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Zelpha Marie Burris

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Zelpha Marie Burris

Birth
West Fork, Washington County, Arkansas, USA
Death
6 Oct 1924 (aged 18)
West Fork, Washington County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Hicks, Washington County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Miss Zelpha Burris, 16 years of age died this morning at the Burris home in Sulphur City, near West Fork. Death resulted from typhoid fever. Her sister Zella is critically ill with typhoid and may not live.

Surviving are the parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Henry L. Burris, five sisters, Zella, Elpha Vorenda, Hazel Burris, and Mrs. Stella Hale, all of Sulphur City, and four brothers, Teddy, Howard, Hulett, and Hubert Burris, also all of Sulphur City.

Source: Northwest Arkansas Times, Monday, October 6, 1924, page 5.

[Note either the age in the obituary is incorrect or the birth year on the stone is incorrect]
Miss Zelpha Burris, 16 years of age died this morning at the Burris home in Sulphur City, near West Fork. Death resulted from typhoid fever. Her sister Zella is critically ill with typhoid and may not live.

Surviving are the parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Henry L. Burris, five sisters, Zella, Elpha Vorenda, Hazel Burris, and Mrs. Stella Hale, all of Sulphur City, and four brothers, Teddy, Howard, Hulett, and Hubert Burris, also all of Sulphur City.

Source: Northwest Arkansas Times, Monday, October 6, 1924, page 5.

[Note either the age in the obituary is incorrect or the birth year on the stone is incorrect]

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Zelpah M. Burris
1906 - 1924



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