Obituary of Permelia Jane McCormick, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul Isbell
        Date: 9 Dec 2008
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McCORMICK, MRS. PERMELIA JANE KENT
10/27/1838-1/1/1925
CITY Cemetery

[Unmarked in Charles H. Havens Family Plot-My Maternal Great Grandmother=she had
three husbands, Hamilton Prince, died in Civil war siege of Vicksburg; James
Louis Hodges married after war and he died in 1895; finally married in 1895 to
George W. McCormick, last of the brothers: Inventors of Tractor and other farm
implements!]

DEATH OF MRS. PARMELIA JANE McCORMICK-
Died at the residence of her son, Squire Sam L. Hodges, on Thursday, January 1,
1925. Mrs. Parmelia Jane McCormick. Interment on Friday afternoon in Forrest
City Cemetery. Services by Rev. B. F. Davidson, of the Baptist Church, assisted
by Rev. H. M. McCain, of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. McCormck was born in
Raymond, Mississippi in 1838, and came to Arkansas in 1868, where she since
resided. She leaves to mourn their loss one daughter, Mrs. Lula Wheat, of Little
Rock, and three sons, Will, Sam and Lewis Hodges. Mrs. McCormick had passed the
allotted age of man, "three score years and ten, as though but a dream;
influenced by her religious faith, She accepted the Baptist faith in early life,
and lived up to it's tenets all through the many years. "Love thy neighbor as
thyself. " God saw fit to call her home the beginnning of a New Year to enter
life in Heaven, "Blessed are those who die in the lord. "

-My great Great Grandmother-Married 3 times, and outlived all three! Hamilton
Miller Prince/James Louis Hodges/G. W. McCormick-her parents were Amos L. Kent,
and Malissa Bond-Found the announcement of the wedding of Great Grandma Hodges
to George W. McCormick in the Forrest City Times Newspaper, Oct. 25, 1895.

The residence of Mrs. Jennie P. Hodges, one mile south of this city, the happy
blending of spring, autumn and spring, so to speak, at 3:30 p. m. on Tuesday
afternoon, Oct. 22, 1895, the occasion was the marriage of George W. McCormick
to Mrs. Jennie P. Hodges, County Judge J. S. R. Cowan officiating. Both groom
and bride are in robust health and strength, at the age of 67 and 56 years,
respectively. Both parties to the union are well and favorably known throughout
this section of country and in Memphis, and hosts of friends are well wishers in
their new role. Immediately after the ceremony quite a surprise was sprung upon
the audience who had gathered to witness the proceedings of the occasion, by the
appearance of J. G. Boyle upon the scene announcing that he and Miss V. M.
McCormick, daughter of Mr. G. W. McCormick, had been married one week prior to
the aforesaid occasion.

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