Obituary...Service for Freda M. Epperson, 72 a former Baxter Springs resident who died at 7:50 P.M. Wednesday at the St Joseph's Medical Center, Wichita, after a long illness, will be at 2 P.M. Saturday at the Baxter Springs Fellowship Baptist Church.
The Rev. Wayne Williams will officiate, Burial under the direction of Derfelt Baxter Springs Chapel,will be in Baxter Springs Cemetery.
Mrs Epperson was born Nov 24, 1911 at Marionville, Mo. She had lived in Baxter Springs area for more than 50 years and attended the Baxter Springs Fellowship Baptist Church. She married Fayette Eppers in 1931. he died in 1973.
Survivors include a son Eugene Epperson, Wichita, KS.; three sisters, Mrs Helen Estes, Mrs Cora Hicks and Mrs Louise Haoran all of Kansas City, Kansas; two brothers, Clarence McDowell and Willis McDowell both of Joplin, Mo. four grand children; and a great-grandchild.