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Microfilmed cemetery records at the Kansas State Archives:
Bemister W. Dawson
lot owner: Reecie L Adsit
Lot 166, Section A, Grave 3
died: 12/14/1940
buried: 12/19
age: 74-10-0
born: Gaffney, S.C.
late residence: 634 College Avenue
funeral director: Wall-Diffenderfer
interment authorized by Reecie L. Adsit
Topeka State Journal, Monday, Dec. 16, 1940, page 10:
Bemister W. Dawson
Bemister Waddie Dawson, 74, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Reecie Adsit, 634 College, Sunday. He was born in South Carolina, February 14, 1866. He had been a resident of Topeka the last 10 years.
He is survived by two sons, D.E. Dawson, Scott, Ark., and Rev. I.K. Dawson, Bloomington, Ill.; three other daughters, Mrs. Nelson Pottstown, Pa., Mrs. Hugh Sixon, Colgate, Okla., Mrs. Edith Wigginton, Topeka; one brother, E.G. Dawson, Plainview, Ark., and one sister, Mrs. Millesie Hill, South Carolina.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Wall-Diffenderfer mortuary. Burial will be in Mt. Hope cemetery.
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He is buried next to his granddaughter, Anita Adsit.
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Microfilmed cemetery records at the Kansas State Archives:
Bemister W. Dawson
lot owner: Reecie L Adsit
Lot 166, Section A, Grave 3
died: 12/14/1940
buried: 12/19
age: 74-10-0
born: Gaffney, S.C.
late residence: 634 College Avenue
funeral director: Wall-Diffenderfer
interment authorized by Reecie L. Adsit
Topeka State Journal, Monday, Dec. 16, 1940, page 10:
Bemister W. Dawson
Bemister Waddie Dawson, 74, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Reecie Adsit, 634 College, Sunday. He was born in South Carolina, February 14, 1866. He had been a resident of Topeka the last 10 years.
He is survived by two sons, D.E. Dawson, Scott, Ark., and Rev. I.K. Dawson, Bloomington, Ill.; three other daughters, Mrs. Nelson Pottstown, Pa., Mrs. Hugh Sixon, Colgate, Okla., Mrs. Edith Wigginton, Topeka; one brother, E.G. Dawson, Plainview, Ark., and one sister, Mrs. Millesie Hill, South Carolina.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Wall-Diffenderfer mortuary. Burial will be in Mt. Hope cemetery.
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He is buried next to his granddaughter, Anita Adsit.
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