Obits for Month of December 1909
MRS. MARY HUFFINE - INFANT OF CLAUDE PHILLIPS - MRS. EFFIE ROBINSON - ROY FLIGOR - HENRY HAYS - DAUGHTER OF R.L. PRATT - INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. WILLIFORD - INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. FRIENDS - PATTY VIOLA BUCHANAN - INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. O.J. CARVER - GEORGE BOWLES - DICK WINN -
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DOCUMENT WRITTEN AND RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
I HAVE CREATED THIS DOCUMENT WHILE RESEARCHING THE OLD NEWSPAPERS . I WILL BE ADDING MORE AS I RECORD THE OBITS FROM THE OLD NEWSPAPERS .
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MRS. MARY HUFFINE
THURSDAY , DECEMBER 2, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
DEATH OF A GOOD WOMAN
MRS. MARY HUFFINE , WIFE OF W.B. HUFFINE , PASSED ON AT THE FAMILY HOME IN PARAGOULD AT 10:30 , WEDNESDAY , DEC. 1, 1909.
THE DECEASED WAS A DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. A.A. SHANNON AND WAS 25 YEARS OLD . SHE PROFESSED FAITH IN CHRIST 15 YEARS AGO AND HAS LIVED A DEVOTED LIFE TO CHRIST. SHE LEAVES TWO CHILDREN A HUSBAND , A FATHER , MOTHER , THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS TO MOURN HER DEATH.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT THE FAMILY HOME AT 10 A.M. THURSDAY . DEC. 2 , BY REV. W.H. MERIDETH FOLLOWED BY BURIAL AT THE CITY CEMETERY (LINWOOD CEMETERY) .
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DICK WINN
WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 8, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
DEATH HAS AGAIN ALARMED OUR OUTER DOOR AND THIS TIME CLAIMED OUR BELOVED BROTHER , DICK WINN , WHO DIED AT HIS HOME ON THE 26TH DAY OF NOVEMBER , 1909 . AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS OF PNEUMONIA BRO. WINN HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF DIAMOND LODGE I.O.O.F. NO. 237 , FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND HAD PROVED A TRUE BROTHER.
J.C. THOMPSON
S.R. PRUETT
COMMITTEE
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INFANT OF CLAUDE PHILLIPS
THURSDAY , DECEMBER 9, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE - FRONT PAGE
DEATH OF AN INFANT
THE INFANT DAUGHTER OF CLAUDE PHILLIPS DIED YESTERDAY ( DEC. 8, 1909) AT THE HOME OF ITS GRAND PARENTS , MR. AND MRS. T.C. REED ON EAST EMERSON ST.
THE BABY WAS ONLY FOUR MONTHS OLD AND HAD NEVER BEEN VERY WELL , BUT HAD NOT BEEN SERIOUSLY UNTIL TWO WEEKS AGO. IT SUFFERED FROM STOMACH DISORDERS AND BLOOD POISONING . ITS BODY WAS LITERALLY COVERED WITH BLOOD BOILS .
THE REMAINS WERE TAKEN TO LINWOOD CEMETERY AND LAID TO REST BY THE SIDE OF ITS MOTHER , WHO DIED AT ITS BIRTH. THIS YOUNG FATHER HAS THE SYMPATHY OF EVERYONE IN THE LOSS OF HIS LITTLE ONE , FOLLOWING SO CLOSELY THE DEATH OF HIS GIRL WIFE.
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FRIDAY , DECEMBER 10, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
MRS. EFFIE ROBINSON
( LISTED IN PINE KNOT SCHOOL EVENTS )
MRS. EFFIE ROBINSON WIFE OF LATHE ROBINSON , DIED SATURDAY MORNING ( DEC. 4, 1909) AND WAS BURIED AT FAIRVIEW SUNDAY . THE BEREAVED FAMILY HAVE OUR SYMPATHY.
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MONDAY , DECEMBER 13, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
ROY FLIGOR KILLED
ROY FLIGOR KILLED IN COUPLING CARS
SON OF WELL KNOWN LOCAL CONTRACTOR MEETS HORRIBLE DEATH AT GORAM , ILL. SATURDAY , MORNING. ( DEC. 11, 1909)
A.W. FLIGOR , SUNDAY MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK RECEIVED A MESSAGE ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF HIS SON , ROY FLIGOR , IN THE CATHOLIC HOSPITAL AT MURPHYSBORO, ILL. ROY DIED SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE RESULT OF INJURIES RECEIVED IN A RAILROAD ACCIDENT AT GORAM , A SMALL STATION ON THE COTTON BELT FORTY MILES NORTH OF ILLMO.
ROY WAS WORKING AS A BRAKEMAN ON THE COTTON BELT WITH A RUN FROM ILLMO TO ST. LOUIS AND HIS TRAIN WAS SWITCHING AT GORAM WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE WAS COUPLING THE ENGINE TO HIS TRAIN WHEN IN SOME MANNER HE WAS THROWN BENEATH THE WHEELS AND HORRIBLY MANGLED . HIS LEFT ARM WAS BROKEN IN THREE PLACES , HIS LEFT SHOULDER BADLY CRUSHED , HIS SKULL FRACTURED AND HIS LEFT LEG CUT OFF JUST BELOW THE KNEE.
HE WAS RUSHED TO MURPHYSBORO TO THE HOSPITAL BUT DIED A FEW MINUTES AFTER ARRIVING . MR. FLIGOR LEFT YESTERDAY TO MURPHYSBORO TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE REMAINS WHICH WILL BE TAKEN TO CARBONDALE , ILL. THE FORMER HOME OF THE FAMILY , FOR INTERMENT.
THE HORRIBLE ACCIDENT CAME AS A SHOCK TO THE NUMEROUS FRIENDS OF YOUNG FLIGOR . HE SPENT HIS BOYHOOD DAYS HERE ATTENDING THE CITY SCHOOLS . TO MAKE THE ACCIDENT ALL THE MORE DEPLORABLE , RAY LEAVES A YOUNG BRIDE WIFE. THEY HAD BEEN MARRIED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.
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MONDAY , DECEMBER 13, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
HENRY HAYS
FUNERAL OF HENRY HAYS
LARGE CROWD OF FRIENDS PAY LAST RESPECTS TO POPULAR YOUNG MAN OF PARAGOULD
HON. A.B. HAYS ARRIVED SATURDAY NIGHT OVER THE COTTON BELT FROM HOT SPRINGS , SOUTH DAKOTA , WITH THE REMAINS OF HIS SON , HENRY. A HEARSE FROM TRICE'S UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT MET THE TRAIN AND REMOVED THE REMAINS TO THE FAMILY RESIDENCE ON WEST COURT STREET .
THE FUNERAL WAS CONDUCTED FROM THE FAMILY HOME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 O'CLOCK AND WAS ATTENDED BY A LARGE CROWD OF SAD AND SYMAPATHETIC FRIENDS OF THE BEREAVED FATHER AND MOTHER , BROTHER , SISTERS AND OTHER GRIEF STRICKEN RELATIVES.
THE CERMONY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE REV. A.C. GRIFFIN AND REV. M.M. SMITH . A QUARTET CONSISTING OF MISS ANNA STEDMAN , MRS. JOE CASSELBERRY , PECK LONG AND CHAS. STEDMAN SANG " ROCK OF AGES " , " ABIDE WITH ME " , " NEARER STILL NEARER " ,
THE FRIENDS WERE ALLOWED VIEW THE REMAINS AFTER WHICH THE CASKET WAS PLACED IN THE HANDS OF THE PALL BEARERS . THE PALL BEARERS WERE HARRY JONES , HARRY WILLIS , CONRAD HAMPTON , MED DONALDSON AND CLYDE TAYLOR , BOYHOOD FRIENDS OF HENRY.
INTERMENT FOLLOWED AT LINWOOD CEMETERY AFTER A BRIEF SERVICE OVER NEWLY MADE GRAVE . THEN THE FRESH MOUND WAS COVERED WITH BEAUTIFUL FLORAL TRIBUTES AMONG WHICH WERE NOTCED THE LOVELY DESIGNS , LONG BOUQUET CARNATIONS, BOUQUET OF ROSES AND LILIES AND SAGO PALM LEAVES , SHEATH OF WHEAT DECORATED WITH LILIES AND ROSES .
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MONDAY , DECEMBER 13, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
DAUGHTER OF R. L. PRATT
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
IT HAS PLEASED THE ALMIGHTY CREATOR TO TAKE FROM THE HOME OF OUR BROTHER , R. L. PRATT , THEIR BELOVED DAUGHTER , THEREFORE IT BE.
RESOLVED , THAT THE MEMBERS OF LORADO LODGE NO. 501 I.O.O.F. DO EXTEND OUR SINCERE SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OF OUR BELOVED BROTHER . BE IT FURTHER.
RESOLVED . THAT WE SEND A COPY OF THESE RESOLUTIONS TO THE COUNTY PAPERS FOR PUBLICATIONS , AND ALSO THAT A COPY BE SENT TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY AND THAT A COPY BE SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF THIS LODGE.
B.W. COOPER
J.K.P. FARRAR
J.F. BERRY
COMMITTEE
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FRIDAY , DECEMBER 17, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. WILLIFORD
INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. WILLIFORD WAS BURIED AT HARVEY'S CHAPEL , SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
( LISTED IN HARVEY'S CHAPEL SCHOOL EVENTS )
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FRIDAY , DECEMBER 17, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. FRIENDS
INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. FRIENDS WAS BURIED AT HARVEY'S CHAPEL , SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
( LISTED IN HARVEY'S CHAPEL SCHOOL EVENTS )
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MONDAY , DECEMBER 20, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY
MISS PATTY VIOLA BUCHANAN DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE HOME OF MR. AND MRS. JOHN FLEMING , CORNER OF SECOND AND POPLAR STREET , AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS . SHE HAD BEEN SICK TWELVE WEEKS , FIRST TAKING APPENICITIS FOR WHICH SHE UNDERWENT AN OPERATION PERITONITIS FOLLOWED AND DEATH RESULTED .
SHE WAS A SISTER OF MRS. JOHN FLEMMING AND HAD TAKEN SICK AT HER HOME IN SARDIS, MISS. HER CONDITION WAS CONSIDERED SERIOUS AT THE TIME OF THE OPERATION AND MRS. FLEMING HASTENED TO HER BEDSIDE. HER CONDITION DID NOT IMPROVE AFTER THE OPERATION , MRS. FLEMING HAD HER REMOVED TO ST. JOE HOSPITAL IN MEMPHIS , BUT THIS FAILED TO BRING FAVORABLE RESULTS AND MRS. FLEMING BROUGHT HER HERE TO PARAGOULD.
THIS WAS ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS AGO AND FOR A WHILE THE PAITENT SHOWED SIGNS OF RECOVERY BUT TWO WEEKS AGO ANOTHER CHANGE WAS FOR THE WORSE AND PATIENT'S MOTHER WAS CALLED FROM SARDIS. THE RELATIVES REALIZING DEATH WAS INEVITABLE.
THE FUNERAL WAS CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON AT 2:30 FROM THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH , REV. MCPHERSON OFFICIATING , BURIAL FOLLOWED AT LINWOOD CEMETERY.
MISS BUCHANAN WAS BORN AT SARDIS , MISS. NOV. 9, 1887 AND LIVED THERE WITH THE FAMILY ALL HER LIFE . SHE PAID A NUMBER OF VISITS TO HER SISTER IN THIS CITY AND WAS WELL KNOWN HERE
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THURSDAY , DECEMBER 23, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. O. J. CARVER
MR. AND MRS. O.J. CARVER BROUGHT THEIR BABY TO PARAGOULD YESTERDAY EVENING OVER THE P.S.E. TO UNDERGO AN OPERATION . UPON REACHING THE SANITARIUM , HOWEVER THE DOCTORS SAID THAT THE CHILD WAS ENTIRELY TOO WEAK TO WITHSTAND THE OPERATION. THIS MORNING THE CHILD DIED AT FIVE O'CLOCK .
THIS AFTERNOON THE FUNERAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED BY REV. A.C. GRIFFIN AND BURIAL WAS AT LINWOOD CEMETERY. THIS YOUNG FATHER AND MOTHER HAVE THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY OF ALL WHO KNOW THEM.
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THURSDAY , DECEMBER 23, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
GEORGE BOWLES
DEATH OF A PROMINENT FARMER
GEORGE BOWLES ONE OF THE PROMINENT FARMERS OF GREENE COUNTY , DIED AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER MRS. WILL DOUGHERTY , IN THE BARD NEIGHBORHOOD , EAST OF THE CITY . HE WAS VERY OLD AND HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH FOR SOME TIME , DEATH DUE TO AGE AND GENERAL DEBILITY. HIS DAUGHTER , MRS. DOUGHERTY , IS HIS ONLY RELATIVE.
THE REMAINS WERE BURIED IN THE NEW FRIENDSHIP CEMETERY.
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