Clarity VanHose

SHUMATE, Charity VANHOOSE - Until 1918, Mrs. Shumate lived 20 miles east of Fayetteville. In that year she moved with her son, Mr. H. Shumate, to Alma, where she lived until her death.

She died Tuesday, April 24, 1928, from influenza at the age of 83. At the time of her death, she was survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary Ann Fine of Alma and Mrs. Adaline Williams of Crosses; two sons, M. H. Shumate and J. F. Shumate, both of Alma; and two daughters, Mrs. H. H. Benbrook of Fayetteville and Mrs. S. M. Jones of Boynton, Oklahoma.

Funeral services and burial were held April 25, at the Shumate cemetery near Durham. The Rev. Mr. Hughes of Alma officiated. [Fayetteville Daily Democrat 5/1/1928]

Charity Vanhoose (age 22) married Bennet Shumate (age 27) on April 5, 1868. [Washington County Marriage Records, Book C, Page 362]