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Mary J. (Wells) Norris

Aged Resident Of Near Waltonville Died Thurs., 2:45

Mrs. Mary Norris, Well Known in Southwest Part of County Will be Buried Sunday Morning.

Mrs. Mary J. Norris, widow of W.H. Norris, died yesterday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock at the home of her son, Stanley W., near Waltonville. She had been in impaired health for about five months.

Mrs. Norris was born in Bracken county, Kentucky, July 31, 1856. She was a daughter of Amos and Nancy Wells.

Her husband, to whom she was married Nov. 25, 1874, died Jan. 21, 1927.

Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Sunday morning in the Universalist church at Waltonville. Burial will follow at Knob Prairie cemetery. The body will remain at the home of her son until the funeral hour.

Mrs. Norris is survived by one son, Stanley W. Norris, and one daughter, Mrs. Ora Ragland, both of Waltonville, and two, sisters, Mrs. Allie Nowland of Waltonville and Mrs. Elizabeth Newbury of Mt. Vernon.

One son, Joseph H., preceded her in death in 1925.

Source: The Register News
Date: Unknown
Submitted by: Cindy Ford


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