Arlie A. Beezley
 
    Mr. Arlie A. Beezley, a well
known Crawford and Phelps
County resident, was born
February 6, 1906 to the late Joel
and Martha Beezley, and
passed away April 25, 1973, at
the Phelps County Memorial
Hospital at the age of 67 years.
    Mr. Beezley was born on the
Beezley farm 12 miles south of
St. James where he lived and
had been engaged in farming
and livestock for the past 23
years.
    In 1929 in Jefferson City,
Missouri he was united in
marriage to Rebul Marcellus.
    Mr. Beezley was a member of
the First Church of God and
Masonic Lodge in St. James and
served on the Board of Trustees
of the First Church of God and
was President of the Board of
Federal Land Bank, Rolla,
Missouri.
    He was preceded in death by
two brothers and two sisters.
    He is survived by his wife,
Rebul and one brother, Jewel
Beezley of Fort Wayne, In-
diana.
    Mr. Beezley was highly
respected by all who knew him
and will be sadly missed by his
loving family and friends.
    Funeral services were con-
ducted Saturday, April 28, 1973
at 11 a.m. at the First Church of
God with Gayle Van Asdale
officiating.  Miss Nikki Gahr
was the soloist, accompanied at
the organ by Mrs. Jesse Gahr.
Interment was in the Masonic
Cemetery of St. James.  The
pallbearers were Henry
Kemnitzer, Wendell Klossner,
Parry Wycoff, Don Gruver,
Tommy Bowen and Charles
Henry Emory.
    Arrangements were under the
direction of the James-Gahr
Mortuary in St. James.
(St. James Leader Journal newspaper;
Thursday, May 3, 1973 edition;
Vol. 77, No. 39; Page 7)