CONYER
PARTHENA WALKER CONYER
Mrs. Parthena Walker Conyer, relict of the late Wm. Conyer, who died only five months ago, passed away Sunday morning, Feb. 26, 1911, at 2:20 o'clock at the home of her son-in-law, I.F. Threlkeld, near Levias. She was about 90 years of age, being one of the oldest women in the county and one of the longest residents here.
She was born in Wilson county, Tenn., in 1821 and moved to this county in early womanhood.
Mrs. Martha Ann Conyer, deceased mother of Q.M. Conyer of this city, was her sister and Mrs. Newt Brasher of Caldwell Springs is a half sister.
She is survived by three sons, G.W. and T.M., of this city and J.H. of Levias and by one daughter, Mrs. Kate Threlkeld. She professed faith in early life but was not a member of any church. She owned the farm at the time of her death, which she had helped to clear and lived on for almost a half century. The interment was at Union Monday afternoon.
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Crittenden Record-Press 2 Mar 1911
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