Stroke Fatal to County Surveyor Harrison Dies at Home
Funeral services for Robert L. Harrison was held at Morley Methodist church with Rev. D. M. Mar graves, Rev. H. M. Andrews, and Rev. T. L. Bess presiding. Interment followed at Morley cemetery. Harrison, born April 23, 1864 in Clarksville Tennessee, served as Scott county surveyor and judge, dying from a paralytic stroke suffered on July 21 at his Benton home. survived by widow Ella and four sons Gupton, Lyman, and others. The long time landowner and public official had returned home after visiting Fornfelt when stricken.
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Robert L. Harrison
Scott County
Benton
Morley Methodist Church
D. M. Margraves
Holcomb
H. M. Andrews
Morley
T. L. Bess
Fornfelt
Mr. Harrison
Clarksville
Tenn
A. J. Harrison
Harrison
Harrison Family Survivors List Through Benton and Farmington
Charles Harrison of Benton and Jack Harrison of Farmington survive along with three daughters Mrs. Jack Harty of Jefferson City and Misses Mary and Ruth Harrison of Benton. Also surviving are two cousins, Mrs. John Beardslee of Salem and Mrs. R. A. Sparks of West Plains, who housed Mr. Harrison during his youth.
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Charles Harrison
Benton
Jack Harrison
Farmington
Jack Harty
Jefferson City
Mary
Ruth Harrison
Harrison
John Beardslee
Salem
R. A. Sparks
West Plains
Last Rites for Jesse E Boyette Held at Christian Church
Funeral services were held at 2 PM Friday at the Christian church for Jesse Edward Boyette who died July 25 at his sister’s home near Vancluser. Rev. Joseph P Read led the service. burial followed at Morley cemetery with Welsh rites. Born near Charleston 54 years ago, Boyette spent years in ministry and in medicine sales. He shared an engine invention with Coy George of Blytheville but sold his interest for 10 000 dollars. Surviving are his widow Cora Boyette, a daughter Mrs. R E Bailey Jr., and two grandchildren Eleanor Sue and Brenda Jean Bailey, all of Sikes.
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Christian Church
Jesse Edward Boyette
J. S. Wallace
Vancluser
Joseph P. Read
Morley
Boyette
Charleston
Coy George
Blycheville
Ark
Chicago
Cora Boyette
R. E. Bailey Jr
Eleanor Sue
Brenda Jean Bailey
Sikeston
Last Rites Held for Baby Louanna Sullivan
Last rites were conducted for Louanna Sue Sullivan week old daughter of Mr and Mrs Melvin Sullivan at their Moore Avenue residence. She died Saturday night from a complication of diseases. Rev A C Sullivan of Morehouse, her uncle, led the service. Interment followed at Memorial Park Cemetery with Dempster service. Louanna Sue was the couple’s only child.
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Moore Avenue
Louanna Sue
Melvin Sullivan
A. C. Sullivan
Morehouse
Sullivan
Memorial Park Cemetery
Dempster
Louanan Sue
Cape Girardeau Boy Drowns in River
Jack Price age 12 drowned in the Mississippi River a short distance south of Cape Rock after being caught in a small whirlpool with six feet of water. He and other Cape Girardeau boys swam opposite a sand beach and were about to leave when the accident occurred. He is survived by his father Silvie Price a WPA worker and his brother William 15. His mother had been dead for years.
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Jack Price
Mississippi
Cape Rock
Jack
Cape Girardeau
Silvie Price
Darryl Ray Hill Dies of Colitis at Age Three
Darryl Ray Hill, three year old son of Mr and Mrs L Hill farmers of the LaForge Resettlement project, died Monday after a short illness of colitis. The body lay in state at Dempster Funeral Home before burial in Center Ridge Arkansas, the Hills former home.
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Darryl Ray Hill
Jefferson Barracks to Be Part of Air Field Plan
Plans to convert Jefferson Barracks, 122 years a key Army infantry post, into an Air Corps recruiting and training center were announced by Lieut Col Wolcott P Hayes, commandant at Scott Field. The change follows the Sixth Infantry armored unit's departure next month to be split up and merged at Fort Knox Kentucky and Fort Benning Georgia.
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Jefferson Barracks
Air Corps
Scott Field
Air Corps Base
Mississippi
Belleville
Wolcott P. Hayes
Sixth Infantry
Armored
Fort Knox
Fort Benning
Advertising's hopeful voice lifts living standards
The piece praises advertising for guiding desires from dresses to dinners and sports. It argues ads inspire imagination and optimism, countering bleaker trends in books and speeches, and credits advertising with raising the standard of living. Courtesy Nation's Business.
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