Biography of Richard J Izard, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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EARLY MAYORS OF FORREST CITY AFTER GROGAN-
When Forrest City, rising on the gentle west slope of Crowley's Ridge, was only
a country town of about 1500 souls and only a few buildings were built of brick,
Richard J. Izard, a hardy pioneer of foresight, opened the local insurance
agency which still proudly bears his name. It was in 1893, now some seventy-one
years later, the R. J. Izard Insurance Agency is now operated by Mrs. Zell R.
Izard and Fenner Laughinghouse in the Old Planters Bank Building on East
Broadway. Mrs. Izard, took an active part in the business when her husband, the
founder of the agency, passed away in 1938. A Methodist, she has two daughters
living, Mrs. James (Hazel) Mays of Tuscumbia, Alabama, and Mrs. C. F. (Mary)
Manly of West Memphis. She has a charming granddaughter, Mary Katherine Plummer,
whose mother, Mrs. John (Kathryn) Plummer, has passed away.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas