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Submitted: 9/6/09 • Approved: 9/19/12 • Last Updated: 9/22/12 • R231580-G231580-S3
Born 1843, Tennessee.
Died September 8, 1944, Norfork, Baxter County, Arkansas.
Daughter of Bird Wilson Talley and Martha Johnson Talley.
Wife of Charles Cam Torrance.
(No obituary has been located for Mary Jane Talley Torrance. This obituary was constructed from information from genealogical research by Gwen Torrance Partee.)
Mary Jane Torrance, 81, died Monday, September 8, 1924, at Norfork. She was born in 1843 in Tennessee, to Bird Wilson Talley and Martha Johnson Talley. She married Cam Charles Torrance, who preceded her in death on January 18, 1907.
Survivors include two sons, David Torrance and Joe Torrance; and two daughters, Minnie Lee Arnold and Myrtle May Arnold.
In addition to her husband, she is preceded in death by her parents; one son, Samuel Torrance; and one daughter, Ellen Conley.
Funeral services were conducted at the Galatia Church near Norfork with interment in the Galatia Cemetery.
(From the files of Max Parnell.)
Contributed on 9/6/09 by maxparnell
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