Biography of Bess Stevens Laughinghouse, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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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. Laughinghouse who is equally active in the insurance agency, was
born and reared in Forrest City. She is the former Bess Stevens and have two
fine children, a son and daughter. The Laughinghouse's are members of the First
Methodist church.


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

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