Date of birth: 22 Aug 1858 Bartholomew County, Indiana
Date of death: 3 Oct 1944 Shelby County, Indiana
Franklin Evening Star, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, October 4, 1944
Mrs. Milnes Dies Tuesday
Funeral Friday Afternoon At
Edinburg Methodist Church
EDINBURG, Oct. 5 Ð Mrs. Elizabeth C.
Milnes, age 86, died Tuesday afternoon
at 5:15 at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Mary Stillabower, one and one-
half miles northeast of Wilson Corner
in Shelby County, where she was
visiting at the time of her death.
Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the
Edinburg Methodist Church. The
Rev. Ray Bozell will conduct the
services. Burial will be made in
Rest Haven Cemetery.
Mrs. Milnes was the daughter of
Samuel and Martha Anderson Coy and
was born August 22, 1858.
She was married to William T.
Milnes, who with three children
preceded her in death. The survivors
are the daughter, Mrs. Stillabower,
and two sons, Alvin Milnes, Morristown,
R. R., and Roy E. Milnes, Edinburg,
R. R. Eleven grandchildren and thirteen
great-grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Coffman, Edinburg, who made her
home with the deceased, and Mrs. Ardella
Edward, of Clifford, and one brother,
R. A. Coy, of Edinburg.
Mrs. Milnes was a member of the New
Bethel Christian Church, and as associate
member of the Edinburg Methodist Church.
Friends are invited to call at the late
home, 306 South Main Street, Edinburg,
after 7:30 p.m., Wednesday.
Columbus Evening Republican, Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, October 4, 1944
DEATH CLAIMS MRS. MILNES, 80
Edinburg Woman Dies at
Daughters Home in Shelby County
Edinburg, Oct. 4 -- Mrs. Elizabeth C. Milnes,
86, died at 5:15 o'clock Tuesday evening at
the home of a daughter, Mrs. Mary Stillabower in
Shelby county.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock
Friday afternoon at the Edinburg Methodist church,
conducted by the Rev. Ray Bozell, and burial will
be made at Rest Haven cemetery.
Friends may call at the residence, 306 Main
Street in Edinburg, after 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Mrs. Milnes was born Aug. 22, 1858, in
Bartholomew county and was married to William T.
Milnes early in life. They resided in Bartholomew
county for a number of years until he retired from
farming and they moved to Edinburg.
Mr. Milnes died several years ago.
They were the parents of six children, three
of whom survive, Alvin L. Milnes of Morristown,
Roy E. Milnes of Edinburg rural route, and Mrs.
Stillabower of Shelby county. Also surviving are
11 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; two sisters,
Mrs. Mary Coffman of Edinburg and Mrs. Ardella
Edwards of Clifford, and a brother, R.A. Coy of
Edinburg.
Mrs. Milnes was a member of the New Bethel
church.
Submitted by Mark Wirey
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