Penecia Mae McConnell

Funeral services for Penecia Mae McConnell, age 44 of Mound City who died Friday at St. Mary's Hospital, will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Baptist Church in Mound City with Rev. Silas Morgan officiating.

Interment well be made in Spencer Heights Cemetery in Mounds.

Alstate Funeral Home of Mound City in charge of arrangements.
Source: Cairo Evening Citizen  28 Mar 1953

Penecia Mae McConnell, age 44 of Mound City, died today at 2:45 a.m. at St. Mary's Hospital after an illness of three months.  She was born in Barlow, Ky., and had been a resident of Mound City for 12 years.

Mrs. McConnell was a member of the Lake Milligan Baptist Church at Miller City.

She is survived by her husband, Leon; seven sons, Harold of Mounds; Andy and George of Mound City; William Eugene of the U.S. Army; Roy Earl, Donald Raymond and Charles Edward at home; two daughters, Shirley Ann and Mary Elizabeth, at home; her father, Ralph Burns, her mother, Della Burns of Mound City; six brothers, one sister and three grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Alstat Funeral Home in Mound City after 7 p.m. tonight.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete but will be announced later.  Alstat Funeral Home in charge.

Source: Cairo Evening Citizen  27 Mar 1953

Submitted by Mary Beaver Cox