Obituary; Anna Alice Elwood Worden, Cabool (Missouri) Enterprise

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Anna Alice Elwood Worden, 100

Anna Alice Smith was born September 22, 1903, in Ashland, Nebraska, 
to Thomas Edgar Smith and Myrtle Wilburn Smith.  At age three, Anna 
and her nine-month-old brother, Edgar DeForest Smith, were left 
motherless.  Frank and Liza Wilson then adopted Anna while Frank’s 
brother, A. L. Wilson and wife, adopted her younger brother, Edgar.  
To this new family Anna gained a brother, Arthur, and a sister, 
Eula Wilson.

Anna married Kenneth Edward Elwood on May 1, 1926 and to this union 
six children were born:  Kenneth Edgar, Robert Carlyle, Dwight 
Vincent, Elvin Eugene, Charles Edward, and Susan Jane.

Anna and Kenneth raised their children while working their dairy farm, 
first in Dow City, Iowa, then in Mason City, Iowa, and finally settling 
on a farm in Cabool, Missouri.  Anna and Kenneth divorced shortly after 
the move to Missouri in 1948.  Anna remained at the farm north of Cabool 
to finish raising her youngest children, Charles and Susan.  Anna 
supported her family by milking cows and working as a cook at 
Gravel Point School House. 

Anna married Hugh Worden September 10, 1956.  They continued to reside and 
work the farm north of Cabool until Hugh’s death in 1982.

Anna enjoyed gardening, crocheting, working word search puzzles, and 
reading throughout her later years.  She was known to read a book a day, 
which made it difficult to keep her in fresh reading material.  Anna moved 
in with a daughter, Susan Elwood Jarrett, and her family due to failing 
health in 1992 and resided there until her death January 25, 2004.

Anna was baptized into the Methodist church in Rock Falls, Iowa, at a 
young age.  Upon the move to Missouri, Anna attended the Church of the 
Brethren, where she was active in church as long as she was physically able.  
Anna lived her 100-year-long life supported by her faith in God and the 
love of her children, family and friends.

Anna was preceded in death by her biological parents, Thomas and Myrtle Smith; 
her adoptive parents, Frank and Liza Wilson; two brothers, Edgar DeForest Smith Wilson 
and Arthur Wilson; a sister, Eula Wilson; her husband, Hugh Worden; a son Edgar Elwood; 
two grandchildren, Dean Elwood and Jennifer Jarrett; a great grandson, Eddie Peoples; 
and her son-in-law, Carl Jarrett, who preceded her in death by 22 hours.

Anna is survived by four sons, Bob and wife Sylvia Elwood of Jonesboro, Arkansas, 
Dwight and wife Lynn Elwood of Lake Butler, Florida, Elvin and wife Betty Elwood 
of Ozark, Missouri, and Charles and wife Frankie Elwood of Mountain Grove, Missouri; 
a daughter, Susan Jarrett of Cabool; 23 grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren; and 
four great-great grandchildren.

Joint services for Anna Elwood Worden and her son-in law, Carl Jarrett, were held 
2:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 28, 2004, at Cabool Christian Church with 
Pastor Roger Schrock officiating.  Burial was at Jarrett Cemetery under the direction 
of Elliott-Gentry Funeral Home of Cabool.  Pallbearers were her grandsons, Tom, Lee and 
Rodney Elwood, Mark, Scott, Lonnie and David Elwood and Kevin Elwood.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the 
Jennifer Jarrett Memorial Scholarship Fund or the Jarrett Cemetery Fund, both 
located at Cabool State Bank.



Published in The Cabool Enterprise newspaper on Thursday, January 29, 2004