Francis Ann Wilks b. 13 Oct 1921 Bachelor, Callaway, Missouri, USA d. 6 Feb 1947 Bachelor, Callaway, Missouri, USA: Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

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1921 - 1947

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Birth	13 Oct 1921	Bachelor, Callaway, Missouri, USA
Gender	Female
_STAT	Never Married
Died	6 Feb 1947	Bachelor, Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Cause: valvular heat disease
Buried	Auxvasse Cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway, Missouri, USA
Person ID	I381	Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
Last Modified	29 Aug 2007

Father	James Rufus Wilks, b. 30 May 1871, Taylor's Store, Franklin, Virginia, USA , d. 23 Oct 1951, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA
Mother	Oddie Elizabeth Day, b. 19 Mar 1876, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA , d. 17 Sep 1952, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA
Married	2 Jan 1894	Auxvasse, Callaway, Missouri, USA
Marriage	50th Wedding Anniversary
Family ID	F116	Group Sheet

Photos		Wilks, Francis Francis Ann Wilks was my grandaunt. She was the only one of my mother's Aunts that died before I was born. This picture was taken late 1930's in Fulton Missouri.
		Wilks, Francis and her mother Oddie Day Wilks and Francis Wilks. Picture taken in 1927 at their home southwest of Auxvasse Missouri.

Headstones		Wilks family Wilks family headstone.
		Francis Ann Wilks Francis Ann Wilks, Oct. 13, 1921 - Feb. 6, 1947. Francis Ann Wilks was a daughter of James Rufus Wilks and Oddie Elizabeth Day. She was my great Aunt. She did not marry.

Death Certificates		Death certificate of Wilks, Francis Ann 13 Oct 1921 - 6 Feb 1947. She was my grandaunt.

Notes	Name: Frances A. Wilks Birth Date: 1921 Death Date: 1947 Pat McAlister notes: Frances was going to William Woods College in Fulton, MO, and home at the farm, when she had a cerebral hemorrhage. We were living in Fulton (801 Nichols) down the street from the college. Mother (Virginia) and Daddy (Paul) went out to get Frances and bring her into town to meet the doctor at Mary's. Frances died on the way into town, sitting in the back of our old 1937 Plymouth. She was sitting between Mother and Grandma. Mother said she knew when she died, because of the sound she made. Oddie's obituary said her name was Frances Anne. The family says her name was Frances Arlene. The story I got was that Rufus wanted to name her Anne or Frances Anne and Oddie wouldn't have it. She thought it was for an old girlfriend named Anne. (Imagine-12 children and she's jealous!) Actually, Rufus' mother was Anne and Oddie's was Frances. Lucille said the parents always called her Frances Anne. Obit:Frances Wilks, 25, dies unexpectedly -William Woods student was daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Wilks of Williamsburg, and a student of William Woods College, died unexpectedly Wednesday night. (Wednesday was the 5th-She probably died after midnight). Apparently in the best of health she had attended classes yesterday and returned to her parents home after school. About 11 o'clock she became ill and was being rushed to Fulton to the hospital when she died, just before midnight. She was 25 years old. Death was attributed to heart disease. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Maupin Funeral Home. The Rev. A. F. Larson will officiate. Burial will be in Auxvasse Cemetery. Miss Wilks was born Oct.13, 1921. She attended the Fulton High School and was graduated in 1942. For a year she attended Junior College at Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Then taught in two Callaway County rural schools, Scott School near Williamsburg and Harrison school near Auxvasse. This fall she entered William Woods College. One of twelve children, Miss Wilks is the second in the large family to die. She is survived by her parents, and the following brothers and sisters, Leo Wilks, Mrs. Homer Owen, both of Auxvasse, Mrs. Merle Bost, Ira D. Wilks and Mrs. Max Foulds of East St. Louis, Mrs. C. D. Carrington and Mrs. Paul Sherman of Fulton, Mrs. John Lewis of What Cheer, Iowa, Lowell Wilks of Scottsbluff, Nebraska and Paul Everett Wilks of Groton, Conn., who is in the navy. (The only thing I see wrong with this one is that she was not going to the hospital. Dr. Durst was meeting them at Mary's. Virginia and Paul went out to get them and Mary stayed in Fulton to get the doctor, who had treated Mary so much that they were pretty close. Frances died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Mama said she bled from the mouth and vomited blood. The doctor said that if they had not moved her at all she might not have died. Who knows. She lost blood) Scott School is the school that all the Wilks children went to. Rufus had a key when I was a child and we went there. I also went with the neighbor a time or two when Mother and I were staying with Grandma after her stroke. The book say it is four miles south of Bachelor. It is a mile or two south of Rufus' house. The road no longer goes by there. They moved it a ways west. You can still see the school, which is a residence. Aunt Frances made my unique paper dolls and doll furniture ** end of Pat's note Death certificate is dated Feb. 5, 1947 and gives time of death as about 1:30 a.m., Feb. 5. Coroner's statement says, "Was notified of this death. Deceased died suddenly, unattended by a physician. Deceased had suffered from a chronic valvular heat disease (mitral valve). It was signed by the coroner, not the doctor, on Feb. 6. Rufus gave the information for her death certificate, his address was given as Williamsburg, Missouri. From looking at the death certificate, and the date the coroner signed it, I think she must have died at 1:30 a.m. on the 6th. Death certificate says nothing about a cerebral hemorrhage.

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	Birth - 13 Oct 1921 - Bachelor, Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Died - Cause: valvular heat disease - 6 Feb 1947 - Bachelor, Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Buried - - Auxvasse Cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway, Missouri, USA

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