Mrs. Nellie Mae Duncan Mayville, 76, Mt. Vernon, wife of Ben
Mayville and a life-long resident of South Posey county died at 7:25 a.m. today
a the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leon Coan, 912 East
Water street.
She had been seriously ill for the last five weeks.
The deceased was a member of
She was born near Cronbach school in Point township, a daughter of Joseph Duncan and
Flora Kenndy Duncan, both natives of
The body is at Weisinger funeral Home
and will remain there until it is taken to
Mrs Mayville is survived by 66 direct lineal descendants.
Survivors in
addition to the husband include seven daughters, Mrs. coan,
Mrs. George Gross, Mrs. Cecil Ayers and Mrs. Samuel Manning, Mt. Vernon, Mrs.
Charles Carr, Wadesville, Mrs Frank Betz R. R. 4 Mt.
Vernon and Mrs. Floyd Schaffer, R.R.1 New Harmony; two sons, Martin, East
St. Louis, and Lynn, R. R. 1 Elizabeth, Ind. 37 grandchildren and 20 great
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs Edna Robinson,
Alexandria, Ind., and Mrs. C. V. Shock, Trotwood, Ohio; a half-sister, Mrs.
Isabelle Trice, Nashville, Ten. and a half brother, Fred
Duncan,
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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers