Stone, Emily Catherine Goff

Passed: 1936-07-15

Age: 69

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1936-07-24

Information: Mrs. Emily Catherine Stone, aged 69, wife of S. W. Stone, formerly a citizen of Ripley and well known to many close friends here, died Wednesday evening at the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles Cromwell, 1106 Stewart Street, Charleston, and was buried in the Pine Hill cemetery at Ripley Friday noon. Funeral services, under the directions of the Rev. Dr. Given, of Charleston, were held at the home of Mrs. Cromwell, with whom Mrs. Stone had been living for some time before her death.  Following the private services in Charleston, the body was brought to Ripley and a brief service was held  under the direction of Rev. Fred Slaughter, nephew of Mrs. Stone.  Burial was made in the lot of the Stone family, where other members of the family had been buried in the past.  Besides her husband, she is survived by three brothers, J. L. J. Goff, of Elm Grove, Ohio; Jonathan Goff and Addison Goff, both of Charleston; three sisters, Mrs. Charles Cromwell, Mrs. Sally Derrick and Mrs. Amanda Bailey, all of Charleston; also she is survived by these step-children, Mrs. C. G. Bergman, of Charleston; Mrs. G. C. Wharton of Wise; Mrs. F. A. Gillespie and Mrs. Frances E. Wells, Harry O. Stone of Richmond, Va., and Harold S. Stone of Charleston.   [from the obit collection of Betty Kessel McIntyre]