OBITS MONTH OF NOVEMBER 1909
MAYOR REED - BILLY WOODS - HARRY DURAND - FRANK CURLE - JAKE COOPER - J.O. VANPOOL - BARBEE - EMMETT SIMMONS - JOHN WOODS - INFANT OF HENRY EARNHART - INFANT OF SIM SIMMONS - G.W GRANGER - UNKNOWN MAN - MRS. J.W. SEAY - WAVE CARVER - MRS. JOHN CUPP - MRS. ALEX EDDINGS - INFANT OF MR. & MRS. HARRY PIGUE - INFANT OF MR. & MRS. HENRY MOORE - CLARENCE DUNN - JAMES ADAMS - RICHARD WINN -
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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VOL. XI - SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 6, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
REED
THE REV. T.T. THOMPSON , FORMERLY PASTOR OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AT THIS PLACE WAS IN PARAGOULD THIS MORNING ENROUTE FROM CORNING TO MAGNOLIA . REV. THOMPSON WAS CALLED TO CORNING TO PREACH THE FUNERAL OF MAYOR REED WHO WAS KILLED WEDNESDAY NEAR MARKED TREE WHILE ON A HUNTING TRIP. REV. THOMPSON SAYS THE FUNERAL WAS ONE OF THE SADDEST HE HAS EVER CONDUCTED AND THAT THE HIGH ESTEEM IN WHICH MAYOR REED WAS HELD BY THE IMMENSE THRONG OF PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THE FUNERAL AND BURIAL.
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VOL. XI - MONDAY , NOVEMBER 8, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
WOODS
BILLY WOODS A WELL KNOWN BARBER THAT USED TO RESIDE HERE BUT MORE RECENTLY AT CARDWELL , MO. DIED AT THE LATTER PLACE SATURDAY OF A MALARIA ATTACK . HIS BODY WAS BROUGHT BACK TO PARAGOULD SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE FUNERAL WAS HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE HOME OF HIS BROTHER BUD WOODS ON SOUTH FIFTH STREET . BURAL FOLLOWED AT LINWOOD CEMETERY .
MR. WOODS WAS ABOUT 45 YEARS OLD AND WAN AN HONEST HARDWORKING CITIZEN . HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA AND THE BOY WAS BURIED UNDER THE RITES OF THAT ORDER. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER AND ONE BROTHER , BUD WOODS , BOTH RESIDING HERE.
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VOL. XI - MONDAY , NOVEMBER 8, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
DURAND
DEATH OF AN INFANT
HARRY THE THREE MONTH OLD SON OF MR. AND MRS. ED DURAND RESIDING ON THE EAST SIDE DIED SATURDAY MORNING. ( NOVEMBER 6, 1909)
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VOL. XL - THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 11, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
CURLE
FRANK CURLE DIES FROM OPERATION
JONESBORO LAD WHO BROKE BACK FROM FALL FROM TREE
SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES IN MEMPHIS HOSPITAL
NOT HURTING IS LAST MESSAGE
THE MEMPHIS NEWS SCIMITAR OF THE 10TH HAS THE FOLLOWING PATHETIC ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF FRANK CURLE , THE TWELVE YEAR OLD SON OF REV. AND MRS. CULE OF JONESBORO
TWELVE YEAR OLD FRANK CURLE WHO MONDAY , AFTERNOON , BRAVELY STOOD AN OPERATION IN ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL , PEFRORMED AS A LAST RESORT TO GIVE HIM LIFE AND USE OF HIS LIMBS , SUCCUMBED THIS MORNING AT 3:30 O'CLOCK. HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS BUT DIED WITH A SMILE ON HIS PALE LIPS.
HE WAS SURROUNDED BY HIS MOTHER AND FATHER AND SEVERAL INTIMATE FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY . FRANK WAS THE ONLY CHILD OF REV. AND MRS. E.D. CURLE AND HIS DEATH FALLS AS A STROKE OF THE GREATEST GRIEF AND SORROW.
THE BODY WAS TAKEN TO JONESBORO , ARK. THE HOME OF REV. CURLE FOR INTERMENT . THE FUNERAL WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN JONESBORO. AND WILL BE CONDUCTED BY REV. E.E. DUDLEY OF JONESBORO AND REV. O.T. FINCH OF MEMPHIS.
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VOL. XL - THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 11, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
COOPER
ONE OF THE OLDEST MOST PROMINENT AND HIGHEST RESPECTED CITZENS AND FARMERS OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS . DIED AT THE FAMILY HOME IN SHILOH CHURCH NEIGHBORHOOD EARLY THIS MORNING , DEATH RESULTING FROM AN ACUTE ATTACK OF CONGESTION . HE WAS STRICKEN ONLY YESTERDAY MORNING.
MR. COOPER WAS 65 YEARS OLD AND IS THE FATHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS AND THREE SONS ALL MARRIED AND RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTY. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A WIFE . INTERMENT TOOK PLACE AT GAINESVILLE .
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VOL. XL - THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 11, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
VAN-POOL
J.O. VANPOOL DIED AT THE FAMILY HOME IN CACHE BOTTOMS THIS MORNING AND WILL BE BURIED TOMORROW AT OWENS'S CHAPEL . HE WAS THE FATHER OF WILL VANPOOL OF EAST PARAGOULD .
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VOL. XL - THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 11, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
BARBEE
THE SEVEN OLD SON OF MR. AND MRS. M.B. BARBEE DIED AT THE FAMILY HOME ABOUT FOUR MILES NORTH OF TOWN YESTERDAY AND INTERMENT TOOK PLACE AT LINWOOD CEMETERY THE AFTERNOON , CONDUCTED BY REV. A.C. GRIFFIN .
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VOL. XL - THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 11, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
SIMMONS
THE ANGEL OF DEATH VISITE THE HOME OF ESQ. AND MRS. H.H. SIMMONS LAST THURSDAY MORNING AND CLAIMED THEIR INFANT SON EMMETT EUGENE . HE WAS ONLY SPARED A FEW MONTHS TO GLADDEN THEIR HEARTS AND FILL THEIR HOME WITH SUNSHINE. BUT WHILE THEIR HEARTS ARE SORELY GRIEVED AND THEIR HOME VERY LONELY WITHOUT HIM . BUT WE FEEL THAT GOD KNEW BEST AND THAT THEIR LOSS IS HIS GAIN .
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FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 12, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
CARVER
BRIGHT LITTLE GIRL BURNED TO DEATH
WAVE , THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. E.A. CARVER OF BRIGHTON WAS THE VICTIM
CLOTHES BECAME IGNITED AND BURNS WERE SUSTAINED THAT CAUSED DEATH NEXT DAY - FATHER OF CHILD IS FORMAN OF NATIONAL BOX COMPANY
INTERMENT HERE
A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT THAT BROUGHT SADDNESS OVER BRIGHTON OCCURRED AT BRIGHTON , WEDNESDAY MORNING WHE WAVE , THE BRIGHT THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. E. A. CARVER , RECEIVED BURNS THAT RESULTED IN HER DEATH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT 3 O'CLOCK.
MRS. CARVER , BUSY WITH HOUSEHOLD DUTIES , SENT WAVE TO LOOK AFTER THE KITCHEN FIRE . IN SOME MANNER THE LITTLE TOT'S CLOTHES BECAME IGNITED AND SHE SCREAMED IN PAIN AND FRIGHT , ATTRACTING HER MOTHER'S ATTENTION . THE MOTHER RUSHED INTO THE KITCHEN AND THE AWFUL SIGHT OF HER LITTLE DAUGHTER ENVELOPED IN FLAMES . THE FLAMES HAVING SPREAD AND FED ON THE CHILD'S GARMENTS.
THE HORROR STRICKEN MOTHER UNDERTOOK TO SMOTHER OUT THE FIRE WITH HER OWN SKIRT WAS SUCCESSFUL , BUT NOT BEFORE LITTLE WAVE WAS SEVERELY BURNED . EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WAS DONE TO RELIEVE THE TORTURE OF PAIN AND SAVE THE CHILD . BUT DEATH FOLLOWED . THE MOTHER'S HANDS WERE PAINFULLY BURNED FROM TRYING TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES , HER RIGHT HAND BEING BURNED SEVERELY THAT A SCAR WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF HER LIFE TO REMIND HER OF THE HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
MR. CARVER IS A FOREMAN OF THE NATIONAL BOX COMPANY PLANT AT BRIGHTON AND IS WELL KNOWN IN PARAGOULD .
A HEARSE FROM TRICE'S WENT TO BRIGHTON THIS MORNING AND BROUGHT THE PRECIOUS REMAINS TO PARAGOULD FOR INTERMENT IN LINWOOD CEMETERY . A CAB ACCOMPANIED THE HEARSE TO ACCOMMODATE THE FAMILY , MR. AND MRS. CARVER AND THEIR THREE SURVIVING CHILDREN . THE SAD PROCESSION REACHED PARAGOULD SHORTLY AFTER THE NOON HOUR AND INTERMENT FOLLOWED IN LINWOOD CEMETERY AT 2 O'CLOCK , FUNERAL CEREMONY CONDUCTED BY REV. A.C. GRIFFIN AT THE GRAVE .
PARAGOULD'S FRIENDS OF THE ONCE HAPPY LITTLE FAMILY NOW INCONSOLABLE WITH GRIEF WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND THE SCENE WAS ONE OF THE SADDEST EVER WITNESSED IN PARAGOULD'S CITY OF THE DEAD.
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WEDNESDAY , NOVEMBER 17, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
CUPP
OBITUARY
MRS. JOHN CUPP OF SOUTH THIRD ST. DIED FRIDAY EVENING AT SIX O'CLOCK FROM AN ILLNESS OF SEVERAL WEEKS. SHE SUFFERED PRINCIPALLY OF TUBERCULOSIS. MR. CUPP MOVED HIS FAMILY TO PARAGOULD ABOUT A YEAR AGO FROM THE FAIRVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD . MRS. CUPP HAS ILL HEALTH DURING THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS BUT ONLY TOOK TO HER BED ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO.
SHE LEAVES A HUSBAND AND THREE SONS TO MOURN HER LOSS . SHE WAS A GOOD CHRISTIAN WOMAN AND A MEMBER OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH. THE BODY WAS TAKEN TO THE FAIRVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE FUNERAL SERVICES AND INTERMENT. MR. CUPP WILL RETURN IN A FEW DAYS AND REMOVE HIS FAMILY TO THEIR FORMER HOME . WHILE IN THIS CITY THEY MADE MANY FRIENDS WHO SYMPATHIZE WITH THEM IN THEIR SORROW.
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THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 18, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
EDDINGS
( LISTED IN BETHEL SCHOOL EVENTS )
MRS. EDDINGS , WIFE OF UNCLE ALEX EDDINGS , DIED LAST THURSDAY (NOV. 11, 1909 ) AND WAS BURIED AT OLD BETHEL , NEAR FINCH , FRIDAY .
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THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 18, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
PIGUE
(LISTED IN LOCAL NEWS )
INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. HARRY PIGUE
THE INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. HARRY PIGUE DIED AT THE FAMILY HOME ON WEST COURT STREET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ( NOVEMBER 17, 1909 ) AFTER A VERY BRIEF ILLNESS OF CONGESTION AS WAS BURIED TODAY AT COFFMAN'S GRAVEYARD ,
THE INFANT WAS TWO YEARS OLD AND THE STRICKEN PARENTS HAVE THE SYMPATHY OF MANY FRIENDS.
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THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 18, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
MOORE
( LISTED IN NEW HOME SCHOOL EVENTS )
INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. HENRY MOORE
THE INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. HENRY MOORE DIED LAST THURSDAY MORNING ( NOV. 11, 1909 ) AND WAS BURIED FRIDAY AT PROVIDENCE .
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WEDNESDAY , NOVEMBER 24, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
OBITUARY OF JOHN WILLIAM WOODS
JOHN WILLIAM WOODS WAS BORN IN SEARCY , WHITE COUNTY , ARKANSAS . SEPTEMBER 24, 1861 AND DIED AT CARDWELL , DUNKLIN CO. , MISSOURI , NOVEMBER 6, 1909. HE WAS MARRIED ON JUNE 10, 1900 , TO MISS MARY TATE OF MONETTE, ARKANSAS. TO THIS UNION FOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN HELEN , ROY HARRY AND ELLIE ALL WHOM SURVIVE EXCEPT HELEN WHO DIED AT CARDWELL , MAY 8, 1903.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF MODERN WOODMEN AND HIS FUNERAL WAS CONDUCTED UNDER AUSPICES OF THAT ORDER.
IN 1901 HE GAVE HIS SOUL TO CHRIST AND JOINED THE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH . FROM THE DATE OF HIS CONVERSION HE LIVED WITH CHRISTIAN LIFE. HE WAS DEVOTED TO HIS FAMILY AND ESPECIALLY TO HIS MOTHER.
THE DECEASED WAS A SON OF MRS. MARY J. OVERTON , WHO RESIDES IN PARAGOULD AND WHO WAS BORN MAY 19, 1836 . HE WAS A BROTHER OF A.J. WOODS ALSO OF THIS CITY , T.T. WOODS OF GIBTOWN , TEXAS , WALTER P. WOODS OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. HIS FATHER WAS WILLIAM C. WOODS , WHO WAS BORN JAN. 23, 1834. AND DIED JAN. 29, 1878, HE ALSO HAD A SISTER , MARY ISABEL WOODS , WHO WAS BORN SEPT. 14, 1856 AND DIED OCT. 10 , 1880. ALSO A BROTHER DAVID FLOYD WOODS , WHO WAS BORN MAY 12, 1864 AND DIED AUG 23, 1902.
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FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 26, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
(LISTED IN EIGHT MILE SCHOOL EVENTS )
WINN
RICHARD WINN DIED FRIDAY NOVEMBER 19, AT 7 A.M. AND WAS BURIED AT BROWN'S CHAPEL . REV HENSON CONDUCTING THE SERVICES . HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND EIGHT CHILDREN WHO HAVE OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY.
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FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 26, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
( LISTED IN NO-NAME SCHOOL EVENTS )
EARNHART
THE INFANT CHILD OF MR. AND MRS. HENRY EARNHART DIED LAST THURSDAY AND WAS BURIED FRIDAY AFTERNOON . THE PARENTS HAVE OUR SINCERE SYMPATHY.
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FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 26, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
SIMMONS
SIM SIMMONS AND WIFE OF LUSTER HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF LOSING THEIR BABY LAST WEEK. THE LITTLE ONE HAD BEEN SICK ONLY A FEW DAYS. THE REMAINS WERE IN INTERRED IN COFFMAN CEMETERY.
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FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 26, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
( LISTED IN GAINESVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL EVENTS )
DUNN
THE DEATH ANGEL VISITED OUR RANKS SUNDAY ( NOV . 14, 1909 ) AND TOOK FROM US CLARENCE DUNN , ONE OF OUR BRIGHTEST AND BEST FIFTH GRADE PUPILS . CLARENCE WAS SICK ONLY A FEW DAYS OF THE DREAD DISEASE , SPINAL MENTINGITIS .
HE WAS LOVED BY BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND HIS VACANT PLACE NEVER CAN BE FILLED. THE FUNERAL WAS CONDUCTED AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH MONDAY AT 2 0'CLOCK AND WAS LAID TO REST AT GAINESVILLE CEMETERY . WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY.
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SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 27, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
GRANGER
CHAMPION HUNTER DEAD
G.W. GRANGER OF STONEWALL HAD PROBALLY KILLED MORE DEER THAN ANY MAN IN THIS SECTION.
G.W. GRANGER , STEP-FATHER OF THE STONEWALL , POSTMISTRESS WHO DIED ONLY A FEW DAYS SINCE ANNOUNCED IN SOLIPHONE AT THE THE TIME , DIED THURSDAY NIGHT OF PNEUMONIA AND WAS BURIED YESTERDAY. HE WAS SEVENTY YEARS OLD AND KNOWN AS THE CHAMPION HUNTER AND TRAPPER OF GREENE COUNTY.
PRINCIPALLY HE FOLLOWED HUNTINF FOR A LIVING . HE WAS HUNTING NEAR CLARENDON WHEN TAKEN SICK AND CAME HOME UPON RECEIPT OF A MESSAGE ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF HIS STEPDAUGHTER . UPON ARRIVING HOME HIS CONDITION GREW RAPIDLY AND HE WAS FORCED TO BED , SICKNESS GREW WORSE TILL DEATH RELIEVED HIS SUFFERING THURSDAY NIGHT.
MR. GRANGER IS SURVIVED BY A WIFE AND A STEPSON , WINFIELD EVANS OF STONEWALL. THE LOSS OF HER HUSBAND FOLLOWING SO CLOSELU THE DEATH OF HER DAUGHTER HAS LEFT THE WIFE PROSTRATED WITH GRIEF AND THE NUMEROUS FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY AE SINCERE IN THEIR TRIBUTES OF CONDOLENCE.
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SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 27, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
UNKNOWN MAN BURIED
STRANGER WHO DROPPED DEAD WEDNESDAY NIGHT COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED
UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE MAN WHO DIED SUDDENLY IN THE RESTAURANT OF EADEN & VAUGHAN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WAS NOT WALTER E. GARNER , THE LETTER FOUND ON HIS PERSON DISCLOSING THAT IDENTITY BELONGING TO WALTER E. GARNER OF CARDWELL . THIS LEAVES THE NAME OF THE MAN UNKNOWN AND HE WAS BURIED HERE YESTERDAY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE COUNTY . TRICE BROS. NOT DARING TO HOLD THE REMAINS LONGER AS THE MISTAKEN LETTER REVEALED NOTHING REGARDING THE DEAD MAN.
HE GAINED POSSESSION OF THE LETTER WHILE DOING CHORES ABOUT THE HOME OF MR. GARNER. A FEW DAYS BEFORE HE CAME TO PARAGOULD HE WAS FOUND BEGGING ON THE STREETS OF CARDWELL BY MR. GARNER WHO THROUGH SYMPATHY OF HIS OLD AGE TOOK HIM TO HIS HOME AND IT WAS WHILE WORKING ABOUT MR. GARNER'S HOME THAT HE PICKED UP THE LETTER THAT WAS FOUND IN HIS COAT POCKET AT THE CORONER'S INQUEST.
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TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 30, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
SEAY
GOOD WOMAN GONE
WIFE OF REV. J.W. SEAY DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS
REMAINS BURIED AT WALCOTT
MRS. J.W. SEAY , BELOVED WIFE OF EX- REPRESENTATIVE REV. J.W. SEAY , PAST AWAY AT THE FAMILY HOME AT WALCOTT AFTER A LONG ILLNESS AND WAS BURIED SUNDAY . SHE HAD BEEN AN INVALID SEVERAL YEARS AND STEADILY DECLINING IN HEALTH , BUT HEART TROUBLE IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN THE DIRECT CAUSE OF HER DEATH.
MRS. SEAY WAS ABOUT FORTY-FIVE YEARS OLD AND ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN AND MOST BELOVED LADIES IN GREENE COUNTY , HER DEATH HAVING CAST A DARK GLOOM OF SORROW OVER THE LITTLE TOWN OF WALCOTT . SHE WAS A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN AND A MEMBER OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH AT WALCOTT , HER HUSBAND HAVING ONLY RECENTLY BEEN ORDAINED A MINISTER IN THE FAITH.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY A GRIEF STRICKEN HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN , EDGAR , A SON , WHO LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER AND FATHER , AND A DAUGHTER MRS. ADAMS , THE WIFE OF G. ADAMS , A LEADING CITIZEN OF WALCOTT.
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JAMES ADAMS
THE DAILY SOLIPHONE - NOVEMBER 18, 1909
MR. ADAMS AND FAMILY ERECTED A NICE GRAVE STONE OVER THE GRAVE OF JAMES ADAMS LAST WEEK.
NOTE - NO NAME GIVEN OF CEMETERY OR COMMUNITY.
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