December 27, 1991

EARL THOMAS MASTERS

JACKSON -- Earl Thomas Masters, 89, of Jackson Route 2 died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 1991, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. He was born Sept. 22, 1902 near Oak Ridge, the son of James and Cora Riehn Masters. He had farmed and was a blacksmith in the Oak Ridge and Millersville areas...

JACKSON -- Earl Thomas Masters, 89, of Jackson Route 2 died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 1991, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home.

He was born Sept. 22, 1902 near Oak Ridge, the son of James and Cora Riehn Masters.

He had farmed and was a blacksmith in the Oak Ridge and Millersville areas.

In 1927, he married the former Anna Gallup at Benton, Mo. She survives.

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He is also survived by one son, Gene Masters, Springfield, Ill.; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

One son and one sister preceded him in death.

Funeral service will be held today at 11 a.m. at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson with the Rev. Don Sanders officiating. Burial will follow in Russell Heights Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home today from 9 a.m. until the funeral service.

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