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Anna Lee <I>Spragg</I> Shannon

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Anna Lee Spragg Shannon

Birth
Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
10 Jan 1959 (aged 81)
Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Morgan Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Thomas Shannon obituary, The Washington Observer, Washington (Washington County), Pennsylvania, 12 January, 1959

Mrs. Anna Spragg Shannon, 81, died in the Greene County Memorial Hospital, at 8:10 p.m. Saturday, January 10, 1959, after a long illness.

Mrs. Shannon was born August 16, 1877, in Greene County, a daughter of Inghram and Sarah Lough Spragg.

She was the widow of Attorney Thomas Shannon, who died in 1938. She spent most of her life in the Waynesburg community, with the exception of a few years spent in Canton, O. She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Waynesburg.

Mrs. Shannon was a former teacher of music at Waynesburg College and was acrive in civic and church activities when she was younger.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Scott (Wilmot) Freeman of Tallahassee, Fla.; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson of Flushing, Ohio; and Mrs. Bertha (sic) Pipes of St. Petersburg, Fla., and one brother, Edward Spragg of Glen Dale, W. Va.

One son, Edwin Shannon, and two sisters are deceased.

SHANNON - Friends of Mrs. Anna Spragg Shannon, who died Saturday, January 10, 1959, will be received after 7 p. m. Monday, January 12, in the Church-Mariner Funeral Home, Waynesburg, where services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday, January 14, in charge of Rev. Benjamin F. Shue. Interment in Greene County Memorial Park.

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Mrs. Thomas Shannon obituary, Waynesburg Republican, Waynesburg (Greene County), Pennsylvania, 14 January, 1959

Mrs. Anna Spragg Shannon, 81 years, widow of Attorney Thomas Shannon of Waynesburg, died Saturday, January 10, 1959, in Greene County Memorial Hospital. She had been ill a long time. Mrs. Shannon was a daughter of Inghram and Sarah Lough Spragg, and was born August 16, 1877, in Greene County. She had spent most of her life in the Waynesburg area with the exception of a few years in Canton, Ohio. Her husband died in 1938. Mrs. Shannon had taught music at Waynesburg College for a few years prior to her marriage. She was a member of the First Methodist Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Scott Freeman of Tallahassee, Fla.; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson of Flushing, Ohio; and Mrs. Bertha (sic) Pines (sic) of St. Petersburg, Florida, and one brother, Edward Spragg of Glen Dale, W. Va. One son, Edwin Shannon, and two sisters, are deceased. Funeral services were held Wednesday in the Church-Mariner Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Benjamin F. Shue. Interment in Greene County Memorial Park.

Mrs. Thomas Shannon obituary, The Washington Observer, Washington (Washington County), Pennsylvania, 12 January, 1959

Mrs. Anna Spragg Shannon, 81, died in the Greene County Memorial Hospital, at 8:10 p.m. Saturday, January 10, 1959, after a long illness.

Mrs. Shannon was born August 16, 1877, in Greene County, a daughter of Inghram and Sarah Lough Spragg.

She was the widow of Attorney Thomas Shannon, who died in 1938. She spent most of her life in the Waynesburg community, with the exception of a few years spent in Canton, O. She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Waynesburg.

Mrs. Shannon was a former teacher of music at Waynesburg College and was acrive in civic and church activities when she was younger.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Scott (Wilmot) Freeman of Tallahassee, Fla.; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson of Flushing, Ohio; and Mrs. Bertha (sic) Pipes of St. Petersburg, Fla., and one brother, Edward Spragg of Glen Dale, W. Va.

One son, Edwin Shannon, and two sisters are deceased.

SHANNON - Friends of Mrs. Anna Spragg Shannon, who died Saturday, January 10, 1959, will be received after 7 p. m. Monday, January 12, in the Church-Mariner Funeral Home, Waynesburg, where services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday, January 14, in charge of Rev. Benjamin F. Shue. Interment in Greene County Memorial Park.

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Mrs. Thomas Shannon obituary, Waynesburg Republican, Waynesburg (Greene County), Pennsylvania, 14 January, 1959

Mrs. Anna Spragg Shannon, 81 years, widow of Attorney Thomas Shannon of Waynesburg, died Saturday, January 10, 1959, in Greene County Memorial Hospital. She had been ill a long time. Mrs. Shannon was a daughter of Inghram and Sarah Lough Spragg, and was born August 16, 1877, in Greene County. She had spent most of her life in the Waynesburg area with the exception of a few years in Canton, Ohio. Her husband died in 1938. Mrs. Shannon had taught music at Waynesburg College for a few years prior to her marriage. She was a member of the First Methodist Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Scott Freeman of Tallahassee, Fla.; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson of Flushing, Ohio; and Mrs. Bertha (sic) Pines (sic) of St. Petersburg, Florida, and one brother, Edward Spragg of Glen Dale, W. Va. One son, Edwin Shannon, and two sisters, are deceased. Funeral services were held Wednesday in the Church-Mariner Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Benjamin F. Shue. Interment in Greene County Memorial Park.



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