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DAVIS, Alice
Monday morning, shortly after the mid-night hour, at the family
home on Bethesda Springs road, occurred the death of Mrs. Alice
Davis, widow of Uncle Jack Davis. Death was not unexpected as
Mrs. Davis had been in poor health for some time. Funeral
services were held at the home Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock
conducted by Rev. T.O. Owen of the M.E. Church South. Burial was
at Odd Fellows cemetery. Mrs. Davis was born in Texas, her
maiden name being Pate. She would have soon been 70 years of
age, and for more than half a century she has lived in Polk
county. She was married to Uncle Jack Davis in 1874. Five
children survive, Mrs. Albert Robertson and Barney Davis of
Mena, Mrs. Gene Dickens of Texarkana and Mrs. Sublette of Tulsa.
(Only four of the five are listed.)
Mena Star, 10 May 1923
Contributed by Wanda
DAVIS, Berry
Funeral services were held Saturday morning for Berry Clarence
Davis, aged 81, who died at his home in Mena Friday following a
short illness. the services were at 10:30 o'clock at the Beasley
Chapel with the Rev. L.D. Summers, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, officiating. Burial was in the Masonic plot at Pinecrest
Memorial park, beside the wife of the deceased, who preceded her
husband in death about two years. The pallbearers were Mark P.
Olney, Paul Sanders, Dennis M. Townsend, Paul b. Griffith, W.E.
Holt and George Griffith. Arrangements were by the Beasley
Funeral Home. Services at the grave were in charge of Dallas
Lodge No. 128, F. & A. Masons. The deceased had been a
member of the Masonic lodge for 50 years. Davis was a native of
Georgia with his birthplace being Macon. His home had been made
in Mena for many years. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Pearl Bratcher, Mena; Mrs. Jessie Davis, Walla Walla, Wash.; two
brothers, John and Marion Davis, Stamps; two sisters, Mrs. B. J.
Pittman, DeLeon, Texas; Mrs. Ella Kinwood, Phoenix, Ariz.; two
nieces, Mrs. John Robertson and Mrs. Will Anderson, Texarkana.
The Mena Star 9 April, 1936
Contributed by Wanda
DERAMUS, Bert
Surnames: Deramus, Ford, Sulton, Buckley
Charles W. Deramus, age 83, of Mena, died June 27, 1998 at the
Mena Medical Center. Mr. Deramus was born September 8, 1914 to
the late Joseph Bert Deramus and the late Ema Lou Ralph Deramus.
He was united in marriage to Thelma Katherine Ford in 1938.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma K. Deramus, Mena, Ar; sons,
David Deramus and Coy Deramus, and daughters, Melba and Donna,
both of Springdale, AR and Becky Buckley; brother, Loyd Deramus;
sister Madge Patrick; 15 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren
and 4 great great grandchildren. Graveside services were held
Monday, June 29, 1988 in the Cherry Hill Cemetery at 2:00 p.m.;
Burial followed in the Cherry Hill Cemetery, Cherry Hill, AR
From the Mena Star - 2 Jul 1998
DOVER, John Allen
John Allen Dover, 87, well known Mena retired merchant, died
Tuesday in the Wilhelmina Medical Center. He was born May 20,
1896 at Hatfield. Funeral service was held Friday morning at 10
in the Geyer-Quillin Chapel with Rev. Dillard Miller and Rev.
Therrell Wilson officiating. Interment was in the Pinecrest
Memorial Park under the direction of Geyer-Quillin Funeral Home.
Graveside Masonic rites were by Mt. Meadow Lodge No. 218 of
Hatfield. Pallbearers were Orville Ogden, Harvey Davis, Harold
Smith, Ralph Edwards, Willard Mosley, and Bert Hensley. Dover
was the son of the late Tom Dover and the late Mrs. America
Griffin Dover and was united in marriage to Miss June Henderson
June 5, 1921. She preceded him in death April 10, 1975. He was
associated with the Dover Mercantile in Hatfield with his
brothers, Mark and Elmer Dover and brother-in-law, Alex Carper,
beginning in 1916. In 1934 he moved to Mena and opened Dovers
Department Store which he sold in 1948. He opened another
department store in 1950 and operated it until his retirement in
1958. He was a member of the Mena First United Methodist Church
and a member of the Mt. Meadow No. 218 Masonic Lodge at
Hatfield. Survivors are one son, Jim Dover, Fort Smith; one
daughter, Mrs. Allyn June Vaught, Mena; four grandchildren,
Brenda Smith, Miah Dover, Mark Dover, Sally Dover; one
great-granddaughter, Jenniver June Smith.
The Mena Star November 26, 1985
Contributed by Wanda