]HRS, EMMA PATTERSON
PISSED AWA^FRIDAY
Mrs. Emn ' ;ersor«, 89, widow of
a Civil War vK^.an, passed away Fri ?
day morning, Mp~ 24, from the ir,
firmities of age. ^Jhe had been col
fined to the house for many month,
and was nearly blind f6r a long time
For more than a year and a half s\ i
has been cared for in the home of Mr.
and Mrs.! W. A. Summers and it w..3
there that she died. The funeral wa^
held in the home of her niece, Miss
Gertrude ' Rees, Sunday afternoon,
Rev. H; S, Graham of Trinity M.fe.
church officiating and burial in Union
cemetery at Elmore*
Emma- Rees Patterson was born
February 15^1840, near Dayton, Ohio,
the daughter of Solomon and Martha
j Rees. Jptfjiwas the eldest of a family
j of eigh^MiRiren, only one of whom
I how'^gii'flfeiesj.^^th^ youngest, Oliver
i Rees^of^etroife Mich. In 1870 sho
was u^^fee^^tolf John Patterson at
PiqilA^Qi^n^pil^as a kind and lov-
1 ing ri^oth#*iWlier seven stepchildren.
The ^greaferMlrt of r her married 1 i f e
was i'spent ;|B|jFremont and Elmore.
Her"rhusbari|ffl|receded':her in death
marly vyears^^i and, after that she
has^&ade her home with4 her brother
CaleH. and sister Jennie until nearly
two years ago when she was taken
into ^he home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Summers wherr she passed away May
24, 1929, aged oJ years, 3 months ancf
9 days. She was a member of Trin¬
ity M. E. church and of ,the Ladie ',
Aid Society and until the infirmities
of age prevented she was a regular
attendant at their services.
