Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1912 — Mrs. Rebecca Hemphill Passes Away After Long Sickness. [ARTICLE]

Mrs. Rebecca Hemphill Passes Away After Long Sickness.

Mrs. Rebecca Grant Hemphill, daughter of Thomas Grant, died at the home of her son, Dr. F. V H. Hemphill, at ,10:30 o’clock Monday morning, aged 60 years. She has been in poor. health for a long time and was operated on in Chicago May 15, 1911, since whioh time she has been on invalid and under the care of a trained nurse. She was born Dec. 31, 1852 In Jasper county and spent the greater part of her life here. In 1871 she was united in marriage to Watt Hemphill, who preceded her. to the grave 37 years ago. She is survived by a son and '■ daughter, Dr. H. F. apd Miss Mattie Hemphill, of this city, and three brothers, Franklin and Able Grant, of this city, and Dr. Colfax Grant of Mound City, Mo., and* one sister, Mrs. Lavouie Hemphill, of Greensburg, Kansas. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the Church of God. Elder Joseph Williams, of Frankfort, will have charge of the services. Interment in Weston cemetery. . .