The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-27
DEATH OF GRANDMA FEA
Passed Away at the Age o
Ninety-Four.
Funeral Services Held Sunday.

At the home of her daughter, Mrs. r.
P. Scott, in this city, on Thursday, May
20, occurred the death of Mrs. Ann Fea.
On the Friday evening preceding Mrs.
Fea was stricken with paralysis, from
manned unconscious until death came.
For the past six months she had been
gradually failing in health, but her
mind remained active and bright de-
spite her nearly "a years.
Ann Liddle was born at Falkirk, Scot
land, June 25, 1915, and her youth was
spent at that place. When 20 years of
age she was married to Thos. Brown
Fea. They emigrated to this country in
1853, landing in New Orleans. The yell
low fever scourge visiting that city
shortly after their arrival, they made
their way to st. LOUIS, where Mr.. Fea
engaged in the hardware business. In
1859 they moved to Washington county,
Missouri, where in 1870 her beloved hus
band was removed by death, being in
stantly killed by boiler explosion in a
sawmill he was operating.
Since the death of her husband Mrs
Fea has made her home with her child
rem. She first came to this state in 1898
with her daughter, Mrs. Scott, arriving
here about the time the Great Northern
Railway was being built, and when
there were but few residents in this Sec
ton. After remaining here four years
she went back to Missouri to remain
with her other children for time, again
returning to Newport in 1901 and has
since made her home with Mrs. Scott.
Mrs. Fea was the mother of IL child
rem, 4 daughters and sons. OF these
there are living three daughters and two
sons. The daughters are Mrs. Kate
Turnbull and Mrs. Scott. OF Newport
and Mrs. d. Kelly, of Moberly, Mis-
souri,. One son, Nixon, lives at Hamp-
ton, Ark, and another, Joseph, at kel-
logg, Idaho. Mrs. D. Kelly has been in
Newport the past six months assisting
in caring for her mother. The two sons
arrived too late to be present at the
funeral services. There are also living
% grandchildren, 90 grandchildren
and 3 great-great-grandchi
Funeral services were held at the
home of Mrs. Scott at 2 y. ~. sunday,
May %. Many friends and nejghbors
came to pay their last respects to the
memory of a good mother and kind
friend, and floral offerings IN profession
bore their message u love and sym
pathy. Mrs. Fea gas believer of the
Church OF Christ and IN her declining
years found much comfort IN that faith
The services were conducted by Reader
File, of the Church u Christ, OF Spo-
kane, and several members 81 the con-
gregatlon were also present. Six grand
sons, William, Chiffon and Grant Turn
bull and Thomas, Joseph and James
Fea, served a. palIbearefs. Interment
was in the /. .. y. +. cemetery.
GRANDMA Fea, as she was called by all
who knew her, enjoyed a wide acguain-
lance among the early residents of this
section, and was always pleased to greet
her friends. Love OF family and friends
were the strong characteristics of hel
nature. and even in her advanced age
she was comfort and help in the home
circle, her passing leaving a vacancy
which will be sadly felt. Her unfailins
cheerfulness and love of companionshit
brought to her many visitors, who loved
to hear the old lady relate with quaint
Scotch ways and savings incidents Of
her youth in bonny Scotland. Her mind