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Submitted: 9/12/14 • Approved: 9/14/14 • Last Updated: 9/17/14 • R1038351-G0-S3
Jan 29, 1877 - Sept 23, 1908
FORREST CITY TIMES NEWSPAPER
SEP.25,1908.
John New, of the timber firm of Young & New, and a well known and highly respected timber man of this county, died Tuesday night, Sept.23,1908, at his camp on Rose Lake of congestion. He was complaining some Monday, and that evening had a congestive chill. He became unconscious and remained so all day Tuesday, and until the end. John New was a man of sterling integrity and had many friends who regret his sudden death, and we join them in offering our sympathy. He was buried Wednesday.
Husband of Mollie F Chambers
Parents;
JAMES HEZAKIAH NEW
1839 – 1898
Buried Oak Forrest Cemetery-Lee Co.,Ark.
EMILY CLAYTON
Buried Oak Forrest Cemetery-Lee Co.,Ark.
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