Milly, Thanks for posting this obit. Mrs. Mary York was my great-grandmother (grandfather was Henry) I faintly remember my mother talking about her death in 1943. Willie ----- Original Message ----- From: <MPiros1120@aol.com> To: <TNFENTRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:27 PM Subject: [TNFENTRE] Mrs Mary York's Obit > Syracuse Herald Journal (Syracuse New York) Sunday May 23 1943 > > Mrs Mary York dies at 77: Mother of Hero of Last War > Pall Mall TN May 23 > Mrs mary york 7 who in 1917 told Sgt Alvin C York her son, "to go and > fight > there and I'll work and Pray that you get home," died last midnight at the > mountain home of the famous son. > Mrs York who had been blind and bedridden for many months was known > throughout this Tennessee mountain region as Mother York. > It was to her that York repeatedly offered all credit for his heroism in > world War I. > Funeral services were set for Saturday afternoon in the Pall Mall church. > She > is survived by eight sons, Alvin, Henry, Joe, Sam, George, James, Albert > and > Robert and two daughters Mrs Lillie Stewart and Mrs James Rains. All her > children live in Pall Mall. > > Milly WARD Piros > > My Mind is Like Lightning.... > One Brilliant Flash and It's Gone....... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >