General Information

Birth
24 APR 1865
Wesley, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
7 APR 1939
Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas
Burial
Huntsville Cemetery, Madison County, Huntsville, Arkansas

Notes

The Springdale News

Springdale, AR

13 Apr 1939

Mrs. Mary Jane Dodson was born April 24, 1865 and died Friday, April 7, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. C. Ledbetter at Huntsville. Funeral services were conducted at the Baptist church in Huntsville at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Norman Drake, local pastor, officiating. Burial was at Huntsville cemetery with the Simpson Funeral home in charge.

Mrs. Dodson had been bedfast for the past nine months suffering a fractured hip, which she sustained in a fall, but the immediate cause of her death was pneumonia.

She is survived by two sons, Minyard Parker of California, Jim Parker of Huntsville and five daughters, Mrs. Lizzie Richardson, Mrs. Josephine Auslam, Mrs. Nora Withrow, Mrs. Nina Reed and Mrs. D. C. Ledbetter all of Huntsville.

DODSON, Joseph Meadows - MADISON COUNTY RECORD Th 6 May 1926 -- of Whitener

78 y b 8 July 1847 Tenn d 30 Apr 1926 Whitener Mad Ark of pneumonia; s/o Willis Goodwin &

Martha Jane (Sharp) Dodson; Martha md 2) Thomas Wagnon; Joseph wid/o 1) Cynthia L.

(Templeton) Dodson b 1848 d 1914; Joseph h/o 2) Mary J. (Boyd) Parker Dodson who d Apr

1939; he came Ark when youn~ and reared in Wesley; Baptist, farmer and orchardist.

Confederate veteran, Co. I, 161 Ark Gav 1862-1865 Buried in Wesley Gem w 151 wife; NOTE;

paper lists surviving children: W.G. of Locust Grove, Oklahoma; M.E. of Tulare, Calif.; Mrs.

Josie Clark of Hindsville; Mrs. Nan Clark of Goshen; Mrs. Lizzie Sharp of Mayfield & J.A. of

Whitener; a bro Wm of Modesto, Calif; half bro John Wannon of Locust Grove; 2 half sisters

Mrs. Amanda Johnson of Hindsville & Mrs. Lou Ingraham of Texas. [MCHS Annotated

Obituaries 1920-1929]

Parents

John Boyd
- Father
1825 - 1910
Birth
JAN 1825
Warren County, Tennessee
Death
2 JAN 1910
Madison County, Arkansas
Burial
Martin Johnson Cemetery, Madison County, Arkansas
Samantha Parnina Adeline Russell
- Mother
1833 - 1928
Birth
11 NOV 1833
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Death
25 MAR 1928
Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas
Burial
Martin Johnson Cemetery, Madison County, Arkansas

Spouses

Joseph Meadows Dodson
- Husband
1847 - 1926
Birth
8 JUL 1847
Tennessee
Death
30 APR 1926
Madison County, Arkansas
Burial
Wesley Cemetery, Madison County, Arkansas
John Wesley Parker
- Husband
1858 - 1902
Birth
22 DEC 1858
Death
17 JAN 1902
Burial
Martin Johnson Cemetery, Madison County, Arkansas

Children