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Submitted: 11/23/20 • Approved: 11/29/20 • Last Updated: 12/2/20 • R1353050-G1353048-S3
Alice
Jan 3, 1875 - May 27, 1943
*Obituary
Blytheville Courier News, Blytheville, Arkansas, Wednesday, May 27, 1942
Mrs. Alice Wicker died early this morning at her home at 120 South 18th Street after a long illness. She was born in Blytheville and had lived here all of her life.
Funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. H. Gream, pastor of the Second Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Holt Funeral Home is in charge.
Survivors include her husband, C. T. Wicker; three daughters, Mrs. Vester Brooks, Mrs. W. P. Widner and Mrs. Pleas Yarbro, all of Blytheville; two step-sons, Bob and Bud Wicker of Steele, Mo.; two sons, A. J. Wicker and F. L. Wicker, both of Blytheville; and one sister, Mrs. B. W. Norman of Brownsville, Tenn.
Previously married to unknown Daniels. (3 children)
Married Charles T. Wicker on October 14, 1900, Mississippi Co, AR.
Charles
Sep 8, 1865 - Jul 18, 1946
OBIT
Published in Blytheville Courier News, Blytheville, Arkansas, Friday, July 19, 1946
One of Blytheville's long-time residents died yesterday afternoon when Charles Taylor Wicker passed away at his home, 120 South 18th. He was 80. Born in West Tennessee, he came to this section when 15 and resided in the vicinity of what now is Blytheville.
He had long farmed and once served as a member of the city police force but had not been active in work for a number of years. Stricken with paralysis several months ago, his condition had been serious since that time. He died at 1:35 o'clock.
Funeral services were to be held this afternoon, 3 o'clock, at the residence, by the Rev. P. H. Jernigan, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church. Burial was to be at Elmwood Cemetery. Holt Funeral Home was in charge.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Pleas Yarbro of Blytheville; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Vester Brooks of Blytheville and Mrs. W. P. Widner of Torrance, Calif.; and four sons, F. L. Wicker of Key West, Fla., A. J. Wicker of Blytheville and G. W. Wicker and Bob Wicker, both of Steele, Mo.
Contributed on 11/23/20 by eagle12953
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