Shelbyville Gazette - Mar 17, 1932 - page 1 Mrs. W.B. Landers Called by Death This Well Beloved Christian Woman of Shelbyville Passes Away After a Brief Illness of Pneumonia Mrs. W.B. Landers died at her home in Shelbyville Sunday morning after a brief illness of pneumonia. Her death came as a great shock to many friends and deep sorrow was occasioned by her passing. She was the daughter of the late W.C. Parsons, a prominent farmer of the Deason community. After her marriage to Mr. W.B. Landers they came to Shelbyville to reside. Mrs. Landers was a woman of noble character, whose life was the exemplification of Christiana virtues of deeds and charity. She was a devoted member of the Methodist church and was very active in the civic and welfare works of the town. Her fine faith, her constant devotion and her beautiful services endeared her to the hearts of her brethren. Her life was a blessing to the community, and she will be greatly missed. Her influence has been felt in the lives of many unfortunate boys and girls. She is survived by her husband, W.B. Landers; two sisters, Miss Eva Parsons, of Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Ruth Tribble of South Pittsburg, Tenn; a brother, James B. Parsons, of Stockton, Cal. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Monday afternoon, at four o'clock, conducted by Dr. W.E. Doss, assisted by Dr. W.C. Cherry. Interment at Willow Mount. Active pall bearers were; W.W. Higgins, J.G. Noblitt, Artie Needham, R.L. Lee, Ulric Gunter, W.R. Haynes, H.L. Hanson, B.E. Tarpley. Honorary pall bearers; Board of Stewards of M.E. Church, South. ______________ Shelbyville Gazette - Mar 24, 1932 - page 1 Card of Thanks We wish to thank the many friends of Mrs. W.B. Landers for the expressions of love and sympathy shown during her recent illness and death. W.B. Landers Evelyn Parsons ___________ Shelbyville Gazette - March 31, 1932 - page 2 In Memoriam The Georgie Moody Missionary Society paid tribute to Mrs. Effie May Landers. She was only 43 years. (this is a long article and I do not have time today to type it all). This article quotes all type scriptures but gives no personal information other than she was 43 years old. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doyle Landers" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 6:23 PM Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Effie Mae Landers 1932 (Mrs. W.b. Parsons)obit look-up > Martha If you have time I would like to have the full obit for Effie Mae > Landers 1932 > Thanks > Betty Landers > > > ==== TNBEDFOR Mailing List ==== > Visit the TNBEDFOR-L mailing list archives: > > Searchable: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TNBEDFOR > > Threaded Searchable: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNBEDFOR > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >