Hopkins Co., TX - Obit:   Mrs. Josephine Cannon

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CANNON, JOSEPHINE, MRS. - Wife of Dr. Charles W. Cannon, died at the family home
in St. Louis, Mo., Tues. Jan. 22, 1908, aged 53 years. Her remains were carried
to Como, Texas, and interment was made in the family burial ground at the Como
cemetery. She was a daughter of Marion and Sarah Parchman, pioneers. The
surviving members of the family being Mrs. Green Carroll, Mrs. Lawrence Carroll
and Mrs. Bettie Jeffress; half-sisters of Mrs. Cannon, all of whom reside in
Hopkins county. She was also the aunt of Mrs. C. C. Sheppard. Her childhood and
youth were spent at Como, but for a number of years has resided at St. Louis
where her husband, Dr. Cannon, was stationed as special medical examiner in the
Federal service. At the age of fourteen years she professed religion, joining
the Como Methodist church. At the time of her death she was a member of the Cook
Avenue Methodist church in St. Louis, Mo. (S.S. Gazette)