Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1915 — WOMAN PENSIONER AT 108 [ARTICLE]

WOMAN PENSIONER AT 108

Widow of a Veteran of the Confederate Army la Placed on Flrat Class Roll. Montgomery, Fla. —Mrs. Esther Dees of Montgomery county, one hundred and eight years old and widow of a Confederate veteran, has been placed on the first class pension roll of the state by Auditor M. C. Allgood. Mrs. Dees is among the first to be placed on the first class roll under the law which provides that widows of Confederate veterans who are more than seventy years of age shall be entitled to draw a first class pension. This law was passed by the legislature at its last session and Mrs. Dees is one of the first to qualify. ' When Mrs. Dees’ application was received, Auditor Allgood placed her name on the first class roll and requested Gardener Courtney of the capitbl to send her a handsome bouquet of flowers. '