Shelby  County  Indiana
Obituaries

Yarber


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The  Shelbyville  Republican
Thursday, November 7, 1929
Page 1 column 7
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DEATH  OCCURS  AT  SON'S  HOME
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William T. Yarber, Age 85 Years, Died
At 3 O'Clock This Morning
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FUNERAL  AT  LOCAL  CHURCH
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          William Thomas Yarber, aged resident, died at the home of his son,  George  Yarber,  726 Indiana Avenue, at three o'clock this morning at the age of 85 years. A complication of diseases incident to his advanced age was the cause of death. Mr. Yarber was born in Tennessee, January 7, 1844, and was the son of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moses Yarber.  He came to Shelby county when a boy and had since resided in the city and county. His wife,  Mrs.  Mary  Jane  Yarber, died in March 1926. Besides the son at whose home his death occurred, he leaves three other sons and two daughters. They are  John  Yarber,  of Marion, Ind.,  Bert  and  Curtis  Yarber, and  Mrs.  Walter  Jackson,  of this city; and  Mrs.  John  Thurston,  south of Shelbyville.  Twenty-one grandchildren and one sister,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Thompson,  of the Blue Ridge road, also survive. The deceased was a member of the Vine Street Methodist Protestant church. Funeral services will be held at two o'clock with the Rev. F.E. Crider officiating. Burial will be in the City cemetery in charge of Charles M. Ewing.
Submitted by Barb Huff.


The  Shelbyville  Republican
Thursday, March 4, 1926
Page 2 column 1
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PNEUMONIA  IS  CAUSE  OF  DEATH
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Mrs. Mary Jane Yarber, Wife of
William Yarber, Died Early Today
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FUNERAL  SERVICE  SUNDAY
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          Mrs.  Mary  Jane  Yarber,  wife of  William  Yarber,  died at her home, 801 Colescott street, this city, at five-fifteen o'clock this morning.  She was seventy-seven years and twenty-three days of age.  Her death was caused from pneumonia. Mrs. Yarber was born in Kentucky, February 9, 1849 and was the daughter of  Mr. and  Mrs.  John  VanLue.  On January 16, 1864 she was united in marriage to Mr. Yarber and to this union ten children were born, six of whom survive.  They are  John,  of Marion, Ind.;  George,  of Acton;  Albert  and  Curtis,  of this city;  Mrs.  John  Thurston  and  Mrs.  Walter  Jackson,  of Shelbyville.  Also one brother, George  W.  VanLue  of this city and a sister,  Mrs.  Alonzo  Bright,  of Albuquerque, New Mexico; twenty grandchildren and nine great grandchildren also survive.  She was a member of the Vine street M. P. church and the Pocahontas lodge of this city.  Funeral services will be conducted at the Vine street M.P. church Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, the Rev. A. W. Conn, former pastor of the church, officiating.  Interment in City cemetery, Charles M. Ewing in charge.
Submitted by Barb Huff.

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