Humphries/Cook family obits, Izard Co., AR

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Batesville Guard, Batesville, AR, December ?, 1954

Obituary for William Prator Humphries

  William P. Humphries, 79-year-old resident of Neely Street, died
Tuesday in a Little Rock hospital.  Born in Helena, he was a member of
the Missionary Baptist Church and a merchant, and had spent most of his
life in Batesville.
  He is survived by a son, Kenneth; two daughters, Mrs. Irene Cook of
Melbourne and Mrs. Velma Pearson; two half-brothers, Tenny Ellis Winkle
of Mount Pleasant and George Winkle of Texas; and eight grandchildren.
  Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:00 at Calvery Baptist
Church, with the Rev. Vernon Bellue officiating.  Burial was in Barren
Fork cemetery (Mount Pleasant) by Crouch Funeral Home.
  Active pallbearers were Stanley Guthrie, Olen Winkle, Hassell
Marshall, Billy Goodin, Eldon Hager, Floyd Massey, Johnny Thompson, and
George Williams.
  Honorary pallbearers were Dr. L.T. Evans, Dr. Walter O'Neal, Dr.
Nixon, Dr. Sheffield, the staff of the Baptist Hospital in Little Rock
and business associates of the deceased.

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Izard County Current, Izard County, AR, March 20, 1986

   Rosa Harris, 100, of Melbourne, died March 5, 1986, at the Pioneer
Nursing Home.
   Rosa was a homemaker, the oldest member of the First Baptist Church,
a member of the Mill Creek EHC, and a Charter member of Eastern Star. 
She had been a resident of Izard County all of her life.
   Survivors include: 2 daughters; Mrs. Rhea Walker and Mrs. Laverne
Robertson, both of Melbourne; 1 siser, Mrs. Hulda Marchant of Dallas,
Texas, 2 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; and 1 great great grand
daugher.
   Services were held March 7, at Howard Chapel officiate by Don
Sanders.  Pallbearers were: Eudell Smith, Lon Smith, John Copeland,
Charles Harris, Jay Harris, and Shannon Womack.  Burial was at Melbourne
Cemetery.

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The Melbourne Times, Melbourne, AR, June ?, 1989

   Willie Irene Humphries Cook, age 72, of Wideman, died Friday, June 2,
1989, at the Calico Rock Medical Center.  She was a homemaker, a retired
L.P.N. and a Baptist in faith.
   She is survived by her husband, Woodrow Walter Cook of the home; one
son, James W. Cook of Calico Rock; two daughters, Linda Jeffery of
Melbourne, and Sylvia Engles of Calico Rock; one sister, Velma Pearson
of Houston, Texas, seven grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
   Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 5, 1989, at the
Calico Rock Baptist Church with the Reverends Ralph Allmon, Thomas
Bradley, Scott Johnson, and Ronnie McAllister officiating.  Burial was
in Roselawn Cemetery at Calico Rock with arrangements by Crouch Funeral
Home.
   Pallbearers were Brandon Cook, Derrick Cook, Clifton Cook, Gerald
Tosh, Odell Shaw, and Sammy Carolan.
   Servings as Honorary pallbearers were Roland King, Roe Cantrell, O.D.
King, Walter Boyd, Alton Rush, and Jay Harris.