FRANK BURTON - DIES
FEB 1, 1909 - DAILY SOLIPHONE - PAGE 2
RECORD CREATED BY : TINA EASLEY
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PROMINENT CITIZEN OF GREENE COUNTY GOES TO ETERNAL HOME AFTER ILLNESS OF TEN DAYS.
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FRANK BURTON , ONE OF THE LEADING CITIZENS AND BEST KNOWN FARMERS OF GREENE COUNTY DIED AT THE FAMILY HOME IN SPRING GROVE TOWNSHIP THIS MORNING AT 4:35 . DEATH RESULTED FROM PNEUMONIA AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS OF TEN DAYS. HE WAS 40 YEARS OLD AND IS SURVIVED BY A WIFE AND SIX CHILDREN.
HE WAS LEFT AN ORPHAN AT FOURTEEN YEARS AND CAME TO THIS COUNTY FROM CLAY WHEN A YOUTH OF THAT AGE. FROM THAT DATE TILL HIS DEATH THIS MORNING HE WAS A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY. HE WORKED AS A FARM HAND FOR YEARS AND BY HUSTLING AND SAVING HE ACCUMULATED MONEY WITH WHICH HE PURCHASED A FARM ON WHICH THE FAMILY HOME NOW STANDS. HE WAS MARRIED IN 1890 TO MISS ALICE COOPER , DAUGHTER OF JIM COOPER , A PROMINENT CITIZEN OF SPRING GROVE TOWNSHIP. HE GAINED PROMINENCE IN PUBLIC BY SERVING TWO YEARS A DEPUTY UNDER ALBERT SNOWDEN , TAX COLLECTOR. HE SERVED AS DEPUTY TAX COLLECTOR IN 1906 AND 07.
MR. BURTON WAS A GOOD CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN OF THE BAPTIST FAITH AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE SPRING GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE PARAGOULD , ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS NO. 13 AND THE FUNERAL WILL BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW MORNING UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THAT LODGE. AN EFFORT IS BEING MADE TO GET REV. J.H. PEAY TO OFFICIATE. MEMBERS OF I.O.O.F. NO. 13 WILL MEET TOMORROW. MORNING AT 9' O'CLOCK FOR THE PURPOSE OF GOING IN A BODY TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL AND INTERMENT OF THE DECEASED BROTHER. FOLLOWING THE FUNERAL CERMONY THE INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE PLACE IN BROWN'S CHAPEL GRAVE YARD.
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FEB 2, 1909 - DAILY SOLIPHONE
FUNERAL OF FRANK BURTON
THE FUNERAL OF FRANK BURTON WAS CONDUCTED THIS MORNING FROM THE SPRING GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PARAGOULD LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS NO. 13 , REV. DAVE FAULKNER OFFICIATING . THE FUNERAL WAS VERY AND IMPRESSIVE AND ATTENDED BY A LARGE CROWD OF SORROWING FRIENDS. THE ODD FELLOWS TOOK CHARGE OF THE REMAINS FROM THE CHURCH AND CONDUCTED THE BURIAL AT THE BROWN'S CHAPEL GRAVEYARD.
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FEB 4, 1909 - DAILY SOLIPHONE
FRANK BURTON WAS BORN IN TENNESSE ON JULY 1, 1868 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS ON FEBRUARY 1, 1909 AT THE AGE OF 40 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS .
HE WAS MARRIED FEBRUARY 25 , 1891 TOO ALICE COOPER . HE WAS BAPTIZED INTO THE FELLOWHIP OF THE ROCK HILL BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE YEAR OF 1895 , BY THE REV. J.H. PEAY. HE MOVED HIS MEMBERSHIP TOO SPRING GROVE CHURCH IN 1901 .
RESOLVED THAT WE EXTEND OUR SYMPATHY TOO THE BEREAVED FAMILY AND THAT A COPY OF THESE RESOLUTIONS TOO BE PLACED IN OUR CHURCH RECORD .
ADOPTED BY SPRING GROVE CHURCH IN CONFERENCE . FEB 7, 1909
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