Individual Details

Letisha Miranda "Lettie" Comstock

(26 Jul 1901 - 12 Dec 1980)



Lettie Comstock graduated from Uniontown High School, Class of 1918, Friday Evening, at 8 PM, April 26th.
G. M. Comstock, Pricipal. Edna Comstock, Assistant.
Class Members: Lettie Comstock, Cora Babb, Elsie Haggard, Nettie Snow, Hazel Snow, Zetta Speir, Oscar Couch, Klondike Comstock, Myrtle Babb, Mary Howell, Tishie Marshall, and Cora Montgomery,

6 Nov 1951 [unknown newspaper clipping]
Cy Carneys Entertain At Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Cy Carney entertained at their home, 1523 School Street, with a dinner following the Homecoming game Saturday evening.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Sid Carney of Ponca city, Okla.; Lester Moon of Joplin, Mo.; Homer Stanfield, Rudy, Ark.; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carney of Alma; Thurman Howell of Van Buren; Mr. and Mrs. Cy Carney, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Comstock, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. G. M. LeMarr, all of Fayetteville, Mr. and Mrs. Joe McKim of Springdale, and Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Crittenden of Miami, Okla.

20 Sep 1961.
Lettie M. Carney of 1523 S. School St., Fayetteville, AR, born 26 Jul 1901 boarded Arline Flight Braniff Airways 400/20 at Panama City, Panama, arrived St. Louis, MO. Cy Carney was born 6 May 1899 and was also a passenger.

Fayetteville Ccity Directory lists Mrs. Lettie M. Carney of 10 S. College, as President of the American Legion Auxillary.

Aunt Let is buried Fairview Cemetery, Fayetteville, AR. She was named for her grandmothers.

Her Obituary from the Northwest Arkansas Times, Saturday, 13 Dec 1980
Mrs. Lettie Carney
Mrs. Lettie M. Carney, 79, of Fayetteville, died Friday at a local hospital after an extended illness. Born July 26, 1901 in Union Town, the daughter of J. M. and Ellen Wood Comstock, she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fayetteville.
Survivors are her husband, Cy Carney Sr of Fayetteville; one son, Cy Carney Jr. of Jacksonville; one daughter Mrs. Kathryn Coatney, of Fayetteville; one brother, Paul Comstock of Van Buren, Ark.; two sisters, Mrs. Maud Redman of Van Buren, and Mrs. Pauline Clark of North Little Rock; and eight grandchildren.
Funeral service will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Nelson's Funeral Home. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.

Events

Birth26 Jul 1901Uniontown, Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage14 Dec 1919Crawford County, Arkansas - Silas Matthew "Cy" Carney
Death12 Dec 1980Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas

Families

SpouseSilas Matthew "Cy" Carney (1897 - 1993)
ChildMildred Eileen Carney (1921 - 1923)
ChildSilas Matthew "Cy Junior" Carney Jr. (1922 - 1999)
ChildKathryn Lucille Carney (1924 - 2005)
FatherJAMES MONROE "MON" COMSTOCK (1860 - 1928)
MotherLUCRETIA ELLEN WOOD (1867 - 1963)
SiblingDora Comstock (1886 - 1886)
SiblingKENNEY MARCUS COMSTOCK (1887 - 1958)
SiblingNora Hessa Comstock (1889 - 1973)
SiblingLelia Ethel Comstock (1890 - 1904)
SiblingIra Vard Comstock (1892 - 1968)
SiblingFannie Maude Comstock (1894 - 1988)
SiblingEdna Eugenia Comstock (1899 - 1956)
SiblingRebecca Pauline Comstock (1905 - 1984)
SiblingRuel Paul Comstock (1906 - 1991)

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