Cannon, Helen Virginia

1923 - 2019  (95 years)

• Name	Cannon, Helen Virginia
  		Billy Cannon and his sister Helen Contributed by Wes and Jane Cannon
  Birth	3 Jul 1923
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	CANN.H001
  _FGRAVE	19431287
  Death	8 Apr 2019
  Burial	Gunion Cemetery, Cisne, Wayne County, Illinois
  Person ID	I3428	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Cannon - Thompson Basil Columbus Cannon and Florena Elizabeth Thompson Descendants
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Cannon, Basil Columbus,   b. 13 Mar 1892, Washington, Daviess County, Indiana d. 3 Nov 1964, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Thompson, Florena Elizabeth,   b. 6 Jun 1904, Clay County, Illinois d. 27 May 1926, Keith Township, Wayne County, Illinois (Age 21 years)
  Marriage	1921
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 28 years and 9 months - She : ~ 16 years and 6 months.
  Family ID	F664	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hamilton, Charles 'Charlie' E.,   b. 1893   d. 1989 (Age 96 years)
  Children	> 1. Hamilton, Florina 'Susie'
  Family ID	F2176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Gunion Cemetery, Cisne, Wayne County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Helen and Mildred Cannon Contributed by Wes and Jane Cannon

  
  

• Notes

  Helen Virginia Hamilton, age 95, of Flora, Illinois, passed away early morning, April 8, 2019, at Flora Gardens Care Center. She was born July 3, 1923, in Arkansas, the daughter of Basil C. and Florena E. (Thompson) Cannon. She married Charles E. Hamilton on November 19, 1942, in Black Rock, Arkansas, and they shared over 46 years of marriage prior to his death on March 10, 1989. Helen thought of her family as her most grand blessing in life, and she enjoyed spending time with them, and bringing them together for sharing her good cooking. She was a past member of Gunion Christian Church and Oak Street Baptist Church. She had enjoyed oil painting and sewing and quilting, and she took pride in tending to her vegetable garden and planting beautiful flowers and plants. Helen is survived by 2 daughters: Susie (Ron) Woods of Xenia and Charlene (Rusty) James of Clay City; 1 son: Stuart (Tressa) Hamilton of Flora; 11 grandchildren, and many great, great-great, and great-great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; several brothers and sisters; a son-in-law: Bill Ray; a granddaughter; and 2 great-great-grandsons. A funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Friday, April 12, 2019, at Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora. Interment will be in Gunion Cemetery in Wayne County. Visitation will be from 12 noon until 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorial donations are suggested to McCabe General Baptist Church.