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Submitted: 7/6/09 • Approved: 5/3/13 • Last Updated: 6/29/13 • R211083-G211082-S3
Wife of Richard Brainerd
Daughter of William & Rosa Jane Foster Freeman
Born September 23, 1930, Baxter County, Arkansas
Died September 21, 1956, Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas
(Note: The posted dates do not agree with dates on the tombstone. The dates were taken from the obituary for Icy Lee Brainerd which was published in the September 27, 1956, issue of the Baxter Bulletin, Mountain Home, Arkansas, which was two years prior to the date shown on the gravestone.)
The Baxter Bulletin
September 27, 1956
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert Brainerd, 25, of near Norfork, who died early Friday morning in a local hospital, were held Sunday afternoon at Burnt Schoolhouse with Rev Claude Crigler officiating.
Mrs. Brainerd was the daughter of William and Rosa Foster Freeman and was a lifetime resident of Baxter County. She was born September 23, 1930.
Survivors include her husband, Richard Brainerd of the home; two daughters, Charlotte Marie and Audra June; two sisters, Mrs. Lava Vicie Wilson of Texas and Mrs. Spicie Marie Cantrell of Lone Rock; a brother, William Freeman of Mt. Home; a half brother, David Null of Hoxie; her grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Bell Foster of Mt. Home; two uncles, Jess and Dave Foster and four aunts.
Interment was in Burnt Schoolhouse Cemetery, under the direction of the Roller Funeral Home.
(From the files of Max Parnell.)
Contributed on 7/6/09 by maxparnell
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