OBITUARIES

Woodruff County, Arkansas Genealogy Trails

DAVIS, Carrie Elizabeth

DUFFEL, Hollis E.

KYLE, Lewis "Slick"

SMITH, Marjorie Friar

TAYLOR, Onedith Browning

WILLIAMSON, Frances Louise

WILLIAMSON, Isiah

Memphis, TN--CARRIE ELIZABETH DAVIS, 93, of Memphis, formerly of Woodruff County, Ark., homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday at Shelby Pines Rehabilitation & Health Care Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home McCrory (Ark) Chapel with burial in Woodman Cemetery near there. She was a Baptist.
--The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, Aug 26, 1997.

AKRON, OH–HOLLIS E. DUFFEL, 79, of Akron, passed away Sept. 29, 1996, in Memphis, Tenn.
Born in Woodruff County, Ark., on Sept. 11, 1917, he moved to the Akron area, where he retired from the Ohio Mechanical Handling Co.
Preceded in death by wife, Jennie E., and daughter, Darlene, he is survived by his loving son, David P. Duffel of Akron; brothers, Morris of Searcy, Ark., and Vernon Duffel of Sedona, Ariz.; sisters, Ola Garrison of Moscow, Tenn., Dorris Marlett of Gainesville, Mo., and Learlean Downs of Houston, Texas.
Funeral service will be Monday, Oct. 7, 1996, at 1 p.m. at the Schermesser Funeral Home, South Main Street Chapel, 1446 S. Main St., with Rev. Winston Pike officiating. Calling hours will be Sunday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
(Schermesser, South Main Street Chapel.)
--Akron Beacon Journal (OH) - October 5, 1996

Memphis, TN--LEWIS "SLICK" KYLE, 80, of Fort Myers, Fla., formerly of Woodruff County, Ark., and Memphis, retired television service manager for Sears in Memphis, died of heart failure on Jan. 17 in Fort Myers. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home in McCrory with burial in Woodman Cemetery there. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Kyle, the widower of Cleo Sue Looney Kyle, leaves two daughters, Judi Wright of Fort Myers and Becky Tous of Hudson, Ohio; a sister, Velma Bailey of Pocahontas, Ark.; four grandchildren and 11 great-grandchilden.

MRS. MARJORIE SMITH, 100, of Tamms, IL, passed away at 4:02 p.m., November 14, 2006 in Daystar Care Center in Cairo, IL. Mrs. Smith was born Aug. 3, 1906 in Augusta, Ark. to the late Ernest and Ophelia Friar. After the death of her parents in 1926, she moved to Tamms and married the late Jeff Ford in 1927. After the death of Mr. Ford, she met and married the late Mr. Elmer Smith.
She accepted Christ as her personal Savior at an early age. She joined Trinty Baptist Church in Tamms for a short while, then united with Second Baptist Church in Tamms. She remained a faithful member until her health failed. Mrs. Smith was the oldest of the original members of Second Baptist Church. Her favorite song was, "This Little Light of Mine." Mrs. Smith loved the Lord with all her heart, mind, soul and strength.
She served the church as the Superintendent of Sunday School, church treasurer, Sunday school teacher, member and vice-president of the missionary society, and was the oldest church mother. She was faithful until death and there is now laid up for her a crown of righteousness. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.
Left to cherish her memory are a cousin and a nephew; nieces and nephews by marriage; a special friend who cared for her as if she were her own mother, Mrs. Marjorie La Grone; and a host of good friends and neighbors.
Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Second Baptist Church in Tamms with the Rev. James E. Anderson, Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Spencer Heights Cemetery in Mounds, IL. Heavenly Gates Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. --Courtesy of The Southern Illinoisan, 11/15/2006.

GREENWOOD - ONEDITH BROWNING TAYLOR, 69, native of Woodruff County, Ark., co-owner and operator of Taylor's Fabric and Foam Shop, died Thursday (Nov 30, 1995) at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi after a stroke. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Greenwood Church of God with burial in Pumpkin Bend Cemetery in McCrory, Ark. Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home of McCrory and Wynne, Ark., has charge. She was a member of Greenwood Church of God. Mrs. Taylor, the husband of Burnest B. Taylor, also leaves two sons, Harvey H. Taylor and Jimmy W. Taylor, both of Greenwood; a sister, Thelma Mae Ball of Indianapolis, Ind., eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
--Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - December 1, 1995

RIVERDALE, FL--FRANCES LOUISE WILLIAMSON, 70, of Riverdale, died Thursday at Royal Oaks Nursing Home in Dade City.
A native of Woodruff County, Ark., she moved to this area 30 years ago from Missouri.
She is survived by three sons, Sonny of Dade City, Dannie of Tampa, and Jim Sr. of Trilby; her mother, Gladys Hallman of Dade City; a brother, Carthal Hallman of St. Petersburg; three sisters, Magdalene Thomas of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Dorothy Garza of Arcadia, and Mildred Bowerman of Brinkley, Ark.; four grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.
Oakley Funeral Home, Dade City.
--Tampa Tribune, The (FL) - May 28, 1997

PLANT CITY, FL--ISIAH WILLIAMSON, 66, of Plant City died Saturday at South Florida Baptist Hospital, Plant City.
A native of Woodruff County, Ark., he moved to Plant City eight months ago from Richland. He was a farm laborer, a member of the Church of God, a Mason and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He is survived by two sons, Junior of Tampa and Ronnie of Dade City; two daughters, Kathy of St. Catherine and Karen of Dade City; six brothers; six sisters; and several grandchildren. Whitfield Funeral Home, Zephyrhills.
--Tampa Tribune, The (FL) - June 25, 1993.

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