Individual Details
Emily Catherine Deese
(19 Jul 1879 - 19 Jan 1956)
Grave Marker reads "Beloved Wife and Mother"
1950 Census. Union Twp, Crawford, AR, Hh 79
Emily Comstock, 70, widow
Gladys, dau-in-law, 32, married
Boyne, grandson, 13
Kenneth, grandson, 12
Sharon, graddau, 10
Arkansas Death Certificate #268
Mrs. Emily Comstock died soon after a cerebral vascular accident, 19 Jan 1956, at the Crawford County Hospital in Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR. Her residence was Star Rt 7, Uniontown, Crawford Co. She was born 19 Jul 1879 in Uniontown and was widowed. Her father was W. F. Deese; her mother, Eleanor Speir. The informant was Mrs. Wallace Reed. Buried in the Comstock Family Cemetery near Uniontown on Jan 21st.
The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, 22 Jan 1956, Sunday, p. 13
Mrs. Emily Comstock
Services will be at 2 pm Sunday at Uniontown, Arkl, Christian Church for Mrs. Emily Comstock of Uniontown, aunt of three city residents. She died there Friday.
Local survivors are a nephew, R. K. Comstock, 1227 NW 29th; two nieces, Mrs. Grace Mills, 446 NW 35th and Mrs. Nora Ann Call, 2916 NW 29th.
Events
| Birth | 19 Jul 1879 | Crawford County, Arkansas |  | ||
| Marriage | 25 Jan 1903 | Shiloh, Arkansas - Hardy "Tack" Comstock | | ||
| Death | 19 Jan 1956 | Crawford County, Arkansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Hardy "Tack" Comstock (1877 - 1936) |
| Child | Lena Audra Comstock (1905 - 1984) |
| Child | Alma Vivian Comstock (1909 - 2001) |
| Child | Hazel Edith Comstock (1912 - 1995) |
| Child | Hardy Earl Comstock (1917 - 1983) |
| Father | William Franklin Deese (1854 - 1934) |
| Mother | Eleanor Elizabeth Speir (1854 - 1934) |
| Sibling | Sarah E. Deese (1877 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas D. Deese (1878 - ) |
| Sibling | Temperence Deese (1880 - ) |
| Sibling | William Edward Deese (1882 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Eleanor Albina Deese (1885 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Darthula M. Deese (1887 - ) |
| Sibling | Leona Ethel Deese (1889 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Porter F. Deese (1891 - 1918) |
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. Grave Marker, Comstock Cemetery visited 25 Jun 1998.
3. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973), p.14.
4. 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), Buried in Comstock Cemetery.
5. Grave Marker, Comstock Cemetery visited 25 Jun 1998.