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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1949
Page
4
Canalou news lists numerous visits and travels from Sikeston Lilbourn and beyond. Residents including Alva Evans Corda Evans Burt Latham Bert McWaters and many others are noted as visiting relatives attending games and celebrating birthdays.
Mrs. Fannie Narx visits relatives in La Valle. Miss Betty Garner spends week in Portageville with Mr. and Mrs Speedy Walden. Mrs. A O Flowers Mrs Kenneth Averett and daughter Jane shop in Sikeston. Mrs. W A Pearcy and Mrs Frank Long of Sikeston visit the Garners. Gale Groomer and Canaleu visit Parma area families. Clyde Wilkerson family from Canaleu visit Norman Wilkersons. C V Garner daughter Emma visiting relatives in Memphis Arkansas. Velma Quimby Florence Harold Lusk Jackson George Murry Fiskerly Clarksdale and Norman Wilkerson visit Orman Lusk family.
Mrs Wm Beggs Jr correspondent reports school set to begin August 15. Local families travel to Clinton Kentucky and visits include A L Davis A E Davis Robert Davis and Ellen Neal Graham. St Louis visitors Fletcher Withrow and Alleyne Dunn with daughter Shirley return home. Families visit in Sikeston Cape Girardeau Fort Leavenworth and St Francis Hospital events.
Roscoe Reynolds and children visit Arkansas relatives. Ben Chambers and Henry Newton visit. Myles Stone and Darrell stay with relatives at Clubb Missouri. Mac Culp and Leon Culp visit Rev Henry Smyth. W E Hesselrode of Cape Girardeau visits Cherry family. Ted Culp visits ill father in Campbell. Arvid Christopher and family visit Illinois. Lloyd Merrick hosts birthday dinner for W C Wilson of Morehouse. attendees include Moser family, Walker family, Clingle family, Wilson family, Winchester family. Also ad for Air Conditioned Malone and Rex theatres and a furniture sale offering savings of 20 to 75 dollars.
Mrs A D Hill reports Jimmie Gennarellie visiting the Miles Stone home. Local residents traveled to St Louis Sikeston and Cape Girardeau for visits and shopping. Funeral attendance in Halls Tenn noted. Families gathered at Lake Wappapella Paris Tenn Sikes ton and Tanner for weekends and Sunday visits.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hollie Warren of Rector Arkansas and formerly of Matthews were held at Matthews Baptist church with Rev. Pat Hayden presiding. She died July 28 1949 at age 73 and is buried in Matthews cemetery. Survivors include two sons, two grandchildren and a half brother. Out of town attendees listed.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at Albritton Funeral Home for Margaret Mills ten months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mills of Matthews. Rev A C Sullivant of Morehouse led the rites with interment in Matthews cemetery. Survivors include her parents a brother Ronnie and grandparents Mr and Mrs Mat Mills of Matthews and Mr and Mrs Paul Heyne of Portland Oregon.
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