Miriam Ida EPPERSON

1924 - 1983  (58 years)

• Name	Miriam Ida EPPERSON
  Birth	6 Dec 1924	Hurdland, Knox, Missouri   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	K8Y7-KJN
  Burial	1983	Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States
  Death	30 May 1983	Kirksville, Adair, Missouri   [1, 4]
  Person ID	I3188	Main
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2008

  
  

  Father	Harry Leonard EPPERSON,   b. 12 Jul 1893, Hurdland, Knox, Missouri, United States d. 3 Jan 1976, Hurdland, Knox, Missouri (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Elta Leona WOODS,   b. 5 Jun 1893, Brashear, Adair, Missouri, United States d. 3 Nov 1992, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1918	Macon, Missouri, United States   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F474	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George J GOLDEN,   b. 19 Jan 1919, Hurdland, Knox, Missouri d. 14 Jan 1972, , Macon, Missouri, United States (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1944	Washington, District of Columbia   [8]
  Children	1. LIVING   2. LIVING   3. LIVING
  Family ID	F1359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Money, Harold S., James Money, Kentucky pioneer : descendants and related families, the money tree, (Lexington, Ky. : H.S. Money, 1983), p207, JSMB US/CAN Book 929.273 M746m. [S8] Bible of J.M.Epperson. [S9] unknown, John Epperson (Father of Barnett Epperson). [S9] unknown, John Epperson (Father of Barnett Epperson). Gives death date as 3 May 1983. [S30] Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Epperson, (unknown newspaper, 12 Dec 1968). Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Epperson will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at their home in Hurdland Sunday afternoon, Dec. 22, 198, with open house from 2 to 5 o'clcok. Friends and relatives are invited to call. The request no gifts. On Dec. 17, 1918, Mr. Epperson and the former Elta Woods of Gibbs were united in marriae by Elder G.E. Edwards at his home in Macon. They lived on the family farm south of Hurdland until 1934 when they moved to Hurdland where Mr. Epperson served as postmaster until his retirement five years ago. The Epperson's son, James M. Epperson, of Farmington and daughters, Mrs. Virginia Campbell of Indianapolis, Ind., and Miriam, Mrs. George J. Golden, of Kirksville, are helping with plans for the celebration. Their families, which include seven grand-children and two great-grandchildren, will also be present on the occasion honoring their 50th anniversary. [S15] Obituary, Elta L. Epperson, (unknown newspaper, 11 Nov 1992). Elta L. Epperson, 99, of Kansas City, formerly of Hurdland, died Tuesday, November 3, 1992, in the Carondelet Manor in Kansas City. Services were held at 1 p.m. Friday, November 6, 1992, in the Hudson-Rimer Park View Chapel in Kirksville. The Rev. Stan EAst officiated the services. Burial was in the IOOF Cemetery at Hurdland. Music was provided by the Mt. Tabor Primitive Baptist Church. She was born on June 5, 1893, in the Gibbs area, the daughter of Chester and Margaret Sleeth Woods. On December 17, 1918, she married Harry Leonard Epperson and he preceded her in death on January 3, 1976. Also preceding her in death were her parents; one daughter, Miriam Ida Golden; two sisters, Edna Vandiver and Mae Thomas; one brother, Wylie Woods, and one great-grandson, Jay Patrick Collins. Elta is survived by one son, James M. Epperson and his wife Josephine of Aurora; one daughter, Virginia L. Campbell of Kansas City; seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Elta grew up on a farm east of Gibbs and attended Gopher Hill School and the Kirksville State Teachers College. She was a housewife and homemaker and had spent most all of her life in the Hurdland community where she and her husband were engaged in farming. Elta was a member of teh Rebacca Lodge and Priscilla Club of Hurdland and the Order of the Eastern Star Matilda Chapter #41 of Edina. She attended the Mt. Tabor Primitive Baptist Church and in later years the First Christian Church in Kirksville. Pallbearers were Alvin Henderson, Earl Spencer, Jim Gonnerman, John Gonnerman, Joe Muir and Robert Poore. [S11] Obituary, Harry Leonard Epperson, (unknown newspaper, 7 Jan 1976). Harry Leonard Epperson, 82, lifelong resident of the Hurdland community and a retired postmaster of there, died at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Jan. 3, 1976, at the Manor Care Center in Kirksville where he had been since Nov. 11, 1975. Funeral services were at 1:30 o'clcok Tuesday afternoon at the Hudson-Rimer Funeral Chapel in Edina with Elder Clyde O. Johnson of Green Castle officiating. Burila was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery at Hurdland. Hurdland Lodge No.396 I.O.O.F. conducted services Monday evening at the Chapel. He is survived by his wife, a son, James Money Epperson, of Kirksville, two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Campbell of Kansas City and Mrs. Miriam Golden of Kirksville, seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Tobey and Mrs. Amma Botts, both of Kirksville. Mr. Eppreson was born July 12, 1893, at Hurdland, a son of James Money and Mary Ellen Hill Epperson, and was married Dec. 17, 1918, to Elta Woods. He was a member of the Mt. Tabor Primitive Baptist Church, the above mentioned lodge, and the REbekah Lodge No. 119, also of Hurdland. Mr. Epperson served as postmaster of Hurdland for 29 years, had served anumber of years as clerk of the Town Board, clerk of Hurdland School Board and was active in all community affairs. He had also farmed in Knox County. He was preceded in death by his parents, a great-grandson, three brothers, John O. Epperson, G. Roy Epperson and Walter H. Epperson, and a sister in infancy. [S31] Miriam Epperson is Married, (unknown newspaper, 1 Feb 1945). Word of Wedding to Lt. George Golden in Washington is Learned Miss Miariam Epperson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Epperson of Hurdland, and Lt. George J. Golden, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Golden of 808 East Harrison, Kirksville, were married at Walter Reed Chapel, WAshington, D.C., at 2:30 o'clock Dec. 22, it has just been made known. Col. Charles I. Carpenter, U. S. Army Chaplain, performed the single ring ceremony. The alter was decorated with baskets of white flowers and ferns with five-branch candelara on each side. The traditional wedding march and soft music during the ceremony was played by an Army organist. The bride wore and apple green suit with brown and white accessories and her corsage was of orchids. The maid of honor, who wore a yellow wool dress with black accessories and a corsage of talisman roses, was Miss Frances Janssen of Eddyville, Ia., a roommate of the bride. Lt. Col. Albert S.J. Dean of Shreveport, La., was best man for teh bridegroom. Mrs. Golden is a graduate of Hurdland High School and attended the Kirksville State Teachers College. She was a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority and has been employed by the War Department in the Pentagon Building, Washington, for the last two years and is secretary to teh executive officer, Supply Division, War Department General Staff. Lt. Golden was graduated from Kirksville HIgh School and attended the Kirksville State Teachers College. He was employed at the R.J. Hurley Lumber Company, Chillicothe, Mo., before going into the Army. Lt. Golden served with a parachute infantry unit in the 82nd Airborne Division and returned to Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, last August for treatment of woonds received in France. He is now a patient of the convalescent section. Following the reception, Lt. and Mrs. Golden left for a short honeymoon in New York City. They are now at home at 9001Butternut Street, N.W., Washington, and plan to return to Kirksville early in the spring.