Mary Isabelle Edmiston

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