To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 10/17/21 • Approved: 10/28/21 • Last Updated: 10/31/21 • R1396503-G0-S3
March 31, 1925 - February 10, 2000
*Obituary
James Boyd Buffington, 74, of Booneville, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2000, in Booneville Community Hospital.
He was a native of Waldron, son of the late Rev. David Elijah and Julie Ann Emberson Buffington, a saw mill employee, and was preceded in death by one son, James B. Buffington Jr.; one stepson, James A. Combs; one stepdaughter, Deloris Forrester; one brother, William Buffington; and one sister, Lizzie Buffington.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Gladys Buffington; one daughter, Shirley Buffington of Oakland, Calif.; two sons, Timothy Buffington of Pine Bluff and Donald Ray Buffington of Oakland, Calif.; one stepson, Henry Combs of Van Buren; two stepdaughters, Carolyn Jones and Myrna Fitzgerald, both of Clarksville; two sisters, Joy Hunt of Greenwood and Lidea Ruth Mayes of Waldron; five brothers, John Buffington of Lamar, Joe Buffington, Paul Buffington and David Buffington, all of Booneville; and Andrew Buffington of Watson; five grandchildren, Constance Buffington, Tereasa Buffington, and Nathan Buffington, all of Booneville, and Frances Buffington and James Buffington, both of Clarksville; several great-grandchildren; numerous nieces; and numerous nephews.
Funeral was at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at Trinity Chapel Pentecostal Church of God in Clarksville with Rev. Terry Schlinker officiating.
Burial was in Lamar Cemetery under the direction of Hardwicke Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Gerald Cowell, Frank Patton, Don Mefford, Virgil Blake, Bob Waite, and Charles Holt.
Contributed on 10/17/21 by billsully060
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 1396503