The Shelbyville Republican
Thursday, October 5, 1944
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MRS. MILNES, 86,
DIES AT DAUGHTER'S
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Mother of County Resident
is Dead
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Mrs. Elizabeth C.
Milnes, age 86, resident of Edinburg, died Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. at the home
of a daughter, Mrs. Mary Stillabower, near Wilson Corner.
She was born in
Bartholomew county on August 22, 1858, the daughter of Samuel and
Martha Anderson Coy. She was married to William T. Milnes
early in life. The husband the three of six children born to the union
preceded her in death.
Mrs. Milnes was a member
of the New Bethel Christian Church and an associate member of the Edinburg
Methodist Church, where funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. with
Rev. Ray Bozell officiating. Burial will be made in Rest Haven cemetery at
Edinburg.
Surviving with the
daughter at whose home she died are two sons, Alvin L. Milnes, of
near Norristown, and Roy E. Milnes, of near Edinburg; two
sisters, Mrs. Mary Coffman, of Edinburg, and Mrs. Ardella
Edwards, of Clifford; one brother, R. A. Coy, of Edinburg; 11
grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at the
late home on south Main St. in Edinburg.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
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