Boone-Carroll County ArArchives Obituaries.....Jacobs, Arthur Duane May 8, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra Lee Elkins Juhl gsjuhl@peoplepc.com May 13, 2009, 12:17 am Newspaper Article: The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus, Tuesday, May 12, 2009, Page A9; "Obituaries: MILAN ARTHUR JACOBS Arthur Duane Jacobs, 83, Harrison, (Boone County) Ark., died Friday, May 8, 2009, in Harrison. Burial will be at Farewell Cemetery (Carroll County). Arrangements are by Nelson, Berryville, (Carroll County) Ark. He was born Jan. 13, 1926, a son of Cyrus and Ruby Jane Gage Jacobs. Surviving are ex-wife, Joyce Dees, Harrison; daughter, Deborah (Floyd) Kellie, Harrison; granddaughters, Amber Wade and Iris Church; four great- grandchildren; brothers, Jack Jacobs, Milan, Fred Jacobs, Coal Valley, and William Pouder, Missouri; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends." [Transcribed 12 May 2009, SLJuhl RNBSC, Compiler; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com] Additional Comments: Cyrus & Ruby Gage Jacobs lived in New Boston Township, Mercer County, Illinois where Arthur Duane Jacobs was born. Arthur's grandparents were Andrew & Mary B. Tracy Jacobs, and his great-grandparents were Isaac & Lovilla King Jacobs. This information on the family can all be traced through the U.S. Federal Census Records. Milan & Coal Valley are towns in Rock Island County, Illinois, and the newspaper article was published in that area due to surving children (family) still living in Rock Island County. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/boone/obits/j/jacobs12gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/arfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb