Individual Details

Sarah Cleona Briggs

(8 Dec 1905 - 14 Feb 1984)

Marriage time frame based on the fact that S. Cleona was single, living with her mother in Nashville, Barton Co., Missouri in 1940. S. Cleona had 2 years of college and was a public school teacher. On her brother's obituary in 1944 she is listed as Mrs. Cleona Overstreet of El Rancho, California.

The Morning Sun, Pittsburg, Kansas, Wednesday February 15, 1984, Page 8: Liberal--S. Cleona Overstreet, 78, of Liberal, died at 7:12 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1984, in Joplin after a short illness. She was born on Dec. 8, 1905, in Pittsburg. She married Ralph Overstreet on Jan. 4, 1942 in Carthage, Mo. He survives. She taught school in Barton County for 10 years. Mrs. Overstreet was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church and the Liberal American Legion Auxiliary. Other survivors include one sister, Bertha Wyrick of 305 W. Fourth, Pittsburg. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Lohmeyer-Konantz Chapel with the Rev. Lonnie Pennell officiating. Burial will be in Liberal City Cemetery. Friends may visit from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Events

Birth8 Dec 1905Pittsburg, Crawford Co., Kansas
Birth8 Dec 1905Pittsburg, Crawford Co., Kansas
Marriage3 Jan 1942Carthage, Jasper Co., Missouri - Ralph Lee Overstreet
Death14 Feb 1984Joplin, Jasper Co., Missouri
BurialS Cleona Overstreet, Liberal City Cemetery, Liberal, Barton Co., Missouri

Families

SpouseRalph Lee Overstreet (1912 - 1993)
FatherArthur Lee Briggs (1864 - 1939)
MotherElla Simmons (1869 - 1958)
SiblingEula Viola Briggs (1888 - 1976)
SiblingGertrude Mae Briggs (1889 - 1975)
SiblingBertha Beatrice Briggs (1891 - 1986)
SiblingMabel Lee Briggs (1894 - 1975)
SiblingArthur Lee Briggs Jr. (1898 - 1944)
SiblingMargaret Briggs (1900 - 1954)
SiblingMary Leona Briggs (1905 - 1970)

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