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Submitted: 10/13/13 • Approved: 10/13/13 • Last Updated: 10/16/13 • R935135-G935133-S3
December 25, 1842 - January 8, 1942
Wife of Wiley Phillip Miller (1845-1874) Married October 25, 1865
Wife of Edward Stanley Fordham (1852-1935) Married October 20, 1875
It is with deep regret we have to announce the death of Mrs. Jennie Fordham, of Hobbs, Ark., who departed this life Jan. 8, 1920. Mrs. Fordham had reached the ripe old age of 77 years, and seldom can it be said of a woman of her age that her death meant a real loss to the community in which she lived, but such is the case. Up until a few months of her death she was an active and earnest worker in our neighborhood, both in church and Sunday school. Her vitality was remarkable, her place in church 'or Sunday' school was seldom vacant. A dear lover of vocal music, she took delight in singing out. She would gather the girls of her class around her and they with her would sing and enjoy it. She possessed a singularly bright mind and a happy cheerful disposition. Sister Fordham was an educated and well read woman, coming as she did from old North Carolina family of Revolutionary fame, one of her ancestors representing the old North state in the congressional convention, in signing the United States constitution. She moved with her husband, E.S. Fordham and family to Van Buren 31 years ago and came to the Hobbs community 21 years ago. With unassuming dignity she lent her influence and active support to any and all movements that made for progress to a higher life. She was intensely loyal and patriotic. Her loyalty commenced at home for she was a devoted wife and mother. She proved it among her neighbors in sickness or distress, when the Red Cross auxiliary at Hobbs was organized she was one of the first to become an active worker. The work of the auxiliary to which she belonged forms a part of Crawford County's history of war work, close upon 300 pounds of raw wool was brought, washed, picked, spun and knitted into socks for our soldier boys. Sister Fordham picking, carding, spinning and knitting no less than 30 pairs of socks with her own hand while many loudly voiced their patriotism this good woman made good with works. Last but not least the crowning glory of her life was religion. A little woman in statue but a giant in faith. Religion with her was real, heartfelt and constant, she ... on the hill tops, she had graduated above doubt and fears. Her faith was positive and when the grim master attached her in the Valley of the Shadows, she faced him calmly, retreating inch by inch to the river's brink, then slipped across to the other side. Information regarding marriages and bio from ancestry.com
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