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James Marion Miller [Male] b. 17 AUG 1909 Japton, Madison Co., AR - d. 2 APR 1927 Japton, Madison Co., AR
Groseclos Cemetery, Madison Co., AR
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The Madison County Record
Huntsville, AR
7 Apr 1927
Marion Miller, 17 years old, was killed suddenly Saturday afternoon nearJapton by Viola Murph y, 10 year old daughter of Joe Murphy. Thedeplorable tragedy was accidental, according to th e verdict of thecoroner's jury at the inquest held by Justice of the Peace Johnson Rogers.
The young man had been hunting and had stopped where the Murphy girl andtwo or three other ch ildren were playing. It is said that he had set downon a log and was whittling tooth brushe s for the chil dren; that theMurphy girl picked up his shotgun when the weapon was accidental lydischarged, the load striking young Miller in the side of his head andkilling him instantly .
The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Miller and a grandson of F.M. Eubanks. He is sai d to have been an exceptionally fine young man andhis untimely, tragic death has cast a ver y deep sorrow o ver Japton andsurrounding communities. Special sympathy goes out to his paren ts wholess than a year ago lost another son who died within a few hours afterreturning home o ne evening from school to w hich he went that morning inapparently good health.
Groseclos Cemetery, Madison Co., AR
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IOOF Cemetery, Lebanon, Linn Co., OR
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Gilliland Cemetery, Sweet Home, OR
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Albany, OR
14 Jan 2009
Jan. 4, 1917 - Jan. 10, 2009
Mildred Lora Davenport, 92, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday.
She was born in Japton, Ark., to Jessie James and Sarah Rose Etta(Eubanks) Miller.
She moved from Arkansas to Texas in 1937 and then returned to Arkansas in1939. In 1941 she mo ved to Vernonia and eventually settled in Sweet Homein 1945.
Mildred was a member of Oak Street Church of Christ in Albany. DuringWorld War II she was a n aircraft warning service observer and earned herwings. She worked at U.S. Plywood in Lebano n, Cardwells D epartmentStore, Cornett's and Sprouse Reitz in Sweet Home. She retired in 1982 from Whites Electronics.
She enjoyed gardening, canning, reading, hunting and fishing. She lovedto cook and no one eve r left her home without being fed.
Mildred is survived by her husband, Ewell Hayden Davenport Sr. of SweetHome; daughter Joy an d husband John Claborn of Sweet Home; son Ewell andwife Deb Davenport of Albany; four grandch ildren; and f ivegreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, LaQuita in 1943; her father in1941; her mother i n 1975; brothers William, Marion, twins Oval andOrville, and her twin brother, Loren; and sis ters Oma McChr istian,Esther Steeley, Maggie Drain Dixon, Wilma Garrett and Sina Milburn Cahi ll.
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Gross Cemetery, Madison Co., AR
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Mary Nadine Barnes, 88, from Raytown, Missouri, passed away April 5, 2012at Baptist Hospita l in North Little Rock. Nadine moved to Sherwood tolive near her youngest daughter after he r husband passed away in 2006.She was born on July 11, 1923 at home in Japton, AR, to the lat e EstherSteeley. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, auntand friend . She was very active in many community organizations such asBeta Sigma Phi, Eastern Star, an d the Shrine Temple. Although affected byAlzheimer's in her later years, she always maintaine d her sweet and kinddisposition and was a blessing to be around even in her final days.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Beatty George Barnes and herson-in-law, John Edwar d Gillin. She is survived by her children, JanieRaye Barnes and Lora Lee Gillin; grandchildre n, Stephen E. Barnett, DonnaM. Brady and her husband, Justin Brady, Eveline N. Kent and her h usband,Benjamin A. Kent, and Mary E. Crawford and her husband, Brandon M.Crawford; great-gran dchildren, Indica J. Bar nett and Johnny E. Barnett;and her beloved nephew, Dale Z. Francisc o and his wife, Susie Francisco.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 7th, 2012 atLittle Rock Funeral Hom e, 8801 Knoedl Ct. (NW Corner I-630 and BarrowRd.). Memorials may be made to Make-A-Wish©’ Mi d-South or A rkansasAlzheimer's Association.
Arrangements by Little Rock Funeral Home
Find A Grave Memorial# 88183165
Gross Cemetery, Madison Co., AR
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Northwest Arkansas Times
Fayetteville, AR
27 Feb 1974
Huntsville - Ted Mason Steeley, 71 of Huntsville, died Tuesday at aSpringdale hospital. Bor n Oct. 4, 1902 in Carthage, Mo., he was the sonof Basil and Stella Mason Steeley.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Ester Miller Steeley of the home; onedaughter, Mrs. Nadin e Barnes of Raytown, Mo.; two grandchildren and onegreat-grandchild.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Brashears Funeral Home withburial in Gross Cemeter y.
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Find A Grave Memorial# 88222977
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Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem, Marion Co., OR
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The Madison County Record
Huntsville, AR
22 Feb 1979
Maggie May Dixon of Dallas, Oregon, passed away March 11 in a Lebanon,Oregon hospital. She wa s 72.
She was born in Japton February 1, 1907.
Survivors are three daughters, Goldie Gleason, Dallas, Oregon, Sylvia B.Davenport, Lebanon, O regon, and Esther Barber, Salem, Oregon; three sons,Vernon Drain, Homedale, Idaho, Loren Drai n, Springdal e, and Ted Drain,Dallas, Oregon; two step-sons, Herb and Archie Dixon, Portland , Oregon; astep-daughter, Eleanore Stranger, Minneapolis, Minn.; a brother, LorenMiller, Swee t Home, Oregon; three sis ters, Esther Steeley, Huntsville,Lora Davenport, Sweet Home, Oregon , and Wilma Garrett, Dallas, Oregon; 31grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren.
Services were at 1:30 March 14 at Rigdon-Ransom Colonial Chapel, Salem,Oregon, with Rev. Me l Brower officiating. Interment was in BelcrestMemorial Park, Salem, Oregon.
Dunaway Cemetery, Madison Co., AR
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The Madison County Record
Huntsville, AR
11 May 1961
Adam V. Drain, 58, resident of Elkins community died Tuesday morning in aFayetteville hospita l following a short illness. Mr. Drain was bornOctober 9, 1903 at Asher, son of the late Samu el and Froni a Drain.
Survivors are three sons, Vernon Drain, L. D. Drain, and Ted Drain, allof Wilder, Idaho; thre e daughters, Mrs. Sylvia Davenport of Lebanon,Ore., Mrs. Goldie Ledbetter and Miss Esther An n Drain of As her; sixsisters, Mrs. Martha Miller of Rogers, Mrs. Rudy Hill and Mrs. DellaCom bs, both of Thorney, Mrs. Flora Drain and Mrs. Ida Dunaway, both ofAsher and Mrs. Nervia Mead ow of Fayetteville; and n ine grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p.m., Friday at the Plainviewschool, by Rev. Claude C ounts. Burial was at Dunaway cemetery at Asherunder the direction of Nelson's Funeral Home.
Ft. Sumter Community Cemetery, Knoxville, TN
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John Wesley Boyd
BOYD, JOHN WESLEY - a lifelong Knoxville resident and ardent TennesseeVols fan, died Monday e vening, March 22, 2010 at the age of 74. John lostthe battle with pneumonia but won what he c onsidered th e most importantfight of all at his home among loved ones. An honest, good man a nd atireless worker, John was born in Murfreesboro on April 9, 1935. Aftermoving to Knoxville , he met the love of his life, Bobbie Daniels, at age17. They had six children and remained r ock solid through all of life'sups and downs for 57 years. He was of the Baptist faith and lo ved theLord. He was preceded in dea th by mother and father, Eugene and JohnnieCatherine Boyd , and infant daughter, Katherine Elizabeth Boyd. Left tolovingly mourn his passing and celebr ate his Heavenly peace, happinessand comfort ar e wife, Bobbie; daughters and sons-in-law Kim berly andJaime Ybarra of Yorba Linda, CA and grandchildren, Melissa, John, Codyand Adam Colem an, and Cynthia and David McCarter of Sevierville,grandchil dren Laura Leigh Bales and husban d, Ed, their kids, Kaitlyn andTyler Bales, Daniel Fleming and daughter, Kayleigh Jade; sons , John W.Jr. (Chuck), Greg and Randy Boyd; sisters, Patricia Hannah and Pe ggyAdams; brothers , Ken and wife, Cara Boyd and Tom and wife, Betty Boyd;loving former daughter-in-law, Michell e Boyd; and countless otherwonderful friends and relatives. A funeral service will be conduct ed at7:00 p.m. Thursday at the Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel with ReverendTimothy Tatum offic iating. Family and friends will meet at 11:45 a.m.Friday at Ft. Sumter Community Cemetery (fo rmer ly Halls Memory Gardens)for a 12:00 noon interment service. The family will receive frie nds from5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday at Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel.
Online condolences may be made at www.rosemortuary.com
Friday March 26
12:00 PM
Ft. Sumter Community Cemetery
4828 Salem Church Rd.
Knoxville, TN 37938
Formerly Halls Memory Gardens
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