Sunday's Obituary: Daniel Wesley Eppard

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Found on Findagrave.com

Wesley Eppard Dead   

Near Mt. Pleasant

Wesley Eppard, a farmer of the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood, five miles east of Elkton, died at 2:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon, following a lingering illness of tuberculosis.  He had been bedfast for more than six months.  He was 60 years old.

Surviving him are his wife, who was Miss Ardenia Hensley, of Mt. Pleasant and eight children.

The funeral will be held at 11:00 tomorrow morning from Hensley United Brethren church, Rev. W. S. Ran, of Elkton, conducting the services.

Rockingham Daily Record

December 9, 1912



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Hensley Community Cemetery
Elkton, Virginia
photo by Jan Hensley

5 Sep 1846 – 8 Dec 1912

Son of Daniel Eppard and Delilah Hensley

Children of Daniel Wesley and Ardenia Hensley Eppard:

Etta Virginia (27 Jan 1869 – 12 Jan 1943)

Daniel Benjamin (31 Jan 1871 – 14 Mar 1970)

John Adams (3 Sep 1873 OR 16 Feb 1872 – 18 Nov 1959)

Emma Lee (27 Sep 1875 – 8 Dec 1961)

Rebecca Ann Delilah “Abbie” (17 Apr 1878 – 20 Oct 1962)

Ella Ree (Mar 1880 – 1957)

Alfred Franklin (12 Jan 1882 OR 21 Jan 1883 – 1 Aug 1971)

Annie P. (8 May 1885 – 18 Jan 1886)

Rupert Collins (8 Nov 1886 – 20 Mar 1917)