Mary Elizabeth (Kirby) Poe, born in Harwood, Missouri March 31, 1926 to father, John Kirby and mother, Edna Smith Kirby. She married Joseph F. Poe March 3, 1945 in Parson, Kansas. Mary retired from the Kansas Masonic Home. She has one daughter, Edna Sue (Doug) Griffin of Wichita, KS; four grandchildren, Christina (James) Kratky of Jacksonville, NC and Bobby (Jamie) Griffin of Wichita, KS; six great grandchildren, Robert Douglas, Diego Joseph, and Kora Elizabeth Griffin of Wichita, KS, Aiden Joe, Lillian Grace, and Seamus Griffin Kratky of Jacksonville, NC; and one soon-to-be great great grandchild, Liam Douglas Griffin. Mary was converted March 30, 1961 at Maple Street Baptist Church: Baptized Easter Sunday.