Joplin Globe, November 12, 1981

  Services for Harvey M. Stephens (twin), 83 years old, Hiawassee, Arkansas, who died Friday night at the Gravette medical center after a long illness will be at 10:00 a/m/ Moonday at the Callison-McKinney Funeral Home, Bentonville, Arkansas.

 The Rev. Roy Rogers will officiate. Burial will be in Mounty Pleasant Cemetery near Hiawassee.

  The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the funeral chapel.

  Mr. Stephens was born to Rev. Nathan Stephens and Janie Lawson Stephens on July 23, 1898 at Jackst, Missouri, and moved to Hiawassee in 1924. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Hiawassee Baptist Church.

Surviving are a son, Ephrim E. Stephens, Hiawassee, a daughter, Zelda Pruitt, Noel, Missouri; four brothers, Lewis and Carlin Stephens, both of Anderson, Missouri, Frank Stephens, California and Edward Stephens, Idaho; nine grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren.

submitted by Lois Plett