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Chambliss, Edith Naomi

Chambliss, Edith Naomi

Female 1894 - 1982  (87 years)


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  • Name Chambliss, Edith Naomi 
    Birth 10 Jun 1894  Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number CHAM.E003 
    _FGRAVE 18788877 
    Death 5 May 1982  Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Foster Hill Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Headstone, Devore, Edith N. and William L.
    Headstone, Devore, Edith N. and William L.
    Person ID I32530  Carl Wayne Gray Research
    Last Modified 18 Oct 2024 

    Father Chambliss, James T.,   b. 1860   d. 1950 (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Smith, Agnes E.,   b. 1866, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1944 (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage Y  [2
    Family ID F16776  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Devore, William Lewis,   b. 11 Jun 1894   d. 15 Sep 1953 (Age 59 years) 
    Children 
    >1. Devore, Harold E.,   b. 22 Dec 1914   d. 23 Sep 1974 (Age 59 years)
    >2. Devore, Geneva H.,   b. 17 Oct 1916, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 2004, Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    >3. Devore, Robert James,   b. 6 Oct 1921   d. 6 Mar 1999 (Age 77 years)
    >4. Devore, Glen William 'Pete',   b. 16 Oct 1923   d. 19 Oct 1996 (Age 73 years)
     5. Devore, Paul Talbert,   b. 1 Feb 1926   d. 23 Mar 2002 (Age 76 years)
    +6. Devore, Earl S.,   b. 1 Feb 1926   d. 1 Aug 1996 (Age 70 years)
    +7. Devore, B. Evelyn,   b. 4 Jul 1931, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 2009, Flora Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    >8. Devore, Ellen,   b. 4 Jul 1931, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 2009, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F13528  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Jun 1894 - Clay County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 May 1982 - Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Foster Hill Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Edith Naomi Devore, 87, Flora, died at 9:20 a.m. Wednesday in Clay County Hospital in Flora.

      Services will be Saturday at the John T. Frank Funeral Home in Flora with Rev. Roscoe Rose presiding. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery.

      Mrs. Devore was born June 10, 1894, in Clay County, the daughter of James T. and Agnes (Smith) Chambliss. She married William Devore in 1914 in Louisville and he preceded her in death.

      She was a lifetime member of the Flora Methodist Church.

      Survivors include four sons, Robert, Glenn, Earl, and Paul, all of Flora; four daughters, Geneva Leathers and Ellen King, both of Flora; Evelyn Schnepper, Louisville; and Clara Willis, Olney; two brothers, Glenn Chambliss, Grand Junction, Co.; and Theodore, Gibson City; a sister, Elsie Farris, Colorado Springs, Co.; 28 grandchildren; and 37 great-grandchildren.

      She was preceded in death by her husband, and a son, Harold.


      Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, May 5, 1982.

  • Sources 
    1. [S10007] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Devore, Edith N. and William L., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18788881/william_lewis_devore), none. (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S5552] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 18, page 9a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).