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Submitted: 4/2/12 • Approved: 9/7/20 • Last Updated: 9/10/20 • R670949-G670949-S3
1888 - 1963
Marriage: 12 Oct 1907 Lawrence County, Arkansas*
Wife of William Green Burrow. Rosetta “Rosie” Matilda (Simpkin) Burrow daughter of Charles Henry Simpkin and Mary (Potter) Simpkin.
*obituary
Mrs. Rosetta Burrow, 75 of Bono, RT. 2, died on the evening of Tuesday 9th June 1964 at St Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She was born on Thursday 10th of March 1887 at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas to Charles Simpkins & Mary Potter.
She married William in 1907 at Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, Arkansas. They raised their family in the Truman area.
Survivors include her husband William G Burrow; a daughter EmmaNell Smith of Patterson, California; 3 sons Raymond and George of Bono and Harold of Harrisburg RT 3; A sister Mrs. Edna Miller of Poplar Bluff, Arkansas; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
funeral services were held Saturday at the Cross Roads Pentecostal Church at Bono.
Burial was at Crossroads Cemetery in Portia, Arkansas. Thompson Funeral Home of Truman was in charge.
Obituary located in archives of Jonesboro Public Library Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas. It may be found also in the archives of The Jonesboro Sun Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas.
Dau of Charles H. Simpkins and Mary Simpkin. Sister of Rebecca
*Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957
Name:William Burrow
Event Type:Marriage
Event Date:12 Oct 1907
Event Place:Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Event Place (Original):, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Residence Place:Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas
Gender:Male
Age:23
Birth Year (Estimated):1884
Marriage License Date:12 Oct 1907
Spouse's Name:Rosa Sunpkin
Spouse's Residence Place:Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas
Spouse's Gender:Female
Spouse's Age:19
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):1888
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Book A-375 Lawrence County, Arkansas
Contributed on 4/2/12 by s8smith
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