Individual Details
Cora Irene Hulsey
(17 Oct 1898 - Jun 1978)
Parents were James Franklin Hulsey and Cora Cordelia McHalland
Children were: Ava Lee born 2 Apr 192
Bernice Eloise born 12 Jan 1926
Doris Laverne born 5 Sep 1928
Irene is buried at Rose Lawn Cemetery, Ft. Smith, AR.
Ft. Smith Library Cemetery Database Online:
COMSTOCK CORA IRENE
Jun 24, 1978
Age 79 ROSE LAWN 1978
Birth: Oct. 17, 1898
Uniontown
Crawford County
Arkansas, USA
Death: Jun. 24, 1978
Fort Smith
Sebastian County
Arkansas, USA
Mrs. Cora Irene Comstock, 79, of 625 N. 13th Street, Van Buren, Arkansas, died Saturday, June 24, 1978 in a Fort Smith hospital.
A native of Uniontwon, Arkansas, she was born October 17, 1898 to Henry and Cora McHolland Hulsey, and was the widow of Bart Comstock who died September 4, 1970. She was a member of Wood Memorial Christian Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors are three daughters, Bernice, Ava, and Doris; a sister Myrtle ; a brother; and six grandchildren.
Funeral service was held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Fentress Mortuary chapel. W. Ray Moore was the officiating minister. Burial was in Roselawn Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers were board members of Wood Memorial Chiristian Church.
Children were: Ava Lee born 2 Apr 192
Bernice Eloise born 12 Jan 1926
Doris Laverne born 5 Sep 1928
Irene is buried at Rose Lawn Cemetery, Ft. Smith, AR.
Ft. Smith Library Cemetery Database Online:
COMSTOCK CORA IRENE
Jun 24, 1978
Age 79 ROSE LAWN 1978
Birth: Oct. 17, 1898
Uniontown
Crawford County
Arkansas, USA
Death: Jun. 24, 1978
Fort Smith
Sebastian County
Arkansas, USA
Mrs. Cora Irene Comstock, 79, of 625 N. 13th Street, Van Buren, Arkansas, died Saturday, June 24, 1978 in a Fort Smith hospital.
A native of Uniontwon, Arkansas, she was born October 17, 1898 to Henry and Cora McHolland Hulsey, and was the widow of Bart Comstock who died September 4, 1970. She was a member of Wood Memorial Christian Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors are three daughters, Bernice, Ava, and Doris; a sister Myrtle ; a brother; and six grandchildren.
Funeral service was held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Fentress Mortuary chapel. W. Ray Moore was the officiating minister. Burial was in Roselawn Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers were board members of Wood Memorial Chiristian Church.
Events
| Birth | 17 Oct 1898 |  | |||
| Marriage | 13 Mar 1921 | Hugh Barton Comstock | | ||
| Death | Jun 1978 | Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Hugh Barton Comstock (1900 - 1970) |
| Child | Ava Lee Comstock (1923 - 2018) |
| Child | Bernice Eloise Comstock (1926 - 1986) |
| Child | Doris Comstock (1929 - ) |
| Father | James Franklin Hulsey (1858 - ) |
| Mother | Cora Cordelia McHalland (1870 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Minnie F. Hulsey (1888 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Bertha B. Hulsey (1890 - ) |
| Sibling | Myrtle Hulsey (1893 - ) |
| Sibling | Claude T. Hulsey (1895 - 1962) |
| Sibling | Sallie L. Hulsey (1901 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Otto Hulsey (1905 - ) |
| Sibling | Bermice Hulsey (1908 - 1917) |
Endnotes
1. Lillie H. Branson, Private Supplement to History in Headstones as compiled by Lillie Dale (Howell) Branson, mother-in-law of James E. "Pete" Howard of Uniontown, AR. Update emailed to me 10 Jul 1998. [I also have Lillie's name as Lillie Dale Poague Howell - she may have been married twice.].
2. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co. (LDS Microfilm #1240056), Union Twp. p.226b Household 103.
3. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973).
4. Social Security Death Index. Search available on