Merdia Pryor "MP" Francis

b. Nov. 26, 1901 (Noble Co., OH) - 1992 (Morgan Co., OH)

Mount Olive Cemetery (Morgan Co., OH)

Ohio Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962

Name: Merridy Francis / Male, White / Birth Place: Jackson, Noble, Ohio / DOB: Nov 1901 / Fathers Name: D. L. Francis / Mothers Name: Matilda Pryor

Note: Those who knew M.P. Francis say he was a great baseball player. His daughter remembers going to watch him play ball on Sundays when she was a child.

Children:

• Helen L. Francis Allen
  June 26, 1925 (Morgan Co., OH) - Sept. 26, 2011 (Washington Co., OH)
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• Living Female
  b.
  Married Shirley M. Clark (b. 1921 - d. 1980) / Mt. Olive Cemetery, Morgan Co., Ohio) Children: Carolyn Clark-Curtis (b. 1950 - d. 2008)
  ---------------Carolyn Clark Curtis Obituary - The Marietta Times died at 1:15 p.m. Sunday (April 6, 2008) at the Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus. She was born Feb. 28, 1950, in Marietta. She worked at Citizens Bank Co. in Beverly since March 1970. She was a graduate of Fort Frye High School in 1968, and a member of the Mount Olive Church near Hackney. She enjoyed her family and working on the family farm. She is survived by her husband, whom she married June 13, 1981; mother, ; one daughter, ; four grandchildren, ; four stepchildren; eight stepgrandchildren; two sisters,; one brother. Burial at Mount Olive Cemetery.
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• Mary Lou Francis
  Died at Birth 1930
  Williamson Cemetery (Morgan Co., Ohio)
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• Living Male
  b.
  Children: Two daughters, and one son
  -------------------Grandchild: Robert "Andy" Kelby (b. 1980- d. 2008) Obituary - The Marietta Times Robert "Andy" Kelby, 28, of Tick Hill Road, Lowell, died Monday (Dec. 22, 2008) at his home. He was born March 11, 1980, in Marietta. . He graduated from Fort Frye High School. He is survived by his wife, whom he married Aug. 2, 2003; one daughter, his mother, one sister, and grandparents. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Ralph Kelby. Services are at 11 a.m. Saturday at McCurdy Funeral Home in Beverly. Burial is in Mount Olive Cemetery.
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• Walter C. Francis
  Died at Birth 1937
  Williamson Cemetery (Morgan Co., Ohio)