Sota Agnes Vaughn

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Agnes Carpenter

Mrs. Sota Agnes Carpenter died at 9:30 pm Sun. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Richard Ratliff of Rt. 6, Mt. Vernon. She was 85 yrs. 5 mo. 8 d. of age.
Funeral services will be held Wed. at 2:00 pm at the Osborn Funeral Home in Dix. The Rev. Ross Partridge will officiate and burial will be in Hopewell Cem. The body will lie in state at the Osborn Funeral Home in Dix, where friends may call after 4:00 pm Tues.
Mrs. Carpenter was born Feb. 17, 1880 in Mt. Vernon, the dau. of John E. and Frances E. (Sledge) Vaughn.
On Feb. 20, 1898 she married to James Albert Carpenter, who preceded her in death Feb. 8, 1957.
Mrs. Carpenter was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.
She is survived by two sons, Roy F. Carpenter of Tallahassee, Fl., and Earl H. Carpenter of Peoria, Ill.; three daughters, Mrs. Richard Ratliff, Mrs. Clifford Johnson and Mrs. Dorothy Williams., all of Mt. Vernon; one brother Frank E. Vaughn of Knobnoster, Mo.; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Rough of Mt. Vernon and Mrs. Ethel Quillen and Mrs. Nina Donohoo of Youngtown, Az.; ten grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Sota married James Albert Carpenter, son of James Franklin "Frank" Carpenter and Nancy E Elliot, on 20 Feb 1898 in Jefferson County, Illinois. (James Albert Carpenter was born on 30 Apr 1869 in Morgan County, IL, died on 8 Feb 1957 in Jefferson County, Illinois and was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Jefferson County, Illinois..)