Obituary of Mary Francis Palmer ********************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 From: http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000008 ********************************** Mary Francis Palmer Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 24, 1938 Popular Owingsville Girl Succumbs Mary Francis Palmer Passes Wednesday Miss Mary Francis Palmer, 22, one of Owingsville's most attractive and popular young women, died at the house of her mother on Bath Avenue shortly before seven o'clock Wednesday night. Miss Palmer had been ill for more than a year. Her passing, while not unexpected the past several days, was nevertheless a shock to family and a wide circle of friends. A native of this county, she was the only daughter of Mrs. Lizzie Donaldson Palmer and the late Albert Palmer, born near Mt. Pleasant November 30, 1915. She was a graduate of the Owingsville High School in the class of 1933 and studied more than two years at Morehead Teachers College. During the school year 1936-37 she taught in the county schools at Ferguson. Besides her mother she is survived by one brother, Dan Palmer. Funeral services will be held at the residence Friday afternoon, at 1:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. W. H. Cardwell, pastor of the Methodist Church, and the Rev. George C. Frey, pastor of the Christian Church. Interment will take place in the family lot in Longview Cemetery, Bethel. Pall-bearers will be Buster Crockett, Palmer Coyle, Allen Bromagen, Clell Donaldson, Oscar Palmer, Jr., John W. Moore; honorary, Mary Margaret Barber, Mildred Barber, Margaret Roberson, Mrs. Pauline Bailey, Mrs. Harold Tune, Mrs. Stanley Myers, Mrs. John W. Moore and Miss Clara Arnold.