Bond, John R.  July 28, 1932  Miller Co Autogram
  J. R. BOND PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY THURSDAY MORNING
County loses one of Most Honored Citizens in the Death of Mr. Bond;
Born in Miller County 88 years ago: survived by widow and nine children.
------------------------------------------------------------------------    John R. Bond, one of our good pioneer citizens and a veteran of the  civil war, passed away at his home in Iberia at 2;15 a. m. Thursday,  July 21, just a few moments after he was conversing with relatives.  Not
withstanding the fact that he had reached a ripe old age and that he suffered  with physical infirmities which compelled him to use  a wheelchair for the  past few years, yet his mind was alert to the very last, and he always enjoyed conversing with his friends and talking about current events. His  neighbors often marveled at his jovial disposition and his active
mind for  one of his age.
    Mr. Bond was a native of Miller County and was born December 14, He was a son of Felix and Elizabeth Burks Bond, both of whom were native Tennesseans.
    John R., the subject of this sketch, was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Watkins of Louisville, Kentucky in 1862.  Other than one year in which they lived in Illinois, they resided in Miller County where they reared a large family on a farm near Iberia. For a few years, Mr. Bond conducted a lumber yard in Iberia but the family lived on the farm most of the time.
Mrs. Bond passed  away on August 27, 1912 leaving her husband and nine children to mourn her departure.  About two years later Mr. Bond married Mrs. Mary E. Wright, who survives him.  They resided on a farm near Wilson's Cave for  a few years, but as Mr. Bonds health began to fail him, thy moved to Iberia where he died.
    Mr. Bond not only took a deep interest in public affairs, but was a Christian gentleman and was a member of the Baptist church for 70 years, a record which very few ever live to obtain.  He was a charter member of the Iberia Masonic lodge, which was organized many years ago.  He also belonged to the Order of Eastern Star and Oddfellow Lodges.  He was a
civil war veteran and a  member of the G A R.
    Besides the widow, he is survived by nine children, who are as follows; Mrs. Joe B. Livingston and Mrs. J. A. Eads of Iberia, Mrs. Fannie Gregory of Jefferson City,  Mrs Dollie Berry of Tuscumbia, Edward, James, Samuel,
and Miss Emma of Eureka, California, and Miss Bird of Chicago.
    Funeral services were held Saturday morning at 10:30 in the Iberia Baptist Church by Rev. Jesse Brown, Baptist minister of Richland.  A large crowd of sorrowing relatives and friends were present to pay their respects to the membory of this good citizen.  The many fine floral offerings bespoke the high regard to which he was held by neighbors and former friends now living in distant places.  The Iberia Masonic and Eastern Star lodges officiated at the burial ceremony which was held at Livingston Cemetery.

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