Washington County ArArchives News.....Death of Mrs Eliza Eason  August 5, 1927
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Fayetteville Daily Democrat August 5, 1927
Mrs. Eliza B. Eason Yields to Long Illness; Funeral to Be Saturday

Mrs. Eliza Bourdon Howze Eason died at 8 o'clock Thursday night at the family 
home on Frisco street, after a five-year illness. Funeral services will be held 
Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the residence. Rev. H. Lynn Wade, past of 
Central Methodist church, assisted by Rev. J. A. Womack officiating. Interment 
will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Pallbearers will be K. C. Key, Fred Gattis, Ralph 
Lewis, C. L. Yarrington, George Sutton, Frank Gray, John Skillern Jr., and 
Stuart Cook. Music is to be in charge of Mrs. Yarrington. 

Native of Mississippi

Mrs. Eason was born Feb. 2, 1848, at Chulahoma, Miss., the daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Howze. In early life she became a member of the Presbyterian church, but 
after her marriage to J. T. Eason, Aug. 31, 1871, she joined the Methodist 
church at the time he did. The family came to Fayetteville in 1894. Mr. Eason 
passed away May 19, 1918. There were eight children born, one of whom, Walter 
Thomas, died instantly. Those who survive their mother are: Mrs. J. F. Gilliland 
and Mrs. W. T. Veazy, both of Coldwater, Miss.; Arthur of El Dorado; Mrs. U. L. 
Smelser, Alcuin, Thomas and Herman, all of Fayetteville. Eleven grandchildren 
and one great grandson survive also.

Sister of C. C. Veterans

Mrs. Eason had five brothers, two of whom were killed in the Confederate army in 
the battle before Richmond; one, a lawyer, died three years ago in Denver, 
Colo.; another, a Baptist minister, died some years ago in Mississippi.

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