Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon at the First Baptist church for Joel Beverage Archer, who passed away suddenly on March 24. The Rev. C. O. Branson officiated at the service. Burial was in the Cabool cemetery with the Elliott-Gentry Funeral Home in charge.
Those surviving are his wife, Ethel, one daughter, Clara; two sons, Billy and Paul, seven grandchildren, 2 brothers, William Van and George B. of Cabool; two sister, Edna Cox, Cabool and Ethel Pool, Mountain Grove; 20 nieces and hephews and friends. Eileen (Manion) Warner was taken into their home and loved as a daughter while there.
Joel Beverage Archer, son of William Berry Archer and Letha Isabel Coats was born December 14, 1897, in Texas County near Houston and departed this life March 24, 1960 making his age 62 years 3 months and 10 days.
For the past 19 years he has lived in Cabool. He was united in marriage to ethel Pauline Palstring, January 10, 1926. to this union 3 children were born, Clara Elizabeth, Rockford, IL; Billy Joel, East Alton, IL.; Paul David, Rockford, IL.
In early manhood he accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Savior. He united with the Houston Baptist church and on leaving Houston he took his membership with him.
Ethel Pauline (Palstring) Archer, daughter of William and Sarah Palstring was born March 14, 1900 in Humboldt, Kansas, and passed away in the Texas County Memorial Hospital on January 22, 1969, making her age 68 years, 10 months and 8 days.
On January 10, 1926, she was united in marriage to Joel B. Archer and to this union three children were born. Mr. Archer departed this life in March, 1960.
She accepted the Lord as her Savior at an early age and was baptized into the First Baptist Church about 31 years ago. She was truly a fine Christian lady and for many years had taught in Sunday school at the Cabool Baptist Church. She made many friends wherever she was and was always willing to help others in any way.
Survivors include a daughter, Clara Elizabeth Hoover, Rockford, IL.; two sons, Billy Joel and Paul David, both of California; also Eileen Warner of Success, who was taken in as one of the children years ago; one sister, Cleo Bandy, Yukon; and two brothers, Clarence Palstring, Houston, and Carl Palstring, Ontario, Calif., ten grandchildren and a host of other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Cabool First Baptist Church with Rev. C. D. O'Neill officiating. Burial was in Cabool Cemetery under the direction of Elliott-Gentry Funeral Home.
She attended school in Houston and later attended State Teachers College in Springfield. For a while she taught school at Sargent. She was a lifelong resident of this area, well known and respected by all who knew her and she will be sadly missed. Her life was helping others. At a young age she professed her faith in her savior and at the time of her passing was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cabool. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Ray Pippen, Sr., and Lester Cox; also three bothers.
Surviving are a son, Ray Pippen, Lexington, Kentucky; two daughters, Lenna Watts, Pekin, Illinois, and Della Maness of Cabool; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Pool of Mtn. Grove; two stepsons, Emmett Cox, Springfield and Raymond Cox, St. Louis; three stepdaughters, Dorothy Wendelren, Saco, Maine, Marie Cornwell, State of Oregon, and Opal Fox, Springfield; nine grandchildren, eight step grandchildren, six great grandchildren, 16 step great grandchildren four step great great grandchildren and a host of other relatives.
Funeral services were 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 21, in Elliott-Gentry Chapel with Reverend Payton Smyer officiating. Burial was in Cabool Cemetery.
Edna May Archer, eldest daughter of Berry and Isabel Coats Archer, was born at Houston, Missouri, March 5, 1901, and departed this life in Springfield, Missouri, early Sunday, February 19, 1984 at age 82 years, 11 months and 14 days. She had been ill only a short time.
