McCORD, Emily Heath - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

VEEDERSBURG — Mrs. Emily J. McCord, a resident of this community since 1896, died at 5 p.m. Wednesday in St. Elizabeth Hospital at Danville, Ill. Mrs. McCord, who would have been 99 next Oct. 24, had been hospitalized three weeks since she sustained a broken hip in a fall at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Audrey Jones, at Crawfordsville. She had made her home with her daughter in recent months. Born Oct. 24, 1863, in Parke County, she was a daughter of Samuel and Margaret Heath. She married William H. McCord Aug. 28, 1881. He died Nov. 11, 1931. Mrs. McCord was a member of the Veedersburg EUB Church. Survivors include the daughter with whom she made her home; a son, Dr. Carl B. McCord, who is a physician here; a sister, Mrs. Hattie Smith of Yeddo; three grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by a sister, Mrs. Arlie LaBaw. Dr. G. C. McCord of Crawfordsville is a grandson. The body was brought to the Fishero Funeral Home here where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday. Rev. J. Samuel Pritchard will officiate. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery at Waynetown. Friends may pay their respects at the funeral home.  --typed by Walt W