Gentry county Missouri, Obituaries:  Jennie Kathleen Sherard McCammon

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Submitted by: <dhr1953@hotmail.com>  Don Raymond
        The Tri-County News, Friday, July 15, 2005,  page  17:  Jennie  Kathleen
        Sherard McCammon, 97, King City, died July 7, 2005 at Heartland Regional
        Medical Center in St. Joseph.

        She was born Nov. 23, 1907 in Fairport;  the  daughter  of  William  and
        Blanche Francis Eggleston Sherard. She attended King  City  high  school
        and was valedictorian of her class.

        She married her high school sweetheart, Robert Smith McCammon, on Easter
        Sunday, April 8, 1928 at  Savannah.  They  established  their  home  and
        business in King City and resided in the community until their deaths.

        She is survived by a daughter, Mary Lee McCammon (Robert  E.)  Williams,
        Bloomington, IL., and  a  son,  Robert  Sherard  (Patricia  Ann  Forbes)
        McCammon, St. Joseph; five grandchildren, Jennifer  Lee  Williams  (Paul
        K.)  Jensen,  Duluth,  GA.;  Steven  Robert  (Sara  E.  Klug)  Williams,
        Bloomington,  IL.;  William  Robert  (Shelly  Brashears)  McCammon,  St.
        Joseph; Michele Kathleen McCammon (Scott) Brashears, St. Joseph and Eric
        McCammon (Elizabeth  "Betsy"  Rockaway)  Williams,  Madison,  WI.;  five
        great-grandchildren, Jocelyn Michele Brashears,  Margaret  Lee  "Maggie"
        Jensen, Paul Michael Jensen, Robert William "Robbie" McCammon and Audrey
        Elizabeth Williams  and  one  niece,  Judee  McCammon  (Anthony)  Mabry,
        Sedalia.

        She was a member and past matron of the former King  City  Chapter,  OES
        and a charter member of the "MM" Club of  King  City.  She  had  been  a
        member of the King City Presbyterian Church for over 75 years. She was a
        homemaker and worked with her husband  in  the  family  business,  as  a
        bookkeeper. She was an eager volunteer for church,  school,  Girl  Scout
        and Boy Scout programs, when her children were younger.

        Funeral services were held on July 9 at  Gibson  Funeral  Home  in  King
        City, conducted by Rev. Dale O'Connell. Music was provided by  Betty  Jo
        Howitt, organist and Sara Williams, vocalist, Pallbearers  were  Randall
        Swan, Bob Ball, Raymond Wheatley, Vernon Smith, Lloyd Darnell  and  Gary
        Culver.

        Interment was in the King City cemetery, Memorial donations may be given
        to the King City Presbyterian Church.