John W. Rooks
1915
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
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FROM THE WEEKLY SOLIPHONE
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APRIL 23 , 1915 - FRIDAY
JOHN W. ROOKS DIED LAST NIGHT
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WELL KNOWN CITIZEN OF HARRISBURG SUCCUMBED TO LONG ILLNESS BURIAL AT JONESBORO
REV. AND MRS. A.C. GRIFFIN OF THIS CITY , RECEIVED WORD FROM HARRISBURG THIS MORNING THAT JOHN W. ROOKS , SR. AGED 65 YEARS , DIED AT HIS HOME IN HARRISBURG LAST NIGHT AT EIGHT O'CLOCK .
MR. ROOKS , WHO WAS A BROTHER OF MRS. GRIFFIN , HAD BEEN CRITICALLY ILL FOR SOME TIME AND HIS DEATH HAD BEEN EXEPECTED FOR NEARLY A WEEK. MRS. GRIFFIN RETURNED FROM HARRISBURG YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER SPENDING SEVERAL DAYS AT THE BEDSIDE OF HER BROTHER.
TOMORROW MORNING REV. A.C. GRIFFIN AND REV. M.M. SMITH WILL GO TO HARRISBURG , AND AT EIGHT O'CLOCK REV. SMITH WILL CONDUCT THE FUNERAL SERVICES AT THE METHODIST CHURCH. THE BODY WILL THEN BE TAKEN TO JONESBORO FOR INTERMENT BESIDE THE FIRST WIFE OF MR. ROOKS.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SISTER , MRS. A.C. GRIFFIN OF THIS CITY , AND BY HIS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN AT HARRISBURG. TWO OF HIS CHILDREN ARE BY HIS FIRST WIFE AND TWO BY HIS SECOND. MR. ROOKS WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT CITIZENS IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH NEARLY EVERY PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT IN POINSETT COUNTY.
AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH HE WAS OPERATING A GROCERY STORE AND A REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
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