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Stone County Obituaries

 

 


MARY RICHARDSON Deceased Brothers and Sisters 1909-1910. Pleasant Grove Church, Sister Mary Richardson, died Dec. 11, 1909, aged 85 y'rs.
 

JAMES RORIE  Big Flat- Mrs. James Rorie, a prominent and respected citizen, died at his residence near the Flat last Monday. He leaves a wife and five children. Mr. Rorie was sick but a few days.  The interment will be by the Masonic fraternity.  The Mountain Wave, July 15, 1898, p. 4, c.3.
 

MELISSA C. MORROW ROSA  Mrs. Melissa C. Rosa, wife of Wm. H. Rosa, sr., died June 24, 1913, aged 74 years, 7 months and 21 days.  Mrs. Rosa was a bright Christian woman, and when the dread summons came to her she was not afraid, but was ready and willing to go.  For years Mrs. Rosa was not physically able to minister to sickness and distress in the manner that was a characteristic of former years, but there are many living, the editor among them, who well remember her untiring ministrations to sickness and charity in the years of her active life.  She leaves an aged husband, a brother and a sister, three sons and two daughters to mourn her loss.  All the children were at her bedside except daughter, Mrs. Willeen Maloy, of Oklahoma, who was also ill at he time of her mother's death.  A fitting tribute to the memory of this dear old "Mother in Israel" will appear in those column at a later date.
 

MRS. E. O. RUSHING  Rushing Items-Mrs. E. O. Rushing of Rushing died January 5th at the home of her son, M. M. Rushing.  She was 79 yrs. old and is survived by four children, three sons and one daughter.  A Rushing Guy. Stone County Record, January 31, 1919 
 

FLORA SEAWRIGHT    Flora Seawright, who lived at Hickory Grove, died last Thursday night, and her little two days old infant died a few hours later.  They were both laid to rest in the same grave, in the Freeman cemetery, Friday the 4th .  Stone County Record, 4-11-1919
 


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