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William [Will] Gibbons Pearson, Jr. (b. May 14, 1876, d. December 05, 1967)

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Uncle Will Pearson, Aunut Kitsie, Aunt Vida and Dad (John A. Davis) in Kansas City, 1943

William [Will] Gibbons Pearson, Jr. (son of William Gibbons Pearson and Ellen [Nellie] Anna Edwards) was born May 14, 1876 in Brooklyn, New York, and died December 05, 1967 in Kansas City, Missouri. He married Katherine [Kitsey] Means on September 18, 1901.

Notes for William [Will] Gibbons Pearson, Jr.:
William Gibbons, Jr. moved to Kansas City in 1914 where he and his father-in-law operated the Means and Pearson Music Company. Then in 1917 Mr. Pearson bought into Stine & McClure Funeral Home. He sold the business in 1954. In 1956 he and his son, the late Ted L. Pearson, who had also been active in the operation of the funeral home, bought the Forest Hill and Calvary Cemeteries in Kansas City. He died of a heart attack at the age of 91 while working in the administrative building at Forest Hill Cemetery. His residence was at 6125 Brookside Boulevard, Kansas City.

More About William [Will] Gibbons Pearson, Jr.:
Burial: Unknown, Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.

More About William [Will] Gibbons Pearson, Jr. and Katherine [Kitsey] Means:
Marriage: September 18, 1901

Children of William [Will] Gibbons Pearson, Jr. and Katherine [Kitsey] Means are:

+Wilda M. Pearson, b. September 16, 1904, Sterling Cemetery, Rice Co., KS, d. January 16, 1932.
+Ted L. Pearson, b. November 30, 1906, d. January 05, 1964, Kansas City. Missouri.