Stalnaker, W. Beech

Passed: 1940-02-01

Age: 73

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1940-02-09

Information: Funeral services for W. Beech Stalnaker, 72, widely known farmer of the Parchment section of the county, were held from the Grass Lick Baptist Church at Kenna Saturday afternoon at two o'clock with the Rev. J. W. Garrison in charge and burial was in the family plot in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery.  Mr. Stalnaker died at his home early Thursday morning after a six months illness from cancer.  He had been in poor health during the past three years but for the past six months his condition had been such that the family and friends held no hope for his recovery.  He was born at Jane Lew, Lewis County, 73 years ago last August and when but a child came with his parents to Jackson county and they settled on a farm which adjoins the farm on which the deceased spent the greater part of his life. [son of Samuel and Mary E. Stalnaker]  When a young man he married Miss Flora M. Hill, who preceded him in death [19 Dec 1868-2 Jan 1930] , as did the eldest son, Charles Stalnaker [20 Oct 1902-10 March 1922].  Two children, Willie C. Stalnaker and Mrs. John Starcher, both of Given, survive. [Betty Kessel McIntyre obit collection]