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Nettie <I>Higgerson</I> Foncree

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Nettie Higgerson Foncree

Birth
Willisville, Perry County, Illinois, USA
Death
24 Mar 1975 (aged 75)
Chester, Randolph County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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From the Southern Illinoisan, March 24, 1975:

NETTIE H. FONCREE
Nettie H. Foncree, 75, of 2318 Alexander St., Murphysboro, formerly of Chester, died today at the Memorial Hospital in Chester.
She was born May 5, 1899, in Willisville to Joseph Wesley and Effie Ellen Slusher Higgerson.
She was married to Howard Bilderback, who preceded her in death. She later married W. A. Foncree, who also preceded her in death.
She was a member of the Pentecostal Church in Chester.
Survivors include a daughter, Helen Pate of Murphysboro; sons, Billy Bilderback of Ft. Valley Ga., and Keith Foncree in the U.S. Navy; brothers, Chester Higgerson of Murphysboro, Earl Higgerson of Lake Wood, Colo., and Joseph Higgerson of Dupo; sisters, Edith Worthen of Gernada Hills, Calif, Anna Lee Grosvenor, Emma Browder, and Dehlia Easton, all of Murphysboro; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel in Murphysboro.
Burial will be in Tower Grove Cemetery in Murphysboro.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. Toesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Cancer Fund.

By her first husband, Nettie had two children:

1) Billy Bilderback
2) Helen Bilderback

By her second husband, she had one child:

3) Keith Foncree
From the Southern Illinoisan, March 24, 1975:

NETTIE H. FONCREE
Nettie H. Foncree, 75, of 2318 Alexander St., Murphysboro, formerly of Chester, died today at the Memorial Hospital in Chester.
She was born May 5, 1899, in Willisville to Joseph Wesley and Effie Ellen Slusher Higgerson.
She was married to Howard Bilderback, who preceded her in death. She later married W. A. Foncree, who also preceded her in death.
She was a member of the Pentecostal Church in Chester.
Survivors include a daughter, Helen Pate of Murphysboro; sons, Billy Bilderback of Ft. Valley Ga., and Keith Foncree in the U.S. Navy; brothers, Chester Higgerson of Murphysboro, Earl Higgerson of Lake Wood, Colo., and Joseph Higgerson of Dupo; sisters, Edith Worthen of Gernada Hills, Calif, Anna Lee Grosvenor, Emma Browder, and Dehlia Easton, all of Murphysboro; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel in Murphysboro.
Burial will be in Tower Grove Cemetery in Murphysboro.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. Toesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Cancer Fund.

By her first husband, Nettie had two children:

1) Billy Bilderback
2) Helen Bilderback

By her second husband, she had one child:

3) Keith Foncree

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