Grace Evelyn Wood ^{1 2 3 4}

  Death Notes:

Given Name: Grace
Middle Name: E
Surname: Homes
State: Missouri
Age: 88
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1903
Death Date: 23 Nov 1991

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1PW-HM8 : 20 May 2014), Grace E Homes, 23 Nov 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Burial Notes:

PLOT Hastings Block 8 Row 5
Find a Grave Memorial 59732310

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Wilson Township, Adair County, MO on 26 April 1930. ¹

1930 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 22, Family 189, Roll 1174
Wilson Township, Adair County, Missouri, United States
Home owned
Grace E. Holmes..Daughter-in-law..26..Missouri..married at age 26

(Living with husband at the home of his widowed father.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Wilson Township, Adair County, MO on 15 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 1-23, Family 89, Roll 2081
Wilson Township, Adair County, Missouri, United States
Home owned, $1100
Grace Homes..Wife..36..Missouri..2 years college

(Living with husband, 2 children, and widowed father-in-law.)
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• Grave Image: La Plata Cemetery, after 23 November 1991, in La Plata, MO. ⁵ PLOT Hastings Block 8 Row 5
Find a Grave Memorial 59732310

The body was cremated.

• Her obituary was published after 23 November 1991 in La Plata, MO. ^{3 4}
Grace E. Homes, age 88, of La Plata, passed away Saturday, (November 23, 1991) in the La Plata Nursing Home.

She was born June 20, 1903, in Wyaconda, Missouri, the daughter of Edward S. and Lillie M. (Ferry) Wood. On August 11, 1929, she married Parker Homes, who survives.

She is also survived by one son, Larry Homes, of Montezuma, Iowa; one daughter, Marlene Barnes, of Ft. Madison, Iowa; two brothers, John Wood, of Macon, Missouri; and Leslie Wood of Atlanta, Missouri; and two grandchildren, Angela and David Barnes.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Opal Helen Wood, and one brother, Ivan Wood.

Mrs. Homes received her education in the Atlanta Schools and the Northeast Missouri State University. She taught for eight years in the elementary schools of Macon County before moving to La Plata. She was a member of the Adair County Women's Progressive Farmers Association, the Order of the Eastern Star of La Plata, for more than 54 years, and the La Plata Community Presbyterian Church.

The body has been cremated. Memorial services were held Tuesday afternoon, (November 26, 1991) at the Travis Funeral Chapel in La Plata. The Reverend Greg Wood of La Plata, will officiate. Organist will be Diantha Cable.

(Source: unknown newspaper)
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Grace married Parker Hill Homes, son of Edward Parker Homes and Mollie Sedonia Turner, on 11 August 1929 in La Plata, MO.^{1 2} (Parker Hill Homes was born on 15 January 1900 in La Plata, MO,^{1 2 6 7 8 9 10} died on 29 August 1996 in Kirksville, MO ^{9 10} and was cremated after 29 August 1996 in La Plata, MO ¹⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Wilson Township, Adair County, MO on 26 April 1930. ¹

1930 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 22, Family 189, Roll 1174
Wilson Township, Adair County, Missouri, United States
Home owned
Edward P. Holmes..Head..62..Missouri..Widowed..Farmer, General Farm
Parker H. Holmes..Son..30..Missouri..married at age 29..Laborer, Farm
Grace E. Holmes..Daughter-in-law..26..Missouri..married at age 26
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Wilson Township, Adair County, MO on 15 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 1-23, Family 89, Roll 2081
Wilson Township, Adair County, Missouri, United States
Home owned, $1100
Parker Homes..Head..40..Missouri..8th grade..Farmer
Grace Homes..Wife..36..Missouri..2 years college
Marlene Homes..Daughter..2..Missouri
Larry Homes..Son..1..Missouri
Edward Homes..Father..72..Missouri..Widowed..8th grade
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