McAlister - Nanie Lyon
Source: Hillsboro Times ___ November 1947
Mrs. Nannie A. McAlister, 83, died at 3 o'clock Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ruth Rice in Mellott. Her death was attributed to complications resulting from a broken hip suffered in a fall Sept 26.
Born Oct 20 1864 in Tennessee, Mrs. McAlister was the daughter of Jackson and Mary Hayes Lyon. Her parents moved to Fountain County near Hillsboro when she was a small child. The deceased was married Dec 21, 1884 to Frank W. McAlister who died in 1930.
Mrs. McAlister was a member of the New Antioch Christian Church of Mellott.
Surviving in addition to the daughter with whom she made her home, are another daughter, Mrs. Charles Strong of Logansport; one sister, Mrs. Margaret Yount of Pomona, Kans; two brothers, William Lyon of Hillsboro and Oar Lyon of Beverly Hills, Calif; six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral services wer eheld Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at Grenard & Servies Funeral Home, Waynetown.
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