CENTURY

CENTENARIANS

Lawrence County Arkansas Genealogy Trails

If you have a relative that lived to be 100 years old or more, please send in a short biography or their obituary to be placed here.

JOHN N. BERRY

MARY ELIZABETH BEARY CULVER

VIDA GOFF JONES

JOHN N. BERRY, the oldest person in Lawrence County celebrated his 100th birthday Sunday (cMay 11, 1958). A birthday dinner in his honor was held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Godwin, with whom he resides. (The Times Dispatch, May 1958)

MARY ELIZABETH CULVER, 100, of Walnut Ridge, died April 8, 2007, at Lawrence Hall Nursing. Born Dec. 13, 1906, in Powhatan, she was the daughter of John and Lucinda Richey Beary. She was a homemaker and a member of Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church in Eaton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Perry Douglas Culver, on Nov. 13, 1972, whom she married Oct. 24, 1924, in Powhatan. Survivors include a son, Donald Culver, Walnut Ridge; two daughters, Juanita Phillips, Black Rock, and Oleva Jackson, Blytheville; nine grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren. Funeral was Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Higginbotham Chapel with Bro. Harold Russell officiating. Burial was in Old Lebanon Cemetery, near Eaton, under the direction of Higginbotham Funeral Service. --Source: The Times Dispatch, Walnut Ridge.

VIDA GOFF JONES, 100, of Smithville, died Dec. 30, 2006, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Born Nov. 28, 1906, in Nelsonville, she was the daughter of Joe and Eliza Wells Goff. She was a homemaker and attended the Smithville Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Luke Jones, on June 21, 1994, whom she married Jan. 25, 1931, at Annieville; an infant son, Billy Joe Goff; three brothers, Webster Goff, Sam Goff and Luther Goff; and a sister, Gladys Helms. Survivors include a brother, James Walker Goff, Walnut Ridge; two nieces, Jan Moss, Matthews, Mo., and Gay Lynn Williams, Jonesboro; and five nephews, Charles Goff and Rickey Goff, both of Smithville, Gary Goff, Walnut Ridge; Frank Alter, California, and Everett Jones, Greeley, Colo. Funeral is Thursday at 10 a.m. at United Methodist Church in Smithville with Bros. Ron Kitchens and Jerry Clements officiating. Burial will be in Lebanon Cemetery at Nelsonville under the direction of Higginbotham Funeral Service. Pallbearers will be Jerry Ray Foley, Clent Burrow, Keith Goff, Harold Foley, Bill Williams and Gary Goff.

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