Gentry county Missouri, Obituaries: Sarah Frances Stephenson Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by: Don Raymond The Stanberry Headlight; Gentry County Missouri; Thursday, February 21, 1957: Final services were held yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon in the Stanberry Baptist church for Mrs. Sarah Frances Stephenson, 84, who was taken by death Monday night at her farm home four milse south west fo Stanberry, following a long illness. The services were conducted by a former pastor, the Rev. Don Stanley, Polo, Mo., and the present pastor, the Rev. R. T. Ware. Burial was in the High Ridge cemetery, under the direction of the Phillips Morturay. Survivors include a son, Forest Stephenson, Stanberry; a daughter, Mrs. Glenn Boone, Stanberry, and a sister, Mrs. Earl Murry, also of Stanberry, and two grandchildren. Mrs. Stephenson, the daughter of the late Mr. And Mrs. Benjamin Pierce, was born in Gentry county July 12, 1872. She and her husband, W. T. Stephenson, moved to the farm on which she died, 45 years ago. He preceded her in death on Jan. 17, 1954. She was a member of the Stanberry Baptist church for many years.