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Submitted: 12/16/18 • Approved: 12/16/18 • Last Updated: 12/19/18 • R1247686-G1247685-S3
Thomas 22 Jan 1921 - 23 Sept 2006 veteran / obit
Pearl 29 Jul 1925 - 26 Feb 2006 obit
Marriage: 03 Jul 1942 recorded Jackson County, Arkansas
Thomas Boothe Merriweather the husband of Pearl Anita (Crews) Merriweather. Thomas Boothe Merriweather son of Coleman Dean Merriweather and Alice Marie (Hardin) Merriweather. Pearl Anita (Crews) Merriweather daughter of Clifford Albert Crews and Lucy Marie (Polston) Crews.
Mr. Thomas B. Merriweather Sr., 85, of Cord died Saturday, September 23, 2006.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Pearl (Crews) Merriweather, on Feb. 26, 2006.
He is survived by two sons, Tony R. Merriweather of Fort Worth, Texas, and Timothy A. Merriweather of Seattle; one daughter, Teresa Smedley of Cord; one sister, Wilma Jean York; a daughter-in-law, Diane Merriweather; two brothers-in-law; one sister-in-law; two nieces; and five nephews.
Interment was in Hopewell Cemetery.
And that of his wife,
Pearl Merriweather
Published Tuesday February 28, 2006
CORD Pearl Crews Merriweather, 80, of Cord died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006, in Batesville.
Born July 29, 1925, at Saffell, she was the daughter of Clifford Albert and Lucy Marie Polston Crews. She married Thomas B. Merriweather Sr. on July 3, 1942. She was a homemaker and a member of Cord Baptist Church, where she was church clerk for over 20 years. She was a member of the Extension Homemakers Club, Womans Missionary Union and Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. She had a beauticians license and enjoyed ceramics, cake decorating, cooking and crocheting.
Survivors include her husband of 63 years; two sons, Tony B. Merriweather of Fort Worth, Texas, and Timothy A. Merriweather of Mitchell, Neb.; a daughter, Teresa Smedley of Cord; two brothers, Clifford O. Crews of Moss, Mo., and Paul D. Crews of Brule, Neb.; 16 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and six nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a son, Thomas B. Merriweather Jr.; two infant twin daughters; a sister, Caroline Crews; and her parents.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Cord Baptist Church with Gary Mitchell and Jerry Kausler officiating. Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery under the direction of Jackson's Newport Funeral Home.
Honorary pallbearers are the Lydia Sunday school class.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight.
Obituary located through archives of Jackson's Funeral Home Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas published Feb 2006.
Contributed on 12/16/18 by denise.bratcher63
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