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Submitted: 4/10/13 • Approved: 4/10/13 • Last Updated: 4/13/13 • R861252-G861251-S3
1860 - 1933
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Rogers Daily News
February 22, 1933
DAY, James - James Day, a resident of Benton County all his life, died at his home in Pea Ridge Tuesday night of heart failure. He had been ill but two days. Mr. Day was 64 years old. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the Pea Ridge Baptist Church, the Rev. John Harris officiating. Burial was made at Buttram Chapel cemetery. He is survived by two sons, Clyde Day, widely-known baseball pitcher, and Claude Day, both of Pea Ridge, and by two daughters, Mrs. Maud Perry of Pea Ridge and Mrs. Tibbie Stay, living in Oklahoma. Mrs. Day passed away a few years ago.
Elizabeth
1870 - Sept 21 1927
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Rogers Daily News
September 21, 1927
DAY, Elizabeth - Mrs. Jim Day died this morning at her home near Pea Ridge. Mrs. Day was the mother of Clyde Day who is well known in Rogers, he having made quite a record as a baseball pitcher. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed and they are waiting for the arrival of relatives.
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Benton County Record & Democrat & Sun
September 22, 1927
Mrs. James Day, a resident on Pea Ridge for over 40 years, committed suicide Tuesday evening by drinking concentrated lye. She died in agony but unconscious a few hours later. Despondency and worry over family matters is said to have been the cause of her death. She is reported as to have been brooding over her troubles for some time and early Tuesday emptied a can of concentrated lye into a glass of water and drank it, so it is stated. She was about 60 years old. Besides her husband she is survived by two sons, Clyde Day, professional baseball pitcher, and Claude Day; also by two daughters, Mrs. Perry and Miss Pebble Day. The Day family are widely known on Pea Ridge and the tragedy nf her death was a shock to the entire community.
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Rogers Daily News
September 23, 1927
Mrs. Elizabeth Day, wife of James Day near Pea Ridge, died September 21, 1927, age fifty-seven years, 1 month and twenty days. She is survived by her husband, James Day, two daughters, Mrs. Maude Day Perry, Pea Ridge; Miss Eula Pebble Day; and two sons, Henry Clyde and Claudie. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon at Buttram’s Chapel near Pea Ridge, Edwards of Rogers conducting the services.
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