Elta Leona WOODS

1893 - 1992  (99 years)

• Name	Elta Leona WOODS
  Birth	5 Jun 1893	Brashear, Adair, Missouri, United States   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	KH1C-XBJ
  Death	3 Nov 1992	Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States   [3]
  Burial	6 Nov 1992	I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Hurdland, Knox, Missouri, United States   [3]
  Notes	At the time of her death she was living with her daughter Virginia in Her funeral was held in Kirksville, Adair, MO. Debate over middle name at the time of her death: Leona or Leon? Jo Epperson's research indicates that Elta went by Leon although legal documents may insist otherwise.
  Person ID	I953	Main
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2008

  
  

  Father	Chester WOODS,   b. 5 Sep 1857, Greenville, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States d. 2 Sep 1932, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Margaret Priscilla SLEETH,   b. 5 Jan 1862, , Knox, Missouri, United States d. 29 Jun 1930, Brashear, Adair, Missouri, United States (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	22 Nov 1882	La Belle, Lewis, Missouri
  Documents		Marriage License
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harry Leonard EPPERSON,   b. 12 Jul 1893, Hurdland, Knox, Missouri, United States d. 3 Jan 1976, Hurdland, Knox, Missouri (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1918	Macon, Missouri, United States   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Children	1. James Money EPPERSON,   b. 14 Nov 1919, Hurdland, Knox, Missouri d. 28 Oct 2001, Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States (Age 81 years)   2. LIVING   3. Miriam Ida EPPERSON,   b. 6 Dec 1924, Hurdland, Knox, Missouri d. 30 May 1983, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F474	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2024

  
  

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  [S5] Money, Harold S., James Money, Kentucky pioneer : descendants and related families, the money tree, (Lexington, Ky. : H.S. Money, 1983), p207, JSMB US/CAN Book 929.273 M746m. [S4] United States. Bureau of the Census. 14th census, 1920, Census: 1920 US Federal, Missouri, (Washington [District of Columbia] : The National Archives, [193-?]), Vol 32, ED 51, Sheet 4, Line 96, FHJS US/CAN Census Area 1820902 - 1820966. Line 96: Epperson, Leonard, male, white, 26 yrs, married, can read and write, b MO. Father and mother born in MO. Occupation: general farmer, farm schedule 90. Epperson, Elta, female, white, 26 yrs, married, can read and write, b MO. Father born in PA, mother born in MO. Epperson, James, male, white, single, 1/6 yrs, b MO Shelton Township [S15] Obituary, Elta L. Epperson, (unknown newspaper, 11 Nov 1992). Elta L. Epperson, 99, of Kansas City, formerly of Hurdland, died Tuesday, November 3, 1992, in the Carondelet Manor in Kansas City. Services were held at 1 p.m. Friday, November 6, 1992, in the Hudson-Rimer Park View Chapel in Kirksville. The Rev. Stan EAst officiated the services. Burial was in the IOOF Cemetery at Hurdland. Music was provided by the Mt. Tabor Primitive Baptist Church. She was born on June 5, 1893, in the Gibbs area, the daughter of Chester and Margaret Sleeth Woods. On December 17, 1918, she married Harry Leonard Epperson and he preceded her in death on January 3, 1976. Also preceding her in death were her parents; one daughter, Miriam Ida Golden; two sisters, Edna Vandiver and Mae Thomas; one brother, Wylie Woods, and one great-grandson, Jay Patrick Collins. Elta is survived by one son, James M. Epperson and his wife Josephine of Aurora; one daughter, Virginia L. Campbell of Kansas City; seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Elta grew up on a farm east of Gibbs and attended Gopher Hill School and the Kirksville State Teachers College. She was a housewife and homemaker and had spent most all of her life in the Hurdland community where she and her husband were engaged in farming. Elta was a member of teh Rebacca Lodge and Priscilla Club of Hurdland and the Order of the Eastern Star Matilda Chapter #41 of Edina. She attended the Mt. Tabor Primitive Baptist Church and in later years the First Christian Church in Kirksville. Pallbearers were Alvin Henderson, Earl Spencer, Jim Gonnerman, John Gonnerman, Joe Muir and Robert Poore. [S9] unknown, John Epperson (Father of Barnett Epperson). [S8] Bible of J.M.Epperson. [S30] Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Epperson, (unknown newspaper, 12 Dec 1968). Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Epperson will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at their home in Hurdland Sunday afternoon, Dec. 22, 198, with open house from 2 to 5 o'clcok. Friends and relatives are invited to call. The request no gifts. On Dec. 17, 1918, Mr. Epperson and the former Elta Woods of Gibbs were united in marriae by Elder G.E. Edwards at his home in Macon. They lived on the family farm south of Hurdland until 1934 when they moved to Hurdland where Mr. Epperson served as postmaster until his retirement five years ago. The Epperson's son, James M. Epperson, of Farmington and daughters, Mrs. Virginia Campbell of Indianapolis, Ind., and Miriam, Mrs. George J. Golden, of Kirksville, are helping with plans for the celebration. Their families, which include seven grand-children and two great-grandchildren, will also be present on the occasion honoring their 50th anniversary. [S11] Obituary, Harry Leonard Epperson, (unknown newspaper, 7 Jan 1976). Harry Leonard Epperson, 82, lifelong resident of the Hurdland community and a retired postmaster of there, died at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Jan. 3, 1976, at the Manor Care Center in Kirksville where he had been since Nov. 11, 1975. Funeral services were at 1:30 o'clcok Tuesday afternoon at the Hudson-Rimer Funeral Chapel in Edina with Elder Clyde O. Johnson of Green Castle officiating. Burila was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery at Hurdland. Hurdland Lodge No.396 I.O.O.F. conducted services Monday evening at the Chapel. He is survived by his wife, a son, James Money Epperson, of Kirksville, two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Campbell of Kansas City and Mrs. Miriam Golden of Kirksville, seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Tobey and Mrs. Amma Botts, both of Kirksville. Mr. Eppreson was born July 12, 1893, at Hurdland, a son of James Money and Mary Ellen Hill Epperson, and was married Dec. 17, 1918, to Elta Woods. He was a member of the Mt. Tabor Primitive Baptist Church, the above mentioned lodge, and the REbekah Lodge No. 119, also of Hurdland. Mr. Epperson served as postmaster of Hurdland for 29 years, had served anumber of years as clerk of the Town Board, clerk of Hurdland School Board and was active in all community affairs. He had also farmed in Knox County. He was preceded in death by his parents, a great-grandson, three brothers, John O. Epperson, G. Roy Epperson and Walter H. Epperson, and a sister in infancy.