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Submitted: 2/4/12 • Approved: 2/5/12 • Last Updated: 8/22/12 • R644677-G0-S3
February 14, 1916, Oxford, Izard County, Arkansas
February 17, 1967, Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas
Son of H. Branson Tatum & Edna Martin Tatum
Married Merle Virginia Garner, May 20, 1934, Fulton County, Arkansas
Mason
The Calico Rock Progress, Calico Rock, Arkansas, March 3, 1967:
Services Held For Ermal W. Tatum
Ermal Wilford Tatum 51 of 128 South Main St., Mountain Home, a retired plumber, died last Saturday Feb. 18, 1967. He was a native of Izard County and had lived in Mountain Home for the past four years.
Masonic services were conducted at 11 a.m. Monday Feb. 20, 1967 at the Memorial Funeral Chapel by members of the local Masonic Lodge. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Oxford Methodist Church in Izard County with Rev. Kelley Jones and Rev. Hugh Cooper officiating. Interment followed in the Oxford Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Clark Rawlings, Matt Parks, Thornton Carr, George Fishman, Constant Wier and Alvah S. Decker.
Mr. Tatum was born at Oxford on February 14, 1916, the son of H. Branson Tatum and Edna Martin Tatum. He was a member of the Mountain Home Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Wilba Tatum of Mountain Home; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Baker of Kansas City, Mo., his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Tatum of Oxford; a sister Mrs. Kermit McSpadden of Oxford, and a grandchild.
(Photo courtesy of Vera Reeves)
Contributed on 2/4/12 by maxparnell
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