Obits for Month of September 1911
MRS. R.O. RODGERS , INFANT OF MR. & MRS. GEORGE RUSSELL - INFANT OF GUS JACKSON - J.B. SMITH -
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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 - THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 14, 1911
EARTHLY REMAINS OF MRS. ROGERS ARE LAID TO REST IN LINWOOD
REV. R.O. RODGERS ARRIVED YESTERDAY MORNING FROM ALTUS , OKLAHOMA , WITH THE REMAINS OF HIS WIFE WHO DIED IN THAT CITY LAST SUNDAY. ( SEPTEMBER 9, 1911 ) . THE BODY WAS TAKEN TO THE RESIDENCE OF J.A. MORGAN . FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY REV. J.J. LOCKHART OF JONESBORO .
MRS. ROGERS WAS BORN 38 YEARS AGO IN CLARKTON , DUNKLIN COUNTY , MISSOURI , BEING THE DAUGHTER OF JUDGE J.M. WAITRIT . SHE WAS MARRIED TO REV. ROGERS AT MALDEN , MO. ABOUT FOURTEEN YEARS AGO . THE UNION WAS BLESSED WITH THREE CHILDREN , TWO OF WHOM DIED IN PARAGOULD . THE SURVING ONE IS A BRIGHT BOY , 7 YEARS OLD . REV. AND MRS. ROGERS RESIDED IN PARAGOULD SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS. THE MINISTOR BEING PASTOR OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH .
THE PALL BEARERS WERE J.T. HESTER , WM. SCOTT , ROBT. GARDNER , H.S. TRICE , SMITH LONG , AND C.A. RAITH .
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THE DAILY PRESS - FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 15, 1911
INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. GEORGE RUSSELL
THE INFANT CHILD OF MR. AND MRS. GEORGE RUSSELL RESIDING ON GAINESVILLE STREET , DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. ( SEPTEMBER 14, 1911 ) . THE BODY WAS LAID TO REST AT LINWOOD CEMETERY , TODAY.
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THE DAILY PRESS - SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER , 16, 1911
INFANT OF GUS JACKSON
JOHN HARDIN JACKSON
JOHN HARDIN JACKSON , THE FOURTEEN MONTH OLD SON OF MR. AND MRS. GUS JACKSON , RESIDING AT HIGHLAND AVENUE , DIED LAST NIGHT ( SEPTEMBER 15, 1911 ) AT 10 O'CLOCK FROM BLOOD POISON RESULTING FROM BURNS RECEIVED WHEN THE LITTLE FELLOW FELL INTO A TUB OF HOT WATER ON FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK . THE MOTHER TOOK THE WATER OFF THE STOVE AND WENT INTO THE YARD TO DRAW A BUCKET OF WELL WATER WHEN THE BABY TODDLED TO THE TUB AND FELL IN , SEVERLY BURNING HIS LEFT SHOULDER , ARM AND THAT SIDE OF HIS HEAD . IT WAS NOT THOUGHT THAT THE SCALDS WERE FATAL , BUT BLOOD POISON SET IN . THE LITTLE BOY SUFFERED SIX DAYS AND NIGHTS , BUT AT TIMES IMPROVED GIVING HOPE TO THE PARENTS WHO WERE CONSTANTLY AT HIS SIDE .
THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE THIS AFTERNOON ON THE LAWN OF THE JACKSON HOME FOLLOWED BY INTERMENT AT LINWOOD CEMETERY. REV. MURRY TAYLOR CONDUCTED THE SERVICES.
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THE DAILY PRESS - SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER , 16, 1911
J.B. SMITH A PROMINENT FARMER OF CRAIGHEAD COUNTY FOUND DEAD
( JONESBORO SUN - THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 14, 1911 )
J.B SMITH A PROMINENT FARMER OF THE UNION GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD , FELL DEAD WHILE MAKING HAY IN HIS FIELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ( SEPTEMBER 13,1911 ) BETWEEN 4:30 O'CLOCK AND SUNDOWN . HE WAS 71 YEARS OLD AND WAS THE FATHER OF AB SMITH , WHO IS TO BE TRIED ON A CHARGE OF ASSUALT OF ROAD OVERSEER EUGENE HENSON WITH A KNIFE SAME TIME AGO. HE WAS ALSO A BROTHER OF UNDERTAKER J.R. SMITH OF THIS CITY.
MR. SMITH HAD BEEN IN THE CITY YESTERDAY AND LEFT ABOUT NOON FOR HIS HOME. SOON AFTER ARRIVING AT HOME HE WENT TO THE HAY FIELD AND WAS WORKING IN THE HAY WITH HIS SON . AB SMITH , WHO LEFT HIM ABOUT 4:30 TO DO SOME WORK AT ANOTHER PLACE . WHEN HE DID NOT COME HOME FOR SUPPER THE FAMILY WENT LOOKING FOR HIM AND FOUND HIM LYING WHERE HE HAD BEEN AT WORK WITH THE PITCHFORK GRIPPED IN HIS HAND .
THE CORONER WAS SUMMONED AND HELD AN INQUEST LAST NIGHT , THE JURY RETURNED THE VERDICT THAT HE CAME TO HIS DEATH BY BEING OVER - HEATED.
J.R. SMITH WAS NOTIFIED LAST NIGHT AND HE WITH MRS. SMITH DROVE OUT THERE . THE DECEASED WAS THE OLDEST SON OF THE SMITH BROTHERS OF WHICH J.R. SMITH IS NOW THE ONLY ONE LIVING , REV. Y.B. SMITH , ANOTHER BROTHER DIED SUDDENLY ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO.
THE DECEASED BESIDES HIS WIFE LEAVES TEN CHILDREN AS FOLLOWS : JOE SMITH OF MALDEN , MO. , ALBERT SMITH , GROVER SMITH , MRS. W.J. DIXON , MRS. HENRY ISOM , MRS. WALTER HENDRIX , MRS. J.C. BRADLEY , MRS. ROBERT JOHNSON AND MRS. GEORGE WEAVER ALL RESIDE WITHIN A FEW MILES OF HIS HOME , EXCEPT JOE SMITH WHO IS CONNECTED WITH A BUSINESS FIRM OF MALDEN.
WHILE IN JONESBORO YESTERDAY , MR. SMITH HAD A BARBER TO SHAVE HIM WHICH , IT WAS STATED WAS THE FIRST SHAVE THAT HE HAD EVER GOTTEN IN A BARBER SHOP AND HE WAS 71 YEARS OF AGE AND WENT SMOOTH-SHAVE A GREAT DEAL OF THE TIME.
THE FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT UNION GROVE CEMETERY , WHICH IS ABOUT ONE MILE FROM THE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
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THE DAILY PRESS - THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 21, 1911
ONE FARMER SHOOTS AND KILLS ANOTHER
TUCKERMAN , SEPT. 21- HUB DUNN A FARMER WHO RESIDED ABOUT FOUR MILES NORTH OF THIS PLACE WAS SHOT AND MORTALLY WOUNDED BY JOHN RUDDELL , ABOUT NOON YESTERDAY . DUNN HAD BEEN GATHERING CORN AND HAD DRIVEN OUT INTO THE ROAD , PREPARATORY TO DRIVING TO HIS BARN WHEN HE MET RUDDELL , WHO , WITHOUT WARNING , IT IS CLAIMED BY WITNESSES , SHOT HIM.
HE WAS REMOVED TO HIS HME NEAR BY AND DIED BEFORE MEDICAL AID COULD ARRIVE . IT SEEMS AS IF DUNN AND RUDDELL HAD TROUBLE SEVERAL DAYS AGO AND DUNN WAS ARMED WHEN RUDDELL SHOT HIM BUT EYE WITNESSES CLAIM THAT DUNN MADE NO EFFORT TO DEFEND HIMSELF . RUDDELL IMMEDIATELY WENT TO KENYON AND SURRENDERED TO CONSTABLE RITCHIE.
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THE DAILY PRESS - MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 25 , 1911
DEATH AT STONEWALL
MRS. JOHN KOBBE
MRS. JOHN KOBBE AN AGED WOMAN RESIDING AT STONEWALL , DIED SATURDAY NIGHT ( SEP. 23, 1911 ) AFTER A LONG ILLNESS . THE BODY WAS INTERRED SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE CEMETERY AT THAT PLACE . SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND AND SEVERAL GROWN SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
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THE DAILY PRESS - MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 25 , 1911
GUY COOK DEAD
GUY COOK OF MARIANNA , A FORMER RESIDENT OF PARAGOULD AND A SECTION FOREMEN ON THE IRON MOUNTAIN , DIED AT HIS HOME AT MARIANNA YESTERDAY ( SEP. 24, 1911 ) OF TYPHOID AND HIS REMAINS WERE BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL . FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD TOMORROW UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE A.O.U.W. OF WHICH HE WAS A MEMBER . HE LEAVES A WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN . JEWEL , CLARA , MARGARET AND CARL.
MR. COOK WAS BORN IN GREENE COUNTY AND LIVED HERE NEARLY ALL HIS LIFE. HE HAS BEEN IN THE EMPLOY OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FAITHFUL WORKMAN . DEFINITE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL HAVE NOT YET BEEN MADE.
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