Laura CAPEHART

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• Fact: Daughter of George and Melissa (Sullins) Capeheart
• Census: 1910, Living with husband in Richwoods, Miller Co., Missouri
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Richwoods, Miller County, Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living in St. Louis, Missouri

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Daily Capital News, Thursday, November 19, 1959, Jefferson City, Missouri

Mrs. Laura F. Slawson, 84, Iberia, died Monday in an Eldon Nursing home after a lingering illness.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Iberia Baptist Church with the Rev. Don Tyler officiating. Burial will be in the Iberia Cemetery.

Survivors include: Two sons, Willard Slawson, St. Louis and Edward Slawson, Iberia; four daughters, Mrs. Ruth Livingston, Iberia; Mrs. Katherine Thomas, Mission, Kan.; Mrs. Edith Blanner, Webster Groves; and Mrs. Eska Lee Cole, Memphis, Tenn.; one niece, Mrs. Maude Duncan, St. Louis; one nephew, Ernest Thompson, Hanover, Mich.; 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

obituary contributed by Deb Jones

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Laura married James Lawrence SLAWSON on 10 Dec 1905 in Miller County, Missouri. James (son of Joseph Arnold SLAWSON and Emeline Molisa DUNNIGAN) was born on 09 Feb 1877 in Florence, Texas; died on 16 Sep 1958 in Iberia, Miller Co., Missouri; was buried on 19 Sep 1958 in Union Cemetery, Brays, Miller Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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 St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Iberia, Miller Co., Missouri

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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Thursday, March 5, 1998

Ruth M. Livingston, 90, Iberia died Wednesday at St. Marys Health Center. She was born March 8, 1907, in Miller County, a daughter of James and Laura Capehart Slawson. She was married July 4, 1926, in Iberia, to Berry Livingston, who survives at the home.

She was a 1924 graduate of the Iberia Academy. She was a 50-year member of the Iberia Order of the Eastern Star. She was a member of Iberia First Baptist Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher.

Other survivors include: one daughter, Lita Lynn Keeth, Iberia; two sisters, Edith Blanner, Kirkwood, and Eska Lee Cole Memphis, Tenn.; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son and one grandson.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Iberia First Baptist Church.

The Rev. Quintin Davis will officiate. Burial will be in Iberia Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Rekus funeral Home, Iberia.

Memorials are suggested to Iberia First Baptist Church.

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Ruth married Berry Cecil LIVINGSTON on 04 Jul 1926. Berry was born on 2 Nov 1902 in Missouri; died on 17 Sep 1999 in Missouri; was buried in Iberia Cemetery, Iberia, Miller Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living with mother in St. Louis, Missouri

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Obituary: Jefferson City News Tribune, Sunday, March 7, 1993

Willard Slawson, 82, Crocker, died Friday at the Dixon Oaks Health Centre, Dixon. He was born Sept. 26, 1910, at Iberia, a son of James and Laura Capehart Slawson. He was married July 19, 1961, at Iberia, to Bernice Dickerson Bond, Who died Aug 8, 1988.

He retired in 1970 from Fisher Auto Body in St. Louis after more than 45 years employment. He had lived in Crocker since 1970. He was a member of the Iberia First Baptist Church.

Survivors include: one son, Selwyn Slawson, Fall Brook, Calif.; two daughters, Joy Cantrell, Crocker and Ylynn Carr, Sun City, Calif.; two step-sons, Roger Bond and Bobby Lou Bond, both of Iberia; three sisters, Ruth Livingston, Iberia, Edith Blanner, Kirkwood, and Eska Lee Cole, Memphis, Tenn.; 14 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Stevinson-Mossman Funeral Home, Iberia, with the Rev. Haskell Orrick officiating. Burial will be in the Iberia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3-8 p.m. Tuesday. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Dixon Oaks Activity Fund, Dixon.

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Willard married Veta BISHOP [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Willard married Bernice T. DICKERSON on 29 Jul 1961. Bernice (daughter of Thomas Wesley DICKERSON and Anna May HILL) was born on 6 Jul 1910 in Missouri; died on 8 Aug 1988; was buried in Iberia Cemetery, Iberia, Miller Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living with mother in St. Louis, Missouri

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Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, June 1985

Edward H. Slawson, 72, of Iberia, died Sunday, June 2, 1985, at his home. HE was born Sept 15, 1912, near Iberia to James and Laura Capehart Slawson. On April 19, 1939, he was married in St. Louis to Leva Groff, who survives at the home.

Mr. Slawson retired in 1974 as a corrections officer for the state of Missouri. HE was a member of the Iberia Church of the Nazarene.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Kenneth E. Slawson of Congerville, Ill.; a daughter, Virginia Milbourn of Iberia; a brother, Willard Slawson of Crocker; three sisters, Ruth Livingston of Iberia, Edith Blanner of Kirkwood and Eska Lee Cole of Memphis, Tenn.; and four grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Iberia Church of the Nazarne with the Rev. John Bouldrey officiating. Burial was in the Iberia Cemetery under the direction of Stevinson-Mossman Funeral Home. The family suggests memorials be made to the church.
(from contributor Nancy Arnold Thompson)

Edward married Olivia GROFF in Apr 1938. Olivia was born on 2 Nov 1913 in Iberia, Miller Co., Missouri; died on 17 Nov 2001 in Carrollton, Dallas Co., Texas; was buried in Iberia Cemetery, Iberia, Miller Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living with mother in St. Louis, Missouri
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri

Katherine married James William Emory THOMAS on 25 Dec 1938 in Iberia, Missouri. James was born on 12 Jul 1915 in Eve, Vernon Co., Missouri; died on 3 Nov 1989 in Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri; was buried in Johnson County Chapel and Memorial Gardens, Overland Park, Johnson Co., Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Richwoods, Miller co., Missouri
• Census: 1930, Living with mother in St. Louis, Missouri
• Census: 1940, Living with sister, Eska Lee, in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri

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Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, October 2007

Edith Slawson Blanner, 87, of St. Louis died Oct. 12, 2007. She was born Dec. 24, 1919, in Iberia to James L. and Laura Capehart Slawson. On Jan. 10, 1940, she was married to Burton Blanner, who preceded her in death.

She is survived by a son and wife, Lawrence "Larry" and Judy Blanner; a grandson, Patrick Blanner; two great-grandchildren; a sister, Eska Lee Cole of Memphis, Tenn.; and nieces and nephews.

A memorial service was held Nov. 17 at the Community Christian Church where she was a longtime member and Sunday school teacher.

Memorials may be made to Heartland Hospice, 12101 Woodcrest, St. Louis, MO 63140 or Community Christian Church, 623 Meramec Station Road, ST. Louis, MO 63021.

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Edith married Burton W. BLANNER in Nov 1939 in Union, Missouri. Burton was born on 16 Nov 1918; died on 20 Jan 2002 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1930, Living with mother in St. Louis, Missouri
• Census: 1940, Living with sister, Edith, in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri

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Eska Lee Slawson Cole, 87, died on December 6, 2009. Eska Lee was born on July 30, 1922 in Iberia, Missouri, the daughter of the late James and Laura Slawson. She was the widow of the late William Quincy (Bill) Cole of Memphis, whom she married shortly after World War II in Webster Grove, Mo. She was predeceased by her four sisters, Edith Blanner, Catherine Thomas, Ruth Livingston, and Maude Duncan; and by her two brothers, Willard Slawson and Edward Slawson. She is survived by her nephews Lawrence Blanner, David Thomas, Ronnie Thomas, and her niece, Lee Lynn Keeth. She is also survived by her dear friend, Billie Jean Johnson, who cared for her in her final illness, and by a host of loving friends whom she touched and ministered to with prayer and inspiration. Eska Lee was a member of Lindenwood Christian Church, which she and Bill joined in 1953. At Lindenwood she was a member of Circle Two of the Christian Women's Fellowship and of the Christ Care Ministry Committee. She was also a member of the Harbor Town Bible Study Group. She was a member of the Azarean Circle of the Kings Daughters, an organization she supported for many years. Eska Lee had a keen interest in all aspects of gardening and, in particular, the cultivation of roses. She was a founding member and past President of the Green Thumb Garden Club. She was for several years a docent for Dixon Gallery & Gardens. Eska Lee was also interested in gourmet cooking and cuisine. To learn more about this, she completed a course of study at a school of French cooking in Dieppe, France. Eska Lee was an authority on fine china and silverware, and she was always happy to share her expertise with her many friends. In this connection, she operated The China Mater, a distributor of antique and pre-owned china. A graveside service will be held on Friday, December 11, at 11 a.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the charity of the donor's choice. Memorial Park Funeral Home (Published in The Commercial Appeal on December 9, 2009)

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Family/Spouse: William Quincy COLE. William was born on 10 May 1911; died on 5 Jan 1996; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]