Mrs. Jessie Gardner, 70, died at her home on S. Twentieth St. last night after an illness of about one week.
She was born in Kansas City, Mo., on March 13, 1878, one of three children born to John Curtis and "Jennie" Pitt Blevins. Jessie Blevins and Reynold Gardner were married on Dec. 24, 1901. He preceded her in death.
Mrs. Gardner taught school before her marriage. Later she became recorder of the Royal Neighbors of America for several years.
She was a member of the Royal Neighbors of America, the Murphysboro Woman's Club, the King's Daughters, the Jackson County Home Bureau, and the First Christian Church.
Survivors include six children, Leo and Willard of Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. Lelia Ford of Alma, Ill., Mrs. Helen Carruthers of Murphysboro, Robert of Alexandria, Va:, and Alice of Chicago, 11 grandchildren and two brothers, Emile Elevens of Caldwell, Idaho, and Leo Elevens of Wilmer, Calif.
The body will remain at the Crawshaw Funeral Home until noon Sunday when it will be removed to the First Christian church where services will be held at 2 p. m., the Rev. A. J. Collins, officiating. The casket will not be opened after the services.
Both she and Reynold were active in the First Christian Church of Murphysboro.
She was born in Kansas City, Mo., on March 13, 1878, one of three children born to John Curtis and "Jennie" Pitt Blevins. Jessie Blevins and Reynold Gardner were married on Dec. 24, 1901. He preceded her in death.
Mrs. Gardner taught school before her marriage. Later she became recorder of the Royal Neighbors of America for several years.
She was a member of the Royal Neighbors of America, the Murphysboro Woman's Club, the King's Daughters, the Jackson County Home Bureau, and the First Christian Church.
Survivors include six children, Leo and Willard of Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. Lelia Ford of Alma, Ill., Mrs. Helen Carruthers of Murphysboro, Robert of Alexandria, Va:, and Alice of Chicago, 11 grandchildren and two brothers, Emile Elevens of Caldwell, Idaho, and Leo Elevens of Wilmer, Calif.
The body will remain at the Crawshaw Funeral Home until noon Sunday when it will be removed to the First Christian church where services will be held at 2 p. m., the Rev. A. J. Collins, officiating. The casket will not be opened after the services.
Both she and Reynold were active in the First Christian Church of Murphysboro.
Mrs. Jessie Gardner, 70, died at her home on S. Twentieth St. last night after an illness of about one week.
She was born in Kansas City, Mo., on March 13, 1878, one of three children born to John Curtis and "Jennie" Pitt Blevins. Jessie Blevins and Reynold Gardner were married on Dec. 24, 1901. He preceded her in death.
Mrs. Gardner taught school before her marriage. Later she became recorder of the Royal Neighbors of America for several years.
She was a member of the Royal Neighbors of America, the Murphysboro Woman's Club, the King's Daughters, the Jackson County Home Bureau, and the First Christian Church.
Survivors include six children, Leo and Willard of Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. Lelia Ford of Alma, Ill., Mrs. Helen Carruthers of Murphysboro, Robert of Alexandria, Va:, and Alice of Chicago, 11 grandchildren and two brothers, Emile Elevens of Caldwell, Idaho, and Leo Elevens of Wilmer, Calif.
The body will remain at the Crawshaw Funeral Home until noon Sunday when it will be removed to the First Christian church where services will be held at 2 p. m., the Rev. A. J. Collins, officiating. The casket will not be opened after the services.
Both she and Reynold were active in the First Christian Church of Murphysboro.
She was born in Kansas City, Mo., on March 13, 1878, one of three children born to John Curtis and "Jennie" Pitt Blevins. Jessie Blevins and Reynold Gardner were married on Dec. 24, 1901. He preceded her in death.
Mrs. Gardner taught school before her marriage. Later she became recorder of the Royal Neighbors of America for several years.
She was a member of the Royal Neighbors of America, the Murphysboro Woman's Club, the King's Daughters, the Jackson County Home Bureau, and the First Christian Church.
Survivors include six children, Leo and Willard of Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. Lelia Ford of Alma, Ill., Mrs. Helen Carruthers of Murphysboro, Robert of Alexandria, Va:, and Alice of Chicago, 11 grandchildren and two brothers, Emile Elevens of Caldwell, Idaho, and Leo Elevens of Wilmer, Calif.
The body will remain at the Crawshaw Funeral Home until noon Sunday when it will be removed to the First Christian church where services will be held at 2 p. m., the Rev. A. J. Collins, officiating. The casket will not be opened after the services.
Both she and Reynold were active in the First Christian Church of Murphysboro.
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