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Submitted: 9/7/11 • Approved: 12/16/11 • Last Updated: 8/3/12 • R584950-G46640-S3
Archimedes Eugene 'Gene'Wickersham
Jan 5, 1886
Mar 6, 1968
The Baxter Bulletin
March 14, 1968
A.E. (Gene) Wickersham, 82, of Norfork, a retired farmer and merchant, died at a local hospital on Wednesday of last week. A native of Marion Co., he spent most of his life in Baxter Co. At the time of his death he was resididng at the Twin Lakes Nursing Home, near Mt. Home.
Survuvors include his wife, Mrs. Susan (Mims Sword)Wickersham, of Norfork; two sons, Garland of Norfork and Eugene Wickersham of Frsno, CA; three daughter, Mrs. June (Vero) Hall of Norfork, Mrs. Pauline rosengrants of Paramount, CA and Mrs. Nellie Landavazo of La Puente, CA; a brother Arthur Wickersham of Mt. Home; a sister Mrs. Mary Landrith of Caldwell, KS; 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Mr. Wickersham was born in (Yellville) Marion Co. on Jan 5, 1886, the son of Ambrose and Nellie Cowrey Wickersham.
Funeral services wer conducted Saturday at the Galatia Methodist Church, near Norfork, followed by interment in the Galatia Cemetery. The McClure Service was in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Roe Whitfield, Walter Arnold, Ralph Parnell, Jarroll Chapman, Eudell Southard and Larry Woody. Honorary bearers were Jim Greer, Maston Finley, Joe Nimmo, Chester Acklin and Wilson Chapman, Arvill Hall and Gene Adams.
(From the files of Max Parnell.)
Susan Mims Sword Wickersham
1897-1969
Daughter of Robert E. and Mary Jane Landrith Sword.
(From Ancestry.com.)
The Baxter Bulletin
January 23, 1969
Funeral services for Mrs. Susan S. Wickersham, 71, of Norfork, a resident of Baxter County for most of her life, were conducted Tuesday at the Galatia Methodist Church near Norfork.
Bro. Bill Richadson, minister of the Mt. Home Church of Christ, officiated, and interment was in the Galatia Cemetery under the direction of the Mcclure Service.
Mrs. Wickersham, who for many years owned and operated a grocery stone near Norfork, died at a Calico Rock hospital last Sunday. She was the widow of A.E. wickersham, who died on March 6, 1968.
Mrs. Wickersham was born at Lone Rock, in south Baxter County, on August 22, 1897, the daughter of Robert Sword and Mary Jane Landrith Sword. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include two sons, Garland Wickersham of Norfork and Eugene Wickersham of Fresno, CA; three daughters, Mrs. June Hall of Norfork, Mrs. Pauline Rosegrants of Paramount, CA and Mrs. Nellie Landavazo of La Puente, CA; a brother, Earl Sword of Mt. View; four sisters, Mrs. Lillie Wickersham, Mrs. Zula Wade, Mrs Wille Van Pelt of Long Beach, CA and Mrs. Emma Shephenson of Dwney; 10 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Jeff Hackler, Eugene Wickersham, Garland Wickersham, Vero Hall, Mike Hall and Marvin Stephenson.
(From the files of Max Parnell.)
Contributed on 9/7/11 by ashaw444
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