The Mt. Adams Sun, November 26, 1964, page 8

DEATH SUMMONS LYLE PIONEER

     Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Course, 91, resident of Lyle since 1909, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14 at Gardner's Chapel, White Salmon.
     The Rev. Everett Richey of Lyle Methodist church will officiate. Burial will be beside her husband at Spring Creek Cemetery, seven miles from Goldendale.
     Mrs. Course was born on Feb. 27, 1873 at Crosstown, Missouri to Lucy and Amizar Bruner. She was married to Charles Lewis Course on Aug. 22, 1894. He died on Feb. 4, 1924.
     Mrs. Course died Sunday, Nov. 8 at Skyline Hospital, White Salmon.
     She is survived by her daughter Stella, Mrs. Lloyd McNabb, of Lyle; a son, Walter Course of Lakewood, Calif.; brother, John Bruner, Goldendale on; 14 grandchildren, 26 great grand-children and 16 great-great grandchildren.
     A daughter, Jettie Taylor of The Dalles, Ore., died Sept. 26, 1962.
     Mrs. Course was a member of the Lyle Methodist Church; an honorary member of the Lyle Woman's Club and a charter honorary member of Columbia Grange.

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., November 19, 1964, page 12

MARY E. COURSE

     Funeral services for Mary E. Course, resident of Lyle since 1909, were held November 14 at Gardner's Chapel in White Salmon.
     Mrs. Course was born February 27, 1873 in Crosstown, Mo., the daughter of Lucy and Amizar Bruner. She was united in marriage at Crosstown on August 22, 1894 to Charles Lewis Course. He passed away February 4, 1924.
     Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Lloyd McNabb of Lyle, and a son, Walter Howard Course, in California. Another daughter, Mrs. Jettie Taylor, passed away at The Dalles in 1961. There are also 14 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and 16 great great grandchildren. A brother, John Bruner and nephew, Clyde Bruner, both of Goldendale, also survive.
     Mrs. Course was a member of the Lyle Methodist Church, had been an honorary member of the Columbia Grange of Lyle, and an honorary member of the Lyle Women's Club.
     The Rev. Everett E. Richey of the Lyle Methodist Church officiated at services. Interment was in the Spring Creek Cemetery near Goldendale, where Mr. Course was buried.
     This casket bearers were: Ray Hess, Joe Pinell, Stanley Hylton, Frank Hewitt, Harold Sorensen and Lotus Ewing.

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