Obituary from The Bowling Green Times,
Bowling Green, MO
June 28, 1950:

Ella Price McCune died June 27, 1950.

Mrs. Ella Price McCune highly respected Bowling Green resident, widow of Jeff T. McCune departed this life early Tuesday a.m. June 27, at Pike County Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Buffalo township near _____ of Wm Henry & Mary Jane Griffith Price. Her mother died when she was 12 and thereafter made her home with an Aunt, Mrs. Lou Blaine Duncan of whom she was reared and loved as though she was a daughter. On April 4, 1900 she was united in marriage in Bowling Green to Jeff T. McCune a well and favorably known local businessman; Rev. Alonzo Pearson officiating. Mr. McCune died in 1945. After their marriage, Mr. & Mrs. McCune continued their residence in this city and were among our leading citizens. Mrs. McCune was a faithful and devoted member of the local Presbyterian Church and made possible through her many charitable acts, additions and improvements to the church of her choice. She, but recently donated a seven piece pulpit set which as well as the recent addition to the church, made possible largely through her assistance, will remain as a monument to her philanthropies. She was active in social groups, being a member of the P.E.O. organization, the D.A.R., and at one time a member of the now, discontinued Shakesperian Club. In each of the organizations she had through the years, been a leading factor in their growth and progress. She lived true to the tenets of her religion & was known for her many womanly virtues. She is survived by a brother, Hugh Price, Wadsworth, KS, and a number of other relatives and a host of friends. She was lying in state at her home, which she loved so much, at 412 N. High St., after having been removed from Bankheads Funeral Home until the hours of services which was conducted at the First Presbyterian Church by her pastor, Rev. W.G. Mitchell, Wed. p.m. June 28 with interment in the Bowling Green Cemetery beside her helpmate of nearly a half century who preceded to the Great Beyond. During the services Mrs. Edna Campbell presided at the organ. The many flowers were a tribute to the love and esteem in which she was held by loved ones and friends. The casket bearers were Earl Benton Bitt, W.A. Meyer, Walt Hickman, Robert Henry, Herbert Fisher, and J. D. Clemens. We extend sympathy to the bereaved family members and friends. Among those from out of town who attended were, Miss Villa McCune, Vandalia, Guy McCune & son, Greenville, IL, Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Duncan of Tulsa and Mrs. M. H. Campbell and daughter Gladys of St. Louis. 

Obituary from The Bowling Green Times,
Bowling Green, MO
June 27, 1950:

Mrs. Ella Price McCune, highly respected Bowling Green resident, widow of Jeff T. McCune departed this life early Tuesday morning June 27, 1950 at Pike County Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Buffalo Township near Louisiana, a daughter of William Henry and Mary Jane Griffith Price. Her mother died when she was 12 years old and thereafter made her home with an Aunt Lou Blaine Duncan by who (sic) she was reared as though she was a daughter. On April 4, 1900 she was united in marriage in Bowling Green to Jeff T. McCune, a well known businessman. She is survived by a brother Hugh Price of Wadsworth, Kansas, and a number of other relatives and a host of friends. 

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WILL OF ELLA P. McCUNE PROBATED THURSDAY 

In the will of Mrs. Ella P. McCune, wife of Jeff T. McCune, deceased, filed for Probate here Thursday, Mrs. McCune appointed Norman J. Porter and James D. Clemens as co-executors and requested they be permitted to serve without bond. After directing the prompt payment of all just debts, Mrs. McCune made the following bequests: To her brother Hugh Price, of Wadsworth, Kansas $10,000.00 in government bonds. Board of Trustees, First Presbyterian Church of Bowling Green, $10,000.00 cash. Malcom E. Duncan, $10,000.00 in government bonds. To her servants, Caleb Thompson, Russie Davis and Garfield Williams, $1000.00 each. To her half-brothers, Milas Price, Homer Price, Paul Price and James S. Price $50.00 and to her half-sister, Lena Price Clithero $1000.00. To her cousin, Joe C. Price, of Bowling Green, $3,000.00. Her nieces, Villa Guy McCune and Geneva McCune, of Vandalia, $10,000.00 each. To the Board of Aldermen of the City of Bowling Green $15,000.00 to be used only for the construction or permanent improvement of streets in the City. To Norman McCune, of this city, $5,000. Bowling Green Cemetery Association, $1,000.00. Buffalo Cemetery Association, $500.00. School of the Ozarks, Hollister, Mo, $1,000.00. All of her personal effects, jewelery, clothing, household furnishings and fixtures and automobile were divided equally between Villa Guy McCune, Geneva McCune, Elizabeth Duncan and Malcolm Duncan. The rest, residue and remainder of her property was bequeathed to the Pike County Hospital with the suggestion it be used toward the erection of an annex or addition to that institution. Mrs. McCune specified all inheritance and estate taxes be paid out of her estate and that all legatees shall receive the full bequest provided, free from such taxes. It was made in March, 1949. 

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