In Memoriam - May 11th

1695 Mary Loomis age 35 the daughter of Thomas & Hannah Fox.  She was born in 1660. 

1925 Theodore Ellis son of John Ellis died in Girard, IL.  Born in Greenville, IL in 1837 he married Nancy Gurley in 1885.  They had three children: Jesse, Grace and Florence.  Theodore is buried in Girard Cemetery in Girard, IL.

2003 Blanche (Hendershot) Duckworth O’Neal  Savage, 92, of Enfield died early Sunday morning, May 11, 2003 at the White County Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Elledge Funeral Home in Enfield with burial in Enfield Cemetery.  Visitation is from 5-8 p.m on Tuesday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Savage was born April 18, 1911 in White County, the daughter of Dayton and Rose Earhart Hendershott.  She married John Anderson Duckworth and Rev. James C. Savage and they both preceded her in death.

Survivors include two daughters, Mary Church of Chicago Heights, and Sue (Gus) Duvall of Enfield; two sons, Robert Doyle (Nina) Duckworth of Maunie and Billy Dean (Diana) Duckworth of Ridgway; one sister, Francis Gwaltney of Carmi; ten grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by an infant son, two brothers and one sister.