Harmony Binns
Sept. 30, 1868-Dec. 17, 1928
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, December 18, 1928, page 4, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
SISTER MRS. ANDREWS DIES
Word was received in Niles today of the death in Detroit of Mrs. Harmony Reese Binns, a former resident of Niles, and sister of Mrs. Wesley Andrews. The body will be brought to Niles and is expected here late this afternoon. Mrs. Andres is accompanying the funeral party to Niles and the body will be taken to her home, 317 N. Fifth street. The funeral announcement will be made tomorrow.
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, December 19, 1928, page 1, col. 6-7, microfilm Niles District Library
FUNERAL PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED FOR THREE
Unusual Number of Death in This Vicinity This Week
Funeral services for Mrs.Harmony Binns, wife of Frank Binns, of Detroit, will be held on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Binns' sister, Mrs. Wesley Andrews, 317 N. Fifth Street. Rev. O.P. Miles, pastor of the First Baptist church, will officiate. Burial will take place in Silver Brook cemetery. Mrs. Binns' maiden name was Harmony Reese, and she was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Reese, pioneer residents of Milton township, Cass county. She was born on Sept. 30, 1868. Forty-one years ago, Dec. 21, the date set for her funeral [illegible] she was married to Mr. Binns at the family home south and east of Niles. With the exception of five years spent in Washington state after her marriage she had spent her entire life in Michigan. She had lived in Detroit for four years. Besides her husband, two of the four children born to them survive. They are Mrs. Mildred Drescher and Mrs. Anna Bell Hubrecht, both of Detroit. One sister, Mrs. Andrews, of Niles, and three brothers, Wade, of Hutchinson, Kas.; True, of Williamston, Mich., and Hiram, of Lamont, Wash. Mrs. Binns died on Monday afternoon after being confined to her bed since last September. . .[illegible]. .body to Niles on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Drescher are motoring to Niles today.
Niles Daily Star, Friday, December 21, 1928, page 4, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
FUNERAL FOR MRS. BINNS
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Mrs. Frank Binns, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Wesley Andrews, N. Fifth street, Rev. O.P. Miles, pastor of the First Baptist church, conducting the services. Burial took place in Silver Brook cemetery. Mrs. Binns who was a former resident of Niles, died on Monday afternoon in Detroit after several months of illness. The body was brought to Niles on Tuesday.