Lela Lessie Williams
Fulton Daily Sun Gazette-January 14, 1976:
Mrs. Lela Lessie (Craighead) Strait Williams Pugh, 85, of 215 West 9th Street Fulton, Missouri, died January 13, 1976 at Callaway Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Pugh was born December 13, 1891 in Calwood, Missouri the daughter of Samuel and Lillie (Draper) Craighead.
She was married to John Brooks Strait on June 30, 1906 in Calwood. They were married by Thomas M. McLaughlin, Justice of the Peace. This marriage ended in divorce.
Lela then married Vollie Williams, this marriage also ended in divorce, she was united in marriage to Joseph Thomas "Tom" Williams, Vollie's older brother, and he preceded her in death on April 8, 1965. She later married Leonard Pugh who also preceded her in death on December 10, 1970.
Mrs. Pugh is survived by two sons, Thomas "Tommy" Stanley (Jerry) Williams of Fulton, Missouri and Eddie Ray (Kaye) Williams of Auxvasse, Missouri: a daughter, Mrs. Tom (Celeste "Deane") Owen of Kingdom City, Missouri; fifteen grandchildren and thirty great-grandchildren.
Lela was preceded in death by her husbands, Joseph Thomas Williams and Leonard Pugh; a son, Samuel "Leslie" Strait (Nellie); three daughters, Hazel, Leta May and Lucille Williams; two grandchildren, Carol Deane Owen and Larry Wayne Owen; a great-granddaughter, Misty DeLynn Louise Atterberry.
Mrs. Pugh was a Charter Member of New Hope Baptist Church and was the oldest living Charter Member at the time of her death.
Funeral services will be held at Browning Funeral Home, January 15, 1976, at 2:30PM. The Reverend Foley will conduct the service. Music was provided by Mrs. Sam Timbrooke with Mrs. Lee Saults at the organ. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery next to her husband, Tom.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers: Clark Dews, Jim Stewart, Paul Atterberry, Charles Byrd, Travis Garrett and Harold Strait.
Visitation will be Wednesday at Browning Funeral Home.
IN REMEMBRANCE:
The Twenty-Third Psalm:
The Fulton Weekly Gazette-1906:
John Strait, a Calwood swain of twenty-two summers, secured a marriage license in Fulton and took Miss Lela Craighead to Williamsburg, Missouri and the couple were wedded by Esquire Thomas McLaughlin.
The bride, who is 14 years old, is a daughter of Sam Craighead, who used to be the village blacksmith at Calwood and Lillie (Draper) Craighead, "Love laughs at locksmiths", it is said, and seems to smile some at blacksmiths, for the ardent lover coaxed his bride away from her mother, whom she was assisting to gather blackberries and bundled her into a buggy and drove off before the old folks knew they were gone.
As soon as Mr. and Mrs. Craighead realized the situation they tried to frustrate the scheme, but the knot had been tied by the doughty old squire and the lovers were out of reach of parental objections.
They returned to the home neighborhood, later in the week, and doubtless by this time all is forgiven.
The first train on the M-K-E, later the M-K-T, came from St. Louis through Callaway County on April 1, 1894.
The train company erected the Katy Hotel for the use of engineers and other road workers. The traveling public were served meals in the dining room of the hotel.
The Missouri Telegraph-1889:
Callaway children write letter's to Dear Old Santa Claus:
Calwood, Missouri:
Dear Old Santa Claus,
I am a little girl 7 years old. Please bring me a little trunk and a little doll bed and some candy and some oranges and some bananas and a handkerchief.
Lela Craighead
Fulton Daily Sun Gazette-January 14, 1976:
Mrs. Lela Lessie (Craighead) Strait Williams Pugh, 85, of 215 West 9th Street Fulton, Missouri, died January 13, 1976 at Callaway Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Pugh was born December 13, 1891 in Calwood, Missouri the daughter of Samuel and Lillie (Draper) Craighead.
She was married to John Brooks Strait on June 30, 1906 in Calwood. They were married by Thomas M. McLaughlin, Justice of the Peace. This marriage ended in divorce.
Lela then married Vollie Williams, this marriage also ended in divorce, she was united in marriage to Joseph Thomas "Tom" Williams, Vollie's older brother, and he preceded her in death on April 8, 1965. She later married Leonard Pugh who also preceded her in death on December 10, 1970.
Mrs. Pugh is survived by two sons, Thomas "Tommy" Stanley (Jerry) Williams of Fulton, Missouri and Eddie Ray (Kaye) Williams of Auxvasse, Missouri: a daughter, Mrs. Tom (Celeste "Deane") Owen of Kingdom City, Missouri; fifteen grandchildren and thirty great-grandchildren.
Lela was preceded in death by her husbands, Joseph Thomas Williams and Leonard Pugh; a son, Samuel "Leslie" Strait (Nellie); three daughters, Hazel, Leta May and Lucille Williams; two grandchildren, Carol Deane Owen and Larry Wayne Owen; a great-granddaughter, Misty DeLynn Louise Atterberry.
Mrs. Pugh was a Charter Member of New Hope Baptist Church and was the oldest living Charter Member at the time of her death.
Funeral services will be held at Browning Funeral Home, January 15, 1976, at 2:30PM. The Reverend Foley will conduct the service. Music was provided by Mrs. Sam Timbrooke with Mrs. Lee Saults at the organ. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery next to her husband, Tom.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers: Clark Dews, Jim Stewart, Paul Atterberry, Charles Byrd, Travis Garrett and Harold Strait.
Visitation will be Wednesday at Browning Funeral Home.
IN REMEMBRANCE:
The Twenty-Third Psalm:
The Fulton Weekly Gazette-1906:
John Strait, a Calwood swain of twenty-two summers, secured a marriage license in Fulton and took Miss Lela Craighead to Williamsburg, Missouri and the couple were wedded by Esquire Thomas McLaughlin.
The bride, who is 14 years old, is a daughter of Sam Craighead, who used to be the village blacksmith at Calwood and Lillie (Draper) Craighead, "Love laughs at locksmiths", it is said, and seems to smile some at blacksmiths, for the ardent lover coaxed his bride away from her mother, whom she was assisting to gather blackberries and bundled her into a buggy and drove off before the old folks knew they were gone.
As soon as Mr. and Mrs. Craighead realized the situation they tried to frustrate the scheme, but the knot had been tied by the doughty old squire and the lovers were out of reach of parental objections.
They returned to the home neighborhood, later in the week, and doubtless by this time all is forgiven.
The first train on the M-K-E, later the M-K-T, came from St. Louis through Callaway County on April 1, 1894.
The train company erected the Katy Hotel for the use of engineers and other road workers. The traveling public were served meals in the dining room of the hotel.
The Missouri Telegraph-1889:
Callaway children write letter's to Dear Old Santa Claus:
Calwood, Missouri:
Dear Old Santa Claus,
I am a little girl 7 years old. Please bring me a little trunk and a little doll bed and some candy and some oranges and some bananas and a handkerchief.
Lela Craighead
Lela Lessie Williams
Fulton Daily Sun Gazette-January 14, 1976:
Mrs. Lela Lessie (Craighead) Strait Williams Pugh, 85, of 215 West 9th Street Fulton, Missouri, died January 13, 1976 at Callaway Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Pugh was born December 13, 1891 in Calwood, Missouri the daughter of Samuel and Lillie (Draper) Craighead.
She was married to John Brooks Strait on June 30, 1906 in Calwood. They were married by Thomas M. McLaughlin, Justice of the Peace. This marriage ended in divorce.
Lela then married Vollie Williams, this marriage also ended in divorce, she was united in marriage to Joseph Thomas "Tom" Williams, Vollie's older brother, and he preceded her in death on April 8, 1965. She later married Leonard Pugh who also preceded her in death on December 10, 1970.
Mrs. Pugh is survived by two sons, Thomas "Tommy" Stanley (Jerry) Williams of Fulton, Missouri and Eddie Ray (Kaye) Williams of Auxvasse, Missouri: a daughter, Mrs. Tom (Celeste "Deane") Owen of Kingdom City, Missouri; fifteen grandchildren and thirty great-grandchildren.
Lela was preceded in death by her husbands, Joseph Thomas Williams and Leonard Pugh; a son, Samuel "Leslie" Strait (Nellie); three daughters, Hazel, Leta May and Lucille Williams; two grandchildren, Carol Deane Owen and Larry Wayne Owen; a great-granddaughter, Misty DeLynn Louise Atterberry.
Mrs. Pugh was a Charter Member of New Hope Baptist Church and was the oldest living Charter Member at the time of her death.
Funeral services will be held at Browning Funeral Home, January 15, 1976, at 2:30PM. The Reverend Foley will conduct the service. Music was provided by Mrs. Sam Timbrooke with Mrs. Lee Saults at the organ. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery next to her husband, Tom.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers: Clark Dews, Jim Stewart, Paul Atterberry, Charles Byrd, Travis Garrett and Harold Strait.
Visitation will be Wednesday at Browning Funeral Home.
IN REMEMBRANCE:
The Twenty-Third Psalm:
The Fulton Weekly Gazette-1906:
John Strait, a Calwood swain of twenty-two summers, secured a marriage license in Fulton and took Miss Lela Craighead to Williamsburg, Missouri and the couple were wedded by Esquire Thomas McLaughlin.
The bride, who is 14 years old, is a daughter of Sam Craighead, who used to be the village blacksmith at Calwood and Lillie (Draper) Craighead, "Love laughs at locksmiths", it is said, and seems to smile some at blacksmiths, for the ardent lover coaxed his bride away from her mother, whom she was assisting to gather blackberries and bundled her into a buggy and drove off before the old folks knew they were gone.
As soon as Mr. and Mrs. Craighead realized the situation they tried to frustrate the scheme, but the knot had been tied by the doughty old squire and the lovers were out of reach of parental objections.
They returned to the home neighborhood, later in the week, and doubtless by this time all is forgiven.
The first train on the M-K-E, later the M-K-T, came from St. Louis through Callaway County on April 1, 1894.
The train company erected the Katy Hotel for the use of engineers and other road workers. The traveling public were served meals in the dining room of the hotel.
The Missouri Telegraph-1889:
Callaway children write letter's to Dear Old Santa Claus:
Calwood, Missouri:
Dear Old Santa Claus,
I am a little girl 7 years old. Please bring me a little trunk and a little doll bed and some candy and some oranges and some bananas and a handkerchief.
Lela Craighead
Fulton Daily Sun Gazette-January 14, 1976:
Mrs. Lela Lessie (Craighead) Strait Williams Pugh, 85, of 215 West 9th Street Fulton, Missouri, died January 13, 1976 at Callaway Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Pugh was born December 13, 1891 in Calwood, Missouri the daughter of Samuel and Lillie (Draper) Craighead.
She was married to John Brooks Strait on June 30, 1906 in Calwood. They were married by Thomas M. McLaughlin, Justice of the Peace. This marriage ended in divorce.
Lela then married Vollie Williams, this marriage also ended in divorce, she was united in marriage to Joseph Thomas "Tom" Williams, Vollie's older brother, and he preceded her in death on April 8, 1965. She later married Leonard Pugh who also preceded her in death on December 10, 1970.
Mrs. Pugh is survived by two sons, Thomas "Tommy" Stanley (Jerry) Williams of Fulton, Missouri and Eddie Ray (Kaye) Williams of Auxvasse, Missouri: a daughter, Mrs. Tom (Celeste "Deane") Owen of Kingdom City, Missouri; fifteen grandchildren and thirty great-grandchildren.
Lela was preceded in death by her husbands, Joseph Thomas Williams and Leonard Pugh; a son, Samuel "Leslie" Strait (Nellie); three daughters, Hazel, Leta May and Lucille Williams; two grandchildren, Carol Deane Owen and Larry Wayne Owen; a great-granddaughter, Misty DeLynn Louise Atterberry.
Mrs. Pugh was a Charter Member of New Hope Baptist Church and was the oldest living Charter Member at the time of her death.
Funeral services will be held at Browning Funeral Home, January 15, 1976, at 2:30PM. The Reverend Foley will conduct the service. Music was provided by Mrs. Sam Timbrooke with Mrs. Lee Saults at the organ. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery next to her husband, Tom.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers: Clark Dews, Jim Stewart, Paul Atterberry, Charles Byrd, Travis Garrett and Harold Strait.
Visitation will be Wednesday at Browning Funeral Home.
IN REMEMBRANCE:
The Twenty-Third Psalm:
The Fulton Weekly Gazette-1906:
John Strait, a Calwood swain of twenty-two summers, secured a marriage license in Fulton and took Miss Lela Craighead to Williamsburg, Missouri and the couple were wedded by Esquire Thomas McLaughlin.
The bride, who is 14 years old, is a daughter of Sam Craighead, who used to be the village blacksmith at Calwood and Lillie (Draper) Craighead, "Love laughs at locksmiths", it is said, and seems to smile some at blacksmiths, for the ardent lover coaxed his bride away from her mother, whom she was assisting to gather blackberries and bundled her into a buggy and drove off before the old folks knew they were gone.
As soon as Mr. and Mrs. Craighead realized the situation they tried to frustrate the scheme, but the knot had been tied by the doughty old squire and the lovers were out of reach of parental objections.
They returned to the home neighborhood, later in the week, and doubtless by this time all is forgiven.
The first train on the M-K-E, later the M-K-T, came from St. Louis through Callaway County on April 1, 1894.
The train company erected the Katy Hotel for the use of engineers and other road workers. The traveling public were served meals in the dining room of the hotel.
The Missouri Telegraph-1889:
Callaway children write letter's to Dear Old Santa Claus:
Calwood, Missouri:
Dear Old Santa Claus,
I am a little girl 7 years old. Please bring me a little trunk and a little doll bed and some candy and some oranges and some bananas and a handkerchief.
Lela Craighead
Gravesite Details
Grandma Lela was married to John Strait, he was her 1st husband, they had one son Samuel Leslie Strait, married Vollie Williams 2nd and had 3 girls Hazel, Leta Mae and Lucille who died very young, 3rd husband, brother of Vollie, Thomas (Tom) 3 kids.
