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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.


Pace, David – 2 Jun 1909-1 [JES-31] d/a Moorefield, AR
Pace, John – 2 Jun 1909-1 [JDN-31] suicide near Batesville, AR
Page, (nee Loftis) Mrs. – 22 Dec 1909-0 Obituary [CCS-30] widow, 6 children, Philadelphia Cemetery
Page, J.W. – 14 Feb 1901-1 [TS-20] 51yrs, died 8 Feb at Jonesboro, AR, s/t Malden, MO
Page, J.W. Mrs. – 14 Feb 1901-1 [TS-20] died last year on the 14th (mentioned in husband's notice)
Page, John Mrs. – 4 Apr 1901-0 (2nd copy) Local Field [TS-20] abt 50yrs, found dead consumption Mon.
Page, L.N. – 9 Sep 1910-admin-estate [JDT-34]
Page, Mrs. – 7 Jan 1910-SS [JES-33] her 4 children sent to Baptist Orphans Home at Monticello, AR
Page, W.H. (Millie) – 25 Nov 1905-0 RR [TES-24]
Page, Will Mrs. – 2 Nov 1905-0 LP [more likely the TES, but next front page is TJS-24] d/a Brookland
Pagen / Pagon, Rosa / Rose– 5 Apr 1909-1, 6 Apr 1909-SS, 17 Apr 1909-1 [JES-31];
----- 14 Apr 1909-0 Obituary, 7 Apr 1909-0 Obituary [CCS-30] b: 1884 or 4 Apr 1887,
----- d; 1 Apr 1909 City Cemetery
Palmer, Fred (Anna) Mrs. – 28 Jul 1909-0 [JDN-33]; 23 Jul 1909-1 [JES-31]; 28 Jul 1909-1 [CCS-30] 46 yrs,
----- cancer of face, came from Memphis, TN to St. Bernard's, leaves 4 children, City Cemetery
Palmer, Lucy Jeanette – 1 Jun 1906-Obituary [JES-26]; 4 Jun 1906-1 [CCS-25] 10mo., d: Wed, s/t Norwalk, OH
Palmer, Sophronia Mudge Mrs. – 1 Sep 1906-1 [DTE-25]; 1 Sep 1906-1 [JES-26]; 5 Sep 1906-1 [CCS-25];
----- b: 8 Jul 1823 Rochester, NY, husband died Feb. 1877
Parish, Fannie Miss – 7 Sep1909-1 [JDN-31] City Cemetery
Parliman, L. – 28 Sep1909-1 [JDN-31] Lake City Cemetery
Parrish, Eugene – 21, 22 Jun 1906-1 [DTE-25]; 22 Jun1906-1 [JES-26] b: Feb 1858 Stewart Co. TN,
----- m: Hattie Van Patten of Forrest City in 1889; b/a Jonesboro, AR
Parsons, Walter – 15 Aug 1908-1 [JES-30] s/t Batesville, AR
Pastol, Mollie Mrs. – 13 Jul 1909-1 [JDN-33] heat prostration, Hot Springs, AR
Pate, Tony Mrs. – 26 Jun 1909-1 [JDN-31] d/a Nettleton, AR
Pate, W.T. – 26 Jan 1906-1 [JES-26]; 31 Jan 1906-1 [CCS-25] d: at home near Greenfield, AR
Patrick, baby boy of A.J. – 16 Apr 1901 (2nd copy)-1 [TS-20];15 May 1901-0 Friday's Daily [JWE-20]
----- died Fri., buried Sat., City Cemetery
Patrick, baby of Will – 15 May 1901-0 Local News [JWE-20] 15mo, City Cemetery
Patrick, M.J. Mrs. – 17 Aug 1910-1 [JDT-34]; 17 Aug 1910-1 [JES-32] City Cemetery
Patterson, Andy – 15 Dec 1906-1 [JES-27]; 19 Dec 1906-1 [CCS-25] 47yrs,
----- farmer at Ridge Station, run over by train
Patterson, J.T. Attorney – 12 Oct 1909-1 [JDN-32]; 12 Oct 1909-1 [JES-32] d/a Wynne, AR
Patterson, Tom 3 Oct 1904-1 [DTE-24] 41yrs, “old citizen”, abcess of liver, Pine Hill Cemetery
Patton, Sam – 27 Oct 1905-0 SS [TES-24] s/t Lantana, TN
Paul, J.E. – 16 Feb 1905-1 [CCS-14] stroke, d/a Jonesboro, AR
Paul, L.S. -- (24th sheet aft the 2nd 19 Sep issue) 1901-0 Excursion Tragedy [TS-21] of Nettleton,
----- run over by train returning from Memphis
Paxon, William – 29 Jun 1906-1 [JES-26] d/a Shawnee, OK
Payne, Emily – 1 Jul 1908-0 Loving Remembrance [CCS-30] b: 15 Jun 1908
Payne, Mr. – 9, 10 Dec 1910-1 [JDT-34] d/a Marked Tree, AR
Payne, R.S. – 27 Jan 1905-0 RR [TES-14]
Payne, Raymond – 29 Mar 1905-1 [DTE-14] drowned near Batesville, AR
Payne, Robert – 16 Jan 1905-1 [TES-14];19 Jan 1905-1 [CCS-14] pneumonia, d/a Jonesboro, AR
Pears, M.S. Mrs. – (second copy of) 24 Nov 1906-RR [JES-27] d/a Craighead Co., AR
Pelton, D.A. (Bessie Gautney) Mrs. – 13 Jun 1907-1 [JTE-28]; 19 Jun 1907-1 [CCS-28]23yrs, b: 30 Jun 1882
----- southwestern AR, was left an orphan raised by her brother J.F. Gautney,
----- and older sister Mrs. White, m: 1905 Dr. D.A. Pelton
Perkins, Clarence – 15 Nov 1907-SS [JES-29] d/a Marked Tree, AR
Perkins, George – 23 Mar 1909-1 [JES-31] convict, killed at Brinkley, AR
Perkins, J.W. – 14 Jan 1910-R/R [JES-33] d: 1 Dec 1909
Perkins, J.W. – 15 Dec 1909-0 In Memory [CCS-30] d: 2 Dec 1909, cancer, wife & 6 children survive,
----- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Perkins, John – 14 Jul 1904-1 [CCS-14] shot at Marked Tree
Perkins, William W. – (torn prob. 10), 11, 12 Sep 1907-1 [JES-28],10 Nov 1907-RR [DTE-29] 29yrs,
----- d/a Springfield, MO, s/t Jonesboro, AR, City Cemetery
Perrin, Mary Mrs. – 12 Sep 1901-1 [TS-21] aged lady of Marked Tree, d/a Jonesboro, AR, City Cemetery
Perry, J.W. – 13 May 1909-0 [JES-32]; d/a Texarkana, AR
Peters, infant of George – 12 Feb 1910-1 [JES-32] age 2 yrs., City Cemetery Peters, N.A. Mrs. – 7 Apr 1910-1 [JES-32] d/a Weiner, AR
Peters, Valentine – 12 Feb 1910-1 [JDT-33] d/a Jonesboro, AR
Peterson, Anna Pace Mrs. -- 4 Mar 1908-1 [JES-29] Memorial Service
Peterson, dau of Tom -- date torn, upper left “Agent Proctor wants Farmers to Raise Peas
----- Jun 1910-1 [JDT-32] burned to death at Urbanette, AR
Peterson, Will D. (Anna Justice) Mrs. – 6 Feb 1908-1 [DTE-29] d/a Armory, MS, City Cemetery
Petit, James – 19 Oct 1909-1 [JES-32] d/a Eldorado, AR
Pharr, son of Andy – 7 Apr 1904-1 [CCS-14] d/a Craighead Co., AR
Phelps, son of Thomas -- 13 Jun 1901 (2nd copy)-0 Brookland [TS-20] 10mo., d: 17 Jun
Phillips, Anderson – 12 Dec 1905-1 [DTE-25] d/a Craighead Co., AR
Phillips, Anderson – 12, 14 Dec 1905-1 [TES-25] Ransom Cemetery
Phillips, Crockett – 5 Sep 1906-New Haven [CCS-25] 14yrs. d: 27 Aug
Phillips, Ethel Mrs. – 10 Mar 1909-0 [CCS-30] Storm death at Brinkley, AR
Phillips, Haden – 27 Mar 1907-1 [CCS-27] d: 17 Mar, pneumonia, Union Grove Cemetery
Phillips, Mrs. – 6 Apr 1906-Obituary [JES-26];11 Apr 1906-1 [CCS-25] d/a Jonesboro, AR
Phipps, Raymond B. – 2 Feb 1910-1 [JDT-33]; 8 Feb 1910-0 In Memoriam [JES-32]
----- b: 4 Dec 1889 White Co., IL, d: 2 Feb 1910
Pickett, Arch – 1 Sep 1908-1, 8 Oct 1908-1 [JES-30]; 1 Sep 1908-1 [DTE-30]; 2 Sep 1908-0 (x2),
----- 30 Sep 1908-1 [CCS-30] shot to death by Frank Gregson, father William arranged for burial at City Cemetery
Pickle, Mrs. – 14 Jul 1904-0 Obituary [CCS-14] d: Tue, Pine Log Cemetery
Pierce, John – 31 Jan 1901-0 Additional Locals [TS-20] 52yrs, pneumonia Sunday near Bonnerville,
----- s/t Norris City, IL
Pierce, Luther – 11 Dec 1908-1 [JDN-30] City Cemetery
Pierce, Mr. – 29 Dec 1908-1 [JES-30] d/a Cash, AR
Pierce, W.M. Mrs. – 22 Nov 1907-1 [DTE-29] d: 25 Jul 1907 at Cullman, AL
Piercy, John – 23 Jan 1908-Monette items [JES29] of Macey, d: last Sat night, has 2week old baby
Piles, Mr. – 15 Mar 1910-SS [JES-32] resided on the Smith farm ½ mile north of the city
----- died of pneumonia. Philadelphia Cemetery
Piney, Meadows – 17 May 1906-Monette [JES-26]; 23 May 1906-Obituary [CCS-25] abt 12yrs, d: 12 May near Macey
Pipkin, dau of R.A. – 10 Jun 1909-1 [JDN-31] d/a Newport, AR
Pittman, Mr. (father of Frank) – 22 Nov 1905-SS [TES-24] d/a not mentioned
Pitts, A.S. – 30 Jun 1909-0 NN/Monette [CCS-30]
Pleasant, dau of William – 8 Jul 1908-MEJ/Thur [CCS-30] abt 13yrs, Pine Log Cemetery
Pleasant, Ruby – 12 Aug 1908-0 Memorial [CCS-30] typhoid fever, d: 1 Jul, McDaniel Cemetery
Plyler, (M.L.) Mrs. – 15 Mar 1905-1 [TES-14] d: Mar 7 Jonesboro, AR
Plyler, H. Mrs. – 7 Mar 1905-1 [TES-14]; 9 Mar 1905-1 [CCS-14] of Fisher, d/a Jonesboro, AR
Poe, Charles – 7, 8 Jun 1909-1 [JDN-31]; 6 Jun 1909-1 [JES-31]; 9 Jun 1900-0 [CCS-30]
----- murdered at Memphis, TN
Polk, Aaron Mrs. – 30 Apr 1909-1 [JES-31] will die at West Marion, AR – storm related
Pollard, baby of John – 4 Sep 1902-Monette [CCS-21] died Craighead Co., AR
Pollgrove, Frank Mrs. – 17 Sep 1906-1 [JES-26]; 19 Sep 1906-Murder Suicide [CCS-25]
----- on Aug 24th killed her husband and baby and fatally wounded her other 2
----- children with an axe near Piggott, committed suicide at Little Rock, AR
Polsgrive, Ed – 23 Oct 1909-1 [JES-32] d/a Gideon, MO
Pool, Herman – 17 Mar 1909-NN/Monette [CCS-30]
Pool, Lee – 30 Dec 1908-Monette news [JES-30] d/a Craighead Co., AR
Pool, Robert Lee – 18 Feb 1909-Insurance Payment [JDN-31] of Monette, AR, d: 27 Dec 1908.
Porter, Ed – 1 Dec 1909-0 Greensboro news [CCS-30] abt 20 yrs, Pine Log Cemetery
Porter, Francis – 13 Feb 1906-1, 18 Feb 1906-1 (d: 11 Jan 1906) CT [DTE-25]; 15 Jan 1906-CT [JES-26]
----- “little son” of S.F., City Cemetery
Porter, infant son of S.F. – 24 Aug 1909-SS [JES-33] Pine Hill Cemetery
Porter, Marvin – 11 Apr 1906-Lake City [JES-26] d: Thursday on Big Island, b/a Black Oak
Porter, R.G. Rev. – 8 Oct 1908-1 [JDN-30] 70yrs, f/a Starkville, MS
Porter, Robert L. – (2nd copy) 21 Feb 1901-0 Obituary [TS-20]; 27 Feb 1901-0 Dead [TS-21] 23yrs
----- died 18 Feb Hughes Hotel Jonesboro, congestion of lungs and brain, Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Potter, child of John – 30 Sep 1907-SS [JES-29] 2yrs, d/a Craighead Co., AR
Potter, Dudley Eric – 18 Mar 1908-MEJ/Fri [CCS-30] 3yrs, d/a Herget, AR
Potter, Isaac – 22 Oct 1909-0 [JES-32] d/a Searcy, AR
Potters, John Mrs. – 4 Oct 1906-Monette [JES-27] died last Friday night
Potts, Allen – 6 Aug 1907-1 [DTE-28] 19yrs, formerly of Jonesboro, stabbed to death at Unionville, TN
Powell, Dr. – 26 Nov 1908-STC [JDN-30] d/a Thayer, MO
Powers, Pearl Annie – 5 Dec 1910-LP [JDT-34] Catholic Cemetery, d/a Claunch, AR
Price, Joe – 3 Nov 1908-1 [JES-30]; 4 Nov 1908-0 Obituary [CCS-30] d/a near Walcott, AR Trinity Cemetery
Price, Luther – 11 Dec 1908-1 [JES-30]; 16 Dec 1908-1 [CCS-30] d/a home of uncle, Lee Rogers, Jonesboro, AR
Price, Phillip – 9 Aug 1909-0 [JDN-33] of Lorado, AR, d/a Christopher, IL, b/a Paragould, AR
Priyitt, baby of Will – 25 Sep 1902-Mangrum [CCS-21] died Wed buried at graveyard at Christian Church
----- (probably Mangrum Cemetery)
Probst, J.G. Mrs. – 29, 31 Oct 1910-LP [JDT-34] d/a Jonesboro, AR, s/t Weiner, AR
Pruett, Elizabeth Mrs. – 28 Jul 1904-1 [CCS-14] 53yrs, d/a Paragould, AR
Ptimarr / Pitmann, baby of Ben – 24 Oct 1902-0 Mangrum [CCS-21] buried Mangrum last Sunday
Puckett, Laura S. Miss – 12 Apr 1905-0 Obituary [CCS-14] d/a Jonesboro, AR
Pugh, Harvey (Myrtle) Mrs. – 12 Sep 1906-Needham; 14 Sep 1906-In Memory [JES-26];
----- 19 Sep 1906-1 [CCS-25] d: 8 Sep
Purteet, Oliver – 26 Jan 1905-1 [CCS-14] pneumonia, d/a Jonesboro, AR
Puryear, J.M. Mrs. – 11 Jul 1901-(partial page filmed on top of this date) [TS-21] consumption,
----- d: 3 Jul, husband & children Pearl, Blanch & Damon, buried 4 Jul
Puryear, James – 29 Jun 1907-1 [JES-28] consumption, came from Lake City to Jonesboro 1 month ago,
----- leaves wife & 5 children
Puryear, James (nee Harmon) Mrs. – 31 Oct 1904-0 Obituary [TES-22] s/t Leycene, KS
Puryear, James Mrs. – 2 Sep 1905-0 Obituary [TJT-24] s/t Saline, KS
Puryear, Mattie Mrs. – 10 Nov 1906-1; 8 Dec 1906-RR, 10 Dec 1906-1 [JES-27];
----- 14 Nov 1906-1 [CCS-25] d/a Craighead Co., AR
Puryear, William – 9 Jun 1905-0 LL [DTE-24] very low at Quinton Indian Territory
Puryear, William (Nancy Jane Culberhouse) Mrs. – 28 Nov 1904-1 [TES-22]
----- 13 living children with names and dates of birth, 4 children with death dates;
----- m: 1854, City Cemetery
Pylant, William – 8 Jan 1903-Monette [CCS-33] abt 50yrs, leaves family
----- (article has hole which only reveals the last 4 letters of the surname)

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