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	Subject:	Alex Cotton of Grant Co., AR (1917--2009) son of Charlie and Genna
	Post Date:	February 11, 2009 at 21:23:19
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http://www.webfh.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=220550&fh_id=10298 Alex Cotton (December 29, 1917 - January 8, 2009) Alex “Bud” Cotton, age 91, of White Hall,Ark., originally of Sheridan, Ark. in Grant County, went to his resting place Thursday, January 8, 2009. He was born December 24, 1917 in Sheridan to the late Charlie and Genna Benson Cotton. Mr. Cotton was a retired fork lift operator for J.L.Williams Sawmill, and a member of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. He loved to hunt, fish, and work in his garden. Mr. Cotton was preceded in death by his son, Jimmy Cotton; two sisters, Myrtices Williams and Minnie Young; two grandchildren, Kristy and Wayne Greer. He is survived by his daughter, Martha A. Hall of White Hall; sixteen grandchildren; and many great grandchildren. Funeral services were Monday, January 12, 2009 at Buie Funeral Chapel in Sheridan with Brother Danny Hill officiating. Burial followed at Bethel South Cemetery. http://files.usgwarchives.org/ar/grant/cemeteries/bethel.txt Bethel South Cemetery, Grant County, Arkansas Cotton, Charlie Dec 24, 1875 Jan 4, 1969 Husb of Gena Cotton, Gena Jul 26, 1885 Date Open Wife of Charlie Cotton, Arthur Joe Jun 27, 1925 Jan 30, 1997 Husb of Cora Lee Cotton, Cora Lee Nov 25, 1921 Date Open Wife of Arthur Joe Cotton, Elac-Parlie No Dates Cotton, Emma C Jul 15, 1896 Sep 28, 1968 Wife of J Walter Cotton, Floyd Dec 24, 1903 Oct 31, 1975 Husb of Myrtle Cotton, J Walter Feb 10, 1895 Mar 7, 1973 Husb of Emma C Cotton, Jacob "Mutt"" Mar 28, 1940 Date Open Husb of Joyce Irene Cotton, Jimmy Sr Mar 27, 1947 May 16, 1998 Cotton, John Dec 4, 1934 Cotton, Joyce Irene Nov 15, 1936 Jan 9, 1996 Wife of Jacob "Mutt" Cotton, Myrtle Jul 14, 1914 Jan 11, 1989 Wife of Floyd Cotton, Otha 1899 Cotton, Preston 1886 Cotton, Thelma Oct 19, 1917 Nov 2, 1923 Cotton, Vasti Jun 20, 1917 Cotton, Virgle R Apr 4, 1939 Aug 8, 1939 Cotton, Willie H Feb 15, 1896 Oct 31, 1978 ------------------------------------------------------ 1920 Census Charlie Cotton Home in 1920: Calvert, Grant , Arkansas Age: 32 years Estimated birth year: abt 1888 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Gennie Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: No Able to Write: No Household Members: Name Age Charlie Cotton 32 Gennie Cotton 24 Luria Cotton 8 Myrtice Cotton 6 Minnie Cotton 3 8/12 Bud Cotton 1 Faris Benson 17 ------------------------------------------------------ 1930 Name: Charlie A Cotton Home in 1930: Calvert, Grant , Arkansas Age: 46 Estimated birth year: abt 1884 Birthplace: Arkansas Spouse's name: Gena Race: White Household Members: Name Age Charlie A Cotton 46 Gena Cotton 38 Minnie M Cotton 14 Alex Cotton 12 ---------------------------------------------------------- Alex Cotton was a little boy when his sister Luria took a shine to George W. Webb in Grant County during the 1920s. George was the son of Mary Webb, the daughter of James Warren Webb of Polk County, AR, and Sarah Cecil. He was born when Mary was living with the family of John P. Webb in Perry County, AR. My mother and her twin sister believed that George was actually their half brother. John P. Webb was accused of adultery with Mary Webb in divorce court in Perry County in 1919. Neither John or Mary appeared to contest the claim. Soon after the divorce was granted, John P. Webb disappeared from Perry County with Mary and her two sons. We now know that they moved down to Grant County and bought a place south of Sheridan. About 1925, the sawmill business slumped terribly and John P. Webb took to running a moonshine still in the woods. Like many others, he got caught and was locked up in the old Grant County jail. Facing a year in prison, he opted to break out of the jail by crawling out a hole made by loosening some bricks. He hid out until Mary could sell the place and they could relocate to the area of Tichnor, AR, in Arkansas County. John P. Webb told the 1930 census taker that he was J.B. Webb. He began to operate a little store in a shack at Jack's Bay on the White River. The family took up residence in a small houseboat moored in a chute off the river at Jack's Bay. George did not like that he had to leave Sheridan for the boonies. He had fallen in love with a young girl. He went back and got her to marry him. They had a baby girl that they named Betty. Life in the wilderness was hard for Luria. She longed for her mother and father and the comforts of home. On a visit home she was killed in a violent car crash. The primary responsibility for raising Betty fell to John P. Webb and Mary. George did what he could. Occasionally, Betty would go to Sheridan to spend time with her Cotton grandparents, whom she came to love. George Webb, born 04-15-1908, died of a heart attack while working at the sawmill 07-02-1971 at Hatton, AR, and is buried in the Cecil Chapel Cemetery at Vandervoort, AR.