Highfill is actually closer to the towns of Rogers, Bentonville, and Gentry than Fayetteville. You might want to try the old newspaper Daily Democrat newspaper that was published out of Bentonville. I'd check for you if I didn't work 60 hours a week and had more time for research. Ellen Dickinson Bella Vista, Arkansas > [Original Message] > From: Joel & Debbie Holth <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 2/19/03 9:40:51 AM > Subject: Re: [ARWASHIN] Newspaper obit question > > Thanks Michele, > > How would I find out the home town newspaper for that date (March 18, 1950) > in Fayetteville _ he actually lived in Highfill area, out where the present > day airport is. > > Thanks, > > Debbie > > > From: "Michele" <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 09:28:41 -0600 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [ARWASHIN] Newspaper obit question > > Resent-From: [email protected] > > Resent-Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:29:06 -0700 > > > > most funneral homes will publish in town of death and in home town paper... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joel & Debbie Holth" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 9:18 AM > > Subject: [ARWASHIN] Newspaper obit question > > > > > >> Hello listers, > >> > >> If a resident of Fayetteville died in another state in 1950, would their > >> obit have been published in the local paper in Fayetteville? My > > grandfather > >> died in Kansas in 1950 while on his way back home to Fayetteville. His > > body > >> was shipped home and he is buried in Fairhaven or Fairlawn Cemetery > > (cannot > >> remember the right name). > >> > >> Any info would be most helpful. > >> > >> Debbie > >> > >> > >> ==== ARWASHIN Mailing List ==== > >> NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, > >> chain letters, political announcements, current > >> events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > >> etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > >> grounds for removal. > >> Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > >> [email protected] > >> > >> ============================== > >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > > go to: > >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >> > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.454 / Virus Database: 253 - Release Date: 2/10/2003 > > > > > > > > ==== ARWASHIN Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Washington Co., AR list, send > > only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] or if you > > are on the Digest list to [email protected] > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== ARWASHIN Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, > chain letters, political announcements, current > events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237