Mrs. Grace Courtright age 51, wife of Sam Courtright, Rt 4, Olney, passed away early Sunday morning August 5, 1956 at Richland Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient for the past twelve weeks.

Mrs. Courtright was a native of the Calhoun vicinity and had lived there most of her life. She was the daughter of Luther Byers and Anna Mae Cook. She was a member of the Methodist Church of Calhoun.

She leaves her husband, Sam Courtright, a sister Mrs. Hazel Fritschle and a brother, George Byers of Lexington, KY, also several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services for Mrs. Courtright will be at the Calhoun Methodist Church with Rev. Dewey Hermes officiating. Interment in Calhoun Cemetery.

Published in the Olney Daily Mail (IL) -  Aug. 6, 1956