Obituary of Mrs. Cynthia Williams, Hardin County, Illinois Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Copyright 1999 Wanda Reed Name of Deceased: Mrs. Cynthia Williams Name of Newspaper: Hardin County Independent Date of Newspaper: 7 April 1927 Mrs. Cynthia Williams passed away at the Eastern Star Sanitaritum at Macon, IL. Friday March 25, aged 68 years 8 months and 11 days. The remains were brought to the Dr. J. A. Womack's home in Equality on Saturday evening, where the body lay in state until Monday morning. The funeral was held from the Good Hope Church near Karbers Ridge Mondan and interment was made in Good Hope Cemetery. Deceased, who was Miss Cynthia Womack, was born near Karbers Ridge and with the exception of a few years lived at Elba, her whole life has been spent in that community. She was married to Marion W. Williams who died in the year 1918. Eighteen months ago Mrs. Williams went from her home at Elba to visit her brothers near Karbers Ridge and while there suffered a stroke a paralysis which resulted in her being an invalid, and almost helpless for the remainder of her life. In November 1925, she was placed in the sanitarium, and it was here that she received the second stroke on Friday which brought about her sudden death. She was from a family of eleven children, of which were seven boys and four girls, four brothers survive. They are J. T. Womack of Eldorado, J.H. Womack of near Equality, W. L. of Jonesboro, Ark. and Dr. J.A. Womack of Equality. Mrs Williams was a member of the Presbyterian Church and for the Rebekah and Eastern Star Lodges, she having been a member of the Eastern Star lodge for more than 20 years. Services were conducted by Rev. Sherman Rector and Jonas Spivey. ------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ----------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Wanda Reed