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Julia Ann was born on 7 September 1934 in Dewey, Illinois. She died on 22 November 1972, at age 38, in La Grande, Union, Oregon. She was buried on 25 November 1972 in Wallowa, Wallowa, Oregon.

!Julia died from Cancer when her children were small
!Buried: Bramlet Memorial Cemetery, Lower Valley, Wallowa, Wallowa, OR
Services at Chistian Church Wallowa, 2pm. John Sinclair of Rupert, Idaho officiating.

Beona E Tuttle was born about 1880 in Tyler Co, West Virginia. He and Virginia Bell ("Jennie") Billiter were married on 24 December 1903 in Wetzel Co, West Virginia.

Mazie Elizabeth Hendricks was born on 20 April 1905 in Arvilla, Pleasants Co, West Virginia. She and Preslie Syres Billiter were married on 24 December 1927 in Sistersville, Tyler Co, West Virginia. She died on 27 May 2007, at age 102, in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, West Virginia. She was buried in Northview Cem, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, West Virginia.

Courtesy Mae Nolan: [Tyler Co is in West Virginia on the Ohio River - Ed]
[Tyler Star News March 23, 2005, page 5
PC Council plans "Billiter Day"
The town of Paden City, in recognition of its oldest living resident, will celebrate "Mazie Billiter Day" on April 20.
Mayor John Hopkins proclaimed the day in honor of Billiter at this month's regular council meeting.
"Whereas pride in our community has been demonstrated again and again by citizens of Paden City; and Whereas the Paden City Mayor and Common Council wish to recognize one of those citizens. Now, therefore I, John Hopkins, Mayor of Paden City, do hereby proclaim, April 20, 2005 as Mazie Billiter Day and urge all citizens of Paden City to honor Mazie by recognizing this date, April 20, 2005, as the day Mazie will become 100 years young," Hopkins read. "Therefore, we ask in solemn prayer to the Great Master of the universe that He grant to Mazie Billiter many more years of good health and happiness."
This honor becomes the second time Paden City has recognized Billiter as the town's oldest resident. During the town's centennial celebration in 2003, Billiter was presented with a bouquet of flowers by City Recorder Ginger Wilcox.
Billiter was born on a farm house in Arvilla on April 20, 1905, a daughter of the late William and Emma Kernan Hendricks. She grew up on the farm and attended school in Arvilla.
In 1927, she went to work at the Paden City Bottle Factory where she met her husband-to-be Press Billiter and fell in love. They were married later that year and made their home on South Second Avenue in Paden City, Mazie has lived at that home for 77 years.
When Billiter first moved to Paden City, she recalled, the town had four grocery stores, two barbers, and two doctors.
Billiter worked for the Paden City Pottery for 13 years and Corning Glass for another eight years. She is a member of the Paden Fork Chapel.]. Marriage by R O Phillips, Pastor, Methodist E. Church. No children.

Terry Story was born on 9 August 1944 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. He died in 1990, at age ~46, in Lebanon, Oregon.

Obit: Terry Story, 47, of Brownsville, died Sunday at the Lebanon Community
Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Union
Cemetery in Crawfordsville with Pastor Don Hurst of Mill City officiation. The
Steckley-Tracewell Funeral Home of Sweet Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Story was born Aug. 9, 1944, in Portland. He was raised on a farm near
Ridgefield, Wa. He married Rebecca Gorbett in Wallowa on Aug 2, 1975.
He owned and operated a logging truck in the Sweet Home and La Grande areas.
He was a member of the First Christian Church of La Grande. Survivors include
his wife; his mother, Lorna, and his step father, Roy Kimbro, both of
Ridgefield; a son Owen; daughters Nicki and Miken; and a sister, Karen Gitch,
also of Ridgefield.

Clara Viola Gade was born on 23 May 1902 in Marshall, Minnesota. She and Silas William Henderson were married on 6 June 1923 in Marshall, Minnesota. She died on 5 January 1958, at age 55, in Marshall, Minnesota.

Lenora Ann Smith was born on 29 December 1929 in NE. She and Dale A Masters were married on 19 November 1955 in NE. She died in November 1986, at age 56, in Oklahoma City, OK.

Doyle Harrison Smith was born on 14 February 1894 in NE. He and Geneva Eugenia Henderson were married on 6 June 1918. He died in May 1985, at age 91, in Omaha, NE.

Terry Lee Henderson was born on 6 January 1948 in Denver, Colorado. He died on 27 January 1948, at age 0, in Denver, Colorado. He was buried in Crown Hill Cem, Denver, Colorado.

Laura Fields was born on 11 April 1910. She and Harold Raymond Henderson, Sr, were married about 1978.

James Richard Edwin ("Dick") Hughs was born on 7 July 1931 in Elk, Washington. He died on 19 January 1978, at age 46, in Hermiston, Umatilla, Oregon. He was buried on 22 January 1978 in Hermiston, Umatilla, Oregon.

Wanda Janette Hughs was born on 12 May 1961 in Hermiston, Umatilla, Oregon. She died on 16 January 1997, at age 35, in Hermiston, Umatilla, Oregon. She was buried on 21 January 1997 in Hermiston, Umatilla, Oregon.

!DEATH: Heart attact. Place, Good Shepherd Community Hospital, Hermiston.
!BURIAL: Graveside services 11 a.m. Hermiston Cemetery 21st of January '97.