Well Known Farmer Died Yesterday at Family Residence

Elbert Scott, a well known ........(cannot read this line) day afternoon at his home on route 15, seven miles east of Mt. Vernon. He had been in poor health several months.

Mr. Scott was a son of the late Smith Scott and wife, and was born Sept. 22, 1877, and his age at time of death was 56 years, one months and 16 days.

He was united in marriage December 28, 1897, with Mary Etheridge, who survives him.

The children survive as following: Mrs. Mabel Mount and Mrs. Blanche Body, both Mt. Vernon; and Virgil, Clyde and Wilma at home. Five grandchildren survive.

Mr. Scott was for many years a member of the Camp Ground Baptist church, and was consecrated ....was an aexcellent citizen whose influence was always on the side of right.

Funearl services will be held at Camp Ground at 1 p.m. Thursday conducted by the Rev. Bird Green and the Rev. Ross Partridge. Burial will be had in Etheridge cemetery.

Source: probably Mt. Vernon Register-News
Date of Death: November 7, 1933
Transcribed and submitted by: Sandy (Whalen) Bauer
Relationship: His mother was my great-great-grandmother's sister.
They were children of William Staley (1821-1894) and Martha Elizabeth (Underwood) Staley (1824-1917)

Note from Sandy:

 Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947

Name: Guy Elbert Scott
Birth Date: 22 Sep 1877
Birth Place: Illinois
Death Date: 7 Nov 1933
Death Place: Webber, Jefferson, Illinois
Burial Date: 9 Nov 1933
Burial Place: MT Vernon, Jefferson, Ill
Death Age: 56
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: Webber, Jefferson, Illinois
Father Name: Smith Scott (Elijah Smith Scott)
Father Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother Name: Rosa Staley
Mother Birth Place: Indiana
Spouse Name: Mary Jane Scott
FHL Film Number: 1675056