Individual Details
Zella May Wood
(13 Jan 1887 - 4 Apr 1966)
A memorial article written by Gratis for the Heritage, Van Buren AR, Vol. 10, Jul 1966, states that they were married by Raymond Dipboye JP. Minnie Hays [Mrs. Ira V. Comstock] played the organ.
I read the grave marker as 1887-1966. Buried in Dripping Springs Cemetery, Uniontown,AR.
The Daily Ardmoreite, Ardmore, Okla. Thursday, April 7, 1966, p. 3
Mrs. Zella Comstock
MADILL (Special) - Funeral services for Mrs. Zella Comstock, 79, mother of Mrs. B. C. Fitts of Shay, were to be Friday at 2 p.m. in Wood Memorial Church near Fort Smith, Ark.
Mrs. Comstock was born at Uniontown, Ark., on Jan. 13, 1887, and was reared there and in Van Buren. She was married to Gratis M. Comstock on Jan. 26, 1908 in Uniontown and they continued to reside in Arkansas until 1947 when they moved to Texas.
They lived at Olton for six years before moving to Kingston where they had made their home for three years.
She was a member of the Christian Church since the age of 14. She was a member of the church at Van Buren at the time of her death. Mrs. Comstock was also a member of the Eastern Star. She died Tuesday morning at her home.
Survivors include her husband Gratis M. Comstock of the home; Mrs. Fitts, Shay, and Mrs. Maude Stockton, Denver, Colo., daughters of the deceased. Also surviving are four grandsons and a sister, Mrs. Ola Haggard of Van Buren.
Burial was to be in Dripping Springs Cemetery, seven miles north of Van Buren, Fentriss Funeral Home of Fort Smith was in charge of arrangements there with Rev. T. W. Carroll to officiate at the service. Watts Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements in Madill and transportation to Fort Smith.
Stilwell Democrat-Journal (Stilwell, OK) 14 April 1966, Thursday, p. 6
RELATIVE DIES AT KINGSTON
Funeral services for Mrs. Zella Comstock, 77, star route, Kingston, were conducted Friday, April 8, at Wood Memorial Christian Church in Van Buren, Ark. with Rev. T. M. Carroll officiating. Burial was a Dripping Springs cemetery.
Mrs. Comstock, a former resident of Van Buren, died Tuesday, April 5, at her home. she was a member of the Wood Memorial Christian Church and the Eastern Star of Uniontown.
Survivors include her husband, Gratis M. Comstock; two daughters, Mrs. B. C. Fitts of Shay and Mrs. Madge Stockton of Denver, Colo; a sister Mrs. Ola Haggard of Van Buren; and four grandchildren.
Mr. Comstock is the brother of Hardy & Charlie Comstock, Mrs. Rosy Samll, Mrs. Elde Edmiston, Mrs. Rena Morton, and Mrs. Zelma Nunn, all of Westville.
Events
| Birth | 13 Jan 1887 | Arkansas |  | ||
| Marriage | 26 Jan 1908 | Uniontown, Crawford County, Arkansas - Gratis Monroe Comstock | | ||
| Death | 4 Apr 1966 | Levelland, Hockley County, Texas | |
Families
| Spouse | Gratis Monroe Comstock (1884 - 1971) |
| Child | Alma Blanche Comstock (1913 - 1973) |
| Child | Madge Ione Comstock (1916 - ) |
| Father | JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER WOOD (1841 - 1927) |
| Mother | LETITIA ANN MAYBERRY (1844 - 1926) |
| Sibling | Charles W. Wood ( - ) |
| Sibling | Dr. Thomas Franklin "Frank" Wood (1865 - 1931) |
| Sibling | LUCRETIA ELLEN WOOD (1867 - 1963) |
| Sibling | Andrew Bartholamew Christopher "Bob" Wood (1869 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Dora E. Wood (1870 - 1876) |
| Sibling | Antoinette "Ettie" Wood (1874 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Nancy E. "Nannie" Wood (1875 - ) |
| Sibling | Walter M. Wood (1879 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Viola "Ola" Wood (1881 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Mina Omega "Minnie" Wood (1884 - 1964) |
Endnotes
1. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR).
2. Paul & Jean Morton. Researchers of Morton Family. Correspondence., Copy of "James Harvey Comstock" by G. M. Comstock.
3. US Census 1910 AR, Crawford County (LDS Microfilm #1374061), Union Township; Household 40.
4. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973).
5. Tonya Mercer, Gedcom from Tonya Lanette (Nunn) Mercer
6. Paul & Jean Morton. Researchers of Morton Family. Correspondence., Copy of "James Harvey Comstock" by G. M. Comstock.
7. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR).
8. Grave Marker.
9. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973), p.11.