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OBITUARIES
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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.
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.
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. ![]() ©2006-2009 Arkansas Genealogy Trails Return to Woodruff County Index |