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Edna Naomi Knight
Female 1923 - 2002

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  • Birth  4 Sep 1923  Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Female 
    Died  14 Jul 2002  Holts Summit, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Obituary  15 Jul 2002  Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jefferson City News-Tribune 
    • Edna Naomi Backer, 78, Holts Summit, died July 14, 2002, at St. Marys Health Center.
      She was born Sept. 4, 1923, in St. Louis, a daughter of Aubrey and Edna Humphrey Knight Jones. She was married June 3, 1956, in Fulton, to Harrison Yates Backer, who survives.
      She taught school in southeast Missouri, Fulton MSD, and Mokane for 29 years before retiring. She was a member of DAV Auxlilary in Jefferson City and American Legion Auxiliary 210 in Fulton. She was a member of Union Hill Baptist Church in Holts Summit, where she was a Sunday school teacher for many years.
      Other survivors include: one son, Homer Yates Backer, Plattsmouth, Neb.; two daughters, Shirley Naomi Hodges, Holts Summit, and Gloria Jean Hodges, Ashland; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
      Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Union Hill Baptist Church in Holts Summit. The Rev. David Higgs and the Rev. Dale Norfolk will officiate. Burial will be in Summit Memorial Park in Holts Summit.
      Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday. Memorials are suggested to Union Hill Baptist Church Building Fund.
    Buried  Summit Memorial Park, Holts Summit, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I11252  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  05 Dec 2008 
     
    Family  Harrison Yates Backer,   b. 3 Mar 1917, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 2005, Holts Summit, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified  05 Dec 2008 
    Family ID  F14347991  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Daughter of Aubrey Jones Knight, Edna Humphrey
     
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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Sep 1923 - Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Jul 2002 - Holts Summit, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Jefferson City News-Tribune - 15 Jul 2002 - Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Summit Memorial Park, Holts Summit, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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