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Submitted: 12/6/14 • Approved: 12/6/14 • Last Updated: 12/9/14 • R1055136-G1055123-S3
Charles
October 9, 1858 - January 12, 1912
*Obituary
The Springdale News
Friday, January 19, 1912
PYEATT, Charles Franklin - {from Cane Hill} Charlie {the heading of the item identifies him as Charles Franklin} Pyeatt, as he was familiarly known, died at his home just west of town Friday night Jan. 12 about 9:30 p.m. with asthmatic heart trouble. He had an attack similar to this one Wednesday morning. He recovered from this attack and was thought to be in a comparative safe condition up to within a few minutes of his death. He went to bed feeling well but soon after lying down he had an attack with his heart and he and his wife got up and dressed. This attack soon wore off but in a very short time he received another which resulted in death in about 15 minutes. As he was seemingly in usual health at supper time his boys came over to town to spend the evening. He died so suddenly and as they had no phone no one was present when he died except Mrs. Pyeatt. She remained with him til death came and then notified a nearby neighbor who phoned for the boys and several neighbors here in town who went at once. Mr. Pyeatt was a son of Jacob and Amelia Crozier Pyeatt and was of a long line of French Protestant ancestry, he being of the sixth generation in America. It is said that his father was the first man in this country to lose his life for the Confederacy. He was born Oct. 9, 1858 and has lived for the most part of his life where he died. He was married to Miss Mary S. McColloch in 1882. Unto this union were born one daughter and four sons. Three sons, Everett, Earl and Howard, together with his wife survive him. All were present at the funeral except Everett who is in Los Angeles, Calif. Besides his immediate family he is survived by one brother, Peter Pyeatt, of near Evansville, and one half-sister, Mrs. Nannie Bales Matteson of Texas. All were present at the funeral except Mrs. Matteson. These with a host of other relatives and friends deeply mourn his death as well as to sympathize with the family. Mr. Pyeatt professed religion at the age of nineteen and united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church at his place, to which Church he has been a consistent member until his death. For a great part of the time he was a Ruling Elder in the church. He was a man of strong convictions, a man who always made a strong stand for what he believed to be right, although in the face of strong opposition. He was a man who has done a great deal of good in the Church. He was also a member of the School Board and belonged to the secret order of Odd Fellows, which order buried him. His pastor, the Rev. A.E. Carnahan, preached the funeral services at the College Chapel Sunday at 11 a.m. He was ably assisted by the Rev. J. Polk Crozier, an uncle of the deceased. Both these ministers paid a very high and effective tribute to the deceased. The funeral was attended by a large concourse of friends and relatives.
Mary
April 28, 1855 - January 22, 1942
Contributed on 12/6/14 by judyfrog
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