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Jason Harmon sends history inspired by Maggie Murphy painting Jason Harmon does some deeper research on the issue of the The Page House/The Page Home. He also traces some of the interesting history of Columbia's two historic funeral homes Ed, Oh, I just couldn't resist digging around into that Page House story. I know you post historical things like that just to keep me busy for a few hours. Oh well, I love it! I was *thinking* that the Grissom Funeral Home was the Old Elijah Creel Home. His brother Elzy Lived in the home. It later became the James T. Page boarding house. It did burn down, but it is the site of Grissom Funeral Home. Elijah Creel had a home in Greensburg also. I think he is buried over there. I do know that his second wife was Malinda Waggener. Yes, Waggener. Perhaps, she was kin to you. Elijah and Elzy Creel were big players in the making of Creelsboro. Maggie Murphy was a Page by birth Maggie Murphy, who did the wonderful painting was a Page by birth. She was born about 1892 and died in 1971. Perhaps the James T. Page House and the Creel Home were entirely different. I don't know that's best left up to someone else to muddle through. As far as Grissom Funeral Home goes, Milton L. Grissom was the big dog there. He was the son of Ben Grissom and Martha Staples. I am not sure exactly when Grissom-Patteson joined forces, but they appear as a united funeral home for quite a long time. Joseph Frisby Patteson was the son of Captain Oliver Bomar Miller Patteson The Patteson was Mr. Joseph Frisby Patteson. Joseph was the son of the locally famous, Captain Oliver Bomar Miller Patteson and Mary B. Russell. Joseph was married to Bessie Coffey. Bessie was a landscape artist. In 1910, Joseph's brother, Allen Patteson was serving as the Adair County Sheriff. Joseph's daughter, Mary Patteson was married to Dallas Stotts, who as you know was the man from STOTTS and Phelps Funeral Home. UPDATE from JASON HARMON after original article above was written. Upon further reading. The house was built by Elijah Creel. His brotherElzy Lived in the home. It later became the James T. Page boardinghouse. It did burn down, but it is the site of Grissom Funeral Home. Note from Ed: Thanks for another riveting bit of local history. I have one more question to throw out: Does anybody know anything about the Russell Will Case? The late Ralph Willis once told me that few people knew why certain families always went to one funeral home while others went to the other. He said it grew out of the Oley Russell Will Case, which, I believe he said, was in 1927. He said it split the community in two, like nothing else ever did before or since. And even though it is long since forgotten, it left lasting patterns and divisions which many still observe. But hardly a soul remembers why. This story was posted on 2006-06-03 17:23:09
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