Obituary of Emma Mary CLAYTON, 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 Emma Mary Clayton No date written as were on other clippings. Newspaper unknown. Rites held in Benton Sunday for Aged Woman. Funeral rites for Mrs. Emma Mary Clayton, 71, of Benton, were held 2 pm Sunday from the Freeman funeral home in Benton with Rev. R.P. Blatt in charge. Mrs. Clayton was the widow of the late Frank C. Clayton. She formerly lived in Johnston City. She is survived by six children. They are: Orville and Robert Clayton, Benton; Parley Clayton, Chicago; Loren Clayton, Piqua, Ohio; Mrs. Grace Knight, Harrisburg, PA; Mrs. Leota Owen, Tampa, Fla. She is also survived by two sisters and one brother, Mrs. William Griffith, Benton; Mrs. Belle Dial, Zeigler, and John Sweet, West Frankfort. Interment was in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Benton