Pulaski Co. obits from 1925 This file graciously provided by Linda Davis. These came from an old scrapebook owned by Linda Davis and were done in 1925 many of them were for Civil War Veterans. Some are complete others (when noted are abstracted w/genealogy data included) not. Most of these refer to local folks (Little Rock) however some are for people who were or had been from surrounding states. I hope these will help someone. I am not putting them in any order just the way they appear in the book.The first I am posting in full it is one of the shortest and does not have anything to say about him other then what is posted. The heading of this page says 1925 and I believe that these clippings all came from Little Rock papers, so those without locations are probably local. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non- commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. ROBERTS FUNERAL TO BE HELD FRIDAY MORNING Funeral John R Roberts 70 years old, 617 South Ninteenth St . Who died Thursday morning at a local hospital will be held Friday moringi at 10 o'clock from the Fetress chapel. Rev W. (that's all of clipping) PIONEER WOMAN IS DEAD AT FAYETTEVILLE HOME Fayetteville,Jan 14-Mrs Sarah Clark age 72... AGED MAN DIES Rogers, Jan 31, C.W. Tinsley 79 years old died at his home January 28 He was a native of Jefferson Co Ill and leaves several children, who arrived from differant points in time(?) for the funeral Friday(this is also complete) AGED HUNTSVILLE MAN SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS Samuel W McConnell member of Pioneer Family, Buried at Huntsville Huntsville, Jan. 22, Samuel W McConnell 76 years old(this names several family members and has a short bio) PIONEER WOMAN DIES AT FAYETTEVILLE Mrs Emma Alexander Jones, 75 years Old Succumbs To Lingering Illness Fayetteville,Jam 21 Mrs Emma Jones wife of the late pioneer Theodore F Jones... GREENLAND MAN DIES SATURDAY IN ARIZONA J P G Roulhac Sr. Probably Will Be Buried From Farm Home Near Fayetteville Fayetteville, Jan 12- Joe P G Roulhac Sr of Fayetteville,78 years old ... AGED MAN DIES FROM INJURIES LATE WEDNESDAY CHARLES J WATTS, 74 YEARS OLD RUN DOWN ON TEXAS ROAD LIVES A SHORT TIME Charles J Watts, 74 years old Confederate Veteran and retied famer of Sebastion County... VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR DIES AT FAMILY HOME Funeral services for Truss Turner 80 years old veteran of the Civil War well known over Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas PIONEER GREENWOOD MAN DIES AT FAMILY HOME GREENWOOD,ARK..Jan 31 Will D Campbell, 80 years old...CW Vet AGED VAN BUREN MAN DIES AT HOME OF SON J M Teeters 81 .... RESIDENT OF CITY FOR SIXTY YEARS IS DEAD MRS ELIZABETH HAMMETT DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER MRS JOSEPH LEMING SATURDAY Mrs Elizabeth Hammett, 82 years old resident of Fort Smith for more then 60 years... Mrs Hammett a native of North Carolina moved to Arkansas more then 70 years ago... PICKENS FUNERAL IS HELD AT BENTOVILLE PIONEER RESIDENT OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ONE OF IT'S EARLIST SETTLERS Bentonville Ark, Jan 21- Funeral services for the late Robert A. Pickens who died at his home here Monday morning.. Mr Pickens was born at Richmond, Bedford Co. Tn and was 82 years of age.. PIONEER IS DEAD MENA,ARK JAN 16, S Picchi 82 years old...native of Italy but moved to Little Rock also 45 years ago... PIONEER BENTON COUNTY MANS DIES AT FAMILY HOME ROBERT A PICKENS FORMER SHERIFF, WILL BE BURIED AT BENTOVILLE WEDNESDAY (another notice of Robert Pickens, see above) PIONEER WOMAN DEAD Praire Grove,Jan 14, Mars Mattie Woodruff of Viney Grove near here recently celebrated her eightythird birthday anniversary, Mrs Woodruff is the widow of the late Jasper Woodruff a descendant of William Woodruff, founder of the Arkansas Gazette.(this is all of the article) CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES AT CLARKSVILLE CLARKSVILLE ARK., Jan 17-James L Farmer 82 years old .... AGED WOMAN INJURED (SEE ABOVE) Prarie Grove Ark Jan 29- Mars Mattie Woodruff, 83 years old is suffering from a broken arm received by falling recently. Her condition was reported as improved Thursday.(complete clipping) JAMES B HINES DIES AT OLD FARM HOME VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR BURIED AT ALABAMA WAS NATIVE OF ALABAMA Huntsville, Jan 22, James V Hines 83 years old died on Jamury 14 at his home near Alabam and was buried in the Alabam cemetery... (Union soldier quite a bit of info on him) AGED ARKOMA WOMAN DIES TUESDAY MORNING Mrs Sarah Tapley 84 years old a resident of Arkoma Okla.... WALKER FUNERAL HELD Siloam Springs, Jan 28th- The body of Mary A Walker 84 years old wife of Robert Walker... VETERAN JUSTICE AT CONWAY HAS RETIRED GEORGE W EASTERWOOD, CIVIL WAR OFFICER HAS SERVED COUNTY FOR 14 YEARS Conway Ark.,Jan 13, With completion of 14 years in the of Judge George M Easterwood 84 Confedrate veteran has retired....(has info about Cw experinces) PROMINET MAN DIES AT NORTH ARKANSAS HOME JUDGE JOHN WILLIAM HOWELL FORMER POSTMASTER AT HOT SPRINGS IS DEAD SILOAM SPRINGS,JAN 28- Judge John William Howell 84 years old died at his home... a veteran of the Civil War having served as Second and First Lieutenant in the First and Fourteenth Illinois calvery... AGED RESIDENT OF FAYETTEVILLE DIES DANIEL E JACKSON ALTOUGH HE HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH WAS CONFINED AT HOME BUT A FEW DAYS Hot Springs,Ark., Jan 10-Daniel E Jackcon 86 years old died at his home here Saturday... CLARKSVILLE WOMAN IS DEAD AT FAMILY HOME Clarksville Ark, Jan 28- Mrs Rhoda Kendorf 91 years old died Wednesday morning ... FIVE GENERATION ARE SURVIVORS OF NEWHART AUBURN, ARK., JAN 16- Rev JACOB NEWHART 92 one of the oldest ministers in Arkansas whoe died at his farm home near here wthis week came to the United States from Germany 90 years ago. He is survived by five generations . Three sons, 18 grandchildern,46 greatgrandchildren and two gggrandchildren. Burial was made at Marietta cemetery with Rev Riley local paster officiating (this is complete clipping) PIONEER PHYSICIAN OF HOT SPRINGS DEAD RICHARD HENDERSON TAYLOR 93 YEARS OLD, CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES AT HOME.... Jan26... said to be the least surviving surgeon of the Condererat Army .... AGED WOMEN DIES Yellvelle Ark Jan 23- "Aunt" Mary Reeves, 104 years old said to be the oldest woman in Marion County died at the county farm Wednesday. She and her husband were pioneer settlers of North Arkansas their old homestead being on the head of Clear Creek in Boone County. She leaves a number of children.(this is the complete clipping) QUEER DOINGS by Fred Hines As I stepped into a bank recently two gentlemen passed me on their way out and I recognized J E Miller as one of them. "Yes", I heard him say "on the twentieth of Febuary , my wife and I will have been married fifty-eight years". and the pride in his vioce proclaimed them as both profitable and happy ones (all clipping) SILOAM SPRINGS MAN CLAIMS RECORD OFR PAYING RENT ON BOX Siloam Springs, Jan 5- For the past 41 years Ben Rakestraw of this city had continually used the same box in the local post office... VETERAN OFFICER HAS BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY EUREKA SPRINGS Jan 27- Frank Willis Chief of Police of Eureka Spring and the oldest chief of Police in the United States Celbrated hi seventy-fourth birthday her Monday... PAYMENT FOR MULE BOUGHT 45 YEARS AGO IS SURPRISE Booneville Ark\JAN 29 ...... Forty-two years ago Mr W.D. Sadler (age72) sold a mule to one C.C. Cox on credit, but for some reason the mule was never paid for and the matter had passed from the mind of Mr Sadler... a few days ago Mr Sadler opened a letter from a little town in Georgia and found therein $100.00 Mr Cox wrote" I was not able to pay for the mule at the time, but my conscience will not let me die in peace with that mule not paid for. TEXAS MAN BURIED BUT RETURNS TO DENY DEATH El Paso,Texas Jan - John Thoma El Pasoan who was killed her Jamuary 5 and buried in Concordia cemetery under a costly tombstone returned Wednesday to deny he was dead. It was Thomas's uncle who bears close resemblance to Thomas that was killed, Thomas explained. Thomas read of his demise in state newspapers (full clipping) AGED INDIAN WOMAN OF GROVE IS DEAD SALLIE ENGLAND, VETERAN OF GEORGIA TRIBAL DAY, DIES AT AGE OF 110 YEARS OLD. Grove Okla Jan 26- Sallie England a full-blood Cherokee said to be 110 years old died at her home about five miles south of here on Honey Creek ...(long article) RETIREMENT AGE FAILS TO HALT SERVICE OF LOCAL ETERAN WHO NOW HOLDS RECORD FOR LONGES SEVICE WITH GOVERMENT. WILLIAM DILLON SUPERINTENDENT OF NATIONAL CEMETERY SPENDS MORE THAN HALF CENTURY ON ACTIVE DUTY. by C A Verbeck (rather long article with picture) PIONEER EDUCATOR RECALLS HARSHIPS OF EARLY DAY SCHOOLS IN FORT SMITH by Zela Tucker bio and picture of Mrs Adelia Dell w/picture ________________________________________________________ OTHER OBITS WILLIE ARON PRICE Arkansas Gazette 11/17/53 pg,8 ccccolumn 2 Willie Aron Price, Little Rock Resident Willie Aron Price, aged 59, of 2720 South Cedar Street, died Mondy at his home. Mr. Price was a member of the United Pentecostal Church. Survivors in clude his wife, Mrs. Bessie Hawkins Price; three sons, Lonnie Price and Amos Price, both of Little Rock, and Charles Price of New Orleans; five daughters, Mrs. J.D. Baker, Mary Lou Price nd Martha Sue Price, all of Little Rock, Mrs. Dale Sandell of San Benito, Tex., Mrs. Thomas Mowles of Arnanres Pass, Tex.; his mother, Mrs. Maggie Smalls of Ada Valley; three brothers, Ollie Price and Berry Price, bothe of Ad Valley, and Lee Price of Lake Providence, La.; a sister, Mrs. Cas Harrison of Ada Valley and 11 grandchildren. Funeral will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at South Highland Pentecostal Church by Rev. Willie Clifton and Rev. Hugh Brown. Pallbearers will be Johnnie Cusick, Sam Lluper, Dick Bavis, Homer Tulos, Dean Martin adn Junior Clavhorn. Burial will be t Perryville by Griffin-Leggett. Submitted by Lou Landry llandry@cajunnet.com ___________________________________________________________ DR. DAVID MONROE SWITZER, SR. Here is the write-up about my husband's grandfather Dr. David Monroe Switzer, Sr. when he retired from teaching his Bible Class in 1950. It was written by members of his Sunday School class at Second Baptist Church, Little Rock, AR. Dr. Switzer died in 1954. He was married to Ada Gertrude Carpenter on 25 December 1901. Their three sons were: Drummond Switzer, Earl Switzer, and David Monroe Switzer, Jr. David Monroe Switzer, Sr. was the son of Frederick Amos Switzer and Julia Hammond Drummond of Ashley County, AR. "We now have with us a fellow member; one we not only know very well but one we admire very much; and, one we are proud to honor at this time. "What we have to say is not a biography but merely a summary of only a few of the noble characteristics, important events and service rendered which might be included in the record of the life of Dr. D. M. Switzer. "He was born in 1866 and has been fortunate enough to attain the age of four scores and four years or a total of 84 years, which have been well used. He prepared himself for life's important work as a physician and has faithfully and efficiently practiced this profession for about 42 years. During this long service, he has not only given medical aid to the sick and afflicted - but has contributed in many ways in offering kindly advice and suggestions which were very essential to the spiritual welfare and social needs of both individuals and groups. He has also officiated in an efficient manner the delivery of about 2500 babies; many of whom are now grown and have assumed the duties and responsibilities of the affairs of today. "The efficient administration of his professional duties relieved the suffers from their ills and misery; and, his gentle manner and disposition, together with his friendly smiles and greetings, dispelled the gloom and uncertainty from many sick rooms by refreshing the surrounding atmosphere with the fragrance of kindness and consideration which emanates only from a christian soul and mind. This same feeling is also very evident in all of his associations and contacts with his fellow man. "He has been happily married for about 48 years and has enjoyed the associations and binding ties with a kind and considerate family. He has been a devoted husband and father; faithful to his church; appreciative of his citizenship; loyal to his community and country and a law-abiding citizen. Although very modest in his disposition and unassuming in his efforts, he is firm in his convictions, standing firmly with faith and courage for fair dealings in all matters. "He has been a church member for about 68 years and a member of this church and Sunday School for about 27 years and is a loyal supporter for the cause of christianity. He has rendered invaluable service in many capacities and during these many years he has been absent from the the various activities only a few times; and, such absences were not due to carelessness or negligence on his part but were because of unavoidable circumstances. "That road of his - reaching over the 84 milestones - has not been strewn with roses all the way nor void of many treacherous hazards found along life's pathway. He found many rugged places to traverse between these milestones - but when he encountered such rough spots and obstructions - his faith in our Master and his unfaltering courage enable him to overcome many obstacles and handi-caps found along his journey. This determination to succeed and his unselfish service resulted in many worthwhile accomplishments for the welfare and destiny of humanity. "We can see him in our meditation - as a little boy in the far distance - toddling along with life's important load on his shoulders; stepping slowly but surely along the way; and in passing from one milestone to another - we can also see the fruits from his labors standing as beacon lights - sending forth their brilliance not only over the road just travelled - but also extending their rays over the untraversed pathway for himself and other so-journers to follow. We know, too, that during this period of time in climbing over these many milestones, he has advanced in favor with God and mankind. A close, friendly feeling is embedded in the hearts of all who have been fortunate to know him. "It is inspiring to us - to be associated with one whose life is so fruitful and clear whose record reveals and portrays - such outstanding examples of a worthwhile career - One who has lived that others my live - one who has given that others may receive - One who has proved to all - he knows upon WHOM we may safely trust and believe. "We congratulate you, Dr. Switzer. May our Master's richest blessings rest and abide with you and yours." --written by: CARROL D. WOOD BIBLE CLASS at Second Baptist Church Eighth and Scott Streets Little Rock, Arkansas April 30, 1950 (Contributed by Carolyn Switzer switzer@means.net whom we thank for this!) ___________________________________________________________ The following submitted by: DOYNE ELDER 31 ROSEMONT LITTLE ROCK, AR 72204 ARKANSAS GAZETTE OCT 25, 1971 THOMAS E WILSON, AGED 90, OF 511 SOUTH OAK ST, DIED JACKSONVILLE, A RETIRED REA EXPRESS EMPLOYEE, DIED SUNDAY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF JACKSONVILLE. SURVIVORS ARE A NEPHEW AND SIX NIECES. FUNERAL WILL BE AT 3:30 P M TODAY AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST OF JACKSONVILLE BY THE REV BOB EDWARDS. PALLBEARERS WILL BE GEORGE H TAYLOR, CLYDE JENNINGS, LAWRENCE WAYMACK, WILLIAM LEHMAN, HERMAN NELSON, AND NORMAN JONES. BURIAL WILL BE IN BAYOU METO CEMETERY BY GRIFFIN LEGGETT ARKANSAS GAZETTE MAY 2, 1960 FUNEREAL FOR THOMAS RAY ELDER, 24,2317 S MAIN NLR A SHEET METAL WORKER WHO DIED YESTERDAY IN A LITTLE ROCK HOSPITAL WILL BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW AT 1 P M IN RAINWATER FUNERAL HOME CHAPLIN JACKSONVILLE BY REV TROY V TURNER. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE NATIONAL CEMETERY. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE KOREAN WAR AND A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN JACKSONVILLE. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIDOW MRS CAROLYN THIGPEN ELDER, A SON, RICKIE RAY ELDER OF THE HOME, HIS PARENTS, LUTHER ELDER OF NLR, AND MRS RUBY ELDER OF JACKSONVILLE, A BROTHER , DOYNE ELDER OF LITTLE ROCK, AND HIS GRANDMOTHERS, MRS MAGGIE RICHARDS OF JACKSONVILLE AND MRS LILLIAN ELDER OF LITTLE ROCK. PALLBEARERS WILL BE WAYMAN WILKINS, JIMMY MARTONE, JOE RIGGS, JOE WARD, ALTON JOHNSON AND CHARLES GREENFIELD. WILSON DEESE WILL ASSIST WITH THE FUNERAL. __________________________________________________________ Date: September 28, 1997 (date obit appeared) Arkansas Gazette-Democrat (Pulaski County) ARKANSAS Submitted by Frances C. Carner Margaret Cameron Davies Carner, age 73, a long time resident of Little Rock, Died Friday in Tallahassee, Florida. Mrs. Carner was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, later moving with her family to Little Rock, graduating from Little Rock High School, now Little Rock Central High School. She then attended Little RockJunior College receiving her associate degree before attending the Art Institute of Chicago where she received her Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts and later her Masters with emphasis in theatre directing. Most of her classes were in the Goodman Theatre Department, a part of the institute. While her husband, Joseph Norbert Carner, was completing his degree at Yale Univesity she was assistant manager with the Yale Faculty Club. After school they both began a career that included several summer stock productions and theatre performances in several states. Due to a family illness they came to Little Rock where Murs. Carner started her teaching career first as a kindergarten teacher at the Arkansas School for the Blind where she also began a children's theatre production for the blind children and later developing into a childrens theatre production that that was also incorporporated into the curriculum of the Univesity. Her career continued becoming a teacher speach and drama at Little Rock University, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and eventually becoming an Associate Professor Emeritus of Theater Arts for 28 years. In that position she taught acting, stage diction, directing, and (mime and) stage movement. Due to her love of the arts and all people she also took time to teach speech and diction to the inmates of th Wrightsville Corrections Facility. She was also an honorary member of the Pulaski County Bar Association, a member of Little Rock Women's Aesthetic Club, Trinity Episcopal Catherdral and a descendent of an Arkansas Pioneer Family. =================================================================== Pulaski County Arkansas -- Arkansas Gazette February 24, 1973 for Fulham Fairchild "Ki" Davies Submitted by Frances C Carner EX-BROKER AT LR DIES IN FLORIDA Fulham Fairchild (Ki) Davies, aged 82, of 4206 South Lookout Street, who in 1923 opened the Little Rock office of Fenner and Beane (now Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith), died Friday at Plant City, Fla. He ws born at Helena, Mont., son of the late Robert Geddes and Margaret Fulham Davies. His grandfather, Anthony Harpin Davies, was a pioneer Arkansan -- a Lake Village plantation owner, president of the First Arkansas Bank and a member of the Territorial Convention and the first Arkansas General Assembly. His father incorporated the city of Hot Springs and served as its first city attorney. Mr. Davies, whose office was one of the few in the country to remain open during the Depression, started in the stock brokerage business in Oklahoma as a telegraph operator. Before opening the LIttle Rock office, he had operated a Fenner and Beane branch at Hot Springs, and had been a telegraph operator at Ottawa, Canada, for two Parliamentary sessions. Beginning with an Elks Club production in 1928, Mr. Davies participated in many civic club theatrical shows, making his last appearance at a Kiwanis Club minstrel in the early 1950s. At one time he was involved in a motion picture venture with a Hot Springs partner, and one film, a silent documentary entitled "The Human Shield" was produced. Mr. Davies directed the film and played a leading role. The other start was Miss Aline Lower, whom he married when the picture was completed. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, the Little Rock Club and the Rotary Club of Little Rock, as well as having attained membership in Merrill Lynch's Quarter Century Club. After World War II, he was a Red Cross volunteer at the North Little Rock Veterans Administration Hospital. Mr. Davies' survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Joseph N. Carner of Little Rock and Mrs. James R. Harris and Mrs. Jefferson W. Speck of Plant City, and seven grandchildren. Funeral arrngements will be announced by Ruebel Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. ================================================================== Arkansas Gazette, Friday, June 2, 1967. Submitted by F. Carner LAST ARKANSAS IN EARLY FAMILY DIES AT AGE 82 Kenneth Harrow Hanger, aged 82, the last Little Rock member of the Hanger family, one of the city's founding families, died Thursday norming of his second heart attack in two days. He had suffered the first heart attack Wednesday at his home at 1010 Scott Street. Mr. Hanger was born at Little Rock August 29, 1884, a son of the late Frederick and Frances Harrow Hanger. A great-grandfather, Dr. Matthew Cunningham, was Little Rock's first resident physician and became its frist mayor when the city was incorporated. His wife, Eliza Wilson Cunningham, Mr. Hanger's great-grandmother, was the first white woman to become a permanent resident of Little Rock. A grandfather of Mr. Hanger's, Peter Hanger, a state representative from Chicot County in 1837, the year of the state's first General Assembly, owned a great deal of real estate and operated a stagecoach line and steamboat line on the Arkansas River. Mr. Hanger's mother, who died in 1945, was a prominent clubwoman, active in community and charitable affairs. She was one of the nine members who founded the Arkansas History Commission and was of Colonial Virginia Ancestry. After the death of his father in 1900, Mr. Hanger joined the office staff of the old Chactaw Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad and soon became section hand at Dallas, TX. He became a civil engineer and was later made chief engineer of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad in St. Louis, a position he held until his retirement 12 years ago. His wife, the former Ree Winslow, died in 1946. Mr. Hanger attended public schools in Little Rock. After his retirement from M.K.T., he returned to Little Rock and took up residence in the family's ancestral home at 1010 Scott with his brother, Albert Eugene Hanger, who died in 1956. The Hanger home is part of the Quapaw Quarter, an area of historic preservation. Mr. Hanger was a communicant of Christ Episcopal Church and a life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. During the years of his retirement, he was interested in historical affairs and worked closely with the Arkansas Territorial Restoration Commission. He is survived by a son, Frederick W. Hanger of San Antonio, TX, a lawyer who is the last living member of the Hanger family. Funeral Arrangements will be announced by Healey & Roth. Sent in by: Marolyn Folkner Howell ================================================================== Ihave 1 obituary for you from The Democrat Gazett in Pulaski Co. Ar. Marion Ruth Harmon Brewer b. Apr 12, 1924 in Carlisle, Ark. She died Aug 22, in Bakersfield, Ca. She was buried Nov 5,1994 in Lebanon cemetary, McRae, Ar. She is survived by 2 sons and 4 dau. John Chambers, Ca.,Carrol Henderson, Ar. Jeri Lemons, Ca., Francis Garcia, Tx., Sarah Morehead, Ok., Anne Wright, Ar. 16 grandchildren; and 18 g grandchildren. Her brothers, H. T. Harmon San Antonio, Tx. Harvey, Nolan Harmon, Charlotte, N. C.; her sisters, Elva Fuentes of Conway, Ar., and Shirley G. Pierce of Ore City, Tx. Thanks to Sam Moorehead for the previous!