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Sarah Ann Abigail Headlee Lemley Obituary
1935

MRS. JOHN LEMLEY, OF PERRY TOWNSHIP, DIES
WAYNESBURG, Feb. 11. - Mrs. Abigail Lemley, aged 80 years, a lifelong resident of Perry Township, died this morningat her home on Shannon Run. She was the widow of John Lemley, whose death occurred in 1930.
Mrs. Lemley was a daughter of John and Rebecca Headley Connor and was born March 8, 1854 on the same farm where she lived at the time of her death. She was the last member of her family. She is survived by the following children: Marion Lemley, Albert lemeley, Mrs, Francis Conklin, Sanford Lemley and Mrs. John Hartley, all of Mt. Morris; Mrs. Myra Cooper, McKeesport, and Wilbert Lemley, Kirby. One daughter, Rachel, died seven years ago.
Mrs. Lemley was a member of the Shannon Run Methodist Episcopal Church.
The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon, February 13. Short services will be held at the Lemley home at 1 o'clock with further services in the Mt. Morris Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Newspaper obituary, date and source unknown (Greene County, Pennsylvania)

Lemley Funeral To Be Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Sarah A. Lemley, Perry Township, who died at he home at 6:15 a.m. Thursday, will be held tomorrow at the house at 1:30 with further services at the Baptist Church in Mt. Morris in charge of Rev. Frederick Speilman. Interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Lemley was born March 8, 1854, and was aged 80 years, 11 months and 3 days. She was the daughter of John and Rebecca Connor Headlee. She was a member of the Shannon Run M. E. Church all her life and was born and reared in Perry Townshipand was prominent in community work.
On September 3, 1871, she was married to John Lemley who died in 1930. To this union the following children were born: Marion Lemley, Mt. Morris, R.D.; Mrs. Almira Cooper, Mt. Morris; Sanford Lemley, Mt. Morris; twin daughters Rachel, deceased and Rebecca, Mt. Morris, R.D.;twin sons, Albert, Mt. Morris, and Wilbert, Kirby; Lewis Lemley, of Mt. Morris, and Mrs. Julia Conklin, Mt. Morris. There are also 21 grandchildren.
Democrat Messenger, February 12, 1935(Greene County, Pennsylvania)

Mrs. Abigail Lemley
Funeral rites were held Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Abigail Lemley, aged 80, widow of John Lemley and a lifelong resident of Perry Township, who died Monday, Feb. 11, 1935, at her home on Shannon Run. Short services in the Lemley home were followed by further rites in the Mt. Morris Baptist Church. Interment was in the Cedar Grove Cemetery, Mt. Morris.
Mrs. Lemley was a daughter of John and Rebecca Headley Connor [sic] and was born March 8, 1854, on the same farm where she lived at the time of her death. She was the last member of her family. Her husband died in 1930. She is survived by the following children: Marion Lemley, Albert Lemley, Mrs. Francis Conklin, Sanford Lemley and Mrs. John Hartley, all of Mt. Morris; Mrs. Myra Cooper, McKeesport, and Wilbur Lemley, Kirby. One daughter, Rachel, died seven years ago.
Mrs. Lemley was a member of the Shannon Run Methodist Episcopal Church.
Democrat Messenger, February 15, 1935(Greene County, Pennsylvania)

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