Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1920 — Obituary [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Obituary

. Mary Effie Southerland Wilson was born in North Carolina July 2, 1880, and departed this life November 22, 1920, at 6:30 o’clock in the evening. The flrat thirty years of her life she spent In North Carolina, her native state. Since coming to Indiana, she lived largely in the vicinity of Parr and Rensselaer. On July 16, 1911, she was united in marriage with Joe Wilson and became the mother of one child, Flavilla. In her early life she united with the Protestant Methodist church and always endeavored to live Christian life. She Is survived by her faithful husband and daughter, Flavllla; one son and two daughters by a former marriage, her mother, a brother, two sisters and many friends. Funeral services were held from the Methodist Episcopal church In Rensselaer at 2 p. m. Wednesday, conducted by Rev. E. W. Strecker, and burial was made in Weston cemetery.