Obits for Month of June and July 1920
NORVELL - BURRELL - DONALDSON - CLUNE - HAYES - MEDCALF - PATTON - COX - McKEE - HOUSTON -
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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 .
08/09/2008
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1920 - THE PARAGOULD SOLIPHONE
MRS. ELIZABETH NORVELL DEAD
MRS. ELIZABETH MARTIN NORVELL DIED SUNDAY MORNING AT 4:10 DUE TO OLD AGE . MRS. NORVELL WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY , HAVING CAME HERE THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO WITH HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN FROM TENNESSEE.
SHE WAS THE WIFE OF D.C. NORVELL , WHO DIED 18 YEARS AGO . MRS. NORVELL WAS 82 YEARS OLD . SHE WAS BORN IN WARREN COUNTY , TENN. AND AT AN EARLY AGE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH . SHE IS SURVIVED BY THREE CHILDREN . MRS. CHAS. HALE AND MRS. W.D. BARTON OF JONESBORO AND ONE SON , GRADY NORVELL OF THIS CITY , WITH WHOM SHE LIVED . FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON AND BURIAL FOLLOWED AT LINWOOD CEMETERY.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1920 - THE PARAGOULD SOLIPHONE
THE FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD OF BEN BURRELL , SEVEN MILES WEST OF PARAGOULD DIED TODAY OF SPINAL MENINGITIS AT THE HOME OF THE PARENTS . INTERMENT WILL BE TOMORROW AT 10 O'CLOCK AT FAIRVIEW.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1920 - THE PARAGOULD SOLIPHONE
LITTLE SON OF H. Q. DONALDSON IS KILLED BY AUTO
( FROM WEDNESDAY DAILY PRESS )
THE CITY WAS SHOCKED LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN WORD WENT OUT THAT LITTLE HENRY DONALDSON HAD BEEN KILLED. BY A MACHINE DRIVEN BY WILL FRITTS STRUCK THE LITTLE FELLOW NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SECOND AND COURT STREETS.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1920 - THE PARAGOULD SOLIPHONE
INFANT CLUNE
FUNERAL SERVICES OVER THE INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. BEN CLUNE OF 107 NORTH END AVENUE WERE HELD YESTERDAY ( JUNE 3,1920 ) , INTERMENT FOLLOWED IN THE CATHOLIC CEMETERY (ST. MARY'S ) .
# Note - Obit date differs than date on toombstone
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JUNE 18, 1920 - THE PARAGOULD SOLIPHONE
BRAKEMAN HAYS KILLED IN YARDS AT JONESBORO
( JONESBORO , TRIBUNE )
FRED HAYES , FRISCO SWITCHMAN WAS KILLED SATURDAY MORNING IN THE YARDS OPPOSITE OF THE COTTON BELT YARD OFFICE BUILDING , WHILE WHILE MAKING A FIVING SWITCH . . THE SWITCH ENGINE IN CHARGE OF W.MAXTED , ENGINEER , WAS GOING WEST WITH TWO BOX CARS . THE UNFORTUNATE MAN WAS JUST IN THE ACT OF MAKING A FLYING SWITCH , AND IN SOME MANNER HE FELL BETWEEN THE CARS HIS HEAD AND LEFT ARM BEING COMPLETELY SEVERED FROM HIS BODY . TWO BOX CARS RAN OVER HIM BEFORE THE ENGINE COULD COME TO A HALT.
THE REMAINS WILL BE TAKEN TO HIS FORMER HOME AT PARIS , TENN.
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JUNE 18, 1920 - THE PARAGOULD SOLIPHONE
CARLISLE , JUNE 16, = ROY HOLYFIELD . AGED 21 , WAS BURNED TO DEATH EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING SOON AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN FIRE DESTROYED THE PUMPING PLANT , CONTAING A LARGE OIL ENGINE. MR. HOLYFIELD A RETURNED SOLDIER WHO SERVED OVERSEAS , WAS IN CHARGE OF THE PLANT. IT IS SUPPOSED HE WAS ASLEEP WHEN THE FIRE STARTED AND WAS OVERCOME BY THE ESCAPING GAS AND FIRE.
THE PLANT IS THE PROPERTY OF HARRISON SIMS A RICE PLANTER . THE MANAGER OF THE SIMS FARM , WHICH IS ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES DISTANT , FROM CARLISLE . MR. HOLYFIELD CAME HERE FROM PINE BLUFF AND HAD BEEN EMPLOYED ON THE SIMS PLACE ABOUT A YEAR.
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WEDNESDAY JUNE 23 ,1920 - THE PARAGOULD SOLIPHONE
Ed Medcalf Old Friend of Kit Carson , Dies
ED MEDCALF , OF NEAR WOOD'S CHAPEL , HAD A VERY INTERESTING CAREER , ACCORDING TO J.D. WILSON OF PARAGOULD THAT LEFT THIS MEMORANDUM GIVEN TO THE DAILY PRESS . ED MEDCALF , WHO DIED AT WOOD'S CHAPEL LAST SATURDAY NIGHT (JUNE 19,1920).
MR. WILSON HAD THE FOLLOWING TO SAY ABOUT THE DECEASED:
" I CONSIDER MR. MEDCALF AS ONE OF OUR MOST DISTINGUISHED PIONEERS . HE WAS A PERSONAL FRIEND OF KIT CARSON , AND STAYED WITH HIM AT THE FORT ESTABLISHED BY CARSON ON THE ARKANSAS RIVER DURING THE EARLY HISTORY OF OUR STATE. HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS AT EL PASO WHEN THAT CITY CONSISTED OF ONLY EIGHT OR TEN ADOBE HOUSES.
HE SPENT A NUMBER OF YEARS MINING AND PROSPECTING IN THE WEST. HE WAS INTIMATELY ACQUAINTED WITH FRANK AND JESSE JAMES , THE NOTED MISSOURI OUTLAWS AND SPENT SOME TIME WITH THEM IN MISSOURI.
HE FREQUENTLY TOLD ME THAT JESSE JAMES WAS NOT DEAD , BUT THAT THE STORY OF HIS MURDER AT THE HANDS OF BOB FORD , WAS A PURE INVENTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERMITTING THE NOTORIOUS OUTLAW TO ESCAPE. HE ALSO CLAIMED TO BE A PERSONAL FRIEND OF WILD BILL AND BUFFALO BILL. BOTH CODY (BUFFALO BILL ) AND WILD BILL HAVE STAYED AT HIS FATHER'S INN, TWELVE MILES WEST OF DENVER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.
HE ALSO ASSERTED THAT CODY WAS NOT A MAN OF NERVE IN THE SENSE THAT HE WAS GENERALLY CREDITED WITH BEING , AND THAT UPON ON OCCASION HE SAW KIT CARSON THROW HIM OUT OF A SALON IN DENVER.
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JUNE 28, 1920 - THE PARAGOULD SOLIPHONE
DIES AT 103 YEARS OLD
COUNCIL GROVE , KANSAS - MRS. MARGARET PATTON , MORRIS COUNTY'S OLDEST RESIDENT , WAS CLAIMED BY THE GRIM REAPER . SHE WAS FOUND DEAD BY HER DAUGHTER , MRS. ANNA HAMER , WITH WHOM SHE MADE HER HOME . HAD SHE LIVED THREE MONTHS LONGER , MRS. PATTON WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUNDRED AND THREE YEARS OLD.
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JULY 12, 1920 - THE PARAGOULD SOLIPHONE
DEATH DUEL ENDS WHISKEY MONEY ROW
JONESBORO , JULY 13 , - GRANT BEATON IS AT ST. BERNARD'S HOSPITAL WITH FIVE PISTOL WOUNDS INFLICTED BY W.J. COX , WHO WAS KILLED BY BEATON AT TRUMAN SUNDAY MORNING. BEATON WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE JAW AND THREE TIMES IN THE ARM AND IS IN A SERIOUS CONDITION . COX AND BEATON , IT IS TOLD HAD QUARRELED OVER THE SHARES OF MONEY THAT WAS RECEIVED BY THE TWO FROM THE ILLEGAL SALE OF WHISKEY , THE SHOOTING RESULTING . THE BODY OF THE DEAD MAN WAS TAKEN TO MISSOURI WHERE HE LIVED FOR BURIAL.
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JULY 12, 1920 - THE PARAGOULD SOLIPHONE
FATHER CAUSED CHILD'S DEATH
RAILROAD MAN SAYS GEORGE McKEE'S CRUELTY RESULTED IN ACCIDENT NEAR RIDGE LAST WEEK
ADDITIONAL DETAILS INCIDENT TO THE DEATH OF ALONZO McKEE NEAR RIDGE LAST TUESDAY , AND THE SERIOUS INJURY OF HIS SISTER , SEVEN YEARS OF AGE , HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO PARAGOULD BY A RAILWAY MAN , WHO IS THE WITNESS TO THIS TRAGIC ACT BY THE FATHER OF THE CHILDREN , GEORGE McKEE. IT IS STATED THAT THE FATHER HAD BEEN ON A RAMPAGE AND HAD SO MISTREATED THE YOUNGSTERS THAT THEY DETERMINED TO RUN AWAY FROM HOME AND GO THE THEIR GRANDMOTHER WHO LIVES NEAR NETTLETON . THE DISTANCE FROM THEIR HOME TO NETTLETON IS ABOUT 15 MILES . GROWING TIRED , THE CHILDREN SAT DOWN ON THE TRACK TO REST AND FELL ASLEEP.
THE LITTLE GIRL WHO IS IN A HOSPITAL AT JONESBORO RECOVERING FROM HER INJURIES , DID NOT KNOW HOW LONG SHE HAD BEEEN ASLEEP . BUT THAT SHE WAS AWAKEN BY THE RUMBLE OF THE TRAIN . SHE TRIED TO AWAKEN A BROTHER , BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS . ALONZO HAD BOTH LEGS SEVERED FROM HIS BODY AND LIVED ONLY ABOUT TWO HOURS . IT IS SAID HIS BODY WAS COVERED WITH STRIPES , FROM THE TREATMENT HE HAD RECEIVED AT THE HANDS OF HIS FATHER.
ATTENTION OF THE TRAIN CREW WAS NOT ATTRACTED TO THE TRAGEDY , BUT THE CRIES OF THE LITTLE GIRL WHERE HEARD BY A SECTION FOREMAN .
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JULY 26, 1920 - THE PARAGOULD SOLIPHONE
MRS. RETHA HOUSTON DIES FROM BURNING ACCIDENT
( FROM SATURDAY'S DAILY PRESS )
THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF MRS. RETHA HOUSTON IS TAKEN FROM THE JONESBORO TRIBUNE . SHE WAS A COUSIN OF GUS POWELL OF GREENE COUNTY .
MRS. RETHA HOUSTON , WIFE OF ROBERT HOUSTON , DIED THIS MORNING AT ST. BERNARDS HOSPITAL . RESULT FROM SERIOUS BURNS RECEIVED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. MRS. HOUSTON WAS CLEANING SOME CLOTHES WITH GASOLINE INTENDING TO PRESS THEM WITH AN ELECTRIC IRON BUT IT FAILED TO HEAT , AND SHE DECIDED TO HEAT SOME IRONS ON A GASOLINE STOVE . SHE STRUCK A MATCH , WHICH IGNITED HER CLOTHING , IT BEING SUPPOSED HER SKIRTS HAD BEEN SATURATED WITH GASOLINE. AS QUICK AS HER CLOTHING CAUGHT SHE RAN SCREAMING OUT OF HER BACK DOOR . HER CRIES ATTRACTED SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WERE PASSING , WHO RAN TO HELP HER. MRS. VAIDEN , ROBERT SAMMONS AND OTHERS WENT IN AND SECURED A QUILT TO SMOTHER OUT THE FLAMES . BEFORE THIS WAS DONE HER CLOTHING HAD BURNED COMPLETLEY OFF OF THE MRS. HOUSTON'S BODY . SHE WAS TAKEN AT ONCE TO ST. BERNARD'S HOSPITAL WHERE DR. P.W. LUTTERIOH MADE A HEROIC FIGHT TO SAVE HER LIFE . BUT THE BURNS WERE SO SEVERE IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE . SHE WAS BURNED FROM HER FEET TO HER HEAD , BUT FORTUNATELY HER FACE HAD NOT BEEN BURNED. SHE WAS CONCIOUS TO THE LAST AND TOLD ABOUT THE ACCIDENT AND GAVE OTHER DIRECTIONS ABOUT THE HOME AFFAIRS.
MRS. HOUSTON WAS BORN MARCH 18TH , 1872 , IN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY BEING AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH PAST 48 YEARS OF AGE. WHEN QUITE SMALL HER PARENTS DIED AND SHE AND HER SISTER MRS. PACIFIC STAMPER , CAME TO LIVE WITH THEIR COUSINS . MR. AND MRS. DOCK ANDERSON OF THIS CITY AND REMAINED WITH THEM UNTIL NOVEMBER 9TH , 1893 , WHEN SHE MARRIED HER HUSBAND ROBERT HOUSTON . AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE THEY LIVED IN ST. LOUIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS , LATER RETURNING TO JONESBORO TO LIVE . SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAN AND ONE CHILD MISS GLADYS HOUSTON AND SISTER , MRS. PACIFIC STAMPER . SHE WAS CONVERTED EARLY IN LIFE AND JOINED THE METHODIST CHURCH .
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