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Submitted: 11/20/09 • Approved: 10/17/15 • Last Updated: 10/20/15 • R260841-G260841-S3
De Witt
November 20, 1898 - November 15, 1961
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Saturday, November 18, 1961
Funeral services for DeWitt Durall, 62, resident of Lowell, who died Wednesday morning in a Springdale hospital, were held Friday afternoon at the First Baptist Church in Rogers by the Rev. Larry O'Kelly.
Burial was in the Goad Springs Cemetery under the direction of Nelson's Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Sanford Lucas, Billy Graham, Frank Kouder, Harry Elder, Warren Puckett and John White.
Elsie
February 6, 1900 - April 13, 1993
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Morning News
Sunday, April 18, 1993
Elsie Dean Durall, 93, of Olton, Texas, formerly of Lowell, died Tuesday, April 13, at the Hi-Plains Hospital in Olton.
She was born Feb. 6, 1900, in Rydal, Kan., to Frank A. Mosher and Matilda L. Johnson Mosher. She attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Oklahoma State University at Stillwater, Okla., in 1928. Over 37 years she taught in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. She retired in 1969 at Porter School in Oklahoma. She was a member of Order of Eastern Star and a member of the Olton First Baptist Church. She taught a ladies' Sunday school class for 10 years in Rogers. She moved to Arkansas from Rio Grande Valley in 1946. Along with her daughter, Elda Prentice, she also raised a nephew, Frank Sawyer.
Survivors are a daughter, Elda Prentice of Olton; three sisters, Velma Sawyer of Colorado Springs, Colo., Lacine Miller of Temple, Texas, and Myrna Weedman of North Little Rock; a chosen son, Frank Sawyer; three grandchildren, Carol Park of Amarillo, Texas, Chris Prentice of Lubbock, Texas, and Cathy Prentice of Lubbock, Texas; and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral was 2 p.m. Saturday at Lowell Baptist Church with the Rev. Dean E. Newberry Jr. officiating. Burial was in Goad Springs Cemetery near Lowell. Memorials may be made to the Runningwater Care Center in Olton, the Goad Springs Cemetery in Lowell or the Lowell Baptist Church. Arrangements are by Nelson's Funeral Home, Fayetteville.
Photographed October 20, 2009 by J. Vander Ham
Contributed on 11/20/09 by wfields55
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