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Submitted: 9/13/12 • Approved: 9/14/12 • Last Updated: 9/17/12 • R756020-G756018-S3
James
Nov 8 1847 - June 16 1929
*Obituary
Benton County Record & Democrat & Sun
Thursday, June 20, 1929
McCALL, J.C. - Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian Church on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for J.C. McCall who passed away Sunday afternoon, the Rev. A.W. Henderson conducting the services. Mr. McCall had been failing the past year or more but was taken suddenly ill Friday to which he succumbed. Mr. McCall was born in Rock Castle, Kentucky November 8, 1847 and grew to manhood in that place. He went to Springfield, Mo. at the age of 23 years and there he met and married Miss Louisa Amanda Roundtree Nov. 28, 1872. They settled in Brookline, Mo., near Springfield, and made their home there for 40 years. Then they moved to Benton County in 1912, settling on a farm a mile west of town where they resided until in 1920 when they bought the home place on West A Street and moved to it. There the McCall home has been ever since. Eight children were born to this union. Two children, Josephine and Lena, died several years ago. Mr. McCall was a faithful Christian and member of the Presbyterian Church. Besides his widow he is survived by three sons living in Columbus, Ohio; Tucson, Ariz. and Los Angeles who were unable to attend the funeral. His three living daughters, Mrs. Stella Flannagan, Mrs. Sybil Young, Hurley, Mo. and Mrs. Louise Brock of Mannford, Okla., with their husbands arrived Sunday before their father passed away. Following the funeral burial was made in the City Cemetery.
Louisa
May 16 1849 - Nov 30 1935
*Obituary
Benton County Democrat
Thursday, February 20, 1936
REMEBERING
Our Beloved Mother-Sister, Louisa McCall, past Chaplain, Bentonville Chapter, No. 295, O.E.S.
Mother is gone! - - But, is she?
Perhaps my eyes just holden be.
And she be nearer now than breathing,
Or hands, or feet, to me.
Again the Death Angel has rapped at the door of our Chapter room and called out our beloved Mother. In the going of Sister Louisa McCall, on Nov. 30th, 1935, we have lost a true Mother; one whose presence was assurance and power in our Chapter work, and when absent we knew was remembering us. How often she has led us in our devotions at the altar as our chaplain, and in all else we did sought by precept and example to direct our thoughts and our lives to the noblest and to the best. She loved our beautiful Order and the work of our local Chapter, No. 295, especially.
She was a born leader strong of mind, heart and purpose, but with that rare quality, self-effacement, Christian first, and above all else. Truly her life was lived for Him and for others.
In the home she was at her best – an ideal wife and mother; one who had the admiration and the devotion of her husband, sons and daughters to the end, and she lived to be 86 ½ years young. She could never grow old. This home was not only a haven of rest for the immediate family, but friends and relatives from far and near delighted to be there, because of the atmosphere that filled the house. Mother – Home – Heaven, here on earth! It means something to make a place like that in this homesick world of ours. It takes a rare character to do it. She could, and did. Everybody loved her, because she was a Love-Lovely.
The Church and the Book were her high inspiration point – His work and hers! Where she was won’t to go to learn of Him, be filled and thrilled with the Spirit’s Power and take orders from Him for service in the Valley Below. So, when He called she answered: “Lord, Here I Am, Send Me.” And she came forth from this presence with that shine on her face – always such a part of her – not to be found in any of Earth’s Beauty Shops, but only from the presence and power of God in the life. Ready to be Do and Dare for Him and Others. This is the secret of our Mother’s wonderful life on earth. Sisters and Brothers, may we strive to emulate her example as we, too, go forth into the world for service; may we continually pray:
“Lord help me live form day to day
In such a self-forgetful way
That even when I kneel to pray
My prayer shall be for others.
Help me in all the work I do
To ever be sincere and true
And know that what I’d do for You
Must needs be done for others.
Other, Lord, yes others,
Let this my motto be,
Help me to live for others
That I may live like Thee.”
LEONE PAUL,
C.B. COLEMAN,
SUSAN COLEMAN,
Committee
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