prosecuting >>> Attorney Coffer a charge of manslaughter has been filed >>> against him. A preliminary hearing will be held in >>> Bonne >>> Terre within a few days. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word >>>'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >>message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message