Tolley, Jennings B.

Passed: 1973-09-12

Age: 77

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1973-09-20

Information: Jennings B. Tolley, 77, of Leroy, died on Wednesday of last week in the Jackson General Hospital following an extended illness.  He was the son of the late W. H. and Agnes Thomas Tolley.  He was a member of the Liverpool United Methodist Church, of the Ripley IOOF, and the Junior Order of Mechanics.  Tolley had been a school teacher and a rural mail carrier, and was a veteran of World War I.      Survivors include his widow, Lora Kelly Tolley; a son, William Harold, Cincinnati, Ohio; six daughters, Mrs. Leo (Evelyn) Pursley of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Earl (Eileen) Sullivan of Big Bend, Mrs. Herbert (Louise) Clark of Chesapeake, Ohio, Mrs. Darrell (Eugenia) Emerick and Mrs. Jerry (Agnes) Keirns, both of Akron, Ohio, and Mrs. Lawrence (Margaret) Congrove of Vienna; a sister, Mrs. Beatrice Rhodes, Gay and Mrs. Ethel Rhodes, Ripley; 26 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.  Funeral rites were conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at the Liverpool United Methodist Church by the Rev. Paul Morrison and the Rev. Charles Boice.  Burial was in the Liverpool Cemetery.  Vail Funeral Home, Ripley, was in charge of arrangements.