William Theo "Buck" Madison, 76, of Route 1, Hayti, died January 2, 1992, at his home.
Born December 30, 1915 on the Casa Route in rural Yell County, Arkansas, he was the son of Wiliam Oscar "Bill Jack" and Addie Mae Outlaw Madison.
He was born and raised on rented cotton farms, and continued farming into the 1960's. In 1950 he moved his family and parents from Carden Bottom, Arkansas to Pemiscot County, Missouri in search of better opportunities. About 1968 he quit farming and became a road grater driver for the county.
He was kind, patient, and a good storyteller. He was also an excellent cook. "It's a mighty poor cook that can't take care of himself," he would say with a laugh, as he helped himself first to dinner. Other wonderful sayings of his were, "When you give a boy a haircut, it makes him so ornery you can't stand him for three days" and "The child can stay, but the noise has got to go."
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bonnie Smith Madison, of Hayti; four daughters, Betty McCabe of Hayti, Margaret Weaver of Shreveport, Louisiana, LaNell Davis of Wardell and Mary Nell Fisher of Springfield, Missouri; a son, Jim Madison of Hayti; two brothers, Jack Madison, of Russellville, Arkansas, and J. B. Madison of Hayti; two sisters, Ellen Leslie of Hayti and Wanda Apple of Dardanelle; twelve grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Services were held January 5, 1992 at 2 p.m. at Jimmy Osburn Funeral Home chapel in Hayti, the Rev. John Langston officiating, with burial in Pemiscot Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers were Ronnie Womble, Bobby Tomlinson, Jerry James, Bobby Watkins, Charles Sims and Gordon Crain.
Honorary pallbearers were A.B. Barkovitz, Howard Bowman, Truitt Hounihan, James Farris, Phil Bowen and Jimmy Lee Wilson.
Born December 30, 1915 on the Casa Route in rural Yell County, Arkansas, he was the son of Wiliam Oscar "Bill Jack" and Addie Mae Outlaw Madison.
He was born and raised on rented cotton farms, and continued farming into the 1960's. In 1950 he moved his family and parents from Carden Bottom, Arkansas to Pemiscot County, Missouri in search of better opportunities. About 1968 he quit farming and became a road grater driver for the county.
He was kind, patient, and a good storyteller. He was also an excellent cook. "It's a mighty poor cook that can't take care of himself," he would say with a laugh, as he helped himself first to dinner. Other wonderful sayings of his were, "When you give a boy a haircut, it makes him so ornery you can't stand him for three days" and "The child can stay, but the noise has got to go."
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bonnie Smith Madison, of Hayti; four daughters, Betty McCabe of Hayti, Margaret Weaver of Shreveport, Louisiana, LaNell Davis of Wardell and Mary Nell Fisher of Springfield, Missouri; a son, Jim Madison of Hayti; two brothers, Jack Madison, of Russellville, Arkansas, and J. B. Madison of Hayti; two sisters, Ellen Leslie of Hayti and Wanda Apple of Dardanelle; twelve grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Services were held January 5, 1992 at 2 p.m. at Jimmy Osburn Funeral Home chapel in Hayti, the Rev. John Langston officiating, with burial in Pemiscot Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers were Ronnie Womble, Bobby Tomlinson, Jerry James, Bobby Watkins, Charles Sims and Gordon Crain.
Honorary pallbearers were A.B. Barkovitz, Howard Bowman, Truitt Hounihan, James Farris, Phil Bowen and Jimmy Lee Wilson.
William Theo "Buck" Madison, 76, of Route 1, Hayti, died January 2, 1992, at his home.
Born December 30, 1915 on the Casa Route in rural Yell County, Arkansas, he was the son of Wiliam Oscar "Bill Jack" and Addie Mae Outlaw Madison.
He was born and raised on rented cotton farms, and continued farming into the 1960's. In 1950 he moved his family and parents from Carden Bottom, Arkansas to Pemiscot County, Missouri in search of better opportunities. About 1968 he quit farming and became a road grater driver for the county.
He was kind, patient, and a good storyteller. He was also an excellent cook. "It's a mighty poor cook that can't take care of himself," he would say with a laugh, as he helped himself first to dinner. Other wonderful sayings of his were, "When you give a boy a haircut, it makes him so ornery you can't stand him for three days" and "The child can stay, but the noise has got to go."
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bonnie Smith Madison, of Hayti; four daughters, Betty McCabe of Hayti, Margaret Weaver of Shreveport, Louisiana, LaNell Davis of Wardell and Mary Nell Fisher of Springfield, Missouri; a son, Jim Madison of Hayti; two brothers, Jack Madison, of Russellville, Arkansas, and J. B. Madison of Hayti; two sisters, Ellen Leslie of Hayti and Wanda Apple of Dardanelle; twelve grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Services were held January 5, 1992 at 2 p.m. at Jimmy Osburn Funeral Home chapel in Hayti, the Rev. John Langston officiating, with burial in Pemiscot Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers were Ronnie Womble, Bobby Tomlinson, Jerry James, Bobby Watkins, Charles Sims and Gordon Crain.
Honorary pallbearers were A.B. Barkovitz, Howard Bowman, Truitt Hounihan, James Farris, Phil Bowen and Jimmy Lee Wilson.
Born December 30, 1915 on the Casa Route in rural Yell County, Arkansas, he was the son of Wiliam Oscar "Bill Jack" and Addie Mae Outlaw Madison.
He was born and raised on rented cotton farms, and continued farming into the 1960's. In 1950 he moved his family and parents from Carden Bottom, Arkansas to Pemiscot County, Missouri in search of better opportunities. About 1968 he quit farming and became a road grater driver for the county.
He was kind, patient, and a good storyteller. He was also an excellent cook. "It's a mighty poor cook that can't take care of himself," he would say with a laugh, as he helped himself first to dinner. Other wonderful sayings of his were, "When you give a boy a haircut, it makes him so ornery you can't stand him for three days" and "The child can stay, but the noise has got to go."
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bonnie Smith Madison, of Hayti; four daughters, Betty McCabe of Hayti, Margaret Weaver of Shreveport, Louisiana, LaNell Davis of Wardell and Mary Nell Fisher of Springfield, Missouri; a son, Jim Madison of Hayti; two brothers, Jack Madison, of Russellville, Arkansas, and J. B. Madison of Hayti; two sisters, Ellen Leslie of Hayti and Wanda Apple of Dardanelle; twelve grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Services were held January 5, 1992 at 2 p.m. at Jimmy Osburn Funeral Home chapel in Hayti, the Rev. John Langston officiating, with burial in Pemiscot Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers were Ronnie Womble, Bobby Tomlinson, Jerry James, Bobby Watkins, Charles Sims and Gordon Crain.
Honorary pallbearers were A.B. Barkovitz, Howard Bowman, Truitt Hounihan, James Farris, Phil Bowen and Jimmy Lee Wilson.
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s/s as Bonnie E. Madison
