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- "Mrs. Lee White Dies Monday Morning
"Mrs. Lula Virginia White, well-known resident of Marion county died at one o'clock Monday morning, June 19, following a short illness. She was 71 years, 2 months, and 19 days old.
"Born March 31, 1868 in Fabius township of Marion county, she was a daughter of the late John B. and Martha Carson McLeod. Her father was a native of Virginia. She has spent her entire life in this community, where after her marriage to Lee White on November 17, 1897, she established a home and became a devoted wife and mother, meriting the respect of all who knew her.
"Surviving with her husband are four children, Mrs. Maurine Hartwell of Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Virginia Todd of Palmyra; Miss Hazel White of St. Louis and Dr. Austin White of Altamont, Ill.; five grandchildren, Billie Todd, Bonnie Lou Todd, Abbie Virginia Todd of Palmyra; Charlotte Ann Hartwell of Salt Lake City and Janet Lee White of Altamont; three brothers, H.M. McLeod and J.J. McLeod of Palmyra and Robert McLeod of LaGrange; four sisters, Mrs. Grace Taylor of Palmyra, Mrs. Virginia Imbler and Miss Mabel McLeod of Kirksville and Mrs. Eleanor Harris of Kallispell, [sic.] Mont; one half-brother, L.C. McLeod of Palmyra and one half-sister, Mrs. Effie Batson of Turlock Calif. Mrs C.R. Taylor preceded her in death.
"Funeral services were held this afternoon, Wednesday, June 21, at Bethel Baptist church at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev Frank Baker of Pattonville, and the Rev. C.E. Griswold, pastor of the Palmyra Baptist church conducting the rites. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery.
"The following acted as pallbearers: William Glendenning, Frank McPike, Charles Arnold, Warwick Triplett, Earl Dearing and ...Carson." -- Palmyra Spectator [photocopied with an overlay of another clipping obscuring the end]
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Taylor Family Genealogy
1868 - 1939 (71 years)