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Submitted: 8/25/15 • Approved: 8/26/15 • Last Updated: 3/30/18 • R774356-G774354-S3
Charley
April 17, 1878 - October 10, 1953
Son of Hiram Conway & Tranquiller Bolen Dummit
Born Kings Prairie, Barry Co. MO
Died Springfield, Greene Co. MO
*Obituary
Springfield Leader-Press
Monday, October 12, 1953
Charles A. Dummit, 74, died at his home, 2510 North Grant, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, after a long illness.
Mr. Dummit, a retired Frisco machinist, was a member of the Methodist Church. He came to Springfield from Monett 30 years ago.
Survivors include his wife, Sarah; two sons, Arthur, 2405 Bolivar Road, and Lloyd, Aurora; four daughters, Mrs. Ida Reddington and Mrs. Myrtle Carter, both of Tulsa. Mrs. Norma Reaves, Kansas City and Mrs. Noma Alsup, Independence; a sister, Mrs. C. C. Drake, Monett, and 17 grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at New Liberty Church south of Monett with the Rev. E. R. Stribling officiating. Burial will be in King's Prairie cemetery under direction of Thieme and Son.
Charley married 2nd, Cara E. Wilson, August 28, 1931, Barry Co. MO (divorced)
Married 3rd, Mary Owings, July 21, 1932, Mount Vernon, Lawrence Co. MO (divorced)
Married 4th, Vada Victoria Hall, October 15, 1932, Neosho, Newton Co. MO (divorced)
Married 5th, Sarah Louise Hopkins
Hilda
June 19, 1879 - June 2, 1931
*Obituary
Unknown Newspaper
Mrs. Dummit's Rites
Held at New Liberty
Funeral rites for Mrs. C. A. Dummit of Springfield, who died Tuesday night, June 2, were held at New Liberty Methodist Protestant church in Kings Prairie township at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, June 4.
The services were conducted by Rev. E. R. Stribling who took as his text a part of Revelation 14:13, "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them."
Music was furnished by the New Liberty choir. Special numbers sung were " Where We'll Never Grow Old", by Rev. and Mrs. Sherman Erickson, and "She Has Gone", by Rev. and Mrs. Sherman Erickson, Rev. Albion Erickson and W. H. Wormington.
Burial was made in the Kings Prairie cemetery under the direction of Callaway funeral directors. Pall bearers were Ernest Jackson, Ira Jackson, Frank Jackson, Martin Peterson, Joe Beymer and Jake Carter. Flower bearers were Mrs. Ernest Jackson, Mrs. Ray Jackson, Mrs. Ira Jackson, Mrs. Paul McCarmack, Mrs. Pete Cramer and Mrs. Jake Carter.
There was a large attendance at the funeral including a number of friends from Springfield.
Contributed on 8/25/15 by wfields55
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