LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, March 17, 1939 MRS. DELLA M. HUDSON Mrs. Della Mae Hudson of Flat River passed away last Thursday at the hospital in Farmington where she had been seriously ill the past three months. The body was prepared for burial and taken to the home of a daughter, Mrs. Everett Counts in Flat River, where it was kept until the funeral service Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Esther Baptist Church, of which Mrs. Counts was a member. The pastor, Rev. T. M. Estes, conducted the service. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery, in charge of Diemer Service. Mrs. Hudson was born at Mine La Motte, Mo., on Nov. 15, 1889 and passed away on March 9 [?], 1939, and was 49 years 3 months 24 days of age. In 1908 she was united in marriage to Ira Howe who preceded her in death. To this union were born two children, Wilma, who died in infancy, and Thelma (Mrs. Everett) Counts of Flat River. She was again united in marriage in 1918 to James Allen Hudson, who preceded her in death in December, 1938. To this union were born four children, two of whom, Pearl and Melvin, preceded their parents in death. The two surviving are Geneva and Vernon, at home. She also leaves three grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Mabel Porter of Flat River; two brothers, Tillman and Robie Evans of St. Louis, and many other relatives and friends.