Billingsley, Stella

1893 - 1980  (87 years)

• Name	Billingsley, Stella
  Birth	12 Mar 1893	Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	BILL.S003
  _FGRAVE	178316333
  Death	20 May 1980	Fairfield Memorial Hospital, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois   [1]
  Burial	West Cemetery, Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, McDowell, Stella and Willian
  Person ID	I51573	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2024

  
  

  Family	McDowell, William,   b. 14 Jan 1892   d. 16 Apr 1979 (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Children	> 1. McDowell, Dorothy,   b. 11 Jul 1919, Wayne County, Illinois d. 10 Feb 2010, Fairfield Memorial Hospital, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F18685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Mar 1893 - Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky Death - 20 May 1980 - Fairfield Memorial Hospital, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois Burial - - West Cemetery, Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Stella McDowell, 87, Mt. Erie died at 8:10 p.m. Tuesday at the Fairfield Hospital. Services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the West United Methodist Church near Mt. Erie with Revs. Larry Hopkins and Steven Palmer presiding. Visitation is after 12 p.m. Friday at the Church. Burial is in the Church Cemetery. Ingram Funeral Home in Albion is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. McDowell was born in Tompkinsville, Ky., on March 12, 1893, daughter of George and Nore (Chapman) Billingsley. She married William McDowell on Oct. 31, 1916 in Wayne County. He preceded her in death on April 16, 1979. She was a member of the West United Methodist Church. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Percy (Lillian) Borah and Mrs. Lyveere (Dorothy) Massie, both of Mt. Erie, and Mrs. Marcus (Naomi) Bunting, W. Branch, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Smith, Burlington, Iowa, and Mrs. Elizabeth Baybs, Flora; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Olney Daily Mail Olney, IL May 1980

  
  

• Sources

  [S16136] https//www.findagrave.com, Headstone, McDowell, Stella and Willian, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178850526/william_mcdowell), none. (Reliability: 2).