Ezekial Stubbs of Siloam Springs Succumbs Yesterday
Had Been Ill 3 Years Before Undergoing Operation Last November
Ezekial Keston Stubbs, 51, a resident of Siloam Springs his entire life, died yesterday morning at his home after an illness of three years. He had been bedfast since last November and had undergone a major operation at the Ellis Fischel Memorial Hospital in Columbia, Mo.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Siloam Springs Church, conducted by the Rev Joe Anderson with burial in the Collins Cemetery under the direction of Robertson Funeral Home. The body is to be taken to the family home this evening at 7 o'clock to remain until time for the funeral.
Surviving Relatives
Besides his wife, Mrs Minnie C Stubbs to whom he was married in West Plains, April 3, 1917, he is survived by eight sons and daughters: Agnes Murrell, Norval, Everett, Fred, and Charles Stubbs, and Vernie Collins, all of Siloam Springs and Virgie and Wayne Stubbs of the family home.
There are two brothers, Tim and Bill Stubbs of Siloam Springs and three sisters, Mrs Minnie Jackson, Siloam Springs; Girlie Stubbs, Willow Springs; Mrs Lucy Collins, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Stubbs was born in Howell County NOv 23, 1899, the son of the late Mr and Mrs Sol Stubbs.