Mt. Echo Newspaper, Feb 12, 1891 Issue: OBITUARY Lavicey Jane HORN was born Mary 27, 1822. God called her home January 16, 1891. She joined the Missionary Baptist Church in 1835 and lived the life of the Christian until called home. Was married to Prather 1851 and they lived in harmony(sic) together until death separated them in 1863, leaving her a widow with seven children. Five of them fell asleep in Jesus, waiting for mother. She was sick for two years. She bore her afflictions with Christian fortitude and was resigned to the will of God.
Mt. Echo Newspaper, Mar 6, 1891 issue: IN MEMORY OF G. W. TAYLOR About 17 years ago, Bro. Taylor was made a Mason in Jefferson Lodge No.___ [unreadable]. As a Mason, he was most obedient. [This memorial is too faded and the print is so tiny that it is unreadable with the film and reader I have. Interested readers know that a memorial was published for G. W. Taylor on this date on the second page of The Mtn. Echo.]
Mt. Echo Newspaper, Mar 13, 1891 issue: The funeral sermon of Mrs. W. H. PEERY will be preached by D. C. Ross on the 4th Sunday in this month at 11:00 o'clock a.m. Mrs. W. H. PEERY, wife of one of our best citizens, died last Friday. She was a Christian lady and was loved by all who knew her. Later in the same issue was found this info: Mr. W. H. Peery and his daughter, Drusie, have had a serious siege of sickness but are some better. They need and deserve the attention of every charitably disposed person in town.
Mt. Echo Newspaper, Mar 13, 1891 Issue: Mrs. John NOWLIN, a very estimable lady, died this week. The family moved to this county from Texas a few months ago.
Mt. Echo Newspaper, Mar 13, 1891 Issue GONE HOME Our beloved brother, Louis OSBORNE, has been a consistent member of the United Baptist Church at Good hope, James creek, Marion county, Arkansas, and departed this life on the 28th day of February, 1891. Our beloved brother left a wife and many friends to mourn his death, yet our small loss has been his great gain. "It is appointed unto man once to die, and after this the judgment." Eld. J. H. Slape.
Mt. Echo Newspaper, Mar 20, 1891 issue: Word reached here last week of the death of Will WEAST at DeLeon, Tex. He had been suffering for some time with consumption and went to Texas with the hope of improving. Will was one of our best young men and his early death was sad news to his many friends.
Mt. Echo Newspaper, Mar 27, 1891 Issue: T. R. Wheeler, who has been at Trimble's Flat, Baxter county, several months, came over to Yellville last Friday. He says that "Uncle" John TRIMBLE'S wife died very suddenly last week. She and the children went out to the barn to get some straw to make hens nests. She took an armful of straw to the house and the children stayed at the barn. About the time she got to the house, a shower of rain came up and she went into the house. About the time the shower was over, some neighbors stepped in and found her lying on the floor dead. The coroner's jury had not reached a verdict when Mr. Wheeler left.
Mt. Echo Newspaper, Mar 27, 1891 Issue: The sad news reached here this week from Brumlow, Tex., of the death of Stell DAVIS, son of P. R. DAVIS of Powell. Stell left Marion county for Texas to teach school. He wrote to The Echo recently that he would get $50 per month for an 8 months' term. He was in robust health when he left here and had a host of friends who will be shocked to hear of his sudden death. He died of brain fever, the attack being so severe that he was blind from the first of the attack until his death.
Mt. Echo Issue Apr 3, 1891: The report in last weeks Echo that Stell Davis was dead was a mistake. Stell is well and hearty and will no doubt be glad when he read his death notice that it was a mistake. How such a report got out we cannot understand. Everybody in town, almost, was talking about the matter and we supposed the report was true.
April 17, 1891 issue: Stell Davis writes from Brumlow, Tex., that he is quite sure he is alive. That he is in good health and has the best school in Wise county. He will be home in May and teach this summer where he taught last year. After that he will either return to Texas or enter the Medical College at Little Rock. All of which shows, as he says, that he is a pretty lively corpse.
Marion County, AR - Obituaries