Phoebe Caroline BLYZE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter fo James and nancy (Beard) Blyze
• Fact: Daughter of James Blyze and Nancy Jane Beard
• Medical Cond'tn: Pneumonia
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in Tavern, Pulaski Co., Missouri
• Census: 1910, Living with husband in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri

Phoebe married Charles Robert SLAWSON on 18 Aug 1895 in Crocker, Missouri. Charles (son of Joseph Arnold SLAWSON and Emeline Molisa DUNNIGAN) was born on 10 Aug 1874 in Iberia, Miller County, Missouri; died on 04 Oct 1951 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; was buried on 05 Oct 1951 in Iberia Cemetery, Iberia, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1900, Living with parents in Tavern, Pulaski Co., Missouri
• Census: 1910, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois

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Obituary:

Mrs. Maggie (Slawson) Ferguson, 86 of 2440 St. Clair Ave., died at the Eden Village Care Center in Glen Carbon (Ill.) at 4:45 a.m. today, April 2, 1984. She was a resident of the care center since October 1983. Mrs. Ferguson was born December 3, 1898 in Miller County, MO, and moved to this area 59 years ago. She was a member of Bethel Chapel Pentecostal Church. Her husband, Sherman Ferguson, died in 1977.

Survivors include four sons, Lowell Ferguson, Granite City, Raymond Ferguson, Collinsville, Robert Ferguson of Maryville and Ralph Ferguson of Joplin, MO; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Aldridge, Fairview Heights, Mrs. Harold (Phoebe) Knecht, Placerville, Calif. and Mrs. Donald (Ruth) Hayes of Thayer, MO; a brother Everett Slawson of Crocker, MO; one sister, Mrs Albert (Blanche) Alexander of Dixon, MO; 19 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Davis Funeral Home, 21st Street and Cleveland Boulevard. The Rev. Clifton Galiher will conduct services at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 5, at Bethel Chapel Pentecostal Church, 25th Street and Ohio Avenue, with burial in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Edwardsville Township.

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Family/Spouse: Sherman Robert FERGUSON. Sherman was born on 15 Apr 1896 in Iberia, Miller County, Missouri; died on 13 May 1977 in Belleville, St. Clair Co., Illinois; was buried in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Glen Carbon, Madison Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Living with parents in Tavern, Pulaski Co., Missouri
• Census: 1910, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1940, Living in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri

Sherman married Ethel Sherman MARTIN on 15 Feb 1920 in Iberia, Missouri. Ethel was born on 22 Feb 1898 in Iberia, Miller County, Missouri; died on 10 Apr 1957 in California, Moniteau County, Missouri; was buried on 12 Apr 1957 in Madden Cemetery, Miller County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Medical Cond'tn: Coronary heart disease
• Census: 1910, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Glaze, Miller Co. Missouri
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Ceres, Stanislaus Co., California

Bessie married Guy HANCOCK in Oct 1922 in Iberia, Missouri. Guy was born on 26 Sep 1902 in Missouri; died on 2 Oct 1971; was buried in Madden Cemetery, Miller Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1910, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living in Glaze, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1940, Living in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri

Everett married Clara Mabel MCDOWELL on 22 Nov 1927 in Iberia, Missouri. Clara was born on 20 Mar 1911; died on 19 Jun 1976; was buried in Hawkeye Cemetery, Hawkeye, Pulaski Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1910, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri

Melvin married Cleo Edna THORNTON on 20 Mar 1930 in Iberia, Missouri. Cleo was born on 21 Apr 1910 in Brumley, Miller Co., Missouri; died on 7 Apr 1970; was buried in Madden Cemetery, Miller Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1910, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Miller, Maries Co., Missouri

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Name:
Miller County Autogram Sentinel, April 1989
Blanche Alexander, 79, of Dixon, was born on Jan. 15, 1910, at Iberia in Miller County, a daughter of Charles Robert and Phoebe Carolyn Blyze Salwson. She died on Saturday, April 15, 189, in the Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla. Mrs. Alexander had been in failing health for the past several years.
She was united in marriage on Sept. 24, 1930, at Tuscumbia to James Albert Alexander who died on July 16, 1985.
Mrs. Alexander was a member of the Burnett Christian Church of Dixon and prior to her retirement in 1968, she was employed in the fitting room for 18 years at Brown Shoe Company in Dixon.
Surviving her are three daughters, Mrs. Betty Raines of Springfield, Mrs. Lois Beydler of Canyon City, Calif, and Mrs. Cleta Colley of Dixon; one brother, Everett Slawson of Crocker; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted for Mrs. Alexander at 2 p.m., on Monday in the Dixon Chapel of the Birmingham-Martin Funeral Homes with the Rev. Earl Jones of Dixon officiating. Interment was in
the Dixon Cemetery.

Blanche married James Albert ALEXANDER in Sep 1930. James was born on 18 Oct 1906; died on 16 Jul 1985; was buried in Dixon Cemetery, Dixon, Pulaski Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri

Glen married Opal Anne STONE in Feb 1935 in Iberia, Missouri. Opal (daughter of John Samuel STONE and Elsie L. RICHARDS) was born on 17 Dec 1917 in Iberia, Miller Co., Missouri; died on 16 May 1985 in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri; was buried in Madden Cemetery, Miller Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Granite City, Madison Co., Illinois

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Name:
Kurrus Funeral Home, Belleville, Ill., August 2011
Dorothy E. Aldridge, nee Ferguson, 94, of Fairview Heights, Ill., born Sunday, Nov. 12, 1916, in Miller County, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, at her residence.
Mrs. Aldridge was the owner and operator with her husband Ernest, of Dor-Maru Shores Mobile Home Park in New Athens, Ill. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Fairview Heights, Ill., Republican Women's Club and past president and secretary for Belleville Women's Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Aldridge; parents, Sherman R. and Maggie, nee Slawson, Ferguson; son Bill Aldridge; brothers Lowell, Raymond and Robert Ferguson; and sister, Phoebe Knecht.
Surviving are her son, Richard Aldridge, of Nashville, Tenn.; brother, Ralph Ferguson of Carthage, Mo.; sister, Melba Ruth (Don) Hayes of Thayer, Mo.; dear friend, Bonita Miller of Swansea, Ill.; and many loving nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church in Fairview Heights. Visitation: Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, at Kurrus Funeral Home, Berlleville, IL. Funeral:
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, at Kurrus Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bryan Webb officiating. Interment will follow at Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, Ill.

Dorothy married Ernest ALDRIDGE before 1940. Ernest was born on 13 Oct 1915 in Aldridge, Union Co., Illinois; died on 13 Nov 1978 in Belleville, St. Clair Co., Illinois; was buried in Valhalla Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum, Belleville, St. Clair Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois

Family/Spouse: Ida PASSETTI. Ida was born on 18 Jan 1925; died on 26 Jul 1998; was buried in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Glen Carbon, Madison Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois
• Census: 1940, Living in Granite City, Madison Co., Illinois

Notes:

Name:
Raymond E. Ferguson, 85, of Collinsville, Ill. died Monday, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Ill.

Mr. Ferguson was a retired switchman for the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, and was a World War II Navy veteran. He was a former member of Masonic Lodge 712, in Collinsville; the Scottish Rite Bodies, and Ainad Shrine Legion of Honor. He was a past associate guardian of Job's Daughters, Bethel #42, and past chapter advisor of Ascalon Chapter Order of Demolay.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Geraldine Rose (Swigert) Ferguson - his first wife, Marjorie L. (Bennett) Fuller - his parents, Sherman R. and Maggie E. (Slawson) Ferguson - two brothers, Lowell, and Robert Ferguson, and a sister, Phoebe Knecht.

Surviving are three daughters and three sons. They are Judy Commire & husband, Bob, of Sebring, Fla; Janet Bright and husband Jim, of Excelsior Springs, Mo; Ed Ferguson & wife Lynn, of E. Falmouth, Mass.; Danny Ferguson of Westland, Mich.; Mary Humphrey & husband Gary,of Colliinsville, Ill., and Alan Ferguson of Monticello, Wis. Two sisters:
Dorothy Aldridge of Fairview Heights, Ill., and Ruth Hayes of Thayer, MO. One brother: Ralph Ferguson, of Joplin, MO. A step-daughter Linda Fleming & husband Paul, of Hamel, Ill., a step-son Paul Bilyeu & wife Jane, of Casselberry, Fla. A special friend, Emma Kamm, of Collinsville,
Ill. Nine grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to the Collinsville Memorial Public Library, Collinsville, Ill.

Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery in Glen Carbon, Ill.

HERR FUNERAL HOME, Collinsville, Ill.

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Family/Spouse: Marjorie L. BENNETT. Marjorie was born about 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Geraldine Rose SWIGERT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Granite City, Madison Co., Illinois

Phoebe married Harold KNECHT before 1940. Harold was born about 1919 in Illinois . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois
• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois
• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois

Family/Spouse: Mary E. MINCEMEYER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri

Family/Spouse: ? PAULL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Medical Cond'tn: Died at DeWitts Hospital, Waynesville, Pulaski County, Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Occupation: 1951; Truck driver

Family/Spouse: Helen Louise FANCHER. Helen (daughter of William Malachi FANCHER and Laura Belle VARNER) was born on 31 Mar 1932 in Waynesville, Missouri; died on 27 Dec 1994. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Glaze, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Ceres, Stanislaus Co., California

Notes:

Name:
Obituary:
Berdette Hancock, 82, of Gulfport, died Thursday, March 9, 2006 in Mountain Home, Arkansas with his son, Michael, at his bedside.

Mr. Hancock was born in Iberia, Missouri and had been a resident of Gulfport for 40 years. He retired in 1963 as a MSgt. in the U. S. Air Force with over 20 years of service. He was a member of St. John Catholic Church, Gulfport.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Rita Agnes French Hancock.

Mr. Hancock is survived by two sons, Bill Hancock of Vidalia, LA and Michael Hancock of Harriet, AR; a brother, Carl E. Hancock of Springfield, MO; four grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Obit from Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes, Biloxi, MS.
Additional obit published by the Springfield Newsleader on 3/14/2006.

Husband of Rita A Hancock.

Note: MSgt, US Air Force - WW2, Korea

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Family/Spouse: Rita Agnes FRENCH. Rita was born on 2 Jul 1929; died on 9 May 1995; was buried in Biloxi National Cemetery, Biloxi, Harrison Co., Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Glaze, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Ceres, Stanislaus Co., California

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri

Notes:

Name:
Miller County Autogram Sentinel, February 1989

Robert Wayne Slawson, 59, died Friday, Feb. 10, 1989. He was born May 22, 1929 in Iberia to Everett A. and Clara M McDowell Slawson. His father and step-mother, Everett and Vera Slawson, survive at Crocker.

Mr. Slawson worked for many years as a crane operator for Alco Aluminum.

Other survivors include two daughters, Diane Slawson of Davenport, Iowa and Deborah Trout of Rock Island, Ill.; two sons, Don Slawson of Brooksville, Fla., and Robert Slawson of Davenport, Iowa; eight grandchildren; two brothers, Howard Slawson and Clark Slawson, both of Waynesville; and a sister, Imogene Wood of Kansas City, Kan.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Feb. 13 at the Long Funeral Home in Crocker with the Rev. Farris Wall officiating. Burial was in Hawkeye Cemetery.


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Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri

Edna married Ira L. HALL [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Miller, Maries Co., Missouri

Cleta married Herbert H. COLLEY on 10 Jul 1954. Herbert was born on 24 Aug 1931; died on 23 Jun 2009; was buried in Dixon Cemetery, Dixon, Pulaski Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Miller, Maries Co., Missouri

Notes:

Name:
Dennis Wayne Slawson, 67, of Iberia, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2010, at Capital
Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. He was born in Iberia on June 26, 1942, son of the late Glen T.
and Opal Anne (Stone) Slawson. On August 17, 1963, in Crocker, Dennis was united in marriage to
Karen Porter, who survives at the home.
He is also survived by one daughter, Angela Ciafullo and husband Craig of Kansas City; one son,
Charles ?Chip? Slawson and wife Anne of Iberia; and three grandchildren, Tyler Slawson of Iberia,
Kaylie Slawson of Iberia; and Isabella Ciafullo of Kansas City. He was preceded in death by one brother,
Leon Slawson in 1960.
Visitation will be held from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, February 6, 2010, at Fancher-Rekus Funeral
Home in Iberia, with a graveside service immediately following in Madden Cemetery near Iberia. Rev.
Greg McClain will officiate. Memorial contributions are suggested to Madden Cemetery

Dennis married Karen PORTER [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
Jefferson City Post Tribune, Friday, October 22, 1999

Alva Slawson, 49, Crocker, died Oct. 20, 1999, at Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, Columbia. He was born April 24, 1950, in Crocker, a son of Alva and Helen Fancher Slawson. He was married Feb. 3, 1983, in Robinson, Ill., to Charlotte Johnson, who survives at the home. He served in the Army and Marines and was a veteran of the Vietnam War.

He was a member of Vietnam Veterans of America; VFW Post 4965, Crocker; a life member of Disabled American Veterans; the Missouri Corporation of Veterans; and Buckhorn Baptist Church, Buckhorn. He worked as a cable splicer for International Tele-Communications, Inc.

Other survivors include: one son, Alva Andrew Slawson, Jacksonville, Fla.; one daughter, Lisa Erdmier, Crocker; one stepdaughter, Elsie Glosser, St. Robert; three brothers, Stephen Slawson, Bowling Green, and Fredrick Griggs and Jimmie Griggs, both of Lawrenceville, Ill.; two sisters, Lula Gulledge and Theresa Thacker, both of Lawrenceville; and seven grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home, Crocker. The Rev. Larry Atkins and the Rev. Ben Woody will officiate. Burial will be in Madden Ford Cemetery, Crocker.

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Alva married Charlotte JOHNSON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]