Statler Family Obituaries
Runnels, Joseph Henry
Jackson - Joe Runnels, widely known Whitewater Township ruralist, died at his home one and a half miles west of Millersville, at 5 o'clock Monday evening, death coming as relief from long suffering from heart ailment, dropsy and other complications. The funeral will be held Wednesday but the hour has not been determined. The Last rites will be at the family home, and burial at the Russell Heights cemetery in Jackson.
Joseph Henry Runnels was born in Alabama, but came to this state when he was 4 years old, his parents first settling in Bollinger County. Later he came to this county. He followed farming as his life's vocation, but in late years ill health forced him to desist.
On July 31, 1887, he was married to Virginia Ann Hendricks, who preceded him in death on March 15, this year. Surviving him are one daughter, Mrs. Lee Peter, near Jakcson; two sons, Early Runnels of near Millersville, and Herman Runnels, of St. Louis; two brothers, Andrew Runnels in California, and Willis Runnels of Oak Ridge; one sister, Mrs. Emily Kinder of near Jackson, and two grandchildren.
Obituary found at the Find A Grave website and was printed in the September 25, 1934 edition of the Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, MO.
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