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Submitted: 9/16/11 • Approved: 11/5/20 • Last Updated: 11/8/20 • R588949-G588948-S3
01 Jan 1865 - 05 Aug 1945
Marriage:
Florida Amelia "Ella" (Hudgens) Wayland wife of James Franklin "Frank" Wayland. Florida Amelia "Ella" (Hudgens) Wayland daughter of James F Hudgens and Elizabeth (Hathenwhite) Hudgens. was born in Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri and died Wild Cherry, Fulton County, Arkansas.
**obituary
The Calico Rock Progress, Calico Rock, Arkansas, August 10, 1945:
Mrs. Ella Wayland Dies Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Ella Wayland, aged 80, a resident of this section the greater part of her life, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. A. J. Lane, at Wild Cherry, Sunday, August 5, 1945. She had been ill for several week and her death was not unexpected.
Mrs. Wayland was born in Missouri, but the greater part of her life was spent in this vicinity. She resided in Calico Rock until a few weeks ago when she was removed to Wild Cherry. She was the widow of the late James Franklin Wayland and a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hudgens. Her father was a well known minister and physician of this section. She confessed religion at an early age and united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1912. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Pineville.
Deceased was the mother of thirteen children, nine of whom survive, as follows: Mrs. A. J. Lane and Steve Wayland of Wild Cherry; Mrs. W. O. Davis of Brockwell; R. L. Wayland, M. F. Wayland, and C. C. Wayland of Tulsa, Okla., R. F. Wayland of DeQueen, Ark., Mrs. J. F. Drown; and Other Wayland of Oklahoma City, Okla.. Also surviving are 47 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at Wayland Arbor Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. services being conducted by Rev. W. R. Watson, pastor of the Methodist Church of Calico Rock. The McGuire Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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Card of Thanks
We wish to express our sincere thanks and gratitude in this way to each and every one of our kind friends and neighbors who came to our aid in the illness and death of our darling mother, Mrs. Ella Wayland, who passed away August 5, 1945. May God’s blessings be bestowed upon each one of you is our sincere prayer. --- Mrs. A. J. Lane, Mrs. W. O. Davis, Mrs. J. F. Drown, Robert Wayland, Other Wayland, Steve, Wayland, Merve Wayland, Claud Wayland, Luther Wayland.
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Contributed on 9/16/11 by maxparnell
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