St. Clair County Obits

JOHN WILLIAM VICKERS
 
John W. Vickers Dead - Funeral services for the late John W. Vickers of Kansas City were held Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Bethlehem Baptist Church by Rev. and Mrs. M. W. Barcafer. The former delivered the sermon and Mrs. Barcafer read the obituary. Interment was in the Bethlehem cemetery beside his wife and numerous kinsmen. A large crowd of friends and former neighbors were present to pay their last respects to their esteemed friend, several from Kansas City and Lowry City being present besides Henry Countians. Mr. Vickers died Thursday, August 27, after several weeks illness. Death was due to a stroke of apoplexy. John W. Vickers was born 85 years ago this September in Illinois and come to Henry County as a lad of three with his parents, Absalom and Elizabeth Vickers. He lived on a farm in the Bethlehem neighborhood many years. While residing on this farm, he possessed a team of fine mares, Morgan and Quincy, in which he took a great pride and was loathe to give up when he left the farm. He was a splendid horseman himself and understood and appreciated fine animals. Several years ago Mr. Vickers moved to Kansas City, then to Liberty and finally to Lowry City to be near two sons, now dead. He lost his wife, Mrs. Emma Vickers, daughter of Josiah Woods and wife, while at Lowry, and after that he went to Kansas City, where he lived 15 years. He made his home with Oscar Vickers, the only remaining child of four given him and his wife, who gave his father tender, devoted care in his declining years. Mr. Vickers had four sisters, Mesdames P. S. Jennings, John L. Wood and R. A. Levy, all of whom preceded him in death, and Mrs. Nettie V. Baker, now in Casper, Wyo., who is in her 88th year. Mr. Vickers was an uncle of Dr. W. T. Jennings and Mrs. M. W. Barcafer of Clinton.