METTEE, Samuel Joseph - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Veedersburg -- Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, April 6, at the Crumley Funeral Home in Hillsboro for Samuel J. Mettee, age 82, a lifetime resident of Veedersburg, who died unexpectedly at his home in Veedersburg at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3. He had been in failing health one year. The Rev. Conley Rowland officiated. Burial was in the Union Cemetery near Newtown. Mr. Mettee, the son of Joseph and Lillian Rennicker Mettee, was born Dec. 19, 1880, in Veedersburg. He was married to Leona Strader on Feb. 22, 1901, and they had celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary. Mr. Mettee was a retired employee of the Veedersburg Brick Co. Surviving are his wife; eight children, Gordon of Attica, Mrs. Inez Shirley of Williamsport, Mrs. Vivian Hankins of Veedersburg, Mrs. Katherine Allen of Perrysville, Harold and Raymond both of Veedersburg, Mrs. Lois Richardson of Kingman and Mrs. Esther Biddle of Veedersburg; a sister, Mrs. Ella Booe of Veedersburg, 24 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.    --typed by Walt W