Mrs. Bessie I. Reymore died in the Bell Sanitarium at 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning, two weeks after
becoming a patient there. She had been ill for several weeks.
A native of Camden, Mrs. Reymore was born in a home on the Dunbar road July 10, 1881, being the
daughter of the late Maurice and Lucy Redmond Swanson. For many years she was employed in the
Frisbie and Stanwix Knitting Mill. Her marriage to Frank R. Reymore of Camden took place July 30,
1900, after which the couple lived in Syracuse. They were residents of Greene for 37 years and
in 1945 returned to this section and purchased a home in McConnellsville.
Mrs. Reymore was a member of North Fenton Methodist church and while in McConnellsville attended
the Community Church there.
Surviving are her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Arthur S. Johnson; two granddaughters, Constance and
Ruth Johnson; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Wakefield and Mrs. Grace McLaughlin of Camden, and Mrs.
James O'Brien of Cleveland, and nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m. at the J. Floyd Smith funeral home, performed by the
Rev. Howard D. Holmes of Rome, pastor of the McConnellsville Community Church. Burial will be
in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Acting as bearers will be E. W. Sanford, Earl B. Niles, Thomas W. Crenan, Albert L. Barnes, Hugh
Wasson and William H. Garlick.
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