OBITS MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 1909
J.G. JONES - MARGARET JACKSON - LES WOODS - ELL VICKROY - GEO. S. TILLER - THELMA MOXLEY - S.W. TEAL - W.L. GREEN - REV. C.A. STUART -
DOCUMENT WRITTEN AND RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
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MONDAY , SEPT. 6, 1909 - FRONTPAGE - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
OBITUARY
DEATH OF J.G. JONES
J.G. JONES AGE 45 YEARS , A PROMINENT AND WELL TO DO FARMER RESIDING EIGHT MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARAGOULD , DIED SATURDAY AFTER BEING SICK FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
THE FUNERAL WAS CONDUCTED YESTERDAY MORNING UNDER THE RITES OF THE PARAGOULD MASONIC LODGE OF WHICH ORDER HE WAS A WORTHY MEMBER . HE IS SURVIVED BY A WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN.
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FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 10, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
DEATH BLIGHTS A FAIR FLOWER
MISS MARGARET PORTER JACKSON DIED AT EARLY HOUR THIS MORNING AFTER LONG ILLNESS
FUNERAL AT 3 P.M. TOMORROW
MISS MARGARET PORTER JACKSON , DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. RICHARD JACKSON , DIED THIS MORNING AT 1:30 AT THE FAMILY HOME A LINGERING ILLNESS OF THREE MONTHS . DEATHS WAS DUE TO A COMPLICATION OF DISEASES , PRINCIPALLY HEART TROUBLE . DEATH CAME AS NO SUPRISE AS SHE HAD BEEN CONFINED TO BED SINCE JUNE , CONSTANTLY GROWING WEAKER . THE END WAS EXPECTED DURING THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS OF HER LIFE.
MISS JACKSON WAS BORN AT GAINESVILLE THE 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER , 1885 . THE FAMILY MOVED TO PARAGOULD WHEN SHE WAS JUST LITTLE TOT AT FIVE YEARS OLD. THEY HAVE SINCE MADE THEIR HOME AND MISS MARGARET WAS REARED IN PARAGOULD, SPENDING ALL HER LIFE HERE WITH EXCEPTION OF FIVE YEARS SHE WAS OFF ATTENDING SCHOOL , FOUR YEARS AT GALLOWAY COLLEGE , IN SEARCY AND ONE YEAR AT THE RANDOLPH - MACON WOMEN'S COLLEGE , IN LYNCHBURG , VA.
HER GIRLHOOD SCHOOL DAYS WERE SPENT IN THE WEST SIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND SHE WAS LATER A STUDENT IN THE THOMPSON CLASSICAL INSTITUTE BEFORE GOING OFF TO SCHOOL.
MISS MARGARET WAS ONE OF THE SWEETEST AND POPULAR YOUNG LADIES OF THE CITY AND WILL BE SADLEY MISSED IN THE SOCIAL CIRCLE IN WHICH SHE MOVED. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE N.A.T. CLUB , A SELECT ORANIZATION OF SIX LEADING YOUNG LADIES OF THE CITY. THE YOUNG LADIES WERE AS A HAPPY FAMILY , ALWAYS TOGETHER , AND MISS MARGARET'S DEATH IS A SAD BLOW TO THEM .
MISS MARGARET WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL ORDER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY AND WILL BE SADLEY MISSED FROM THE RANKS OF THAT ORGANIZATION.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HEART-BROKEN FATHER AND MOTHER FOUR DEVOTED SISTERS AND ONE BROTHER . HER SISTERS ARE MRS. CLARA ROBINSON OF EL PASO, TEXAS , MRS. FRANCIS DONALDSON OF EL PASO , MISSES EMMA AND MABEL JACKSON AND A BROTHER ARTHUR JACKSON OF PARAGOULD. SHE ALSO LEAVES OTHER RELATIVES IN THE CITY AND COUNTY TO MOURN HER.
MISS MARGARET WAS AN IDEAL CHRISTIAN CHARACTER , A MEMBER OF THE FIRST M.E. CHURCH OF PARAGOULD . THE FUNERAL WILL BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW AT 3 O'CLOCK FROM THE FAMILY HOME BY REVS. J.K. FARRIS , M.M. SMITH AND A.C. GRIFFIN AND BURIAL WILL BE AT LINWOOD.
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FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 10, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
(Frontpage)
LES WOODS KILLED BY TRAIN TODAY
LES WOODS WAS KILLED IN A RAILROAD ACCIDENT AT BROOKLAND AT 12:30 AND HIS MANGLED REMAINS WERE BROUGHT TO PARAGOULD AN HOUR LATER AND CARRIED TO TRICE'S UNDERAKING ESTABLISHMENT.
WOODS WAS THE BRAKEMAN ON THE NORTH BOUND IRON MOUNTAIN LOCAL AND WAS RIDING THE PILOT OF THE ENGINE WHEN IT CRASHED INTO THE TEAM AND BUGGY OF DR. W.F. JENKS , A BROOKLAND PHYSICIAN , WHO UNDERTOOK TO CROSS THE TRACK AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING TRAIN.
WOODS WAS KNOCKED FROM THE PILOT AND THROWN UNDER THE TRAIN WITH HORRIBLE RESULTS. HIS SKULL WAS CRUSHED , SEVERAL OF HIS BONES WERE BROKEN AND HIS BODY WAS MUTILATED AND MANGLED. DEATH WAS INSTANT.
ONE OF DR. JENKS HORSES WERE KILLED , THE OTHER WAS CRIPPLED , HIS BUGGY WAS SMASHED INTO KINDLING AND HE WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND BUT ESCAPED INJURY.
AFTER CLEARING UP THE WRECKAGE THE TRAIN CREW PICKED UP THE MANGLED BODY OF THEIR ILL FATED COMRADE . HIS BRAINS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE GROUND AND THE ENTIRE LEFT SIDE OF HIS SKULL GAPED OPEN WERE THE SKULL WAS CRUSHED IN. PLACING THE REMAINS ON THE TRAIN A HURRIED RUN WAS MADE TO PARAGOULD AND THE BODY WAS TOOK TO TRICE'S , AS ABOVE STATED.
MR. WOODS WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND BEST KNOWN RAILROADERS OF THE DIVSION OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN AND HIS HORRIBLE DEATH WAS A SHOCK TO HIS MANY FRIENDS IN PARAGOULD. HE FORMERLY LIVED IN GAINESVILLE , BUT MOVED TO PARAGOULD A YEAR AGO WITH HIS FAMILY . HIS BROTHER WAS PRIDE WOODS , A WELL KNOWN AND POPULAR CONDUCTOR ON THIS DIVISION OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN.
THE LOCAL WAS IN CHARGE OF CONDUCTOR J.A. LUNA , WHO STATES THE ACCIDENT WAS UNAVOIDABLE ON THE PART OF THE TRAIN CREW. THEY HAD NO ORDERS TO STOP AT BROOKLAND AND WERE PASSING THROUGH THE TOWN AT A GOOD RATE OF SPEED WHEN DR JENKS TEAM SUDDENLY DASHED IN FRONT OF THE ENGINE. MR. WOODS NOT HAVING TIME TO JUMP THE PILOT AND ESCAPE THE AWFUL DEATH.
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SEPTEMBER 10, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
FUNERAL OF LES WOODS
BODY OF BRAKEMAN KILLED YESTERDAY AT BROOKLAND TAKEN TO GAINESVILLE FOR BURIAL
LES WOODS THE BRAKEMAN WHO WAS HORRIBLY MANGLED AND KILLED IN THE RAILROAD ACCIDENT YESTERDAY , WAS REMOVED TO THE FAMILY HOME ON EAST JUNCTION STREET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FROM TRICE'S UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT . A PRAYER SERVICES WAS CONDUCTED OVER THE REMAINS THIS MORNING THE FUNERAL CORTEGE THEN PRECEDED TO THE UNION PASSENGER STATION WHERE THE REMAINS WERE PLACED ON THE NOON IRON MOUNTAIN PASSENGER FOR SHIPMENT TO THE FORMER HOME OF THE FAMILY AT GAINESVILLE , WHERE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY THE REV. McKELVEY , FOLLOWED BY INTERMENT IN THE GAINESVILLE CEMETERY . REV. A.C. GRIFFIN CONDUCTED THE PRAYER SERVICE AT THE EAST JUNCTION STREET HOME THIS MORNING.
MR. WOODS WAS 30 YEARS OLD AND IS SURVIVED BY A WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN , THREE GIRLS AND ONE BOY , THEIR AGES RANGING FROM TWO TO EIGHT YEARS . HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A FATHER AND MOTHER , FOUR SISTERS , AND FOUR BROTHERS , ALL OF WHOM RESIDE AT MAMMOTH SPRINGS , ARKANSAS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PRIDE WOODS WHO IS THE CONDUCTOR ON THE IRON MOUNTAIN AND RESIDES IN WYNNE , ARKANSAS . THE BEREAVED FAMILY WERE NOTIFIED OF THE SAD DEATH AND IN RESPONSE TO THE MESSAGE , THE MOTHER , MRS. CULVER , A SISTER AND TWO BROTHERS M. A. AND M.L. WOODS ARRIVED THIS MORNING AND JOINED THE FUNERAL PARTY AT GAINESVILLE .
THE SURVIVING BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE MRS. WILLIE WATSON , MRS. C. H. CULVER , MISSES TRESSIE AND BESSIE WOODS AND M. A. AND M.L. , LUTHER AND PRIDE WOOD . THE UNFORTUNATE VICTIM OF A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT IS ALSO SURVIVED BY OTHER RELATIVES IN PARAGOULD AND GREENE COUNTY AND HIS DEATH IS MOURNED IN MANY HOMES .
HE WAS A FAVORITE WITH THE RAILROAD BOYS AND SEVERAL OF THEM WERE THIS MORNING TO ATTEND THE BRIEF CEREMONY AT THE FAMILY HOME . A LARGE CROWD ACCOMPANIED THE REMAINS TO GAINESVILLE AND WERE JOINED THERE BY MANY MORE SORROWING FRIENDS AS LES WAS VERY POPULAR IN AND AROUND GAINESVILLE , HIS OLD HOME.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMENT AND CARRIED A POLICY FOR $ 1,350 .
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
HALL OF PARAGOULD LODGE NO. 32 , A.O.U.W.
WHEREAS , THE WILL OF THE ALMIGHTY HAS BEEN OBSERVED AGAIN IN OUR LODGE BY REMOVING FROM OUR MIDST BROTHERS ELL VICKROY AND GEO. S. TILLER , WHOM WE AS BROTHERS ALL KNEW AND HELD IN HIGH REGARDS AS LODGE MEMBERS , CITIZENS AND HUSBANDS.
IT IS WITH REGRET THIS LODGE MOURNS THE LOSS OF BROTHERS VICKROY AND TILLER AND WE AS A BODY EXTEND TO THE HEARTBROKEN FAMILIES OUR SINCERE SYMPATHY , KNOWING THE LOSS OF A FATHER IS SUCH AS ONLY THE BRAVEST OF HEARTS CAN STAND .
THEREFORE , BE IT
RESOLVED . THAT THIS LODGE DRAPE THE CHARTER FOR THIRTY DAYS AND ALSO WEAR THE USUAL BADGE OF MOURNING , SPREAD THESE RESOLUTIONS UPON THE LODGE MINUTES AND PLACE A COPY WITH THE SOLIPHONE FOR PUBLICATION.
THOS. E. WELCH
R. NANCE
C.F. SNYDER
CHAS LANDRUM
SMITH LONG
LEE BATEMAN
COMMITTEE
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SEPTEMBER 3, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
DEATH OF A LITTLE GIRL
THE ANGEL OF DEATH VISITED THE HOME OF ED MOXLEY , NEAR LESTER ON AUGUST 27TH , 1909 . CLAIMING THEIR LITTLE DAUGHTER THELMA AGE 9 YEARS . LITTLE THELMA TOOK SICK ON WEDNESDAY THE 25TH OF AUGUST AND DIED FRIDAY THE 27TH .
OWING TO THE SUDDNESS OF HER DEATH IT WAS A GREAT SHOCK TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR SHE POSSESSED A LOVING DISPOSITION AND WAS IN TURN LOVED BY ALL . WE EXTEND OUR SYMPATHY TO MR. AND MRS. MOXLEY AND FEEL SURE THAT THEY WILL LIVE TRUER TO THEIR SAVIOR IN THE FUTURE AND BE PREPARED TO MEET THEIR SWEET LITTLE DAUGHTER BEYOND THE VEIL OF TEARS.
A FRIEND.
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SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 4, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
S.W. TEAL DEAD
JONESBORO NEWS OF FRIDAY - S.W. TEAL DIED LAST NIGHT AT ST. BERNARD'S HOSPITAL OF DROPSY , AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS . HE WAS 60 YEARS OLD.
MR. TEAL HAD BEEN IN ILL HEALTH FOR MORE THAN A YEAR , AND SPENT LAST WINTER AT HEALTH RESORTS IN THE SOUTH , BUT WAS NOT IMPROVED AN CAME BACK TO JONESBORO . WHERE HE HAD MADE HIS HOME FOR MANY YEARS , AND ENTERED THE HOSPITAL , WHERE HE CONTINUED TO GROW WORSE TILL DEATH RELIEVED HIM OF HIS SUFFERING.
MR. TEAL WAS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IN THE HOTEL BUSINESS , BEING OWNER AND MANAGER OF THE OLD COMMERCIAL HOTEL , AND LATER THE JEFFERSON , AND WAS POPULAR WITH THE TRAVELING MEN WHO MAKE THIS TERRITORY. HE WAS A MAN OF MUCH CHARITY AND KINDNESS OF THE HEART. MRS. JOHN WRAPE IS A NIECE BY MARRIAGE AND MRS. FRANK RHEA , FORMERLY MISS MARY TEAL IS AN ADOPTED DAUGHTER OF MR. TEAL.
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SEPTEMBER 17, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
( JONESBORO SUN )
W.L. GREEN , A PROMINENT FARMER AND CITIZEN OF THE NEW HOPE NEIGHBORHOOD , DIED LAST NIGHT , AFTER AN ILLNESS OF SEVERAL MONTHS . HE WAS A SON IN LAW OF J. M. C. ROGERS OF THIS CITY .
HE WAS 45 YEARS OF AGE AND HAD A WIFE AND SEVEN CHILDREN . THE FUNERAL WAS TODAY AT NEW HOPE CEMETERY AND WAS CONDUCTED BY REV. BUCHANAN OF BONNERVILLE . THE DECEASED WAS A MEMBER OF THE FARMER'S UNION AND OF THE METHODIST CHURCH.
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SEPTEMBER 18, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
OBITUARY
WE, THE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH WORSHIPPING AT WALCOTT , ARK. MOURN BECAUSE ONE OF OUR BELOVED MEN IS GONE FROM US.
AFTER EIGHT OR TEN HOURS OF SUFFERING , THE REV. C.A. STUART , OUR BELOVED PASTOR WAS CALLED TO HIS HOME IN HEAVEN. WE ARE OFTIMES MADE TO WONDER WHY THE GOOD LORD CALLED HIM FROM US JUST WHEN HE DID . BUT PERHAPS IT WAS DONE FOR GOOD , THAT WE MIGHT BE MORE SUBMISSIVE TO THE MASTER'S WILL . WE NEEDED HIM SO MUCH JUST NOW . THERE IS NOT A PART OF OUR CHURCH WORK THAT DID NOT RECEIVE HELP FROM HIS HANDS AND HE DID IT WITH SUCH CHEERFULNESS . HE HAS BEEN OUR FAITHFUL AND BELOVED PASTOR FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS , AND OUR CHURCH HAS PROSPERED UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP . WORDS FAIL TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION OF HIS LIFE SINCE HE HAS BEEN WITH US. OUR PRAYERS SHALL BE THAT OUR LIVES MAY BE MORE LIKE HIS.
WE , AS MEMBERS OF THE WALCOTT CHURCH , WANT TO SAY TO HIS BEREAVED WIFE AND FAMILY AND TO HIS AGED FATHER AND MOTHER , AND TO ALL HIS RELATIVES , THAT WE SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU DEEPLY IN THIS YOUR SAD HOUR OF BEREAVEMENT .
RESOLVED : THAT A COPY OF THIS ARTICLE IN HIS MEMORY BE PRESENTED TO HIS FAMILY , A COPY BE SPREAD UPON OUR CHURCH RECORD AND A COPY BE SENT TO OUR COUNTY PAPER FOR PUBLICATION .
DONE BY ORDER OF THE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF WALCOTT , ARK. THIS THE 11TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER , 1909.
J.W. LIGHT
W.C. WILLCOCKSON
J.M. TYNER
W.G. JOHNSON
COMMITTEE
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