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Democrat-Leader
Fayette, Missouri
Friday, March 4, 1955
Page3, column 4
Former Resident Dies in Nebraska
A former Howard county resident, Mrs Jennette Yowell Bethards, died Wednesday morning in
Plattsmouth Nebr., where she had made her home for the past few years. Before her marriage
in 1942 to Litt Bethards, who survives, she had been married to the late Ed O'Neal,
one-time marshal in Fayette.
The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow in Plattsmouth. Among those who plan to attend
are a daughter of Mrs. Bethards, Mrs. Ernest Ray of New Franklin, and Mrs. Ray's
daughter, Mrs. Richard Yaeger.
Mrs. Bethards, who was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1874, moved to Howard County and lived
near New Franklin and Fayette and also in the town of New Franklin. Her first marriage was
to William Carroll and after his death Mrs. Bethards was married to Mr. O'Neal. She
left Howard County 13 years ago.
Besides Mr. Bethards, she is survived by seven of her 11 children; Mrs. Ray and Mrs.
Margaret Turner of New Franklin, Mrs. Gyp childers of Fayette, Mrs. Dick Brasher of
Georgia, William Carroll of Tebbetts, Mo., B. F. Carroll of Wisconsin, and Mrs. Joe
Naranjo of Plattsmouth.