OBITS MONTH OF - AUGUST/ SEPTEMBER 1920 - Researched by Tina Easley 2008

ARLINE BOONE - INFANT OF MR. & MRS. W.C. PIGUE - MRS. EMMA ADAMS - MRS. FRANK ARMSTRONG - HARRY BICKNELL - ROY BOYD - HENRY MILLER - MRS. BERTHA TAYLOR - DR. FRED COSTEN - MRS. W.M. BECK - RICHARD CONGLETON -

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FUNERAL SERVICES OVER THE REMAINS OF ARLINE S. BOONE WERE HELD AT THE HOME OF HIS FATHER , ERNEST BOONE . THE SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY THE REV. R.L. BRIDGES , PASTOR OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH . MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION MARCHED TO THE HOUSE WITH THE BODY . RAY MERIWETHER , CLIFTON MASSEY , FRANK McDONALD , FLOYD WHITE , BUEL I. WILLIAMS , AND ALECK McCLAIN , ALL FORMER OVERSEAS SOLDIERS , ACTED AS PALLBEARERS .THE BODY WAS INTERRED AT HARTSOE CEMETERY THREE MILES FROM MARMADUKE.

YOUNG BOONE DIED OF PNEUMONIA IN COBLENZ, GERMANY , HE WAS BURIED THERE AND LATER HIS BODY WAS TAKEN UP BY THE GOVERNMENT AND SENT HOME, BEING ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE RETURNED TO THIS COUNTRY. ERNEST BOONE RECEIVED A MESSAGE SUNDAY FROM THE DEPARTMENT AT WASHINGTON SAYING THE REMAINS OF HIS SON WILL BE SHIPPED FROM NEW YORK TO PARAGOULD AND ARRIVE ON TUESDAY MORNING ON THE TRAIN .

THE INFANT CHILD OF MR. AND MRS. ( Mattie ) W.C. PIGUE OF ROUTE 2 , DIED TUESDAY (AUGUST 10, 1920 ) WAS BURIED YESTERDAY AT GAINESVILLE CEMETERY .

MRS. FRANK ADAMS FORMERLY , MISS EMMA ELIZABETH WOHRMAN , DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. WILL WOHRMAN OF 316 EAST MAIN STREET , DIED AT DICKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL THIS MORNING AT 2:00 O'CLOCK FOLLOWING AN OPERATION FOR APPENDICITIS . SHE IS SURVIVED BY A HUSBAND , HER PARENTS AND LITTLE CHILD ABOUT ONE YEAR . THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD FRIDAY AT THE WOHRMAN HOME AT 3:00 AND BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT LINWOOD.

MRS. FRANK ARMSTRONG , AGE 69 , DIED YESTERDAY (AUGUST 31, 1920) AT HER HOME TWO MILES NORTHWEST OF PARAGOULD . AFTER A FEW HOURS OF PARALYSIS . MRS. ARMSTRONG HAD THE FIRST STROKE SATURDAY MORNING , ON SUNDAY AT AN EARLY HOUR SHE HAD ANOTHER STROKE , WHICH PROVED FATAL.

MRS. ARMSTRONG FORMERLY LIVED IN PARAGOULD AT THE DR. JOHNSON RESIDENCE CORNER OF SECOND AND WEST POPLAR STREETS. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD TUESDAY MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK AT THE FAMILY RESIDENCE REV. W.T. THURMAN , FORMERLY PASTOR OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THIS CITY , NOW OF PIGGOTT. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT LINWOOD.

HARRY ARMSTRONG HAS BEEN WIRED OF HIS MOTHER'S DEATH AND WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT FROM TEXAS.

HARRY BICKNEL , SWITCHMAN , WAS KILLED THIS MORNING IN THE MISSOURI PACIFIC YARDS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A COUPLING. HE WAS CARRIED TO THE LOCAL SANITARIUM BUT LIVED ONLY A FEW MINUTES. HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO CARS , BOTH LEGS BEING BROKEN AND HE WAS CUT ALMOST IN TWO ACROSS THE STOMACH. HE WAS ABOUT 26 YEARS AND IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND ONE CHILD , WHO RESIDES AT WEST GARLAND . THE REMAINS WILL BE SHIPPED TO ST. FRANCIS FOR BURIAL .

ROY BOYD , WHO DIED YESTERDAY (SEPTEMBER 7,1920) AT HUNTER . THE REMAINS WILL BE SHIPPED TO MARMADUKE TONIGHT WHERE BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE SUNDAY.

THE BODY OF "UNCLE" HENRY MILLER WAS FOUND AT HIS HOME LAST NIGHT (SEPTEMBER 7, 1920) WITH HIS THROAT CUT. MR. AND MRS. JAMES MILLER HAD GONE TO CHURCH AND WHEN THEY RETURNED THEY WENT TO "UNCLE" HENRY'S ROOM AND FOUND ON THE FLOOR , FACE DOWNWARD . AN INQUEST HAS NOT YET BEEN HELD , BUT IT IS BELIEVED THAT DECEASED MET HIS DEATH BY CUTTING HIS OWN THROAT WITH A KNIFE. HE WAS A BROTHER OF J.R. MILLER , ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN CITIZENS OF THE OAK GROVE VICINITY.

MRS. GEORGE TAYLOR DIED AT 1 O'CLOCK . AFTER HAVING SUFFERED FROM TUBERCULOSIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS . SHE HAD RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A TRIP TO EL PASO , TEXAS , WHERE SHE HOPED TO FIND RELIEF IN THE CHANGE OF CLIMATE. THE DISEASE HAD SUCH A FIRM HOLD ON ITS VICTIM THAT LITTLE COULD BE DONE AND SHE WAS BROUGHT HOME TO DIE.

MRS. TAYLOR , PRIOR TO HER MARRIAGE WAS MISS BERTHA STEELE . SHE IS A SISTER OF MRS. ED BAUGH . HER MOTHER IS A SISTER OF MRS. GEORGE COX. MRS. TAYLOR WAS THIRTY YEARS OF AGE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH. SHE LEAVES TWO CHILDREN , ROBERTA AGE EIGHT AND VIRGINIA AGE FOUR. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD TOMORROW CONDUCTED BY REV. FRANK SINGLETON.

MR. AND MRS. W.T. COSTEN OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED THAT SON'S BODY HAS REACHED NEW YORK

MR. AND MRS. W.T. COSTEN , FRIDAY NIGHT RECEIVED WORD FROM THE CEMETERIAL DIVISION OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT AT WASHINGTON THAT THE BODY OF THEIR SON. DR. FRED COSTEN , HAD ARRIVED IN NEW YORK FROM OVERSEAS AND THAT IT WAS BEING RE-SHIPPED TO PARAGOULD.

YOUNG DR. COSTEN DIED IN GERMANY MARCH 21, 1919 AND WAS BURIED AT MAYEN , NOT FAR FROM COBLENZ . WHEN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE AT WASHINTON THAT ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN COMPLETED FOR DISINTERRING THE BODIES OF SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN EUROPE AND BRINGING THEM BACK TO REPOSE UNDER THE STARS AND STRIPES OF THE UNITED STATES , MR. AND MRS. COSTEN IMMEDIATELY ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO HAVE THEIR SON'S BODY BROUGHT HOME . THIS WAS MORE THAN SIX MONTHS AGO.

MRS. W.M. BECK AGE 85 DIED LAST NIGHT (SEPTEMBER 14, 1920) AT HER HOME THREE MILES FROM THIS CITY IN THE MT. CARMEL VICINITY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND , AGE 91 YEARS , ONE SON GREEN BECK AND TWO DAUGHTERS , MRS. JOHN H. ANDERSON AND MISS MATILDA BECK . MRS. BECK WAS A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH.

RICHARD CONGLETON WAS INSTANTLY KILLED BY A FARM TRACTOR WHILE CUTTING RICE ON HIS FATHER'S FARM , ABOUT THREE MILES FROM HARRISBURG . HE WAS CUTTING RICE WITH A TRACTOR WHEN IT STALLED AND HE SHOT THE GASOLINE TO IT SUDDENLY AND THE FRONT END REARED UP , THE MACHINE COMPLETLY TURNING OVER AND FALLING ON HIM.

ALMOST EVERY BONE IN HIS BODY WAS CRUSHED AND HE NEVER BREATHED AGAIN. HE WAS ONE OF THE BRAVE BOYS WHO SERVED IN FRANCE AND GERMANY DURING THE WORLD WAR AND WAS ONE OF THE COUNTY'S NOBLEST YOUNG MEN. HE NEVER FLINCHED AT THE CALL OF DUTY AT ANY TIME , ANYWHERE OR UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.