Alice Edith TOWER1,2,3,4,5
18th Dec 19231,2,3,4,5 - 4th Apr 20181,6,5
Life History
18th Dec 1923 |
Born in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.1,2,3,4,5 |
4th Sep 1947 |
Married Charles Albert HORTON in Arkansas County, Arkansas.3 |
6th Aug 1991 |
Death of Charles Albert HORTON in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.7,1,5 |
4th Apr 2018 |
Died.1,6,5 |
7th Apr 2018 |
Buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas.1,5 |
Notes
- 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 12 April, DeWitt, District 1-16 Page 4A, State Hwy West, Hse #300 Owns $5000
Tower, Ralph R Head M W 48 Married Grade H1 b Illinois same place in 1935 Manager, Coop Ass'n [b abt 1892]
Tower, Tressa F W 43 Married Grade 8 b Arkansas same place in 1935 Clkerk, 1st Nat'l Bank [b abt 1897]
Tower, Marcus M W 20 Single Grade H4 b Arkansas same place in 1935 [b abt 1920]
Tower, Ray M W 18 Single Grade H3 b Arkansas same place in 1935 [b abt 1922]
Tower, Alice F W 16 Single Grade H2 b Arkansas same place in 1935 [b abt 1924]
Tower, Loula May F W 14 Single Grade H1 b Arkansas same place in 1935 [b abt 1926]
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Alice Edith Tower
Age 23, Birth Year abt 1924
Residence De Witt, Arkansas, Arkansas
Spouse's Name Charles A Horton
Spouse's Age 29
Spouse's Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Marriage 4 Sep 1947 Arkansas County
Marriage License Date 2 Sep 1947
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
Alice T Horton
Birth Date 18 Dec 1923
PO Box 81, Ethel, AR, 72048-0081 (1993)
Gravestone of C A Horton Sr and Alice T Horton, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Horton
C A Sr Sept 11, 1917 Aug 6, 1991
Alice T Dec 18, 1923 (no death date, Alice died 4 April 2018)
Photo taken 27 June 2003 by Edith McSwain Jenkins
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Mrs. Alice Tower Horton
December 18, 1923 - April 4, 2018
Ethel, Arkansas
Alice Tower Horton, 94, of Ethel passed away April 4, 2018. She was born December 18, 1923, in DeWitt to Ralph Reuben and Tressa Celia Thompson Tower. She was a homemaker and a member of Belleview Missionary Baptist Church.
She was a great cook, and was famous for her peach cobbler and chicken and dumplings. Alice always thought of those around her as family, and included her church, community, nursing home in her family. She loved her family and friends, and was loved greatly in return.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, C.A. Horton, Sr.; three brothers Earl, Marcus, and Ray Tower; one sister, Loula Mae Dumond; and son-in-law Howard Butcher.
Alice is survived by her children Peggy Butcher of Nesbit, MS and Charles Albert Horton, Jr. (Dana) of DeWitt; seven grandchildren Leslie Carr, Cindy Lamb, Dick Butcher, Dean Butcher, Heath Horton, Jessica Johnson, and Warren Horton; great grandchildren Destiny Smith, Sean Lamb, Tressa Lamb, Hannah Burton, Reid Butcher, Emily Carr, Abby Butcher, Nathan Lamb, Tate Butcher, and Barrett Johnson; and two great great grandchildren Carson and Cohen Smith.
Visitation will be 5:30 to 7:30 Friday, April 6 at Essex Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 2:00 Saturday, April 7 at Belleview Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery by Essex Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Belleview Missionary Baptist Church, 1505 Hwy 17, Ethel, AR 72048 or Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, 121 W.14th St., DeWitt, AR 72042.
Accessed online 10 April 2018 at Tributes.com, http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Alice-Tower-Horton-105981480
Also Essex Funeral Home, http://www.essexfuneralhome.com/current-obituaries.aspx
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Sources
- 1. Gravestone of C A Horton Sr and Alice T Horton, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
- 2. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
- 3. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
- 4. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 12 April, DeWitt, District 1-16 Page 4A, State Hwy West, Hse #300 Owns $5000
- 5. Essex Funeral Home
- 6. Essex Funeral Home Registry
- Location: http://www.argenweb.net/arkansas/essex_funeral_home_records.htm;
- 7. Social Security Death Index
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