Arthur Marion Hedges
1905 - 1994 (88 years)-
Name Arthur Marion Hedges Born 24 Apr 1905 Denison, Jackson County, Kansas 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Occupation minister Census 1930 Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas Census 1940 Ashley, Pulaski County, Arkansas Died 3 Jan 1994 Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas [2, 3, 4] Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas [3] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204606139/arthur-m-hedges
Abby Mausoleum, Lower Level - body donated to medical science
Person ID I1068 Hedges Last Modified 23 Apr 2023
Father Charles Edgar Hedges, b. 27 Dec 1876, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 15 Sep 1951, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 74 years) Mother Vietta May Kingham, b. 26 May 1885, Pawnee, Nebraska , d. 17 Jan 1969, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 83 years) Married 22 Jan 1902 Norton, Norton County, Kansas [1] Family ID F233 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Bonnie Frances Callaway, b. 19 Sep 1907, Hale, Carroll County, Missouri , d. 22 May 1986, Hale, Carroll County, Missouri (Age 78 years) Married 17 Dec 1927 Carrollton, Missouri [1] Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F620 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 24 Apr 1905 - Denison, Jackson County, Kansas 
Married - 17 Dec 1927 - Carrollton, Missouri 
Census - 1930 - Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas 
Census - 1940 - Ashley, Pulaski County, Arkansas 
Died - 3 Jan 1994 - Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas 
Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - MHR note: Arthur learned to fly at Memphis, Tennessee, December 1943. He was for a time Director of Education at Fisher Air Corporation. He bought a store at maple Hill, Kansas in October 1944. He had lived at Scott, Arkansas in 1940. He graduated from high school in Denison, Kansas in 1924. Received an A.B. from Beebe College, Beebe, Arkansas in 1938. He was a mason and belonged to the M.E. Church. He taught school for eleven years before becoming a minister in the "All Souls Church" in Scott, Arkansas. He engaged in newspaper work in Houston, Texas and in Arkansas. He attended Bethany College, Bethany, Missouri; Maryville Teachers College, Maryville, Missouri; Pittsburg Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas; Washburn College, Topeka, Kansas; Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, University of Arkansas, Fayette, Arkansas.
[1] - Arthur M. Hedges, Sr., 88, Topeka, Kan., formerly of Mound City, MO, died Monday, Jan. 3, 1994, at his home in Topeka.
He was born April 24, 1905, at Denison, Kan. Mr. Hedges was known as "Mr. Mound City in the 1960's when he worked for the Mound City Chamber of Commerce. He had a column in the News-Independent, "Drag Up a Stool," which featured local residents of Mound City. Mr. Hedges was also instrumental in helping with the original grant work for the construction of Evans Circle. His first wife, Bonnie, had worked for the News-Independent as a Linotype operator. They moved from here in about 1967 or 1968. She died in 1986.
Survivors include his wife, Eunice of Topeka, Kan.; a son, Art Hedges Jr., Sedalia; one daughter, Bonnie Greer, Yuma, Ariz.; and one son, Lyle Hedges, Linn.
Source: Newspaper clipping/Holt County Missouri Historical Society, Mound city, MO.
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- MHR note: Arthur learned to fly at Memphis, Tennessee, December 1943. He was for a time Director of Education at Fisher Air Corporation. He bought a store at maple Hill, Kansas in October 1944. He had lived at Scott, Arkansas in 1940. He graduated from high school in Denison, Kansas in 1924. Received an A.B. from Beebe College, Beebe, Arkansas in 1938. He was a mason and belonged to the M.E. Church. He taught school for eleven years before becoming a minister in the "All Souls Church" in Scott, Arkansas. He engaged in newspaper work in Houston, Texas and in Arkansas. He attended Bethany College, Bethany, Missouri; Maryville Teachers College, Maryville, Missouri; Pittsburg Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas; Washburn College, Topeka, Kansas; Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, University of Arkansas, Fayette, Arkansas.
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