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Gracie Mae Humphrey Jessie Lee Spratt
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Children: |
Dorothy Mae Eason Christman Lois Evelyn Eason Archer Ruth Jean Eason Axsom
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Harold Robert Christman Janice Lee Christman Carlisle Michael Eugene Christman Sherri Lynn Christman Lloyd Barbara Lynn Archer Barr James Richard Archer Jr. Matthew Earl Axsom Erik Stuart Axsom Great-Grandchildren Robert William Tammie Connie Robin Jason Victoria Stephanie Michelle Douglas Hanna Andrew Philip Lance
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Parents: |
John Amos Eason and Pearl Barker Eason
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Siblings: |
Jessie Elvin "Jake" Eason
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None listed
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Birth Date: 2/17/1908
Death Date: 9/17/2002
Floral Park Cemetery
Section D, Lot 370, Grave 1
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As a young man of limited means and education, Robert Eason came to Indianapolis from Garrard County, Kentucky where he had lost his father at the age of 8 years and after having lost is first wife Gracie Mae Humphries in the birth of their daughter, Dorothy. His mother cared for Dorothy while he found work in Indianapolis where he met and married Jessie Lee Spratt formerly of Paris Crossing, Indiana. He provided the means to move his mother, daughter and stepfather to Indianapolis. His stepfather died not long after the move to Indianapolis. From his early 20s till her death nearly 50 years later he provided a home for his twice widowed mother, Ora Pearl Barker Eason Ball . Together with Jessie, he raised Dorothy and their two daughters (Lois and Ruth) during the Great Depression; they lived on the west side of Indianapolis from the 1930s until his death in 2002. He built, remodeled and improved his several homes and rental properties. Robert Eason was a 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge, became a trustee of the Lynhurst Lodge and served as Associate Guardian of Job's Daughters; he was an active member of the Fleming Garden Christian Church for 55 years and was a church trustee. Robert worked at Kingan's Meats/HyGrade Meats for 35 years until their Indianapolis plant closed and then he worked in school maintenance for ten years. He put his daughter, Ruth, through college; provided housing for his daughter Dorothy and her family; provided financial support for his widowed mother-in-law in her later years and used his labors to help neighborhood widows. In retirement he maintained his property and visited with his daughters Lois Archer and Ruth Axsom who did not live in Indianapolis. Robert survived his wife Jessie (as well as his eldest daughter, Dorothy) and then lived alone on South Taft Street and maintained his own property until his death. Robert drove a car until a few weeks before his death at age 94 when he died shortly after suffering a stroke. He was proud of his progeny: three daughters, 8 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild. Robert was a hard working, frugal, plain-speaking man with a great, dry sense of humor. |
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