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Submitted: 11/3/09 • Approved: 1/24/12 • Last Updated: 8/7/12 • R254341-G254340-S3
Born February 22, 1893, East Tawas, Iosco County, Michigan.
Died September 13, 1979, Calico Rock, Izard County, Arkansas.
Daughter of Alfred Alexander Bradley & Mary Estie Trombley Bradley.
Wife of James Franklin Dearing.
The Baxter Bulletin
Ruth Opal Dearing, 85, of Norfork, died Thrusday at Calico Rock Medical Center. The widow of James E. Dearing, she was a retired book keeper and a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Chruch of Jackson, MI.
Mrs. Dearing's funeral was held Saturday at the Howard Funeral Home Chapel in Calico Rock and burial was in the Galatia Cemetery, near Norfork.
Pallbearers were John T. Williams, Richard Williams, James E. Williams, Michael W. Goldsmith, Thomas Fitzpatrick and Eudell Southared.
The daughter of the late Alfred Alexander Bradley and Mary Estie Trombley Bradley, Mrs. Dearing was born Nov 22, 1893, in East Tawas, MI. A retiree from the Comsumer Power Company of Jackson, she lived at Fallbrook, CA, before coming to Baxter County about nine years ago. She had been widowed for the past three years.
Survivors include a daughter, Mary H. Williams of Norfork; four grandchildren, John T. Williams, James E. Williams and Mary M. (Mrs. Michael) Goldsmith, all of Norfork and Richard M. Williams of Mt. Home; a step brother, Maurice E. Dearing of California; a step sister, Bearnadine Nelson of Minnesota; and six great grandchildren.
(From the files of Max Parnell.)
(Photo courtesy of Vera Reeves)
Contributed on 11/3/09 by maxparnell
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