Obituary of Flora Jones BARHAM, Williamson & Franklin County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Susan Merrell ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Obituary clipping found among my grandmother and great grandmothers belongings. Obit of Flora Jones Barham Dated Saturday, Jan 11, 1947. Newspaper is unknown but probably the Johnston City Progress. Flora Jones Barham Dies in Johnston City Flora Jones Barham, widow of Billy Barham, lifelong resident of Williamson county, died at 5 o'clock this morning at the home of a niece, Mrs. Orville Kelley, 1310 North Monroe street, in Johnston City. She had been ill for the past six weeks. Mrs. Barham was born and reared in Williamson County. She was a member of the Washington Avenue Baptist Church in Johnston City, from where funeral rites will be observed at 2 pm, Monday, with Rev. C.F. Carmichael, former pastor, and Rev. Frank Tebrow, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Maple Wood Cemetery, Marion. Besides Mrs. Kelly, she is survived by three brothers. R.W. and Ira Jones, Johnston City, and Randall Jones, Niles Mich., and a sister Mrs. A.J. Hudgens of Marion. The body is lying in state at the Kelley home in Johnston City. (**Note** Flora Jones was the wife of William Isaac Barham and they were married in 1913. William Isaac was the son of John James Barham and Naomi Frances Rust.)