Mary Ellen Adrian obituary

Mrs. B. B. (Mary) Adrian, 83-year-old mother of C. C. Adrian of Athens, died at her home in Grand Saline Sunday following a three month illness. Mrs. Adrian, who had visited here on many occasions, was well-known in Athens. 
Funeral services were held at Grand Saline at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon with interment following in the Ben Wheeler cemetery. Mrs. Adrian and her late husband had been residents of Ben Wheeler for forty years prior to his death seven years ago. 
The deceased, a native of Smith county, has been a member of the Methodist church for sixty years and was well known for her activity in religious work in Van Zandt county. She was the former Miss Mary Davidson. 
Five children survive. They are: C. C. Adrian, Athens; A. F. (Frank) Adrian, Grand Saline; Mrs. Rosie Corley [Colley], Ben Wheeler; Mrs. A. C. Shivers, Grand Saline, and Mrs. Omega Huddle, Goose Creek.