John M. Kinser is Dead at Prescott
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Former Hope Newspaper Man, Postmaster, Succumbs at 87
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John M. Kinser, 87, former Hope Newspaperman and Postmaster, and father Thomas Kinser of this city, died Sunday at his home in Prescott.
Mr. Kinser was well known in Masonic circles in the state. He was secretary of four Prescott Masonic bodies for 25 years, attended each Masonic Grand lodge for 50 years and held office in the Grand Council several years.
He was born in Murray county, Georgia, in 1850, moving to Magnolia in 1865. He attended Magnolia Academy.
When 19, he carried the mail from Magnolia to Homer, La. He became a printer and was business manager of the Magnolia Flower.
In 1874 he moved to Hope and was associate editor of the Hope News, a weekly publication. He became express agent here in 1881 and was appointed Hope postmaster in 1889, serving four years.
He moved to Prescott 10 years later and was express agent there until 1919.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday from First Presbyterian church of Prescott. The Prescott and Hope Masonic lodges held a brief service at Rose Hill cemetery here Monday afternoon.
Mr. Kinser is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. D. Morrison of Prescott, Mrs. Tom Hinton of Texarkana; three sons, Thomas Kinser of Hope, David of Pine Bluff, and Aiken Kinser of Little Rock.
Hope Star, Monday, January 11, 1937
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Former Hope Newspaper Man, Postmaster, Succumbs at 87
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John M. Kinser, 87, former Hope Newspaperman and Postmaster, and father Thomas Kinser of this city, died Sunday at his home in Prescott.
Mr. Kinser was well known in Masonic circles in the state. He was secretary of four Prescott Masonic bodies for 25 years, attended each Masonic Grand lodge for 50 years and held office in the Grand Council several years.
He was born in Murray county, Georgia, in 1850, moving to Magnolia in 1865. He attended Magnolia Academy.
When 19, he carried the mail from Magnolia to Homer, La. He became a printer and was business manager of the Magnolia Flower.
In 1874 he moved to Hope and was associate editor of the Hope News, a weekly publication. He became express agent here in 1881 and was appointed Hope postmaster in 1889, serving four years.
He moved to Prescott 10 years later and was express agent there until 1919.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday from First Presbyterian church of Prescott. The Prescott and Hope Masonic lodges held a brief service at Rose Hill cemetery here Monday afternoon.
Mr. Kinser is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. D. Morrison of Prescott, Mrs. Tom Hinton of Texarkana; three sons, Thomas Kinser of Hope, David of Pine Bluff, and Aiken Kinser of Little Rock.
Hope Star, Monday, January 11, 1937
John M. Kinser is Dead at Prescott
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Former Hope Newspaper Man, Postmaster, Succumbs at 87
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John M. Kinser, 87, former Hope Newspaperman and Postmaster, and father Thomas Kinser of this city, died Sunday at his home in Prescott.
Mr. Kinser was well known in Masonic circles in the state. He was secretary of four Prescott Masonic bodies for 25 years, attended each Masonic Grand lodge for 50 years and held office in the Grand Council several years.
He was born in Murray county, Georgia, in 1850, moving to Magnolia in 1865. He attended Magnolia Academy.
When 19, he carried the mail from Magnolia to Homer, La. He became a printer and was business manager of the Magnolia Flower.
In 1874 he moved to Hope and was associate editor of the Hope News, a weekly publication. He became express agent here in 1881 and was appointed Hope postmaster in 1889, serving four years.
He moved to Prescott 10 years later and was express agent there until 1919.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday from First Presbyterian church of Prescott. The Prescott and Hope Masonic lodges held a brief service at Rose Hill cemetery here Monday afternoon.
Mr. Kinser is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. D. Morrison of Prescott, Mrs. Tom Hinton of Texarkana; three sons, Thomas Kinser of Hope, David of Pine Bluff, and Aiken Kinser of Little Rock.
Hope Star, Monday, January 11, 1937
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Former Hope Newspaper Man, Postmaster, Succumbs at 87
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John M. Kinser, 87, former Hope Newspaperman and Postmaster, and father Thomas Kinser of this city, died Sunday at his home in Prescott.
Mr. Kinser was well known in Masonic circles in the state. He was secretary of four Prescott Masonic bodies for 25 years, attended each Masonic Grand lodge for 50 years and held office in the Grand Council several years.
He was born in Murray county, Georgia, in 1850, moving to Magnolia in 1865. He attended Magnolia Academy.
When 19, he carried the mail from Magnolia to Homer, La. He became a printer and was business manager of the Magnolia Flower.
In 1874 he moved to Hope and was associate editor of the Hope News, a weekly publication. He became express agent here in 1881 and was appointed Hope postmaster in 1889, serving four years.
He moved to Prescott 10 years later and was express agent there until 1919.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday from First Presbyterian church of Prescott. The Prescott and Hope Masonic lodges held a brief service at Rose Hill cemetery here Monday afternoon.
Mr. Kinser is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. D. Morrison of Prescott, Mrs. Tom Hinton of Texarkana; three sons, Thomas Kinser of Hope, David of Pine Bluff, and Aiken Kinser of Little Rock.
Hope Star, Monday, January 11, 1937
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