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From: "donbetty" <>
Subject: Re: [ARKANSAS] Death Index & Failure to find
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 20:12:09 -0700
References: <20020426.215803.-986807.2.joepete@juno.com>


In defense of Joe, I had a family member die in Wynne, Cross Co. AR, there
is NO death cert for him and this was in 1927. Checked state level, county
level, cemetery, funeral Director, like they said they were buried, NO
certificate at all

----- Original Message -----
From: "JOE W PETERSON" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [ARKANSAS] Death Index & Failure to find


> Yes I can understand this, If you lived in the country and it was a
> good distance to the city and Funeral Home, you were kept
> over night and burried the next day. There was no way to keep
> the body cool and this during the the worst of the DEP,no money.
> Some times the death was recorded and sometimes it was not.
> Now if you lived in the City it was all recorded. But if you
> lived in the country Money was short and the body could not be
> kept,. sorry but that was the way it was, even if people these days
> cant believe it. I remember it. Some times the obit got to the paper
> very late and sometimes not at all.
>
>
> Lack of On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 20:34:05 -0500 "Cynthia Forde"
> <> writes:
> > I had the same problem getting a death certificate for my great
> > grandmother
> > who died in 1938. She is buried in Liberty Cemetery in Greenwood,
> > Sebastian
> > County, AR and listed in the cemetery register. I had to file a
> > delayed
> > death certificate and have a photo of the tombstone, a second
> > witness, the
> > funeral home and newspaper obits and have it notarized. It took
> > nearly a
> > year. CF
> >
> > The Rev. Cynthia Forde, D. Min.
> > 25487 Old Howth Road
> > Hempstead, Texas 77445
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cathy Conn" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ARKANSAS] Death Index & Failure to find
> >
> >
> > > I would try calling them and see if the problem can be solved by
> > speaking
> > > with a supervisor, obviously someone overlooked something.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Have a great day!
> > >
> > > Cathy SWITZER CONN
> > > RE: SWITZER, CHADWICK, MANES, DARRELL, FRENCH, SHIVERS, TAYLOR,
> > DOWTHARD,
> > > HAMILTON, ROBERTSON.
> > >
> > > > From:
> > > > Reply-To:
> > > > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 16:46:41 EDT
> > > > To:
> > > > Subject: [ARKANSAS] Death Index & Failure to find
> > > > Resent-From:
> > > > Resent-Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 14:46:54 -0600
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone on the list have access to the Arkansas Death Index?
> > I just
> > > > received a failure to find on my grandfather's death certificate
> > who
> > died
> > > > March 3, 1957 in Marked Tree, Arkansas. His name was Wilson
> > Long. I
> > called
> > > > Thompson Funeral Home in Truman, they informed me that my
> > grandfather's
> > death
> > > > was in their book on page 423, listed his address as Rt. 1
> > Marked Tree,
> > his
> > > > funeral was Tue. April 5 at the Baptist Church. He is buried in
> > Marked
> > Tree
> > > > Cemetery. I do not live in Arkansas. I paid 13.00 through
> > Vitalcheck.
> > Any
> > > > help on this sure would be appreciated.
> > > > Robbie Long Kovach
> > > >
> > > >
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