OBITUARIES OF
BESSIE GOBBLE - MRS. CHAS. DAY - GEORGE RAINEY
SONS OF HENRY WEAVER - MRS. KATE DODSON
"UNCLE" JAMES DOUGLAS - ANNIE HARDY-J.H. RICHARDS - MILTON WATSON
DOCUMENT WRITTEN BY : TINA EASLEY
I HAVE CREATED THIS DOCUMENT WHILE RESEARCHING THE OLD NEWSPAPERS . I HAVE RE-WRITTEN THE ARTICLE AND INFORMATION IN MY OWN WORDS MAKING THE DOCUMENT BELOW COPYRIGHTABLE.
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FEB. 17, 1909 - PAGE TWO - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
OBITUARY
O NOT IN CRUELTY , NOT IN WRATH
THE REAPER CAME THAT DAY
'TWAS AN ANGEL COME TO EARTH
AND TOOK THIS FLOWER AWAY.
BESSIE THE DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. JOHN GOBBLE . WAS ONLY 11 MONTHS OLD WHEN SHE WAS TAKEN FROM THEIR LOVING ARMS. BESSIE WAS SICK FOR ABOUT FIVE WEEKS .
BESSIE WAS A BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT-EYED BABY AND THE HEARTS OF HER LOVED ONES ARE BLEEDING WITH SORROW. GOOD-BYE BESSIE OUR DARLING BABY.
SENT INTO THE NEWSPAPER BY MRS. IDA LIPE
( NO PLACE OF BURIAL GIVEN )
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OBIT OF MRS. CHAS. DAY
APRIL 4, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
UNCLE BUD KNIGHT FROM LIGHT REPORTED THE DEATH TO THE SOLIPHONE
THE DEATH YESTERDAY MORNING ( APR. 3, 1909) OF MRS. CHAS. DAY . SHE HAD BEEN ILL ABOUT TWO WEEKS WITH TYPHOID FEVER . SHE IS SURVIVED BY A HUSBAND AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN.
( NO PLACE OF BURIAL GIVEN )
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APRIL 16, 1909 - FRONTPAGE - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
GEORGE REINEY , DYING AT KERVILLE , TX.
REACHED HIS HOME IN PARAGOULD BEFORE DEATH CAME
(HIGHLIGHTS)
GEORGE REINEY , SON OF MR. AND MRS. C.W . REINEY , DIED AT 4:30 YESTERDAY (APRIL 15, 1909 )AT THE FAMILY HOME , 902 W. JUNCTION STREET .
DEATH WAS DUE TO THE RAVAGES OF CONSUMPTION AND HE WAS SICK NINE MONTHS.
GEORGE WAS A YOUNG MAN ONLY 24 YEARS OF AGE , AND CAME TO PARAGOULD ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO FROM BATESVILLE , WHERE HE WAS BORN AND LIVED MOST OH HIS LIFE. SEVERAL MONTHS HE WORKED IN THE CITY AS COMMISSION FRUIT MERCHANT , BUT WORKED MOST OF THE TIME ON THE IRON MOUNTAIN RAILROAD AS FIREMAN.
ONE YEAR AGO HE WAS ONE OF THE FINEST SPECIMENS OF MANHOOD ONE COULD WISH TO SAY AND WAS VERY POPULAR WITH A CIRCLE OF FRIENDS. NINE MONTHS AGO THE AWFUL WHITE PLAGUE CAUGHT HIS FINE FIGURE IN ITS CLUTCHES . IT WORKED SLOW BUT SURE AND GEORGE TOOK SEVERAL TRIPS TO FAMOUS HEALTH RESORTS IN AN EFFORT TO THROW IT OFF. BUT HIS HEALTH JUST GREW WORSE.
AS A LAST RESORT , ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO HE LEFT HERE IN CARE OF HIS BROTHER , CAIN FOR KERVILLE , TEXAS . IT WAS THOUGHT THE HEALTHY CLIMATE WOULD PROVE FAVORABLE. ENCOURAGING LETTERS WERE SENT FROM HOME . HIS HEALTH WAS THOUGHT TO BE IMPROVING . THEN HE TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE.
HE ARRIVED YESTERDAY MORNING OVER THE COTTON BELT WITH HIS BROTHER CAIN . HIS FRAIL BODY WAS REMOVED FROM THE BAGGAGE CAR ON A STRETCHER AT THE UNION STATION . HE WAS CONSCIOUS TO THE VERY LAST AND RECOGINIZED EVERYONE AROUND HIS BEDSIDE.
HE IS SURVIVED BY A HEART-BROKEN FATHER AND MOTHER AND SEVERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS AS FOLLOWS: MRS. H.E. BRAGG , MRS. HERBERT SCOTT , CAN. JR. , AGNES KEENAN , ELLIOTT MILDRED AND WILLIAM . ALL RESIDE HERE AND WERE AT HIS BEDSIDE EXCEPT MRS. BRAGG , WHO RESIDES AT PORT ARTHUR , TX. THE DECEASED IS SURVIVED BY A LITTLE SON CAM WILLIAM REINEY NAMED AFTER HIS GRANDFATHER . THE LITTLE ONE IS LEFT A ORPHAN HIS MOTHER DYING ONLY THIRTEEN MONTHS AFTER HER MARRIAGE.
(REST OF PAPER MISSING NO PLACE OF BURIAL GIVEN )
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APRIL 20, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
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TWO BOYS DROWNED
SONS OF HENRY WEAVER , OF CRAIGHEAD COUNTY , ARKANSAS GO TO WATERY GRAVE WHILE FISHING IN CACHE RIVER
TWO SONS OF HENRY WEAVER , A PROMINENT FARMER OF CRAIGHEAD COUNTY , WERE DROWNED IN CACHE RIVER LAST WEEK . THREE SONS OF MR. WEAVER , AGES 10 , 12 AND 14 YEARS OF AGE WERE ON THE CACHE RIVER IN A BOAT LOOKING AFTER TROTLINES WHEN THE YOUNGER OF THE TRIO FELL OUT OF THE BOAT.
THE TWO OLDER BOYS BECAME EXCITED AND IN TRYING TO RESCUE THEIR BROTHER ALSO FELL INTO THE WATER . THE YOUNGER BOY SAVED HIMMSELF BY CATCHING AN OVER HANGING LIMB , BUT THE OTHER TWO WENT DOWN INTO A WATERY GRAVE.
THE YOUNGER BOY NOTIFIED HIS PARENTS AS SOON AS HE COULD GET TO LAND AND A SEARCH WAS IMMEDIATELY INSTITUTED . THE BODIES OF THE YOUTHS WERE FOUND NEAR WHERE THEY WENT DOWN.
( NO PLACE OF BURIAL GIVEN )
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APRIL 27, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
MRS. KATE DODSON , THE WAS CONDUCTED AT THE RESIDENCE THIS MORNING AT TEN O'CLOCK. REV. A.C. GRIFFIN OFFICIATING. THE BURIAL TOOK PLACE AT LINWOOD CEMETERY .
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APRIL 22, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE - FRONTPAGE
OLD SOLDIER DIED AT CONFEDERATE HOME
" UNCLE " JIMMY DOUGLAS A PIONEER CITIZEN OF GREENE COUNTY , ANSWERED FINAL ROLL CALL
" UNCLE " JIMMY DOUGLAS WAS A NATIVE OF TENNESSEE
" UNCLE" JAMES DOUGLAS , AGED VETERAN WHO WAS REMOVED FROM PARAGOULD TO THE OLD SOLDIERS HOME AT LITTLE ROCK AT A RECENT DATE , DIED A FEW DAYS AFTER REACHING THE HOME. MR. DOUGLAS HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND DEATH WAS DUE TO A GENERAL BREAKDOWN AND DEBILITY.
THE REMANINS OF " UNCLE" JIMMY AS HE WAS FAMILARLY KNOWN TO HIS PARAGOULD FRIENDS , WERE LAID TO REST IN THE CONFEDERATE CEMETERY AT THE HOME.
' UNCLE ' JIMMY WAS 84 YEARS OF AGE AND WAS BORN AT GREEN , TENN. AND SERVED THROUGHOUT THE CIVIL WAR IN THE SEVENTH TENNESSEE CAVALRY WITH THE RANK OF SECOND SERGEANT.
HE WAS MARRIED TWICE , HIS FIRST WIFE WAS MISS P.T. JOHNSON ON JUNE 14, 1853 . AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FIRST WIFE HE MARRRIED MISS MARY E. GRIFFIN , WHO ALSO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH . THE ONLY SURVIVING CHILD OF 'UNCLE' JIMMY IS MRS. GEO. HAYNES, OF PARAGOULD AND SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF HIS FIRST WIFE.
FOR SEVERAL YEARS ' UNCLE ' JIMMY MADE HIS HOME AT THE HAYNES RESIDENCE ON NORTH PRUET AND LIVED WITH HIS DAUGHTER TILL HIS REMOVAL TO THE OLD SOLDIERS HOME.
' UNCLE' JIMMY CAME TO ARKANSAS SOON AFTER THE WAR AND LOCATED IN GREENE COUNTY AT BETHEL COMMUNITY . HE WAS A BLACKSMITH AND A FARMER UNTIL HE CAME TO PARAGOULD. HE LIVED IN THE BETHEL AND LORADO NEIGHBORHOODS . HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC ORDER OF PARAGOULD WHICH WAS ORGANIZED AT BETHEL IN 1878 . ' UNCLE' JIMMY WAS ONE OF THE CHARTER MEMBERS.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH AND WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CHURCH AND BAPTIZED BY REV. A.C. GRIFFIN IN 1892 . UPON MOVING TO PARAGOULD HE HAD HIS MEMBERSHIP TRANSFERRED TO THE EASTSIDE METHODIST CHURCH OF PARAGOULD .
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APRIL 30, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE - LISTED IN LOCAL NEWS
MISS ANNIE HARDY EMPLOYED AT McWHORTER'S DAIRY FARM DIED APRIL 29, 1909 AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS OF PNEUMONIA AND WAS BURIED TODAY IN CLARK'S GRAVEYARD.
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MARCH 16, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
J.H. RICHARDS WHO DURING THE LAST WEEK OF CIRCUIT COURT AT JONESBORO WAS EXCUSED FROM THE PETIT JURY ON ACCOUNT OF ILLNESS , DIED AT BONO , HIS HOME SATURDAY , NIGHT . HE WAS ABOUT FORTY YEARS OLD. HE WAS A WELL KNOWN AND HIGHLEY RESPECTED CITIZEN OF CRAIGHEAD COUNTY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE W.O.W. LODGE.
HE LEAVES A WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN, TWO BOYS AND ON DAUGHTER . THE FUNERAL AND BURIAL WERE CUNDUCTED SUNDAY , BY THE REV. J.E. BUCHANAN OFFICIATING AND W.O.W. ASSISTING.
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MARCH 16, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
( PART OF PAPER MISSING , I TRIED TO FILL IN THE WORDS MISSING)
DEATH AT JONESBORO
MILTON WATSON DIED AT THE FAMILY HOME LAST NIGHT OF PNEUMONIA . YOUNG WATSON WAS REARED IN GREENE COUNTY AND MOVED TO JONESBORO A FEW MONTHS AGO TO WORK ON THE RAILROAD. HIS DEATH CUSED MUCH SORROW IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE HE WAS WELL KNOWN AND LOVED. INTERMENT WILL BE AT LIBERTY CHURCH . THE DECEASED LEAVES A YOUNG (WIFE) AND ONE CHILD.
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MARCH 18, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
FINCH
A LARGE CROWD OF SORROWING RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ATTENDED THE FUNERAL SERVICES OF THE LATE MRS. PEGG THE SERVICES BEING CONDUCTED BY REV. A.C. GRIFFIN.
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MARCH 23, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
JAMES ROBERT BUSH CLAIMED BY DEATH
PROMINENT CITIZEN OF HELENA , TREASURER OF ST. FRANCIS LEVEE BOARD DIED FROM OPERATION
NATIVE OF PHILLIPS COUNTY
HELENA , MARCH 22 , LINGERING FOR TWO WEEKS AFTER AND OPERATION FOR APPENDICITIS HAD BEEN PERFORMED IN A MEMPHIS HOSPITAL. JAMES ROBERT BUSH OF THIS CITY DIED IN THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT 4:30 O'CLOCK. WITH THE DECEASED AT THE TIME DEATH CAME WERE MRS. BUSH AND HER 8 YEAR OLD SON , NICHOLAS , JUDGE FRANK B. MILWEE OF CLARENDON AND S.B. STRAUB AND MRS. LUTHER BINLEY OF HELENA.
THE DECEASED SUFFERED CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL A SHORT TIME BEFORE HIS DEATH WHEN HE BECAME EASY AND THE END WAS PEACEFUL. THE SUPREME UNCTION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS ADMINISTERED BY A PRIEST A SHORT TIME BEFORE DEATH, THE FAMILY HAVING GATHERED WHEN THE PHYSICIANS ADVISED THEM THERE WAS NO CHANCE FOR RECOVERY.
THE REMAINS WERE THIS MORNING TAKEN FROM MEMPHIS A REPRESENTATIVE PARTY OF HELENA BUSINESS MEN ARRIVING IN TIME TO ESCORT THE BODY TO HELENA WHERE THE FUNERAL TOOK PLACE THIS AFTERNOON.
JAMES R. BUSH WAS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN AND MOST PROMINENT MEN OF EASTERN ARKANSAS AND HAD BEEN SO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS THOUGH HE WAS STILL A YOUNG MAN , BEING BUT 39 YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HE WAS A NATIVE OF PHILLIPS COUNTY WHERE HE LIVED ALL OF HIS LIFE , BEING BORN AT LATOUR , A SHORT DISTANCE FROM HELENA . SEPTEMBER 4, 1870 . FOR SEVERAL YEARS HE HAD BEEN TREASURER OF THE ST. FRANCIS LEVEE BOARD WHICH POSITION HE HELD AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.
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