James M. RUNNELS, 69, died at his home in Boyd at 1 pm today after an illness of several weeks.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 pm at the Pentecostal Church in Boyd of which he was a member. Burial will be at Kirk Cemetery near Ina. The body will remain at the Osborn Funeral Home in Dix until shortly before the funeral hour.

Mr. RUNNELS was married to Cora PICKETT in 1901. She survives him along with seven sons and one daughter.

The sons are Ennes of Fairfield; Harl, Lonnie and Onnie, Carson and Carl, of St. Louis; and Lawrence E. of Ft. Leonard Wood, MO.

The daughter is Dicie MILLER of Mt. Vernon. Lonnie and Onnie are twins, as are Carson and Carl. Also surviving is one brother W. A. RUNNELS, Mt. Vernon.

He had been a farmer for several years but prior to that worked 22 years at the Mt. Vernon Car Manufacturing Company.

He was the son of the late James Henry and Emmeline (PAGE) RUNNELS, and was born March 31, 1873 in Spring Garden Township.

Source: Mt. Vernon, IL Register News
Date: Thursday - 04 Jun 1942
Submitted by: Mary Zinzilieta