Forrest City Times Newspaper - 1911, St Francis County, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Paul V Isbell Date: 22 Nov 2008 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Chronological Order- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected Articles in The Paper [Deaths/Births/Marriages/Announcements, and Phone List] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATED March 17, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: - Main Entry: - First Name: - MI/Prefix: - Note: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forrest City Times Newspaper-Year 1911 Articles have been summarized! Paul V. Isbell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Motto: Forrest City Times: "Fear God, Tell the Truth and Make Money" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [continued] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-7-1911 - BERGMAN - JOSEPHINE - R. - MRS. - - 8 30 1865 - 7 2 1911 - CITY - DEATH=Birth: Aug. 30, 1865 Death: Jul. 2, 1911 The Forrest City Times. July 7, 1911. Death of Mrs. Josephine Bergman. Mrs. Henry Bergman, of this city, died Sunday in Memphis after a surgical operation, and the remains were brought here Monday, arriving at 2 o'clock, and were taken to the family residence in the west part of town, and there lay in state until Tuesday afternon, when the funeral services were had, being conducted by Rev. J. R. Nelson, of the Methodist church, at the home at 5 o'clock, after which the remains were conveyed to the Forrest City cemetery and there interred under the auspices of the Knights & Ladies of Honor, in the presence of quite a number of friends and the surviving relatives. Mr. Bergman came here about six years ago, and has been employed with the Forrest City Manufacturing Company. Mrs. Bergman and children did not come until later, about eighteen months ago. They soon found friends among their neighbors, and were highty esteemed, as is evidenced by the many kind though sorrowful words of those who knew her best. Deceased early married a Mr. Fox, and two children blessed their union, but soon the Grim Reaper took him from her, and afterwards she was again happily married, this time to Mr. Bergman, with whom she has spent 23 years of happy married life and to their union four children were born, three of whom survive her. At the time of her death she was 46 years of age, and was an active member of the Methodist church, the Home Missionary Society and the K. & L. of H. She was a kind mother, a devoted wife, and accommodating and genial neighbor, whose death is deeply mourned by her family and those friends with whom she was intimately associated. We deeply sympathize with the bereft family in this, the greatest grief they have ever known. May God comfort them. - Brenda Huntley Added: 4/8/2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-7-1911 - AXLEY - MARION - - - - 1886 - 7 3 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=Marion Axley, a young man about twenty five years of age, was killed Monday near Quigley in the St. Francis bottom. The young man was employed as a logging teamster in the George Rumage timber camp and met his death thru an accident while loading a sixteen foot oak log which rolled off a wagon and fell on his body, bruising and crushing him so severely that he died from his injuries in less than an hour. Coroner Todd was called and found the circumstances to be as stated. The A. L. Stevens undertaking establishment took the body and held until notified by family of disposition. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-14-1911 - WALBRAUM - AUGUST - - - - 1895 - 7 10 1911 - BRINKLEY - DEATH=ONE KILLED, TWO INJURED-Accident at Crow Creek gravel pit results in the death of Mr. Gus Walbram and injury of two others. Last Monday afternoon, Jul. 10, 1911, while the switch engine crew with Engine No. 1272 in charge of Engineer William Huffman of Argenta, and Conductor R. R. Ramsey, of Brinkley, was spotting empty gravel cars under the gravel trap in Crow Creek, the caboose had been placed between a string of eight empty cars and seven loaded ones which the engine was handling down the gravel spur, was shoved against the trap knocking it down and instantly killing Gus Walbraun, and injuring Mr. K. M. Wilkins of this city, and breaking the leg of Mr. Earl McPhaul, of Madison. These three men were resting under the trap in the shade. Coroner Todd after hearing testimony of Conductor Ramsey, Engineer Huffman, and others of the train crew, and Mr. Clem Walbraun, brother of the deceased, and son of Mr. Joe Walbraun of Brinkley who has the contract for loading gravel, the jury decided the cause of death was falling timbers caused by the fall of the trap being struck by the caboose. Gus Walbraun was a young man about 15 or 16 years of age, the youngest son of Mr. Joe Walbraun. Afterwards, the remains were released to go to Brinkley for burial. Aug. 25, 1911-Suit brought for $20, 000 against the Rock Island by Administrator Joe Walbraum. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-14-1911 - DOLAN - THOMAS - - - - UNK - 7 6 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=THOS. DOLAN SHOT BY J. J. HUGHES=Mr. J. J. Hughes of Haynes, and Memphis, was arrested in Memphis Sunday night charged with murdering Thomas Dolan, former Jockey, bartender of that city. From the Commercial Appeal: Thomas Dolan was shot and instantly killed Sunday, July 6, 1911, in the Cordova Hotel by J. J. Hughes, merchant of Haynes, Arkansas, with a town residence in the Graham flats on Madison Ave. The shooting occurred in Room No. 27 of that hotel, which had been taken by Hughes that morning. Four shots were fired by Hughes from an old style 45 calibre single action Colt's revolver. Hughes statement to Capt. O. H. Perry was that Dolan was a bad fellow, and had his diamond stud valued at $250 and refused to give it up, but said that when Dolan got to the room with Hughes, Dolan demanded $50 for the return of the stud. This brought words from both, and the shooting ensued. They had been out for two nights and he go my stud last night. Hughes three brothers, all wealthy men, prepared to spend their fortune in defending him, they are J. J. Hughes, J. L. Hughes, and W. S. Hughes. The accused is widely known as a merchant, polictician, planter, and banker of Haynes, Arkansas, with extensive holdings in Memphis. JULY 21, 1911-Hughe Denied Bail=Prosecuting attorney asks Hughes if he has killed four other men, he admits to several. But he was never convicted of murder, he exclaimed, and that he had shot some men that did not die. 11-3-1911 Mr. J. J. Hughes is out on bond, and went to his home in Haynes, bond granted by Judge J. W. Parker after being denied initially by Judge Galloway in Memphis. 12/1/1911-Mr. Hughes is ill with Bright's disease, and the Governor of Tennessee has asked for Governor of Arkansas to grant him to the authorities of Memphis. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-14-1911 - BOOTH - BENJAMIN - F. - - - 8 28 1870 - 12 2 1910 - HUGHES - DEATH=Caldwell Camp No. 421 W. O. W., will unveil a monument to Soveign Ben F. Booth at the Hughes cemetery on next Sunday, July 16, 1911. Birth: Aug. 28, 1870 Death: Dec. 2, 1910 Mr. Ben Booth, who is quite well and favorably known to a large circle of friends, died in St. Josephs Hospital in Memphis at 9 o'clock this morning, Dec. 2, 1910, of dropsy and complications. The remains will be brought here this afternoon for interment at Hughes cemetery about 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. Ben had been ill for a year and boarded with Mrs. Alice Rowland. We regret his demise sincerely. Forrest City Times Newspaper Dec. 2, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-21-1911 - LESTER - TOM - - - - UNK - 7 15 1911 - MISSISSIPPI - DEATH=SATURDAY NIGHT KILLING= Tom Lester, a timberman in the employ of Tom Green, who was driving a team near Cicalla, dead. Slim Daley, another timberman employed near Heth, a fugitive from justice, and a woman said to be the cause of the altercation, from the result of caused his death. A prisoner in the "bastille" is said to know more than he has said, about the Saturday night, July 15, 1911, murder. Lester's body was found on the Rock Island switch between the rails, and upon examination it was found that there were several bruises on his face, and other parts of the body the Coroner decided cause of death was stamping by the foot of Daley to Lester's body. His body was brought to A. L. Stevens undertakers for holding until shipment to Hernando, Miss. 12-22-1911 Mr. D. B. Medaris charged with murder of Tom Lester has been arrrested and placed in the St. Francis county jail. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-28-1911 - DYAL - JOHN - T. - - - 3 29 1861 - 7 23 1911 - GOODWIN - DEATH=DEATH OFJOHN T. DYAL=News reached this city last Sunday, July 23, 1911, of the death of Mr. John T. Dyal. which occurred that morning in Troy, Ohio, where he and Mrs. Dyal were visiting, cast a gloom over this city where he was so well known and universally esteemed. The news came as a telegram to Dr. J. A. Bogart, and asking that he go to Goodwin and break the news to his son, Mr. Frank Dyal. It turned out that he and his wife were in Henderson, Tenn. and unable to be contacted until late Sunday afternoon and apprised of his father's death. The body was prepared in Ohio, and shipped to Goodwin for burial on Wednesday morning. Mr. Dyal was born in Ohio, having been born in Dover, Dover county on Mar. 29, 1861, and was therefore in his fifty first year. He came to Arkansas with his father in 1877, settling near Goodwin, where they resided until 1888, then returned to Ohio, where he was married to Miss Ella Fleming on Oct. 26, 1884. They returned to Goodwin in October 1888, and had since resided there. They raised three children, two of whom, Mr. Frank Dyal, and Mrs. John Wilmuth, and the widow survive him. He also has a brother, Mr. Frank Dyal of Seattle, Washington, and numerous other relatives who reside in Ohio. Mr. Dyal was one of St. Francis county's leading citizens. As farmer, stock raiser, and merchant he had made his mark and was looked up to and his word was as good ad his bond. The funeral was held at Goodwin Wednesday, by Elder J. K. Farris, of the Methodist church officiating. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and Woodmen of the World, and these lodges participated in the ceremonies. Pallbearers were: Judge E. A. Rolfe, Mr. Eugene Williams, Dr. J. F. McDougal, Mr. Chas. Walker, Mr. E. N. Harrod, Dr. G. A. McCormack, Dr. J. A. Bogart and Mr. L. R. Grobmyer. It is said over 500 attended the funeral, including: Messrs. A. L. Stevens, Chas. H. Sanders, Capt. T. C. Merwin, R. W. Payne, F. Laughinghouse, E. A. Rolfe, Eugene Williams, Mrs. Geo. Walker, Grandma Walker, L. R. Grobmyer and wife, Chas. Walker, B. D. Hatcher, John Tankersley, Dr. Bogart, Rev. J. K, Farris, Dr. J. F. McDougal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-28-1911 - HARVEY - T. - A. - - - 1886 - 7 19 1911 - BEEBE - DEATH=Mr. T. A. Harvey, aged 29 years, died on July 19, 1911, after an illness of only eight hours, of congestion, seven miles southwest of Palestine, and the remains were shipped from Goodwin to Beebe by the Stevens Undertaking Establishment. Deceased had come here to work one week ago when death overtook him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-4-1911 - TOZER - GEORGE - W. - - - UNK - 8 1 1911 - HOUSTON, TEXAS - DEATH=A letter to Mrs. Jennie A. Harris from her daughter, Mrs. Nannie Harris Tozer tells of the death of her husband, Mr. George W. Tozer. He died last Tuesday, Aug. 1, 1911 and was buried Thursday. He had been confined to his bed for two weeks, knew them all till the last, but could not speak as his tongue was paralyzed. They lived at Houston, Texas. He leaves two children by his first wife, and four by his last wife. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-4-1911 - RICHARDS - JAMES - EVANS - CAPT. - - 1833 - 7 28 1911 - RUSSELLVILLE - DEATH=DEATH OF J. E. RICHARDS=Arkansas Gazette, Saturday July 29, 1911=Capt. James Evans Richards, 78 years old, died at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, July 28, 1911, at the home of his son, William D. Richards, 2328 Izard Street. He was born in Alabama and is survived by two sons, William D. and W. H. Richards, and one daughter, Mrs. J. R. Lancaster of Siloam Springs, Ark.. He was a member of the Knights and Ladies of Honor of Russellville and of the Presbyterian church. Funeral services were held at the residence of W. D. Richards Sunday afternoon. Captain Richards was a member of the Second Arkansas Regiment, Company B., During the Civil War and was mustered in at Helena. under D. C. Govan, Hindman's Legion, Army of Tennessee of Confederacy. He fought in the battles of Murfreesboro, Lookout Mountain, Shiloh and several others. He was wounded in the battle of Franklin, Tenn. He was promoted from Second Lieutenant to Captain after the battle of Shiloh and remained a Captain in the Second Regiment until the end of the war. He was captured at Bardstown, Ky., and remained a prisoner for several months, after which he was discharged at Fort Chase. Capt. Richards was for some time a resident of St. Francis County having come here in his manhood, and where he married Miss Eliza Jones of this city, residing first in the L'anguille river country west of the city. Later he purchased a farm about eight miles south of town, and resided there until the eighties when his wife died, he disposed of the place and went to Russellville, Ark., where he married his second wife, a Miss McClure, who also preceded him to the grave. Since that time he has been spending part of his time in Little Rock, with his sons, part in Siloam Springs, and some time in this city and county, where it was his habit to spend a part of every fall in hunting and camping expeditions, being a great fox hunter, and very fond of sport. He was well known here and universally loved and esteemed. He was an uncle by marriage to Mrs. A. E. Matthews, Mr. John I. Jones, Mrs. A. A. French and Lawrence Jones, and to these and the other bereaved relatives and friends we offer our sympathy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-4-1911 - McADOO - ALVIN - - - - UNK - 8 3 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=John Winston, killed Alvin McAdoo, about two miles east of Goodwin, Thursday night, Aug. 3, 1911. Squire John Sherman did an inquest and found the murder justifiable homicide. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-4-1911 - ELLIOTT - MARIA - - MISS - - UNK - 7 31 1911 - MISSISSIPPI - DEATH=A telegram received in this city Monday, July 31, 1911, by Mrs. J. O. Winfield, brought the sad news of the death of Miss Maria Elliott, of Okolona, Mississippi. Miss Elliott resided here for some time a number of years ago and taught music in the public school. She was one of the brightest and jolliest of our young women in those days and very popular with a large circle of friends. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-11-1911 - GORDON - GEORGE - WASHINGTON - GENERAL - - 10 5 1836 - 8 9 1911 - ELMWOOD - DEATH=GENERAL GORDON IN FINAL FIGHT=MEMPHIS, TENN. -SOLDIER, LAWYER AND STATESMAN DEAD=Worn out by an illness dating from his last political campaign, Gen. Geoge W. Gordon, when he was re-elected to the national house of representatives, the last General of the Confederacy to serve in that body has answered the summons to join the invisible majority. Weakened by the heat of the past few days and first taken ill at the reunion in Little Rock, he succombed to the ravages of a slow illness on Aug. 9, 1911. George Washington Gordon was born in Giles county, Tennessee Oct. 5, 1836. In his early childhood his parents removed to Texas, and later to Mississippi, but as a youth he returned to Tennessee and entered the Western Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1859. At the outbreak of the Civil War General Gordon enlisted as drill master of the Tenth Infantry of the Confederate States. Within a few weeks, he was made a Captain and later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. A year later he was commisioned Colonel. In 1864 he was named Brigadier General. General Gordon participated with distinction in a number of engagements and at one time was taken prisoner, but was exchanged in 10 days. At the close of the war, he studied the law and was admitted to the bar. He first became Attorney General of Shelby County, after which he held a number of offices of public trust, and was elected to the Sixtieth congress from the tenth district of Tennessee. re- elected to the Sixty First, and Second. He was elected Commander in Chief of the United Confederate Veterans in Mobile and subsequently re-elected last May at the Little Rock reunion. He was credited with being one of the organizers of the Ku Klux Klan in Tennessee. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-11-1911 - STEPHENSON - MARY - ANNA - MRS - - 1825 - 8 4 1911 - LAGRANGE - DEATH=Mr. Ainsworth of the Stevens Undertaking Establishment went over to LaGrange to attend the funeral of Mrs. Mary Anna Stephenson Saturday morning, she had died on Friday night, Aug. 4, 1911. Mrs. Stephenson was eighty six years of age, widow of the late John Stephenson of Memphis, mother of the late Beverly M. Stephonson, also of Memphis, and a great aunt, Mrs. W. Gorman, of this city, and died at her home in LaGrange, Tenn. Mr. W. P. Gorman and his mother went over to LaGrange Saturday and remained until the funeral Monday, Mr. Gorman returning Tuesday, and his mother remained for a longer visit. Mrs. Stephenson formerly lived in Memphis, and was a member of a prominent family there. We extend our sympathy to the family. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-18-1911 - JONES - LOUIS - B. - - - 8 28 1868 - 8 5 1911 - MADISON - DEATH=CARD OF THANKS=We wish to extend our heartfelt and sincere thanks to all of those who so kindly assisted us in any form or manner during the illness and after the death of Louis B. Jones who died at his home here on Saturday morning, Aug. 12, 1911. Words cannot express the deep sense of gratitude we feel toward those here in Madison, in Forrest City, and in fact, throughout the entire section where he was known, who proved themselves, indeed, in times of need. Sincerely, Mrs. L. B. Jones, W. T. Jones, Mr. & Mrs. E. Butler. Madison, Arkansas Aug. 14, 1911. Louis B. Jones, prominent merchant and respected citizen of Madison dies at his home Saturday morning, from typhoid fever after an illness of eighteen days. Mr. Jones was born in Hardeman county, Tennessee Apr. 28, 1868. He moved to this state about twenty five years ago, and since moving here lived first in Felton, Lee county, and then at Haynes. Later he moved to this county, living first on the Beck farm west of the city, and later taking a position as manager of the Graham farm, where he remained until the time he opened a business in Madison four or five years ago. He was a faithful and consistent member of the Methodist church, having joined that church about ten years ago. He was also a member of the Knights of Maccabees of the World, Woodmen of the World, and of the Odd Fellows, holding membership in the lodges of these orders in this city, and as he was in his duties to his family, his friends, and community, so he was in his church and lodge duties, a devoted guide and protector. The funeral Sunday evening proceeded from his residence, where presiding Elder J. K. Farris conducted the services, and then interment in the Madison cemetery, where the services were under the auspices of the Geo. P. Taylor Lodge No. 196, about forty five members attending. Mr. Jones is survived by heart broken widow, one son, W. T. Jones, of Madison, and three daughters, Mrs. E. Butler of Madison; Mrs. Ed Howard, of near Haynes, and Mrs. E. Cook of McRae. The following gentlemen were pall bearers: Mr. B. Fussell, of Forrest City; Mr. Ollie Sherrod, Mr. Joe Hendrickson, Mr. L. A. Lashua, Mr. Wm. Robinson, of Madison; and Mr, Fred Shreeve of Linden Island. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-18-1911 - THOMAS - B. - F. - - - UNK - 8 7 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=Mr. B. F. Thomas died at his home in Jericho Monday, Aug. 7, 1911, at 10 o'clock am. He leaves a wife and five children to grieve. The family has our deep sympathy in their bereavement. Sloniker Mill Times. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-18-1911 - JOHNSON - HARVEY - - - - UNK - 8 15 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=ACCIDENTAL KILLING NEAR QUIGLEY=Coroner Todd held an inquest Thursday at Heth over the body of Harvey Johnson, a young man who had been employed with a timber camp on the train road a mile or so north of Quigley. It seems that four oR five men were taking a lady who had visited friends in the camp to Quigley on a handcar Tuesday evening, Aug. 15, 1911 to catch the train to Memphis. On the way, he fell off unknown to the others. When they noticed him missing, they went back and found him unconscious, and took him to Quigley where he died within minutes. Coroner Todd found the death to be from accidental causes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-18-1911 - FRANKS - JOE - - MRS - - UNK - 8 13 1911 - CITY - DEATH=DEATH OF MRS. JOE FRANKS=Birth: unknown Death: 1911 The Forrest City Times Newspaper of Forrest City, AR. August 18, 1911(page 375 of CD - 1910-1912 archives from the Newspaper)Death of Mrs. Joe Franks / Mrs. Joe Franks died at her home in this city last Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Franks had been in faliling health for the past several years, and the last spell of illness which ended in her death had lasted about four months. Mrs. Franks was born and reared in this city. She was a member of the Baptist church. She leaves besides her husband, a mother, four brothers, three sisters and a family of eight children; four boys and four girls, to mourn their loss. The funeral was held Monday morning at 11 o'clock, the funeral preceeding from the house and interment being had in the Forrest City Cemetery. Elder Garrott, the pastor of the Baptist church, being absent from the city, Rev. E. T. Mabley, of the Episcopal church conducted the funeral services. We extend our sincere and heartfelt sympathy to the grief stricken husband, and the orphaned children who are left at an early age without a tender mother's care. Brenda Huntley. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-18-1911 - STEELE - S. - R. - MRS - - UNK - 6 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=Mrs. S. R. Steele, wife of the new Forrest City High School Principal, died a couple months ago in Waco, Texas. Prof. Steele's mother, Mrs. H. R. Steele, was a Yarbrough who was born and raised in this county. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-25-1911 - WASHINGTON - GUS - - - - UNK - 8 24 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=Gus Washington, a hobo, who gave Plummerville, this state, as his home, had his leg nearly cut off, and died here Thursday, Aug. 24, 1911, morning after lingering several hours. It appears he was riding the second section of through freight train No. 91 on the Rock Island, he got off the train, hearing of the treatment by locals of riders, and waited by the oil mill spur a short distance west of the station, and while attempting to board the train, he slipped and fell underneath the train. His cries for help alerted Mrs. Roberts, wife of the section foreman, and they got Dr. Rush to try and help him, but to no avail. The coroner's inquest found accidental death as cause. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-25-1911 - KILLOUGH - MARY - E. - MRS - - 3 27 1840 - 8 8 1911 - VANNDALE - DEATH=Mrs. John W. Killough, of Vanndale, beloved wife of the ex-sheriff of Cross County, and mother of Hon. Ollie N. Killough, her only surviving child, and who is so well and favorably known here, died at her home on Aug. 14, 1911. She was one of the old residents of Cross County, enjoyed a wide acquaintance, and was loved by all who knew her. Friends in this and other counties greatly regret her death, and we join them in sincere sympathy to her son and other surviving relatives. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-1-1911 - ISAACS - M. - - - - 1834 - 8 30 1911 - MEMPHIS - DEATH=DEATH OF M. ISAACS=One of Forrest City's foremost citizens crosses over, after long and painful illness. Mr. M. Isaacs, of this city, died at his home on East Cross Street, on Wednesday, August 30, 1911, at 11: 20 o'clock, after a long and painful illness, and the remains were shipped to Memphis for interment in the Jewish cemetery, on Thursday, Aug. 31, 1911. Mr. M. Isaacs was born in Posen, Russia in 1834, and was subsequently seventy-seven years of age at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife and seven children, the present Mrs. Isaacs being his third wife and mother of two of his children Miss Norma and Mr. Phillip Isaacs. He came to Arkansas early in life, and lived in Haynes a number of years, then he moved to Forrest City and engaged in the mercantile business and at one time being at the head of one of the largest and wealthiest concerns in Eastern Arkansas, and was located on the Southside, we think, where Judge B. D. Hatcher's Livery Stable now stands. He met reverses, but has manfully battled with life's uncertainties, and has always made a comfortable provision for his family, who later became well to do through inheritance. He had lived in Forrest City and Haynes about 37 years during which long time he has been a good citizen, a genial friend, and a believer in the future of this country. He engaged in the cotton business for years, being a buyer for the Lesser-Goldman Cotton Company, of which Julius Lesser, the deceased millionaire, was the "power" behind the throne. He was high in masonry, having reached the thirty second degree, and was a member here when they had a temple. Acting as escort, the Masons went with the body on the Rock Island, to include: Messrs. Sol Lewis, Isadore Yoffie, Rev. Kirker, A. L. Stevens, Robert Hamilton, and Charles H. Sanders. Arriving in Memphis, the remains were taken to his sister's home, Mrs. Ralph Bernhold, where Dr. M. Samfield, Jewish Rabbi, who performed the Jewish ceremonies, then the Memphis Lodge No. 118, as he was a charter member of the Desoto lodge, F. & A. M., of that city fifty years ago. He was struck with rheumatism about a year ago, and had gone to Hot Springs for relief, but to no avail, and he returned home for the last year in bed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-8-1911 - MILLS - ROGER - QUARLES - SENATOR - - 11 30 1832 - 9 2 1911 - OAKWOOD - DEATH=ROGER Q. MILLS, SOLDIER AND STATESMAN DEAD=Corsicana, Texas-Roger Q. Mills, former Texas United States Senator, died at his home here, Sep. 2, 1911, He was noted Confederate soldier and one of the best known statemen of Texas. He was a native of Todd county, Kentucky, but when a young man moved to this state, starting out as a drug clerk and studying the law until admitted to the bar. He entered the war as a lieutenant colonel in the Tenth Texas infantry. Later he succeeded to the post of Command of the Regiment, and at Arkansas Post in January 1863, distinguished himself by withstanding for weeks a superior force of Union troops, finally being captured. He several months he was a prisoner of war at Columbus, Ohio. After his release he commanded regiments under Generals Braggs, Johnson, and Hood. His congressional carrer began in 1872 as a representative at large from Texas, followed by four terms from the Fourth District. He was elected to the Senate in 1892 and served until he resigned in 1899. Mr. Mills was seventy nine years of age. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-8-1911 - LEGG - ROSA - - MRS - LANIER - 1868 - 9 6 1911 - COGBILL - DEATH=DEATH OF MRS. E. H. LEGG=News reached the city Wednesday, Sep. 6, 1911, of the death of Mrs. E. H. Legg of Wynne, formerly Miss Rosa Lanier, of this city. Mrs. Legg had suffered for several months with a complication of stomach troubles, having been operated on in Memphis about three months ago-for gall stones, and after the operation, cancer of the stomach appeared. All that medical skill and care was unable to stem the disease. Mrs. Legg was in her 43 rd year, was a native of this county, having been born and reared on the Lanier homestead just north of the city. Besides her heartbroken husband, she leaves a sister, Mrs. Sallie Wise, of Paragould, and three brothers, Mr. W. J. Lanier, of this city; Mr. R. J. Lanier, of Caldwell; and Mr. J. L. Lanier of Memphis, to mourn their loss. Mrs. Legg was a devoted member of the Methodist church, and the funeral proceeded from that church to the cemetery in Wynne this morning. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-8-1911 - FOLEY - MYRTLE - - MISS - - 11 14 1898 - 9 5 1911 - GOODWIN - DEATH=GOODWIN TIMES-Little Myrtle May, the twelve year old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Foley, died Tuesday, Sep. 5, 1911, and was buried the following day at the Goodwin cemetery. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-8-1911 - HAMBLIN - J. - L. - MRS - - UNK - 9 7 1911 - MISSISSIPPI - DEATH=Mr. J. E. Satterfield came down to make arrangements for the burial of Mrs. J. L. Hamblin, who died last night, Sep. 7, 1911, of congestion, she lived on his place. The remains were embalmed by Stevens Undertaking Establishment, and will be shipped to Mississippi, for interment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-8-1911 - TODD - WALTER - - - - 1907 - 9 6 1911 - WYLDS - DEATH=Mr. & Mrs. Joe Todd have the sympathy of the community on the loss of their darling little son, Walter who died Wednesday, Sep. 6, 1911, of congestion, at their home near the Cut Off. Litle Walter was about four years old, and was the idol of his fond parents hearts. The precious baby was laid to rest in the Wylds cemetery Wednesday afternoon in the presence of friends and family. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-15-1911 - MYERS - BENJAMIN - - - - 1830 - 9 4 1911 - NORTH STAR - DEATH=DEATH OF MR. BENJAMIN MYERS-The funeral of Benjamin Myers, who was found dead in bed Monday morning, Sep. 4, 1911, and who died as a result of injuries sustained from being hit in the head with a base ball, will be held today at the Truesdale chapel on West Main Street, and burial will be at Riverside. Myers who lived at 509 Phelps Ave., was watching a base ball game on the East avenue diamonds Sunday morning, when he was hit by a batted ball just above the left ear. Dr. L. H. Stewart was summoned and the injured man was revived. Sunday night he retired in apparently good health. His wife was in Otsego, and Monday morning when his sister went to call on him for breakfast, she found him lying face downward on his bed dead. Death had resulted in a hemmorhage of the brain. The Kalamazoo Gazette, Mich. -Sept. 6, 1911. Deceased was a brother of Mr. John Myers of this city, and he went to the funeral last week. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-15-1911 - WOOD - J. - J. - SQUIRE - - 1827 - 9 8 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=DEATH OF SQUIRE J. J. WOOD=One of St. Francis County's oldest and best citizen goes to his reward. We have received meager news of the death of Squire J. J. Wood, of Prairie township. He was born in Maury County, Tennessee, in 1827, came to this county soon after the war, about 1865 or 1866, and died at his home near Palestine, Sep. 8, 1911, of kidney trouble and complications. He was 84 years of age. A member of Cumberland Presbyterian church and of the Masonic fraternity, and lived an upright, Godly life. His remains were interred in the family cemetery on Saturday in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives, and we have heard the Presbyery was in session, and ministers held the ceremony who attended the body. He is survived by several children, Bob and Lucius Wood, Mrs. Watts, of Texas, and others whom we did not receive the names. Squire Wood was a familiar figure in Forrest City and will be missed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-15-1911 - ROGERS - R. - O. - MRS - - UNK - 9 12 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=The Commercial Appeal special announces the death of the wife of Rev. R. O. Rogers, formerly pastor of the Christian church here, She died Tuesday, Sep. 12, 1911, at her home in Altus, Oklahoma, and the remains were brought back here to Paragould, their old home, for interment yesterday. Rev. Rogers established the church at Paragould. 11-10-1911 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-22-1911 - MANN - MARY - - - RAMSEY - 1 24 1869 - 9 15 1911 - CITY - Believe this to be the wife of local attorney and Judge, Samuel Henry Mann. They were the driving force behind the Forrest City Public Library. MRS. MARY RAMSEY MANN. Beloved Wife of Judge S. H. Mann; Passes Peacefully to Her Maker. Died in Little Rock Sanitarium. News Casts Dark Veil of Gloom Over Entire Community of Friends and Lacerates the Hearts of Her Family. Last Friday was a day of real and deep sorrow to many hearts and minds in Forrest City. News was early abroad that Mrs. S. H. Mann was dying in the Battle Creek Sanitarium at Little Rock, and rapidly spread deep gloom over the entire community of her friends; but when later the knell of death was sounded, hearts were torn and lacerated, and grief knew no bounds. Mrs. Mary Ramsey Mann was the eldest daughter of Nathaniel P. and Judith D. Ramsey, and was born January 24, 1869, at Trenton, Tenn. She spent much of her girlhood in school at Franklin, Tenn., and graduated in Nashville at Price's College with the highest honors of her class. She was married to Mr. Samuel H. Mann at Humboldt, Tenn., on June 5, 1889, and to their union four children were born, viz: Frances R. Mann, Sam H. Mann, Jr., Mattie H. Mann and Edwin Earl Mann, all of whom survive her except the latter, who died in Forrest City in 1898, while yet an infant. With the exception of the first two years, she lived all her married life in Forrest City. Three brothers, Messrs. R. W. and J. B. Ramsey, of Memphis, and E. D. Ramsey, of Clinton, Ky., two sisters, Mrs. W. C. Porter, of Clinton, Ky., and Mrs. J. H. Davis, of Baltimore, Md., and her husband, Judge S. H. Mann., of this city, also survive her. Mrs. Mann had been in falling health for several years, and had sought the advice and skill of the best physicians. It was with hope tht the diet, the quiet and the scientific treatment woudl benefit her, that she went a short time ago to the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Little Rock. While there she had the most careful nursing, and at first seemed to improve. Even as late as the early part of last week there had been no alarming symptons of any change for the worse, and it was not until Tuesday that Judge Mann, upon his arrival here from Memphis, where he had been on professional business, learned from his daughter, Miss Frances, who had received the sad news during his absence, that Mrs. Mann was nod doing so well, and requesting his presence at her bedside. Mr. Mann and daughters left at once, and upon reaching their destination saw the terrible truth that she could scarcely survive another day, and they remained there watching and hoping against hope, until the end. Mrs. Mann died at 3 o'clock, p. m., on Friday, September 15, 1911. The remains were prepared for burial and shipped here, being accompanied by Judge Mann and other relatives and friends, the young ladies and Sam, Jr., having returned on an earlier train. Upon arrival here, scores of kind and loving friends met the grief-stricken husband and other relatives, and the remains were tenderly removed form the train to the hearse by friends and taken in charge by the Stevens undertaking establishment and conveyed to the family residence, where they lay in state until Sunday afternoon at 1 o'vlock, when the funeral corlege wended its way to the Forrest City Cemetery, where, in the presence of a large concourse of relatives, near and dear friends and acquaintances, the precious remains were interred. Rev. J. R. Nelson, of the Methodist church, officiating. The service of song by the choir, composed of friends of long standing, and of tunes dear to the heart of deceased, was beautiful indeed, and when the officiating minister spoke so tenderly and feelingly of the sweet, womanly life that had been taken, there were tears of sincere sorrow in the eyes of every person present. Mrs. Mann was a most excellent woman. Endowed with great natural ability, talented, cultured, and of great intellectual attainments, she was, withal, so modest and unpretentious, quiet and courteous, that she had surrounded herself with a very large circle of earnest friends, with whom, when in health, she passed many pleasant hours in doing good. She was a member of the Methodist church, of the Comos Club, the Ophelouslan Circle, the Knight and Ladies of Honor, and perhaps some other organizations, in all of which she was most hightly esteemed and an active member. Her death was a great shock to the entire community of her friends and acqaintances. and our heart goes out to him whose heart is sore and bleeding at the loss of her who has been his other self, the sweetest, gentlest and wisest counsellor and truest, bravest and best of friends, throught all the years, in tender sympathy. Few women who ever lived in Forrest City were more greatly esteemed than Mrs. Mann, and the attestation of her noble character and the esteem in which she was held in the community was shown in slight degree by the large assembly of sympathetic and loving friends who paid tribute to her memory and piled her grave high with rare and beautiful flowers emblematic of her pure sweet life. The out of town relatives and friends who came to mingle their tears of sorrow with the immediate family, and comfort them as best they could were: Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Ramsey, Earl Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Northcross, Memphis; Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Mann, Mr. s V. V. Mann, Miss Mamie Mann. Estes Mann, Burk Mann, John Mann, Vlertoria and Pearl Mann, Mrs. A. Knox, Eva Knox, James Knox, Mrs. Will Brasher, Pine Bluff: Mrs. B. G. Green, Elizabeth Green, Virginia Green, Coldwater, Miss: Mrs. J. H Davis, Baltimore, Md.: Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Walker, Brownsville, Tenn: Mrs. J. T. Herron, Jackson, Tenn: Judge E. A. McCulloch, Little Rock, Ark. Resolutions of Condolence. Whereas: The Great Supreme Exalted Ruler has called from his dide the beloved wife and helpmeet fo our worthy brother and friend. Hon. S. H. Mann; and Whereas; We know that this has been to him a fearful calamity, and that his heart is sore and lacerated by this awful and quite sudden seperation from her who has b -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-22-1911 - O'DANIEL - H. - T. - - - UNK - 9 17 1911 - GRAHAM - DEATH=DEATH OF H. T. O'DANIEL=H. T. O'Daniel was born May 17, 1840 at Holly Springs, Miss., and came to Arkansas twenty five years ago, where he has since resided. He was twice married, his last wife being Mary Camp, and to which union one child, Miss Lillian was born, and survives him. He joined the Baptist church in early life, and his membership transferred to the church in Wynne, Ark. He was a planter and a good one, earning a very satisfactory livelihood. When the Civil War came, he enlisted in the 27th Mississippi Infantry, and was a brave and gallant soldier, participating in some of the fiercest affrays. He died at his home in the Higgs Hotel in this city, Sunday, Sep. 17, 1911, of Bright's disease, and though he had sufferered much, he had wonderful fortitude and tenacity, and was only confined to his bed one day. The funeral was conducted by Elder E. J. P. Garrott of the Baptist church on Monday, and the remains were interred in the Graham cemetery in the presence of a large number of sorrrowing friends and relatives. Mr. O'Daniel was a good man, and a familiar figure on the streets of Forrest City. His daughter, Miss Lillian is the chief operator of the telephone exchange. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-22-1911 - COX - JOHN - - - - 6 7 1833 - 9 19 1911 - CITY - DEATH=THE FORREST CITY TIMES Sept. 22, 1911-GOOD MAN GONE. Uncle John Cox, of Yocona, Passes to His Reward, Aged 78 Years. John Cox, Sr., aged 78 years, was born in South Carolina, in 1833, spent his early life in Mississippi, and came to Arkansas in 1869, having lived in the State 42 years, and for 38 years resided continuously in his dear old home, in the Yacona settlement, in this county, about five miles Southeast of Forrest City, where he died on Tuesday evening, September 19th, 1911, at 5: 45 o'clock, of congestion. The funeral took place from the home about 2: 30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, and the remains, followed by sorrowing relatives and a large circle of friends, were brought to Forrest City and interred in the Forrest City cemetery, under the auspices of Forrest City Lodge No. 198, F. & A., M. at 4 o'clock. Eld E. J. P. Garrott, of the Baptist church, conducted religious ceremonies, and the Baptist choir sang a number of the old and beautiful gospel hymns of which he was so fond during his life. Immediately after Eld. Garrott's remarks, Rev. Geo. R. Kirker, W. M. and Bro. Eugene Williams, Chaplain, read the beautiful ritual burial service of the Masonic lodge, and all that was left of our dear old friend, was tenderly and lovingly laid to rest by his brother Masons. Uncle John Cox, as he was familiarly known, has been our good friend for 25 years. His was a familiar figure in Forrest City where he frequently came on business, and mingled with friends, of whom he had many. He was an honest, upright man, gentle and patient with humankind, unpretentious, and hence hightly esteemed by all who knew him. He lived a quiet, peaceful life, joining the Methodist church in his younger days, and eighteen years ago uniting with the Baptist congregation at the Poplar Grove church in his neighborhood, and living a consistent christian life. He leaves four sons, Messrs, John, Tom, Roe and Jesse and two daughters Miss Iva and Mrs. Danehower, besides other relatives and a large number of close friends to mourn his death. He was a Mason in good standing, having been an active and consistent brother for many years, and, we are informed, was also a member of the Knights & Ladles of Honor. John Cox, Sr., was a confederate soldier, Sanders' Battalion Cavalry, (we could not learn further particulars of his entlistment) and and served his country faithfully and well. He had been having chills, and feeling badly for several days, but died rather suddenly, having been seriously ill but one day. He was in town only last week, and when we met him was feeling quite as well as usual. He has gone to his reward, and we deeply sympathize with the family who are so terribley bereaved. May God comfort them. The floral offerings were very beautiful, and the newly made grave was piled with rare flowers as a slight token of esteem in which he was held by the donors. - Brenda Huntley Added: 3/23/2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-22-1911 - KIESEL - LIZZIE - - MRS - TUCKER - 2 16 1889 - 9 16 1911 - EAST HILL - DEATH=A letter received from Palestine, Texas from Mr. Ed Kiesel, formerly of this paper, announces that his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Kiesel is dead at the age of 22 years, 7 months, she died in that city Saturday, Sep. 16, 1911 of malarial fever and eara pelas, after a brief illness of two weeks. The funeral took place from the residence of her mother, Mrs. M. E. Tucker, and itnerment was done at East Hill cemetery on Saturday afternoon. She leaves a husband, and two little girls, her mother, and several other relatives to mourn her loss. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-22-1911 - CARROLL - E. - T. - - - UNK - 9 15 1911 - ELDORADO - DEATH=BRAVE MAN KILLED=Mr. E. T. Carroll, depot agent at Caldwell, shot to death by desperate criminal. Officers were notified last Friday, Sep. 15, 1911, that Agent E. T. Carroll, of the Iron Mountain Railroad, at Caldwell, a small station about six miles north of the city, had been shot while serving with a posse which had been deputized by Deputy Sheriff Cliff Brown to arrest Joe Cantrill, a criminal, from Cross County for a shooting in Earle in the spring. While in a home of Willie Thellman, where Cantrill had hid under a bed, Mr. Carroll was shot with a Colt automatic 32 pistol six times. A shootout ensued, and Cantrill escaped. The next day his dead body was found about three hundred yards from the house where he had hidden. Carroll's body was brought to Forrest City Friday night, and shipped to Eldorado, Ark. for interment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-22-1911 - CANTRILL - JOE - - - - UNK - 9 15 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=BRAVE MAN KILLED=Mr. E. T. Carroll, depot agent at Caldwell, shot to death by desperate criminal. Officers were notified last Friday, Sep. 15, 1911, that Agent E. T. Carroll, of the Iron Mountain Railroad, at Caldwell, a small station about six miles north of the city, had been shot while serving with a posse which had been deputized by Deputy Sheriff Cliff Brown to arrest Joe Cantrill, a criminal, from Cross County for a shooting in Earle in the spring. While in a home of Willie Thellman, where Cantrill had hid under a bed, Mr. Carroll was shot with a Colt automatic 32 pistol six times. A shootout ensued, and Cantrill escaped. The next day his dead body was found about three hundred yards from the house where he had hidden. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-29-1911 - PETTY - J. - H. - - - UNK - UNK - CITY - DEATH=MONUMENT UNVEILED BY WOODMEN OF THE WORLD=On last Sunday, the Woodmen Camp of Forrest City dedicated a monument in the Forrest City cemetery to their dead Sovereign J. H. Petty, An organ was taken to the cemetery and the choir with: Mrs. B. T. Manning, Mrs. T. V. Prude, Mrs. Henry Pettus, Messrs. W. W. Hughes, and A. A. French. Hon. Wm. H. Rector, Assistant Attorney General of Arkansas, of Little Rock delivered the magnificent address. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-29-1911 - MYERS - DAVE - - - - 1905 - 9 24 1911 - ELMWOOD - DEATH=Mr. & Mrs. W. E. Allen received the news that their beloved little grandson, Dave Myers, son of Mr. & Mrs. D. R. Myers, of Memphis, and are sorely bereaved. The little fellow died Sunday, Sep. 24, 1911, from blood poisoning from a scratch on one of his feet, aged about six years, and was buried at Elmwood cemetery in Memphis. The bereaved family have our sympathy in their sore distress. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-29-1911 - HARRIS - FRANK - RUSH - - - 6 8 1869 - 9 23 1911 - MADISON - DEATH=DEATH OF FRANK RUSH HARRIS=Frank Rush Harris was born in Forrest City in 1868, and was therefore 43 years of age at the time of his death, which occurred at his home one half mile east of Crow Creek, on what is known as the old Sam Cobb place, on Saturday night, Sep. 23, 1911, of pneumonia, after an illness of about three weeks. He was the second son of Terrill R. and Jennie A. Harris, and his mother, two brothers, Chas. and Claud Harris, and two sisters, Mrs. Tozer of Houston, Texas and Mrs. Ed Gurley, of Memphis, his wife and six children, 3 boys and 3 girls, the oldest being Miss Ethel being 14 years of age, survive him. The funeral took place Sunday from the family residence, and the remains were interred in the Madison cemetery, in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives. Frank Harris was a member of the Methodist church of Madison, and the Knights of Honor, in which latter organization he carried $500 in insurance. He had lived on the Sam Cobb place about two years, and was engaged in farming. He leaves a large family and they are in rather straightened straits, by reason of much illness. Mrs. Harris and two of the children being quite sick, and requiring medical attention. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-6-1911 - POKER - WILL - - - - UNK - 10 3 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=Last Tuesday, Oct. 3, 1911, a man named Tom Walker killed Will Poker, near Fishing Lake, by emptying two loads of shot in his body. Walker came to town and gave himself up, claiming justification under the "unwritten law. " -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-6-1911 - HUMPHREYS - WILLIAM - - - - UNK - 10 5 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=Old man William Humphreys, a respected and enterprising, well to do man who lived about two miles east of town died at his home, yesterday morning, Oct. 5, 1911. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-6-1911 - COOK - W. - H. - MRS - - UNK - 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=Mr. W. H. Cook has been In an unhealthy condition for two years, and who has been seriously ill, has been taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Memphis, just after his wife's death. He has returned and has gradually improved. Mrs. Cook had been unhealthy for a long time, and gradually grew worse, and finally entered into peaceful rest. She leaves a husband, and seven children, and five grandchildren to mourn her loss. Her eldest daughter, Mrs. Joe Gross, has been ill ever since, but she is better now. Democrat Times. m -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-6-1911 - THOMAS - HENRY - - - - UNK - 9 29 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=An honest man is one of God's noblest works, and death surely claimed on when he laid his hand on Mr. Thomas Henry, a prosperous farmer of Griggs township. His death occurred last Friday night, Sep. 29, 1911 at his home on Fishing Lake. Henry had the respect and confidence of everybody, and his word was eqaul to a secured bond. He leaves quite a landed estate, $3, 500 in insurance, and was an extensive renter. His son, Walter, is a merchant in Madison will continue his planting interests. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-20-1911 - WHITTENTON - ROBERT - IRVIN - - - UNK - 10 16 1911 - CITY - DEATH=DEATH OF ROBERT IRVIN WHITTENTON=The second son of Mr. & Mrs. John I. Whittenton of Yocona, neighborhood, died at the home of his parents, Monday night, Oct. 16, 1911, after nine days of sickness with malarial hematura. The young man, who was a brght, lovable boy was attending school at Yocona schoolhouse at the time of being stricken with his fatal illness. Besides his parents, he leaves four brothers, Clifford, Thomas, Jack and Jamie, five sisters, Mrs. Will Fisher, of this city, and Misses Nora, Deta, Mabel, and Ola survive him and mourn the loss of their loved one. The funeral proceeded from the family residence to the Forrest City cemetery, where Elder E. P. J. Garrott of the Baptist church, of this city, performing the ceremonies. The funeral was attended by a large concourse of friends and relatives. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-20-1911 - LACEY - NATHAN - - - - UNK - 10 16 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=ONE FIEND LESS A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE-Nathan Lacey, a notorious rapist, meets his deserts. On Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Tom Cox, while ironing clothes, was oblivious to the entrance thru the back door of Nathan Lacey, employed on the farm, and he grabbed her throat, and threw her on the hot stove where she was burned, they went into the yard where he continued his attack, when the young boy shouted that his father was returning, and would cul ol Nate's head off for killing mama, Lacey became alarmed, and fled from the neighborhood. A crowd of very angry men formed a posse, and pursued him, and Sunday night, found him on the Jim Wood homestead on the Yarbrough farm about three miles east of Colt. He was in bed, and when commanded to get up, he did so readily, and was taken to jail for safekeeping. After rumors of militia being sent by Governor to protect him, a crowd of 200 surrounded the jail, and took Lacey out to Summit, an old brick yard, about a mile east of the city, and lynched him. Lacey was out on bail for a similar assault offence, posted by the same Mr. Tom Cox. On Tuesday morning, Mr. A. L. Stevens and S. B. Courad cut him down, and was buried in a wooden coffin brought with them, and buried by the Rock Island section gang, on the right of way for the railroad. Judge Rolfe, Sheriff Mallory, and other officers of the court tried to prevent this from happening, but they were overtaken by the crowd. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-20-1911 - COLLIE - ROBERT - - - - 1856 - 10 12 1911 - HUGHES - DEATH=Mr. Robert Collie died on Thursday of last week, Oct. 12, 1911, at his home in the Fulwood neighborhood, about 5 miles northeast of Forrest City, of malarial hematuria, after a brief illness of only three or four days, and the remains were interred in the Hughes cemetery in the presence of a large number of friends. He was 55 years of age, a good citizen, and had the respect of all who knew him. He leaves a family of four children, two married, and two unmarried. We extend to the bereaved ones sincere sympathy in their darkest hour of adversity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-20-1911 - BLACKMAN - BETTIE - LEE - MISS - - - 10 12 1911 - HUGHES - DEATH=The young and beautiful daughter, Bettie Lee, of Mr. C. Y. Blackman died at their home in the New Castle neighborhood on Thursday of last week, Oct. 12, 1911, of convulsions, and was buried at the Hughes cemetery on Friday. The family and others bereaved have our sincere sympathy. She was a splendid girl, smart, and studious and had a lovely disposition, and was popular with a large circle of friends and schoolmates. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-20-1911 - COFFMAN - FRANK - A. - - - 1850 - 10 12 1911 - CITY - DEATH=The remains of Mr. Frank Coffman, which have been held at Stevens Undertaking Establishment, awaiting his relatives wishes, has been buried in Forrest City Cemetery. Funeral from Stevens Parlor. AGE 61. Rev. J. R. Nelson of the Methodist church on Oct. 29, 1911 conducted the funeral services in the presence of friends and strangers. Mr. Coffman was but a stranger in our city, having followed farming for a livelihood, in various parts of the county, and his acquaintance was limited. The brothers in the north, who who are quite wealthy, were contacted but did not respond, after asking if he left an estate, which he did not, and they became silent. Mrs. Geo. H. Abell, a cousin of Mr. Coffman, was the only one with a spark of sympathy in her heart, but was unable to get the family to bring him home for burial, and she was unable to help financially herself. Comment is unncecesary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-27-1911 - TARVER - CHARLEY - BIRD - - - 7 31 1873 - 10 26 1911 - CITY - DEATH=CHARLES BIRD TARVER DEAD=The death of Charley Tarver cast a deep gloom and great sorrow over the city yesterday when it became known. After a long, painful, and severe illness, against which he struggled manfully, and through which he was given every attention that medical skill and kindly loving care could suggest. Charley Bird Tarver passed to his reward Thursday morning, Oct. 26, 1911. Mr. Tarver was born in Pleasant Hill, Mississippi, July 31, 1873. He moved to Arkansas about eight years ago and has resided here and in Wynne almost continuously since. He was married to Miss Mary Mason shortly after moving to this state and she with one son, survive him. He had been in ill health for several years, having been compelled to give up a lucrative position in a bank in Wynne on account of the close environment. He was a victim of the dread White Plague, and was finally compelled two months ago to take to his room and bed, from which he never left. The services at the grave were performed by Rev. J. R. Nelson, of the Methodist church were most impressive, and while the choir sang the hymns while his remains were interred in the Forrest City cemetery. His parents, brothers and sisters and several other relatives from abroad followed the body to the grave. Charley Bird Tarver was an honest, upright, enterprising Christian gentleman. He leaves a wife, and a boy of five years, besides his parents, brothers and sisters, and other relatives and friends to mourn his loss. Mr. & Mrs. Tom Tarver of Widener, attended the bedside of his brother, Mr. C. B. Tarver. 11-3-1911 Mr. W. P. Mason of St. Louis, brother in law of Mr. Tarver came down, even though he missed the funeral to help his sister in her loss. Rev. J. A. Mason also attended the funeral. 11-10-1911 Mrs. Tarver and daughter Anita went to St. Louis with her brother Mr. W. P. Mason for a month. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-27-1911 - WRIGHT - JOE - - JR. - - 4 1910 - 10 20 1911 - SAND RIDGE - DEATH=Democrat Times=Mr. & Mrs. Joe Wright lost their little baby boy, Joe Jr., last Friday night, Oct. 20, 1911. The little fellow was 18 months old and had been ill for three weeks and a half. They took him to the doctor several times and did all they could to help save him, but to no avail. Father, mother, little sister, and grandparents, besides other relatives, mourn his death. He was buried in Sand Ridge cemetery. They have our kindly sympathy. 10-27-1911 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-27-1911 - GARRETT - GERTRUDE - - - - 3 1911 - 10 26 1911 - CITY - DEATH=The sweet little seven months old daughter, Gertrude, of Mr. & Mrs. Garrett, who live on the W. T. Clark farm, northeast of town, died yesterday, Oct. 26, 1911, and was buried today in the Forrest City cemetery. The bereaved parents have our sincere sympathy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-27-1911 - ADAMS - J. - F. - MRS - - UNK - 10 25 1911 - BARNISHAW - DEATH=Mrs. J. F. Adams died at her home near Pine Tree Oct. 25, 1911 of heart trouble, and was buried at Barnishaw cemetery yesterday. Mr. Adams died sometime last spring- we think in February. She leaves a large family of small children, seven or eight, who have the sympathy of the entire community. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-27-1911 - BARBER - LEAH - - - - UNK - 10 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=Official notice has arrived in Clerk Merwin's office of the death of Leah Barber, admitted from this county to the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Aug. 28, 1908. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-27-1911 - NIPPER - MARTHA - - MRS - - 1883 - 10 27 1911 - HUGHES - DEATH=Mrs. Martha Nipper, age 28, died at her home near Colt this morning, Oct. 27, 1911, and will be buried tomorrow at the Hughes cemetery. We have been unable to find out the particulars. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11-3-1911 - JONES - DAN - - - - UNK - 10 29 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=Dan Jones was shot and killed by Major King, in Democrat Sunday, Oct. 29, 1911, per Squire W. S. Thomas who did the investigation on Monday over the altercation about a fifty cent piece. King thought that Jones was pulling a pistol, and shot him with a shotgun. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11-10-1911 - HEUSTESS - W. - S. - - - 1850 - 11 5 1911 - SPARKMAN - DEATH=DEATH OF W. S. HEUSTESS=Another of the county's pioneer citizens goes to his home beyond the skies. Mr. W. S. "White" Heustess, has died was the news that hit the city Sunday night, Nov. 5, 1911, at his home half a mile south of Bonair. Mr. Heustess had long been a resident of the county, coming here at an early age with his parents, shortly before the war, and locating at Madison, where he lived during the whole time of the war. While living at Madison, the town was attacked by Federal troops, and his father was taken prisoner. The Federals carried his father to a point south of Haynes, at what is known as Hughes Ferry, and camped that night. The next morning they were attacked by Parson's Texans, and routed. After the battle, Heustess was found dead on the field. After the war, young Heustess took his widowed mother and went back to the farm; after farming for a few years, he ran the ferry at the Hughes Ferry, and then decided to try farming once more, buying a place in the Yocona neighborhood, near the Jesse Hodges' place. He lived there a number of years, and then bought the Sparkman place, about a half mile south of Bonair, where he lived until his death. He was married about thirty years ago to Miss Matthews, and she with three sons, William, Jessie, and Charles of this county, and one sister, Mrs. Eliza McGuffey, of Oklahoma City survive him. Mr. Hughes was in his sixty first year at the time of his death. He had been in failing health for some little time, but was sttricken with the fatal malady which caused his death only a few weeks ago. He had been suffering with a rising in his head, and this formed a pressure on the brain which resulted in his death. Mr. Heustess was a Justice of the Peace for Franks township, was a model citizen, and an upright honest God fearing man. Rev. E. J. P. Garrott, of the Baptist church, of which Mr. Heustess had been a consistent member for thirty years. performed the ceremonies at the residence on Monday. and at the Sparkman graveyard, three miles west of Haynes. The funeral was largely attended. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11-10-1911 - KEY - IRB - - - - UNK - 11 5 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=ANOTHER SUNDAY KILLING=Mr. J. A. Cornelius kills his son in law Mr. Irb Key, Coroners jury justifies him. News reached the city Sunday evening, when Hud Cornelius came into the city as a messenger from his father, J. A. Cornelius, and informed the officers, that his father had killed Mr. Key at their home at the head of Old River, shortly after 2 pm, Nov. 5, 1911. Coroner Todd and Chief Deputy, Dr. McDougal went to perform the inquest where Mr. Key was accused of abusing his wife, and when he had remonstrated with him, Key had made a motion to go for his gun, whereupon he shot him using a derringer pistol. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11-10-1911 - DAVIS - THOMAS - BRANDENBURG - - - 9 1 1880 - 11 3 1911 - CITY - DEATH=APPENDICITUS PROVES FATAL=Mr. Thomas Brandenburg Davis dies on Friday, Nov. 3, 1911 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Little Rock where he had undergone surgery on Tuesday for appendiciius. He was the youngest son of Mr. & Mrs. T. J. Davis of Happy Home, three miles south of the city, where he was born Sep. 1, 1880, and his boyhood life was here, and he received the foundations of his education in the public schools. After graduating here, he attended the Unif. of Arkansas for three and a half years, worked two years in Colorado, then took a course at Cornell for one year, after which time he went as an engineer for the American Smelting and Refining Co. to design, and superintend the building of a plant Santa Barbara, Mexico. Afterwards, he accepted a chair of applied mathematics at the Unif. of Nebraska, Lincoln for one year. Then he accepted a position with the Jeffrey Mfg. Co. of Ohio, to work on the Panama Canal. His last position was with the Arkansas Farm Co. of Little Rock, with whom he remained until his death. The precious remains were prepared for burial in Little Rock and shipped here Saturday morning. The funeral proceeded from the parents home to the Forrest City cemetery, where he was interred, Rev. J. R. Nelson of the Methodist church performing the ceremonies. Selected pall bearers: Mr. E. A. Breach, and Mr. P. A. Reichardt, of Little Rock; and Mr. James Wolfe, Mr. Wilbur Alley, Mr. Walter Gorman, and Mr. A. D. McDaniel of this city. Some attending were: Mrs. R. K. Fitzhugh, sister of the deceased with her husband and family of Augusta; Mr. J. H. Davis, brother of Baltimore, Md.; Miss Mattie Mai Davis, a sister of Memphis; Mr. Joe Mosby, a cousin of Crawfordsville; Mr. James Lewis of Memphis; Miss Neil Minor of Memphis. He is survived by his parents, three sisters, Mrs. S. C. Neel, Mrs. R. K. Fitzhugh, MIss Mattie Mai Davis, and one brother, Mr. J. H. Davis, who is an electircal engineer with the B. & O. Railroad.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11-17-1911 - STANLEY - ESMOND - C. - - - 1900 - 11 12 1911 - McDANIEL - DEATH=Esmond C. Stanley, an eleven year old orphan boy, who had been making his home with Mr. & Mrs. Sam Worrall, south of the city, died Sunday, Nov. 12, 1911, at their home and was buried Monday at the McDaniel cemetery near Bonair. The young man, several weeks ago, accidentally swallowed a green cockle burr, which had been surgically removed from his throat by an operation in Memphis. He apparently died from convulsions because the incisions did not heal properly. Rev. Edward T. Mabley of the Church of the Good Shepherd performed the ceremonies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11-24-1911 - GALLIE - ALFRED - - - - UNK - 11 19 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=MAN KILLED BY MOB=Mr. Alfred Gallie (Gulley?) shot to death Sunday night, Nov. 19, 1911. Coroner Todd returned Tuesday night from the Jim New place at the head of Old River, where he had investigated the murder of Mr. Gallie. Gallie had been accused of abusing his wife and children, Four men, Will Jackson, Rob Lindsey, Thomas Smith, and George Glenn and the wife, Mrs. Josephine Gallie were held in jail that night. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12-1-1911 - McANNANY - MICHAEL - - - - UNK - 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=Hon. T. O. Fitzpatrick noticed an announcement in the Commercial Appeal of the death of Mr. Michael McAnnany, of Milwaukee, and was reminded of a former acquaintance and association with deceased in 1870. In that year, McAnnany and himself made a joint canvass of representatives of five counties, all of the counties voting for four representatives, the same as they do now for state senator. They were Cross, Poinsett, Craighead, Mississippi, and Jackson, and these gentlemen were candidates on the republican ticket. McAnnany was the editor of the paper at Jacksonport, and figured very prominently in politics in those days, afterwards, leaving the state and locating in Milwaukee, where he was editing the Globe at the time of his demise. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12-1-1911 - WILLIAMS - JIM - - - - UNK - 11 27 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=GOODWIN TIMES=Mr. Jim Williams died at the home of Mrs. E. N. Brown, Monday morning, Nov. 27, 1911. of hemmorhage of lungs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12-8-1911 - HOWELL - ELLA - E. - MISS - - 1898 - 12 1 1911 - HAZEN - DEATH=DEATH OF ELLA E. HOWELL=Died at the home of her parents, near Tuttleton, Friday, Dec. 1, 1911, age 13 years, Ella E. Howell. The remains were taken to Hazen for interment, where a large concourse of friends and relatives had assembled to pay their last respect. Ella was the second daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. O. Howell of Franks township She was but ill one hour before she passed over. They live about seven miles south, near Dan Wylds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12-15-1911 - BLOCK - JOE - - - - UNK - 12 14 1911 - UNKNOWN - DEATH=Mr. Joe Block of Wynne, well known here and esteemed by a large circle of friends, died suddenly of heart failure, yesterday afternoon, Dec. 14, 1911. He was a deaf mute, brother of Mr. Nate Block of this city and the Blocks of Cross county. Mr. Nate Block went to Wynne last night, to attend the funeral. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12-15-1911 - FLETCHER - W. - R. - - - 1862 - 12 8 1911 - WHTIE HALL - DEATH=DEATH OF W. R. FLETCHER=Prominent farmer and citizen of Johnson Township died in Memphis hospital last Saturday, Dec. 8, 1911. The sad news of the death Saturday at the Presbyterian church at Memphis of Mr. W. R. Fletcher, who had been undergoing treatment for three weeks. Mr. Fletcher was taken ill in September during the Circuit Court session. While being treated, he became weaker and weaker, and was taken to Memphs, where an operation was done, he appeared to be getting better, but the rally was short lived. Mrs. Fletcher, son Clabe, and Mrs. Fletcher's mother, Mrs. Brice Hamilton were in the room when he passed away. The remains were brought over from Memphis Sunday, to Stevens Undertaking Est., where they stayed until Monday, and were taken to the church at White Hall for services, held by Rev. Geo. H. Kirker of the Presbyterian church here. Then the Odd Fellows took charge of the services at the grave, Mr. Fletcher being a member of the Colt Lodge, as well as the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Fletcher was a native of this county, having been born and raised on a farm in the northern part of the county. He was forty nine years of age, and up until the illness had always been in vigorous health. He was married twice, the first to Miss Ida Henry, to which union were born four children, three of whom, one son, Clabe, and two daughters Mrs. Mark Garner, and Mrs. John Farr, of Johnson township, survive. His first wife died in 1892, and then he married Miss Annie Hamilton, who survives him along with four children were born, Three of these survive him, two daughters, Mrs. Bill Williams, of Paragould; and Vivian, and a son, Brice, the latter two at home. The pallbearers were: Dr. J. F. McDougal, and Mr. Will David of this city; and Mr. Tom Hampton, Mr. Luther Peevey, Mr. John Christopher, and Prof. J. M. Wilson, of Colt. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12-22-1911 - VUN KANNON - EVA - - MRS - SELLERS - UNK - 12 17 1911 - HUGHES - DEATH=DEATH OF MRS. EVA VUN KANNON= News of the death of Mrs. Eva Vun Kannon, wife of Mr. George Vun Kannon, who expired on Sunday, Dec. 17, 1911 at the family home in Johnson township, will be received by the family's legion of friends thoughout the county with deep regreat and sorrow. The remains of the deceased lady were buried at Hughes cemetery on Monday, Rev. George H. Kirker of the Presbyterian church conducting the ceremonies at the grave. The lady is survived by her husband, and two little baby girls, Lucille and Willie Mae, also three brothers, Messrs. Bob, Thad, and Dee Sellers of this city. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12-29-1911 - HATCHER - J. - M. - - - UNK - 12 26 1911 - WOODLAWN - DEATH=DEATH OF J. M. HATCHER=Jonesboro, Ark. -Dec. 26, 1911-Mr. J. M. Hatcher died at the residence of his sister, Mrs. J. H. Snyder, here as the result of the stroke of apoplexy and paralysis, at Nettleton, while waiting in a hotel enroute to his home in Monette from St. Louis. He never fully regained consciousness. He was buried at Woodlawn cemetery, and is survived by a wife and five children, and two brothers, B. D. Hatcher of Forrest City, and P. A. Hatcher of Jonesboro, and two sisters, Mrs. E. A. Rolfe, of Forrest City, and Mrs. J. H. Snyder of Jonesboro. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [continued] http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/stfrancis/newspapers/fct/1911-3.txt