Individual Details
Emma LaVonne Denney
(15 Oct 1919 - 14 Dec 1994)
1920 Census. Starr Hill, Washington Co, AR 22
West Street
Bruce J. Denney, 32, b. AR, bookkeeper, Hardware Store
Eva, wife, 29, b. Kansas, parents b. England, Music Teacher at home
Mary E., dau, 4 years, 7 months
Emma L., dau, 1 year, one month
1930 Census. Starr Hill, Washington Co, AR, Hh 83
Bruce J. L. Denney, 40, married at age 23, Manager, Hardware Store
Eva, wife, 38, married at 21, Teacher, Music at home
Mary E., dau, 14
LaVonne E., dau, 11
Bruce B., son, 7
Eva J., dau, 5
Richard, N., son, 1 year, 11 months
1940 Census. Fayetteville, Washington Co, AR, Hh 159
516 N. Highland Ave - lived in rural Washington Co in 1935
Bruce Denney, 52, Salesman, Department Store
Eva, wife, 50, Music Teacher, Private lclass
Lavone E., dau, 21, Waitress, Coffee Shop
Bruce B., son, 17, Dancing Teacher, Private class
Eva J., dau, 15
Social Security Record shows birth date of 15 Oct 1918 instead of 1919, born War Eagle, Arkansas to Bruce J. Denney and Eva Batten. Notice that disability denied.
Marriage License, Washington Co, AR. To be married by Minister, June 6, 1946
Kenney M. Comstock, age 30, b. 3 Sep 1914, Fayetteville, AR. Miss Emma LaVonne Denney, age 27, b. 15 Oct 1919, Fayetteville, AR.
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
Friday, December 16, 1994
Emma. L. Comstock
Emma LaVonne Comstock, 75, of Springdale died Dec. 14, 1994, at Springdale Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct 15, 1919, at War Eagle to Bruce J. and Eva Batten Denney. She grew up in the Lincoln and Fayetteville area and graduated from the University High School at Fayetteville. She attended the University of Arkansas School of Business. She was a former singer for the Denney Sisters Trio and a member of the First Christian Church of Springdale and was a choir member. She was a caretaker of others and enjoyed fishing.
Survivors include her husband, retired Lt. Col. Kenney M. Comstock of the home, to whom she was married on June 6, 1946; two sons, Kenney M. Comstock Jr. of Rogers and Gary L. Comstock of Bartlesville, Okls; one daughter Mary Jane Comstock of Rogers; one sister Eva Jo Browne of Dallas, Texas; one brother, Bruce B. Denney of Fayetteville; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Christian Church of Springdale with the Rev. John Wrench officiating. Burial will be in Bluff Cemetery under the direction of Sisco Chapel of Springdale.
Pallbearers will be Jack Larson, Jimmy Culp, Charles Denney, Larry Thompson, Dan Crouthers, and James Irwin.
Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church of Springdale.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Events
Birth | 15 Oct 1919 | War Eagle, Benton County, Arkansas | |||
Marriage | 6 Jun 1946 | Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas - Kenney Maurice Comstock | |||
Death | 14 Dec 1994 | Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas | |||
Burial | Bluff Cemetery, Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas |
Families
Spouse | Kenney Maurice Comstock (1914 - 2006) |
Child | Living |
Child | Living |
Child | Living |
Father | Bruce Jasper Lawrence Denney (1887 - 1987) |
Mother | Eva Batten (1890 - 1980) |
Sibling | Mary Elizabeth Denney (1915 - 1971) |
Sibling | Bruce Batten Denney (1922 - 2014) |
Sibling | Eva Jo Denney (1924 - 1997) |
Sibling | Richard Alison Denney (1928 - 1939) |