Obituary of Matilda Havens, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul Isbell
        Date: 9 Dec 2008
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HAVENS, MRS MATILDA OPHELIA TEAL
1/4/1848-7/8/1925
CITY Cemetery

Born in Mississippi per cousin Henry T. Haven- She is My Great Grandmother on
Maternal Side of my family. -IMAGE891

Mrs. Havens Passed Away Last Sunday. Mrs. Matilda Ophelia Havens died at her
home at four o'clock Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Havens was born in Tennessee January
4, 1848. She was united in marriage in 1867 to Charles H. Havens, and they moved
to Forrest City in 1886. Her husband passed away in 1914, leaving considerable
property that he acquired in Forrest City, and under the wise management of Mrs.
Havens this estate had grown in value. Mrs. Havens became a member of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in her early girlhood, and had lived true to her
faith through the years. She reared a large and useful family, and all those
were present when she peacefully passed away, after a life of activity to good
deeds, and especially was she devoted to the welfare and interests of her
children. The surviving children are: Mrs. Nannie P. Ezell and Mrs. Mattie H.
Barlow of Memphis; Mrs. Emma Hodges, Charles Havens, Willie I. Havens, Louis F.
Havens, of this city; Mrs. Lucy Lewis of Cairo, Illinois; John K. Havens, of
Paragould. There are also twenty two grandchildren and four great grand
children. Funeral services were conducted at five o'clock Monday afternoon by
Reverend J. F. McJunkin, pastor ofthe Presbyterian Church, with interment in
City Cemetery. Pallbearers were six grandsons as follows: Vernon Hodges, Henry
Barlow, Charles Havens Jr., John Haven, Norman Hodges, Nolan Ezell. The floral
tributes covering Mrs. Havens' final resting place were numerous and beautiful.

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