The ranks of the old Confederate soldiers are fast thinning out. Tuesday morning, Mar.11,1924, Comrade T.W.Yerzley of this city answered the last roll call at the age of nearly eighty-nine years, at Brinkley, Ark. Was an old time resident of St.Francis county, and at an early age enlisted in the "Linden Dead Shots," in this county. While small in stature, he was brave almost to a fault, leading where many failed. He was probably the oldest of the few remaining Confederate soldiers, and the last member of his company. While he was eccentric in many ways, he was charitable and honest, and his pleasant greetings to all whom he met carried a ray of sunshine with it-Like the "last of the Mohicans," he met death bravely. Advanced age and declining health, he was unable to combat pneumonia. Peace be to his ashes. Tom W.Yerzley was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, July 1835, and came to Madison, Ark., when about fourteen years of age, thence to Forrest City, where he resided the remainder of his life. Was for a period engaged in mercantile business, subsequently engaged in farming, his land being a few miles south of the city. He had filled minor offices in the county, and at the time of his death chairmain of the St.Francis County Confederate Pension Board. In 1865 he married Miss Malinda Lewis (who died fourteen years ago) to which union were born three children,, one of which died, and a son and daughter who survive him.-Wm.A.Yerzley of Neward, N.York, and Mrs.Annie Allen of Brinkley, Ark. The remains were interred in the Mt.Vernon cemetery Wednesday morning, Rev.Allen of Brinkley and Rev.Homer M.McLain of Forrest City officiating. March 13,1924 Forrest City Times-Herald

Entries in my book on St. Francis County on Yerzley Family:

Yearzley, T. W.-Charter member 1877 Knights of Honor, 6734
Yearzley, Thomas or Yearsley 1797 1850 Census
Yerzey, T. W. of Forrest City in 1903, 1121
Yerzley, Malinda (m.DeGray) Mrs. d.1914 (Obit), 6734
Yerzley, Malinda Degray m.Lewis, Mrs. b.1841 KH Franks 1870
Yerzley, Sallie J. Child d.1870, 6734
Yerzley, Sallie L. b.1867 Franks 1870
Yerzley, Thomas W. m.1865 d.1924 (CSA) (Obit) Vet, 6734
Yerzley, Thomas Walworth b.1836-RR Depot Agent-Wife:Malinda b.1841-HofH (CSA) Franks 1870
Yerzley, William A. b.1869 Franks 1870

William LEWIS earned his property for service in the war of 1812 in St Francis Co. His daughter Malinda Degray Lewis married Thomas Walworth YERZLEY after he returned from the Civil War

Annie Yerzley Allen:
Birth: Jul. 30, 1870
Death: Jan. 14, 1952

Married Ney C (alias Nathan C) Allen 27 Jul 1895, in St Francis County, Arkansas.

Daughter of Thomas W and Malinda C Yearzley

Family links:
Spouse:
Nathan C Allen (1865 - 1914)*

Children:
John Thomas Allen (1899 - 1903)*
William Alfred Allen (1902 - 1957)*
Lewis Allen (1904 - 1954)*

Inscription:
Mother

Burial:
Oaklawn Cemetery
Brinkley
Monroe County
Arkansas, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 64683525