True Republican, 15 March 1916
Mrs. Fannie Flowers, wife of the preacher in the White Horse Army church, died at the home on North avenue on Sunday morning after an illness of about two weeks.
Her maiden name was Fannie Wood, and she was born in Memphis, Tenn., in April, 1844. The family had been residents of Sycamore most of the time for the last few years.
The funeral services will be held this Wednesday afternoon and the remains will be interred in Elmwood cemetery.
True Republican, 24 April 1956
—Forty Years Ago, 1916—
Mrs. Fannie Flower, wife of Apostle George Flower, founder and minister of the White Horse Army Church on North Avenue, was accorded last rites Wednesday afternoon. The six preachers who took part in the service also acted as pallbearers for "Mother of the Church," as she was fondly called.
The services began at 12 o'clock and continued to 3:30 o'clock, while the remains lay in state. A score of members of the church were here from Danville, Ill. There were lamentations and much sorrow testifying to the esteem in which the deceased was held by her acquaintances.
Mrs. Flower was born in Memphis, Tenn., in 1844, and has been a resident of Sycamore for the last few years.
The remains were interred in Elmwood cemetery.
Mrs. Fannie Flowers, wife of the preacher in the White Horse Army church, died at the home on North avenue on Sunday morning after an illness of about two weeks.
Her maiden name was Fannie Wood, and she was born in Memphis, Tenn., in April, 1844. The family had been residents of Sycamore most of the time for the last few years.
The funeral services will be held this Wednesday afternoon and the remains will be interred in Elmwood cemetery.
True Republican, 24 April 1956
—Forty Years Ago, 1916—
Mrs. Fannie Flower, wife of Apostle George Flower, founder and minister of the White Horse Army Church on North Avenue, was accorded last rites Wednesday afternoon. The six preachers who took part in the service also acted as pallbearers for "Mother of the Church," as she was fondly called.
The services began at 12 o'clock and continued to 3:30 o'clock, while the remains lay in state. A score of members of the church were here from Danville, Ill. There were lamentations and much sorrow testifying to the esteem in which the deceased was held by her acquaintances.
Mrs. Flower was born in Memphis, Tenn., in 1844, and has been a resident of Sycamore for the last few years.
The remains were interred in Elmwood cemetery.
True Republican, 15 March 1916
Mrs. Fannie Flowers, wife of the preacher in the White Horse Army church, died at the home on North avenue on Sunday morning after an illness of about two weeks.
Her maiden name was Fannie Wood, and she was born in Memphis, Tenn., in April, 1844. The family had been residents of Sycamore most of the time for the last few years.
The funeral services will be held this Wednesday afternoon and the remains will be interred in Elmwood cemetery.
True Republican, 24 April 1956
—Forty Years Ago, 1916—
Mrs. Fannie Flower, wife of Apostle George Flower, founder and minister of the White Horse Army Church on North Avenue, was accorded last rites Wednesday afternoon. The six preachers who took part in the service also acted as pallbearers for "Mother of the Church," as she was fondly called.
The services began at 12 o'clock and continued to 3:30 o'clock, while the remains lay in state. A score of members of the church were here from Danville, Ill. There were lamentations and much sorrow testifying to the esteem in which the deceased was held by her acquaintances.
Mrs. Flower was born in Memphis, Tenn., in 1844, and has been a resident of Sycamore for the last few years.
The remains were interred in Elmwood cemetery.
Mrs. Fannie Flowers, wife of the preacher in the White Horse Army church, died at the home on North avenue on Sunday morning after an illness of about two weeks.
Her maiden name was Fannie Wood, and she was born in Memphis, Tenn., in April, 1844. The family had been residents of Sycamore most of the time for the last few years.
The funeral services will be held this Wednesday afternoon and the remains will be interred in Elmwood cemetery.
True Republican, 24 April 1956
—Forty Years Ago, 1916—
Mrs. Fannie Flower, wife of Apostle George Flower, founder and minister of the White Horse Army Church on North Avenue, was accorded last rites Wednesday afternoon. The six preachers who took part in the service also acted as pallbearers for "Mother of the Church," as she was fondly called.
The services began at 12 o'clock and continued to 3:30 o'clock, while the remains lay in state. A score of members of the church were here from Danville, Ill. There were lamentations and much sorrow testifying to the esteem in which the deceased was held by her acquaintances.
Mrs. Flower was born in Memphis, Tenn., in 1844, and has been a resident of Sycamore for the last few years.
The remains were interred in Elmwood cemetery.
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