St. Clair County Obits

ANNIE HEDRICK DAWSON

Osceola Library files
Former Countian Buried Aug. 15
Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 15, at 2 p.m. at Vaughn-Aufranc chapel in Dearborn, Mo., for Mrs. J.L. Dawson, former St. Clair Countian, who died at her home in Dearborn Aug. 12, following a heart attack.
Pallbearers were her grandsons, Jimmy and Donald Burrow, Billy and Benton Dawson, Jim Hughes and George Adkins. Burial was made in Pleasant Ridge cemetery near Weston, Mo.
Annie Hedrick, daughter of William and Mary Kincaid Hedrick, was born Feb. 13, 1881, Sherburne, Bath County, Kentucky. Her marriage to J.L. Dawson occurred Dec. 6, 1899. Five children were born to the couple.
Mrs. Dawson at an early age united with Christian church at Roscoe, where the family lived for several years in the Mt. Olive community.
A daughter, Virginia Dare, died at the age of eight. Three brothers, Kirby, Oscar and Nick also preceded her in death.
Survivors are her children, Chas. R. Dawson, Dearborn, O.D. Dawson, El Dorado Springs, Espie Dawson, Harrisonville, and Pauline Burrows, Faucett; five sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Williamson and Mrs. Martha McGrew of Oklahoma, Mrs. Stella Bradley and Mrs. Ida Williams of Owingsville, Ky., and Mrs. Mable Spurlock, Greencastle, Ind., one brother, George Hedrick, Covington, Ky.
Among the out of town persons attending the services were a 93-year old sister, Elizabeth Williamson and daughter, Mattie of Woodward, Okla., Mrs. Martha McGrew and daughter, Erma, of Waukonus, Okla., Mrs. Mable Spurlock, Greencastle, Ind., a twin brother, George Hedrick and his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hawkins of Covington, Ky., a nephew, Fidella Hedrick, Kansas City, a cousin, Pressley Kincaid, Platte City, all 17 grandchildren, and three of her 21 great grandchildren.