100 Years Ago – February 6, 1920
LOUISVILLE: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. S. King, a fine boy on the 3rd. - Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Barrett, who have resided here for a year or two, returned to their Kemper home last week. - Mrs. Addie Triplett is visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Kirk, at Handle this week. - Hon. R. C. Jones and H. C. Lee were called from the Legislature on business here Monday. - Mr. Sims Hudspeth of Cherry Valley, Ark., recently visited relatives in western portion of our county. He was accompanied home by his brother, J. C. Miller.
DEATHS: Another one of our oldest citizens, Mr. John F. Hopkins, died at the home of his son, attorney L. H. Hopkins, on Sunday last, after a few weeks of illness. His remains were carried to Plattsburg and interred in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives. Mr. Hopkins was in his 75th year, and had been in failing health for several years, but suffered a stroke of paralysis a few weeks ago, from which he never could recover. He was one of our county’s best-known citizens, having been in public life a good portion of his active days, and was a prominent, and influential citizen in all public matters in his neighborhood and county. He served as a member of the Board of Supervisors several terms. He leaves nine children to mourn his departure.
MARRIAGES: A quiet wedding Saturday was that of Miss Ruth Cagle and J. F. Hubbard of Helena, Ark. said at the First Christian Church by J. A. Campbell. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Cagle and the groom is formerly of Pope, Miss. The bride is the granddaughter of Col. Pink Cagle.
NOXAPATER: We are glad to see Rev. J. A. Goad able to be on the streets again after several days illness. - Geo. Whisenant left Monday for Memphis, where he has a good position. - We welcome Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Palmer, who moved back to their home here from Kemper, the past week. - Mrs. J. V. Stevens had as her guests the past week her sisters Miss Myrtle Blackwood of Louisville and Mrs. Huddleston of Chester.
75 Years Ago – February 2, 1945
FRONT PAGE: Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Moore of East Main Street have learned from unofficial sources that their son, Cpl. Joel Kenneth Moore, was killed in action at Leyte Island in the Philippines Dec. 2, 1944. The parents had not heard from their son since Nov. 15th.
DEATHS: Funeral services were held Tuesday at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church for Mr. James Taylor Oglesby, who passed away while at Riley’s Infirmary, Meridian, Jan. 29, following a brief illness with influenza, complicated by pneumonia and cardiac asthma. Born Dec. 27. 1895 in Winona, he and his mother and two sisters moved to Noxapater following his father’s death. He married Verna Stockwell Boydston in 1917, and later that year, volunteered for the U. S. Army and was stationed overseas until the end of World War I. Upon returning home, he moved to Louisiana and was an independent oil operator, in Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. He was a member of the American Legion and Shriner of Shreveport Temple. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, his young grandson, and two sisters. - Memorial services were held Dec. 31 at Plattsburg Baptist Church for Pvt. Willie R. “Sonney” Dewease, 19, killed in action in France July 28. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Audrey Dewease and one sister, both in Meridian, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Johnson of Plattsburg. - Profound sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clements on the death of his mother, Mrs. G. L. Clements.
LOUISVILLE: Mr. and Mrs. Propst Turner of Philadelphia are spending several days with their grandson, Propst Fair. - Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Irwin of Muskegon, Mich. returned home after a two-weeks visit with their son, Rev. Charles Irwin. - Mrs. A. A. Harrison returned to Sikeston, Mo. after a visit here with her sister Mrs. Dewey Pittman. - Mrs. R.T. Parker is very ill in Louisville hospital. - Giles Patty came up from Meridian Tuesday to get in some bird hunting. - Mrs. Walker Wallace is still very ill. - Mrs. Walter Bennett visited her sister Miss Ellen Langley last week in Vicksburg. - Walter Spiva was the week end visitor of his mother and sister, Mrs. Walter Spiva, Sr, and Miss Madge Spiva.
Mrs. J. V. “Grandma” Clark stopped by our office Jan. 22, celebrating her 91st birthday. She wants to take one more ride in her life – in an airplane. She has ridden in an ox wagon, on horseback, in a buggy, in an automobile, and train, and even on a big steamship on the Mississippi, on her way to Memphis on a two-hour excursion for Civil War veterans. She was born Jennie Mitchell, child of Joe and Mary Mitchell of Sulphur Springs, where she was born and lived all her life, and has two sisters and three brothers. Her husband passed away 29 years ago. They had 11 children, seven are still living. [A photo of Mrs. Clark was included in the column.]
WEDDINGS: Highpoint News reported Miss Martha Ruth Brown and Mr. Dick Channey of Memphis were recently married.
NOXAPATER: Mrs. Fred Clements and little daughter Sandra Kay have returned home from Harrison Hospital. - Mrs. M. W. Webb is visiting her son, Dr. R. M. Webb and family in Canton. - Mrs. Mike Ingram, who has been under treatment at Rush Infirmary in Meridan, is now at home.
