The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-05-03
CHESTNUT RIDGE

| her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Har-
| relson, a few days last week, and was
accompanied from her home in St.
Louis by her nephew, Fred Laws, who
intends spending the suRmer here.
Fred has been living in Oklahoma
for the past ten years.
Owing to the rainy weather of last
Saturday the box supper at Valley
Forge school was put off until Fri
day night, May 3rd.
| Chestnut Ridge school closes Sat
urday, May 4th.
Mrs. Joel Hammers is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. John Wampler.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Grader spent
last Monday in Doe Run.
Tom Marks and Chris Simhns are
saving wood in the Pickle neighbor-
hood this week.
Mrs. Steve Knapp and daughter,
Miss Anna, of st. Louis attended the
burial of their brother and Uncle, Mr.. |
John Burner, on April 21st.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. H. Gorder, Eliza
beth and Nancy, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Holleran of st. Louis attended the
funeral of John Burner last Sunday, |
April 81. Mrs. Gorder was a niece of |
Mr.. Burner; Mr.. Hollcran, a boyhood
friend.
Those who attended Mr.. burners |
funeral from Flat River were: Mrs. |
John Maurer, Louis Warren, Henry
Thomson, Henry Schramm and sons,
Arban, and Chas. Schek.
Mrs. Maggie Mckenzie and son,
Roscoe, of lockwood spent last Mon
day with her cousin, Miss Mamie Nc
Elligott.
Mrs. Fred Best and son, Elmer, have
returned home from a weeks visit
with J. w. Hunt of St. Louis.
Mrs. Minnie Vance returned to her
home in Kansas last Monday, after a
weeks visit with relatives on Route g.
B. E. Marks is on the sick list this
week.
Miss Alva Beck of Doe Run is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Jake Grader.
A few of the members Of the Chest
\ nut Ridge church met last Saturday
to employ pastor, but as there We're
so few present they postponed the
election until the third Saturday in
May. So please remember and all
members be present on the date set.
Mrs. Mary Potter returned to her
home in Victor, Mo-, last Monday, at
ter four weeks visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. VIM. Feezor.
Earl and E. w. HARRISON, little sons
= of DR.. Elmer Harrison of Sikeston,
are visiting their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. c. J. HARRISON.
John Burner passed away at his
home three and one-half miles east CT
Pennington at 6 p. m. on Thursday,
April 10, 1918, after an illness Of ten
weeks, aged So years, l month and
10 days. The funeral services were
conducted at the home at p. m. Sun
day, April q, by Rev. j. M. Bailey;
interment in Calvary cemetery in
Pennington. He was the son of the
late Patrick and Ellen wiley Dur
ner, and was born and reared on the
| farm where he died, but at the age OF
| Is years he left the farm and went to
| firing on the railroad and later was
| promoted to engineer. He continued
| in this work until 1856, when ne hao
| a serious accident which robbed him
| of both his feet At first it was
| thought he could not recover. This
| accident occurred in Pine Bluff, Ark
| His mother then lived in DeSoto and
| as soon as he was able to leave the
| hospital he went to DeSoto to live
| with his mother. From there they
N moved TO St. Louis, where he LIVED
until 1894 when he and his mother
came back to the farm His mother
preceded him in death two and one.
half years. AS a son he was all de-
votion, never firing to wait upon his
mother-he lived to make her happy
And as brother and uncle he was the
same, always ready to do anything
to make things comfortable. Never
was any one more kind in their home
than was Johnnie Burner; and he was
honest and upright in all his dealings
with his fellowmen. AS friend anC
neighbor he was ready to accommo.
date, always happy to do something
for others, but did not want others tc
do for him. He was too good-hearted
May God bless him in the happy be-
4 yond, where all things are made right
A short time before his death he sale
he did not think death was what We
had always thought; it was not Sc
hard for those that went but harder
for those that were left. The day be
fore he died he told his niece thai
, Jesus had come for him. Indeed, ht
=, will be greatly missed by his rela
~ tives and his many friends and neigh
my bors. He leaves two sisters, Mrs
eat Knapp, of St. Louis, and Mrs. j. G
Marks, of Route 8; three nieces, Mrs
- D. H. Gorder and Miss Anna Knapp
of St. Louis, and Miss Mamie McElli
on gott, who lived on the farm with him
two nephews, James Burner, of Ros
ellie, Calf, and Andrew Knapp, of st
Louis; three great-nieces,l Elizabetl
ma and Nancy Gorder, of st. Louis, an,
to Beth Burner, of Roselle., Calf; on
lit, great-nephew, Bobbic Knapp, of 81
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