of Memphis, TN
September 19, 1917 - March 17, 2011
Mary Ella File Kincaid, 93, of Memphis, Tennessee, left this life Thursday, March 17, 2011. She was born September 19, 1917, in Ray County, Missouri to the late Claude Edward and Elizabeth Barrett Murray File. At an early age, her family moved to the Peoria and Elmwood, Illinois, area where she grew up.
She attended Southeast Missouri State College in Cape Girardeau (and later, Central Missouri State College in Warrensburg) then returned to Ray County to begin teaching in the one room New Hope School where her grandmother, Ella Williford File, had taught. She then taught in the elementary grades for many years at other area schools including Braymer, Stet, Cowgill, Millville, and Richmond.
She was a member of New Hope Methodist Church near Stet, Missouri, where she played piano and organ, and was a Sunday School and Vacation Bible School teacher. She was active in the Methodist Women's Group, the WCTU, 4-H, and the Extension Club. She dairy farmed with her husband in the Stet community until establishing Kincaid Real Estate in Kansas City, Missouri. After moving to Kansas City, Missouri, she participated in the North Cross United Methodist Church handbell choir and was also a part of the ABWA. After moving to Osceola, Arkansas, following the death of her husband, she was active in Sunday School at Osceola First United Methodist Church and as a volunteer with the Women's Auxiliary of the Osceola Hospital.
She is survived by her daughter, Lois Virginia Kincaid Baur and husband Peter of Memphis; grandson, Andrew Peter Baur of Memphis; three sisters: Alice Virginia Elkins Gonzales of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Helen Elizabeth Todd of Portland, Oregon, and Amy Katherine Green of Seattle, Washington; four brothers: Claude ''Bud'' Edward File of near Anchorage, Alaska, John Harold File of Lynnwood, Washington, Thomas Lee File of Juneau, Alaska, and Robert Henry File of Juneau, Alaska; and many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Elvira Bruce Kincaid Ohlendorf of Osceola, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, BinnerMason Kincaid, Jr,; her parents and five brothers: Philip File, William Rupert File, James Milton File, Frederick Lewis File, and Jacob ''Jack'' Allen File; her parents-in-law, Nancy Rebecca Barham and Binner Mason Kincaid, Sr; and sister-in-law, Inez Allan Kincaid.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM, Sunday, March 20, 2011, at Osceola First United Methodist Church with visitation immediately following. Graveside services will be held 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 26, 2011, at New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery near Stet, Missouri, with visitation following. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to New Hope Methodist Church, c/o Thurman Funeral Home , 507 E. Main, Richmond, Missouri 64085 or to Osceola First United Methodist Church, Osceola, Arkansas 72370. Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.
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Heidi Green Morgan
Sunday, August 17, 2014
I just found this, so please forgive my delay in writing. Lois, I loved the summers we stayed on the farm--Mom couldn't be with us like Aunt Mary Ella. She sewed special dresses for my sister and me, let us pick beans, which now I see as a privilege, named 3 calves for us, and smelled wonderfully of Dove soap. When Jim and I were older, she realized I needed corrective lenses, so I didn't flunk out of every subject in school. I do very much believe that Jim went into the fishing business because Uncle Junior taught him about machinery and farming. It sealed a love of the outdoors, hard work, and independence in him. Aunt Mary Ella was a mother to me, and you are my sister.
With much love and appreciation,
Heidi
Diane & jim holland
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Lois Virginia, We are so sorry to hear of your mother's passing.
What a joy it is to know she is well now and looking with perfect sight at Christ our Saviour. It will be pure joy to join together again in heaven minus the pain of an aging body!
God's blessings and peace to you and your family.
With much love,
Jim & Diane holland
Robert
Friday, April 22, 2011
Lois Virginia,
I am so very sorry for your loss, she was a lot like your Rebecca and some qualities of Inez. Your Mother was a woman with a world of patience and love. That is in the proof of what she brought into this world. My prayers go out for you and yours. May God surely bles and always keep you and yours in His gentle care. Again, all of my deepest sympathies go out to you and yours.
Lori Halvorson Hicks
Friday, March 25, 2011
I am sorry to hear of Mrs. Kincaid's passing. She was my fifth grade teacher at Cowgill Elementary. She was always kind and caring. She had me do peer tutoring in reading and so I credit her with helpingplant the seed that became a career for me - first grade and special reading teacher. My condolencees to your family.