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Submitted: 4/4/09 • Approved: 11/16/18 • Last Updated: 11/19/18 • R174933-G174931-S3
Francis
May 22, 1888 - February 7, 1971
Ruth
October 16, 1894 - April 5, 1975
*Obituary
Springdale News
April 7, 1975
Ruth R. McNelly, 80, Bentonville, died Saturday evening in Bates Memorial Hospital. Born Oct. 16, 1894 in Siloam Springs, she was the daughter of Harvey and Cynanthia Wright Ratcliff. She was raised in Bentonville and was a charter member of the Whittenburg Wesleyan Church and a member of the official board. She was the wife of the late Frank Irvin McNelly, widely-known rancher and stockman.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Adeamae Stephens, Bentonville; five sons, Francis McNelly, Edmond McNelly, Bill McNelly and Jim McNelly, all of Bentonville, and Archie McNelly, Washburn, Mo.; a brother, Jess Ratcliff, Bentonville; a sister, Mrs. Flora Conway, Wichita, Kan.; 26 grandchildren, 66 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Bentonville Church of Christ with Rev. Bob Robinson, Rev. Phillip R. Cooper and Walter Buchanan officiating. Burial will be in Oaks Cemetery under the direction of Burns Funeral Home.
Married February 26, 1913
Contributed on 4/4/09 by wfields55
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