Jasper County MO Archives Obituaries..... BOGGESS, Samuel Cleveland June 27, 1946
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William (Bill) Samuel BOGGESS http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00024.html#0005917 February 25, 2009, 9:57 am

The  Carthage  Prss, Monday, July 1, 1946



   FUNERAL   OF 

           S C BOGGESS 

                    YESTERDAY 

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    Rites for S C Boggess, well-known resident of Carthage and the district, were
conducted at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the First Methodist church. The Rev
R H Bodine, pastor of the First Methodist church was in charge, assisted by Rev Dr W
G Clinton. 

    The Rev Mr Bodine paid tribute to Mr Boggess, a former mayor of Carthage, for
his leadership in church and civic affairs over a long period of years. 

    A quartet composed of Mr and Mrs Earl Overby, Mrs Carl Roper and Eugene
Fullerton sang "Crossing the Bar" and In the "Sweet Bye ad Bye". The accompaniments
were played by Mrs Clark V Wallace organist. 

    Honorary pallbearers were J W Dennison, M B Fairfield, H A Spradling, John
Carter, B F Harnhart, W J Sewall, E L Dale, W E Carter, Everett Hough and Wiley
Spencer, the later from Springfield. Active pallbearers were Dr R W Webster, W R
McCormick, George Calhoon, John H Flanigan, W T Lawhead and Dryden Reynolds. 

    The Knights Templar stood guard at the casket and formed an escort to the
cemetery. The Masonic ritual was conducted at the grave in Park cemetery. 

    Mr Boggess, secretary of the Home Federal Loan and Savings Association and a
partner in the Boggess Insurance Agency, died last Thursday in St Mary;s hospital in
Rochester, Minn. 

    Many friends and relatives were in attendance for the services and there was an
abundance of flowers, including sprays from St Louis, Kansas City and points in the
district. 

    Mr and Mrs S C Boggess, jr, of St Louis, son and daughter-in-law of Mr Boggess
and Mrs Edwin Hough of Washington, D C a daughter were here for the services. 


    Additional Comments: 
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S C Boggess was born 1874 in Cherry Camp, Harrison county, West Virginia. His
father, Samuel died in 1888, and his mother Sarah Elizabeth (Wood) Boggess brought
her three sons to Carthage in 1889, she died 1918 with body returned to be buried
with husband nd parents in West Virginia. He 1st married Kate Knight in 1898, that
union bring forth five children, three to adulthood, 2d married Fern Dreisbach in
1937, she surviving. He had 6 grandchildren. 


    Copy; courtesy of Carthage library


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