A large number of friends and relatives from here were in Blytheville Tuesday morning to attend the funeral services of Mrs. Mildred Essary, 39-year-old wife of Nubill Essary, who died at her home in Wilson, Ark., Monday after less that a week's illness. The services, which were held at the Cobb Funeral home, were conducted by the Rev. Fletcher Spruce and burial was in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Essary was born and reared at Steele. Survivors are her husband and one daughter, Mrs. Bette Jo Games of Blytheville, her mother, Mrs. Marshall of Steele; one sister, Mrs. Minnie Cooksey of Kennett, three brothers, Lester Marrell of St. Louis, Roy Marshall of Steele and Ollie Marshall of Steeleville, Mo.