To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 12/29/16 • Approved: 5/8/17 • Last Updated: 5/11/17 • R1165374-G1165373-S3
February 25, 1853 - December 13, 1911
Wife of Andrew Jackson Callis
*Obituary
Gravette News-Herald
Friday, December 22, 1911
CALLIS, M.E. DICKSON - {from Wire Springs} Mrs. Andrew J. Callis died Dec. 13th, 1911 after an illness of only about three days; pneumonia being the cause of her death. Funeral services were conducted at the home Friday by Eld. Sears of Osage. The deceased leaves a husband and eight grown children, all of whom were present except Joseph who has resided in Oregon for some years. The sympathy of all is extended the bereaved family in the loss of wife and mother.
*Obituary (as written)
Gravette News-Herald
Friday, December 29, 1911
M.E. Dickson was born July 25th, united with the Christian Church at the age of eighteen years, was married to Andrew J. Callis December 19th, 1872. To this union were born ten children, two of which preceded her to the city of eternal bliss in the great beyond and seven of the eight living were present at the time of her death or soon afterward, Joseph being in the far West. She died December 13th, 1911 at the age of fifty-eight years, four months and eighteen days. Mrs. Callis lived a devoted christian, a loving wife, mother and neighbor and was loved and respected by all her neighbors and friends. Luther H. Fletcher.
Contributed on 12/29/16 by judyfrog
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 1165374