Staats, Cornelious C.

Passed: 1935-10-17

Age: 61

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1935-10-25

Information: A heart attack claimed the life of C. C. Staats, one of Ripley's best known and generally most beloved citizens, last Thursday evening about 8 o'clock at his home on Church Street.  He was ill less than 30 minutes.  Mr. Staats had spent the day in town, as usual, and had met with the members of his Croquet Club at the old Fairgrounds last Thursday afternoon and had played until dark.  He came back to his home and was there only a short time when he complained to members of his family that he was feeling ill.  Dr. E. D. Staats, his son, was not at the home at the time and Dr. T. E. Rymer rushed there but found that the man was dying and despite his efforts death came within a few minutes.  His sudden death left his many friends here and elsewhere stunned and all day Friday and Saturday and up until noon Sunday there was a constant stream of friends going in and out of the home who had gone there to pay their respects.  He had experienced a heart attack last spring but recovered from it and there was no warning Thursday that the fatal attack was near.      T. Clayton Parsons read the following obituary at the funeral Sunday:  Cornelious C. Staats, son of Enoch Staats, Sr. and Louise Casto Staats, was born at Staats Mills on February 21, 1874, died October 17, 1935, age 61 years, 7 months and 27 days.  Thus ended a life that was spent in a busy and useful career and that gave an abundence of service to humanity.  He was united in marriage to Miss Bessie E. Carson, the only daughter of the late A. M. and Mrs. Carson, on April 14, 1898 [Bessie was born in Meigs County, Ohio] and to this union was born the following children:  Mrs. Haydon Maddox of Morgantown, Dr. E. Dwight Staats, and Wallace Waid Staats, both of Ripley.  In addition to the wife and children, he is survived by the following brothers and sisters, Theodore Staats of Reedy, W. E. Staats of Ripley, Mrs. Rosa Rardin of Chicago, Illinois, Mrs. Allen Shinn, Mrs. C. R. Kessel, both of Ripley, and Mrs. R. R. Vance of Parkersburg.  He was a kind and considerate husband and father, to him the welfare of his family was upper-most in his mind.  He lived a Godly life before them and saw that they had the benefit of the best training educationally and was always looking after their interests and well being.  At noon Sunday the body was taken from the home to the Ripley United Brethren church where it lay in state until 2 o'clock when the funeral service was conducted by Dr. Fred Slaughter, with Rev. T. L. Miles, a former pastor of the church, and Rev. J. R. Withrow, pastor of the Epworth church and a close friend of the deceased, assisted by T. Clayton Parsons, a close frriend, who read the obituary.  The active pallbearers were:  French Boggess, D. J. Rogers, Sattis Simmons, Okey Ellis, J. Howard Smith, and Park Pfost.  Honorary pallbearers were:  Dr. George W. Simmons, Dr. V. L. Casto, Dr. T. E. Rymer, Dr. C. Royal Kessel, Lovell M. Parsons, J. A. Shinn, T. Clayton Parsons, H. F. Pfost, J. E. Harrison, S. B. Sayre, F. A. Casto, H. F. Parsons, O. J. Hockenberry, C. R. Kessel, M. C. Archer, G. W. Johnson, and O. F. Starcher.  [Betty Kessel McIntyre obit collection]