May 17, 2006
  The ADVOCATE
  Serving Anderson, Southern Franklin and Western Linn Counties
  Volume 10, No. 38
  Transcribed with permission of Vern Brown
  
  Page 5, Column 3:
  
  "Virginia Elizabeth Herman
  1922-2006
  Funeral services for Virginia Elizabeth Herman, 83, Garnett, are Wednesday, May 17,
  2006, at 2:00 p.m. at Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel with Rev. Gary Benjamin
  officiating.  Interment will be private family services.  Mrs. Herman died Friday, May 12,
  at Golden Heights Living Center.
  The family will greet friends from 1:00-2:00 p.m. prior to the service on Wednesday.
  The family suggests memorials be made to Golden Heights Living Center or Leukemia
  and Lymphoma Society or Kansas State University, Dr. Kenneth Harkin Cat Adoption
  Agency.
  Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements."
  
  "Mary J. Taylor
  1932-2006
  Funeral services for Mary J. Taylor, 74, Ottawa, were Friday, May 12, 2006, at Dengel
  and Son Mortuary with Pastor Richard Dunn officiating.  Interment was on Saturday,
  May 13, at Dooley Bend Cemetery in Wheatland, MO.  Mrs. Taylor died Tuesday, May
  9, at Richmond Health Care, Richmond, KS.
  Mary J. Taylor was born January 21, 1932, at Everton, AR, the daughter of Melvin and
  Ada (O'Daniel) Robertson.  She graduated from Bruno High School in Bruno, AR, with
  the Class of 1948.  She lived 10 years in Kansas City, MO, before moving to Ottawa in
  1962.  Jean worked as Administrative Assistant at Ottawa Truck for 25 years before
  retiring in 1997.  Prior to that, she worked at Raymond Brooks Trucking, Ottawa.
  Jean attended First Assembly of God Church in Ottawa, and was a former member of
  Aerie Lodge #2700, Fraternal Order of Eagles, also in Ottawa.
  Jean and Lex Taylor were married on April 1, 1950, at Harrison, AR.  He survives of
  their home.
  Mrs. Taylor was preceded in death by her son, Kenny Taylor; her grandson, Ron
  Meineke, Jr.; her parents, Ada and Melvin Robertson; and her brother, Cecil Robertson.
  Jean is also survived by her daughters and husbands, Angie and Tony Wilper of
  Wellsville, Ginger and Ron Meineke of Wheatland, MO, and Anita and Mickey Banks of
  Holly Hill, FL; her sister, Lunnell Jarrett of Everton, AR; six grandchildren and four
  great-grandchildren.
  The family suggests memorials be made to Midland Hospice or Franklin County Cancer
  Foundation.
  Dengel and Son Mortuary was in charge of arrangements."
  
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  "Elsie Viola 'Graycie' Cooksey
  1910-2006
  Funeral services for Elsie Viola 'Graycie' Cooksey, 95, Garnett, were Thursday, May 11,
  2006, at Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel with Rev. Gary Benjamin officiating. 
  Interment was in Garnett Cemetery.  Mrs. Cooksey died Tuesday, May 9, at Golden
  Heights Living Center.
  Elsie Viola 'Graycie' Cooksey was born December 13, 1910, at LaCrosse, KS, the
  daughter of John E. and Kathryn (Reifsnieder) Beltz.  After graduating from Gove High
  School in Gove, KS, she moved to LaCrosse and was employed by the Southwestern Bell
  Telephone Company.
  Graycie and Ernest M. 'Ben' Franklin were married in 1931 at Salina and they moved to
  Garnett where they opened Franklin Drug Store.  While Ben served in the Army in World
  War II, she operated the store and broadcast a radio show from their store called 'The
  Garnett Hour'.  She was a cancer survivor who raised money for cancer research.  Ben
  died February 2, 1974.  Graycie then married William Allen 'Bill' Cooksey on
  November 28, 1981, in Garnett.  He also preceded her in death on May 10, 2003.
  She was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
  Mrs. Cooksey is survived by her stepchildren, Bob Cooksey and his wife Mary Lee of
  Garland, TX, Dick Cooksey and his wife Maxine of Allen, TX, and Linda Cooksey Ward
  and her husband Oren of Shell Knob, MO; eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren;
  and her niece, Norma Neis of Colorado.
  Music was provided by Jeanine Zentner, organist, and Scott Schulte, vocalist.  Musical
  selections included 'The Lord's Prayer' and 'In The Garden'.
  Casketbearers were Graycie's grandchildren, Brad Cooksey, Kevin Cooksey, Steve
  Cooksey, Scott Cooksey, Ben Cooksey, Shannon Cooksey, Derek Ward, and Wendi
  Ward Hines.
  The family suggests memorials to the First United Methodist Church.
  Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements."
  
  Transcribed for 
  Anderson County
  Kansas
  USGENWEB
  By:  Lulu B. Nixon