Freestone County, Texas
Obits



[Bennie Valeria Willard d/o Benjamin Willard]

FAIRFIELD RECORDER, August 13, 1942

Mrs. John Manahan Dies at Home Here Tuesday

Mrs. John Manahan, aged 53 years and 11 months, died at the family home in 
Fairfield Tuesday morning at 8:30 after a lingering illness of several months.
Burial was in Fairfield Cemetry Wednesday morning at 10:30 after services at
First Baptist Church of which she had long been a member.  Rev. W. R. Miller, 
pastor of the Church conducted the services, assisted by the Revs. James Morgan
and H. L. McKissack.

Pall Bearers were Franklin and Clyde-Glazener, Jen Fryer, P. D. Browne, L. J. 
Davis and Howard Odom

Mrs. Manahan was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Willard of Lake Chapel and 
she was born and reared in that vicinity.  Besides her parents and her husband,
she is survived by the following near relatives:  two children, Mrs. Zack Stroud
and Willard Manahan of Fairfield; four sisters, Mrs. Tom Bonner of Fairfield,
Mrs. Paul of Stewards Mill; Mrs. Leon Childs of Alvin?  and Mrs. Morris Ritter
of Ward Prairie; five brothers, Kirt, Vernon, Colon, Tommie Willard all of 
Fairfield and vicinity and Joe Willard of Dallas.