Obituary of Mrs. Frances Keton, Garland County, AR ************************************************************* Submitted by: Barbara Stainback Date: 19 Jan 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************* Hot Springs, Ark. newspaper clipping probably The Sentinel-Record newspaper sorry no dates. Victim of Fire To Be buried This Morning Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Keton, 51-yr.old victim of a fire that destroyed her home and another Sunday morning, will be held today at 10 a.m. at Caruth Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. John Small, pastor of the First Freewill Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery. Active pallbearers, will be Everett E. Smith, Jr., B. E. HIPP, Glendon R. Smith, W. B. Humphrey, Bobby Anderson, and Douglas Medlock. Mrs. Keton was burned to death in the fire, believed to have started in the kitchen of her home, 212 Jackson. Her badly burned body was bound (*I think this should be "found") by firemen probing into the smoldering ruins. Her husband, William Keton, told firemen he barely escaped the burning house with his life. The two-story frame house at 216 Jackson, adjoining the one-story home where the Ketons lived was also destroyed in the fire, fanned by an easterly wind. Miss Ruth LeCroy, who lived in the two-story home, owned both houses. She was quoted as saying her loss was partially covered by insurance but that she had no insurance to cover antique furniture in her home. Keton was quoted firemen as saying he had no insurance on his personal property.