6156. Abraham Thomas Kanaday
He was a plasterer and worked on several notable jobs including the Parthenon in Nashville His name is recorded on a plaque in the grounds of the Parthenon in Centennial Park. He was a very good plasterer and owned his own company. He did enjoy a drink now and then and was quite a practical joker.
(Medical):He died of carcinoma of the postrate.
9487. Thomas Parker Kanaday
(Medical):He died of heart and lung problems.
9488. Abraham Thomas Kanaday
He was an electrical engineer at the Dupont Plant in Old Hickory, Tennesee.
He was buried in overalls, just as he was seen everyday. (Sherry Bramlett Donohue)
9505. W. L. Bramlett
All the stories told reveal that W. L. had a rough life on the farm with his father. Apparently Walter found it amusing to get his children drunk. This remained as a way of life with the children, as W. L. and all his brothers and sisters had a problem with alcohol. It is also believed that W. L. had a wife before Kay; the family lore was that he never divorced his first wife before marrying Kay. He was reported to have been in the Seabees, the U.S. Navy Construction unit for the Navy during World War II. This was not verified. W.L. spent alot of his life in prison. Both Eric Rhew and Elizabeth Ann gave the same information: "He had a habit of stealing cars. He was a petty thief, stealing what he could to enable himself to keep a supply of his ever-present bottle of wine. He was often appointed a trusty in jail. He was an excellent baker, and was often sent to "boys schools" rather than prison, because of this talent. He would be in charge of the kitchen at these places. Inez Taylor of Judsonia, Arkansas, recalled a time when she and her husband came home one night to find their heating stove red hot and someone sleeping in their bed. It was "just Dub". He had hopped a boxcar from Benton Harbor, Michigan to Judsonia, Arkansas. When W. L. worked, he was a good machinist, always in demand at the factories in Benton Harbor, Michigan. As far as can be determined, "W. L." was indeed his given name; however, he often signed his name as Walter or William.
9506. Burnell Bramlett
(Medical):She was killed her during a heated argument with J.C. Rhew, the brother of her sister Edith's husband.
Stella Corrine Ramsey, 89 of Conway, died Wednesday, January 17, 2001. She was born May 6, 1911 in Mt. Pisgah (White County) Arkansas, the daughter of the late William Stanhope Baxter and Lillie Admara Pruitt Griffith. Mrs. Ramsey was a housewife and member of Somers Avenue Church of Christ in North Little Rock. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Jefferson Ramsey, four sons: J.H. Ramsey, Thomas Ramsey, Billy Ramsey, and Jimmy Dale Ramsey; and sister, Clara H. Griffith. She is survived by seven daughters: Jefferene Hoofman of Vilonia, Bobbie Moncrief of Maumelle, Dorothy Orr of Texarkana, Ar, Theda McGhee of Perry, Sandra Roberts of Scott, Patsy Martin of Conway, Deborah Wright of Tison; three sons: Johnny Ramsey of North Little Rock, Danny Ramsey of Cabot, Fred Ramsey of Romance; three brothers: Eugene S. Grriffith of Vilonia, Melmen (Beade) Griffith of Vilonia; sister: Sarah E. Bridges of Searcy; 31 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren. Services will be Friday, January 19, 2001 at 10:z.m. at Mars Hill Church of Christ in Vilonia with Mr. Oran Burt and Mr. Jerry Riley offiiciating. Burial will be in Cypress Valley Cemetery. The pallbearers will be Mrs. Ramsey's grandsons: Stephen Ramsey, Roger Ramsey, Johnny Ray Ramsey, David Orr, Allen McGhee, Dennis McGhee, Terry Roberts, Scott Ramsey, Chad Ramsey, Ricky Ramsey, Ronnie Ramsey, and Shan Martin. Family visitation is Thursday, January 18, 2001 from 6:00 -8:00 p.m. at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home of Conway.