Walter Embry VINSON

1876 - 1939  (62 years)

• Name	Walter Embry VINSON  [1, 2]
  Born	26 May 1876	Dorson, Terrell, GA, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Mar 1939	Fordyce, Dallas, AR, USA   [2, 5]
  Buried	Oakland Cemetery, Fordyce, Dallas, AR, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I4934	Boyd
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2010

  
  

  Family	Ione BOYD,   b. 8 Jul 1881, Relfs Bluff, Drew, AR, USA ,   d. 2 Jan 1962, Fordyce, Dallas, AR, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	21 Dec 1902	, Jefferson, AR, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Hattie L. VINSON,   b. 11 Oct 1907, Rowell, Cleveland, AR, USA ,   d. 28 Jan 1993, Batesville, Independence, AR, USA  (Age 85 years)   2. Myrtis I. VINSON,   b. 9 Jun 1909, Rowell, Cleveland, AR, USA ,   d. 1 Oct 1992, Heber Springs, Cleburne, AR, USA  (Age 83 years) + 3. Walter Embry VINSON, Jr.,   b. 30 Nov 1912, Rowell, Cleveland, AR, USA ,   d. 13 Jun 1984, Batesville, Independence, AR, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Photos		Walter and Ione Boyd VINSON Photo from Katherine Vinson Beard
  Documents		Ione BOYD Marriage
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2010
  Family ID	F1958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 May 1876 - Dorson, Terrell, GA, USA Married - 21 Dec 1902 - , Jefferson, AR, USA Died - 24 Mar 1939 - Fordyce, Dallas, AR, USA Buried - - Oakland Cemetery, Fordyce, Dallas, AR, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Walter E. VINSON Sr Photo from Katherine Vinson Beard
  		Walter Vinson & Clyde Boyd Store Clyde E. Boyd on left and Walter E. Vinson, Sr. on right in their store in Cleveland County, AR. Photo from Katherine Vinson Beard
  		Walter VINSON Store Walter Vinson's Store in Fordyce, AR Photo from Katherine Vinson Beard

  
  

• Notes

  From the Cleveland County Library, February 17, 2004 The obituary you requested reads as follows: W. E. Vinson, Former County Citizen, Dies Walter E. Vinson, aged 62, former Rison businessman, died at his home at Fordyce Friday, as the result of a stroke suffered Wednesday morning.  Mr. Vinson, who was born in the Rowell section, operated a grocery and filling station in Fordyce for 20 years.  Before going to Fordyce, he was associated with his borther-in-law, C.  E. Boyd, in the operation of a store here. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at Fordyce, conducted by the Rev. Edward Harris pastor of the Methodist Church, assisted by other Fordyce pastors.  Burial was in Oakland Cemetery there.  Besides his wife, who was before their marriage, Miss Ione Boyd of Rowell,  Mr. Vinson is survived by two daughters Miss Myrtis Vinson, teacher in the  Fordyce School, and Mrs. W. O. Robinson* of Tulip; one son, Embry Vinson of Fordyce; two brothers, J. A.* and W. R. Vinson of Pine Bluff. Sheriff T. H. Glover, Treasurer M. W. Reed, R. C. Searcy and F. W. Culpepper from here attended the services for Mr. Vinson. Hilda *Mrs. W. O. Robinson - Hattie Vinson, married W. O. Robertson, divorced. *J. A. Holt, I believe to be James H. Holt. (from family tree “Steel Magnolias and True Grit” on ancestry.com, Katherine Vinson Beard)

  
  

• Sources

  [S540] Arkansas Marriages, 1837 - 1944, (FamilySearch), Batch M74832-8, Film 983324, Reference p584. [S542] Message from Kathy Beard. [S540] Arkansas Marriages, 1837 - 1944, (FamilySearch). [S58] 1910 US Federal Census. [S10] Find a Grave, photo. [S10] Find a Grave.