Mrs. Nora Staley, Former Resident of Bluford, Dies

Mrs. Nora Staley, a former resident of Bluford, died at 3:00 o'clock this morning at her home one mile east of Fairfield.

She is survived by her husband, Ira Staley.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 pm at the Dixon and Crippin Funeral Home in Fairfield. The Rev. Kent Bailey, pastor of the First Christian church of Fairfield, will officiate and burial will be in Maple Hill cemetery, in Fairfield.

The body will remain at the Dixon and Crippin Funeral Home where friends may call until the funeral hour.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register News
Date: Monday, May 14, 1951, Page 2
Submitted by: John R. Ball
Transcribed by: Sandy (Whalen) Bauer

Note from Sandy:

Nora's husband, Ira Leland Stayley's obit names his wife as Nora Branson. Ira is my first cousin, 3 times removed.

Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Staley, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sanders and daughters, Glenda and Nancy, Mrs. Winnie Dairs, Mrs. Nora Howell, Mrs. Mildred Wilson, Mrs. Edna Wood and Mrs. Mae Warren attended the funeral of Mrs. Nora Staley at Fairfield Wednesday afternoon.

Mt. Vernon Register-News
Thursday, May 17, 1951, page 8
Submitted by Sandy (Whalen) Bauer