Funeral Rites Held For Crocker Woman
Janie A. Dodd, daughter of J.H. and Tennessee Turpin, was born in Pulaski County, Missouri, on the old Turpin farm April 2, 1878, and departed this life at her home in Crocker, MO, February 26, 1940, at the age of 61 years, 10 months, and 24 days.
She was married to W.H. Carmack in the year 1894 and to this union seven children were born: Clella Mce of Crocker, Zilpha Tully of St. Louis; Leo Carmack of Kansas City; and Mabel Hunt of Dallas, Texas; three children having died in infancy.
They lived on her father's farm, now known as the old Turpin farm, which they later purchased and resided there until about the year 1911 when they moved to Crocker where she has since resided.
She was married to Allen A. Dodd in the year of 1923, he having preceded her in death three years ago.
She united with the Christian Church at about the age of 16 years and has since directed her efforts fathful and earnest in the cause of Christ in whom she was endowed with unlimited faith and reverence to the end.
She was a devoted and industrious wife; a mother of devotion snd courage' spending every effort in the care and welfare of her children, and throughout her long period of illness it was evidenced she died confident that her efforts in her family duties and devotion to Him, who has seen fit to take her away, had not been spent in vain. She lived by the Golden Rule-when charity demanded, opened her home to the homeless and openly expressed herself as being ready to go when called.
She leaves to mourn her passing in addition to the children now living, two brothers and one sister: T.H. Turpin of Wichita; J.E. Turpin of Crocker' and Stella Burchard of San Antonio, Texas; 12 grandchildren, Clarence Mace of Dallas, Texas; Norman and Earl Mace of Los Angeles, California; Leo and Eugene Mace of Springfield, Missouri; Genevieve Wesahaun, Doris, James, and Bobby Tully of St. Louis; Leo Roy, Loyd and Benny Carmack of Kansas City.
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