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Emma Susan <I>Brassfield</I> Reynolds

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Emma Susan Brassfield Reynolds

Birth
Adair County, Missouri, USA
Death
11 May 1955 (aged 80)
Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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married, daughter of William Dennis Brassfield and Rachael Rorobaugh, wife of Bird Calvin
d. cert 14509
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EMMA CALVIN 80 YEARS OLD IS DEAD HERE.

Former Resident of Sperry Community; Funeral Sunday.

Mrs. Emma Calvin, 80, died at her home at 616 E. Hickory Wednesday evening.

Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Sunday afternoon 1:00, conducted by Rev. Archie Cooper. Interment will be in the Ft. Madison cemetery.

Mrs. Calvin was born in Adair County July 1, 1874, the daughter of William Dennis and Rachel Rorabaugh Brassfield. She was first married to Alfred Reynolds on Jan. 10, 1891, and to this marriage five children were born. Mr. Reynolds preceded her in death in 1925. She was married to Bird Calvin in 1944 in Kansas City.

She is survived by her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Lula James Kansas City, Mrs. Gertrude Stamper, Greentop, and Mrs. Bessie Wells of the home in Kirksville; one son, Stanley L. Reynolds, Columbia and two step-children, Mrs. Edna Mae Hicks and Herschel Calvin, both of St. Louis; one brother, Al Brassfield, Corvallis, Ore.; nine grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Roosevelt Reynolds; one brother and four sisters.
Mrs. Calvin formerly lived in the Sperry community, where she was an active member of the Baptist church, and was a well known music teacher, and after moving to Kirksville she taught music for a number of years.

Bearers will be Basil Reynolds, Dr. E. F. Walls, Richard Spence, Donald Stamper, Robert Hutchison, and J. W. Menaugh.
married, daughter of William Dennis Brassfield and Rachael Rorobaugh, wife of Bird Calvin
d. cert 14509
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EMMA CALVIN 80 YEARS OLD IS DEAD HERE.

Former Resident of Sperry Community; Funeral Sunday.

Mrs. Emma Calvin, 80, died at her home at 616 E. Hickory Wednesday evening.

Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Sunday afternoon 1:00, conducted by Rev. Archie Cooper. Interment will be in the Ft. Madison cemetery.

Mrs. Calvin was born in Adair County July 1, 1874, the daughter of William Dennis and Rachel Rorabaugh Brassfield. She was first married to Alfred Reynolds on Jan. 10, 1891, and to this marriage five children were born. Mr. Reynolds preceded her in death in 1925. She was married to Bird Calvin in 1944 in Kansas City.

She is survived by her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Lula James Kansas City, Mrs. Gertrude Stamper, Greentop, and Mrs. Bessie Wells of the home in Kirksville; one son, Stanley L. Reynolds, Columbia and two step-children, Mrs. Edna Mae Hicks and Herschel Calvin, both of St. Louis; one brother, Al Brassfield, Corvallis, Ore.; nine grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Roosevelt Reynolds; one brother and four sisters.
Mrs. Calvin formerly lived in the Sperry community, where she was an active member of the Baptist church, and was a well known music teacher, and after moving to Kirksville she taught music for a number of years.

Bearers will be Basil Reynolds, Dr. E. F. Walls, Richard Spence, Donald Stamper, Robert Hutchison, and J. W. Menaugh.


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  • Created by: NE MO
  • Added: Nov 13, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61551850/emma_susan-reynolds: accessed ), memorial page for Emma Susan Brassfield Reynolds (1 Jul 1874–11 May 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61551850, citing Fort Madison Cemetery, Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by NE MO (contributor 46863367).