Emma Jane Logsdon, 87, died Wednesday afternoon at the Collatt Nursing Home after a long illness. A daughter of Tillman and Rebecca (Allender) Morrow, she was born September 3, 1868 in Henry County near Olds. She had been a lifelong resident of Henry County.
On June 27, 1908, she was married to Lem [Lemuel] Logsdon who preceded her in death October 21, 1938. Shortly after her husband’s death, she moved to Mt. Pleasant, residing at 204 North Jackson Street.
Surviving are two brothers, Ed and Miles Morrow, both of Mt. Pleasant. Her parents, three brothers, and three sisters predeceased her.
Funeral services will be held at the Crane Funeral home Friday, April 6 at 2 p.m. Rev. C. R. DeJaynes, pastor of the Open Bible Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Richwoods Cemetery.
Mt. Pleasant News, April 5, 1956
Contributed by: Shelli Steedman