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• _AMTID: 162485324003:1030:191555462
• _UID: 5ED8039E1DD44721A3A1C6D2695EFE67387D

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• _AMTID: 162485323999:1030:191555462
• _UID: 269086AF38D44008A279E05AF144A80273CE

married Etta Alvern Hunter. Etta (daughter of Plummer L. Hunter and Bessie Mae Dickson) was born on 22 Jun 1938 in Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; died on 4 Oct 2020 in Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States; was buried in Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Alivern Hunter
• Name: Alvrein Hunter
• _AMTID: 162485321535:1030:191555462
• _UID: BB2BE05F390044E98ED9957FA169FDE2EFC0
• Census: 8 Apr 1940, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 5 Apr 1950, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Residence: 1982, Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
• Residence: 2010, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Residence: Jul 2015, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States

Notes:

Died:
Etta A. McDonald, 82, of Van Buren passed away Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, at a local hospital.

She retired from Riverside Furniture in Fort Smith, where she was an industrial sprayer.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Plumer and Bessie (Dickson) Hunter; two sisters, Mildred Lampe and Sue Tuck; two sons, Jimmy and Garry Oden; and three brothers, Lonnie, Leonard and Alvis Hunter.

She is survived by her husband, Glen McDonald of the home; a son, Randy Oden and wife Liz of Van Buren; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at Gracelawn Cemetery in Van Buren, under the direction of Ocker Funeral Home in Van Buren.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons.

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• _AMTID: 162485317768:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: L78D-CQ4
• _UID: 890019599F8B4445828D40F5CC6829307F13
• Residence: Jan 1920, Mountainburg, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 5 Jan 1920, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; Address:
  Whitley
• Census: 18 Apr 1930, Donald, Franklin, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 8 Apr 1940, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 5 Apr 1950, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Residence: 1951, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States

Notes:

Birth:
Plummer's marriage record claims that he was born about 1899, however, his age in all of the census is 4 years younger.

Census:
The 1940 census says that Plummer was 37 years old.

Buried:
FINDAGRAVE: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31917411

Plummer married Bessie Mae Dickson on 15 Jan 1920 in Crawford, Arkansas, United States. Bessie (daughter of Cecil Noyle Dickson and Elzenia Mildred Jones) was born on 15 May 1898 in Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; died on 22 Dec 1982 in Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; was buried in Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _AMTID: 162485316457:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: L7LT-TNL
• _UID: DE4EE2986129408CB9C29953669C86FAE5FE
• Census: 11 Jun 1900, Van Buren Township, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 30 Apr 1910, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 18 Apr 1930, Donald, Franklin, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 8 Apr 1940, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 5 Apr 1950, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Residence: 1951, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States

Notes:

I have not found Bessie in the 1920 census. There is an Essie listed in the Plummer Hunter household, aged 16, but she should have been older.

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/25601257/family?cfpid=26074576808

Birth:
Bessie Mae has been seen with birth dates of 1892 and 1896. 1900 Census says May 1898.

A date of 22 Dec 1892 has also been seen.

Died:
Obituary of Bessie Mae Hunter:
Bessie Mae Hunter, 84, of 309 O'Bryan Lane, Van Buren, Arkansas, died Tuesday at a Van Buren hospital. She was a member of the Free Holiness Pentecostal Block Church and lifelong resident of Crawford County.Funeral was held at 1 p.m. Friday at Free Holiness Pentecostal Block Church. Burial was at Mount McCurry Cemetery at Rudy, Arkansas.She is survived by her husband, Plumer; three daughters, Mildred and Sue, both of Van Buren, Alvrein of Fort Smith; three sons, Lonnie and Alvin, both of Fort Smith and Leanord of Sallisaw, Ok; two brothers, Walter Dickson of Tulsa and Artie Dickson of Troup, Texas; 23 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.

Buried:
FINDAGRAVE: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31917406

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• _AMTID: 162485316464:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: 9M91-NSH
• _UID: FD696E04D3FC4334A03C26CE5025937D7339
• Census: 25 Jun 1880, Bridge Bend Township, Prairie, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 11 Jun 1900, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 30 Apr 1910, Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Military: 12 Sep 1918, Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; registered for WWI Draft
• Census: 23 Jan 1920, Richland Township, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 2 Apr 1930, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; Address:
  Oliver Springs

Notes:

Probably from Desoto Co, Miss. He left home around the age of 16 due to not getting along real well with his step-father. Had a number of children including Joe, Edwin, and Arty, plus some other sons and daughters. Cecil killed himself. R.H. Dickson traveled from Fort Smith to Rudy for the funeral in the caboose of a freight train. He made the round trip in a single day. It is likely that Cecil, his family and his parents might be buried near the church they attended in Rudy.

(R.D. is Artie - He was listed wrong on the census.)

In addition to the children listed, there were at least a couple of girls whose names Granddad did not recall. R.D. is the youngest and could be Robert D. There is a auto garage along Highway 71 north of Fort Smith owned by a Dickson who is the illegitimate child of R.D. According to Crawford County Marriage Book E, Cecil Dickson, age 19, married Zena Jones, age 16, on 21 Aug 1895. The marriage was performed by J. Brim.

OCCUPATION: By way of occupation, Cecil was a farmer and cotton laborer.

CALLED: Some list Cecil as Cecil Noel, but more, who have closer knowledge, call him Cecil Noyle Dickson

23 Feb 2001 - From Millie McGrane:

Kathleen O'Kelly, just 1/2 mile from where it all happened, relates: I called a member of the Hunter family today to ask why Cecil Noel Dickson killed himself. He told me that Cecil was a kind man, who worried a lot. Apparently, Cecil had mortgaged the farm at Citizen Bank. Due to the depression at the time (1931) and possibly a crop failure, he could not make the payment on the mortgage. This upset Cecil very much. One morning, he went into Rudy and some men there were razzing him about the bank taking the farm. This upset him very much. Cecil went back home and ate dinner. Then he got his 22 rifle to go squirrel hunting. Along in the late afternoon when he had not returned, Zenia decided to send the boys to look for him. When they returned without finding him, she thought for a little while and told one of the boys "I know where he is. Go look in the old house." This old house was to the left and up on the hill from the house they lived in. They went there and looked in the window. There sat Cecil against the wall, with the gun braced on a stick of wood. He had shot himself, the 10th of November 1931 and he died. He was buried in the Mt. McCurry Cemetery which was not very far from his home. The farm that Cecil mortgaged was known at the time as the old Jones place. It had apparently belonged to Zenia's family. The next generation called it the old Dickson place. The new generation calls it where the Stallings live. It is a pretty valley. The banker who repossessed the farm allowed Zenia and the children to continue to live there. Joe was still at home and he ran the farm. They still had their chickens,cows, pigs, and horses, as these were not mortgaged. Their family did pretty well and did not go hungry. They were as prosperous as the other families in that area at the time. I do not know Cecil's parents names. They can probably be found in the census records for Crawford or Mississippi Co, AR. Cecil's occupation was apparently farmer, but the family also picked cotton as did all the other families in the fall. It was extra money for all.

Sincerely, Kathleen O'Kelley

kakelley@arkansasusa.com

Buried:
FINDAGRAVE: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31689235

Cecil married Elzenia Mildred Jones on 21 Aug 1895 in Crawford, Arkansas, United States. Elzenia (daughter of Jack A. Jones and Caroline Baker) was born on 27 Aug 1879 in Crawford, Arkansas, United States; died on 11 Jan 1955 in Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; was buried on 13 Jan 1955 in Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _AMTID: 162485317922:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: L7LT-T2D
• _UID: C833E60EE47C473782A721F9E198E12D97FF
• Census: 11 Jun 1900, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 30 Apr 1910, Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 23 Jan 1920, Richland Township, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 2 Apr 1930, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; Address:
  Oliver Springs
• Residence: 1 Apr 1935, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; Address:
  Oliver Springs
• Census: 18 Apr 1940, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; Address:
  Oliver Springs
• Census: 12 Apr 1950, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; Address:
  Cates Apts, N. 3rd Street

Notes:

Elzenia is also seen as Zena Jones on several occasions, including her marriage license. She married her step-brother, Cecil Dickson.

Birth:
In the 1900 Census, her birth year is given as 1880.

Census:
The census reports that in 1900 2 of her 3 children were living.

Census:
The census says that in 1910 6 of her 7 children were alive.

Census:
Zinia is living with her son, Walter, in 1940.

Buried:
FINDAGRAVE: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31689252