Funeral services for Mrs. Elnora DAVIS, 88, who died at tht home of a daughter here Friday, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Eisenhour Church on Highway 65 (Hwy 160) North of Reeds Springs. Burialwill be in the church cemetery, undre the direction of Manlove FuneralHome. Mrs. DAVIS is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Iva DAVS of Crane, whom she was visiting at the time of her death, and Mrs. Mertie NASH, of CA, two sons, Houston, of the state of OR; and Paul, of Reeds Springs; three sisters, Mrs. Florence PATTERSONof Springfield, Mrs. Myrtle PARK, of Fort Morgan CO. and Mrs. VillaMASON, Pallisade CO; and 17grandchildren.
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     GALENA--Grover Franklin Davis, 52, Reeds Spring, died early Saturday in the Veteran's Administration Hospital, Fayettville, Ark. where he had been a patient one day.
     He was a member of Grace Baptist Church in Galena and a verteran of World War 11.
     Mr. Davis is survived by three sons, Ronnie, Reeds Spring, and Tommy and Johnny, both of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Truda Stults, Galena, Cheryl, of the home; one brother; Albert, state of Colorado; seven half-brothers and sisters, Clyde, Norman, Sydney, Roy, Lester, Leon, Ancil; six half-sisters, Mrs. Ruth Hale, Mrs. Maggie Clevenger, Miss Delta Davis, Mrs. Carolyn Baker, Mrs. Alberta Jones, and Mrs. Geneva Blakey, addresses not listed; his step-mother, Mrs. Oma Davis, Reed s Spring, and two grandchildren.
     Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Grace Baptist Church with the Rev. Clifton Smith officiating. Burial was in Yocum Pond Cemetery near Reeds Spring under direction of Chatham-Stumpff.
     Clipping dated June 16, 1966 Crane, Missouri.
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James Matt DAVIS, 75 Crane, died early Friday in the Veteran's AdministrationHospital in Fayetteville AR. He is survived by his wife, Iva; one daughter, Mrs. Effie MORROW, 1410 West Talmadge; two sisters, Mrs. Dice LEE, Ponce de Leon, and Mrs. Frances
BROWN, Spokane; two brothers, Steve,Spokane, and Rubin, Springfield. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday in the Spokane Baptist Churchwith the Rev. Ora SHORT officitating. Burial will be in the Eisenhour
Cemetery under direction of Manlove of Crane. (I belive that the wife, Iva, is daughter of J.W. and Nora, maybeJames Matt was a cousin?)
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John W. DAVIS, 86, a retired farmer of the Reeds Spring community, died Friday night (?/? 1959)in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Iva DAVIS, Crane, after a long illness.Other survivors are his wife, Nora,another daughter, Mrs. Mertie NASH, San Fransisco; two sons, Paul, ReedsSprings, and Houston, Klamath FallsOR; a sister, Mrs. Mollie COOPER, of SPringfield; two brothers, Sammy G.,Nixa, and Otis, Wapanucha, OK.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Eisenhour Churchwith burial in the church cemetery,
with Manlove of Crane in charge.
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     Funeral services for Roy DAVIS, 58, will be at 2 p.m.Tuesday in Christian Union Church,
Northwest of Highlandville, with the Rev. Ora SHORT officiating. Burialwill be in Jones/Chastain Cemetery
under direction of Harris of Nixa. Mr. DAVIS died at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 16 April 1966, in his home, four miles East of Highlandville of an apparent heart attack.
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     -S.G. (Sammy) DAVIS, 97, died at 5:05 p.m.Friday, 29 Jan 1965 in his home three miles Northwest of here. Mr. DAVIS came to Christian County from NorthMissouri at the age of 21. He issurvived by five sons, Bennie, address unknown, and Charley, Roy,Leonard, and Neal, all of Rte 1 Ozark. Five daughters, Mrs. Bertha ELLINGSWORTH, Highlandville, Mrs. Belle MOSS, Mrs.Mildred WHITE, both of Ontario CA.Mrs. Beulah RHODES, Rte 1 Ozark, and Mrs. Frona HARDING, Nixa; 27grandchildren, 54 great- grandchildren, and10 great-great grandchildren. Funeral Arangements will be announced byHarris of Ozark.
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     The Church which he had helped to found overflowed as friends gathered Sunday afternoon to pay thier final tribute to Otis F.Douglas who for more than forty years had stood out as a guiding spirit in Stone county and the things that have been done here.
     But as the throng listend to the words of the young minister, filed out of the building and gathered at the side of the open grave for the last brief rites of the Masoic fraternity, there were few whose minds dwelt upon the material things that had made his life outstanding. As these old friends of his youthful struggles, light of his later years shivered in the bitter wind of the gloomy afternoon their thoughts, perhaps, sought out the human qualities of the man which had caused him to take life as he found it, to live, first of all as a human being among his fellows.
     The sale, less than a lmonth ago of his business, which he founded here 42 years ago, brought to an end the active career of Mr. Douglas which had embraced the professions of teaching, law, banking, real estate, and a sustained interest in civic affairs. Death last friday at the age of 74 years ended the illness which had forced his retirement.
     Born at Windsor in Henry county Sept. 6, 1860, Mr. Douglas came to Stone county in 1882. He engaged successfully in farming, teaching and banking, serving as first school commissioner of the county and engaged in a banking partnership at Galena with Frank Seamon. He came to Crane in 1892 and opned the office which he operated continously until his retirement, and from which he had conducted activities in real estate, insurance and law.
     During the days of the railroad development through Stone county he was one of the local leaders in the movement and personally conducted much of the work in securing the rights of way. Its was at this time that he acquired vast land holdings which at at one time totaled 7,000 acres in the Crane and Elsey communities. He operated the first canning factory in the region.
    He was first worshipful master of the Crane Masonic lodge; the first Coucil Commander of the  W.O.W. organization; the first worthy patron of the Eastern Star; first vice president of the Bank of Crane and later president. He served Crane as city attorney for several years and was one time mayor.
    Surviving relatives include his wife, six sones, Milo B. Douglas, Ada, Okla.; O.F. Douglas, Jrl, H. G. Douglas, both of Strathmore, Calif.; John A Douglas, Wenatchee, Wash.; Joe Douglas, Washtucna, Wash.; four daughters, Mrs. E. Kirby. Strathmore, Calif.; Mrs. R. F. Tate, San Antonio, Tex.; Mrs. L. A. Kincaid and Miss Dixie Douglas, both of Crane and three brothers, H. T. Douglas, and N. Douglas, both of Shawnee, Oklal; George W Douglas, Odessa, Mo. and two sisters, Miss Ellen Douglas, Eldorado Springs, and Mrs. E. E. Goodrich, Houston, Texas.
     After Masonic escort had conducted the body Sunday afternoon from the home to the Christian church the service was conducted by the pastor, D. Wright Lunsford. Burial was in the cemetery of the chruch.
     Pallbearers, made of members of the local Masonic lodge, of which he was a charter member, included: Lynn Carney, Clarence Mourning, Joohn Kirby, Geoirge J. Gwinn, Raymond Ellis, all of Crane and Rod Young of Maroinville.

Note* The foregoing article was written by the late Don Wright when he was editor of the Croncicle. O. F. Douglas, a prominent Stone County citizen and Crane buisinessman passed away in December of 1934. Mr. Wright wrote a editorial tribute to the civic leader.
    A son of the late Mr. Douglas suggested it woube be of interest to many residents to again publish this article, which again we submit.  (unknown submitter.)

Contributed  by Fae Jacobs, grandaughter of O.F. Douglas.

     Mrs. Maud Lena Duncan, daughter of Thomas C. and Charolette (sic) O'Neal  Rhodes, was born October 18, 1882, at Yocum, Arkansas and departed this life August 1, 1961, in Blue Eye, Mo., at the age of 78 years, 10 months, and 12 days.
     She was united in marriage to Albert Duncan, June 12, 1907, and to this union four children were born.  One son, Cecil Duncan preceded her in death in 1933, and one grandchild, Barbara Ann Duncan preced (sic) her in death in 1952.
     Surviving her are: one daughter, Mrs. Glena Tipton of Colonail (sic) Heights, Virginia; two sons, Glenn Duncan of Los Angeles, Calif., Ronald Duncan of Blue Eye, Mo, seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends, who mourn her passing. She had professed her Hope in Christ, and was a very active member of the Missionary Baptist Church of Blue Eye, Mo.  She had lived in and around Blue Eye, for most of her life, and had traught (sic) school for a time.
     Funeral services were held Friday, August 4th, at 2:00 p.m., at the Blue Eye Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Andy Duncan and the Rev. Quentin Middleton, officiating.
     Interment was made in the Blue Eye Cemetery, under the direction of the Nelson Funeral Home of Berryville, Ark.
Source not listed.  An old photocopy of a newpaper.  Date was Aug., 1961
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ALBERT DUNCAN

     Funeral services for Mr. Albert Duncan of 207 Lee Ave., Colonial Heights, (VA) who died Tuesday in Petersburg General Hospital, were held this morning at 11 a.m. in the E. Alvin Small Funeral Home Inc.  The Rev. James C. Meade of Colonial Heights Baptist Church officiated.  Burial was in Southlawn
Memorial Park, Prince George County.  Mr. Duncan, 88 years old, was a member of the Longview Baptist Church in Longview, Washington, and was owner and operator of Duncan's Hotel there.
     Pallbearers were William Humphries, Harold Henningsen, Hugh Bonner, Perry Agnew, John Powers and Robert Tipton.
Source not listed.  An old photocopy of a newpaper.  Date was after 23 Nov.1971.
Note:  Albert Conway Duncan was b. 29 Dec 1882 in Yocum, Carroll Co, AR to  Andrew Jackson Duncan, Sr. and Birttanna Youngblood.  He m. 12 Jun 1907 in Berryville, Carroll Co, AR to Maud Lena Rhodes.  He lived in Blue Eye, MO for a long time.
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