'History of Butler County' by Robert Forister, page 140:
Sweetie Aylor
Another veteran teacher of nearly fifty years, Mrs. Sweetie Aylor, told of graduating from the 8th grade at age 14 and getting a job teaching Lower Baskey School with the aid of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William N. Pace, both teachers. Mr. Pace was later elected county superintendent of schools.
Sweetie walked to the school some two to three miles from her home. That year in 1913 the school had 47 pupils in grades one through eight. One of her pupils was Eva Murphy, age 20, who did the janitor work.
After one week Sweetie came home and said she was never never going back.
However, her father counseled her and helped her learn some techniques and she did go back and had no more trouble. Sweetie Aylor died in 1963.
'The Daily American Republic' newspaper, Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO, Mon. July 29, 1963; page 10:
Mrs. Aylor Dies, Funeral Wednesday
Mrs. Sweetie Pace Aylor, well-known local woman, died at Doctors Hospital at 3: 50 this morning after a lingering illness. She was born in the Agee community of Butler County January 12, 1899, her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Pace, being county school teachers.
She attended school in Butler County and graduated from the Southeast Missouri Teachers College. She taught for over 30 years in the rural schools and later in the Poplar Bluff school system.
She was a member of the First Christian Church and a member of the Mizpah Sunday School class of the church.
She leaves five children, Mrs. Ila Witte, Eldon Aylor, and Elwood Aylor of Poplar Bluff, Mrs. Maurine Killian of St. Louis and Mrs. Shirley Lane of Sikeston; 13 grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. B. C. Worley and Mrs. Leta Adamson of Poplar Bluff and Mrs. Mazie Carrol of Washington.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 at Frank-Cotrell Chapel, with Dr. C. E. A. McKim officiating and the Rev. Charles Carr of Morehouse assisting. Burial will be in Marble Hill cemetery. Visiting hours will be at Frank-Cotrell tonight from 7 to 9.
(Note: Sweetie was NOT buried at Marble Hill Cemetery. She was buried at the City Cemetery in the 'Sunny Slope' section; lot 3, grave 8, block C.)
Sweetie Aylor
Another veteran teacher of nearly fifty years, Mrs. Sweetie Aylor, told of graduating from the 8th grade at age 14 and getting a job teaching Lower Baskey School with the aid of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William N. Pace, both teachers. Mr. Pace was later elected county superintendent of schools.
Sweetie walked to the school some two to three miles from her home. That year in 1913 the school had 47 pupils in grades one through eight. One of her pupils was Eva Murphy, age 20, who did the janitor work.
After one week Sweetie came home and said she was never never going back.
However, her father counseled her and helped her learn some techniques and she did go back and had no more trouble. Sweetie Aylor died in 1963.
'The Daily American Republic' newspaper, Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO, Mon. July 29, 1963; page 10:
Mrs. Aylor Dies, Funeral Wednesday
Mrs. Sweetie Pace Aylor, well-known local woman, died at Doctors Hospital at 3: 50 this morning after a lingering illness. She was born in the Agee community of Butler County January 12, 1899, her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Pace, being county school teachers.
She attended school in Butler County and graduated from the Southeast Missouri Teachers College. She taught for over 30 years in the rural schools and later in the Poplar Bluff school system.
She was a member of the First Christian Church and a member of the Mizpah Sunday School class of the church.
She leaves five children, Mrs. Ila Witte, Eldon Aylor, and Elwood Aylor of Poplar Bluff, Mrs. Maurine Killian of St. Louis and Mrs. Shirley Lane of Sikeston; 13 grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. B. C. Worley and Mrs. Leta Adamson of Poplar Bluff and Mrs. Mazie Carrol of Washington.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 at Frank-Cotrell Chapel, with Dr. C. E. A. McKim officiating and the Rev. Charles Carr of Morehouse assisting. Burial will be in Marble Hill cemetery. Visiting hours will be at Frank-Cotrell tonight from 7 to 9.
(Note: Sweetie was NOT buried at Marble Hill Cemetery. She was buried at the City Cemetery in the 'Sunny Slope' section; lot 3, grave 8, block C.)
'History of Butler County' by Robert Forister, page 140:
Sweetie Aylor
Another veteran teacher of nearly fifty years, Mrs. Sweetie Aylor, told of graduating from the 8th grade at age 14 and getting a job teaching Lower Baskey School with the aid of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William N. Pace, both teachers. Mr. Pace was later elected county superintendent of schools.
Sweetie walked to the school some two to three miles from her home. That year in 1913 the school had 47 pupils in grades one through eight. One of her pupils was Eva Murphy, age 20, who did the janitor work.
After one week Sweetie came home and said she was never never going back.
However, her father counseled her and helped her learn some techniques and she did go back and had no more trouble. Sweetie Aylor died in 1963.
'The Daily American Republic' newspaper, Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO, Mon. July 29, 1963; page 10:
Mrs. Aylor Dies, Funeral Wednesday
Mrs. Sweetie Pace Aylor, well-known local woman, died at Doctors Hospital at 3: 50 this morning after a lingering illness. She was born in the Agee community of Butler County January 12, 1899, her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Pace, being county school teachers.
She attended school in Butler County and graduated from the Southeast Missouri Teachers College. She taught for over 30 years in the rural schools and later in the Poplar Bluff school system.
She was a member of the First Christian Church and a member of the Mizpah Sunday School class of the church.
She leaves five children, Mrs. Ila Witte, Eldon Aylor, and Elwood Aylor of Poplar Bluff, Mrs. Maurine Killian of St. Louis and Mrs. Shirley Lane of Sikeston; 13 grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. B. C. Worley and Mrs. Leta Adamson of Poplar Bluff and Mrs. Mazie Carrol of Washington.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 at Frank-Cotrell Chapel, with Dr. C. E. A. McKim officiating and the Rev. Charles Carr of Morehouse assisting. Burial will be in Marble Hill cemetery. Visiting hours will be at Frank-Cotrell tonight from 7 to 9.
(Note: Sweetie was NOT buried at Marble Hill Cemetery. She was buried at the City Cemetery in the 'Sunny Slope' section; lot 3, grave 8, block C.)
Sweetie Aylor
Another veteran teacher of nearly fifty years, Mrs. Sweetie Aylor, told of graduating from the 8th grade at age 14 and getting a job teaching Lower Baskey School with the aid of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William N. Pace, both teachers. Mr. Pace was later elected county superintendent of schools.
Sweetie walked to the school some two to three miles from her home. That year in 1913 the school had 47 pupils in grades one through eight. One of her pupils was Eva Murphy, age 20, who did the janitor work.
After one week Sweetie came home and said she was never never going back.
However, her father counseled her and helped her learn some techniques and she did go back and had no more trouble. Sweetie Aylor died in 1963.
'The Daily American Republic' newspaper, Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO, Mon. July 29, 1963; page 10:
Mrs. Aylor Dies, Funeral Wednesday
Mrs. Sweetie Pace Aylor, well-known local woman, died at Doctors Hospital at 3: 50 this morning after a lingering illness. She was born in the Agee community of Butler County January 12, 1899, her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Pace, being county school teachers.
She attended school in Butler County and graduated from the Southeast Missouri Teachers College. She taught for over 30 years in the rural schools and later in the Poplar Bluff school system.
She was a member of the First Christian Church and a member of the Mizpah Sunday School class of the church.
She leaves five children, Mrs. Ila Witte, Eldon Aylor, and Elwood Aylor of Poplar Bluff, Mrs. Maurine Killian of St. Louis and Mrs. Shirley Lane of Sikeston; 13 grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. B. C. Worley and Mrs. Leta Adamson of Poplar Bluff and Mrs. Mazie Carrol of Washington.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 at Frank-Cotrell Chapel, with Dr. C. E. A. McKim officiating and the Rev. Charles Carr of Morehouse assisting. Burial will be in Marble Hill cemetery. Visiting hours will be at Frank-Cotrell tonight from 7 to 9.
(Note: Sweetie was NOT buried at Marble Hill Cemetery. She was buried at the City Cemetery in the 'Sunny Slope' section; lot 3, grave 8, block C.)
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