Isaac and Mary Ann Rose came from Lawrence County, Missouri, in 1862 and settled on a farm near Big Flat. After a few years, Isaac entered the Mercantile business in Big Flat. He died in 1917 and Mary had preceded him ten years before. They were the parents of four sons. They were: Zachary T., Andrew, James H., and Isaac P. Andrew settled on a farm on Buffalo River near Big Creek. Isaac P. moved to a farm in the Yocham Bend of White River after he married Anna Jones, daughter of W. C. "Neely" Jones. Sometime later, Isaac (known as "Doc") entered the Mercantile business in Flippin. He and Anna Jones Rose had thirteen children. These were: Ellen, who married John Mann -- their children were Bessie, Rufus, George, Dessie and Hugh; Attie, who married Will Sisk -- their children were Ethel and Maye; Ira, who died while young; Elmer, who died at age of 18; Maude, who married Roy Bell -- their children were Elizabeth, who died young; Willie, still living in Flippin, and Ewart, who died in infancy; W. R. (Renly) who married Louisa Lee -- their children were Carl, Verlis, Ila Grace and Ivan; Nadine, who married Frank Railsback -- their child was Anna Lee; Alba, who married Rush Shew -- their children were Belah, Eva Lee, Ralph and Marcell. After Rush drowned in White River, Alba married Lee Lundry and they had two children, Paul Franklin and Anna Rose.
Doc and Anna's ninth child was Belah, who married Art Yocham and their children were Caromel and Neva; the tenth child was Herbert, who married Myrtle Deatherage. Their children were Ronald, Orin, Audry, Anna Kate and Jerry. The eleventh child was Randolph, who married Dorothy Keeter and their children were Bill, Sybil and Madylin; Lena, who married Lester Wood, had one child -- Lyle. Lena later married Ray Hutcheson. The thirteenth child of Doc and Anna was Curry, who married Faye Smith. Their children were Dwight and Willodean. Curry later married Thelma Hightower and their children were Larry, Darrell and Carrol Sue.
"Doc" and Anna Rose operated the Rose Hotel in Flippin for several years. Their door was always open for the sick who stayed with them in order to be close to the doctor. Both were members of the Christian Church.
Reprinted with permission from History of Marion County edited by Earl Berry, copyright 1977.