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 Aris Riley LUNSFORD
January 23, 1844 ~ November 20, 1921
THE MONETTE
SUN AND LAKE CITY TIMES
Vol. XIII -
No. 23
Monette, Arkansas - Friday,
November 25, 1921
A. R. LUNSFORD
DIED
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
A. R. Lunsford died at his home in
this city Sunday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock following an illness of pneumonia and a complications of maladies incident to old age from which
he had been suffering for several months.
While his death came not unexpectedly to the family and host of
friends, who for so many weeks have feared that the end would come at any
time, nevertheless news of his death spread rapidly casting a shadow of
sorrow over the entire community.
Squire
Lunsford was one of the best and most favorably known citizens of Craighead County, having resided here for some fifty years. He was 87 [*note] years old and a model
type of a Christine gentleman, having a strict adherent to the fine old
Presbyterian doctrines. In his death
the entire community sustained a great loss.
Old and young sought the counsel of Mr. Lunsford and he never tired of
rendering his service. He served the
people well as Justice of the Peace and his administration of dealing justice
was highly satisfactory.
The
deceased is survived by his second wife, three sons, John and J. R. Lunsford
of Monette and Dr. Jason Lunsford of Etowah, and
three daughters, Mesdames Maggie Haynes and M. A. Usery
[Ussery] of Monette and
Sarah Markin (Markham) of Nettleton.
The
funeral was conducted ___day morning at the Christine Church by Rev. T. N. Threl____ of Heber Springs. The large crowd which attended the service
attested the popularity of the deceased.
Burial at Macey Cemetery.
Note* Aris Riley Lunsford
was born January 23, 1844 in Lauderdale County, Tennessee to William Lunsford and Mariah Norris
Lunsford.
He was age 77 at the time of his death in 1921.
Contributed by Glenville
and Judy Nettles
Glenville Nettles is the great-great grandson of Aris Riley Lunsford through his daughter, Mary A.
Lunsford (Mrs. A. B.) Smith
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