Mrs. Lillie Belle O'Neal Van Der Gracht

Sister Jackson Women Passes In South Bend
Mrs. Ray Van Der Gracht, 58, of 745 23rd Street, South Bend, Indiana, sister of Mrs. A. D. Pope and Mrs. Stanley Lee of Jackson, died early Wednesday morning, September 14th, in a South Bend hospital after a short illness.
The former Miss Lillie Belle O'Neal, she was the daughter of the late Mr. J. J. O'Neal and Mrs. Mary Emma Walker O'Neal of Meriwether County. She was born in Concord.
Funeral services and interment will be in South Bend.
She is survived by her husband, Ray Van Der Gracht; three sisters, Mrs. A. D. Pope and Mrs. Stanley Lee, both of Jackson, and Mrs. Wiley Hood of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A niece, Mrs. Ben Haisten, also lives in Jackson.

(Jackson Progress Argus - 15 Sep 1966)

Submitted by V. S. Harrison