Anna "Maude" Hedges
1889 - 1976 (86 years)
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Name Anna "Maude" Hedges Born 3 Jun 1889 Allerton, Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Died 7 Feb 1976 Columbia, Boone County, Missouri [1, 3, 4] Buried Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri [3] Person ID I29 Hedges Last Modified 16 Jul 2019
Father James Alva Hedges, b. 9 Sep 1864, Greenup County, Kentucky , d. 6 Aug 1946, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri (Age 81 years) Mother Lucy Amanda Cox, b. 15 Jan 1867, Carter County, Kentucky , d. 6 Feb 1919, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri (Age 52 years) Married 4 Feb 1885 Ringos Mills, Kentucky [1] Family ID F25 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Orra "Norman" Smith, b. 22 Dec 1888, Browning, Linn County, Missouri , d. 15 Apr 1968, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri (Age 79 years) Married 11 Sep 1906 Purdin, Linn County, Missouri [1, 5] Children + 1. James William Smith, b. 29 Mar 1908, Electra, Wichita County, Texas , d. 14 Jun 1985 (Age 77 years)2. Herman "Glenn" Smith, b. 28 Feb 1910, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri , d. 1 Aug 2004 (Age 94 years)3. Travis Edward Smith, b. 12 Jun 1912, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri , d. 5 Feb 1973 (Age 60 years)4. Orra "Norman" Smith, b. 9 Jul 1915, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri , d. 19 Mar 1996, Missouri (Age 80 years)+ 5. Ruth Ann Smith, b. 10 Feb 1918, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri , d. 17 Aug 2021, Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri (Age 103 years)+ 6. Lucille Violet Smith, b. 31 Mar 1920, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri , d. 26 Oct 2016, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 96 years)7. Frances Lorene Smith, b. 22 Dec 1922, Linneus, Linn County, Missouri , d. 1996, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri (Age 73 years)+ 8. Essie Maye Smith, b. 6 Aug 1925, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri , d. 14 Dec 1985 (Age 60 years)9. John Robert Smith, b. 6 Jan 1928, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri , d. 14 Apr 1996, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri (Age 68 years)10. George Alvin Smith, b. 8 Aug 1931, Linneus, Linn County, Missouri , d. 20 Jul 1950 (Age 18 years)Last Modified 15 Jan 2023 Family ID F30 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 3 Jun 1889 - Allerton, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Married - 11 Sep 1906 - Purdin, Linn County, Missouri 
Died - 7 Feb 1976 - Columbia, Boone County, Missouri 
Buried - - Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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At Ralph and Eva's in Sidell, Illinois 
Hedges, William McKinley and Maude Hedges Smith Maude Hedges Smith 
JA Hedges family 
Orra and Maude Smith family 
Hedges Reunion 1946
The Seventeenth Annual Hedges Reunion was held Sunday, August 18, 1946 at Lincoln Park, Danville, Illinois with 99 relatives and friends present. A basket dinner was served at the noon hour. George F. Hedges presided at the business meeting in the afternoon. Talks were given from those from distances and was enjoyed by all. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year. President J. W. Hedges, Vice President P. T. Hedges, Secretary Treasurer Anna Bagley. The next meeting will be held the 3rd Sunday in August 1947 in Missouri. Gifts were presented to the oldest man present, George F. Hedges, 79. Oldest woman was Mrs. Cora Hedges, 76 years old. The youngest was Robert Alan Yeazel, 3 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Yeazel. Newlyweds were Mr. and Mrs. John Hanks. The one coming the farthest was Jasper N. Hedges of Dubois, Wyoming, 1650 miles. There were 6 marriages, Betty Buckman and Dale Wood, Geraldine Hedges and Frank Pesorara, Betty Lou Smith and Frank Day, Lois Smith and Max Dodd, Roy Hedges and Inez Cola, Irene Smith and John Hanks. There were 9 births [transcriber has omitted this section to preserve privacy] Two deaths: Ercel Eldon Simpson and James A. Hedges. Greetings were received from those from a distance who could not attend.
Hedges Reunion 1932
Documents 
Hedges, Anna Maude
Headstones 
Smith Orra "Norman", Anna Maude Hedges, and their son, George Alvin Smith
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Notes - Obituary. Anna Maude Hedges Smith, the daughter of James Alva and Lucy Cox Hedges, was born June 3, 1889 and passed away in Pershing Memorial Hospital, Brookfield, Mo., Feb. 7, 1976. Preceding that,she had been a patient in White Haven Nursing home and then in Ellis Fischel Cancer Hospital in Columbia. Maudie, as she was called, was born in Jamaica, Ill. and at the age of 5 moved with her parents to Missouri. She married Orra Norman Smith, Sept. 11, 1906. They were the parents of 10 children, 30 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren and 11 great great grandchildren. Orrie died in 1968 after they had been married 62 years. She is survived by 8 children, 2 deceased, James William Smith, Purdin; Herman Glenn Smith, Meadville, Orra Norman Simth Jr., Chillicothe; Ruth Anna McKenzie, Purdin, Violet Lucille Hoag, Fairmount, Ill.; Frances Lorene Duncan, Purdin, Mo.; Essie Maye Love, Gladstone, Mo.; John Robert Smith, Granit City, Ill. George Alvin Smith was killed in Korea July 20, 1950 and Travis Edward Smith died Feb. 5, 1973. Maudie, a free spirit as one sone called her. Mother was a lover of all people and saw the good tht was in her fellow man. Each person who has come in contact with her came away with a special feeling after an insight into her special nature. She had a great interest in what was going on around her until she became so ill, though in a wheelchair for 20 years, she still could not be called an invalid, she used it like a young boy on abicycle. Her family was at her bedside constantly and such a comfort to her the last few months of her pain and illness. She became a christian as a young girl and was a member of the Purdin Church of Christ. She was dedicated and attended all her life until she was no longer able. Her children remember their childhood as that being as much a part of her life as eating and sleeping. Her sister Essie Creason of Purdin and broth W. M. Hedges of Forsythe preceded her in death, also 3 young brothers and sisters. Funeral service was Monday, Feb. 9, 1976, 2 p.m. at the Purdin Church of Christ. Bro. Bill Hance conducted the service. Music was by Mrs. Shirley Campbell, Kenneth Guyer and Quenton and Emily Smith. Casketbearers were her grandsons. Interment was made in the Purdin Cemetery directed by the Wade Funeral Home.
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