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Submitted: 12/18/12 • Approved: 5/11/22 • Last Updated: 5/14/22 • R796409-G796409-S3
25 Mar 1917 - 05 Apr 1953
Marriage: 20 Jun 1938 filed in Izard County, Arkansas*
Jewel M (Thompson) Jeffery wife of Henry Otto Jeffery. Jewel M (Thompson) Jeffery daughter of Owen William and Vietta (Gulley) Thompson.
**Obituary
Melbourne Times April 16, 1953
Funeral Services Held for Jewell Jeffery
Graveside services for Mrs Jewell Jeffery aged 36, were conducted by L. F. Mills of Batesville at Vest Cemetery Tuesday April 7, Mrs Jeffery died in a Little Rock hospital on April 5. She was born at Twin Creek on March 25, 1917 and lived there most all of her life.
She was a member of the Church of Christ for a number of years.
Mrs Jeffery is survived by her husband, Otto Jeffery, two sons, Carol and Donald Jeffery of the home; her mother, Mrs Vietta Thompson of Twin Creek; four sisters, Mrs Eldon Thompson of Twin Creek, Mrs Loyd Cooper of Melbourne, Mrs Roland Gillihan of Mtn. View and Mrs Sonny Stapeton of Macks; and one brother, Homer Thompson of Macks.
Burial was in charge of Hall Funeral Home.
*Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957
Name Otto Jeffery
Sex Male
Age 21
Residence Place Boswell, Izard, Arkansas
Birth Year (Estimated) 1917
Spouse's Name Jewell Thompson
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 21
Spouse's Residence Place Twin Creek, Izard, Arkansas
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1917
Marriage Date 20 Jun 1938
Marriage Place Izard, Arkansas, United States
Marriage Place (Original) , Izard, Arkansas, United States
Marriage License Date 20 Jun 1938
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"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM1H-VHM : 9 March 2021), Otto Jeffery, 20 Jun 1938; citing Marriage, Izard, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 2,210,314.
Contributed on 12/18/12 by sandhollow
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