Re: Mary Ellen Clardy
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Re: Mary Ellen Clardy
Phillip/Jani Vance 9/25/08
Janie,I now know exactly when my Mary Ellen Clardy died. Below is what I wrote in my data base.Sorry I'm taking so long to remember to let you know this information. Sibyl Creasey has been very helpful to me in my Van Zandt County, TX research.Be sure to keep checking the Van Zandt County Genealogical Society's website as they add something new almost weekly.
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January 7, 2009I just found Mary Ellen's obituary on the Internet at the following website:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txvzcgs/vzgs20we.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txvzcgs/vzgs20we.htm
Van Zandt County
Old Newspapers Page
Van Zandt County Genealogical Society
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Sibyl Creasey and Shirley Fuller have extracted news articles from two old county newspapers, the Canton Herald and the Wills Point Chronicle. These newspapers have been microfilmed and are housed at the Van Zandt County Library of Genealogy and Local History, located in the courthouse annex in Canton, for the benefit of researchers. Copies of these articles are also available by writing to the Van Zandt County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1388, Canton, TX 75103. When requesting a copy, please send a check or money order for $2 to cover cost of copying and postage.
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CANTON HERALD, February 27, 1931
"Mrs. Mary E. Carr, aged 64 years, died suddenly Friday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ruby Hutchinson, in Dallas, her death resulting from a stroke of apoplexy sustained in the garden while she was picking turnip greens for the family dinner. Funeral services were held Saturday, interment taking place in the cemetery in the Roddy community where she spent much of her life. Mrs. Carr had been married three times and was a widow at the time of her death. Her first husband was Will Morrison, father of the former tax collector Herbert Morrison, and her second husband was Henderson Murphy, both well known citizens of this county during their lifetimes. She is survived by six sons, Herbert Morrison of Denton, Arthur Murphy of Mabank, John Murphy, Henry Murphy and Jack Murphy of Dallas; and Ralph Murphy of Avarado; three daughters, Mrs. V.G. White of Lockney, Mrs. Jack Norris and Mrs. Ruby Hutchinson of Dallas.
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