Funeral services were held Sept 14 for Homer Mayberry, 92, a long time Mills County resident who died in a local nursing home Sept 11.
Mayberry was born in Mills County on March 8, 1887 and received his early education in a rural county school. For several years he was a rural mail carrier out of Malvern and for some time he was street car conductor in Omaha. His primary occupation was farming. In 1960, he married the former Daisy Johnson. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Silver City Methodist Church. At the recent Silver City centennial, Mayberry was honored as the community's oldest citizen.
Immediate survivors include his wife, Daisy, a son Bill Mayberry of Chandler, Oklahoma, a daughter Alma Heiserman of Eustace, Tex.; step-daughtrs Barbara Smith of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Rua Haddock of Arvada, Colo., Joann Evans of Anaheim, Ca., Carol Everle of Scranton, Ia., and Susanna O'Brien of Alvin, Tex.
T he Rev. Robert Hamilton conducted the memorial services. Pallbearers were: Rex Burgoin, Jim Boyer, Robert Saterlee, Forrest Johnson, Harold Strand, and Harold Skerritt.
Burial was in the Malvern Cemetery.
Opinion-Tribune - September 19, 1979, p. 9
Funeral services were held Sept 14 for Homer Mayberry, 92, a long time Mills County resident who died in a local nursing home Sept 11.
Mayberry was born in Mills County on March 8, 1887 and received his early education in a rural county school. For several years he was a rural mail carrier out of Malvern and for some time he was street car conductor in Omaha. His primary occupation was farming. In 1960, he married the former Daisy Johnson. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Silver City Methodist Church. At the recent Silver City centennial, Mayberry was honored as the community's oldest citizen.
Immediate survivors include his wife, Daisy, a son Bill Mayberry of Chandler, Oklahoma, a daughter Alma Heiserman of Eustace, Tex.; step-daughtrs Barbara Smith of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Rua Haddock of Arvada, Colo., Joann Evans of Anaheim, Ca., Carol Everle of Scranton, Ia., and Susanna O'Brien of Alvin, Tex.
T he Rev. Robert Hamilton conducted the memorial services. Pallbearers were: Rex Burgoin, Jim Boyer, Robert Saterlee, Forrest Johnson, Harold Strand, and Harold Skerritt.
Burial was in the Malvern Cemetery.
Opinion-Tribune - September 19, 1979, p. 9
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