Mrs. Cora Bell Francis, 64, wife of Charles C. Francis, died Sunday (April 14, 1940) at her home at Bado in Texas County. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. C. A. Howard of the Pentecostal Holiness Church of which she was a member. She was married to Charles C. Francis January 29, 1896. To this union 13 children were born, two of whom preceded her in death. The surviving children are Mrs. Elmer Hern and Mrs. Buck Franklin, both of Mountain Grove; Mrs. W. D. Reaves and Mrs. Raymond Odle of Cabool; Mrs. Paul Oxley of Kinsley, Kans.; Roy Francis of Coffeyville, Kans; Colan Francis and Mrs. Vester Freese of Kansas City; Durward of Houstaon; Lynn of Bendavis; and Edwin of the home. Interment was in charge of Elliott of Cabool.

From the Mountain Grove Journal
Posted by: Phyllis Rippee   March 2005