CENTENARIANS OF SHELBY COUNTY, MISSOURI
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Names (alphabetically) ALBRIGHT ALEXANDER BAILEY BLANSET BOLING BYRD CALVERT CARLSON CARROLL CHINN CONRAD DODGE EARLY FOREMAN GIBSON GREEN HALL HALL HASTINGS HAWKINS HILBER JONES KEITH KILLEN KIMBEL KING KLOCKE LARRICK LEFEVRE LONG MAGRUDER MAGRUDER MAHAFFEY MAUPIN MILLER MCAFEE MOORE MORRIS O'BRIEN O'DANIEL OLIVER OLIVER PATTON PRANGE RAGSDALE RICHARDS RIDINGS ROGERS SKINNER SMITH STROUD TAYLOR TANNEHILL TARBET THURMAN VANHOUTEN WILCOX WILSON WOOD |
by Lea Ann Oliver Robertson Shelby County Historical Society
and Museum In 1986, Missouri Governor John Ashcroft created the “Missouri Century Club” in order to properly recognize its citizens who had attained the age of 100 years. Shelby County, Missouri has been home to many of these citizens and it has been celebrating them since long before Governor Ashcroft’s formal salute. One such festivity is the Old Settlers Reunion that has been celebrated annually since 1889. The creation of local Shelbyville businessmen, it was intended to promote a sense of community among its citizens and to appropriately honor its long-standing residents. The Old Settlers Reunion has customarily presented awards which include: Oldest Settler in the State of Missouri, Oldest Settler in Shelby County, and Oldest Person on the Grounds. For several years the prize of Oldest Settler in Shelby County went to John L. Oliver of Shelbina. Mr. Oliver, one of Shelby County’s most widely recognized Centenarians, lived to be 108 years young. He was born in Greenbrier, Virginia in 1820 to Lemuel and Mary Ann Taylor Oliver. John and first wife, Nancy Louise Warren Oliver, were the parents of twelve (12) children, several of which spent their lives in Shelby County as well. His second wife, Pauline Metz Fitzsimmons Oliver (1834 – 1934) also lived to be 100 years young. Mr. Oliver, a veteran of the Union Army during the Civil War, is buried in the Shelbina Cemetery. Additionally, the following list is those Shelby County Centenarians who have far surpassed the 100 year mark are: ALBRIGHT, Glennie (Overfelt), age 100, 1 Apr 1894 - 13 Jun 1994, FAG #60742810 - Phillips Cemetery, Monroe County ALEXANDER, Dorothy Virginia (Brown), age 100, 14 Sep 1918 - 12 Jul 2019, FAG #201141287 - Shelby Memorial Cemetery, Shelbyville ALEXANDER, Velma Nancy "Nannie", age 101, 4 Feb 1890 - 23 Oct 1991, FAG #161635430 - Shelby Memorial Cemetery, Shelbyville AYERS, Donna Faye (McMichael), age 100, 31 May 1923 - 14 Nov 2023, FAG #_______ - Mount Tabor Cemetery, Atlanta (Macon County) BAILEY, Sarah I. (Wood), age 101, 4 Dec 1873 - 1 Dec 1974, FAG #179644595 - Shelbina Cemetery BALANCE, Phillie D. (Kuntz), age 105, 22 Oct 1906 - 3 Mar 2012, FAG #86287431 - Leonard Cemetery BIGELOW, Elsie, age 103 of Columbia, formerlty of Shelbyville, passed away Monday, October 16, 2000, at 9:30 a.m. in South Hampton Place at Columbia. Mrs. Bigelow was born on a farm west of Shelbyville on August 2, 1897, the daughter of George Edward and Arminda Emma Hirrlinger Stewart. On February 28, 1920, she was united in marriage to Weldon F. Bigelow in Clarence. He preceded her in death on October 20, 1974. FAG #127172362 BLANSET, Julia Margaret Krone Stewart, age 103, was born 28 Aug 1876 and died 17 Oct 1979. Although born in Helena, Montana, she spent most of her life in Clarence. She was first married to Fred W. Stewart on 6 Mar 1904 and to that marriage two children were born, Gladys and Earl Parker Stewart. After her husband’s death in 1908, she was married to Peter Henderson Blanset on 9 Nov 1911. She is buried in Maplewood Cemetery. FAG #262915671 BLAZER, Frances G. (Mitchell), age 103, 6 Apr 1908 - 25 Jul 2011, FAG #74033299 BOLING, Moxley Clarence "Mox", age 101, 9 Jun 1854 - 2 Jan 1956, FAG #79313113 BYRD, Charley Lee, age 101, 23 Oct 1897 - 27 Aug 1999, FAG #171585060 CALVERT, Leona Blanche Gibson, age 101, was born 23 Feb 1909 in Bethel, Missouri, the daughter of Sebe T. and Minnie Margaret Hafner Gibson. She was united in marriage to Chester Calvert in Monroe City in 1928. He preceded her in death on 24 Oct 1992. Mrs. Calvert graduated from Bethel High School and after attending Culver-Stockton College, she graduated from Kirksville State Teachers College. Mr. and Mrs. Calvert are buried in the Shelbina Cemetery. FAG #52051191 CARLSON, Arthur "Art", age 102, 12 Nov 1908 - 20 Sep 2011, FAG #123742379 CARROLL, Frances Lafon, age 107, 30 Sep 1893 - 23 Apr 2001, FAG #126988521 CHINN, Icey Beatrice Bowman, age 103, was born 9 Aug 1892 and died 25 Oct 1995. She was the daughter of John W. and Lady Maude Clark Bowman. On 28 Dec 1916 she became the bride of James T. “Jim Tom” Chinn and they were the parents of five children. He preceded her in death on 7 Aug 1973. Mrs. Chinn was a resident of the Clarence Nursing Home for many years. She is buried in the Maplewood Cemetery in Clarence. FAG #106082212 CONRAD, Lola Vista Dickson passed away three days before her 101st birthday. She was born in Monroe County on 27 February 1890, the daughter of Walter and Louisa J. Atterbury Dickson. On 14 Oct 1909, in Shelbina, Missouri, she became the bride of Elmer J. Conrad and they became the parents of two children. Elmer preceded her in death in 1960. She is buried at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Macon. FAG #126686194 COX, Mrs. Mary Girda (known by her friends and neighbors as Aunt Girda), age 101, a resident of the Maud area for many years, died Monday, December 15, 1975, IN the Pleasant View Rest Home at Paris where she had been several months. She had been in ill health for several years. She was born February 6, 1874, at Jacksonville, Mo., a daughter of the late Newton and Martha Collins Huntsman. She was married in October, 1916, to Elmer Cox. He died in 1953. They lived in Shelby County since 1920 and were Maud storekeepers for many years. FAG #146757890 DIXON, Phyllis Virginia (Alpaugh), age 104, 23 Apr 1915 - 2 Jan 2020, FAG #53283457 DODGE, Lyndell, age 103, 16 Jul 1914 - 20 Jul 2017, FAG #181639162 DOYLE, Annie Valience, age 101, 12 May 1897 - 4 Jul 1998, FAG #171690030 DRAIN, Virginia M. (Zahn), age 100, 19 Jun 1908 - 23 Nov 2008, FAG #263197355 EARLY, Anastasiz "Rose Anna" (Gibbons), age 107, 30 Oct 1894 - 2 Nov 2001, FAG #113903431 EDMONSON, Lou, age 101, 8 Jun 1867 - 15 Jan 1969, FAG #19559430 FARMER, David W., age 100, of near Clarence, Shelby County's oldest resident, died Thursday, October 12, at the Samaritan Memorial Hospital in Macon, where he was admitted that morning. Mr. Farmer, who lived in Kansas City for over fifty years, had been residing in the home of his nephew, Willard Farmer, south of Clarence. David Washington Farmer was born August 16, 1872, in Tulip, MO, the son of Robert Louis and Sarha Mildred Reese Farmer. He was married December 19, 1892 to Eliza F. Littrell, who preceded him in death. FAG #149963001 FOREMAN, Franklin Lee, age 100, 1 Sep 1907 - 19 Nov 2007, FAG #46866840 GIBSON, Ruby Mae (Bowers), age 105, 22 Oct 1900 - 1 Apr 2006, FAG #23837215 GILLISPIE, Eleanor Dobyns, age 100, 31 Dec 1886 - 7 May 1987, FAG #159420516 GREEN, Clyde, age 101, 9 Mar 1889 - 8 Jul 1990, FAG #84903411 HALL, Grace N. Hanlin, age 104, 28 Aug 1887 - 22 Feb 1992, FAG #32031105 HALL, Myrtle Lou Adams, age 100, 5 Oct 1896 - 27 Dec 1996, FAG #174132787 HASTINGS, Mary Isabell Bailey, age 103, was born 23 May 1877 and died 21 Jan 1980. At the time of her marriage to George William Newton Stone on 21 Mar 1915, she was living in Shelbyville. After her husband’s death in 1924, she married John Smith Hastings on 23 Dec 1926 in Clarence, Shelby County, Missouri. She is buried in Clarence, Missouri in the Maplewood Cemetery. FAG #58371591 HAWKINS, Hazeldene Steinbach, age 105, 1 Oct 1908 - 1 Aug 2014, FAG #133708999 HEALD, Agnes K. Smith, age 100, 27 Aug 1903 - 26 Oct 2003, FAG #171548157 HENDERSON, "Aunt" Mandy, age 103 or 104, 14 Feb 1824 - 1927, FAG #62716693 HILBER, Loreta Viola Archer, age 107, was born 24 Dec 1911 to Victor and Orr Lewis Archer. She was united in marriage to Justin Hilber on 18 July 1934 in Adair County, Missouri. He preceded her in death on 2 Sep 1997. Loreta worked in retail at Weldon Stevenson’s store in Shelbyville for a number of years. She was a member of Shelbyville Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Hilber is buried in the Bethel Zion Cemetery in Bethel, MO. FAG #203836037 HOLCOMB, Roberta M., age 100, 19 Jan 1886 - 21 Feb 1986, FAG #89224654 HOWE, Goldie Pearl Robb Boyles, age 105, 24 Sep 1915 - 13 Feb 2021, FAG #222923398 JEWETT, Bess Byrd Smith, age 106, 31 Dec 1880 - 7 Feb 2021, FAG #159078778 - Shelbina Cemetery JONES, Kenneth, age 102 (still living) JONES, Samuel Paul, age 100,1 Dec 1889 - 26 May 1990, FAG #63329023 - Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery KEITH, Emily Gipson, age 102, 15 Jun 1858 - 23 Jul 1960, FAG #86932739 KILLEN, Grace Marie McEwen, age 101, 18 Mar 1913 - 2 Jan 2015 FAG #62090587 KIMBEL, Helen Pauline King, age 102, 6 Aug 1917 - 9 May 2020, FAG #209975433 KING, Hugh Van, age 102, 18 Jan 1897 - 12 Mar 1999, FAG #127026529 KLOCKE, Alma Blanche McEwen, age 106, 27 Aug 1911 - 11 Oct 2017, FAG #184228897 LARRICK, Gladys M. age 105, was born on February 8, 1897 in Shelby County and died June 17, 2002. Mrs. Richards was united in marriage to Vernie E. Richards on December 25, 1915 in Shelbina and they were the parents of four children, William "Bill" V. Richards, Frances E. Melville, Dorothy Manning, and Sara Jean McCauley. She was laid to rest at the Oakwood Cemetery in Macon. LEFEVRE, Goldie Xney Gibbs, age 100, 3 Mar 1907 - 24 Oct 2007, FAG #109717088 LONG, Hettie Ester Waddell, age 101, 27 Jun 1897 - 29 Jan 1999, FAG #163912009 LOWERY, Elizabeth, age 103 or 104, 1886 - 1990, FAG #129905598 MAGRUDER, Norton Lee, age 103, was born 27 Dec 1885 in Grandville and died 27 Jun 1989. He was the son of the late William and Mary Adams Magruder. He was married on 29 Aug 1909 to Sarah Moore, who preceded him in death. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Crooked Creek Baptist Church. He was the father of eight (8) children, seven of whom each lived to be over 90 years of age. At the time of his death, Mr. Magruder was a resident of Clarence, Missouri and he is buried in the Shelbina Cemetery. FAG #164497483 MAGRUDER, Velma Elizabeth Ballance, age 103, of Leonard, passed away Thursday, March 24, 1994, at 4:01 p.m. in Samaritan Memorial Hospital at Macon. She was born in Leonard on November 18, 1890, the daughter of the late James Curtis and Sarah Elizabeth Roberts Ballance. On October 11, 1908, she was united in marriage to Chester Wilson Magruder in Elgin, MO. He preceded her in death on January 15, 1951. FAG #127979973 MAGRUDER, Viola Katherine Mavis, age 102, Hannibal, formerly of Shelbina, died Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 1:55 p.m. at Beth Haven Nursing Home in Hannibal. She was born in Shelbyville, Mo., on April 2, 1902, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl and Sara Grossman Mavis. She married Rolland Magruder on September 14, 1920 in Macon. He died on September 13, 1981. FAG #105386714 MAHAFFEY, Clara Estella Nolte, age 100, 17 Aug 1912 - 29 Jan 2013, FAG #111639931 MANN, Kenneth E. "Red", age 101, 22 Jul 1900 - 3 Feb 2002, FAG #55094037 MARSHALL, William, age 103, 4 Aug 1829 - 24 Apr 1933, FAG #263147302 MAUPIN, Mary “Mollie” Chatrick Sparks, age 106, was born in Missouri on 25 Dec 1857, the daughter of Robert T. "Bob" and Elizabeth A. Warren Sparks. On 3 Mar 1877 she married Lee Kennerly Maupin in Shelby County, Missouri. She died 8 May 1964 and is buried in the Shelbina Cemetery. FAG #86761188 MCAFEE, Ida J. Copenhaver, age 106, was born in Shelby County to John Washington and Lena Gehrig Copenhaver on 19 Mar 1887. She was first married to Harvey Bunn of Greenview, Illinois on 9 Feb 1905 and after his death in 1907, she was married to Albert D. McAfee on 11 Nov 1916. She died 24 Nov 1993 and is buried in Maplewood Cemetery next to Albert. FAG #141918623 MERCER, Lillie Mae, age 100, of Macon, passed away Friday afternoon, January 24, 1997, in the Twain Haven Nursing Home at Perry, where she had resided for some time. She was born November 1, 1896, at Madisonm the daughter of Arthury Newton and Ola Jacobs Williams. On January 25, 1925, she married Howard R. Mercer in Huntsville. He preceded her in death. FAG #175404100 MILLER, Mrs. Birdie Ethel, age 103, longtime resident of Shelbyville, died at 6:55 p.m. Saturday, November 13, 1982, at the Salt River Nursing Home in Shelbina where she had lived several years. She was born Oct. 15, 1879, at Austin, Nev., to William Isaac and Laura Jane Baker Davis. She married George Miller on May 8, 1901, in Shelbyville. He died in 1967. FAG #154820978 MILLER, Sarah Elizabeth Givan, age 105, 19 Apr 1846 - 23 Dec 1951, FAG #87229651 MOORE, Georgia E. Tanner, age 101, 6 May 1890 - 27 Jul 1991, FAG #230371849 MOORE, William Henry, age 103, was born 25 Jan 1866 on a farm south of Lentner to Thomas E. and Susan Gordon Stalcup Moore. On Christmas day in 1887 he was united in marriage to Eppa Damrell and they were the parents of two children. Mr. Moore was a mail carrier in Shelby County for 30 years and also a farmer. He attributed his long life to “good habits, having never drunk, smoked or chewed, and took coffee only once a day” Shelby County Herald, 8 Jul 1970. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are buried in the Maplewood Cemetery in Clarence. FAG #58238722 MORRIS, Elizabeth Rutter, ae 105, 13 Nov 1838 - 14 Jun 1944, FAG #12168894 NESS, Etha "Billie" Price, age 101, of Shelbina, formerly of Wickenburg, AZ, died Saturday, December 9, 2006 at approximately 8:30 a.m. at her residence near Shelbina. Etha was born in Roswell, NM on March 23, 1905, the daughter of Silas and Ollie Ann Large Price. She was married to Robert White and he preceded her in death. She later married Harold Ness, and he preceded her in death on July 12, 1980. FAG #263202420 O'BRIEN, Mayme Lockhart, age 102, 22 Sep 1895 - 13 Dec 1997, FAG #109918990 O'DANIEL, John Austin, age 101, 6 Oct 1866 - 1 Feb 1968, FAG #138618697 OLIVER, Pauline Metz Fitzsimmons, age 100, 25 Dec 1834 - d. 24 Jul 1934, FAG #14061077 PARKS, Ella Christine Dear, age 101, died Sunday, April 15, 2001, at approximately 5:05 p.m. at the Clarence Care Center. Mrs. Parks was born in Novinger on May 21, 1899, the daughter of Samuel and Ellen Epperson Dear. On May 17, 1926 she was united in marriage to Edgar H. Parks in Waterloo, Iowa. He preceded her in death on March 25, 1983. FAG #175146688 PATTON, John Lee, age102, 15 Dec 1862 - 31 Oct 1965, FAG #61220502 PENCE, Florence May Dingle, age 101, of Bethel, passed away June 19, 1999, at 6:58 a.m. in the Salt River Nursing Home at Shelbina. Mrs. Pence was born in Dora, MO, on September 28, 1897, the daughter of the late Robert Nelson and Cordelia Coombs Dingle. On October 29, 1916, she was united in marriage to Carl Pence in Kirksville. He preceded her in death in 1960. FAG #31580396 PRANGE, Helen L. Gaines, age 104, 21 Apr 1910 - 8 Dec 2014, FAG #139788037 PROCTOR, Gwendolyn Gerke, age 100, 23 Mar 1904 - 3 Jul 2004, FAG #102159757 PURDY, Pearl +100 RAGSDALE, Thomas Thornton, age 101, 13 Oct 1899 - 11 Apr 2001, FAG #114002395 RALLS, Donald Monroe, age 102, 16 Nov 1914 - 28 Oct 2017, FAG #184751148 RENNER, Sallie Jane Quigley, age 101, 18 Apr 1893 - 22 Jul 1994, FAG #127055901 RESA, W. H. RICHARDS, Ethel Mae Mavis, age 105, of Windsor, died June 14, 2002 at her home. She was born on February 8, 1897 in Shelby County. Mrs. Richards was united in marriage to Vernie E. Richards on December 25, 1915 in Shelbina. FAG #141830023 RIDINGS, Mary Estella "Stella" Buckles, age +100, 1878 - 1979, FAG #158796205 RIGGS, Nora Elizabeth Winn, ae 100, 20 Aug 1876 - 17 May 1977, FAG #13432153 ROGERS, Ethel Grace Griffith, age 101, 30 Jun 1897 - 22 Jul 1998, FAG #127055981 ROGERS, Katie Rose, age 101, was born 22 Mar 1886 in Hancock County, Illinois to Hiram Ellyson and Margaret Stockton Rose. On 22 Aug 1906 she was united in marriage to Zera Fielding Rogers. Mrs. Rogers died 19 Oct 1987 and she and her husband are buried in Cherry Box Cemetery. FAG #74239601 SALYER, Vera H. Hickman, age 100, 2 Dec 1903 - 22 Jun 2004, FAG #8974875 SHERRY, Bessie Kathleen Hays, age 101, 27 Aug 1905 - 9 Apr 2007, FAG #84287629 SHUSTER, Edna M., age 100, 23 Nov 1886 - 24 Feb 1987, FAG #79314287 SKINNER, Esther May “Etta” Simmons, age 101, was born south of Atlanta on 16 Mar 1888 and died 4 Mar 1990 at the Clarence Nursing Home where she had been a resident since January of 1977. Mrs. Skinner was the daughter of Bloom J. and Nancy Ann Wilson Skinner. On 12 May 1915 she became the bride of Lucian Albert Skinner and he preceded her in death in 1954. She is buried next to him in the Enon Cemetery in Macon County. FAG #67630409 SMITH, Mary Ann Harrison, age 101, was born 9 Jan 1856. Twice widowed, she first married James Madison Smith on 24 Feb 1876. To that marriage, eight children were born. She died 25 Jan 1957 and is buried in Oakdale Cemetery. FAG #84601378 SMITH, Marie Ellen Boling, age 102, 3 Mar 1893 - 18 Jan 1996, FAG #174230750 STOUT, Varden L., age 101, 25 Mar 1876 - 1977, FAG #79947658 STROUD, Alfred J. Jr., age 102, was born 11 Mar 1861 one of ten children born to Dr. Alfred J. Sr. and Hannah Atkins Stroud. He first married Helen Julia Kannmacher (1880 – 1919) in 1915 and after her death, married Jennie Mae Enlow Bascom on 30 Dec 1923 in Shelbina. A distinguished photographer, he came to Shelbina, Missouri in the year of 1918 from Kansas. When Alfred reached his 100th birthday there was an open house and the town’s businessmen presented him with one hundred silver dollars. Mr. Stroud died 22 Sep 1963 and is buried in the Shelbina Cemetery. FAG #98120501 TANNEHILL, Charlotte Hamilton Smith, age 100, 20 Feb 1840 - 5 Jun 1940, FAG #26054427 TARBET, Ida Pearl Lindsey, age 100, 2 Jan 1893 - 2 Oct 1993, FAG #80219263 TAYLOR, Audrey Bostwick, age 100,26 May 1896 - 16 Jun 1996, FAG #75962525 TAYLOR, Josephine Jones, age 104, 5 Nov 1895 - 10 Jul 2000, FAG #156450639 THURMAN, Nellie Maude Neff, age 101, 21 Oct 1897 - 4 Jan 1999, FAG #79314425 TURNER, Dora Frances "Fannie", age 100, formerly of Cherry Box, died at 7 a.m., Nov. 6, 1975, in a Poplar Bluff hospital. She had lived in Poplar Bluff since 1968. Mrs. Turner was born Sept. 1, 1875 in Moberly, a daughter of John H. and Mary E. McCully Hudson. She was married in December 1894 to William N. Turner at Shelbyville. He died Sept. 23, 1953. FAG #43456044 TURNER, Enoch Thomas, age 100, 14 Feb 1856 - 16 Dec 1956, FAG #61580415 VANDIVER, Danton, age 101, 20 Oct 1919 - 19 Feb 2021, FAG #223287395 VANHOUTEN, James Franklin, age 102, 16 Jun 1918 - 1 Sep 2020, FAG #149951397 VIA, Charlotte Cochran, age 101, 20 Oct 1880 - Jan 1982, FAG #142620341 WATERS, Cassie A. Patrick Kuntz, age 100, 28 Jan 1905 - 23 Dec 2005, FAG #115643206 WHITEHEAD, Roy, age 100, died Oct. 11, 1986 at Loch Haven Nursing Home in Macon. Roy was born Sept. 4, 1886 and just recently celebrated his 100th birthday. He married Alline Pile in Macon on Jan 29, 1908. He was a retired farmer and also a member of the Macon Presbyterian Church. FAG #15621279 WILCOX, James Russell, age 102, was born 23 May 1877, the son of the late Edwin and Laura Bryant Wilcox. He married Ida Howe Woolfe (1876 – 1951) 21 February 1897 in Shelby County and they are buried in Shelby Memorial Cemetery in Shelbyville. FAG #111246291 WILL, Leonard, age 104, 6 Jun 1861 - 8 Dec 1965, FAG #106334548 WILLIAMS, Wilma Eileen McMaster, age 100, 3 Oct 1909 - 7 Mar 2010, FAG #82917720 WILSON, Alice May McElwee, age 104, 20 Aug 1894 - 3 Feb 1940 WOOD, Miss Ina J., age 102, was born in Monroe County on 20 Jun 1879, the oldest child of Silas M. and Sarah Elizabeth Butner Wood. She moved south of Clarence with her family when only six or seven years of age and lived in that home until she moved to the Clarence Nursing Home in February of 1978. She never had children of her own, but she and two of her sisters reared two nephews in their family home. She enjoyed raising canaries, weaving rugs, and playing the piano. She is buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Clarence alongside her two sisters, Lela and Meda Wood. FAG #174387505 WOODS, Willie E. Bostwick, age 103, 12 Feb 1899 - 19 Dec 2002, FAG #74876141 WRIGHT, Jane Wilson, age 101, 27 Mar 1919 - 6 Oct 2020, FAG #211798934 YANCEY, Spencer W., age 105, 2 Feb 1911 - 9 Jan 2017, FAG #175167544 |