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January/February 2001
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Marriages:
Jared Brandon Reel to Amy Marie Mitchell, October 28, 2000, Jonesboro Friends Church, Indiana
Deaths:
DUNN Margaret Sutphin Dunn, 83, Jonesboro (Indiana) Friends Church, October 8, 2000. Margaret Dunn was born to the late John P. and Molly (Lewis) Frazier and had lived in the Marion and Jonesboro areas most of her life. She was married to Earl O. Sutphin who died November 24, 1960. She married Russell Dunn who died February 18, 1985. A member of Jonesboro Friends Church, she was also a member of United Society of Friends Women and Jonesboro Friends Loyal Crusaders. She was a homemaker and caregiver. Survivors include two daughters, Earlene (Russell) Partenheimer and Margaret Jeanette Reed; a stepson, James R. (Joyce); a stepdaughter, Jacqueline (Donald) Brown; a brother, Joseph (Imogene) Frazier; three grandchildren, Carol and Elaine Partenheimer and Laura Lynne Crow; two great-grandchildren; 18 step-great-grandchildren; and three step-great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a stepdaughter, Janet David; seven brothers, Forrest "Doc", Floyd "Jim", Chester, Perry, William, John A. and Silas Frazier; two sisters, Maxine Frazier and Mable Seeley; one step-grandson; and one step-great-granddaughter. Memorials may be made to Jonesboro Friends Church, 513 S. Water Street, Jonesboro, IN 46938.
HINSHAW Bonnie Hutchens Hinshaw, 97, Harmony Grove Friends, Booneville, North Carolina, October 29, 2000. Bonnie Hinshaw was born September 8, 1903, to Nathan Gurney and Dollie Elizabeth Patterson Hutchens in Yadkin County. She married Sandford B. Hinshaw on December 25, 1924. At the time of her death, Bonnie was the oldest living member of her meeting, having served as Sunday School teacher and superintendent, and for fourteen years as Recording Clerk. An elder of the meeting, she was also recognized as an honorary elder for life. A founding member of the Rosa Edgerton Missionary Circle, Bonnie was also a member of The United Society of Friends Women of North Carolina Yearly Meeting, the Della Woodhouse Mission Group, and was treasurer of the Jolly Friends Senior Citizens. Bonnie worked for the Winston-Salem Production Credit Association for 26 years. She periodically worked as secretary for the Register of Deeds, the Clerk of Court and the Tax Supervisor of Yadkinville, and also served as Town Clerk. She was collector for the Central Telephone Company in Yadkinville for 17 years as well as an insurance agent for the Allied Life Insurance Company. Bonnie was co-owner of the "Tots and Teens Shop" in Yadkinville for more than 18 years, retiring in 1974. She moved to Boonville in 1986 to be near her two daughters. She was preceded in death by her husband, her brothers William and Paul, her sisters Ruth H. Hardy, Berniece Steelman, and her half-sister Hattie Willard. Survivors include her sister, Dollie Mae Davis; her daughters, Frieda Speer and June (Richard) Smithdeal; grandchildren Bonnie Lynn Smithdeal, Brenda (Tim) Proctor, Beth (Aubrey) Bryant, Sandra (Barry ) Bryant, and Allen Paul (Janet) Speer III; two step-great-grandsons; seven great-grandchildren.
KING Mojeska ("Dutch") King, 89, Knightstown Friends, Indiana, November 3, 2000. Mojeska King was born February 20, 1911, to Fisher and Leila Davis Williams of Tennessee. A 1929 graduate of Knightstown High School, she was employed by several local stores over the years. An active member of Knightstown Friends, she was also a member of the Priscilla Club. She was preceded in death by her husband, John William and brother Davis Williams. Survivors include her brother Edward "Dean" Williams and step-brothers Gene and James C. Williams.
LEAKE Roy Emmett, Bloomington Friends, October 16, 2000. Roy Leake graduated with honors from Guilford College in 1943. He served as a Quaker relief worker in French-occupied Germany after World War II, and later earned a Ph.D. in French from Bryn Mawr College. In 1961 joined the French Department at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he remained until his retirement. He and his wife Alice supervised a university-sponsored study program for Indiana high school students of French. An active member of Bloomington Friends Meeting, he was editor of the newsletter the last several years of his life. Survivors include his wife Alice; one daughter Patricia; one son David; and three grandchildren Alyssa, Timothy, and Emily.
MURROW Hazel Richardson Murrow, 100, of Centre Friends Meeting, North Carolina, October 31, 2000. Hazel Murrow was a retired teacher of the Guilford County schools. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar Murrow. Survivors include daughters Mary Hamilton and Gertrude (David) Sillmon; a son, Joshua Edgar, Jr. (Doris); eight grandchildren Leslie, Christopher, Tish, Beth, Stanley, Sandy, Rebecca, and David Jr.; plus eleven great-grandchildren.
PETRY Marvin E. Petry, 82, Arba Friends, September 10, 2000. Marvin Petry was born October 15, 1917, to James and Annina Stump Petry of Bakers Corner, Ohio. He had lived in Fountain City since 1989. He was retired from the Union City Body Company and had also managed the Crete Elevator near Lynn, Indiana, and the New Madison Elevator in New Madison, Ohio. He was a member of the Spencerville, Ohio VFW and a former Scout Master. He was preceded in death by his wife, Edna Viretta Petry and two sisters, Jennie Hathaway and Theresa Gregg. Survivors include a sister Elva St. Myers; one son Joseph; two daughters Betty Williamson and Joyce McCollum; eleven grandchildren, twenty-one great-grandchildren, and one great-great-granddaughter.
SIMS Mackenzie Jo Sims, 7, Ridge Farm Friends, Illinois, June 28, 2000. Mackenzie was born March 23, 1992, to parents Dave and Anita Sims. A quiet little girl with a contagious smile, she loved reading, bowling, Beanie Babies, and kittens. She knew few strangers and understood the true meaning of friendship. Survivors include her brother, Trey, her parents, her grandma and grandpa, and her family of faith, Ridge Farm Friends.
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