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Bessie Mae <I>Babington</I> Kephart

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Bessie Mae Babington Kephart

Birth
Harmony, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Death
4 May 1957 (aged 57)
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Bessie M. Kephart

Mrs. Bessie M. Kephart, 57, wife of John T. Kephart, died at her home, 1062 W. Potomac Street, of a sudden heart attack Saturday evening.

Mrs. Kephart was born in Harmony, in Frederick County, a daughter of Edward L. Babbington, of Boonsboro, and the late Jennie (Harshman) Babbington. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Hagerstown.

Surviving, in addition to her husband and father, are five daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Keadle, of Mt. Aetna, Mrs. Mary Louise Gilardi, of Boonsboro, Mrs. Alice Yetter, of Clear Spring, Mrs. Helen Dalley, of Hagerstown, and Mrs. Martha Baechtell, of Hagerstown; a son, John E. Kephart, now serving with the U. S. Army in Japan; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Gilbert, of Harmony, and Mrs. Mary Reese, of Hagerstown, and three brothers, Willaim M. and Roger L. Kephart, both of Boonsboro, and Grayson P. Kephart, of Chewsville.

The body was removed to the Basl Funeral Home, Boonsboro, where services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock with Rev. Dr. L. Boyd Hamm officiating. Interment will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, in Middletown.
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The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, Maryland
printed Monday, May 6, 1957
page 28, col 2
Bessie M. Kephart

Mrs. Bessie M. Kephart, 57, wife of John T. Kephart, died at her home, 1062 W. Potomac Street, of a sudden heart attack Saturday evening.

Mrs. Kephart was born in Harmony, in Frederick County, a daughter of Edward L. Babbington, of Boonsboro, and the late Jennie (Harshman) Babbington. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Hagerstown.

Surviving, in addition to her husband and father, are five daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Keadle, of Mt. Aetna, Mrs. Mary Louise Gilardi, of Boonsboro, Mrs. Alice Yetter, of Clear Spring, Mrs. Helen Dalley, of Hagerstown, and Mrs. Martha Baechtell, of Hagerstown; a son, John E. Kephart, now serving with the U. S. Army in Japan; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Gilbert, of Harmony, and Mrs. Mary Reese, of Hagerstown, and three brothers, Willaim M. and Roger L. Kephart, both of Boonsboro, and Grayson P. Kephart, of Chewsville.

The body was removed to the Basl Funeral Home, Boonsboro, where services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock with Rev. Dr. L. Boyd Hamm officiating. Interment will be in the Lutheran Cemetery, in Middletown.
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The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, Maryland
printed Monday, May 6, 1957
page 28, col 2


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76255039/bessie_mae-kephart: accessed ), memorial page for Bessie Mae Babington Kephart (7 Sep 1899–4 May 1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76255039, citing Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by PatB (contributor 47544757).