Cleburne County and Its People, Volume 2Cleburne County and Its People is a historical account of Cleburne County and the men and women who made it what it is today. These men and women were as diverse as the Ozark Mountain's rock-laden landscapes. The pioneers who settled Cleburne County were as strong as the land, of hardy pioneer stock, and bold in thought and action. They were shrewd, strong-willed individuals who brought staunch beliefs and strong disciplines with them and settled in an untamed wilderness which became Cleburne County. Cleburne County and Its Peoplehas drawn from the past and the present--chronicling the lives of settlers facing hardships and tragedies, discovering profound beauty, mastering vast natural resources, and formulating democratic ideals. The stories in this book are honest interpretations of the human experience intertwined with the old and the new and adding exciting dimensions to the county of Cleburne and the state of Arkansas. The objective of Carl J. Barger, the compiler of Cleburne County and Its People, is to preserve a history of the county of his birth for students, historians, and all of the citizens of Cleburne County. Carl J. Barger is the author of Swords and Plowshares, a Civil War love story, and Mamie, an Ozark Mountain Girl of Courage, a story of the Ozark Mountain people, set in Cleburne and Van Buren Counties. |
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... Church. On Tuesday, November 14, 1995, Oather D. Bailey passed away at the White County Memorial Hospital in Searcy, White County, Arkansas. He was eighty-six years old. At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife, Ella Davis ...
... Church with Rev. Bennie Foster officiating. Active Pallbearers were Phillip Lancaster, Cody Hayes, Tommy Smith, John Bailey, Ernest Bailey and Gerald Trammell. Honorary Pallbearer were Cameron Bailey Hayes. Interment was in the Shiloh ...
... Church and was very active in that church for fifty-two years. During her eighty-three years in the Edgemont, Arkansas, she built many strong friends. She was active in her church as well as community sponsored events. She was a good ...
... church for sixty years. He was a charter member of the Sam Williams Lodge, #89, of Edgemont. On Monday, September 25, 1951, at his home in Edgemont, Arkansas, Annual LaFayette Davis passed away at the age of seventy-nine. At the time of ...
... funeral services at the Shiloh Cross Roads Church. Interment was in the Shiloh Cross Road Cemetery by Olmstead Funeral Home of Heber Springs. Mrs. Hattie Davis's nephews were the pallbearers. On Wednesday, January 8 Carl J. Barger.