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Nancy Elizabeth "Lizzie" Yates Willard

16 Sep 1867 – 7 Jun 1954

Birth16 Sep 1867
Death7 Jun 1954
CemeteryLake Chapel Cemetery
Fairfield , Freestone County , Texas , USA
Added byEric Wood on 17 May 2017
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73929466

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FAIRFIELD RECORDER, Thursday June 10, 1954 "Death Claims Mrs. Ben Willard, rites held Wed. Mrs. Ben Willard, 86, died at the local hospital at 12:45 P.M. Monday following an extended illness. Funeral services were held from the Calvary Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. W. M. Barger and the Rev. James Morgan officiating. Burial followed at Lakes Chapel Cemetery. Pall bearers were Ramon Kirgan, Marvin Harris, Gene Davis, Robert Speed, Billie Bonner and Jack Ritter. Mrs. Willard was born Nancy Elizabeth Yates in Nacogdoches County, September 16, 1867, the daughter of Daniel T. and Margaret [should be Martha] J. Pate Yates. She was married to Ben Willard July 3, 1884 at Ward Prairie, where they lived until his death July 18, 1943. Survivors include five sons, Kirt L. Willard, Palestine; Joe Willard, Dallas; John Vernon Willard, and Colon J. Willard all of Fairfield; four daughters, Mrs. Tom Bonner, Mrs. Paul Bonner, and Mrs. Morris [should be Maurice] Ritter, Fairfield; and Mrs. Lon Childs of Houston, three brothers, A. J. Yates, Mentone, Calif; S. R. Yates and J. S. Yates, Yuma, Ariz., 31 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends. Capps Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements."

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