Obituary of Bessie Christian, Lawrence Co, AR

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Submitted by: Regina Creekmore Weaver<weave@intellinet.com>
        Date: 5 Aug 2001
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Here are some more of the obits from a scrapbook of a lady (a distant
cousin) that lived in the Jesup, Lawrence County area of Arkansas already.
Remember that the problem with these is that there are very few actual
dates given for the dates of death, and there are no newspaper names
written beside them. What I do know I've listed, and what was penciled in
on the obit, I've included. If you find someone that is attached to you,
please let me know, and I will try and see if I can find any other
information for you, such as date of death if you don't have it, and
possibly a newspaper name, also.

Mrs. Bessie McLeod Christian Is Dead

Springdale, March 6 - Mrs. Bessie Christian, 66, resident of Springdale
for nearly 40 years, died last night at 11:50 at the city hospital at
Fayetteville where she had been a patient for the past week. Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon at 3:00 at the First Baptist church,
of which deceased was a faithful member, conducted by the pastor, Dr. Otto
Whitington. Burial will be in the local Bluff cemetery. Funeral
arrangements will be in charge of the local Callison and Riggs Funeral home.
Mrs. Christian was born February 4, 1875, at Smithville, Ark., and was a
daughter of Simon McLeod of North Carolina and Sallie Judkins McLeod of
Tennessee. She was married November 16, 1902, to the late Dr. Dodson
Christian, Springdale physician, who passed away several years ago. Mrs.
Christian is survived by one son, Carol D. Christian of Searcy, Ark.; one
daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Davis of Tulsa and three grandchildren. She is
also survived by three brothers, Walter and Luther McLeod of Walnut Ridge
and Dr. Laurence McLeod, Tulsa; one sister, Mrs. Maggie Peacock of Gentry,
and by two step-sons, Dr. Otto Christian of San Antonia, and Lee Christian
of Fort Smith.
Mrs. Christian became ill Tuesday night of last week after having attended
the luncheon meeting of the Women's Missionary Society of the First Baptist
church. Her condition became serious and she was taken to the hospital on
Thursday where he death occurred last night. Mrs. Christian's son and
daughter and other relatives have been with her constantly during her brief
illness.