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INDEX OF OBITUARIES
1901-1910
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Craighead County, Arkansas



There were several newspapers serving Jonesboro and Craighead county during this decade. Please be sure to include the information in the [brackets] with your request. Obituaries may appear in more than one newspaper.

Daily Times-Enterprise – [DTE], Jonesboro Daily News – [JDN], Jonesboro Daily Tribune – [JDT], Jonesboro Evening Sun – [JES], The County Sun – [TCS], The Evening Sun – [TES], The Jonesboro Sun – [TJS], The Jonesboro Tribune – [TJT], The Sun – [TS], Times Enterprise – [TE], Weekly Times Enterprise – [WTE] The number following these abbreviations [ie: JES-30] is the film number at the Craighead County – Jonesboro [AR] Public Library.

Papers of this era did not have page numbers or date identification other than the front page of the paper. This sometimes causes a disparity in the dates given. It is suggested that when the "0" page number is given that you search the "Locals & Personals" column first as many deaths are reported here. To help find those notices following the 0 (zero) page number the word “Obituary” or “Mangrum news” will indicate to look for a formal obituary or a column of local news for the towns or settlements in Craighead county.

Other abbreviations used:
L/P – Local & Personal Column, SS – Snap Shots At Home News (local & personal), LN/day – Local News (of the weekday), R/R – Resolution of Respect (Lodge notice), SR – The Social Realm column, b/a – buried at, d/a – died at, f/a – funeral at, s/t – remains shipped to, CT – Card of Thanks, (x2) – indicates 2 notices possibly but not necessarily on the same page.

This index includes those described as critically ill or not expected to live.

Following the newspaper / film number is the cemetery when indicated, or the last disposition of the body (either where the death occurred or where it was shipped for interment). If just the name of a cemetery is given it is in Craighead County.


Labor, A.A. Mrs – 29 Mar 1905-0 Obituary [CCS-14] b: 30 Sep 1856 Tate Co. MS, d: 13 Mar 1905,
----- husband & 9 children survive
Lake, E.M. Mr. & Mrs.– 15 Mar 1909-1 [JDN-31]d/a Knoble, AR
Lamb, Charles – 3 Oct 1904-1 [DTE-24] 72yrs, native of IL, s/t IL
Lamb, J.T. – 20, 27 Sep 1905-0 Obituary [CCS-14] City Cemetery
Lamb, Thomas J. – 13 Sep 1905-1 [TES-24]; 20 Sep 1905-1 [CCS-14]; 28 Sep 1905-Obituary [WTE-25]
----- 58yrs, livery business, d/a Jonesboro, AR
Lamb, W.A. (Mary) Mrs. – 24 Sep 1903-Monette [CCS-33] died Monday last week
Lancaster, J.S. Mrs. -- 24 Sep 1909-0 [JES-31] d/a Mammoth Springs, AR
Lane, Clyde – 6 Aug 1906-Obituary [JES-27]; 6 Sep 1906-Obituary [JES-26] 11yrs, ptomaine poison,
----- died & buried Grand Junction, CO
Lane, H.K. – 29 Nov 1904-1 [TES-22] 68yrs, d/a Jonesboro, AR
Lane, Stanford Mrs. – 6 Aug 1903-1 [CCS-33] Trinity Cemetery
Langdon, J.W. – 14 Jul 1904-1 [CCS-14] of Quincy, IL, killed by locomotive at Bemis, s/t Quincy, IL
Langdon, Mr. – 14 Mar 1906-DME/Mon [CCS-25] s/t IL
Langford, Alfred – 3 Apr 1905-1 [TES-14]; 5 Apr 1905 [CCS-14] 10mo, d/a Jonesboro, AR
Langford, Ed Mrs. – 14 Jan 1910- Obit [JES-33] d/a Russellville, AR
Lanston, Sarah Mrs. – 10 Aug 1910-1 [JES-32] d/a near Brookland, AR
Latimer, Charles – 16 Jun 1909-1 [JES-31] drowned Little Red River near Searcy, AR
Lavoy, John – 7 Dec 1908-1 [JDN-30]
Law, Hugh – 13 Dec 1907-1 [DTE-29] killed by brother John, d/a lumber camp in Cross Co., AR
Law, John – 13 Dec 1907-1 [DTE-29] suicide after killing his brother, Hugh, d/a lumber camp in Cross Co., AR
Law, Mark – 13 Dec 1907-1 [DTE-29] will die from cuts in fight with brothers John & Hugh
Lawrence, D.H. – 17 Jul 1905-0 Obituary [TES-24] 63yrs, s/t Osceola, AR
Lawrence, G.T. Mrs. – 2 May 1901 (2nd copy)-0 Dead [TS-20] died last Wed., pneumonia, City Cemetery
Lawrence, G.T. Mrs. – 24 Apr 1901-0 Dead [JWE-20] congestion, d/a Jonesboro, AR
Laws, C.M. Mrs. – 14 Feb 1901-1 [TS-20] 39yrs, d: 9 Feb pneumonia at Jonesboro, AR, s/t Sumner, IL
Lawson, Caroline Mrs. – 9 Sep 1905-1 [TES-24] 76yrs, died 7 miles west of city
Lawson, infant 0f B.B. – 9 Jun 1909-LN/Tue [CCS-30] f/a Lorado, AR
Lawson, T.Eugene – 23 Oct 1902-1 [CCS-21] 34yrs, b: Swifton, AR, father died when he was 5,
----- mother died 5 yrs ago, reported from the Batesville (AR) Bee
Layton, E.J. / R.J. Mrs. – 13 May 1909-0 [JES-32]; 19 May 1900-1 [CCS-30] age abt 50 yrs,
----- Gibson or Gilkerson Cemetery
Leach, JohnR. – 9 Feb 1910-0 In Memoriam [JES-32], 28 Feb 1910-R/R [JES-32] d: 1 Feb, age 79 yrs
Leach, Scott – 12 Jun 1908-1 [DTE-29] abt 50yrs, Pine Log Cemetery
Leaptrot, H.H. Mrs. – 1 Aug 1906-1 [CCS-25] murdered at Wynn, AR, husband may also die
Leeper, Peter – 31 Jan 1901-1 [TS-20] 70yrs, wife & 6 children survive, d/a Weiner, pneumonia,
----- b/a Jonesboro, AR
Lentz, Irvin -- 12 (2nd copy) Feb 1903-Mangrum [CCS-33] “just about grown,” died 10 days
----- apart from brother
Lentz, William – 12 Aug 1910-1 [JES-32] s/t Black Oak, AR
Lentz. Ed -- 12 (2nd copy) Feb 1903-Mangrum [CCS-33] “just about grown,” died 10 days
----- apart from brother
Leslie, Birdie Miss – 17/overwritten 8 Jun 1908-1 [JES-29]; 17 Jun 1908-Obituary [CCS-30]
----- 29yrs, d/a Albuquerquie, NM
Leslie, father and brother of Tom L. – 6 Sep 1905-0 Monette [CCS-14] at Dewitt, AR
Lesser, Julius – 7 Jul 1908-1 [JES-30] d/a St. Louis, MO
Levesque, William T. – 21 Jan 1903-Local Mention [CCS-33] died Monday at Vanndale, AR
Levy, Mose – 15 May 1909-1 [JES-32] Confederate Soldier, d/a Camden, AR
Lewis, child of Joe – 14 Nov 1908-SS [JES-30] 4mo, d/a Jonesboro, AR
Lewis, O.J. – 8, 9, 13 Oct 1906-1 [JES-27]; 17 Oct 1906-1 [CCS-25] died of unknown causes,
----- bro. George M. of Dewitt, b/a Jonesboro, AR
Lewis, son of J.W. – 27 Nov 1908-1 [JES-30] 14yrs, appendicitis, City Cemetery
Lewis, son of James – 25 Feb 1909-1 [JES-31] d/a near Fontaine, AR
Lewis, Tom –26 Aug 1909-1 [JES-33] d/a Pine Bluff, AR
Lewis, William S. (Lucy) Mrs. – 14 Apr 1909-0 [JDN-31]; 12 Apr 1909-1 [JES-31] pneumonia,
----- leaves husband & 2 children ages 2 & 3, s/t Clarksville, AR
Lice, John – 8 Nov 1905-1 [CCS-14] suicide at Jonesboro, AR
Liggett, Arthur – 16 Oct 1909-1 [JES-32] age abt. 22 yrs.
Lightle, R.C. Dr. – 8 Feb 1905-1 [TES-14] d/a Searcy, AR
Lilly, Mrs. -- 13 Nov 1905-1 [TES-24] mother of Mrs. Evans, d/a Jonesboro, AR
Lincoln, David – 21 Nov 1906-Philadelphia [JES-27] funeral last Sunday
Lincoln, Tom -- 10 Oct 1904-1 [DTE-24] 17yrs, son of Andy Lincoln, City Cemetery
Lindley, dau of W.S. – 11 Nov 1905-0 SS [TES-24] 6yrs, fever, 9mi north of Jonesboro
Lineberger, Mary Mrs. – 14 Feb 1901-1 [TS-20] 74yrs, lagripe 6 Feb. Benton Co. AR, b/a City Cemetery
Little, Dee B. – 24 Aug 1909-0 Shiloh news [JES-33]; 25 Aug 1909-0 RR [CCS-30] m: 24 Feb 1886 A.V.
----- Gambill, m: 1 Jan 1896 Annie Wade, age 52 yr 10m 16d, leaves wife, 1 dau, 5 bro, 1 sis, Shiloh Cemetery
Little, Mrs. (mother of S.S. Elliot) – 27 Feb 1901-1 [TS-21] near Bowman, Pine Log Cemetery
Lloyd, Asa – 28 Dec 1905-0 Bethel [TES-25] b: 19 Dec Brown Chapel graveyard
Loftis, infant dau of Tom – 4 Jun 1910-0 [JDT-32] d/a Jonesboro, AR
Loftis, Lillian Ione – 15 Apr 1910-0 [JES-32] In Memoriam
Logan, John T. (Sarah Jane Gage) Mrs. – 6 Mar 1906-1 Brief Locals; 20 Mar 1906-1 [DTE-26]
----- 6 Mar 1906-1 [JES-25]; 5 Mar 1906-1; 21 Mar 1906-In Memory [JES-26]; 7 Mar 1906- Mar 1906-
----- Obituary [CCS-25] 45yrs, d: 5 Mar, pneumonia, b: Greene Co., 8 children 4 living daughters
----- Annie, Johnnie, Bertha and Pearl, pneumonia at Jonesboro, AR
Lovan, John – 23 Jun 1906-1 [DTE-25] crushed by falling log
Love, Laura – 19 Jul 1905-0 Obituary [WTE-25] b: Jul 6, 1899 d: 24 May 1906 of Bono
Love, Laura May – 19 Jun1906-1 [DTE-25] b: 6 Jul 1899, d: 24 May 1906
Love, Robert Mrs. – 2 Sep 1905-1 [TES-24] Union Grove Cemetery
Loving, W.S. – 22 Jun 1906-Obituary [JES-26] 30yrs, unmarried, killed at Herman, AR
Lumley, Oney Miss – 28 Dec 1910-1 [JDT-34] Philadelphia Cemetery
Lunsdon, J.L. Mrs. -- 7 Apr 1910-1 [JES-32] s/t Borden Springs, AL
Lunsford, B.S. – 20 Nov 1907-0 Obituary [JES-29]; 18 Nov 1907-1 [CCS-27] d/a Craighead Co., AR
Lunsford, Ivy – 24 Jan 1906-Obituary [CCS-25]
Lusk, Margaret “Aunt” – 26 Jun 1904-1 [CCS-14] consumption, d/a Jonesboro, AR, Gibson Cemetery
Lusk, Mary Mrs. – 12 Jul 1909-1 [JES-31]; 12 Jul 1909-1 [JDN-33] age 102 yrs., Gibson Cemetery
Luttrell, Homer – 7 Dec 1906-1 [JES-27]; 12 Dec 1906-1 [CCS-25] d/a West Plains, MO s/t Rector, AR
Lyttle, Joseph Mrs. – 29 Mar 1909-1 [JES-31]; 31 Mar 1909-0 Obituary [CCS-30] 49 yrs, husband & 3 children survive, d/a Gilmore, AR

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