Williams - Mary Alice Bridges
Source: Waveland Independent
Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana
December 18, 1931
December 18, 1931
Miss Mary Ann Williams died at the home of her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Elmer Williams on Wood Street, early on Tuesday morning. She
has been in poor health for some time following a fall that
fractured one shoulder, and pneumonia developed. Funeral services
at the home on Thursday afternoon were in charge of Rev. Victor
Keiser. The pallbearers were Frank McClain, Jesse McMains,
Earl McNutt, Darwin McNutt, Ray Sharp und John Gilliland.
Miss Williams was the daughter of Daniel and Margaret Penny
Williams and was born near Greencastle, December 12, 1857. The
family moved to a farm near Waveland, and when the father entered
the service during the Civil War, they moved to Waveland. The
family consisted of five boys: William, John, Charles, Clay and
Elmer; and four girls: Mary, Margaret, Millie and Ella, of whom
all have passed away but Ella, of Waveland. The mother died in
1894, and as the father was an invalid, she became the head of
the household, a trust which she faithfully carried out. The
father died in 1897. She joined the Methodist Church in 1886
under the pastorate of Rev. L. S. Buckles. While of a quiet and
undemonstrative disposition, she was an affectionate daughter and
sister, a good neighbor, and an earnest Christian. Among those
from a distance attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. George
Wiatt of Terre Haute, Mrs. William Williams and daughter,
Lena, of Crawfordsville, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Porter and son,
James, of Portland Mills.- transcribed by kbz