General Information

Birth
17 JUN 1880
Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas
Death
14 NOV 1942
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Beaty Cemetery, Washington County, Lincoln, Arkansas

Notes

MRS. MARY MEFFORD DIED AT HOME NEAR LINCOLN

Lincoln, Nov. 16 - Mrs. Mary Mefford, 68, died at her home northwest of Lincoln early Saturday morning.

Funeral services was held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Luginbuel Chapel with Rev. J. Scottr Blystone, pastor of the local Baptist Church officiating

Burial was in Beaty cemetery

Mrs. Mefford is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Elara Kirk Fayetteville, Mrs. Georgia Poe, Judsonia, Ark., and Miss Lottie Onley of home; three sons, Bert Wheeler of Lynwood, Calif., and James Cheatham and N.D. Mefford, both of Lincoln; three sisters, Mrs. Mae Green and Mrs. Ellen Cheatham of Lincoln, and Mrs. Nancy Hargrove of SDan Fracisco, Calif., and several grand-children.

November 16, 1942 - Northwest Arkansas Times

Parents

Arron William Prescott
- Father
1839 - 1895
Birth
10 JUL 1839
Yalobushba, Mississippi
Death
27 NOV 1895
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Beaty Cemetery, Washington County, Lincoln, Arkansas
Susan Smythe
- Mother
1848 - 1937
Birth
15 NOV 1848
Death
15 JAN 1937
Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
16 JAN 1937
Beaty Cemetery, Washington County, Lincoln, Arkansas

Spouses

Hancock
- Husband
Will Cheatham
- Husband
1870 - 1911
Birth
1870
Death
17 MAR 1911
Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Cheatham Cemetery, Washington County, Lincoln, Arkansas
Nathan Dee Mefford
- Husband
1851 - 1929
Birth
1851
Piney Township, Texas County, Missouri
Death
24 OCT 1929
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas

Children

Clara B. Cheatham
- Daughter
1899 - 1983
Birth
28 SEP 1899
Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
18 NOV 1983
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
22 NOV 1983
Ganderville Cemetery, Washington County, Summers, Arkansas
Lottie E. Cheatham
- Daughter
1902 - 1992
Birth
23 SEP 1902
Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
12 FEB 1992
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
15 FEB 1992
Cheatham Cemetery, Washington County, Lincoln, Arkansas
James Arthur Cheatham
- Son
1908 - 1998
Birth
14 JAN 1908
Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
9 MAY 1998
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
11 MAY 1998
Cheatham Cemetery, Washington County, Lincoln, Arkansas
Georgia G. Cheatham
- Daughter
1905 - 2002
Birth
12 APR 1905
Westville, Adair County, Oklahoma
Death
2 OCT 2002
Westville, Adair County, Oklahoma
Burial
7 OCT 2002
Cheatham Cemetery, Washington County, Lincoln, Arkansas
Nathan D. Mefford
- Son
1917 - 2018
Birth
7 AUG 1917
Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
30 APR 2018
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
5 MAY 2018
Beaty Cemetery, Washington Ccounty, Lincoln, Arkansas