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Submitted: 9/12/19 • Approved: 9/13/19 • Last Updated: 9/16/19 • R822026-G822025-S3
May 16 1905 Portageville, New Madrid, MO
Jan 25 1987 Gainesville, Alachua, FL
Mrs. Etta Mae Buys was born May 16, 1905 at Portageville, Missouri and died January 25, 1987 in the Alachua General Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. She was 81.
Mrs. Buys was a retired owner of a florist shop and a grocery store in Gainesville.
She was the daughter of the late Edward V. Chappell and Dora Crowley Chappell, and the widow of Edgar Buys. She was a member of the 39th Avenue Church of Christ in Gainesville.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Helen Jerline Martin of Gainesville; a brother, Willie C. Toon of Springfield, Missouri; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Bessie Brown of Steele, Missouri; and three brothers-in-law, Tom Buys of Steele, Boyd Buys of Kennett, Missouri; and Earl Buys of Delphor, Ohio.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, January 28, 1987 at 2:00 p.m. at the Church of Christ in Steele with Kenneth and Gary Martin (grandsons) officiating.
Burial was in the Number Eight Cemetery near Cooter, Missouri with John W German Funeral Home of Steele in charge.
Pallbearers were John Brown, Greg Buys, Travis Martin, Mike Underwood, Charles Chappell, and David Whitfield.
Steele Enterprise - Steele, Missouri - Thursday, February 5, 1987
Contributed on 9/12/19 by ttack37
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