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Submitted: 1/12/08 • Approved: 11/27/20 • Last Updated: 11/30/20 • R9550-G9549-S3
Gilbert 07 Apr 1911 - 15 Nov 2005
Ethel 26 Jul 1918 - 08 Oct 2006
Marriage: 24 Dec 1935
Ethel Frances (Dragoo) Black wife of Gilbert L Black. Ethel Frances (Dragoo) Black daughter of Walter Earl Dragoo and Willa Caroline (Alexander) Dragoo.
Gilbert Black
STRAWBERRY -- Gilbert Black, 94, of Strawberry died Tuesday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Surviving are his wife, Ethel Dragoo Black; daughters Florence Huskey of Strawberry and Carolyn Clinton of Walnut Ridge; sons William Black of Hot Springs, Jack Black of Jacksonville and George Black of Mobile, Ala.; 15 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
He was a leader in establishing Lawrence County Rural Water District and 911.
Funeral services are 10 a.m. Thursday at House-Gregg Funeral Home in Walnut Ridge. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be at Lancaster Cemetery near Strawberry.
Obituary located through archives of The Jonesboro Sun Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas published 16 Nov 2005.
And that of his wife,
Ethel Frances Black
Ethel Frances Black, 88, of Walnut Ridge, died Oct. 8, 2006, at Walnut Ridge.
She was a homemaker and had lived in the Smithville area for 63 years. She was a member of Smithville Baptist Church, the Northeast Arkansas Quilt Club, the Anchor Extension Homemakers Club and the Garden Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilbert Black; a sister, two brothers; and a grandchild.
Survivors include two daughters, Florence Huskey, Strawberry, and Carolyn Clinton, Walnut Ridge; three sons, William Black, Hot Springs, Jack Black, Jacksonville, and George Black, Mobile, Ala.; two brothers, Ralph Dragoo and Lawrence Dragoo, both of Kentucky; 14 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Funeral is today at 10 a.m. in the House-Gregg Chapel with Harold Russell officiating. Burial will be in Lancaster Cemetery, near Strawberry, under the direction of House-Gregg Funeral Home.
Grandsons and great-grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Obituary provided courtesy of The Times Dispatch Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, Arkansas posted 11 Oct 2006.
Contributed on 1/12/08 by denise.bratcher63
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