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Obit For Sarah Jackson Crume
Headline SARAH J. CRUME DIES WEDNESDAY
Retired Rural Mail Carrier In Barry County
Text Mrs. Sarah Jackson Crume, 91-year-old retired rural mail carrier, died at her home on King's Prairie southeast of Monett at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning following a two weeks illness.

Mrs. Crume, familiarly known as "Aunt Sarah," carried mail from Marionville to the old Flat Creek post office which used to be located in the eastern part of Barry county from 1906 to 1910. Her means of transportation while a mail carrier was a horse-drawn hack.

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Claude (Marie) Hadley of King's Prairie, five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Culver Funeral Home in Cassville with Rev. Winford Davis officiating. Burial was in the Bethel [Baptist] Cemetery.
Newspaper or Funeral Home Monett Times
Date Friday, January 6, 1956
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Submitted by Jay Trace