Mrs. B.H. Stone Laid to Rest Yesterday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Johnson Stone, wife of B.H. Stone of this place, were held yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock from Central Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Ashley Chappell. Mrs. Stone’s death occurred Saturday at 4 o’clock following an illness of about ten days during which she underwent a serious operation at City Hospital.
The deceased is survived by her husband and three children, two sons and a daughter, James Hicks Stone of Boston, Edward Stone of this place, and Mrs. Karl Holzinger of Chicago. Also by three sisters and four brothers, as follows: Miss Harriet Johnson of this place, who has made her home with Mrs. Stone since the latter’s marriage; Mrs. O.B. Kone of Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Thomas Neidringhaus of St. Louis; Messrs. Joseph B. and George B. Jolmson of Crossville, Tenn.; Edward R. Johnson of Charleston, Mo.; and James T. Johnson of Syracuse, New York.
Mrs. Stone came to Fayetterille as a bride September, 1885, and has resided here continuously since with the exception of two years spent on the coast and the past two years, during which the family have resided at Pierce City, Mo. She was born in St. Louis May 28, 1862, being the daughter of James Thomas Johnson of Anne Armidel County, Md., and Harriet Sarah Thomas Johnson of Cythiana, Ky. She was a member of the local Methodist Church in which she was an active and beloved worker.
Mr. Stone of Boston and Mrs. Holzinger of Chicago arrived to he with their mother several days before her
death.
Interment was at Evergreen Cemetery, the following serving as pallbearers: Robert Wilson, Perry Davidson, Alex McCartney, Link Gregg, C.W. Harrington, and John A. Reed.
— The Fayetteville Daily, July 21, 1919, page 1.