Robert was born on 4 Aug 1878 in Benton County, Arkansas , the son of Robert Dickson McCurdy and Armilda Jeffries.
He died on 16 Aug 1936 in Benton County, Arkansas .
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| Birth | 4 AUG 1878 |
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| Death | 16 AUG 1936 |
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| Burial | AUG 1936 |
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Note 1
The Benton County Democrat, Bentonville, AR, Thursday, August 20, 1936, Page 1 Column 1
DONALD McCURDY DIES HERE AFTER A LONG ILLNESS
Funeral services for Robert Donald McCurdy, aged 58, native son and life long resident of Benton County, who died at his home here on Fifth Street, N.W. , at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, August 16, 1936, following a long illness, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of the Callison-McKinney funeral home, conducted by the Rev. Luther Smith, Baptist minister of Bentonville.
Music included hymns by a quartet composed of Mrs. Robert C. Puryear, and E. E. Rogers and a solo by Mrs. Polson, with Mrs. E.E. Rogers as accompanist. The pallbearers were W. T. Dudley, Jim Boyd, Malcom Barrow, Leonard Campbell, Henry Hogan and Marion Pierce, and burial was in the Bentonville cemetery. Funeral arrangements were directed by the Callison-McKinney Funeral Home of Bentonville.
Robert Donald McCurdy was a son of Robert Dickson McCurdy and Armilda Jeffories McCurdy. Northwest Arkansas pioneers, and was born on the old McCurdy homestead, a short distance northeast of Bentonville, on August 4, 1878. He was married here to Miss Lina Powless of Bentonville, and she and their two children, Jess McCurdy of Rogers and Mrs. Owen O. Johnson of Pea Ridge, survived him. Other survivors include three brothers, J.H. (Harve) McCurdy and Marvin McCurdy of Bentonville and George McCurdy of Hutcheson, Kans., and one sister, Mrs. Esther Ford of Webb City, Mo. There are also six grandchildren and a number of other relatives.
Parents:
Robert Dickson McCurdy (1836 - 1908)
Armilda Jeffries McCurdy (1841 - 1913)
Spouse: Lina Elva Powless Wardlaw (1883 - 1966)*
Children:
Elva Mae McCurdy Johnson (1903 - 1984)*
Siblings:
James Harvey McCurdy (1866 - 1938)*
George Melvin Lionel McCurdy (1868 - 1946)*
Esther Sally McCurdy Ford (1871 - 1938)*
Robert Donald McCurdy (1878 - 1936)
Jasper Marvin McCurdy (1883 - 1941)*
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