| Obit For | Henbest, Arthur |
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| Headline | LAST RITES FOR ARTHUR HENBEST HELD WEDNESDAY Was Surveyor of Barry County For Several Terms |
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Funeral services for Arthur Henbest, 87 year-old retired surveyor and real estate man, were conducted at the Exeter Church of Christ Wednesday afternoon with Bro. Cline Hancock and Br. Morton Woodward officiating.
Death came as the result of a heart attack suffered early Monday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ethel Lowery in the Purdy community where he resided at the time. Mrs. Henbest had passed away several months ago. Born November 8, 1870, in Flat Creek township he had made his home in this community all his life except for a brief period when he lived southwest of Exeter while teaching school in that vicinity. For many years he had been active in Democrat politics in Barry county and began a long career of surveying by being elected as County Surveyor and Highway Engineer about 1900. In his earlier life he had taught in the rural schools of this county and prior to his retirement had operated a real estate business here. On October 10, 1897 he was united in marriage to Minnie Ledgerwood of Shell Knob and to this union four children were born. Three daughters, Mrs. Beatrice Sanders of the New Hope community, Mrs. Lowery of Purdy, Mrs. Tillie Giddings of Washburn, and one son, Bill of Washburn. He also leaves three brothers, Ed, Will and Osman, all of Cassville. Burial was in the Maplewood Cemetery under the direction of the Williamson Chapel In The Valley. |
| Newspaper or Funeral Home | Cassville Republican, |
| Date | July 10, 1958 |
| Death Cert Link | - |
| Resource | State Historical Society of MO |
| Submitted by | Barabara Erwin |
