Wife of Carl Otto Morris.
(Taken from the Waverly, Morgan County, Illinois, paper December 27, 1968.)
Shalah Burns
Mrs. Shalah Elizabeth Burns, 81, wife of James Burns of Waverly, died in a local hospital Friday, December 20th.
Born in Sangamon County, January 23, 1887, she was the daughter of Abraham & Nancy Hunt. She was married in 1906 to Carl Otto Morris who died in 1922. From this marriage she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Opal Beatty of Springfield; a son, Carl O. Morris of Divernon; a son, Harold Roscoe Morris preceded her in death in 1922 at the age of six.
Also surviving is her husband and Mrs. Ella Edwards of Waverly; 3 grandsons and 2 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Burns was a member of the Rohrer Chapel Methodist Church, near which she was born, and the Pythian Sisters. She operated a cream station in Waverly for 25 years before her retirement.
Funeral services were held Sunday, December 22, at the Neece Funeral Home with Reverend Kenneth Conant officiating. Pallbearers were: Wayne Edwards, Albert Hunt, Pat Hunt, Murray Solomon, Charles Hunt and Rollie Farmer.
Burial was in Waverly East Cemetery.
(Taken from the Waverly, Morgan County, Illinois, paper December 27, 1968.)
Shalah Burns
Mrs. Shalah Elizabeth Burns, 81, wife of James Burns of Waverly, died in a local hospital Friday, December 20th.
Born in Sangamon County, January 23, 1887, she was the daughter of Abraham & Nancy Hunt. She was married in 1906 to Carl Otto Morris who died in 1922. From this marriage she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Opal Beatty of Springfield; a son, Carl O. Morris of Divernon; a son, Harold Roscoe Morris preceded her in death in 1922 at the age of six.
Also surviving is her husband and Mrs. Ella Edwards of Waverly; 3 grandsons and 2 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Burns was a member of the Rohrer Chapel Methodist Church, near which she was born, and the Pythian Sisters. She operated a cream station in Waverly for 25 years before her retirement.
Funeral services were held Sunday, December 22, at the Neece Funeral Home with Reverend Kenneth Conant officiating. Pallbearers were: Wayne Edwards, Albert Hunt, Pat Hunt, Murray Solomon, Charles Hunt and Rollie Farmer.
Burial was in Waverly East Cemetery.
Wife of Carl Otto Morris.
(Taken from the Waverly, Morgan County, Illinois, paper December 27, 1968.)
Shalah Burns
Mrs. Shalah Elizabeth Burns, 81, wife of James Burns of Waverly, died in a local hospital Friday, December 20th.
Born in Sangamon County, January 23, 1887, she was the daughter of Abraham & Nancy Hunt. She was married in 1906 to Carl Otto Morris who died in 1922. From this marriage she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Opal Beatty of Springfield; a son, Carl O. Morris of Divernon; a son, Harold Roscoe Morris preceded her in death in 1922 at the age of six.
Also surviving is her husband and Mrs. Ella Edwards of Waverly; 3 grandsons and 2 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Burns was a member of the Rohrer Chapel Methodist Church, near which she was born, and the Pythian Sisters. She operated a cream station in Waverly for 25 years before her retirement.
Funeral services were held Sunday, December 22, at the Neece Funeral Home with Reverend Kenneth Conant officiating. Pallbearers were: Wayne Edwards, Albert Hunt, Pat Hunt, Murray Solomon, Charles Hunt and Rollie Farmer.
Burial was in Waverly East Cemetery.
(Taken from the Waverly, Morgan County, Illinois, paper December 27, 1968.)
Shalah Burns
Mrs. Shalah Elizabeth Burns, 81, wife of James Burns of Waverly, died in a local hospital Friday, December 20th.
Born in Sangamon County, January 23, 1887, she was the daughter of Abraham & Nancy Hunt. She was married in 1906 to Carl Otto Morris who died in 1922. From this marriage she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Opal Beatty of Springfield; a son, Carl O. Morris of Divernon; a son, Harold Roscoe Morris preceded her in death in 1922 at the age of six.
Also surviving is her husband and Mrs. Ella Edwards of Waverly; 3 grandsons and 2 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Burns was a member of the Rohrer Chapel Methodist Church, near which she was born, and the Pythian Sisters. She operated a cream station in Waverly for 25 years before her retirement.
Funeral services were held Sunday, December 22, at the Neece Funeral Home with Reverend Kenneth Conant officiating. Pallbearers were: Wayne Edwards, Albert Hunt, Pat Hunt, Murray Solomon, Charles Hunt and Rollie Farmer.
Burial was in Waverly East Cemetery.
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