Tallapoosa County AlArchives Obituaries.....Minerva Jane Jackson Dillard  1932
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Temple Daily Telegram, Temple Texas August 4th 1932

MANERVA JANE JACKSON DILLARD
 
Headline: "Pioneer of Texas And Bell County Dies Near Belton"
 
..Funeral services to be held today for Mrs. Dillard at Tennessee Valley.
     BELTON, Aug. 3 (Spl) -- Mrs. Minerva Jane Jackson Dillard, 91, pioneer of 
Texas and Bell County, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Herring at 
Tennessee Valley at 10 a.m. today following an illness of 20 months.
 
   Mrs. Dillard was born June 23,1841 in Pickneyville, Alabama, later moving to 
Arkansas where she was married to Thomas Milton Dillard in 1860.   To this 
union seven children were born of whom Mrs. J. A. (Lydia) Stokes, Mrs. John J. 
(Belle) Johnson, and Mrs. William (Margie) Edwards preceded her in death 
several years. --John D. Dillard, of Millersview; Jerry and Tom Dillard of 
Lueders; and Mrs. Minnie Herring of Belton are the surviving children.
 
   In addition to her children, Mrs. Dillard is survived by 49 grandchildren, 
76 great grandchildren, and 14 great-great grandchildren. A large family of 
brothers and sisters all preceded her in death. Mrs. J.W. Pittman of Belton is 
a granddaughter of the deceased.
 
   Immediately following the Civil War, Mrs. Dillard moved to Texas, settling 
in Falls county with her husband.  There in 1876 her husband died, and Mrs. 
Dillard, with her family of small children, moved to Bell county where she 
reared her family.
 
   Her death followed an illness of nearly two years, following a paralytic 
stroke suffered Dec. 18,1930.
 
   Funeral services will be held at the tabernacle at Tennessee Valley with 
interment at the Tennessee Valley cemetery Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock, 
with Rev. R.B. Sweet, minister of the Church of Christ of Belton, and Rev. J.H. 
Stewart, pastor of the First Methodist church of Belton, conducting the 
services.

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