OBITUARIES

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ABSHIRE, Dovie Mae Bouchelle

CRAWFORD, Audrey Rhodes

GONZALES, Junice M.

KENDRICK, Thala M.

WADE, Jean Davis



DOVIE MAE ABSHIRE, 69, of Cape Girardeau, MO died Tuesday, January 21, 1992 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, MO.  She was born August 16, 1922 in Mena, AR, daughter of James and Nettie Bouchelle.  She married James Carroll Abshire January 12, 1944.  He died November 17, 1965.  Abshire was a member of First Pentecostal Church.  Survivors include a daughter, Carol Hankins of Cape Girardeau; a brother, John Bouchelle of Georgia; a sister, Opal Howard of Oklahoma; and two grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by a brother.  A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City, MO.  The Rev. John Gourley will officiate.  Burial will be in the National Cemetery in Fort Smith, AR.



Vienna, MO--AUDREY CRAWFORD, 77, Vienna, died May 30, 1999, at Capital Region Medical Center, Jefferson City.
She was born Feb. 5, 1922, in Polk County, Ark., a daughter of Hubert and Molly Rhodes. She was married in 1944, in Arkansas, to Leroy Crawford, who died Feb. 19, 1974. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include: one son, Leroy Crawford Jr., Vienna; one brother, Odel Rhodes, Dublin, Va.; and two sisters, Estel Ashcraft and Helen Jewell, both of Arkansas.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home, Vienna. The Rev. Don Kelly will officiate. Graveside services and burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Fair View Cemetery, Roanoke, Va. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m. Thursday.
--Jefferson City News-Tribune (MO) - June 2, 1999



JUNICE M. GONZALES
June 1, 1904 --Jan. 7, 1995
Keyes, CA--Junice M. Gonzales, 90, of Keyes died Saturday at Evergreen Convalescent Hospital, Modesto.
Mrs. Gonzales was a native of Polk County, Ark. She lived in Keyes one year and previously lived in Atwater 19 years. She was a member of Jehovah's Witnesses.
She is survived by one granddaughter and four great-grandchildren.
A service will be conducted at 10 a.m. today at Wilson Family Funeral Chapel, Atwater. Burial will follow at Chowchilla District Cemetery.
--Modesto Bee, The (CA) - January 11, 1995



MIDLOTHIAN, TX-- THALA M. KENDRICK, 82, a retired bookkeeper, died Wednesday, Jan. 21, 1998, in Grand Prairie, TX.
Graveside service: 1 p.m. Friday in Moore Memorial Gardens.
Thala M. Kendrick was born June 25, 1915, in Polk County, Ark. She was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Kendrick, and son, James Curtis Kendrick.
Survivors: Sons, Charles and Larry Kendrick, both of Midlothian; daughter, Irma Alsup and Earlene Edwards, both of Midlothian, and Jane Britton of Lubbock, TX; brother, Charles Bowden of Wichita Falls, TX; sister, Ruth Oates of Waxahachie,TX; 14 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Moore Funeral Home 1219 N. Davis Drive
--Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - January 23, 1998



Sun City Center, FL--JEAN DAVIS WADE, 79, of Sun City Center died Tuesday in Tampa. A native of Polk County, Ark., he had lived in the Tampa Bay area 12 years, coming from Evanston, Ill. He was a photographer, a retired cartographer and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Sun City Center Golf Association and the United Community Church of Sun City Center. He is survived by his wife, Georgia; two daughters, Georgia Jean Roth and Margery Wade Wightman; and four grandchildren. Zipperer's Agape Mortuary and Crematory, Ruskin.   --Tampa Tribune, The (FL) - January 10, 1992



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