Sunday, February 2, 2014

Sunday's Obituary: Emma C. Handy

Alton Evening Telegraph (Alton, Illinois)
November 24, 1908

DEATH OF OLD NURSE

Mrs. Emma C. Handy, a resident of Alton for thirty years and for many years a well known nurse, died this morning at 6:20 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. T. Jones, on Easton street.  She was a native of Virginia, being born in Prince William county in 1846.  Beside her daughter she leaves two grans-children, Cordelia and Connie Jones in Alton.  The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home and services will be conducted by Rev. Mason.


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