Jasper County, Missouri Obituaries - Cornelia Ann Merrell

Joplin News Herald
Dec. 21, 1942
   Mrs. Cornelia Ann Merrell, 82 years old, died at
9:15 o'clock yesterday morning in Freeman hospital,
where she had been a patient six weeks.  She was born
in Mount Vernon and had been a resident of Joplin for
58 years.  She was a member of the Methodist church,
and her home was in Oakland.
   Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. R. M. Evans,
2020 Porter avenue; Mrs. Lee Kinney of Neosho and Mrs.
W. R. McConnell of Baxter Springs; one son, George T.
Merrell, Range Line and Zora avenue; 13 grandchildren
and 17 great-grandchildren.
   Funeral services are under the direction of the
Hurlbut Undertaking Company.

Joplin News Herald
Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1942
   Funeral services for Mrs. Cornelia Ann Merrell, 82
years old, who died at 9:15 o'clock Sunday morning in
Freeman hospital, will be held at 2:30 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon at the Spring Valley church, a mile
east of Tipton Ford.  The Rev. George Kelley of Neosho
will officiate.  Burial will be in the churchyard.
   The body will lie in stae at the Hurlbut chapel
until 1:45 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when the
funeral cortege will leave for the church.

Joplin Globe
Dec. 22, 1942
FUNERAL WEDNESDAY FOR MRS. MERRELL
   Funeral services for Mrs. Cornelia Ann Merrell, 82
years old, who died at 9:15 o'clock Sunday morning in
Freeman hospital, will be held at 2:30 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at the Spring Valley church, a
mile east of Tipton Ford.  The Rev. George Kelley of
Neosho will officiate.  Burial will be in the
churchyard.
   The body will lie in state at the Hurlbut chapel
until 1:45 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, when the
funeral cortege will leave for the church.
   Mrs. Merrell had been a patient in the hospital six
weeks.  She was born in Mount Vernon and had been a
resident of Joplin for 58 years.  She was a member of
the Methodist church.  Her home was in Oakland.
   Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. R. M. Evans,
2020 Porter avenue; Mrs. Lee Kinney of Neosho and Mrs.
W. R. McConnell of Baxter Springs; one son, George T.
Merrell, Range Line and Zora avenue; 13 grandchildren
and 17 great-grandchildren.

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