Biography of Otto Rollwage Kirkpatrick, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Otto Rollwage Kirkpatrick, as a pioneer in the field of mutual insurance in this
area, youthful and widely known founder and owner of Kirkpatrick Insurance
Agency on Grant Street has rapidly moved to the front in the highly competitive
insurance business in Forrest City. He was born Oct. 12, 1921, in Marianna, son
of Scott L. and Ardale (Rollwage) Kirkpatrick. His father is postmaster of the
Forrest City Post Office. After graduation from Forrest City High School, he
attended Arkansas State Teachers College and George Washington University. In
June 1942, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet and served two
years overseas as a Navigator-Bombardier with the 1st Pathfinder Squadron in the
European Theatre. For distinguished service, he was awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross with Two Oak Leaf Clusters, the French Croix de Guere and two unit
citations. His wife is the former Rosemary Haven, daughter of Louis F. and
Thelma (Fogg) Haven, of Forrest City, and were married July 30, 1948, and have
two children. Mr. Kirkpatrick's paternal grandparents, Otto B. and Jennie
(Anderson) Rollwage, were prominent in the early history of Forrest City. In
1950, he became a partner in the firm of Memphis View Realty Co., which
developed the large cooperative housing project in West Memphis known as the
Memphis View Homes until 1952 when he sold out to operate the insurance agency.
He is affiliated with the Christian Science, King-Beazley American Legion Post,
National Association of Mutual Insurance Agents, Chamber of Commerce, Masonic
Lodge No. 198, and is a thirty second degree Mason and Shriner of the Sahara
Temple in Pine Bluff.


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

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