Obituary of MRS. MARGARET LADD, 1916, Phillips County, AR

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Submitted by:  Sandra Kornegay Rhodes <sandynkr@yahoo.com>
Date: 18 Oct 2001

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Helena Daily World - Phillips County - Wednesday, February, 16, 1916

Mrs. Margaret Ladd

   Mrs. Margaret Ladd, for thirty years a resident of Helena and one 
of the most joyable women, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. B. C. 
Pouncey, at Memphis last night at 7 o'clock, following a stroke of 
paralysis. The remains will arrive here over the Y & MV railroad tomorrow 
at 12:30 and the funeral will be held from the railroad station with 
services at the grave by Rev. I. Clendennin Perkins, minister-in-charge 
of St. John's Episcopal Church. Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery. 
The pallbearers will be T. H. Faulkner, S. S. Faulkner, T. H. Nelms, 
C. C. Agee, R. H. Word, R. F. Lipscomb, H. Carvill and Mayor Hugh Martin. 
   Mrs. Ladd was about 58 years old and was one of the best known
residents of Helena. She is survived by her father, M. J. Crocker of 
Helena, two daughters, Mrs. R. C. Pouncey of Memphis and Mrs. George D.
Palmer, of Helena and five sisters, Mrs. F. T. Horn, of Popular Grove,
Mrs. W. C. King, Mrs. R. C. Howard, and Miss Gertie Crocker of Helena,
Mrs. William Shelby of Memphis and Mrs. Hattie G. Rice of Joy, Kentucky.

(Obituary say 5 sisters but lists 6)
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