1948 or 1949

Mrs. Florence Shiflett,69, died at 10:20 p.m. Thursday, July 28, in St. James hospital at Pontiac, following a long illness.

Memorial services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Easton-Pils funeral home, with the Rev. Earl H. King, local Baptist minister, officiating. Two favorite hyms, “The Old Rugged Cross” and “Rock of Ages,” were sung by Miss Margie Burke, who was accompanied at the piano by Miss Alwilda Ballinger.

Interment was made in the Chenoa cemetery, the pall bearers being Eddie Lavallier, Everett Landrus, Roy Malcolm, Charles Mullen, Leonard Bumgardner, and William Hawthorne.

Mrs. Shiflett was born on March 12, 1880, at Boonsville, Va., a daughter of Hyden and Mandy Morris Shiflett. She was married to Bernard Shiflett on Sept. 3, 1902, at Charlottesville, Va., who preceded her in death.

Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Beulah Thompson, Chenoa; Mrs. Lula Colvin and Mrs. Beatrice Lucy, both of Beacon, N.Y.; Mrs. Betty Schultz, Pontiac, and Mrs. Lucille Blair, Odell; four sons, Burrel and John, of Chenoa; James, of Pontiac, and Otis, of Carlock, besides many friends, as was attested by the large number attending the funeral.

Also surviving are two brothers, Luther, Boonsville, Va., and Dennis, Elkton, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Nora Roberts, Ivy, Va., and Mrs. Flerry Figgens, Front Royal, Va., and 14 grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, a brother, two sons and one granddaughter.