Mrs. Rebecca House (1938) Sebastian County, Arkansas

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Mena Star - Polk County - February 10, 1938

		 	REBECCA MCDONALD MILLER HOUSE

Mrs. Rebecca House buried Friday.

Funeral services for Mrs. Rebecca Jarrett House, who died Thursday morning
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Retha Looney, were held Friday afternoon
at 1:00 at the Looney residence on tenth Street, with the Reverend Chris J.
Sias, pastor of the First Christian Church, and the Reb. H. H. McGuyre,
pastor of the First Methodist Church officiating. The service was brief,
following which the boday was taken to Greenwood, the former home of the
deceased for burial, which took place at the Liberty Center Cemetery.
Arrangements were by the Geyer Funeral Home. The pallbearers were Walter E.
Jones, Will Alexander, A.H. Betts, Carl Whisenhart, J. I. Hudgins and Paul
Sanders.

Rebecca Jarrett McDonald was born August 24, 1858 near Montgomery, Alabama.
At the age of 13, she moved with her parents to Greenwood, AR. In 1874, she
was married to William T. Johnston. Soon after the marriage, she joined the
Methodist Church of which brotherhood she remained a member until her death.
Four children were born to the couple and while they were yet small, Mr.
Johnston died.

In 1886, the deceased was married to W.A. Miller.  She lived in Polk County
for a number of years.  Mr. Miller passed away in 1914.  She married Samuel
House in later years.  His death occurred September 27, 1936.  Since that
time, Mrs. House has made her home with her daughter in Mena.

Besides Mrs. Looney, Mrs. House is survived by two sons, James Johnston of
Ozark and C. C. Miller of El Paso, Texas.  One sister, Mrs. S. Paine,
McCurtain, OK, seventeen grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren.

The Rev. Cynthia Forde, D. Min.
25487 Old Howth Road
Hempstead, Texas 77445

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