Daughter of Dr. Walt W. and Eliza Jane "Jennie" Davidson Moore
LA PLATA HOME PRESS, La Plata, Missouri
May 12, 1955
MRS. SAMMIE RANDALL
---Mrs. Sammie Randall, daughter of the man who gave La Plata its name, died Sunday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Timmons, in Macon at ninety-five. She was said to be the oldest living native La Platian.
---She was born in La Plata January 6, 1860, the daughter of Dr. Walt W. Moore and Eliza Jane Davidson Moore. In 1855, her father, a physician here for years, was one of four men who wrote their choice of names for this vicinity on slips of paper and dropped them in a hat. Dr. Moore's name "La Plata" was the one drawn. It has been said that Mrs. Randall was the first born in La Plata but this is unconfirmed.
---On January 10, 1884, she was married to William Randall who preceded her in death in 1903.
---She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. John Timmons, with whom she made her home, and one son, Watt G. Randall of Kansas City; four grandchildren, Mrs. Arnold Shearon of Macon, Kenneth Timmons of Clarence, Max Timmons of Lilbouen and Mrs. Georgia Kuhl of Los Angeles, California and eight great-grandchildren.
---Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Presbyterian Church in La Plata at 2:30. Officiating were Rev. Fred L. Hudson, pastor Emeritus of the church, assisted by Rev. Harved Johnson.
---The Christie Funeral Home was in charge.
See his Missouri Death Certificate #15981 for more information including the following:
Son of Watson W. and Eliza Jane Davidson Moore.
Wife of William Randall.
LA PLATA HOME PRESS, La Plata, Missouri
May 12, 1955
MRS. SAMMIE RANDALL
---Mrs. Sammie Randall, daughter of the man who gave La Plata its name, died Sunday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Timmons, in Macon at ninety-five. She was said to be the oldest living native La Platian.
---She was born in La Plata January 6, 1860, the daughter of Dr. Walt W. Moore and Eliza Jane Davidson Moore. In 1855, her father, a physician here for years, was one of four men who wrote their choice of names for this vicinity on slips of paper and dropped them in a hat. Dr. Moore's name "La Plata" was the one drawn. It has been said that Mrs. Randall was the first born in La Plata but this is unconfirmed.
---On January 10, 1884, she was married to William Randall who preceded her in death in 1903.
---She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. John Timmons, with whom she made her home, and one son, Watt G. Randall of Kansas City; four grandchildren, Mrs. Arnold Shearon of Macon, Kenneth Timmons of Clarence, Max Timmons of Lilbouen and Mrs. Georgia Kuhl of Los Angeles, California and eight great-grandchildren.
---Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Presbyterian Church in La Plata at 2:30. Officiating were Rev. Fred L. Hudson, pastor Emeritus of the church, assisted by Rev. Harved Johnson.
---The Christie Funeral Home was in charge.
See his Missouri Death Certificate #15981 for more information including the following:
Son of Watson W. and Eliza Jane Davidson Moore.
Wife of William Randall.
Daughter of Dr. Walt W. and Eliza Jane "Jennie" Davidson Moore
LA PLATA HOME PRESS, La Plata, Missouri
May 12, 1955
MRS. SAMMIE RANDALL
---Mrs. Sammie Randall, daughter of the man who gave La Plata its name, died Sunday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Timmons, in Macon at ninety-five. She was said to be the oldest living native La Platian.
---She was born in La Plata January 6, 1860, the daughter of Dr. Walt W. Moore and Eliza Jane Davidson Moore. In 1855, her father, a physician here for years, was one of four men who wrote their choice of names for this vicinity on slips of paper and dropped them in a hat. Dr. Moore's name "La Plata" was the one drawn. It has been said that Mrs. Randall was the first born in La Plata but this is unconfirmed.
---On January 10, 1884, she was married to William Randall who preceded her in death in 1903.
---She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. John Timmons, with whom she made her home, and one son, Watt G. Randall of Kansas City; four grandchildren, Mrs. Arnold Shearon of Macon, Kenneth Timmons of Clarence, Max Timmons of Lilbouen and Mrs. Georgia Kuhl of Los Angeles, California and eight great-grandchildren.
---Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Presbyterian Church in La Plata at 2:30. Officiating were Rev. Fred L. Hudson, pastor Emeritus of the church, assisted by Rev. Harved Johnson.
---The Christie Funeral Home was in charge.
See his Missouri Death Certificate #15981 for more information including the following:
Son of Watson W. and Eliza Jane Davidson Moore.
Wife of William Randall.
LA PLATA HOME PRESS, La Plata, Missouri
May 12, 1955
MRS. SAMMIE RANDALL
---Mrs. Sammie Randall, daughter of the man who gave La Plata its name, died Sunday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Timmons, in Macon at ninety-five. She was said to be the oldest living native La Platian.
---She was born in La Plata January 6, 1860, the daughter of Dr. Walt W. Moore and Eliza Jane Davidson Moore. In 1855, her father, a physician here for years, was one of four men who wrote their choice of names for this vicinity on slips of paper and dropped them in a hat. Dr. Moore's name "La Plata" was the one drawn. It has been said that Mrs. Randall was the first born in La Plata but this is unconfirmed.
---On January 10, 1884, she was married to William Randall who preceded her in death in 1903.
---She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. John Timmons, with whom she made her home, and one son, Watt G. Randall of Kansas City; four grandchildren, Mrs. Arnold Shearon of Macon, Kenneth Timmons of Clarence, Max Timmons of Lilbouen and Mrs. Georgia Kuhl of Los Angeles, California and eight great-grandchildren.
---Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Presbyterian Church in La Plata at 2:30. Officiating were Rev. Fred L. Hudson, pastor Emeritus of the church, assisted by Rev. Harved Johnson.
---The Christie Funeral Home was in charge.
See his Missouri Death Certificate #15981 for more information including the following:
Son of Watson W. and Eliza Jane Davidson Moore.
Wife of William Randall.
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