Spalding County GaArchives Obits.....Starr, Harry 1876 - 1956
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**Note from contributor: The following are various newspaper articles covering 
GA related topics (mostly obituaries) which were pasted into a scrapbook by 
Pauline (Rankin) Starr, wife of Harry -- descendant of Benjamin & Charlotte. 
They probably subscribed to a GA newspaper(s), but these may just be articles 
sent them by people 'back home'.  She was from Calhoun (Gordon Co.) and he 
from Sunnyside. The name of the newspaper, and alas date of obit / marriage 
announcement is not given in most cases.**


From the Mena [Arkansas] Star  12-24-56


HARRY STARR
         Funeral service for Harry Starr, who died Thursday, December 20, 
was held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the First Methodist church 
with the Rev. Warren D. Golden, pastor, officiating. Burial at Pinecrest 
Memorial park was directed by the Beasley-Wood Funeral home.
         The pallbearers were J. Roy Ivey, Lester Moon, Kelsie Skinner, 
Allen B. Johnson, Ray Johnson, Herman Wood, Rev. Coy Chatham, Ray Jordan, 
J. W. Byers and Clifford Standridge. Honorary pallbearers were F. J. 
Buschow, A. C. Blake, Ezra Cunningham, Allen Dover, Wayne Dingler, O. B. 
Witherspoon, Russell Cox, W. A. Hensley and members of the Wesley Bible class.
         Mr. Starr was born September 6, 1876, at Sunnyside, Spalding 
county, Ga., and attended school in Sunnyside and Calhoun, Ga. He enlisted 
in the U.S. army in 1898 at the beginning of the Spanish-American war. He 
served in Cuba on a hospital ship, and in the Philippines, returning to 
this country in May, 1900. He was married to Miss Pauline Rankin at 
Calhoun,  Ga., on November 21, 1900.  He lived at Sunnyside, Ga., where he 
was in the mercantile business until 1906, when he moved to Cove [Ark]. A 
short time later he moved into Indian Territory, later Oklahoma, and lived 
in the Smithville vicinity. During these years he taught school, was in the 
mercantile business, and served as postmaster. During the last 20 years of 
his active life he was a timber buyer for the old Cove Lumber company and 
various other lumber companies in this area. He had been retired about 15 
years. In 1953 he moved to Mena [Ark], where he lived until his death on 
December 29, 1956.
         Mr. Starr had been an active Methodist layman all his life, had 
taught Sunday school classes for most of his adult life and was teacher of 
the Wesley class at the M. E. church at the time of his death. In 1910 he 
was one of the organizers and a charter member of the Methodist church in 
Watson, Okla. This church was moved to Smithville in 1916 and he had been 
continuously active there until his removal to Mena. He was instrumental in 
the Folsom Training school being established at Smithville and served on 
the official board for several years.
         He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pauline Starr, Mena; four 
daughters, Miss Alice M. Starr, Oklahoma City, Okla., Mrs. Helen  Wade, 
Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Gladys Bynum Kansas City., Mo., Mrs. Ione Paul, 
Seattle, Wash.; two sons, Harry Starr, Jr., St. Elmo, Ill., Jack Starr, 
Lawrence, Kans.; two brothers, J. H. Starr, Macon, Ga., R. C. Starr, Fort 
Gibson, Okla.; two sisters, Mrs. J. F. Keener, Hopewell, Va., Mrs. Edwin 
Julian, Johnson City, Tenn.; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
         From out of town attending the funeral were L. H. Starr, H. W. 
Starr, W. E. Starr, T. B. Starr, Magnolia, Ark.; Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Johnson 
and daughters, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Ray Johnson, Poteau, Okla.; Mrs. Helen 
Cigaenero and son, Texarkana, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jordan, Mrs. Rufe 
Woods, Coy Chatham, Mrs. Geneva Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fleming, Mrs. 
Myrtle Johnson, Smithville, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Blake, Mr. and Mrs. 
E. E. Snitker, Cove.



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