OBITUARIES

St. Francis County Arkansas Genealogy Trails

CLEMONS, CHARLES JR.

SCHUTTEN, MENOLIA B.

flagCHARLES CLEMONS, JR., 84, of Cape Girardeau, MO, died Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 22, 1922 in Forrest City, AR, son of Charles and Lillie Eston Clemons. He and Marie Graham were married in Arkansas in 1952. She died Sept. 17, 1991.
Clemons served in the Army during World War II. He worked in maintenance at Limbaugh, Limbaugh & Russell for 20 years and at Cape Municipal Airport 15 years. He had also been a chef at Blue Hole BBQ. He was a member of St. James AME Church.
Survivors include three sons, Michael Clemons of Elgin, IL, Phillip Clemons of Cape Girardeau, Charles Clemons of Philadelphia; a daughter, Rita Jones of Cape Girardeau; two stepdaughters, Diane Wright of Bloomington-Normal, IL, Nancy A. Hill of Hazel Crest, IL; a brother, Paul Clemons of St. Louis, MO; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother and two sisters.
Friends may call from 10 a.m. to service time Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at St. James AME Church. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church with the Rev. Debbie Thornton officiating. Burial will be in Fairmont Cemetery at Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Minco, OK--MENOLIA B. SCHUTTEN, died Monday evenining at Presbyterian Hospital in Okla. City. Services have been set for 1:30 pm Thursday at the First Baptist Church in Minco. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Minco. Under direction of Reynolds Funeral Home. She was born Sept. 1, 1910 in Wheatley, Arkansas and came to Minco at 7 years of age. She was a homemaker, a member of the First Baptist Church, where she taught the Naomi Sunday School class. She is also a member of the Iona Flower Club and the Women's Missionary Union. She married William Edward Schutten, Aug. 14, 1929 in El Reno and they made their home in Minco. He survives her in death. She is also survived by one son Edward Griffin Schutten of Minco, a daughter Mrs. R.W. (Janell) Clum of Houston Tx, one brother, Owen Griffin of Glouchester Mass, four grandchildren, Pamela Sue Crowe, William Bradford Crowe, Kenneth Edward Schutten, John Travis Schutten, one niece Jeannie Smith and one nephew Tom Griffin. --Daily Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK) - December 2, 1982

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