. Journal of the ... Illinois Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1921 METHODIST EPISCOPAL, CHURCH 123 Sister McElfresh was happily spared many of the infirmities which come withadvancing years and never lost that sweetness of soul nor the sunniness ofoutlook which characterized this saint of God and endeared her beyond wordsto express to neighbors and friends. Funeral services were conducted by herpastor, the Rev. D. V. Gowdy, assisted by the district superintendent, E. , the Rev. T. H. Tull, and Dr. Joseph R. Harker, November 27, in Cen-tenary Church, and the body
. Journal of the ... Illinois Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1921 METHODIST EPISCOPAL, CHURCH 123 Sister McElfresh was happily spared many of the infirmities which come withadvancing years and never lost that sweetness of soul nor the sunniness ofoutlook which characterized this saint of God and endeared her beyond wordsto express to neighbors and friends. Funeral services were conducted by herpastor, the Rev. D. V. Gowdy, assisted by the district superintendent, E. , the Rev. T. H. Tull, and Dr. Joseph R. Harker, November 27, in Cen-tenary Church, and the body laid to rest in Diamond Grove MRS. S. A. MclNTOSH. Laura E. Mcintosh, wife of Reverend S. A. Mcintosh,was born at Mt. Vernon, Illinois, on the fourth day ofFebruary, 1855, and died at Warrensburg, Illinois, March16, 1921, after practically two years of continued suffer-ing and three weeks of confinement to a sick-bed, whichproved to be her death couch, passing on to her crowningreward. She was the daughter of David J. and Elizabeth Hicks,both of whom preceded her in death many years ago. Shegrew to beautiful womanhood in and about Mt. Vernon,Illinois, attending the schools of her day, thereafter be-coming a teacher herself. After her mothers death, being the only one of thedaughters left at home, she kept the old home together, living with her twounmarried brothers, W. D. and David Edward Hicks, the older in business andthe younger in school. On December 28, 1881, she was united in marriage to S. A. Miclntosh, towhom were born five sons, all of whom have grown to full manhood, nowsurviving her, as follows: James W
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