John William Everist

John Everist Dies

At Clemons, Iowa

Former Rural Mail Carrier And

Randolph Resident Dies

Last Week In Iowa

John Everist, former resident of Randolph and

rural mail carrier here for sixteen years, was laid to

rest beside his wife and daughter in the local cemetery

Tuesday afternoon, following services held at the

Secord Mortuary. Rev. D. A. McCullough officiated,

the services being conducted at two o'clock p.m.

Mr. Everist was well known in Randolph

where he made his home from 1904 to 1920, during

which time he held a position as rural mail carrier for

Route 5, located mostly in Pierce county and now a

part of Route 3. Mr. Everist was the first carrier on'

Route 5, when the rural routes out of the local post

office were first established, and he held this position

without question until he was forced to retire because

of the rural-mail carriers' age law in 1920. At the time

of his resignation W. E. Casteel and Dave Allison of

this city were the other two regular carriers, along

with two temporary carriers.

Mr. Everist passed away during the early

hours of Sunday morning at the home of his sister,

Mrs. Albert Brackney, at Clemons, la., following a 5-

d a y i l l n e s s . De a t h wa s c a u s e d b y c h r o n i c

myacarditis.

John W. Everist was born November 1, 1853,

in Indiana, the son of Benjamin and Emily Hartman

Everist. When but a small boy his parents moved to

Iowa, settling in Bangor township. He was married to

Mary J. Grimes on November 24, 1887 and moved to

Dillon, la., where they made their home for nine years,

later moving to Clemons. In 1900 they moved to

Randolph where Mr. Everist was one of the five first

mail carriers, continuing in this line of work until being

pensioned.

Mrs. Everist died at Randolph on June 4,

1926, after which Mr. Everist moved to Clemons

making his home with his sister, Mrs. Brackney, and

spending some of the time with other relatives.