The Roodhouse Record, Roodhouse, Illinois, Thursday, December 26, 1940
WRIGHTS WOMAN DIES AT SON'S HOME
Mrs. Rena Waltrip, aged 63 years, a lifelong resident of Wrights, died at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning Dec. 24, at the home of her son Paul, in Altamont, Ill. Before her marriage to Oscar Waltrip she was Miss Rena Walker. Mr. Waltrip died ten years ago.
In addition to her son Paul, she is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Jane Rigg, Mrs. Ellen Smith and Mrs. Alice Taylor, all of White Hall; one brother, William Walker, Wrights.
Funeral services were held this (Thursday) afternoon at two o'clock from the Wrights Baptist church conducted by Rev. F. L. Crouch. Burial was made in Hickory Grove cemetery south of Wrights.
Submitted by: Cheryl Behrend