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Submitted: 1/16/15 • Approved: 1/18/15 • Last Updated: 1/21/15 • R1057431-G0-S3
October 1882 - June 11, 1914
*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, June 11, 1914
DAWKINS, Wiliford - Wiliford Dawkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Dawkins, died at 5:45 this morning at the home on Walnut street. Death was the result of tuberculosis with which he had been vainly struggling for a number of years. Mr. Dawkins was a very talented young man and until illness compelled him to give up his work had been connected with several engraving houses in St. Louis. His work as an artist and cartoonist also gave great promise. He was a clean and lovable young fellow and his untimely death is a great grief to the relatives and many friends. The funeral will be held at the residence tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock.
*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, June 18, 1914
DAWKINS, William Williford - Memory of a smile that wreathed his features, even in death, and memory of a friendship ended, is all that is left for those who Friday afternoon attended the rites for William Williford Dawkins. Suffering long, yet silent; realizing that the call to the Great Beyond must come soon, yet fearing nothing, a smile was the silent answer when the final summons came. He passed away as he lived, gently, quietly, Thursday morning, June 11 at 4:50 o'clock. His demise was not unexpected. For months his tenacity on life was singular but for the past four weeks the disease which claimed him for a sufferer and a victim, made marked inroads and it was realized the end was only a matter of days. Too weak to withstand the loss of blood, hemorrhages made easy the final assault. Every effort, care and attention that claimed a shadow of benefit were his, but in vain. Just in the prime of young manhood when he was first stricken, he was forced to give up a career as an artist and cartoonist in which he had made considerable advancement and which was full of promise. He was known in Indianapolis, where he attended art school; Memphis, where he managed an engraving plant, and St. Louis, where he held a responsible position, when he was forced to resign owing to ill health. Going to Texas later he failed to improve and in April 1913 returned home since which time he had been confined to his bed. Amusing and entertaining himself by drawing, he turned out many clever pieces of work the past winter. This spring he did the art work for The Index, the High School's annual publication, gratis, and the drawings express his temperament and disposition. A Southern boy, being born at Aberdeen, Miss. in October 1882, he had all the characteristics of a Southerner. Gentleness, kindness, affability and a keen sense of humor which was often manifested in his work, were all his. Above all his love and friendship for those for whom he cared never faltered. G. Byron Cady.
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