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Submitted: 4/29/13 • Approved: 5/3/13 • Last Updated: 5/6/13 • R869680-G0-S3
Mar 17, 1877 - Oct 1, 1961
*Obituary
Pine Bluff Commercial
Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., Arkansas
Monday, October 2, 1961
Page 2
Star City –
W. David Person, 84, of Star City, died Sunday at 7 a.m. at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Eula Woodard, at Star City.
He was a retired farmer.
Mr. Person was a native of Lincoln County, born March 17, 1877, to the late Bill and Sallie Person.
Mr. Person attended Lincoln County schools. He was first married in 1903 in Star City to Mardella Butler. She died in 1909. He was married in 1928 to Sonita Woodard, who died in 1942. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include one son, John David Person of Star City; two daughters, Mrs. Woodard of Star City and Mrs. Velma Westbrook of Kalamazoo, Mich.; one brother, Jess Person of Dumas; and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Butler Baptist Church near Star City by Rev. Edd Mozmgo. Burial will be in Butler Cemetery by South Funeral Home of Pine Bluff.
Pallbearers will be Allen F. Brands, Evert Harvey, Marion Johnson, Moten Carter, Enzie Youngblood and Lee Gardner.
Contributed on 4/29/13 by ashaw444
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