Mart Glynn's Funeral Home Hail Mary Prayer Cloth
Title
Mart Glynn's Funeral Home Hail Mary Prayer Cloth
Description
Off white cloth bookmark with blue and gold writing of "The Hail Mary" prayer for Mart Glynn's Funeral Home. The location changed throughout the years. Being located first at 1207 Gallia Street, Portsmouth. It was first called Glynn's Ambulance and Funeral Chapel, then Brock Hall Funeral Home, then to Glynn Brock Funeral home until the 1950's when Mart Glynn left to start his own funeral home with his son Robert Glynn (1926-1985) at his own Mart Glynn's Funeral Home (1147 2nd St, Portsmouth) until Mart died in December of 1971. Robert Glynn went into business with Jimbob Osman of South Shore and changed the name to Glynn & Osman Funeral home until his death in 1985. The location (1147 2nd St) is now apart of the Shawnee State University parking and student dorms.
Creator
Mart Glynn's Funeral Home
Date
1950's-1960's
Format
3 cm x 15 cm cloth
Coverage
Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio
Rights
Scioto County Public Library
Collection
Citation
Mart Glynn's Funeral Home, “Mart Glynn's Funeral Home Hail Mary Prayer Cloth,” Local History Digital Collection, accessed November 8, 2024, https://yourppl.org/history/items/show/29608.