| Obit For | Dr. D. N. Dabbs |
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| Headline | - |
| Text | Dr. D. N. Dabbs, a life long resident of Rocky Comfort, Mo., was born on the old Dabbs homestead south of town, June 12, 1861 and passed away at his home in Rocky Comfort, Jan 18, 1936 at 5:15 p.m. after a three-month's illness.
He entered Missouri University and later graduated from Nashville Medical College of Nashville, Tenn., in 1899 and has since practiced medicine at Rocky Comfort. He was married to Vesta Hamilton of Seligman, Mo., May 1, 1892 and to this union were born six children, five sons and one daughter. He is survived by his widow and five children, Mrs. K. W. Bonville of Belleville, Ill., Dr. W. D. Dabbs of Clovis, N. M., Hugh Dabbs of Neosho and Homer and Lyman at home, one sister, Celia Brown and one half brother, T. F. Dabbs of Rocky Comfort. He was preceded in death by one son, Willard Dabbs, and two brothers, Judge Hugh Dabbs of Joplin and Prof. Fred Dabbs of Arizona. He was a charter member of the Presbyterian Church of Rocky Comfort and Superintendent of the Union Sunday School for years. Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Church in Rocky Comfort Sunday afternoon, Jan. 19, at 4:00 o'clock by Rev. E. W. Love of Joplin and burial made in the Rocky Comfort Cemetery under the direction of the Horine-Culver Funeral service of Cassville. |
| Newspaper or Funeral Home | Wheaton Journal |
| Date | Thursday, Jan 23, 1936 |
| Death Cert Link | - |
| Resource | State Historical Society of MO |
| Submitted by | Extracted by Donna Cooper |
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