Barry County Missouri - Wilson Lane ? - 1925 Obituary Wilson Lane ? - 1925 Submitted by Donna Cooper Obituary of Wilson Lane After having dwelt in this land nearly three score and ten years, he crossed the river of death, going hence, from whose borne no traveler returns, to make an accounting for his stewardship in this life and receive the wages that are due him. Wilson Lane came to Barry County from Madison county, AR., directly after the civil war and located near where the town of Purdy is located. He homesteaded a home, where he continued his residence until his passing, which occurred suddenly at his home in Purdy, Friday, June 12, 1925, after he had got up in the morning and gone out on his porch. He was well known in that section of the county. He was a member of Purdy Lodge A.F. & A.M., Monett Royal Arch Masons and the Knight Temples and the Shrine of Springfield, and was interred Monday, June 15, with the honors of these orders at Mt. Pleasant church cemetery, where funeral services were conducted by Rev. O.M. Smith. His first wife having died some six years ago, and later he married a second time and this wife, with six children survive him, who are: Mrs. Peter Harper of Pierce City; Mrs. Wm. Cowherd and Mrs. Thos. McKee of Purdy; Andy Cowherd of near Butterfield; Sherd Lane of Purdy; Sherm Lane of New Mexico; one brother survives, Jerry Lane of Purdy and he was a brother of the late Columbus C. Lane of Monett. He left many grandchildren to mourn his passing. According to family, he delighted in hunting and going on camping trips, remaining a month or more, where deer could be found and always made such fun for his fellow hunters, who were always a good, jolly bunch. Return to Online Data Index <../barry.htm>Return to Barry County © 1999 Susan Tortorelli All Rights Reserved