Married Jesse English, 02-Jun-1933, Jackson County, AR. Drowned in Little River near Potter's Bridge during the Great Flood of 1937. Her body was recovered two months later, on Mar 28, 1937, floating against Potters Bridge at Lepanto. This was the same location that her half sister, Oakley Moudy White's body was discovered.
Thanks to Monica Baker, her burial place has been determined.
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SIX DROWNED AS RESCUE BOAT IS CAPSIZED IN FLOOD
Three Women and Three Children Perish at Lepanto, Ark.
LEPANTO, Ark., Jan. 25 - (AP) - Three women and the three children drowned today in the turbulent Little River when a rescue boat carrying them from their marooned homes capsized.
The dead are:
MRS. PEBBLE ENGLISH, 19, and her two year old child, HELEN.
MRS. OCKLEY [Oakley] WHITE, 23, sister of Mrs. English, and her two children, JIMMIE, 3, and JOHN [Johnny], 1.
MRS. MARY MONDY [Moudy], 42, mother of the women.
Jeff Wolfe, a rescue worker, sought to bring marooned families from their homes at Riverdale to Lepanto.
A swift current and shifting of the occupants caused the boat to capsize. Wolfe and Jeff [Jesse] English, husband of the drowned woman, swam to safety after futile efforts to rescue the others.
The body of one of the children [Jimmie White] had been recovered early tonight.
Marked Tree Tribune, Marked Tree, AR, Jan 28, 1937
The Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH, Jan 26, 1937
Thanks to Monica Baker, her burial place has been determined.
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SIX DROWNED AS RESCUE BOAT IS CAPSIZED IN FLOOD
Three Women and Three Children Perish at Lepanto, Ark.
LEPANTO, Ark., Jan. 25 - (AP) - Three women and the three children drowned today in the turbulent Little River when a rescue boat carrying them from their marooned homes capsized.
The dead are:
MRS. PEBBLE ENGLISH, 19, and her two year old child, HELEN.
MRS. OCKLEY [Oakley] WHITE, 23, sister of Mrs. English, and her two children, JIMMIE, 3, and JOHN [Johnny], 1.
MRS. MARY MONDY [Moudy], 42, mother of the women.
Jeff Wolfe, a rescue worker, sought to bring marooned families from their homes at Riverdale to Lepanto.
A swift current and shifting of the occupants caused the boat to capsize. Wolfe and Jeff [Jesse] English, husband of the drowned woman, swam to safety after futile efforts to rescue the others.
The body of one of the children [Jimmie White] had been recovered early tonight.
Marked Tree Tribune, Marked Tree, AR, Jan 28, 1937
The Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH, Jan 26, 1937
Married Jesse English, 02-Jun-1933, Jackson County, AR. Drowned in Little River near Potter's Bridge during the Great Flood of 1937. Her body was recovered two months later, on Mar 28, 1937, floating against Potters Bridge at Lepanto. This was the same location that her half sister, Oakley Moudy White's body was discovered.
Thanks to Monica Baker, her burial place has been determined.
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SIX DROWNED AS RESCUE BOAT IS CAPSIZED IN FLOOD
Three Women and Three Children Perish at Lepanto, Ark.
LEPANTO, Ark., Jan. 25 - (AP) - Three women and the three children drowned today in the turbulent Little River when a rescue boat carrying them from their marooned homes capsized.
The dead are:
MRS. PEBBLE ENGLISH, 19, and her two year old child, HELEN.
MRS. OCKLEY [Oakley] WHITE, 23, sister of Mrs. English, and her two children, JIMMIE, 3, and JOHN [Johnny], 1.
MRS. MARY MONDY [Moudy], 42, mother of the women.
Jeff Wolfe, a rescue worker, sought to bring marooned families from their homes at Riverdale to Lepanto.
A swift current and shifting of the occupants caused the boat to capsize. Wolfe and Jeff [Jesse] English, husband of the drowned woman, swam to safety after futile efforts to rescue the others.
The body of one of the children [Jimmie White] had been recovered early tonight.
Marked Tree Tribune, Marked Tree, AR, Jan 28, 1937
The Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH, Jan 26, 1937
Thanks to Monica Baker, her burial place has been determined.
________________________________________________
SIX DROWNED AS RESCUE BOAT IS CAPSIZED IN FLOOD
Three Women and Three Children Perish at Lepanto, Ark.
LEPANTO, Ark., Jan. 25 - (AP) - Three women and the three children drowned today in the turbulent Little River when a rescue boat carrying them from their marooned homes capsized.
The dead are:
MRS. PEBBLE ENGLISH, 19, and her two year old child, HELEN.
MRS. OCKLEY [Oakley] WHITE, 23, sister of Mrs. English, and her two children, JIMMIE, 3, and JOHN [Johnny], 1.
MRS. MARY MONDY [Moudy], 42, mother of the women.
Jeff Wolfe, a rescue worker, sought to bring marooned families from their homes at Riverdale to Lepanto.
A swift current and shifting of the occupants caused the boat to capsize. Wolfe and Jeff [Jesse] English, husband of the drowned woman, swam to safety after futile efforts to rescue the others.
The body of one of the children [Jimmie White] had been recovered early tonight.
Marked Tree Tribune, Marked Tree, AR, Jan 28, 1937
The Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH, Jan 26, 1937
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