Jeffries - Chauncey
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 30-Apr-1964, p12
ROCKVILLE- Chauncey (Deck) Jeffries, 69, a farmer in Parke County most of his life, died Wednesday in the Vermillion County Hospital at Clinton. Born Jan. 19, 1895 in Parke County, Mr. Jeffries was the son of Hamilton and Rose Bullion Jeffries. He was a member of the Parkeville Christian Church and a veteran of World War I. Mr. Jeffries also was a former trustee of Union Township in Parke County and a former state highway employee. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Josephine Jeffries; two sons, Jay and Kim Jeffries, both at home; four daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Phelps of Mooresville, Mrs. Betty Hall of Los Angeles, Mrs. Audrey Felkner of Lafayette, and Miss Gayle Jeffries, at home; a sisters, Mrs. C. C. Coleman of Rockville, two brothers, Urban Jeffries of Carmi, Ill., and Tomp Jeffries of Lafayette, Calif., and 10 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Parkeville Christian Church, with the body to lie in state one hour preceding the services. Rev. Ray Britton will be the officiating minister. Burial will be at Mount Moriah Cemetery. Friends may call at the Barnes Mortuary in Rockville after 2 p.m. Friday. - transcribed by kbz