Berkshire - Nancy Russell - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Mrs. Nancy J. Berkshire, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Richard Hopping, Tuesday evening a quarter after eight o'clock. She has had a long illness and at the evening's close, breathed her last, at the age of seventy-nine years. Messages were hurriedly sent to her children that are away. Mrs. Berkshire was a kind mother, and was loved and respected by all the community, and may her surviving children so live that they may again meet that dear mother in that beautiful home where there is no more sorrow. The funeral services were conducted at the home of Richard Hopping by Rev. Daugherty Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock and the remains were taken to her old home at North Vernon for interment. She was the mother of Mrs. William Yount, Mrs. Richard Hopping and Tom Berkshire, of this place. - thanks to Kim for these

Mrs. Nancy Berkshire, aged eighty years, died Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Hopping, of Yountsville. She had been ill for some weeks. The funeral took place on Wednesday at two o'clock, Rev. Daugherty officiating. In the evening the body was taken to North Vernon, her old home for interment. Mrs. Berkshire has lived in this county for eight years and was a consistent member of the Universalist church. She leaves nine children, three of whom reside in this county, Mrs. George Hopping, Thomas Berkshire, and Mrs. William Yount.