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Chester Abbott Caldwell Sr.

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Chester Abbott Caldwell Sr.

Birth
Gainesville, Ozark County, Missouri, USA
Death
30 Mar 1960 (aged 62)
Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Chester Abbott Caldwell Sr., Blytheville business and civic leader, died Wednesday afternoon in the Chickasawba Hospital following a heart attack earlier ath the Country Club. He was 61.

Arrangements are incomplete.

Born in Gainesville, Missouri, Mr. Caldwell had been a resident of Blytheville since 1914. He was operator of a cotton gin and the owner of extensive farming interests.

Mr. Caldwell, a graduate of the University of Alabama, was a commissioner of drainage for District 9 and served on boards of the First National Bank and of the Federal Savings and Loan Association.

He was past president of both the Lions Club and the Blytheville Country Club.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church and was a Mason.

He leaves his wife, Ruth Hughes Caldwell;, two sons, Chester Abbott Caldwell, Jr and Dan Caldwell, both of Blytheville; his mother, Mrs. Della Caldwell of Blytheville; two sisters, Mrs. Essie Lendennie and Mrs. Lagrone Whittle, both of Blytheville; a brother, Hershel Caldwell of Durham, N.C. and two grandchildren.
Chester Abbott Caldwell Sr., Blytheville business and civic leader, died Wednesday afternoon in the Chickasawba Hospital following a heart attack earlier ath the Country Club. He was 61.

Arrangements are incomplete.

Born in Gainesville, Missouri, Mr. Caldwell had been a resident of Blytheville since 1914. He was operator of a cotton gin and the owner of extensive farming interests.

Mr. Caldwell, a graduate of the University of Alabama, was a commissioner of drainage for District 9 and served on boards of the First National Bank and of the Federal Savings and Loan Association.

He was past president of both the Lions Club and the Blytheville Country Club.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church and was a Mason.

He leaves his wife, Ruth Hughes Caldwell;, two sons, Chester Abbott Caldwell, Jr and Dan Caldwell, both of Blytheville; his mother, Mrs. Della Caldwell of Blytheville; two sisters, Mrs. Essie Lendennie and Mrs. Lagrone Whittle, both of Blytheville; a brother, Hershel Caldwell of Durham, N.C. and two grandchildren.


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