Individual Details

Vada Kirkpatrick

(9 Feb 1903 - 2 Sep 2008)

Vada Kirkpatrick, the oldest of Albert Newton Kirkpatrick's children, was born at Dalton, Randolph County, Arkansas, 9 February 1903. On 9 September 1921, she married Jesse Hite Stubblefield, son of John R. and Martha (Brown) Stubblefield. Jesse was born 8 September 1896 and died 15 February 1972. He was a World War I veteran.

After Vada and Jesse were married, they bought a 320 acre farm with a two-story log and stone house in Randolph County, Arkansas. Eventually, while continuing to own the farm, they moved to Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas, where Jesse ran a wholesale grocery business and Vada worked at the Post Office. They both retired in 1968.

There were two (2) children born of the marriage.

An E-Mail from Betty Snow on June 14, 2007 states that Vada Stubblefield is still living. There was an article about her in May in the Pocahontas Star Herald.

This obituary was in the Jonesboro Sun Thursday, September 5, 2008, sent by Betty Snow.
POCAHONTAS - Vada K. Stubblefield, 105, passed away Tuesday at Five Rivers Medical Center. She was born Feb. 9, 1903, at Dalton to the late Albert and Tola Kirkpatrick. Her husband, J. Hite Stubblefield, preceded her in death, along with a grandson, Anthony N. Stubblefield; a daughter-in-law, Betty N. Stubblefield; a son-in-law, Robert W. Jones; a brother, Perry Kirkpatrick; and sister, Nadine Barnett. Survivors include her daughter, Iverne Jones and son, Perry H. Stubblefield, both of Pocahontas; one grandson, John R. Stubblefield of Pocahontas; two great-granddaughters, Meredith Sanantonio of Orlando, Fla., and Emily Tipton of Hot Springs. Survivors also include four great-great-grandsons. Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in McNabb Funeral Home Chapel with burial following in Masonic Cemetery. Robert Norvell will officiate. Visitation will be Friday evening from 6-8.




Events

Birth9 Feb 1903Dalton, Randolph Co., Arkansas
Marriage9 Sep 1921Randolph Co., Arkansas - Jess Hite Stubblefield
Death2 Sep 2008Pocahontas, Randolph Co., Arkansas
BurialMasonic Cemetery, Pocahontas, Randolph Co., Arkansas

Families

SpouseJess Hite Stubblefield (1896 - 1972)
ChildVada Iverne Stubblefield (1922 - 2011)
ChildPerry Hite Stubblefield (1928 - 2015)
FatherAlbert Newton Kirkpatrick (1865 - 1939)
MotherTola Caroline Chester (1880 - 1958)
SiblingPerry Albert Kirkpatrick (1907 - 1972)
SiblingTola Nadine Kirkpatrick (1916 - 1973)

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