| Judge Woodson Mosley, a leading
attorney of Southeast Arkansas, one of Rison and Cleveland County's |
| most prominent and highley esteemed
citizens, died at 12:35 Thursday afternoon at his home here. Judge |
| Mosley, who would have been 79
years of age June 5, suffered a paralytic stroke early the previous day |
| and gradually grew worse, lapsing
into unconsciousness several hours before his death. |
| A native of that part of Bradley
county which later became Cleveland, Judge Mosley was for three terms |
| county clerk and two terms county
judge. In early life he was engaged in the mercantile business at Kingsland |
| and uring his residence there
served as mayor. |
| He was admitted to the bar in 1881
in Little Rock after reading law for many years and attending a law class |
| in the capital city. In 1888 he was
first named county clerk, serving one term. After a lapse of two years |
| in 1892, he was again named county
clerk and served two terms. At the expiration of hes second term as clerk, |
| he was named county and probate
judge and was reelected to a second term in this office. While he was county |
| clerk the county seat was moved
from Toledo to Rison. |
| After leaving the county judge's
office he engaged in the practice of law and was at his office the day |
| before he was stricken. For many
years he has operated an abstract business under the firm name of Mosley |
| Abstract Company, which he
established. |
| Besides his wife, Judge Mosley is
survived by three sons, Brawner G. Mosley of Pine Bluff, County Treasurer |
| Jas. G. Mosley of this city, and
Wylie Mosley of Cornerstone; three daughters, Mrs. A.A. Hughes of Pine Bluff, |
| Mrs. Thos. Thornton of Cornerstone,
and Miss Esther Mosley of this city; seven grandchildren; three sisters, |
| Misses Ellen and Ophelia Mosley of
New Edinburg, and Mrs. Henry Files of Gorman, Texas, and a number of |
| other relatives. |
| Following funeral services at home
at 1:30 Saturday afternoon, interment was made in a cemetery at New |
| Edinburg where his parents, a child
and a number of relatives are buried. |
| The services in the home were
brief, including a song by a selected choir, prayer by the Rev. M.E. Scott, |
| pastor of the Methodist church and
scripture reading and prayer by the Rev. W.F. Warren, pastor of the Baptist |
| church. At the grave, a song by the
choir and prayer by Rev. Warren comprised the committal services. |
| Active pallbearers were -- J.L.
Reid, O.F. Reed, C.L. Garner, Van McKinney, George H. Holmes, H.M. Attwood, |
| Roy Tolson, H.S. Hinson and Maurice
McCauley, all of Rison. |
| Honorary pallbearers were - Dr.
A.J. Hamilton, W.A. Fore, J.E. Harrison, John E. smith, J.L. Sadler, E.L. |
| McLendon, J.M. McMurtrey, Dr.
A.B.Robertson, R.E. Quinn, L.C. Ackerman, L.F. Williams, Dave Cash, J.W. Elrod, |
| T.H. Glover, Calvin Walker, M.W.
Reed, Guy M. Sadler, F.W. Culpepper, E.R. Maddox, E.M. Hillyard and C.C. |
| Bussey, all of Rison: J.E. McCoy,
Rufus Smith and John Rodgers, all of Kingsland; O.W. Boyd and E.T. Attwood |
| of New Edinburg; D.A. Bradham of
Warren; Judge H.R. Lucas, R.W. Wilson, A.H. Rowell, Mike Danaher, E.W. |
| Brockman, A.R. Cooper, Dr. B.D.
Luck Sr., Davis Quinn, J.C. Renfrow, Pinchback Taylor and Jo Nichols, all of |
| Pine Bluff; Judge Turner Butler and
John H. Hollis Of Little Rock. |
| Judge Mosley was the son of Wiley
and Jane Elizabeth (Brawner) Mosley, the second of six children born to his |
| parents. He was early in life
taught the arduous duties of the farm and recived his education in the common |
| school, later attending law classes
in Little Rock after reading law for a period. |
| His marriage nuptials were
celebrated in 1888 when he was united in marriage to Miss Etta Lou Smith, the daughter |
| o Wm. M. and Z.J. Smith of
Kingsland. |
| In early manhood Judge Mosley
became a member of the Masonic fraternity, holding membership in the Kingsland Lodge. |
| "A man whose integrity and
honesty of purpose is unquestioned, " is a statement made of him by a compiler |
| of historical sketches of South
Arkansas citizens when Judge Mosley was in the clerk's office. |
| Judge Mosley was regarded as one of
the best title attorneys in this section. He was a safe counselor on |
| legal matters and was highly
ethical in the practice of his profession. |
| The long funeral procession in
accompaning the remains to the Edinburg cemetery passed directly in front |
| of the old homesite of the deceased
where he was born and spent his early life. |
| A great floral offering banked the
casket as hundreds called at the family home to extend words of condolensce |
| to the famiy of a citizen in who
they had profound respect and admiration. |
| Judge Mosley was a staunch
Democrat, castin ghis first presidentia ballot for Gen. Hancock, |
| Democrat nominee, in 1880. He had
been honred with party appointments. |
| Funeral arrangements were in charge
of Rufus T. Buie Mortuary, assisted by Ralph Robinson & Son |
| Mortuary of Pine Bluff. |
| Out of town relatives and friends
here for the funeral Saturday afternoon included Mrs. Kate Orton, |
| Mrs. Jim Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Smith, R.A. Poole, and Mrs. J.H. Poole, Mrs. Harry Atkins, Miss |
| Rosa McNally, Mrs. C.B. Ussery, Mr.
and Mrs. Davis Quinn, Mr. and Mrs. Abb Barnett and Family, all of |
| Pine Bluff; Misses Ellen and
Ophelia MOsley and Mrs. Henry Mosley, all of New Edinburg; Mr. and Mrs. C.W. |
| Ferguson and daughter and Mrs. Ida
May Mosley of Wilson, Mrs. W.H. Townshend, Miss Mary Ellen Townsend and |
| Eugene Townsend of Wabbaseka; Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Smith of Hermitage; Mr. and Mrs. J.N.Swanson of Jonesboro; Mr. |
| and Mrs. H.A. Fuller,J.C. Clary,
Trever Beard and Judge DuVal Purkins of Warren; Mrs. H.E. Monk, Mrs. W.P. |
| McGeorge and Mrs. Harvey Atkinson
of Pine Bluff. |