Methodist and a native of Danville.
Survivors include a son, Bill Metheny of Clarksville; two brothers, Jess
Bumgarner of Illinois, and Prentiss Bumgarner of Ohio; and a sister, Mrs. Eunice
Cates of Los Angeles.
(Yell County Record Newspaper, Danville, Arkansas, pub. Mar or Apr 1965)
Kate Bumgarner was united in marriage with John L. Metheny on 17 Mar 1897 in
Yell County, Arkansas.
Her husband, John, age 55, died on July 25, 1926, at their home in Dardanelle,
Arkansas. He was born at Dyersburg, Tennessee and moved to Arkansas with his
family as a young child. His father was Rev. William Metheny, a Methodist
minister.
John and Kate lived most of their married life at Danville, Arkansas, where John
held several positions and later in Dardanelle, Arkansas, where he worked as an
accountant and an abstract and land agent for the Dardanelle & Ola Railroad when
the railroad was first built. He also served as Justice of the Peace for
Dardanelle.
Methodist and a native of Danville.
Survivors include a son, Bill Metheny of Clarksville; two brothers, Jess
Bumgarner of Illinois, and Prentiss Bumgarner of Ohio; and a sister, Mrs. Eunice
Cates of Los Angeles.
(Yell County Record Newspaper, Danville, Arkansas, pub. Mar or Apr 1965)
Kate Bumgarner was united in marriage with John L. Metheny on 17 Mar 1897 in
Yell County, Arkansas.
Her husband, John, age 55, died on July 25, 1926, at their home in Dardanelle,
Arkansas. He was born at Dyersburg, Tennessee and moved to Arkansas with his
family as a young child. His father was Rev. William Metheny, a Methodist
minister.
John and Kate lived most of their married life at Danville, Arkansas, where John
held several positions and later in Dardanelle, Arkansas, where he worked as an
accountant and an abstract and land agent for the Dardanelle & Ola Railroad when
the railroad was first built. He also served as Justice of the Peace for
Dardanelle.
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