Alpha Narcissus Williams 264
- Born: 10 Jan 1887, Linn County, Missouri, USA 264
- Marriage (1): Justice Defriend "Jesse" Burwell on 17 Jun 1907 in Milan, Sullivan, Missouri, USA 264
- Died: 2 Aug 1928, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, USA at age 41 264
- Buried: Jenkins Cemetery (Browning, Linn, Missouri, USA) 237
Cause of her death was Cancer.237
General Notes:
OBITUARY: MRS J. D. BURWELL CALLED TO REWARD
Alpha Narcissus Williams was born in Linn County, Missouri 10 January 1887. She married Jesse Defriend Burwell June 20 1907 and had five children, one, Dorothy, died at birth. She lived with Jesse in Browning, Missouri. She died at Grimm-Smith Hospital, Kirksville, Missouri on 2 August 1928 after battling cancer for four years. Her devotion to her family was a rare beauty. Her last word was to call her baby boy an endearing word. Services were held in the M.E. Church South, Fri, 2 PM by Rev. Eugene Wood assisted by Rev. M. A. Hale, and she was buried in Jenkins Cemetery, Browning, Linn County, Missouri. Surviving husband, Jesse and children were Mary, Elizabeth, Virginia and John. Other surviving relatives are her mother, Mrs. Mary Williams, two sisters; Mrs. Anna Crain, Galt, MO and Mrs. H. E. Thurman of Springfield, Nebr. Also a half sister, Mrs. M. P. Brassfield. Mrs. Burwell was a woman of high Christian character; a woman who stood for all that was good and beautiful in life. Her favorite poem during her last illness ended the article and began: "When I am dead I pray that you not weep" and ended: "When I am gone away; I am not dead."
Browning Leader-Record 237
Death Notes:
Grimm-Smith Hospital
Alpha married Justice Defriend "Jesse" Burwell, son of Marion Burwell and Martha Jane Gable, on 17 Jun 1907 in Milan, Sullivan, Missouri, USA.264 (Justice Defriend "Jesse" Burwell was born on 11 Sep 1883 in Milan, Sullivan, Missouri, USA,264 died on 17 May 1947 in Browning, Linn, Missouri, USA 264 and was buried in Jenkins Cemetery (Browning, Linn, Missouri, USA) 237.). The cause of his death was Heart Attack.237
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