Mother Of Six Found Dead Friday
The body of Mrs. Helen Marie Farris, 34, was found at 9:30 a.m., Friday by Willis Kelly of Waynesville as he stopped at her home two miles northeast of here.
Troopers said the woman evidently shot herself in the right temple with a .22 caliber rifle an hour and a half before her body was discovered. She had reportedly been mentally disturbed for several weeks and efforts had been made to have her receive psychiatric care.
Authorities said that her husband, Archie, had left for work at 7:15 a.m.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by six children, Charles Denny, David Lee, Gary Lynn, Michael Wayne, and Barbara, all of the home; and Mrs. Connie Marie Colley of Dixon.
Other survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar McKinnon of Waynesville; three sisters, Mrs. Georgia McRoy of Springfield; Mrs. Dorothy Pearson of Fort Leonard Wood; and Mrs. Louise Wilkerson of Pama, Florida; her paternal grandfather’ John McKinnon of Waynesville, and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Rose Phillips of Waynesville.
Funeral services were held Monday under direction of Hedges Funeral Home.
(Handwritten Note: Born: 13 April 1926 Died: 19 Aug 1960 Near her this grave Daniel Lee 1947-1967)
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