Jefferis, Laura (Harris) (3 obits) 1926

Posted By: Dick Folkerth
Date: 11 November 2002

Laura Harris Jefferis; 1926

The following newspaper clipping is from page 1 of the Greenville Daily Advocate of Tuesday, January 5, 1926 and was found in the microfilm files at the Greenville Library.

DEATH TAKES BELOVED WIFE AND MOTHER
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Mrs. Edward Jefferies (sic) Passes Away at Her Home on East Third Street Early Tuesday Morning - Had Been Ill for Several Weeks - Funeral to be Held at Palestine Thursday Afternoon.
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One of the saddest deaths that has occurred in this city in many years is that of Mrs. Laura Harris Jefferis, wife of Edward F. Jefferis, that occurred at the family residence, 428 East Third street Tuesday morning at 3:05 o'clock, after an illness of several weeks.

The death of Mrs. Jefferies (sic) was caused by high blood pressure and heart weakness. She had suffered a stroke of paralysis on Christmas Eve.

The death of this loving wife and mother brings great grief to her husband, her six children and many other relatives and friends. She was a loving and beloved wife and mother and her death is heart-breaking for those in the home, that will now have but the tender memories of her love and care.

Mrs. Jefferies (sic) was born June 22,1877, in Benton county, Indiana. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Harris. She was married to Mr. Jefferies (sic) on December 20, 1900, and to their happy union were born six children. These, with the husband and her father and stepmother are among the relatives that morn her passing.

The children are Leah J., Milton, Marguerite, Edward, Jr., and Geraldine and Jocelyn, twins. A brother, George M. Harris, also survives, with eight nieces and nephews.

Funeral services at the Universalist church at Palestine, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Shank, of the Greenville M. E. church, will officiate. The remains will be laid to rest in the Palestine cemetery.

The following newspaper clipping was found in the Jefferis file at the Garst Museum in Greenville, Ohio, annotated 1926. The paper is not mentioned, but it was a Greenville paper other than the Advocate, because the Advocate had a different obit.

ESTEEMED LADY OF THIS CITY PASSED AWAY
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Mrs. Laura Harris Jefferis, Wife of Edward Jefferis Passed Away At Her Home Early This Morning. Funeral Thursday at Palestine.
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Mrs. Laura Harris Jefferis, beloved wife and mother died at her home 428 East Third Street at 3:05 this morning.

Mrs. Jefferis was born June 22, 1877 and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Harris. She married Edward Jefferis December 20, 1900, to which union were born six children.

Mrs. Jefferis health has been failing for the past two years. She has been suffering from high blood pressure, heart trouble and on Christmas Eve she suffered a paralytic stroke. At her death, Mrs. Jefferis was 48 years, 6 months and 13 days old.

The deceased lady is survived by her husband, Ed Jefferis, who is one of the firm, Jefferis Auto Company, six children, Leah who is a Mathematics and Science teacher in the Ansonia High School, Milton, who is attending school in Cincinnati and Marguerite, Edward Jr., Jocelyn and Geraldine at home, her father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Harris of Indianapolis, Ind., one brother, Geo. M. Harris, of Snow Hill, Indiana, eight nieces and nephews. One brother, Sherman Harris preceded Mrs. Jefferis in death.

The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Palestine Universalist Church. Rev. Shank of the Greenville Methodist church officiating. Interment in Palestine cemetery.

The following newspaper clipping is from the Jefferis file at the Garst Museum in Greenville, Ohio, annotated 1926. The newspaper is not named … but it clearly is not a Greenville paper

OBITUARY - JEFFERIS

Mrs. Laura Harris Jefferis, devoted wife of Edward F. Jefferis and only daughter of Chas. E. and Hattie W. Harris passed away at her late home in Greenville, Ohio, January 5th, 1926, was born June 22nd, 1877, in Benton County, Indiana, aged 48 years, 6 months and 13 days. Early in life she united with the Methodist church at Kentland, Indiana, which faith she kept through all the following years. In 1894 she with her parents moved to Lonoke, Arkansas, where she graduated in 1896 from Lonoke College. The same year the family returned to their old home near Kentland, indiana, where she taught school. In the spring of 1899, the family moved to Darke County, Ohio, on a farm near Palestine. On December 20, 1900, she was united in marriage to Edward F. Jefferis of Palestine, Ohio; to this union six children were born, Leah, Milton, Marguerite, Edward Jr., Jocelyn and Geraldine, all of whom are at home. These children with the husband, father, step-mother and one brother George M. Harris are left to mourn her departure, her mother, Hattie W. and one brother W. Sherman preceding her in death several years.

Mrs. Jefferis was a devoted wife and mother, no task that would lend to the happiness, comfort and welfare of her loved ones, was too hard for her to undertake. She was beloved by her friends and neighbors for her cheering smile and kindly greetings and will be sadly missed by all in her community.

Transcribed September, 1999, F. Richard Folkerth, Dallas, Texas; rfolkerth@aol.com

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