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Submitted: 1/4/21 • Approved: 1/8/21 • Last Updated: 1/11/21 • R1358303-G0-S3
1881 - 1946
*Obituary
The Blytheville Courier News, Blytheville, Arkansas
Thursday, October 3, 1946
Jake Huffman, Lumberman, Dies
Funeral Services To Be Conducted Tomorrow Morning
Jake Huffman, prominent planter and lumberman, died this morning at Walls Hospital where he had been a patient since he was stricken Saturday with a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 64.
Funeral services will be conducted from the family residence at 901 Chickasawba tomorrow morning at 9:30 by the Rev. E. C. Brown, pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Born December 25, 1881, at Cottonwood Point, Missouri, where his parents were pioneer citizens, he was a long time resident of Blytheville, residing at 901 Chickasawba.
In 1902, he became associated with his brother, Alvin Huffman, Sr., in the mercantile business at Yarbro, later moving to Blytheville to establish the Huffman Bros. Lumber Company in 1915. They also had extensive farming interests in Arkansas and Missouri. They also established retail lumber-yards at Portageville and Steele, Missouri.
Mr. Huffman was a leader in the First Baptist Church, serving for several years as church treasurer. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Deacon Board and a church trustee.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Winnie Wilhelm Huffman; his brother, Alvin Huffman, Sr.; three nephews and a niece.
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