____ Kearney

Prominent Farmer of Northern Township Passed Away Sunday
(No date)
_ _ _ _ Kearney, one of Franklin county's most highly respected citizens
died at his home in Northern Township Sunday morning following a short
illness from a complication of disease.  He had reached the age of 79
years.

His widow and three children, Walter Kearney and Mrs. Ervin Clark of
Macedonia, and Mrs. Lucy Wilson of Joliet, survive him, together with a
great host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were conducted at the Liberty Baptist church Tuesday
afternoon with Rev. Russell Kilgore officiating.  Interment was in the
nearby cemetery

Lucy King Moore

Lucy B Moore was born September 16, 1867, and died on the afternoon of
November 5th, 1927.  She was the daughter of Willis B and Elizabeth King
and was a member of one of the oldest and best families of Franklin
county.  Her great grandfather, John Browning, came to Illinois in the
year 1804.  He was the first preacher of the Baptist faith inn this
county.

On November 18, 1888, she was married to George W. Moore. Their married
life was happy and ideal and was broken only by the death of her husband
on January 29, 1922.  To them were born a son, Edward K, and two
daughters, Daisy and Jennie, wife of Willis Payne. Daisy died in the
year 1907.  Mrs. Moore is also survived by her brother, Edward King, her
sisters, Mrs. Thomas Quillman and Mrs. Milton Stanford and by five
grandchildren.

On November 18, 1898, Mrs. Moore was baptized into the fellowship of the
Ewing Baptist church ad she was a faithful and consistent member until
her death.

Among the Persians, there is a proverb: "God could not be everywhere and
therefore he mad mothers."  Mrs. Moore in her life exemplified the
highest ideals of motherhood and wife hood.  She found the fundamental
truth that a woman's greatest sphere of usefulness is in the home and
the church.  She lavished her affection on her children and her grand
children and they returned it in the fullest measure.  Her kindness to
those in distress will long be remembered.

Mrs. Moore was a good woman.  She performed her every duty faithfully. 
After a well spent life of sixty years surrounded by her children and
grandchildren, among the flowers she loved so well and nurtured so
tenderly,, "God's finger touched her and she slept." Of her may be truly
said:  "She has fought a good fight, she has finished the course, she
has kept the faith."







	
    
    

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