Obituary of William Lewis Hill
unknown paper, February 5, 1948
   Funeral services were held Sunday, January 18, 1948 at the Maddox Cemetery for William Lewis Hill, 79 years old, who passed away at the home of a son, Dan, near Lowdens, Mo. Burial was st the Maddox Cemetery with Morgan service.
   Mr. Hill, a son of the late Seth W. and Martha Hill, was born Jan. 3, 1869 near Bedford, Ind. He came to Missouri 55 years ago. He is survived by three sons, J. O. and Dan of Lowdens and Ezra of Bragg City, Mo; 23 grand children and one great grandchild; also one brother, J.M. Hill of Grassy; three sisters, Mrs. Vinnie Scott of Popular Bluff; Mrs. Roy Bryant of Bragg City, MO; Mrs. C. M. Kirkpatrick of Grassy. transcribed by Jrice

Obituary of James M. Hill
unknown paper, December 3, 1959
   Funeral services for James M. Hill, 72, who died Thrusday at his home in Lutesville were conducted Sunday at the Church of God in Lutesville. Rev. Carl Stroder conducted rites and burial was in Bollinger Co. Memorial Cemetery. Ward Funeral Home of Lutesville was in charge.
   Mr. Hill, a retired farmer was a son of Seth and Martha Hill. He was born August 14, 1887 at Chanute, Kan. He came to this county with his parents when he was 5 years old and resided in Grassy until 1953 when he moved to Lutesville.
   On January 12, 1908 he was married to Miss Rosa Moore. Although he attended the Churchof God in Lutesville he was a member of the Friendship General Baptist Church at Grassy.
   Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Rosa Hill; eight children: Mrs. Maire Withers and Mrs. Martha Withers of East Alton, Ill, Mrs. Beulah James, Mrs. Beatrice James, A. G. and Marvin Hill, all of Lutesville,
Mrs. Hassie Smith and Alonzon Hill of Middlebrook, Ill; a sister, Mrs. Bertha Bryant of Steele; 22 grandchildren; 2 step grandchildren and 14
greatgranchildren.
   His parents, 2 children, one brother and 4 sisters preceded him in death. Pallbearers were Raymond Robbins, Wilburn and Willard Withers, Weldon Hill, Robert Lucas and Rayford Bryant, grandsons and nephews.

Oct. 1,1899

BEDFORD.IN.   John Denniston, one of the best know citizens of this county, is dead at home of his son, City Clerk William M. Denniston. Mr. Denniston was 79 yrs of age and had lived in sight of Bedford all his life. He leaves many relatives and friends among whom are 2 daughters, Mrs. Myra Cayse, and Mrs. Nora Garacas, who are residents of St. Louis . Mr. Denniston all his life was charitable. transcribed by Jrice

 

CLAIRE MITCHELL
SHOALS-Claire Mitchell, 83, died at 1:10 a.m. Monday at the Dunn Memorial Hospital, Bedford.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Williams Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 tonight at Queen-Lee Funeral Home, Shoals.
She was born on Nov. 16, 1914 in Martin County to Hayden and Pearl (Stiles) Baker. They preceded her in death. She married Emmett Mitchell and he preceded her in death on May 3, 1995.
Mitchell was a retired school teacher working 40 years at Trinity Springs, Williams and Shoals schools. She was of the Protestant faith.
Surviving are nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by, two brothers, Woodrow and Kent Baker and a sister, Lois Hooten.
(March 16, 1998)

 

JESSIE COVEY
BEDFORD-Jessie Marie Covey, 78, died at 3:32 p.m. Monday at the Dunn Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Elmwood Chapel of the Day and Carter Mortuary. The Rev. Claude Casada will officiate with interment in the Crestheaven Memory Gardens.
Friends may call from noon to 9 tonight at the Day and Carter Mortuary.
She was born on May 20, 1919 in Guthrie Community in Lawrence County, Ind. to Edgar and Cloie Marie (Turner) Southern. She married Clarence Ephriam Covey on Sept. 25, 1938 and he preceded her in death.
Covey was a homemaker and member of the First United Methodist Church, Bedford. She was also a former Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
Surviving are a son, the Rev. C. Ronald Covey, Muncie; a daughter, Connie Elaine Covey Baldwin, Bedford; three grandchildren; four step grandchildren; 10 step great-grandchildren and a brother, Lowell Southern, Bedford.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Norman Southern; a sister, Audrey Elaine Southern; her parents; husband and a brother, Earl Richard "Dick” Southern, who died shortly after Jessie.
(March 23, 1998)

 

STANLEY SMITH
BEDFORD-Stanley Earl Smith, 89, formerly of Bloomington, died at 10:49 a.m. Saturday at the Lawrence County Dunn Memorial Hospital, Bedford.
The funeral will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Cherry officiating. Burial will be at the Cresthaven Memory Garden.
Friends may call tonight from 2 to 8 at the funeral home.
He was born on Aug. 19, 1908, in Bedford to William Henry and Epsie Jane (Kern) Smith. He married Lucille Hollars, who preceded him in death. He then married Hazel Burgess on Feb. 20, 1940 and she preceded him in death on April 15, 1972. He then married Mary Jane Greenwell on Dec. 28, 1973 and she survives.
Smith, a 1926 Mitchell High School graduate, was a retired heating and plumbing contractor at Smith’s Heat and Plumbing in Harrodsburg. He was a World War II veteran serving from 1942 to 45 in the army as an aviation engineer stationed in Saipan, Tenian and Okinawa. He was also a lifetime VFW member and of the Protestant faith.
Surviving are two daughters, Sherry Collins, Orleans, Ind. and Shirley Chastain, Mitchell; a stepdaughter, June Beavers, Bedford; eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Reed and Bert Smith and a sister, Ruby Gaines.
(March 7, 1998)

 

DALE, MR

Mr. Dale, the father of the Dale Brothers of the cornice works in Bedford, Ind., Tuesday died. Interment was on Thursday. (The Finney County Democrat, April 13, 1889)Submitted by Peggy Thompson

 

James B. Ferguson, a well-to-do  farmer living near Bedford, Indiana, committed suicide on Thursday last. Cause, the seduction of his accomplished daughter by a profigate young man; who deserted her. Nov 25, 1880 The Athens Messenger