Obituary of Mary Verser, St Francis County, AR

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        Date: 9 Dec 2008
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VERSER, MRS. MARY A. DICKINSON				
1825-2/25/1902	
UNKNOWN	OBIT		

DEATH OF MRS. MARY A. VERSER-
On the night of Feb. 25, 1902, the subject of this sketch passed away. Mrs.
Verser was 77 years of age having been born in Maury County, Tenn., near
Columbia, in 1825. Her maiden name was Mary A. Dickinson. She was married to J.
L. Verser 55 years ago, who was a cotton merchant in Memphis at one time. He was
stricken with yellow fever while on a trip in 1878 and died at Ft. Smith. She
was the oldest of a family on nine girls, and three survive her, and only one
brother. She leaves also two sons, and a daughter to mourn her loss. The funeral
services were conducted at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. W. Horn, by Rev. A.
N. Couch, pastor of the Baptist church, and the remains were interred in the
Forrest City cemetery Wednesday afternoon. Mr. J. D. Verser, of Osceola, was in
town at the bedside of his mother before she passed away.
2-28-1902

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