Obits for Month of November 1911
JOHN SUMMERS , OTIS HUFFMAN , FREDA JOHNSON , J.A . COLLINGSWORTH , HELLENA MARIE STANFIELD , MRS. WHITE , P. K. BOYTT , ORPHAN INFANT GIRL , TABITHA A. RUTLEDGE , W.W. POLLARD , JOHN CHISM
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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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THE DAILY PRESS - SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 5, 1911
AGED MINISTER IN PITIABLE PLIGHT DIES AT THE COUNTY POOR FARM
JOHN SUMMERS , AN AGED CLERGYMAN WHO HAD SPENT HIS LIFE IN THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH , DIED THIS MORNING AT THE COUNTY FARM AS THE RESULT OF OLD AGE , EXPOSURE AND STARVATION . THE OLD MAN ARRIVED IN THE CITY LAST THURSDAY IN PITIABLE CONDITION , CLAD IN TATTERS WITH AN OLD COAT DRAWN AROUND HIM . HE STOPPED AT THE HOUSE OF L.C. THOMPSON AND BEGGED FOR FOOD AND SHELTER .
THE AGED MINISTER WAS IN A PITIABLE CONDITION . HE WAS NEARLY NAKED AND HIS FACE WAS PINCHED FROM ILLNESS AND STARVATION . HE HAD NOT TASTED FOOD FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND WAS EXHAUSTED FROM FATIGUE AND HUNGER. HE STATED THAT FOR THIRTY YEARS HE HAD BEEN A PASTOR IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND THAT HIS WIFE HAD DIED SEVEN YEARS AGO . HIS FOUR CHILDREN WERE ALSO DEAD AND HIS ONLY LIVING RELATIVE WAS A SISTER IN PULASKI COUNTY , KY. HE HAD PROSPERED AS A PASTOR WHEN HE WAS WELL AND STRONG BUT NOW IN HIS WEAKNESS AND OLD AGE , HE FOUND HIMSELF DISCARDED LIKE A WORN OUT PIECE OF MACHINERY.
THE OLD MAN CAME TO THIS SECTION IN RESPONSE TO A INVITATION TO PREACH IN POPLAR BLUFF , MO. ON SEPT , 29. SHORTLY AFTER HE HAD FINISHED HIS SERMONS IN THAT CITY , HIS MONEY GAVE OUT AND FOUND HIMSELF WITHOUT FRIENDS . SINCE THEN HE HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR A CHANCE TO PREACH AND HAS LIVED AS A VAGRANT HAND TO MOUTH EXISTENCE , BEGGING FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE AND WORKING AS MUCH AS HIS FEEBLE STRENGTH WOULD ALLOW. HE SAID HIS ADDRESS WAS PULASKI , KY.
MR. THOMPSON GAVE THE OLD MAN HIS SUPPER AND AFTERWARD PRESENTED HIM WITH COMFORTABLE CLOTHING . HE SPENT THE NIGHT AT THE THOMPSON'S AND IN THE MORNING WAS FOUND IN THE BED IN AN UNCONSCIOUS CONDITION . JUDGE LIGHT WAS INFORMED OF THE CASE AND AFTER SUMMERS HAD REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS , HE WAS TAKEN TO THE COUNTY FARM WHERE HE WAS LOOKED AFTER AS KINDLY AS POSSIBLE AND RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION . ATEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO LOOK UP THE OLD MAN'S RECORD IN PULASKI COUNTY AND IF POSSIBLE TO LOCATE SOME OF HIS FORMER CHURCH MEMBERS , RELATIVES OR FRIENDS.
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THE DAILY PRESS - MONDAY , NOVEMBER 6, 1911
BOY IS FOUND DEAD IN A FENCE CORNER
OTIS HUFFMAN
OTIS HUFFMAN THE SIXTEEN YEAR OLD SON OF MR. AND MRS. WILL HUFFMAN RESIDING NEAR SCHUG'S MILL , WAS FOUND DEAD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ( NOV. 5, 1911 ) IN A FENCE CORNER A FEW MILES FROM HIS HOME . IN COMPANY WITH EMERSON , AN OLDER BROTHER , HE HAD GONE OUT SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO LOOK FOR SOME COLTS. THE BOYS SEPARATED AND WENT IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS . EMERSON FOUND THE COLTS AND RETURNED HOME WITH THEM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON . OTIS FAILED TO SHOW UP AND A SEARCH WAS MADE FOR HIM . HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON . THE PHYSICIAN WHO MADE AN EXAMINATION WAS OF THE OPINION THAT HE HAD DIED FROM A CONGESTIVE CHILL BROUGHT ON BY EXPOSURE.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES AND BURIAL TOOK PLACE AT CLARK'S CHAPEL .
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THE DAILY PRESS - MONDAY , NOVEMBER 6, 1911
FREDA JOHNSON
FREDA JOHNSON THE LITTLE DAUGHTER OF FRED JOHNSON , AND THE GRANDAUGHTER OF W.H. JOHNSON OF HIGHLAND AVENUE , DIED LAST NIGHT (Nov. 5, 1911 ) OF DIPTHERIA AT THE HOME OF HER PARENTS IN JONESBORO . MR. AND MRS. JOHNSON WENT TO JONESBORO THIS MORNING TO ASSIST IN MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL THERE ARE SEVERAL CASES OF DIPTHERIA IN JONESBORO AND ONE IN PARAGOULD THAT OF JUNIUS RICHARDSON , SON OF PROF. RICHARDSON ON WEST COURT ST.
THE DAILY PRESS - MONDAY , NOVEMBER 6, 1911
THE FUNERAL OF LITTLE FREDA JOHNSON , WHO DIED OF DIPTHERA RECENTLY AT THE HOME OF HER PARENTS IN JONESBORO , WAS HELD THIS AFTERNOON AT 2:30 AT THE HOME OF HER GRANDPARENTS , MR. AND MRS. W.H. JOHNSON .
THE BODY WAS INTERRED IN LINWOOD CEMETERY.
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THE DAILY PRESS - NOVEMBER 11, 1911
J. A. COLLINGSWORTH
J.A. COLLINGSWORTH , A PROMINENT LAWYER OF ADAMS, TENN. , DIED LAST NIGHT ( NOV. 10, 1911 ) AT THE HOME OF HIS BROTHER , M.J. COLLINGSWORTH OF NORTH THIRD , STREET. MR. COLLINGSWORTH WAS BROUGHT HERE WEDNESDAY FROM MT. WALLEY NEAR HOT SPRINGS WHERE HE WENT IN THE HOPE OF OVTAINING RELIEF FROM BRIGHT'S DISEASE .
MR. COLLINGSWORTH WAS FORTY YEARS OF AGE AND UNMARRIED . HE HAS BEEN PROMINENT IN PUBLIC LIFE AND WAS AT ONE TIME CLERK OF COURT IN DENVER , COLO. AND DURING A RESIDENCE IN HUMBOLDT , TENN. , WAS MAYOR OF THE CITY. HE COMES OF A PROMINENT FAMILY . HIS FATHER , A.J. COLLINGSWORTH , WAS A WELL KNOWN CITIZEN OF CROCKETT COUNTY AND SERVED AS SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY JUDGE AND AS A MEMBER OF THE STATE SENATE. THE REMAINS WILL BE TAKEN FOR INTERMENT TO HUMBOLDT, TENN.
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THE DAILY PRESS - NOVEMBER 11, 1911
HELLENA MARIE STANFIELD
THE FUNERAL SERVICE OF HELLENA MARIE STANFIELD , AGED TWO MONTHS WAS CONDUCTED YESTERDAY MORNING BY REV. J. MURRAY TAYLOR AT THE HOME OF HER PARENTS ON GAINESVILLE STREET.
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THE DAILY PRESS - NOVEMBER 16, 1911
MRS. WHITE
INDIGENT WOMAN DIES AT POOR FARM
THE CORPSE OF MRS. WHITE , A FORMER RESIDENT OF PARAGOULD , WAS TAKEN FROM THE MEN'S APARTMENT OF THE COUNTY POOR FARM WHICH BURNED TUESDAY AFTERNOON . MRS. WHITE WAS A WORTHY WOMAN WHO , BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND AND HER OWN ILL HEALTH , FOUND HERSELF INCAPABLE OF SELF SUPPORT. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE POOR FARM A FEW MONTHS AGO ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF MAYOR MACK.
MRS. WHITE LEAVES A DAUGHTER AN ATTRACTIVE GIRL OF THIRTEEN YEARS , WHO WILL PROBABLY BE ADOPTED BY SOME FAMILY WHICH IS ABLE TO CARE FOR HER .
THE TOTAL LOSS TO THE COUNTY CAUSED BY THE BURNING OF THE BUILDING IS ABOUT $ 5OO .
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THE DAILY PRESS - NOVEMBER 17, 1911
P. K. BOYTT
P.K. BOYTT A FARMER LIVING SEVERAL MILES EAST OF THE CITY , DIED YESTERDAY (NOV. 16, 1911 ) AT TWO P.M. WITH PNEUMONIA. MR. BOYTT WAS FIFTY - FOUR YEARS OF AGE AND IS AN OLD RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY. HIS HOME WAS FORMERLY AT BEECH GROVE . HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND SEVERAL CHILDREN .
FUNERAL SERVIES WERE CONDUCTED TODAY AT PROVIDENCE CEMETERY.
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THE DAILY PRESS - MONDAY , NOVEMBER 20 , 1911
ORPHAN INFANT GIRL
AN INFANT GIRL PROBALLY ABOUT TEN HOURS OLD WAS FOUND DEAD THIS MORNING ON A COAL HEAP IN THE YARD IN FRONT OF MRS. MANDA HARRIS DWELLING IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE CITY. THE BODY WAS WRAPPED IN A SHEET AND IN A PIECE OF AN OLD DRESS SKIRT. IT WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 8 O'CLOCK BY MRS. L.C. HUTCHINS WHO WAS PASSING BY THE HOUSE. THE CITY AUTHORITIES WERE AT ONCE NOTIFIED AN A CORONER'S INQUEST WAS HELD IMMEDIATELY.
THE JURY DECIDED THAT THE CHILD WAS ALIVE WHEN PLACED IN THE YARD , THE EVIDENCE FOR THE OPINION BEING FURNISHED BY MRS. MINNIE MANSORG WHO LIVES NEAR MRS. HARRIS. MRS. MANSORG TESTIFIED THAT ABOUT NINE O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT SHE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES A NOISE LIKE THE CRYING OF A LITTLE CHILD. SHE WENT TO THE DOOR AND STEPPED INTO THE YARD BUT THE CRYING BECAME FAINTED AND FINALLY STOPPED ALTOGETHER.
THE BODY WAS FOUND ABOUT 25 FEET FROM THE DOOR. MRS. HARRIS IS A KINDLY WOMAN AND IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE CHILD WAS PLACED NEAR HER DOOR WITH THE THOUGHT THAT SHE WOULD ADOPT IT. THE CASE WAS TURNED OVER TO SHERIFF ED LAWSON WHO IS INVESTIGATING FURTHER DETAILS OF THE CRIME . THE BODY WAS BURIED TODAY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE COUNTY.
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THE DAILY PRESS - MONDAY , NOVEMBER 20 , 1911
TABITHA A. RUTLEDGE
TABITHA A. RUTLEDGE , THE WIFE OF R.M. RUTLEDGE , AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS DIED LAST NIGHT AT HER HOME A FEW MILES OUT OF THE CITY ON R.F. D. NO. 2 , THE FUNERAL WAS IN HARTSOE CEMETERY.
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THE DAILY PRESS - MONDAY , NOVEMBER 20 , 1911
W.W. POLLARD
L.J. EMPFIELD IS IN PIGGOTT TODAY ATTENDING THE FUNERAL WF W.W. POLLARD WHO DIED YESTERDAY ( NOV. 19, 1911 ) MR. POLLARD WAS A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL KNIGHTS OF HONOR AND WAS WELL KNOWN IN PARAGOULD.
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THE DAILY PRESS - MONDAY , NOVEMBER 27 , 1911
JOHN CHISM
COTTON BELT BRAKEMAN MEETS TRAGIC DEATH UNDER CAR WHEELS
JOHN CHISM , A YOUNG BRAKEMAN IN THE EPLOYER OF THE COTTON BELT WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH SUNDAY MORNING AT 2:00 UNDER THE WHEELS OF THROUGH FREIGHT . NO. 6 WHICH WAS SWITCHING ABOUT 102 YARDS NORTH OF THE PASSENGER STATION . DEATH OCCURRED ALMOSTLY INSTANTLY.
CHISM AND BRAKEMAN MCHANEY WERE ENCOUPLING CARS WHEN THE FORMAN MADE A MISTAKE AND FELL FACE DOWNWARD UNDER THE SLOW MOVING TRAIN . AS THE WHEELS PASSED OVER HIS BODY HE UTTERED A PIERCING GROAN ONCE OR TWICE AND THEN APPARENTLY BECAME UNCONSCIOUS. BEFORE THE TRAIN COULD BE STOPPED , HE HAD BEEN DRAGGED UNDERNEATH THE WHEELS FOR ABOUT SIX FEET. LIFE WAS NOT QUITE EXTINCT WHEN THE MARRED BODY WAS TAKEN FROM THE TRACKS BUT BEFORE IT HAD BEEN CARRIED TO THE STATION 100 FEET AWAY HIS HEART HAD CEASED TO BEAT. THE YOUNG MAN'S BODY WAS TERRIBLY CRUSHED . ONE LEG WAS SEVERED COMPLETELY AND THE ONE ARM BARLEY HANGING FROM HIS MAIMED SHOULDER.
THE REMAINS WERE TAKEN AT ONCE THE UNDERTAKING ROOMS OF TRICE BROS. AND THE TELEGRAMS WERE SENT TO THE RELATIVES. THE REMAINS WERE SHIPPED TO FORENFELT , MO. NEAR HANNIBAL WHERE A SISTER RESIDES . CHISM HAS A BROTHER IN CHAFFEE , MO. WHO IS ALSO A ROAD MAN . HIS HOME IS THOUGHT TO BE IN ILLINOIS AND POTH OF HIS PARENTS ARE BELIEVED TO BE LIVING . HE WAS UNMARRIED.
HE WAS ABOUT 21 YEARS OF AGE AND A MEMBER OF THE I. O. O. F. LODGE .
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