| A Tribute published in the pages of Springfield Leader and Press July 24, 1959 |
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| Doctor M. Boone Hannah B. Boone |
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| A double funeral service was held yestrday for an elderly married couple who died within a few hours of each other Tuesday at their farm home on Route 1, Willow Springs. Services were conducted by the Rev. Charles Owens in Blue Buck Full Gospel Church for Doctor Mulkey Boone, 83, and his wife, Hannah Belle, 77. Mrs. Boone died just a few hours after her husband was found dead in their home. Burial was in Flat Rock Cemetery with Burns of Willow Springs in charge. Mr. Boone, a retired farmer, was born in Kentucky. His wife was born in Tennessee. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Deloris Collins, Willow Springs, Mrs. Nancy Poteet, Warrenton, Mrs. Ethel Collins, Crocker, and Mrs. Cuba Renfro, Drumwright, Okla.; 27 grandchildren and 48 great grandchildren. |
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