Alice May Watts was born February 26, 1908 at Rushville, Missouri - the second child of Frederick Leonard Watts and Nancy Jane JONES Watts; she had a two-year older brother, Thomas Edgar "Eddie." She also grew up in close proximity with her cousin Zetta Kibbie (Blakley). While her father was traveling as a musician, Alice May spent several of her formative years growing up in the home of her maternal grandmother, Martha Angeline HARVEY Jones, of Rushville, and with her aunt Nell JONES Wood. She went to school at the old Rushville School in the east part of Rushville.
Alice May was married to Robert Henry Hurst on October 30, 1922, at Savannah, Missouri. After honeymooning one night on the William McQueen farm west of Rushville, Alice May took up residence with her husband on the Hurst farm halfway between Rushville and DeKalb on the old North Road - a farm preempted by Bob Hurst's grandparents in 1843. Her two children, Robert Lee and Betty Grace, were born there and the family continued to live there through the late 1930s when the old home burned to the ground. After living briefly in a couple of rental properties east of Rushville, Alice May and Bob and family moved into Rushville - where she spent most of the rest of her life.
Alice May worked hard as a farmer's wife, preparing meals for crews of farmers, washing heavy overalls, gardening, canning, raising chickens, and running countless errands to keep Bob busy in the fields. She also worked during World War II with her best friend, Ruby Blakley, at the "Red Ranger" publication office in Rushville. For many years she was an active leader of the Rushville Friendly Friends Club, whose service projects included cooking for the DeKalb Folks Home and putting up flags at the local cemeteries; she was also a member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Rushville American Legion. She supported the activities of the Rushville Christian Church. She loved fishing, playing cards, gardening (flowers, fruits and vegetables), sewing, quilting, and crocheting.
Alice May and Bob Hurst shared 63 years of marriage. She was able to stay in her antebellum home in Rushville until the last three years of her life. She spent a year at the DeKalb Folks Home in DeKalb, MO and then the last two years of her life at the Gower Convalescent Center, Gower, MO. Her memorial service was held at the Rupp Funeral Home in St. Joseph, MO with grandson, Rev. Robert Turpin, officiating. Burial in Armstrong Cemetery, Rushville, MO, with her husband Bob, her parents, grandparents and other family members.
Alice May was married to Robert Henry Hurst on October 30, 1922, at Savannah, Missouri. After honeymooning one night on the William McQueen farm west of Rushville, Alice May took up residence with her husband on the Hurst farm halfway between Rushville and DeKalb on the old North Road - a farm preempted by Bob Hurst's grandparents in 1843. Her two children, Robert Lee and Betty Grace, were born there and the family continued to live there through the late 1930s when the old home burned to the ground. After living briefly in a couple of rental properties east of Rushville, Alice May and Bob and family moved into Rushville - where she spent most of the rest of her life.
Alice May worked hard as a farmer's wife, preparing meals for crews of farmers, washing heavy overalls, gardening, canning, raising chickens, and running countless errands to keep Bob busy in the fields. She also worked during World War II with her best friend, Ruby Blakley, at the "Red Ranger" publication office in Rushville. For many years she was an active leader of the Rushville Friendly Friends Club, whose service projects included cooking for the DeKalb Folks Home and putting up flags at the local cemeteries; she was also a member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Rushville American Legion. She supported the activities of the Rushville Christian Church. She loved fishing, playing cards, gardening (flowers, fruits and vegetables), sewing, quilting, and crocheting.
Alice May and Bob Hurst shared 63 years of marriage. She was able to stay in her antebellum home in Rushville until the last three years of her life. She spent a year at the DeKalb Folks Home in DeKalb, MO and then the last two years of her life at the Gower Convalescent Center, Gower, MO. Her memorial service was held at the Rupp Funeral Home in St. Joseph, MO with grandson, Rev. Robert Turpin, officiating. Burial in Armstrong Cemetery, Rushville, MO, with her husband Bob, her parents, grandparents and other family members.
Alice May Watts was born February 26, 1908 at Rushville, Missouri - the second child of Frederick Leonard Watts and Nancy Jane JONES Watts; she had a two-year older brother, Thomas Edgar "Eddie." She also grew up in close proximity with her cousin Zetta Kibbie (Blakley). While her father was traveling as a musician, Alice May spent several of her formative years growing up in the home of her maternal grandmother, Martha Angeline HARVEY Jones, of Rushville, and with her aunt Nell JONES Wood. She went to school at the old Rushville School in the east part of Rushville.
Alice May was married to Robert Henry Hurst on October 30, 1922, at Savannah, Missouri. After honeymooning one night on the William McQueen farm west of Rushville, Alice May took up residence with her husband on the Hurst farm halfway between Rushville and DeKalb on the old North Road - a farm preempted by Bob Hurst's grandparents in 1843. Her two children, Robert Lee and Betty Grace, were born there and the family continued to live there through the late 1930s when the old home burned to the ground. After living briefly in a couple of rental properties east of Rushville, Alice May and Bob and family moved into Rushville - where she spent most of the rest of her life.
Alice May worked hard as a farmer's wife, preparing meals for crews of farmers, washing heavy overalls, gardening, canning, raising chickens, and running countless errands to keep Bob busy in the fields. She also worked during World War II with her best friend, Ruby Blakley, at the "Red Ranger" publication office in Rushville. For many years she was an active leader of the Rushville Friendly Friends Club, whose service projects included cooking for the DeKalb Folks Home and putting up flags at the local cemeteries; she was also a member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Rushville American Legion. She supported the activities of the Rushville Christian Church. She loved fishing, playing cards, gardening (flowers, fruits and vegetables), sewing, quilting, and crocheting.
Alice May and Bob Hurst shared 63 years of marriage. She was able to stay in her antebellum home in Rushville until the last three years of her life. She spent a year at the DeKalb Folks Home in DeKalb, MO and then the last two years of her life at the Gower Convalescent Center, Gower, MO. Her memorial service was held at the Rupp Funeral Home in St. Joseph, MO with grandson, Rev. Robert Turpin, officiating. Burial in Armstrong Cemetery, Rushville, MO, with her husband Bob, her parents, grandparents and other family members.
Alice May was married to Robert Henry Hurst on October 30, 1922, at Savannah, Missouri. After honeymooning one night on the William McQueen farm west of Rushville, Alice May took up residence with her husband on the Hurst farm halfway between Rushville and DeKalb on the old North Road - a farm preempted by Bob Hurst's grandparents in 1843. Her two children, Robert Lee and Betty Grace, were born there and the family continued to live there through the late 1930s when the old home burned to the ground. After living briefly in a couple of rental properties east of Rushville, Alice May and Bob and family moved into Rushville - where she spent most of the rest of her life.
Alice May worked hard as a farmer's wife, preparing meals for crews of farmers, washing heavy overalls, gardening, canning, raising chickens, and running countless errands to keep Bob busy in the fields. She also worked during World War II with her best friend, Ruby Blakley, at the "Red Ranger" publication office in Rushville. For many years she was an active leader of the Rushville Friendly Friends Club, whose service projects included cooking for the DeKalb Folks Home and putting up flags at the local cemeteries; she was also a member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Rushville American Legion. She supported the activities of the Rushville Christian Church. She loved fishing, playing cards, gardening (flowers, fruits and vegetables), sewing, quilting, and crocheting.
Alice May and Bob Hurst shared 63 years of marriage. She was able to stay in her antebellum home in Rushville until the last three years of her life. She spent a year at the DeKalb Folks Home in DeKalb, MO and then the last two years of her life at the Gower Convalescent Center, Gower, MO. Her memorial service was held at the Rupp Funeral Home in St. Joseph, MO with grandson, Rev. Robert Turpin, officiating. Burial in Armstrong Cemetery, Rushville, MO, with her husband Bob, her parents, grandparents and other family members.
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