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Rebecca Jane (Cavaness) Peeples

Posted 2008-11-15 by Sharon
The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
May 5, 1939, p. 1

AGED ARIZONA PIONEER DIES

Word of the death last week in Glendale, Calif., of Rebecca J. Peeples, 90 years old, was received here this week.

Mrs. Peeples was the wife of the late A. H. Peeples, for whom the Peeples Valley, near Prescott, was named. The Peeples family was among the first to establish its home in that valley.

She was the daughter of the late Jerry Cavaness, a pioneer resident of Prescott, Wickenburg and Phoenix, and the sister of the late Matt Cavaness, who also was widly known in the state.

Surviving is a brother, Silas Cavaness, and a sister, Tina Morrell.

Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale.





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