MRS. EMMA D. CENTERS
Mrs. Emma D. Centers, 77, died at 11:25 pm April 7 at her home in the
Hopewell Community. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Odell Willoughby
and Rev. Durwood Garmon at Hopewell Baptist Church at two o'clock Sunday
afternoon. Burial was in Hopewell Cemetery. Mrs. Centers was a native of this
county, born December 18, 1876, daughter of the late W.F. and Cynthia
Thompson Hanes. She is survived by her husband, Mr. W.E. Centers, and
daughter, Mrs. E.W. Lawson, both of Scottsville, Rt. 4; one son Truman
Centers, Olmstead Falls, Ohio, and one brother, Ed Haines, Dunlap, Tennessee.
Six grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive.
(name of paper and date are omitted from clipping found in the scrapbook
collection of Erskine Garrison at the Allen Co KY Historical Society)
*It is interesting to note that Emma's sister Maude Centers d. 1963 and
brother John F d. 5/1954 are not listed as survivors*
