House, Mary Isabel Edmiston Saunders Obituary Summary: Mrs. Mary Isabel Edmiston Saunders House • Full Name: Mary Isabel Edmiston • Birth: April 3, 1843, on the Edmiston homestead, 2.5 miles west of Prairie Grove • Parents: Ewing Edmiston and Sarah Edmiston • First Marriage: T. L. Saunders (died 1892) • Second Marriage: W. D. House in 1903 • Death: At her home in Okra, Texas, due to influenza • Faith: Lifelong member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South • Character: Described as a consecrated Christian, active in church and Sunday school despite frail health. Known for cheerfulness, patience, and unselfishness. • Family Influence: Though she had no biological children, her stepchildren praised her nurturing and moral guidance. • Burial: Laid to rest beside her husband in the cemetery at Okra, Texas • Survived By: • Mrs. J. H. Barker and J. W. Taylor of Prairie Grove • Mrs. J. A. Nail of Tecumseh, Oklahoma A. Taylor of Shawnee, Oklahoma