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- J. T Carithers Died Wednesday Morning
Last Rites at R. P. Church Friday Afternoon.
James T. Carithers, 72, one of our best known and highly respected citizens of this community, died at his home here early Wednesday morning, December 15 (1943), following a five days illness. As noted in last weeks paper he suffered a stroke early Friday morning last.
Since 1926 he has been custodian of the high school building, which position he filled capably for seventeen years, always courtesy (sic) and accommodating. He will be missed by teachers and students alike, as well as by the general public who had occasion to be at the school building off and on during the school year in the years gone by.
The funeral service was held from the Reformed Presbyterian church Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, conducted by his pastor, Reverend H. G. Patterson, assisted by Reverend M. W. Dougherty. The burial was at the Sharon cemetery, the pallbearers being Robert Dickson, John Kilpatrick, Edward Hudson, Curtis Royer, Merritt McElhinney and Zenas McMurtry. The Pierce funeral home was in charge.
Relatives called here to attend the last rites were Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Kern and family and Mrs. Albert Mecklenburg of Blairstown, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Carithers of Burlington; Lt. and Mrs. Harold Sexton and Joyce Ann of Camp Claiborne, Louisiana; Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Sexton and Clark, Jr., Mrs. Ray Westfall and Mrs. Harry Sexton of Oakville.
James Thomas Carithers was born October 4, 1871, at Allegheny, Pennsylvania. At the age of nine years he came to Iowa and settled in the Sharon community near Morning Sun. In early life he became affiliated with the Sharon Reformed Presbyterian church, and 1917 transferred his membership to the Morning Sun congregation, of which he was a member at the time of his death.
On August 14, 1895, he was united in marriage with Minnie L. Baird. To this union were born four children, Mrs. Clark Sexton of Oakville, Mrs. Lester Kern of Blairstown, Mrs. D. T. Armstrong of Morning Sun, and William B. Carithers of Burlington. These [survive him], with nine grandchildren, Lieut. Harold Sexton and Clark Sexton, Jr., Mrs. Marlyn Westfall, Jas., Jayne and J. Ann Kern, Mary Ann and David Ross Armstrong and Thos. Michael Carithers, and two great-grandchildren, Joyce Ann Sexton and Keith Allen Westfall; also three brothers, Reid Carithers of Morning Sun, Wm. McClaren of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and Robert McClaren of Newton, Iowa.
Morning Sun News-Herald, 16 Dec 1943
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