One of the items my grandmother, Pauline Briles, passed down to me was the funeral book for my great-grandfather, Edward Grant Briles. Below is a transcription of the information found in that book.
Edward Grant Briles
Birth place: Crandall Kansas
Date of Birth: July 18, 1809
Deceased
Date: July 23, 1951
Place: St. Mary’s Hospital, Emporia
Age (Years-months-days) 82-0-5
Services
Campbell Funeral Home
Yates Center, Kans
July 25, 1951 2 P.M.
Rev. M. C. Cook (Clergyman)
Interment:
Crandall
Coffey County, Kansas
Lad to Rest: 3:30 p.m. Wed. July 25, 1951
Ministry of Music
No Night There
Beyond the Sunset
Special Song Selections
Buddy Redfearn, Soloist
Charlene Morris, Pianist
Bearers
Leonard Turner
Leonard Massoth
- O. Ashley
Aug. Flake
Luge Lake
N. L. Briles
Friends Who Called
Mr. amd Mrs. Wesley Peters
Mr. & Mrs. Norryce Mentzer
Floral Offerings
City Officials & Employes
Methodist Church
Leonard & Loretta Turner
Mr. & Mrs. L T Israel
Mr. john Israel
Mr. & Mrs. John Schnell
Mary & Geo. Phillips
Veda Cannady
Mr & Mrs. Carl Anderson Empria, KS
Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Ross
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Air
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Stoll
Mr. & Mrs. M yron Rhea
Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Davidson
Glen & Zola Baker
Ralph & Florence Bunegar
Mrs. Mae Cokely
Frank & Myra Leonard
Lula & Theo Starpebaum
Mr. & Mrs. T. H. Mitchell
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Craigg
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hoag
Mr. & Mrs. Leige Lake
Mr. & Mrs. Wm Sorenson
Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Ryan
Mr. & Mrs. Orland Oswald
Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Peters
Mr & Mrs. Roy Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. Guy Cox
Mary & Geo. Phillips
John Brown
Mr & Mrs Earl Thomas
Mr & Mrs Ferd Timm
Mr & Mrs Walter Moore
Mr & Mrs Fred Wemmer
Mr & Mrs Winnie Almond
Mr & Mrs Wilhite & Jay
Mr & Mrs Joe Millson
Mr & Mrs Fred Quenther
Mr & Mrs Gus Monk
Mr & Mrs Bell Dillman
Mr & Mrs Magdaline Jones
Mrs & Mrs Roy Parks
Mr & Mrs Fred Reno
Mr & Mrs Julius Toedman
Mr & Mrs Arthur Toedman
Mr & Mrs C. L. Mathews
Mr & Mrs W. L. Capps
Mr. & Mrs Merle Dixon
Mr & Mrs Leonard Massoth
Mr & Mrs E E Tuttle
Mr & Mrs H R Campbell & dale
Mr & Mrs Francis Campbell
Mr & Mrs Nelton Tipton
Mr & Mrs Jess Brooks
Mr & Mrs Virgil Bell
Mr & Mrs Ivan Goodale
Mr & Mrs Charles Leighton
Mr & Mrs S. H. Shelton
Mr & Mrs. Else Hayden
Mr & Mrs. Harold Walton & Family
Mr & Mrs Elmo Cope
Mr & Mrs C A Cope
Mr & Mrs. B S. Jackson
Mr & Mrs Ben Hollingsworth
Mr & Mrs P V Steiner
Mr & Mrs May Jones
Mr & Mrs Warren Vaught & Family
Mr & Mrs Everett Chance & Family
Mr & Mrs Harley Mentzer & family
Mr & Mrs Everett Rose & family
Mr & Mrs Arthru Bacon & Alice
Mr & Mrs C L Wade & Sarah
Mr & Mrs Russell Ransom & Gene
Mr & Mrs Perry Rhea & Anita
Mr & Mrs Lee Easum
Mr & Mrs W S McLaughlin
Mr & Mrs Roy Burke
Mr & Mrs Chas Walker Jr
Mr & Mrs W F Arnold
Mr & Mrs. C W Hanson
Mr & Mrs M M Miller
Mr & Mrs Walter Fisher
Mr & Mrs I H Jackson
Mr & Mrs H A Burns
Mr & Mrs J W Williams & Wesley
Mr & Mrs A G Mulsow
Mr & Mrs E E Mentzer
Mr & Mrs Albert Cook
Albert Arthur & Fred Weide
Chas Craigg & Ida Parker
Mr & Mrs Walter Holmquest
Mr & Mrs Lester Harding
Mr & Mrs Hosea Randolph
Mr & Mrs Gail Edward & family
Mr & Mrs Ralph Massey
Mr & Mrs W E Etter
Mr & Mrs Harry Derbyshire
Mr & Mrs Ed McNeil
Mr & Mrs Cleo Smalling
Mr & Mrs Geo Doolittle
Mr & Mrs Eugene Crawford
Mr & Mrs Walter Briles
Mr & Mrs Frances Franklin
Barbara Briles
Family Spray