Horace was the second of five children born to Albert O. and Alice A. (Pankey) Boatright.
* Note: Although he and his wife have a monument in this cemetery, his newspaper obituary lists his burial place as Bankston Cemetery where they also have a monument.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, IL Feb. 14, 1955
Horace Boatright
Retired Teacher
And Farmer, Dies
Horace Boatright, 64, retired school teacher and farmer, died today at 8:45 a.m. at his residence in the Bankston community. Death followed a long illness.
He was the son of Albert and Alice Boatright and was born in Saline county. He married Imo Nolen in 1921 and they had made their home in Bankston for 34 years. Mr. Boatright was a member of the Bankston Fork church w
here he was a deacon and he had been a member of the Masonic lodge No. 686 of Galatia.
Besides his wife, he leaves one son, Jean, who lives in Chicago, and one grandson, Tommy, and three sister, Mrs. Howard (Mable) Russell, Los Angeles, Mrs. Tom (Opal) Hollingsworth, Vista, Calif., and Mrs. Purvis (Helen) Sparks, Vista, Calif.
The body is in care of Gaskins funeral home and arrangements are incomplete.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, IL Feb. 15, 1955
Boatright Rites
Wednesday 2 p.m.
Funeral services for Horace Boatright, retired teacher and farmer of Bankston community who died Monday, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Bankston Fork church. The Rev. Paul Dann will officiate, assisted by Rev. W. A. Travelstead. Masonic rites will be conducted by Lodge No. 686 of Galatia. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body is at the Gaskin funeral home where it will remain until time for the services.
* Note: Although he and his wife have a monument in this cemetery, his newspaper obituary lists his burial place as Bankston Cemetery where they also have a monument.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, IL Feb. 14, 1955
Horace Boatright
Retired Teacher
And Farmer, Dies
Horace Boatright, 64, retired school teacher and farmer, died today at 8:45 a.m. at his residence in the Bankston community. Death followed a long illness.
He was the son of Albert and Alice Boatright and was born in Saline county. He married Imo Nolen in 1921 and they had made their home in Bankston for 34 years. Mr. Boatright was a member of the Bankston Fork church w
here he was a deacon and he had been a member of the Masonic lodge No. 686 of Galatia.
Besides his wife, he leaves one son, Jean, who lives in Chicago, and one grandson, Tommy, and three sister, Mrs. Howard (Mable) Russell, Los Angeles, Mrs. Tom (Opal) Hollingsworth, Vista, Calif., and Mrs. Purvis (Helen) Sparks, Vista, Calif.
The body is in care of Gaskins funeral home and arrangements are incomplete.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, IL Feb. 15, 1955
Boatright Rites
Wednesday 2 p.m.
Funeral services for Horace Boatright, retired teacher and farmer of Bankston community who died Monday, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Bankston Fork church. The Rev. Paul Dann will officiate, assisted by Rev. W. A. Travelstead. Masonic rites will be conducted by Lodge No. 686 of Galatia. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body is at the Gaskin funeral home where it will remain until time for the services.
Horace was the second of five children born to Albert O. and Alice A. (Pankey) Boatright.
* Note: Although he and his wife have a monument in this cemetery, his newspaper obituary lists his burial place as Bankston Cemetery where they also have a monument.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, IL Feb. 14, 1955
Horace Boatright
Retired Teacher
And Farmer, Dies
Horace Boatright, 64, retired school teacher and farmer, died today at 8:45 a.m. at his residence in the Bankston community. Death followed a long illness.
He was the son of Albert and Alice Boatright and was born in Saline county. He married Imo Nolen in 1921 and they had made their home in Bankston for 34 years. Mr. Boatright was a member of the Bankston Fork church w
here he was a deacon and he had been a member of the Masonic lodge No. 686 of Galatia.
Besides his wife, he leaves one son, Jean, who lives in Chicago, and one grandson, Tommy, and three sister, Mrs. Howard (Mable) Russell, Los Angeles, Mrs. Tom (Opal) Hollingsworth, Vista, Calif., and Mrs. Purvis (Helen) Sparks, Vista, Calif.
The body is in care of Gaskins funeral home and arrangements are incomplete.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, IL Feb. 15, 1955
Boatright Rites
Wednesday 2 p.m.
Funeral services for Horace Boatright, retired teacher and farmer of Bankston community who died Monday, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Bankston Fork church. The Rev. Paul Dann will officiate, assisted by Rev. W. A. Travelstead. Masonic rites will be conducted by Lodge No. 686 of Galatia. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body is at the Gaskin funeral home where it will remain until time for the services.
* Note: Although he and his wife have a monument in this cemetery, his newspaper obituary lists his burial place as Bankston Cemetery where they also have a monument.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, IL Feb. 14, 1955
Horace Boatright
Retired Teacher
And Farmer, Dies
Horace Boatright, 64, retired school teacher and farmer, died today at 8:45 a.m. at his residence in the Bankston community. Death followed a long illness.
He was the son of Albert and Alice Boatright and was born in Saline county. He married Imo Nolen in 1921 and they had made their home in Bankston for 34 years. Mr. Boatright was a member of the Bankston Fork church w
here he was a deacon and he had been a member of the Masonic lodge No. 686 of Galatia.
Besides his wife, he leaves one son, Jean, who lives in Chicago, and one grandson, Tommy, and three sister, Mrs. Howard (Mable) Russell, Los Angeles, Mrs. Tom (Opal) Hollingsworth, Vista, Calif., and Mrs. Purvis (Helen) Sparks, Vista, Calif.
The body is in care of Gaskins funeral home and arrangements are incomplete.
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, IL Feb. 15, 1955
Boatright Rites
Wednesday 2 p.m.
Funeral services for Horace Boatright, retired teacher and farmer of Bankston community who died Monday, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Bankston Fork church. The Rev. Paul Dann will officiate, assisted by Rev. W. A. Travelstead. Masonic rites will be conducted by Lodge No. 686 of Galatia. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body is at the Gaskin funeral home where it will remain until time for the services.
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