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Submitted: 9/13/09 • Approved: 7/16/21 • Last Updated: 7/19/21 • R233713-G10364-S3
Earnie 1905 - May 1975
Opal 20 Aug 1913 - 05 Oct 2004
Marriage:
1) Ernie Wilson on 21 Sept 1929*
2) Leslie "Dutch" Crownover
Earnie Wilson son of John Price and Ida M Wilson Price. Opal (Whitmire) Wilson Crownover daughter of George Whitmire and Mary Melvina (Osburn) Whitmire.
**obituary
Opal Crownover, 91, of Batesville, formerly of Walnut Ridge, died Oct. 5, 2004, in a Batesville hospital.
Born Aug. 20, 1913, in Portia, she was the daughter of George and Mary Osborne Whitmire. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Free Will Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Earnie Wilson; her second husband, Dutch Crownover; a son, Alfred G. Wilson; a daughter, Lura Ketchum; and a great-grandson, Kevin Fisher.
Survivors include two sons, George L. Wilson, Coldwater, Mo., and Larry B. Wilson, Belton, Texas; two daughters, Eunithia Boone, Rockford, Ill., and Sue Wilson, Batesville; a brother, James Watson, Cave City; three sisters, Kathryn Troutman, Brookland, Jean Tate, Cave City, and Lora Carlin, Louisiana; 14 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral was Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Willis-Hays Chapel with Rev. Bobby Shepherd officiating. Burial was in Lancaster Cemetery at Strawberry under the direction of Willis-Hays Funeral Service of Batesville.
Obituary courtesy of The Times Dispatch Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, Arkansas through archive search by Rita Grigsby. Our thanks to her.
*Ernie Wilson
Arkansas, County Marriages
Name: Ernie Wilson
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 21 Sep 1929
Event Place: Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Residence Place: Swifton, Jackson, Arkansas
Gender Male
Age 24
Birth Year (Estimated): 1905
Spouse's Name Opal Whitmire
Spouse's Residence Place: Swifton, Jackson, Arkansas
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 18
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1911
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Citing this Record
"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM58-P2G : 18 March 2019), Ernie Wilson, 21 Sep 1929; citing Marriage, Jackson, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 2,208,736.
Contributed on 9/13/09 by denise.bratcher63
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