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Submitted: 7/30/14 • Approved: 8/3/14 • Last Updated: 8/6/14 • R1027921-G1027919-S3
George
June 25, 1881 - September 7, 1967
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Friday, September 8, 1967
Springdale — The Rev. George A. Been, 86, of 707 E. Emma, died Thursday in the Springdale hospital. He was a retired Free Will Baptist minister, a carpenter and farmer, born June 25, 1881 at War Eagle.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Melissa Savage Been of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Irena Wright of Springdale; one half-brother, E. O. Eeen of Atwater, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Mauda McGuiney of Lamar, Colo. and Mrs. Dessie Brown of Tracy, Calif.; four grandchildren.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Pilgrim's Rest Free Will Baptist Church with burial in Joyce Cemetery under direction of the Sisco Funeral Chapel.
Melissa
August 15, 1885 - October 18, 1969
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Saturday, October 18, 1969
Springdale - Mrs. Melissa Been, 84, of 709 E. Meadow St., died today in Springdale Memorial Hospital. She was born Aug. 15, 1885 in Washington County and was a member of Pilgrim Rest Free Will Baptist Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Irena Wright of Springdale; four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will he 2 p.m. Monday at Pilgrim's Rest church with burial in Joyce Cemetery under direction of Sisco Funeral Home.
Married November 24, 1901
Contributed on 7/30/14 by wfields55
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