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Source: Citation Appears Below Biography
Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

PAUL J. CARUTH.
    Paul J. Caruth, engaged in business as an undertaker and embalmer of Hot
Springs, is widely recognized as a man of marked skill and proficiency is his
chosen work and enjoys well merited prestige along that line. His birth occurred
in Tupelo, Lee county, Mississippi, on the 18th of November, 1867, his parents
being Absalom L. and Josephine M. (Ratcliff) Caruth, who were likewise natives
of that state and are now deceased. The father was successfully engaged in
business as a dry goods merchant of Tupelo, Mississippi, for many years.

    Paul J. Caruth obtained his education in the public schools of his native
city and after putting aside his textbooks secured employment in a furniture and
undertaking establishment of Tupelo. In 1889, when a young man of twenty-two
years, he removed to Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he entered the service of an
exclusive undertaking firm, with which he remained for seven years. On the
expiration of that period, in 1896, he came to Hot Springs to take charge of the
undertaking establishment of Benz & Buchanan, which he ably managed for several
years or until the business was sold. In 1919, feeling that his capital and
experience justified the step, he embarked in business as an undertaker and
embalmer on his own account and has since won a most enviable reputation in this
connection, an extensive patronage being accorded him. His experience in this
field of activity dates from the time when he first started out in the business
world, so that he has become thoroughly familiar with every phase thereof and
utilizes the most scientific methods in the care of the dead. He is a charter
member of the Arkansas State Funeral Directors' Association and also belongs to
the National Funeral Directors' Association.

    In 1902 Mr. Caruth was united in marriage to Mrs. Sadie (Wilson) Polk of
Fayette-ville, Arkansas, and they have become parents of a son, Paul J., Jr.
Fraternally Mr. Caruth is identified with Hot Springs Lodge, No. 380, B. P. O.
E., and with Hot Springs Valley Lodge. No. 67. I. O. O. F.. while his religious
faith is indicated by his membership in the First Baptist church. He likewise
belongs to the Lions Club and to the Business Men's League and is widely and
favorably known as a representative and respected citizen of Hot Springs, where
the period of his residence now covers a quarter of a century.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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