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Submitted: 4/26/16 • Approved: 4/29/16 • Last Updated: 5/2/16 • R1135817-G1135817-S3
James
March 1, 1861 - March 13, 1947
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Friday, March 14, 1947
James Lawson Dockery, 86, died last night at his home at Sunset. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors are three sons, J.E. and W.H., both of Sunset, and J.H. of Daggett, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Mida Porter of Sunset, Mrs. Cora Osburn and Mrs. Casie McCracken, both of Fayetteville; a brother, H.B. of Sunset; two sisters, Mrs. Nancy Osburn of Tahlequah, Okla., and Mrs. Rachel Hughes of Stilwell, Okla., 37 grandchildren and 51 great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements under direction of the Nelson-Savage Funeral Home are incomplete.
Mary
March 29, 1862 - July 28, 1933
*Obituary (as written)
Fayetteville Daily Democrat
Tuesday, August 8, 1933
MRS. MARY DOCKERY BURIED AT SUNSET
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Skelton Dockery, who died July 28, were held at the Sunset schoolhouse July 29, conducted by Rev. G.M. Martin.
Mrs. Dockery was born March 29, 1862. She was baptised in 1881 and for 52 years lived a devoted Christian life. Aug. 6, 1881, she was married to James L. Dockery. Seven of their nine children survive, three sons and four daughters; also 35 grandchildren, 22 girls and 14 boys, and four grandchildren, two girls and two boys. Six grandchildren, five boys and one girl preceeded her in death. She was 71 years of age.
Contributed on 4/26/16 by wfields55
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