| Obit For | Sarah Jane (Combs) Lane |
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| Headline | Mrs. Jane Lane Dead - Purdy News |
| Text | August 15, 1914, Saturday, Cassville Democrat Mrs. Jane Lane Dead: Mrs. Jane (Combs) Lane of Purdy died Monday, August 10, 1914 age 90 years and 15 days of the infinitives of old age. She was born July 29, 1824 in Tennessee and went with her parents to Madison County, Arkansas about 1838, where she grew to womanhood and married Mr. Lane who died some fifty years ago. Sara was the mother of five children, two daughters and three sons, the sons are living and are: Wilson and Jerry Lane of Purdy, and Columbus Lane of Monett all highly respected citizens of Barry county. Mrs. Lane was a member of the Hard Shell Baptist Church and a very religious woman, who had the respect and high esteem of all her acquaintances. She had resided in Barry county since about 1865, coming here in the dark and gloomy days of war, she had seen Barry county grow from almost nothing to one of the best sections of this state. She was a sister of Mace Combs of near Purdy, one our oldest citizens, and of the late Wheeling Combs of Butterfield, and Mrs. Thos. Clark of near Pioneer, MO. Rev. Taylor of the Hard Shell Baptist Church, conducted services at the Madry Cemetery near Purdy, where the remains were interred Tuesday. A grand old mother and citizen has gone to her blessed reward for a well spent life on earth. Her many splendid virtues are worthy of imitation. August 13, 1914, Thursday, Cassville Republican Purdy News: Grandma Lane, mother of Wilson, Jerry and Columbus Lane, died at her home in Purdy Sunday evening, Aug. 9, after a lingering illness of many months. She had celebrated her 90th birthday the Wednesday before and about a week before and had been one of a group to have a photograph taken showing five generations. She leaves a large number of grandchildren and a few great, great grandchildren besides a host of friends to mourn her loss. She was laid to rest at the Maddy Cemetery west of Purdy, Tuesday. Research Note: Maddy and Madry are not the same cemetery and are located in different areas of Barry County. There appears to be no stone at either place for this person, but the family reports her at Maddy and without a stone. |
| Newspaper or Funeral Home | Cassville Democrat - Cassville Republican |
| Date | August 15, 1914, Thursday - August 13, 1914, Thursday |
| Death Cert Link | Death Certificate |
| Resource | State Historical Society of MO Microfilm |
| Submitted by | Donna Cooper |
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