Gentry county Missouri, Obituaries:  Edgar Clark Vance

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Submitted by: <dhr1953@hotmail.com>  Don Raymond

The Stanberry Owl-Headlight, Gentry County, Missouri, Tuesday, March 28, 1911:
     Edgar Clark Vance was born in Gentry county, Missouri, Jan. 17, 1876, and
     died at his home at Seven Persons, Alberta, Canada, March 18, 1911.  He was
     married to Della Wilson, April 5, 1896, and to this union five children
     were born.  He lived the greater part of his life in this county, but after
     he was married he lived in Dakota eight years and just a little over one
     year ago moved to Canada, where he died.

     Sometime last fall while riding on the running-gears of his wagon he
     suffered a severe accident in which one foot was crushed and the bone
     fractured badly, he was just recovered from this, when he went to a town
     some eighteen miles away and on returning fell from the wagon and was found
     by strangers, who brought him home.  When he reached home he was almost
     gone and died soon without being able to speak.  The immediate cause of his
     death was paralysis.

     Edgar was converted at the Wilson school house when he was eighteen years
     of age and joined the Baptist church.  some two years later he went with
     his wife to the Christian church and continued a member of this church
     until his death.  He did not keep as close to the teaching of the Bible as
     his mother and friends would have liked, but of his conversion he never
     doubted.  He was good to attend church wherever he lived and enjoyed the
     gospel. It was the privilege of the writer to meet and talk with him and to
     all my efforts he was manly and fair.  He never missed a week writing to
     his mother.  The week he died his letter was on the way, reaching her after
     the sad news of his death.

     He was an honored member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge and of the Modern
     Woodmen.

     The funeral was held at the new M. E. church in the presence of a large
     congregation of relatives and friends, conducted by Rev. Chas. H. Brott,
     the pastor, assisted by Rev. Harris of the Baptist church and Rev. Darnell
     of the Christian church, with burial at High Ridge cemetery, in charge of
     the Odd Fellows Lodge.

     To his wife and children, his father, mother, brother and two sisters his
     death is a previous stroke, coming so suddenly.  Truly life is uncertain,
     like the grass, the dew, a little while it flourisheth and is gone.