Mrs. Bertha Fuller, Missionary, Dies
Mrs. Bertha Mason Fuller, aged 83, of 1818 Summit Avenue, a retired minister and missionary for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) died Tuesday at a Little Rock hospital. She was the widow of Rev. James Henry Fuller, former pastor of the Wright Avenue Christian Church, and had lived at Little Rock 40 years. A native of White County, Mrs. Fuller graduated from Texas Christian University and served as a missionary in Mexico from 1896 to 1911, interspersed by speaking and fund-raising assignments in the United States. She and her husband served pastorates in Texas and Missouri until he became minister of the Wright Avenue Christian Church in 1918. In 1922, Mrs. Fuller was appointed secretary of the Arkansas Christian Women's Missionary Board, a position she held until her retirement in 1942. After retiring, Mrs. Fuller re-entered TCU and completed her master of arts degree in religion at the age of 75. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Frank Shannon Fogg of Forrest City and Mrs. May Mason Lewis of Los Angeles, Cal. Funeral will be at 9:30 a.m., Thursday at the Wright Avenue Christian Church by Rev. Charles A. Davis, Rev. Lester M. Bickford and Rev. Kenneth L. Teegarden. Pallbearers will be Rev. Edward Pendelton, Robert E. Jackson, Ralph Taylor, James Noland, Delton Treadway and Richard Chitwood. Burial will be at Forrest City by Reubel Funeral Home. The family requests that no flowers be sent. --Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, AR, Wed., Sept. 9, 1959, page 7B, Col. 2.
A History of the Christian Church [Disciples of Christ] in Arkansas by Lester G. McAllister 1984 features the Fullers in one chapter.
Bertha's biological mother was Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane Kelley. After her death in 1886, J. C. Mason remarried Lady May Davis McChesney.
Click here for the account of Mrs. Fuller's involvement in "organ incident" at Thorp Springs, Texas. "Play on, Miss Bertha".
Mrs. Bertha Mason Fuller, aged 83, of 1818 Summit Avenue, a retired minister and missionary for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) died Tuesday at a Little Rock hospital. She was the widow of Rev. James Henry Fuller, former pastor of the Wright Avenue Christian Church, and had lived at Little Rock 40 years. A native of White County, Mrs. Fuller graduated from Texas Christian University and served as a missionary in Mexico from 1896 to 1911, interspersed by speaking and fund-raising assignments in the United States. She and her husband served pastorates in Texas and Missouri until he became minister of the Wright Avenue Christian Church in 1918. In 1922, Mrs. Fuller was appointed secretary of the Arkansas Christian Women's Missionary Board, a position she held until her retirement in 1942. After retiring, Mrs. Fuller re-entered TCU and completed her master of arts degree in religion at the age of 75. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Frank Shannon Fogg of Forrest City and Mrs. May Mason Lewis of Los Angeles, Cal. Funeral will be at 9:30 a.m., Thursday at the Wright Avenue Christian Church by Rev. Charles A. Davis, Rev. Lester M. Bickford and Rev. Kenneth L. Teegarden. Pallbearers will be Rev. Edward Pendelton, Robert E. Jackson, Ralph Taylor, James Noland, Delton Treadway and Richard Chitwood. Burial will be at Forrest City by Reubel Funeral Home. The family requests that no flowers be sent. --Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, AR, Wed., Sept. 9, 1959, page 7B, Col. 2.
A History of the Christian Church [Disciples of Christ] in Arkansas by Lester G. McAllister 1984 features the Fullers in one chapter.
Bertha's biological mother was Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane Kelley. After her death in 1886, J. C. Mason remarried Lady May Davis McChesney.
Click here for the account of Mrs. Fuller's involvement in "organ incident" at Thorp Springs, Texas. "Play on, Miss Bertha".
Mrs. Bertha Fuller, Missionary, Dies
Mrs. Bertha Mason Fuller, aged 83, of 1818 Summit Avenue, a retired minister and missionary for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) died Tuesday at a Little Rock hospital. She was the widow of Rev. James Henry Fuller, former pastor of the Wright Avenue Christian Church, and had lived at Little Rock 40 years. A native of White County, Mrs. Fuller graduated from Texas Christian University and served as a missionary in Mexico from 1896 to 1911, interspersed by speaking and fund-raising assignments in the United States. She and her husband served pastorates in Texas and Missouri until he became minister of the Wright Avenue Christian Church in 1918. In 1922, Mrs. Fuller was appointed secretary of the Arkansas Christian Women's Missionary Board, a position she held until her retirement in 1942. After retiring, Mrs. Fuller re-entered TCU and completed her master of arts degree in religion at the age of 75. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Frank Shannon Fogg of Forrest City and Mrs. May Mason Lewis of Los Angeles, Cal. Funeral will be at 9:30 a.m., Thursday at the Wright Avenue Christian Church by Rev. Charles A. Davis, Rev. Lester M. Bickford and Rev. Kenneth L. Teegarden. Pallbearers will be Rev. Edward Pendelton, Robert E. Jackson, Ralph Taylor, James Noland, Delton Treadway and Richard Chitwood. Burial will be at Forrest City by Reubel Funeral Home. The family requests that no flowers be sent. --Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, AR, Wed., Sept. 9, 1959, page 7B, Col. 2.
A History of the Christian Church [Disciples of Christ] in Arkansas by Lester G. McAllister 1984 features the Fullers in one chapter.
Bertha's biological mother was Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane Kelley. After her death in 1886, J. C. Mason remarried Lady May Davis McChesney.
Click here for the account of Mrs. Fuller's involvement in "organ incident" at Thorp Springs, Texas. "Play on, Miss Bertha".
Mrs. Bertha Mason Fuller, aged 83, of 1818 Summit Avenue, a retired minister and missionary for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) died Tuesday at a Little Rock hospital. She was the widow of Rev. James Henry Fuller, former pastor of the Wright Avenue Christian Church, and had lived at Little Rock 40 years. A native of White County, Mrs. Fuller graduated from Texas Christian University and served as a missionary in Mexico from 1896 to 1911, interspersed by speaking and fund-raising assignments in the United States. She and her husband served pastorates in Texas and Missouri until he became minister of the Wright Avenue Christian Church in 1918. In 1922, Mrs. Fuller was appointed secretary of the Arkansas Christian Women's Missionary Board, a position she held until her retirement in 1942. After retiring, Mrs. Fuller re-entered TCU and completed her master of arts degree in religion at the age of 75. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Frank Shannon Fogg of Forrest City and Mrs. May Mason Lewis of Los Angeles, Cal. Funeral will be at 9:30 a.m., Thursday at the Wright Avenue Christian Church by Rev. Charles A. Davis, Rev. Lester M. Bickford and Rev. Kenneth L. Teegarden. Pallbearers will be Rev. Edward Pendelton, Robert E. Jackson, Ralph Taylor, James Noland, Delton Treadway and Richard Chitwood. Burial will be at Forrest City by Reubel Funeral Home. The family requests that no flowers be sent. --Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, AR, Wed., Sept. 9, 1959, page 7B, Col. 2.
A History of the Christian Church [Disciples of Christ] in Arkansas by Lester G. McAllister 1984 features the Fullers in one chapter.
Bertha's biological mother was Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane Kelley. After her death in 1886, J. C. Mason remarried Lady May Davis McChesney.
Click here for the account of Mrs. Fuller's involvement in "organ incident" at Thorp Springs, Texas. "Play on, Miss Bertha".
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