Lela Fern JARRETT

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• Fact: Daughter of George Franklin and Jennie (Jones) Jarrett
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Iberia, Miller Co., Missouri

Lela married Newell Everett SLAWSON on 11 Nov 1935 in Iberia, Missouri. Newell (son of Henry Wesley SLAWSON and Clara Aretta PRATER) was born on 10 Jan 1913 in Iberia, Miller County, Missouri; died on 16 Dec 2006 in Port Richie, Pasco County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Newell Roger SLAWSON

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Unknown Publication, April 1961
Final rites for George Franklin Jarrett, 76, of Iberia, were held at 1:00 pm, Monday at Fairview Christian Church near Iberia. Mr. Jarrett died Saturday morning at Humphreys Hospital in Tuscumbia.
He suffered a heart attack in November and was hospitalizes for seven weeks; and was then moved to the home of a daughter, Mrs. Newell Slawson, of Osage Beach, where he and Mrs. Jarrett remained until three weeks ago when they returned home after his condition had improved. Tuesday,
March 28, Mr. Jarrett became very ill and was returned to the hospital.
A son of John and Elizabeth Jarrett, he was born August 20, 1884 at Iberia. On November 2, 1913 he was married to Genie Jones who survives. They were the parents of four children, two of whom died in infancy. Mr. Jarrett was a charter member of the Fairview Christian Church.
Survivors in addition to his wife are two daughters; Mrs. Alta Jean Bond of Iberia and Mrs. Lela Slawson; two brothers, Henry Jarrett of Iberia and Will Jarrett of Tuscumbia; and three grandchildren.
The Rev. Mark Sooter officiated at the services Monday. Interment was in the Iberia Cemetery under the direction of Humphrey Funeral Home of Iberia.

George married Jenie JONES on 2 Nov 1913. Jenie was born on 29 Apr 1885 in Maries County, Missouri; died on 19 Feb 1974 in Iberia, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Unknown Publication, February 1974
Mrs. Jenie Jarrett, 88, Iberia, died unexpectedly at her home Tuesday, Feb. 19, 1974. Mrs. Jarrett was found dead by a grandson when he returned home from school. She was born April 29, 1885, in Maries County near Dixon to John M. and Mary L. (Smith) Jones. She was married Nov. 2, 1913, at Iberia to George F. Jarrett, who died April 1, 1961.
Mrs. Jarrett had lived in Iberia since 1918. Before that she and her husband lived in Camden County from 1913 to 1918. She became a member of the Fairview Christian Church near Iberia in 1915.
Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs. Alta Bond, Iberia, and Mrs. Lela Slawson, Garnett, Kan.; three brothers, Arthur Jones and Everett Jones, Dixon, and Lem Jones, Maplewood; and three grandsons.
Mrs. Jarrett was preceded in death by two infant daughters and two sisters, Mrs. Ollie Wiles and Mrs. Bessie Creech, in addition to her husband.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the church with the Rev. Mark Sooter officiating. Burial will be in the Iberia Cemetery under the direction of Stevinson Funeral Home, Iberia. Nephews will be pallbearers.