The Sunday Oregonian
June 5, 1932To honor the memory of the late Mrs. Esther Allen Jobes and Mrs. W. B. Hall, past regents, officers, directors, members of Willamette chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and officers of Columbia society, Children of the American Revolution, met at the home of Mrs. U.G. Smith Tuesday afternoon. Following the opening of the meeting the chaplain offered a memorial prayer.
Mrs. Jobes, a past regent of Willamette chapter and an honorary member of Columbia society, was deeply interested in the work of both organizations, it was recounted, and the services she gave will long be remembered. The many ways in which her patriotism and constructive citizenship found expression were told at the meeting.
She helped to organize and presented the first flag to Columbia society. She gave also the flag to the first troop of scouts of Grace Memorial church and was an active contributor to the Camp Fire Girls and to the Girl and Boy Scouts. The first living flag in Oregon was founded by Mrs. Jobes, who held membership in the National Flag association.
Having served as library of the national group of the United Daughters of 1812, Mrs. Jobes organized in 1920 the local group and served as president for many years. She was a member, too, of the national society, Daughters of Colonial Wars, and she valued greatly her membership in the Mary Ball society, which was willed to her by her mother, who was a real daughter of the American revolution, and which she in turn willed to her granddaughter Esther Allen.
Mrs. Jobes was a charter member of the Portland Museum association and had a remarkable collection of shells gathers from all parts of the world, which she exhibited generously. She belonged to the Portland Woman's club and was a past director of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. She took an especial interest in the Pioneer Workers' club, in which all members must have been officers in the federation prior to 1900.Working with others she was an officer in the American Relief association before the world war, and during the war she assisted with relief work in Oregon. Throughout her life she was keenly interested in the W.C.T.U. She was a member of the P.E.O. sisterhood in Portland, the American Women's club in London, England, and one of four Oregon members of the former Washington Sulgrave Institute of England.
Willamette chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, resolved to place as a memorial in its records an account of the achievements of this beloved member, Mrs. Esther Allen Jobes.
The Oregonian
July 10, 1907W. V. Jobes, president and manager of the Jobes Milling Company, of St. Johns, died very suddenly yesterday morning in the office of the company. While he had not been in good health for some time there was no warning of the approach of death. Mr. Jobes had gone to his office from his home as usual and was with his son, W. H. Jobes, in the office, when he suddenly dropped to the floor. His son summoned three physicians and his wife, but Mr. Jobes was unable to speak when they arrived and soon expired. Death was undoubtedly due to heart failure.
When the fire broke out in the saw-mills on the water front of St. Johns some time ago, the flour mill was threatened and narrowly escaped destruction, and Mr. Jobes greatly exerted himself in saving the property. It is thought that from this time his health started to fail. He traveled to California and seemed to improve, but never was entirely well.
Mr. Jobes was born in Rockford, Ill., 55 years ago. He came to Spokane, Wash., where with his two sons, he engaged in the four mill business until 1904, when he erected a flour mill in St. Johns and operated it with his sons under the firm name of the Jobes Milling Company. He was a successful, public-spirited man, and was a candidate for Mayor of St. Johns two years ago.
Mr. Jobes is survived by his wife and two sons, W. H. and A. R. Jobes. The latter is a member of the present Council of St. Johns, which last night, out of respect for the deceased, adjourned tonight.
The Oregonian
March 2, 1911William Haskell Jobes, who died suddenly Monday night at his home, 411 Hassalo street, of heart disease, was a prominent business man and leading member of the Masonic order. He retired Monday night and died without awakening. He was born in Minneapolis, Minn., November 19, 1878, and was the son of the late William VanZant Jobes and Esther Allen Jobes. He was associated with his father and brother in the flour milling business at Spokane and Post Falls, and since 1904 had been actively engaged in the work of the Jobes Milling Company at St. Johns. Mr. Jobes succeeded his father as president of that company.
Mr. Jobes was made a Master Mason in Willamette Lodge, No. 2, of Masons, and was a charter member of the Doric Lodge, No. 132, at St. Johns. He was a member of Oregon Consistory, No. 1, of the Scottish Rite, and also of the Al Kader Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He was an active and enthusiastic member of the Oregon Yacht Club and was fond of boating.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Esther A. Jobes, and one brother, Allen R. Jobes.
The Sacramento Bee
February 7, 2000Wehr, Richard, born September 11, 1919 in Minneapolis, Mn. Died February 5, 2000.
Is survived by wife, Betty of 56 years. Also by daughter Cathy of Portland OR & son Steve of Marin County.
Served in W.W. II leaving as a captain. Was a salesman for many years & liked to play golf. Will be buried at sea ...
The Havre Herald (MT)
November 24, 1905Mrs. John Hallisey, daughter of Mrs. Carrie J. Gallows, died at her home in east Havre Wednesday morning. She had long been a sufferer with consumption, coupled with a number of other ailments, until kindly nature reached out her loving arms and welcomed her home to eternal rest.
Deceased had been a resident of this city for about five years. and leaves a husband and daughter to cherish her memory. She was 25 years of age, and formerly resided in Minnesota.
The Ledger (Lakeland, FL)
January 6, 1999SEBRING -- Mr. Ray H. Smith of Sebring died Sunday (Jan. 3, 1999) at I.H.S. of Sebring. He was 81.
Born in Clearwater on March 12, 1917, he came to Sebring from Hollywood, Fla., in 1961. He was a drivers education teacher for Sebring High School. He was a deacon and elder at First Presbyterian Church, Sebring, and a veteran of World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Smith; son, Bruce Smith, St. Louis; and daughters, Karen Mydland, Cheyenne, Wyo., and Patsy Smith, Sebring.
News-Sun (Sebring, FL)
December 15, 2013Phyllis Parker Smith, a Sebring resident for 52 years, passed away Monday morning, Dec. 9, 2013.
She was born April 16, 1921 on a farm near Dickens, Neb., where her parents were homesteaders. When her mother died four years later, Phyllis and her twin brother Philip were sent to another farm in Douglas, Neb., where she was raised by their grandmother. She attended Peru State Teachers College and taught school in Nebraska and Iowa before marrying Ray Smith, a Florida native, in 1947.
She was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church in Sebring, where she was active in the Women in the Church and other church functions. She enjoyed camping and bird watching, and was renowned for her pies.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Smith; her sister, Dorothy Geihsler; and her brothers, William, Charles, and Philip Parker and Robert Trotter.
She is survived by her daughters, Karen Mydland (Milt) of Cheyenne, Wyo. and Patsy Smith of Sebring; her son, Bruce Smith (Jane) of St. Louis, Mo.; and two step granddaughters and two step great-granddaughters in Colorado and Wyoming.
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
May 5, 2000BEARDSLEY, JEAN S., 80, of Titusville, formerly of Dunedin and Clearwater, died Saturday (April 29, 2000) at home.
She was born in Clearwater and moved to Titusville in 1999. She was a homemaker. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Dunedin.
Survivors include two sons, James, Dunedin, and Mark, Commerce, Ga.; a daughter, Laurel Beardsley, Titusville; a brother, Glenn Smith, Crawfordville; a sister, Claire Houghton, Dunedin; and four grandchildren.
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
June 6, 1996James L. ""Jim'' Beardsley, 83, who was the popular columnist ""Colonel Clearwater'' during his 39 years with the Clearwater Sun, died Tuesday (June 4, 1996) at Mease Continuing Care, Dunedin.
The Sunday editorial page published the ""Colonel's'' letters to public officials and comments on letters from readers. His identity was not disclosed at the time.
His son, James K. Beardsley of Dunedin, remembers his father ""working at home on the "Colonel's' answers to the multitude of letters readers would write in to the paper.''
In the mid-1940s, Mr. Beardsley inherited the duties of the colorful mythical character created by Clearwater Sun owner-editor-publisher Victor Morgan. The paper, established in 1914, was closed in 1989.
Mr. Beardsley, who came here in 1924 from his native Richmond, Va., was a 1931 graduate of Clearwater High School. In 1935, after graduating from the University of Florida school of journalism, he joined the staff of the Clearwater Sun as a $12-a-week proofreader. Within six months he was promoted to managing editor. He retired in 1974 as executive editor.
He left journalism during World War II to serve in the Army Air Forces as a control tower operator in the Signal Corps in North Africa and Italy.
His patriotism did not end there. After retiring, he started a new project: Early on every patriotic holiday, Mr. Beardsley and his wife, Jean, could be spotted placing American flags in front of 107 downtown businesses.
The couple faithfully distributed the flags at dawn and picked them up at dusk on 10 holidays a year. They did this until 1988, when Mr. Beardsley suffered a heart attack. The program was sponsored by Dunedin Jaycees. The couple received the History Maker Award in 1981 from the Dunedin Historical Society.
Mr. Beardsley was remembered by former employee Alice McKenzie as ""very quiet, very kind and very professional.''
Mr. Beardsley was past president and a founding member of Dunedin Jaycees. He was instrumental in the establishment of Fisher Field and was coach for the Dunedin Jaycee National Little League. He was an Eagle Scout member of Troop 10, Boy Scouts of America, Dunedin, and a past member of Clearwater Kiwanis. He was a former deacon and elder at Faith Presbyterian Church, Dunedin.
Survivors include his wife, Jean S.; two sons, James K., Dunedin, and Mark S., Commerce, Ga.; a daughter, Laurel L., Titusville; a brother, Grant L., Placida; a sister, Alice Beardsley-Garber, Chappaqua, N.Y.; four grandchildren; and 16 nieces and nephews.
The Wakulla News (Crawfordville, FL)
December 9, 2010Harold Glenn Smith, 89, of Crawfordville died Sunday, Dec. 5, at his home in Crawfordville.
He was born in Clearwater on Aug. 25, 1921, the son of Albert Albee Smith and Adella Lenora Ottillie Smith.
He grew up in Clearwater and Dunedin with a love of the sea and sailing, spending many hours and days exploring the local islands. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and graduated from the Hospital Corps School before Pearl Harbor and eventually became attached to the First Marine Division as a Navy Corpsman. He was part of the initial landings on Guadalcanal and served with the First Marines until they were withdrawn to Australia. He spent the rest of the war on various ships and at various postings and was honorable discharged in May 1947.
He went to the University of Florida on the G.I. Bill, receiving a degree in pharmacy in 1950 and becoming a registered pharmacist in 1951. After several temporary jobs in central and north Florida, he opened Wakulla Pharmacy in 1954. It remained the only pharmacy in the county until 1975 and remained in business until 1986. He enjoyed living in Wakulla County because of his attraction to the community, the nearsalt water and sailing.
Survivors include his four children: Betsy Della Smith of Crawfordville, Melissa Ann Pejrano of Lugagnano, Italy, Randolph Harold Smith of Wakulla Station, and Jennifer Ellen Druda of St. Marks; and three granddaughters: Sylvia Carla Pejrano, Sarah Claire Smith and Glen Jolie Smith.
He was preceded in death his wife, Mary Elizabeth Smith, his friend Eloise Hunnicutt.
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
July 3, 2005HOUGHTON, CLAIRE SMITH, 83, of Dunedin, died Friday (July 1, 2005) at Mease Dunedin Hospital.
She was a lifetime resident of Clearwater. She was a registered nurse for 15 years at Mease Dunedin Hospital. She was an Army nurse during World War II and served in the European theater. She was awarded a Bronze Star for her service. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Dunedin since 1934. She volunteered at RCS Food Pantry and Dunedin Public Library and the First Presbyterian Church in Dunedin. She enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid reader.
Survivors include a son, Eric, Dunedin; three daughters, Ann Houghton, Balsam, N.C., Amy Guthrie, Tallahassee, and Nancy Penney, Lexington, S.C.; and four grandsons, Adam Penney and Luke Penney, both of Lexington, and John Guthrie and Thomas Guthrie, both of Tallahassee.
The Tampa Tribune
August 15, 1961Clearwater, Aug. 14 (by Staff Writer) - Mrs. Vida Hudson Smith, 59. of 911 Hart St., died in Atlanta, Ga., today wjile visting her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Florecent.
She came here in 1917 from Hudson and was born in DeSoto County.
Other survivors include her husband, Wayne A. Smith, Clearwater; son Wayne A. Smith Jr., Chamblee, Ga.; four grandchildren; one brother, Claude Hudso, New Port Richey; two sisters, Mrs. Earl Thornton, Weirsdale, and Mrs. Walter Hudson, Bliss, Hudson.