Dillon Eads 
Dillon was born on January 15th, 1903 in Monroe Co., Indiana. Dillon's father was Elijah Eads and his mother was Laura Alice Sexton. His paternal grandparents were William Eads and Nancy Miller; his maternal grandparents were James Sexton and Sarah Sciscoe-Siscoe. He had three brothers and six sisters, named Walter, Leslie, Doyle, Ella, Edna, Zola, Maude, Glodene and Mary Mol Jane. He died at the age of 71 on July 10th, 1974 in Bloomington Hospital, Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana. He was buried in Valhalla Memory Gardens, Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana.General Notes
Dillon Eads, Sr., 71, of R. 8, Stipp Rd., died Wednesday evening at the
Bloomington Hospital.
He was born January 15, 1903 in Monroe County, the son of Eli and
Laura Alice (Sexton) Eads. He was a mechanic and a member of the Handy
Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include the wife, Mertie (Waldrip); two daughters, Mrs.
Irene Stewart and Mrs. Hilda Elkins both of Bloomington; two sons, Dillon
Eads, Jr. and Robert D. Eads, both of Bloomington; one brother, Doyle
Eads of Austin, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Glodene Waldrip of Bloomington
and Mrs. Edna Hendrix of New Mexico; 13 grandchildren and 8 great
grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, Donald Eads, and by two
brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Allen
Colonial Chapel, with Brothers Jerry Walden and Willard Crase presiding.
Burial will be at Valhalla Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from
2 to 9 p.m. Friday.[southernrarl.FTW]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1720 in England d. in Shenadoah, Virginia
- b.1755 in Shenadoah, Virginia d.23 Aug 1843 in Franklin Co., Indiana
- b.24 Apr 1728 in Kent Shrewsury Parrish, Maryland
- b.1800 in Virginia d.1855 in Monroe Co., Indiana
- b.~ 1755 in Maryland
- b.1820 in Lawrence Co., Indiana d.26 Apr 1864 in General Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- b.1800 d.1856
- b.30 Jan 1860 d.13 May 1924
- b.~ 1823 in Kentucky d.19 Sep 1873
- b.15 Jan 1903 in Monroe Co., Indiana d.10 Jul 1974 in Bloomington Hospital, Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana
- b.11 Oct 1864 d.01 Oct 1948 in Monroe Co., Indiana
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‌Dillon and Mertie Belle were married in a religious ceremony on October 3rd, 1925. They had three sons and two daughters, named Dillon Jr., Donald, Living, Letha Irene and Living.
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