Myrtle Frances Jones
1883 - 1964 (80 years)-
Name Myrtle Frances Jones - daughter of Andrew Jones and Mary Elizabeth Patterson [1]
Born 13 May 1883 Monroe County, Missouri 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Occupation housewife [2] Died 20 Jan 1964 Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri [1, 2, 3] - Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1964/1964_00000076.PDF
Buried 22 Jan 1964 Centralia Cemetery, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri [1, 2, 3] Person ID I2626 Gritton Last Modified 7 Mar 2024
Family Earl Simpson Gritton, b. 14 May 1880, Monroe County, Missouri , d. 21 Feb 1957, Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri (Age 76 years) Married 22 Feb 1902 Monroe County, Missouri [4] Children 1. Charles Raymond Gritton, b. 13 Feb 1903, Monroe County, Missouri , d. 28 Dec 1969, Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri (Age 66 years)2. Bertha Estell Gritton, b. 24 May 1911, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri , d. 2 Jun 1936, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri (Age 25 years)3. Roy Mayes Gritton, b. 7 Mar 1917, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri , d. 10 Mar 2002, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas (Age 85 years)4. Ralph Hickerson Gritton, b. 7 May 1917, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri , d. 2 May 1964, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri (Age 46 years)5. Earl Simpson Gritton, b. 18 May 1919, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri , d. 3 Apr 2009, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri (Age 89 years)Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1103 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 13 May 1883 - Monroe County, Missouri 
Married - 22 Feb 1902 - Monroe County, Missouri 
Died - 20 Jan 1964 - Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri 
Buried - 22 Jan 1964 - Centralia Cemetery, Centralia, Boone County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Rites Yesterday for Mrs. Earl Gritton, Sr.
Mrs. Myrtle Frances Gritton, 80 years of age, the widow of Early Gritton Sr., died early Monday morning, Jan. 20, at the Audrain Hospital in Mexico where she had been a patient since Sunday morning. She was the last member of a family of three brothers and four sisters.
She was born May 13, 1883 in Monroe County, Mo., the daughter of the late Andrew and Mary Elizabeth Patterson Jones. On Feb. 23, 1902 she was married to Earl Simpson Gritton, Sr., who preceded her in death Feb. 21, 1957.
The Gritton family moved to Centralia in 1908. She was a member of the First Christian Church and was active in church activities. She was a member of the Sarah Group of the Christian Women's Fellowship.
She is survived by six children, five sons and a daughter. They are Ray of Moberly; Mrs. Hazel Kempster, Kansas City, Kansas; Chester, Minneapolis, Minn., Roy of Kansas City, Kansas and his twin brother, Ralph of the home and Earl Gritton, Jr., Centralia. There are also nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren surviving.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Mrs. Bertha Gallip, in 1936.
Funeral services were at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 22 at the First Christian Church. Rev. Donald E. Mattson, pastor, assisted by the Rev. Fletcher Dodson, past of the Allen Street Methodist Church, offiated at the services.
Burial was in the Centralia Cemetery.
The body was in state at the Meador Funeral Home until the hour of the services.
Centralia Fireside Guard, Centralia, Missouri. Thursday, 23 January 1964.
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