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Submitted: 4/24/12 • Approved: 4/24/12 • Last Updated: 8/24/12 • R681586-G681448-S3
Ellen
February 25, 1886 - April 3, 1974
R M
May 19, 1880 - January 21, 1968
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Monday, January 22, 1968
R.M. Anderson, 87, of Route 10, Fayetteville, died Jan. 21, at his home. Born May 19, 1800 in Springfield, Mo., he was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a retired school teacher. He taught for 47 years, serving as superintendent of schools in Baca, Colo., and later taught school in Washington County in the Springdale school system. He moved to the area in 1922 from Branson, Mo.
He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Ellen Ford Anderson, of the home; one son, Floyd, of Fayetteville; four daughters, Mrs. Esther Knight of Tulsa, Ok1a., Mrs. Mildred Jenkins of Bethesda, Md., Mrs. Joyce Rowley of Riverside, Calif. and Mrs. Kathryn Wilkinson of Los Angeles, Calif., a sister, Mrs. Kate Boyd, of Carthage, Mo.; 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Campbell Community Church, west of Greenland, with burial in Campbell Cemetery under direction of Sisco Funeral Home.
Married April 10, 1909
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