LOUISE WYATT COLLECTION
Rachel
Frances “Fannie” Roper Wyatt
(Nov 1851 – 3 Nov
1903)
Paducah Sun, Paducah, KY,
Nov. 4, 1903
Death from Pneumonia--Mrs. Fannie Wyatt, wife of Mr. W.P.
Wyatt, died last night at Tenth and Jones Street of pneumonia. She was 53 years of age. Her
husband and seven children survive
her. Burial
will take place at Oak
Grove.
(Note: Rachel
Frances Roper was the daughter of Elizabeth Melissa Atkins and Marcus
Lindsey
Roper. She married William James
“Pinkney” Wyatt. She was the great
granddaughter of Rev War soldier Lewis Atkins through her maternal
grandfather
George B. Atkins and her paternal grandmother Rachel Atkins Roper.)