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Submitted: 6/5/17 • Approved: 6/7/17 • Last Updated: 5/29/22 • R1186411-G1186410-S3
David
Company I 10 Texas Infantry
Civil War Confederate
August 26, 1838 - March 14, 1925
*Obituary
Benton County Record
Friday, March 20, 1925
McKENZIE, David Calvin - David Calvin McKenzie was born on Aug. 26th, 1838 in York District, South Carolina and died at the family home two miles west of Centerton on Saturday night, March 14th, 1925. Death was due to kidney trouble and the flu. He served as a Confederate soldier during the Civil War, professing faith in Jesus during a battle but never united with any church. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Community Church in Centerton and his body was laid to rest by the side of his wife in the Gamble cemetery northwest of that place. Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie are survived by four sons - Charles, George and John McKenzie, who live west of Centerton, and John C. McKenzie, of Hollister, Idaho; also by three daughters - Mrs. Mary Boyd, living southwest of Bentonville; Mrs. Emma Osborne of Jerome, Idaho and Mrs. Annie Stone of Tekoa, Wash. Another daughter, Mrs. Ellen Womack, died in May 1920. They also have 21 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren and a host of friends to mourn their loss.
*Obituary
Benton County Democrat
Thursday, March 19, 1925
McKENZIE, Mr. and Mrs. D.C. - Within the week this section has lost two of its oldest and most highly respected citizens in the death of David Calvin McKenzie, aged 84 years, and his wife, Mrs. Nancy Jane McKenzie, aged 79. Their deaths resulted from influenza and pneumonia and occurred at the old family home west of Centerton. Both had been critically ill for some days, Mrs. McKenzie passing away Thursday night and Mr. McKenzie late Saturday. Mrs. McKenzie's funeral was held Saturday morning at the Centerton Community Methodist church, the pastor, Rev. Boyles, conducting the services. Funeral services for Mr. McKenzie were held Sunday. Both were interred at the Gamble cemetery near Centerton. Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie were natives of Georgia. They settled in Arkansas early in their married life and were residents of this vicinity for a great number of years. Of their eight children, seven of them survive.
*Obituary
Benton County Record
Friday, March 30, 1925
The closing chapters of a long and eventful married life extending over a period of nearly 60 years ended last Saturday by the death of Calvin McKenzie, who had lived in the vicinity of Centerton for 57 years. Two days previously his wife, Nancy J. McKenzie, preceded him to the grave. In less than 50 hours the light of these two pioneers went out.
Nancy
November 14, 1945 - March 12, 1925
*Obituary
Benton County Record
Friday, March 20, 1925
McKENZIE, Nancy Jane ALLISON - Nancy Jane Allison was born on November 14th, 1845 in Alabama. On the 20th of December 1866 she was married to Calvin McKenzie. She died on March 12th, 1925 at the age of 79 years, three months and 28 days. She was afflicted with a cancer and died from pneumonia following the flu. She professed a hope in Jesus in her early days and united with the Methodist church. Funeral services were held at the Community Church in Centerton on Saturday afternoon, the Rev. E.L. Boyles conducting the services. Interment was made in the Gamble cemetery.
Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans, Benton County, Arkansas 2009
Compiled by William W Degge
Contributed on 6/5/17 by judyfrog
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