Coosa County ALArchives Obituaries.....Sears, Joseph Wiley 
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Ronald D Bridges bridgesrd@knology.net October 1998


J. W. SEARS DIED IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
    A wide range of friends and relatives in Coosa and Chilton counties 
were deeply grieved to learn of the passing of J. W. Sears in North Little 
Rock, Ark., last Thursday morning.
    Mr. Sears was born in Weoka, Ala., where he lived until ten years of 
age when he moved with his parents to what is now known as Sears Chapel 
community. His parents were prominently connected with establishing the 
Sears Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church and it received its present name as 
a recognition of their earnest efforts.
    For over thirty years Mr. J. W. Sears lived in the Sears Chapel 
community where he was will known and deeply loved by a large number of 
friends and neighbors. In 1891 he moved to Chilton County by where he lived 
until 1910. At which time he moved to North Little Rock, and lived there 
until his death.
    His first marriage was to Miss Lou Smith, and to this union were born 
two children, a boy and a girl, both now dead.
    His second marriage was to Miss Frances M. Logan of Poplar Springs 
community, near Hanover. She preceded him to the grave forty-one years ago. 
There are four surviving children of this marriage: Mrs. P. M. Moore of 
Clanton Ala.; Mrs. B. M. Maddox of Pelham, Ala., and Mrs. Hattie Rasberry 
and Mrs. John Lima of North Little Rock, Ark., with whom he was living at 
the time of his death; and nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He 
is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Tommie Waldrip, better know to a wide 
range of friends as "Aunt Tommie" who resides at Hanover.
    Funeral services and burial were in North Little Rock, Ark.(1)

(1)The Rockford Chronicle, , 6 Apr 1933, p. 1. Printed in Rockford, Coosa 
Co., AL. Microfilm: Located in the Alabama Archives and History, Montgomery,
AL.

Additional Comments:

Joseph Wiley Sears(b. Jun 1850 in Weoka, Coosa Co., AL & d. 31 Mar 
1933 in North Little Rock, AR) married Laura Smith (b. ? & d. Bef. 1879 in 
AL; Buried in Sears Chapel, Coosa Co., AL) on 30 Aug 1874 in Coosa Co. AL. 
Marriage Records, Bk. D, 1865-1878, p. 373; located in Coosa County 
Courthouse, Rockford, AL. Researched by Ron Bridges on 5 Mar 1998. Joseph 
married Malinda F. Logan(b. Abt. 1849 in Coosa Co., AL & d. Abt. 1892 in AL)
on 13 Oct 1879 in Coosa Co., AL. Marriage Records located in Coosa County 
Courthouse, Rockford, AL. Researched by Ron Bridges on 5 Mar 1998.


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