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George Welburn Anderson
Jan 9, 1880 - Feb 26, 1940
ANDERSON - Corsicana, Texas. Feb. 26. - Funeral services for George W. Anderson, 70, resident of the Black Hills community for thirty-five years, who died Monday, will be held Tuesday with burial in the
Black Hills Cemetery. He is survived by his wife: three children, Estle and Virgil Anderson and Mrs. J. R. Jones, Corsicana; two sisters, Mrs. Nancy Snow and Mrs. Helen Adamson, both of Tennessee.
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FUNERAL HELD AT BLACK HILLS FOR GEO. W. ANDERSON
Funeral services for George W. Anderson, aged 70 years, who died
Monday at his home in the Black Hills community following a
one-day’s illness, were held from the Black Hills church Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Interment was in the
Black Hills Cemetery. The rites
were conducted by T. B. Thompson, minister of the Church of Christ.
Surviving are his wife, three children, Estle and Virgil Anderson
and Mrs. J. R. Jones, all of Corsicana, and two sisters, Mrs. Nancy
Snow and Mrs. Helen Adamson both of Tennessee, and other relatives.
Pallbearers were M. E. Lake, Weldon Morris, Walker Green, Earl Pike,
Lloyd Stover and George Pope.
Corley Funeral Home directed the arrangements.
Notes:
Robert Lee Vyers
Dec 9, 1900 - July 22, 1947
MOVED TO BIOGRAPHY PAGE
WITH INFO ON HIS MURDER
Eugene Wilson Gibson
Oct 8, 1882 - Feb 6, 1920
Gibson - Corsicana, Texas, Feb. 9. - Eugene W. Gibson, 38 years old, died at
his home here Saturday night and the remains were interred in
Oakwood Cemetery Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. He is survived by his wife and four children, his
mother and two brothers.
Notes:
Eugene W. Gibson is Eugene Wilson Gibson:
Additional obit
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Good Citizen Passed Away
Eugene W. Gibson aged 38 years died at his home here last night and the
remains were interred in Oakwood this afternoon at 4:30. The deceased is
survived by his wife and four children, his mother and two brothers. The
deceased lived in the Roane community for a number of years, but had made
his home in Corsicana for the past two years.
Notes:
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Death of Mr. E. W. Gibson.
All hearts were saddened last Friday night at 8:30 o’clock by the death of our dear friend and neighbor, Mr. Eugene W. Gibson.
Everything that loving hands could do was done for this dear man, but the Death Angel proved himself conqueror.
He leaves a wife and four children, a mother, Mrs. W. B. Gibson, and two brothers, Willand Erne Gibson of Stamford, Texas. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to them and may they look to him who doeth all things well and though it seems so hard to give this loved one up, but God knows best and to Him we must go for consolation.
“it is sad that one we cherish should be taken from our home.
But the joys that do not perish live in memory alone,
All the years we’ve spent together, all the happy, golden hours,
Shall be cherished in remembrance, fragrant sweets from mem’ry’s flowers.”
The last sad rites were conducted by Rev. Mr. Culberson of the family home, 203 North Nineteenth street, on Saturday evening, February 7th, 1920, with interment in Oakwood cemetery, pallbearers being Ama Jackson, Robert Jackson, Charlie Gray, L. G. Cumpton, C. A. Deveny and Sam Butler.
A FRIEND.
Notes:
James Douglas Jackson
Feb 2, 1860 - Nov 1923
 JAMES
D. JACKSON IS LAID TO REST TODAY OAKWOOD CEMETERY
PROMINENT BANKER AND BUSINESS MAN DIED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
The last sad rites over the mortal remains of James D. Jackson, aged
63 years, who died at his home on West Third Avenue Sunday morning
at 6:50 o’clock were said this afternoon at the First Methodist
Church at 2:30 when a host of sorrowing relatives and friends
gathered to pay a parting tribute to the memory of a good and true
man who has passed on to his reward following a life of usefulness
to his fellowman and devotion to his family.
Although Mr. Jackson has been ill for the past two years and his
death was not unexpected yet his passing has cast a pall of sorrow
over the entire community and his loss is keenly felt in all walks
of life in this city. He was of a kind and generous nature and to
know him was to be his friend. The welfare of others was always
uppermost in his mind and he was always square and upright in his
business dealings. Although he is gone his accomplishments and works
in Corsicana will be felt and seen by generations to come and his
memory will live. He was that kind of man that makes the world
better for his having lived in it and no man who knew Mr. Jackson
can speak ill of him. He was loved by all and had no known enemy.
The church services were largely attended and the profusion of
floral offerings completely hid the casket from view.
A special choir composed of S. K. Breitz, Lloyd Kerr, Mrs. Albert
Guess, Mrs. Harry Williams, Mrs. P. C. Townsend, and Mrs. Henry
Robbins sang “Abide With Me,” “Jesus Savior Pilot Me” and “Christian
Home in Glory” during the service at the church. The same musicians
also rendered appropriate music at the grave.
The services were conducted by the Rev. Alonzo Monk, Jr., pastor of
the First Methodist Church of which the deceased was a member; Rev.
Horace Bishop of San Angelo and Rev. C. W. Wright of Waco, both life
long friends of the deceased. Each of the ministers paid a glowing
tribute to the life and character of Mr. Jackson and told of the
great good he had accomplished while living on this earth.
Following the services at the church the long funeral cortege slowly
wended its way to
Oakwood
cemetery where amid the strains of beautiful music the casket
was lowered into the flower lined grave and the remains of this much
loved citizen of Corsicana, peacefully sleeping was given to the
bosom of Mother Earth for safe keeping until that great Judgment Day
shall arrive and the parted shall be united.
James Douglas Jackson was born Feb. 2, 1860, in Anderson county
Texas, and has lived in this state all of his life. In 1875 he moved
to Mexia where he married Miss Ida Earnest Fishburn Jan. 20, 1884.
He remained in Mexia until 1903 at which time he moved to Dallas
where he resided until 1905 from which city he moved to Corsicana
where he made his home until his death.
Mr. Jackson has been sick for the past two years and until his
illness was very active in business. He was connected with the
Corsicana National Bank for a number of years and at the time of his
death was First Vice President of that institution. Besides his
Corsicana interests he was interested in various other enterprises
over the state.
For a number of years he was vice-president of the board of stewards
of the First Methodist church as well as lay leader. He was a life
long member of the Methodist denomination and was an ardent church
worker giving both of his time and money. For a number of years he
was also president of the Corsicana school board which he served
faithfully. During the world war he was a prominent figure in all
work in the city and county being at all times ready and willing to
serve.
Mr. Jackson was a member of the board of directors of the Corsicana
Y. M. C. A. for the last ten years and served as treasurer for the
building committee of the organization. He not only made a
substantial donation for the building but gave much time in the
service of the movement.
He was very popular in Corsicana and numbered his friends by the
hundreds. He was a man of broad vision and did much for the
upbuilding of Corsicana. He took much interest in the civic
development of the city and was a leader in all activities whereby
others would be benefited.
He was the father of a large family all of which are now living and
were at the bedside of their father when death came.
He is survived by his wife and the following children: two sons,
Randolph and Douglas Jackson, both of Corsicana, six daughters, Mrs.
Lanette Johnson, Mrs. J. T. Bragg, Miss Tabbie Jackson, all of
Corsicana; Mrs. George Miller of Dallas, Mrs. Robert Henderson of
Houston, Mrs. Tom Darst of Richmond, and five grandchildren.
He is also survived by three brothers, W. B. Jackson, Mexia; H. E.
Jackson, San Angelo; Dr. Rice R. Jackson, Dallas; three sisters,
Mrs. Geo. Earnest Faulk, New Rochelle, N. Y.; Mrs. J. Keller Parker,
Dallas; Mrs. T. B. Sadler, Corsicana.
The entire community joins in extending heartfelt sympathy to the
sorrow stricken family in the loss of their husband and father.
Many people from other sections of the state attended the funeral.
The following were active pallbearers: R. J. Jackson, Sam Jackson,
W. P. McCammon, J. S. Eubank, Clyde Stroud, Arthur Elliott, Ed
Babers, and Davis Neece.
The honorary pall bearers were Sam Kerr, J. E. Blair, Denton,; J. W.
Wortham, Houston; R. B. Cousins, Houston; H. P. Barton, Capt.
Gaston, Dallas; R. C. Ayers, Dallas; M. M. Brooks, Dallas; Jas.
Kimball, Groesbeck; Ben F. Hankcock, Munger; B. W. Holman, Munger;
John C. Rigsby, Munger; Wash Tatum, Mart; R. L. Birchfield, Mart; W.
F. Hayden, Thurber; C. T. Stevens, Jack Womack, J. S. Smith, Tracy
McKenzie, Davis Murphy, Macy Webb, A. P. Maddoy, all of Mexia; A. T.
Carr, Munger; O. P. Jackson, Houston; J. L. Douglass, Jacksonville;
Dr. T. B. Sadler; Mr. Titt, Tyler; B. J. Hancock, Dalura; Chas.
Mills, J. E. Butler; J. N Gee, Tennessee Colony; Dr. A. V. Jenkins,
Hubbard; Dan McCammon, R. M. Thompson, Teague; D. M. Hodges,
Palestine; Dr. Ilion T. Jones, J. T. Bragg, T. J. Miller, Saratoga;
Chas. Miller, Electra; R. H. Darst, Richmond; Dr. Clay Johnson, Fort
Worth; Wiley Clarkson, Fort Worth; Victor Bose, Houston; W. H.
Young, Aransas Pass; J. S. Roderick, P. M. Lee, W. G. Baker, J. P.
Stevenson, Dallas; Tom Blake, Houston; Walter Blake, Houston; Lowry
Martin, A. A. Wortham, J. A. Parker, Dallas; G. E. Folk, New York
City, N. Y.; B. J. Derden, J. N. Edens, Guy Gibson, Dr. R. W. Baird,
Dallas; O. Inabnit, Luther Johnson, Washington, D. C.; Joe B.
Fortson, John T. Fortson, Dr. E. H. Newton, W. M. Peck, W. H.
Penland, Ed. M. Polk, Sam Slay, Norborne Champion, Harry Williams,
W. E. Pugh, Edgar Metcalf. O. L. Albritton, Lloyd Young, Lawrence
Treadwell, Murphy Williams, L. C. Coulson, Willie Hilliard, H. M.
Munger of Dallas; John Adams, Munger; W. H. Adams, Munger; R. L.
Bunch, Munger; Hugh Moore, Munger; Luther Byrd, Munger; Wilber
Wright, Chas. G. Jester, A. A. Allison, C. T. Banister, S. W.
Bardine, T. H. Benton, H. B. Davis, J. L. Halbert, W. M. Huggins, R.
L. Houston, W. L. Holman, O. E. Hyndman, A. N. Justiss, Geo. E.
Jester, E. K. Moores, J. N. Royall, W. J. Seelig, W. M. Tatum,
Liston Tatum, W. A. Tarver, T. J. Walton, W. E. Slaughter, G. F.
Haslam, C. C. Cunningham, Will Elliott, Archie Lotspeich, J. W.
McGill, Blake Forrest, Neil Johnson, C. R. Terry, Chas. DeLafosse,
H. G. Johnston, Bibe Tinkle, J. R. Neece, Jr., K. L. McKeon, W. J.
Rochelle, Claude Allen, Claude Albritton, Dr. O. L. Smith, Dr. H. B.
Love, W. W. Gage, B. L. Davis, W. F. Love, T. P. McLendon and Ray
Pressley all of Corsicana; J. R. Neece, Sr., Dallas; Rev. D. K.
Porter, Cleburne; Rev. C. H. Booth, Waco; W. C. Kinsolving, Abilene;
J. M. Dyer, Sr. and R. N. Elliott.
All of the banks of the city closed today at noon to pay honor to
the memory of Mr. Jackson. |
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A Helpful and Valued Associate
A True Friend
A Christian Gentleman
MR. J. D. JACKSON IS GONE
We feel deeply our loss.
Officers—Directors—Employees
Corsicana National Bank
The Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, November 26, 1923 - Submitted by Diane
Richards
Mr. Jackson Laid to Rest.
Under a canopy of the most beautiful flowers of the season—apart of God’s
big out-of-doors that he loved so well—Mr. J. D. Jackson was laid to rest on
Monday afternoon following the beautiful and impressive services at the
church, conducted by Rev. Alonzo Monk, Jr. pastor of the First Methodist
church, Rev. Horace Bishop of San Angelo, a life-long friend, and Rev. C. W.
Wright of Waco, a former pastor and close friend.
Never was a more beautiful eulogy on the life of a departed one paid, than
that by Reverends Bishop and Wright on the life and character of their
beloved friend, J. D. Jackson. His life so simple, so sincere, so nearly
perfect; and the good he has done for his fellow man and the city of
Corsicana will live forever, although he has gone. As a distinguished
citizen of the United States has said, “A man is the part he plays among his
fellows.”
A sextette composed of Mesdames Henry Robbins, Percy Townsend, Albert Guess,
Harry Williams and Messrs. Sidney Brietz and Loyd Kerr, with Mrs. Eugenia
Story at the organ, sang impressively “Jesus Savior Pilot Me.” “There is
Rest for the Weary” and “Abide With Me.”
At the close of the service the casket was opened, and the immense throng
that had gathered to pay their last respects to a good man, filed past for
one last look.
The entire community join in extending heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved
family in such a poignant loss.
A large number of relatives from out-of-town were in attendance, among whom
were : Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Jackson, San Angelo; Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Parker,
Dallas; Dr. and Mrs. Rice Jackson, Dallas; Mrs. R. W. Baird, Dallas; Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Jackson, Mexia; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fishburn, Dallas; Mr. Pit
Douglas,; Mrs. Will Gumm, Waxahachie; Mrs. Tom Blake, Houston; Mr. and Mrs.
George Miller, Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Henderson, Houston; Mrs. Frank
Esmonds, Dallas; and Mrs. Clemmens of Dallas. Quite a number of Dallas and
Mexia friends were also in attendance.
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GENERAL SECRETARY OF DALLAS Y. M. C. A. DELIVERED ADDRESS
Following are the resolutions of respect for the late J. D. Jackson which
were adopted by the officers of the Corsicana Y. M. C. A.
WHEREAS, out fellow worker, James Douglas Jackson has been called to his
reward, and:
WHEREAS, the deceased was an untiring, patient and wise laborer for the
Corsicana Young Men’s Christian Association, serving it as its first
treasurer on its building committee; and on its directorate work since its
organization, and,
WHEREAS, This board feels keenly the loss it sustains in his death; now,
THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the board of directors of the Corsicana Young
Men’s Christian Association:
FIRST: That in the death of James Douglas Jackson, this Association has lost
one of its noblest and most useful members; a man whose life itself was an
inspiration to young men to higher purpose and nobler character; the state,
nation and city a patriot, a public-spirited citizen—one whose loyalty to
truth and conscience of his fellows; a man of keen intellect and foresight
whose capabilities were timed to their capabilities were timed to their
greatest activity when in the service of the community and his fellowman:
SECOND: He was a noble Christian gentleman, whose piety, humility, and
reverence for God should comment their virtues to each and all of his
friends; his life ought to challenge the emulation of our entire Association
membership.
THIRD: His church has lost a Godly leader, whose wisdom helped to guide it
in the ways of usefulness, and whose Christian spirit was itself a beacon
light to the erring.
FOURTH: His family has lost a husband and father whose memory is sweet to
cherish and whose virtues are worth to follow.
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that we tender his family our heartfelt sympathy in their
bereavement, that a copy of this resolution be sent his family a copy sent
to the press and that they be spread to the press and this Association.
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TRIBUTE IS PAID TO MEMORY OF LATE JAMES D. JACKSON
A Tribute to My Friend.
Editor Daily Sun:
Perhaps the truest friend I have had in the world has gone. May I crave a
bit of space in your good paper to lay upon his bier a few modest flowers?
J. D. Jackson was a well rounded man. He was in no sense one-sided. A
capable, successful man, a high-minded, upright, well-informed citizen, a
most devoted husband and father, a true and steadfast friend, he met every
obligation of life in the same magnanimous, lofty, unselfish way, always
having in mind the happiness and well-being of others above his own. There
are scores of men all over this portion of the state who have been the
recipients of his generosity and help in times of financial stress and
difficulty. He had the most thoughtful and tender consideration for the poor
man who was struggling against odds to get on in life.
He was a real optimist; always cheerful, full of sunshine, with a quick
sense of humor, fond of a joke, yet all his humor and jesting tempered with
the spirit of kindness and good will.
He loved Nature the woods, animal life, flowers, good pictures, good music,
and above all people.
He was often quiet, dignified, reserved in public; and hence some people
thought him cold and unsympathetic. Nothing is farther from the true nature
of the man. His was a big warm heart, interested in every phase of human
life and human welfare. His charity was broad, generous, and unfailing. He
was always thinking of some person or group of persons whose suffering or
want he might help relieve.
Few people knew the inner nature of the man better than the writer of these
lines. I had the most intimate business and personal relations with him. I
knew him for thirty-three years, and for thirteen years lived next door to
his home. He talked with me most freely of the most intimate and vital
things of life. His inner life was as clean and pure as that of a little
child.
“His life was gentle; and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might
stand up and say to all the world, this was a man.”
It is worth something to have known such a man; to have had him for one’s
friend. In this old world where there is so much of insincerity, and greed,
and hypocrisy, and self-seeking, such a life as that lived by J. D. Jackson
shines out like a great beacon light to point others to the right way.
“After life’s fitful fever he sleeps well,” and the influence of his life
will remain as a perpetual benediction not only to his immediate family and
intimate personal friends, but to hundreds and thousands whom he helped and
uplifted.
His friend,
J.E. BLAIR.
Denton, Texas, Nov. 27, 1923.
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James Douglas Jackson, 63 years old, long a prominent resident of Corsicana and former resident of Dallas, died at his home here Sunday morning at 6:50
o'clock after two years' illness.
Mr. Jackson was the father of a large family, all of whom are living and were with their father when he died. He is survived by his wife, two sons,
Randolph and Douglas Jackson of Corsicana; six daughters, Mrs. Lunette Johnson, Mrs. J. F. Bragg and Miss Tabbie Jackson, all of Corsicana; Mrs.
George Miller of Dallas, Mrs. Robert Henderson of Houston and Mrs. Tom Darst of Richmond, Fort Bend County and five grandchildren.
He also is survived by three brothers, W. B. Jackson of Mexia, H. E. Jackson of San Angelo and Dr. Rice R. Jackson of Dallas, and three sisters,
Mrs. George Ernest Faulk of New Rochelle, N. Y.; Mrs. J. Keller Parker of Dallas and Mrs. T. B. Sadler of Corsicana.
Funeral services will be conducted from the First Methodist Church of Corsicana Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will be made in
Oakwood
Cemetery.
Services will be conducted by the Rev. Alonzo Monk Jr., pastor of the First Methodist Church of Corsicana, the Rev. Horace Bishop of San Angelo and the
Rev. C. R. Wright, presiding elder of the Waco District of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Active pallbearers will be R. J. Jackson, Sam Jackson, W. P. McCammon, J. S.
Eubank, Clyde Stroud, Arthur Elliott, Ed Barbers and Davis Neece.
Honorary pallbearers will be Sam Kerr, J. E. Blair, Denton; J. W.
Wortham, Houston; R. B. Cousins, Houston; H. P. Barton, Capt. W. H.
Gaston, Dallas; R. C. Ayers, Dallas; M. M. Brooks, Dallas; James Kimball,
Groesbeck; Ben F. Hancock, Munger; B. W. Holman, Munger; John C. Rigsby, Munger; Wash Tatum, Mart; R. L. Birchfield, Mart; W. F. Hayden, Thurber; C.
T. Stevens, Jack Womack, J. S. Smith, Tracy McKenzie, David Murphy, Macy Webb, A. P. Maddox, all of Mexia; A. T. Carr, Munger; O. P. Jackson,
Houston; J. L. Douglas, Jacksonville; Dr. T. B. Sadler, Mr. Pitt, Tyler; B. J. Hancock, Datura; Charles Mills, J. E. Butler, J. N. Gee, Tennessee
Colony; Dr. A. V. Jenkins, Hubbard; Dan McCammon and R. M. Thompson, Teague; D. M. Hodges, Palestine; Dr. Ilion T. Jones, J. T. Bragg, T. J. Miller,
Saratoga; Charles Miller, Electra; R. H. Darst, Richmond; Dr. Clay Johnson, Fort Worth; Wiley Clarkson, Fort Worth; Victor Bose, Houston; W. H. Young,
Aransas Pass; J. S. Roderick, P. M. Lee, W. G. Baker, J. P. Stevenson, Dallas; Tom Blake, Houston; Walter Blake, Houston; Lowry Martin, A. A.
Wortham, J. A.
Parker, Dallas, G. E. Folk, New York City; B. J. Derden, J. N. Edens, Guy Gibson, Dr. R. W. Baird, Dallas; O. Inabnit, Luther Johnson, Washington, D.
C.; Joe B. Fortson, John T. Fortson, Dr. E. H. Newton, W. M. Peck, W. H. Penland, Ed M. Polk, Sam Slay, Norborne Champion, Harry Williams, W. E.
Pugh, Edgar Metcalf, O. L. Albriton, Lloyd Young, Lawrence Treadwell, Murphy Williams, L. C. Coulson, Willie Hilliard, all of Corsicana; H. M. Munger, Dallas; John Adams, Luther Byrd, Munger; Wilber Wright, Charles G. Jester,
A. A. Allison, C. T. Banister, S. W.
Burdine, T. H. Benton, H. B. Davis, J. L. Halbert, W. M. Huggins, R. L.
Houston, W. L. Holman, O. E. Hyndman, A. N. Justiss, George E. Jester, E. K. Moores, J. N. Royall, W. J. Seelig, W. M. Tatum, Liston Tatum, W.
A. Tarver, T. J. Walton, W. E. Slaughter, G. F. Haslam, C. C.
Cunningham, Will Elliott, Archie Lotspeich, J. W. McGill, Blake Forrest,
Neil Johnson, C. R. Terry, Charles Delafosse, H. G. Johnson, Bige Tinkle, J. R. Neece Jr., K. L. McKeon, W. J. Rochelle, Claude Allen, Claude Albritton,
Dr. O. L. Smith, Dr. H. B. Love, all of Corsicana; J.
R. Neece Sr., Dallas; the Rev. D. K. Porter, Cleburne; the Rev. C. H.
Booth, Waco, and W. C. Kinsolving, Abilene.
Mr. Jackson was born Feb. 2, 1860, in Anderson County, and lived in this State all his life. In 1875 he moved to Mexia, where he married Miss
Ida
Ernest Fishburn Jan. 10, 1884. He remained in Mexia until 1903, when he moved to Dallas, where he resided until 1905, from which city he moved to Corsicana, where he made his home until his death.
Mr. Jackson had been ill for the business until forced into inactivity by his illness. He had been connected with the Corsicana National Bank for a
number of years and at the time of his death was first vice president of that institution. He also was interested in various other enterprises over
the state.
For a number of years he was vice president of the board of stewards of the First Methodist Church here, as well as lay leader. He was a life-long
member of the Methodist denomination and contributed liberally to its support. For a number of years he was president of the Corsicana school board. During the World War he was active in all patriotic activities. He
had long been prominent in local civic circles and was highly esteemed by all classes of citizens. Notes:
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Resolutions of Respect.
TO THE WEILER BIBLE CLASS OF THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF CORSICANA, TEXAS.
Your committee appointed to draft appropriate resolutions on the death of
our beloved member and officer, Brother J. D. Jackson, who died in
Corsicana, Texas, on the 23rd day of November, 1923, presents herewith its
report:
Brother Jackson was a man of mature years. He had given largely of his life,
his means and his time to the Church of God, having long been a member and
official in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, to which and its
institutions, he was devoted. He was for years an active, faithful and
inspirational member of this class, whose services he seemed to greatly
enjoy in the days of his health and strength, and into the class, he poured
a large measure of service and devotion. He was for years Chairman of the
Charity and Help Department of the class, and in that position, labored
lovingly, faithfully and largely, and made the influence of the class felt
throughout the community for its loving deeds of service and kindness to
those in need. In his death, the nation has lost a true patriot; the State
and City a good citizen; the Church a valiant and devoted servant, and our
own class a wise counsellor and a helpful and inspirational member; his wife
a devoted husband; his children a noble and affectionate father. We shall
miss him, but his memory shall linger with us as an abiding and helpful
influence. He leaves behind him a good name, which is rather to be chosen
than great riches. He leaves to his family a goodly heritage; namely, noble
character and a life worthily and helpfully lived.
Therefore, be it resolved, by the members of the Weiler Bible Class, that we
deeply sympathize with the family in their loss; that our class has lost a
strong and lovable and useful member, and that it shall be our desire to so
live as members of the class, that when our work here is done, that we shall
be able, even as he did to pass on to the Great Beyond with the sweet
assurance that those who re left behind may be able to say “Well done, Thou
good and faithful servant.”
Resolved further, that a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the
family, a copy furnished to the local paper, and a copy filed permanent
record by the secretary of the class.
Respectfully submitted.
DR. O. L. SMITH,
H. P. BARTON,
W. A. TARVER,
Committee on Resolutions.
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J. D. Jackson—An appreciation.
(By C. R. Wright, D. D.)
The friendship of a true man is above price. There is no wealth of the
world that is comparable to it. To bestow it is to pay the highest
tribute that a man can pay his fellow man. To receive it is to become
the possessor of the absolute good. “It involves many things,” says
Thomas Hughes, “but above all, the power of going out of oneself and
seeing and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in others.” It is a
thing so spiritual and divine that it can not be weighted or measured by
any worldly standards. To give it does not impoverish. To withhold it
does not enrich. Is not the ability to be a true friend a mark of
distraction? J. D. Jackson had this characteristic in an unusual degree.
Through many years the writer was the processor of a priceless boon, the
friendship of this noble man.
Our friendship began when we were young men, he an ambitious and rising
business, and I an immature and untried preacher and pastor. Ripening
with the years, marred by no untoward circumstance, that friendship upon
the day of his departure was equal to that of David and Jonathan, unless
encumbered by my lack of ability. I know him in all of the relations of
life in which a man’s true character is laid bare. In his home, amid its
joys and its sorrows; at his place of business where he was bravely and
nobly facing every situation; in the Church where he stood in the front
ranks of the layman doing the work that only loyal laymen can do; in
hours of relaxation and recreation when we walked together through
fields and forests and sat together on the banks of the streams and
slept together under the tent. Here I knew him in a close and intimate
association that led to an appreciation of his real worth.
When we first met in the town of Mexia, Limestone county, he was just
beginning what then promised to be, and finally proved to be a very
successful business career. In business he combined keen insight and
clear judgment with high moral purpose. No man ever had a truer sense of
right and justice in business transactions, and his honesty and
integrity were unquestioned. His business associates had confidence in
him and their confidence was never betrayed. While he had a laudable
ambition to succeed in the things he undertook to do, he would have
preferred failure a thousand times to the use of any unfair or
unscrupulous means or methods.
The master passion of my friend was not a successful business career. He
held other things more important and more worth while than that. To grow
into a manhood that would be a worthy example for his sons, and that
would reflect credit upon his forebears, was his chief aim and end in
life. At an early age he surrendered to Christ and made Him the
invisible partner of his life in all its relations. His faith in God was
unwavering, and beautiful in its simplicity. Devotion to his Church and
loyalty to his pastor, characterized him in a marked degree. His
devotion to one pastor never made less his loyalty to another. His love
for his Church was supreme and compelling in every movement that looked
to its betterment, or to the betterment of community, he could be
depended upon to give it the full impact of his strength. Always the
side of right and righteousness was his side.
Responding early in life to what he believed to be the call of duty,
deprived him of a liberal education, and yet he was every inch a
cultured Christian gentleman, with a high order of intellect, a strong
will, a brave heart and a great soul. He loved everything that was
beautiful and true and good. God’s great beautiful, out of doors made a
strong appeal to him. The fields and the forests, mountains and streams,
birds and flowers, were his joy and delight. Iquote a sentence or two
from one of his last letters to me written from San Angelo where he had
gone with the hope of recuperating. “I wish I had you out here with me.
You never saw rivers more beautiful, scenery more enchanting, pastures
greener. I fish, play ------in the mountains, and vet------has never
cine back.” (the page is torn off, some words are not there)
When the disease that cut short his noble life crept upon him, many of
his friends thought that rest from the strain of business and the out of
doors might heal him. But alas it was not to be so.
When the end came—all to early it seemed to those who knew his worth—his
life had been such that it needed no apology, no defense, no
explanation. It was an open book. No father ever left a son the legacy
of a cleaner, clearer record. His sons may well afford to follow in his
footsteps and emulate his example. His daughter can point to him with
pride and know that he was a father, than whom no daughter ever had a
better. His widow, the sweetheart of his romantic youth, the wife of his
young manhood, the mother of his children, the faithful, loving
companion to the end, may evermore remember that he was eminently worthy
of all of these sacred and holy relations.
I never had a better friend nor a truer. I thank God that I had the
privilege and the honor of knowing him so long and so intimately. It has
meant more to my life than any words of mine could ever express.
The above beautiful tribute was clipped from the Texas Christian
Advocate. It will be appreciated not only for the love and esteem borne
Mr. J. D. Jackson but because of the fact that the writer is well known
and much beloved by many here, he having been pastor of the First
Methodist church some time ago.
Notes:
John B. Ingle, Rev
Jul 20, 1870 - Aug 3, 1944
Rev. J. B. Ingle, 77, Dies at Corsicana
CORSICANA, Texas. Aug 4. - J. B. Ingle, 77, pioneer Baptist minister, died here. He had been in the ministry fifty-five years and held a number of
pastorates in Navarro County.
A veteran of WWI, he served as chaplain for the Johnson-Wiggins Post of the American Legion of Corsicana a
number of years.
Surviving are his wife of Corsicana, a son, Jack Ingle, San Diego, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Viola Bengtson, Cuero, and Mrs. Mary Lee Chunn, Dallas;
two brothers, Joe Ingle and Tom Ingle; a sister, Mrs. Maud Simmons, Oregon; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Notes:
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Tex-Sgt Bn U.S. Guard
REV. J.B. INGLE DIED HERE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
Rev. J.B. Ingle, age 77 years, pioneer Baptist minister, died here at an
early hour Thursday morning.
Funeral services are pending.
Rev. Mr. Ingle had been in the ministry 55 years, about 45 of which were
spent in Navarro county. He had held a number of pastorates in the county
and had been closely associated with all work of the Baptist church in this
section. He was at one time pastor of the Calvary Baptist church here. He
was at the time of his death, a member of the Memorial Baptist church.
He was a veteran of World War I.
He held the rank of sergeant in the personnel department of the army. He
served for a number of years as chaplain of the Johnson Wiggins Post of the
American Legion.
Surviving are his wife, Corsicana; a son, Jack Ingle, San Diego Calif.; two
daughters, Mrs. Viola Bengston, Cuaro; Mrs. Mary Lee Chunn, Dallas; two
brothers, Joe and Tom Ingle; a sister, Mrs. Maud Simmons, Oregon; seven
grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and other relatives.
Sutherland-McCammon will direct the arrangements.
Notes:
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FUNERAL SERVOCES BE HELD SATURDAY REV. J. B. INGLE
Funeral services for Rev. J. B. Ingle, age 77 years, pioneer Baptist minister, who died at his home here Thursday morning will be held from the Memorial Baptist church Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock. Rev. D. P. Cagle, Rev. E. B. Fulton and Rev. Ernest Steck will conduct the rites. Burial will be in Oakwood.
A minister for 55 years, he was well known in Navarro county where he held a number of pastorates.
Surviving are his wife, a son, two brothers, a sister and other relatives.
Pallbearers will be J. B. McManus, J. J. Evans, W. C. Baumgartner, Elmer Keel, J. V. Heifner and Dick Bruner.
Honorary pallbearers will be J. A. Herring, Bill Cruse, A. B. Hutson, V. L. Warren, W. A. Collier, J. B. Gray and Lloyd Averett.
Sutherland-McCammon will direct the arrangements.
Notes:
- The
Corsicana Daily Sun - Fri., Aug 4, 1944
- Submitted by Diane Richards
- h/o Thereta (Long) Ingle married May 9, 1896 Pope, Arkansas s/o William A. Ingle buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas & Ester (Swaim) Ingle buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dallas, Tx.
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Rites planned Late Saturday Afternoon For Rev. J. B. Ingle
Funeral rites for Rev. J. B. Ingle, age 77 years, who died at his home here Thursday morning, were planned for 8 o’clock Saturday afternoon from the Memorial Baptist church, with Revs. D. P. Cagle, E. B. Fulton and Ernest Steck conducting the services. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, a son, two daughters, two brothers, a sister, and other relatives.
Sutherland-McCammon had charge of the arrangements.
Notes:
Dorothy
Maurine Ashmore
Sep 29, 1912 - Oct 19, 1928
Corsicana Girl Dies.
Special to The News
CORSICANA, Texas, Oct. 20 - Dorothy Maurine Ashmore, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Ashmore, died at the family residence here Friday afternoon and
the funeral will take place Saturday with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. She is
survived by her parents, three brothers and two sisters.
Notes:
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MAURINE ASHMORE DIED FRIDAY AFTER SHORT
ILLNESS
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD FROM HOME SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Dorothy Maurine Ashmore, aged 15 years, 22 days, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.
W. Ashmore, died at the family residence, 418 South Eighteenth street,
shortly after noon Friday following a long illness, and the funeral services
will be held from the residence Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock with
interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
Surviving are her parents, three brothers, Albert, Oscar and Wayne Ashmore,
and two sisters, Mrs. Chas. Bee and Miss Faye Ashmore, all of Corsicana.
The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. J. I. Patterson, assistant
pastor of the First Methodist church, and Rev. F. O. Waddill, pastor of the
Eleventh Avenue Methodist church.
Active pallbearers—Leslie Scroggins, Bill Palmer, Harold Crowther, Virgil
Reese, Melbourne Benson, Frank Sanders.
Honorary pallbearers—Ewing Britton, A. Z. Elkins, Clifford Bell, Scott
Lowery, Frank Kent, Paul Mitchell, Allen Bryant, Wayne Walker, Walter Earl
Parker, Kelly Williamson, Jack Allen, L. V. Norris, Afton Crocker, Charles
Redden, Richard Young, Leon Harris, Denton, Texas; Henry Harris, Austin;
Misses Augusta Keith, Lula Mae Holland, Marie Stamps, Mary Helen Allen,
Frances Garvin, Frances Layton, Evie Ruth Mixon, Dorothy Caldwell, Marie
Carson, Claudine Carson, Lyna Rose Carson, Elizabeth Chruch, Agnes Locklar,
Frances Milner, Streetman; Annie B. Ficklin, school mates and members of the
high school faculty.
Notes:
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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR POPULAR HIGH SCHOOL GIRL HELD
DOROTHY MAURINE ASHMORE LAID AT REST IN OAKWOOD CEMETERY
Funeral services for Dorothy Maurine Ashmore, 16-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. W. Ashmore, 418 South Eighteenth street, who died at 12:40
o’clock Friday afternoon, following a long illness, were held Saturday
afternoon at 3 o’clock from the family home, with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
The services were conducted by Rev. J. L. Patterson, assistant pastor of the
First Methodist church, and Rev. F. O. Waddill, pastor of the Eleventh
Avenue Methodist church. She was a member of the junior class of Corsicana
high school and was popular and active in school affairs.
Surviving are her parents, two sisters, Mrs. Charles Bee and Miss Faye
Ashmore, and three brothers, Albert, Oscar and Wayne Ashmore, all of
Corsicana.
Active pallbearers—Leslie Scroggins, Bill Palmer, Harold Crowther, Virgil
Reese, Melbourne Benson, Frank Sanders.
Honorary pallbearers—Ewing Britton, A. Z. Elkins, Clifford Bell, Scott
Lowery, Frank Kent, Paul Mitchell, Allen Bryant, Wayne Walker, Walter Earl
Parker, Kelly Williamson, Jack Allen, L. V. Norris, Afton Crocker, Charles
Redden, Richard Young, Leon Harris, Denton, Texas; Henry Harris, Austin;
Misses Augusta Keith, Lula Mae Holland, Marie Stamps, Mary Helen Allen,
Frances Garvin, Frances Layton, Evie Ruth Mixon, Dorothy Caldwell, Marie
Carson, Claudine Carson, Lyna Rose Carson, Elizabeth Church, Agnes Locklar,
Frances Milner, Streetman; Annie B. Ficklin, school mates and members of the
high school faculty.
Notes:
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Untimely Passing Of Lovely Young Girl Saddens Many
Lovely sprays of autumn’s most beautiful flowers, baskets of beauty, pot
plants and wreaths of various sizes completely covered and surrounded the
grave of Dorothy Maurine Ashmore, sixteen year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Luther W. Ashmore, who was laid to rest Saturday afternoon in Oakwood Cemetery,--visible
tokens of Corsicana’s grief over the loss of this beautiful girl, “Beautiful
not only of face and form, but beautiful in her life, lived here in
Corsicana with her beloved ones.
One of the most loyal tributes paid this dear girl during her last hours on
earth was by a group of her boy and girl friends, whom she “always
designated as “Our Gang.” When they learned Thursday that Maurine could not
live but a short time, they came in a body and kept vigil all through the
night. In her conscious moments she was allowed to see them by ones and twos
and knew and talked to each one calling them by their pet nicknames. When
she saw them there she thought she was getting better and had her farewell
party with them between midnight and early morning. At her request they went
into the living room, turned on the lights and the Victrola playing at her
request, “Sweetheart of Sigma Ki” and “Tonight Might You Belong to Me.” She
insisted upon being dressed so she could join them, and her nurse and mother
humored her by putting her in a large Morris chair by the side of her bed,
and telling her that after she rested and slept a little more she could
dress while in the chair her boy chums came in to see her, one or two at a
time, and she talked with them all, even asking for one who had to leave for
his early morning work.
Later in the morning (Friday) word was sent to “the Gang” as high school
that she was gradually sinking and would not live longer than noon. The
junior class of which she was a member and the high school sent a large
basket of lovely flowers. Rosa Hashop and two other girls dressed in their
new pep squad uniforms took them and presented them to her in the name of
her class and the school, and even then, just twenty minutes before her
death, she called the girls by name, said how beautiful the flowers were,
how she admired their uniforms and told them to thank each and every one in
school for her. At 12:40 she passed to the sweet beyond. These girls and
boys so loving an loyal were her active and honorary pallbearers at the
funeral Saturday and one of the larges floral offerings there had the
inscription “Our Gang,” in gold letters across it. All during her illness
the gang sent flowers to cheer her. The personnel of “Our Gang” is as
follows: Lula May Holland, Marie Carson, Augusta Key, Mary Helen Allen,
Elizabeth Church, Frances Garvin and Marle Stamps: Frank Kent, Paul
Mitchell, Leslie Scoggins, Virgil Reese, Clifford Bell, Harold Crowther,
Afton Crocker, L. V. Norris, Wayne Walker, A. Z Atkin, Melbourne Benson,
Frank Sands and Scott Lowry.
Most impressive funeral services were held at the home Saturday at 3
o’clock, conducted by Rev. J. I. Patterson, assistant pastor of the First
Methodist church, and Rev. F. O. Waddill, pastor of the Eleventh Avenue
Methodist. Beautiful tributes were paid by them in their prayers and talks
and appropriate songs were sung by Mrs. E. O. Swittenberg, Miss Maudele
Smith and Mrs. Jack Haslam, members of the choir of the First Methodist
church.
Out of town relatives and friends here for the funeral services included Mr.
and Mrs. L. J. Ashmore and daughter, Miss Alyne of Corpus Christi; Alvin
Ashmore of Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. G. Hight of McKinney, Mr. and Mrs. A.
N. Ashmore and family of Fort Worth, Mrs. E. T. Williams of Eldorado, and
Ama Rose O’Neil, Minnie Curry, Frances Milner, Annie Laura Tarvell and
others of Streetman.
Notes:
Andy Victoria Autrey
Jun. 28, 1875 - Aug. 22, 1928
SHOOTING WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN
BUSINESS DISTRICT IS FATAL
ANDY AUTREY IS DEAD AND BELL WHITE, SR., CHARGED WITH SLAYING
Andy V. Autrey, aged 53 years, is dead, and Bell White, Sr., aged 50
years is at liberty on bond in the sum of $3,000 on a formal
complaint of murder, as a result of a shooting affair in front of
the Vogue Café Wednesday night about 9:45 o’clock. Autrey was shot
four times with a .44 caliber pistol. He was rushed to the
Corsicana Hospital and Clinic and died a short time later while on
the operating table without ever regaining consciousness or making a
statement in connection with the trouble.
Funeral services were conducted for Autrey Thursday afternoon at
4:30 o’clock from his residence, 1523 West Sixth avenue, with
interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. F. P. Culver, pastor of
the First Methodist church.
Soon after the shooting, White surrendered to city officers and
later went to the Navarro county court house where he was formally
charged by complaint with murder in Judge Sam B. Jordan’s court. He
was released on bond in the sum of $3,000 to await the action of the
grand jury. Sureties on the bond are Arthur Levi, Pink Hayes and
Bully Robinson.
White is reported to have emptied his pistol at Autrey at short
range. One bullet apparently struck the street or sidewalk and
ranged upward, entering an open window in the second floor of the
building across the street. The bullet hit the metal ceiling of the
Electric Studio and C. J. Reisin, proprietor, who was working at the
time, later found the bullet on the floor.
One bullet took effect in the left breast near the heart, ranging
through the body and emerging nea the spine; another penetrated the
right forearm and midway between the wrist and the elbow; a third
entered the abdomen near the right side; and the fourth hit the
left leg about six inches above the knee and came out in front
breaking the bone in passage. Autrey staggered into the middle of
the street and fell after being shot.
One bullet sped into the Joe Wilson drug store directly across the
street, striking a grip machine and penetrating into the metal box
encasing it, and almost emerging through the second wall on the
opposite side from where the bullet hit the machine.
It was reported that Mrs. Autrey was sitting in an automobile within
a short distance of where the shooting occurred.
Autrey was a cement contractor and White is manager of a
recreational club.
Surviving Autrey is his wife and one little son. White is married.
Both are well-known in this section of the country.
Autrey was rushed to the Corsicana Hospital and Clinic in the
Sutherland ambulance.
Notes:
-
The Corsicana Daily Sun
- Thursday, August 23, 1928
- Submitted by
Diane Richards
- 1st wife Ina Pearl (Leatherwood)
Autrey married Jan. 21, 1903 2nd wife Lila (Redden) Autrey s/o
Anonymous Bullock Autrey and Mary (Baker) Autrey
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BELL WHITE CASE GOES TRIAL FIDAY IN DISTRICT COURT
SELECTION OF JURY MOVED FORWARD RAPIDLY AFTER COURT CONVENED
Both the state and defense attorneys announced ready Friday morning at 10
o’clock in the trial of Bell White, Sr., manager of the Corsicana
Recreational club, charged by indictment with murder in connection with the
fatal shooting of Andy Autrey, cement contractor, several months ago. A
number of witnesses were not present when the case was called, but it was
stated they would be on hand when needed.
A special venire of 60 prospective jurors was on hand in addition to the
regular weekly jurors. The defense attorneys were questioning prospective
jurors with reference to “self-defense.”
At 11 o’clock, three jurors had been selected from eight examined. The
first man called, V. W. Brown, Dawson farmer, was selected. I. N. Palmer,
Corbet farmer, and T. S. Salter, farmer, Emhouse, were the second and third
jurors selected. Five had been excused.
The state is being represented by Cleo Miller, county attorney, pro tem, and
the defense is being represented by the firm of Gibson, Lovett & Lovett.
It is expected that the jury will be completed some time Friday afternoon
and the introduction of evidence will likely get in full swing Saturday
morning at 9 o’clock.
Notes:
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STATE RESTED IN BELL WHITE TRIAL SATURDAY MORNING
RAPID PROGRESS BEING MADE IN CASE; DEFENSE PRESENTING TESTIMONY
The state rested in the introduction of testimony Saturday morning in the
trial of Bell White, Sr., charged by indictment with murder in connection
with the fatal shooting of Andy Autrey, cement contractor, in an altercation
in the down-town section during August of this year, and the defense began
with testimony. Indications at noon Saturday were that the case would be
concluded Saturday.
From the line of questioning of the state attorney, the state is apparently
trying to prove that the deceased did not attempt to carry into execution
threats while the defense is seeking to establish self defense.
Witnesses heard for the defense Saturday morning were Doc Redden, Bill
Black, Bert Williams, Cooper Currie, Waxahachie and Boz Currie, Avalon.
State’s witnesses heard Saturday morning were Carter Kirven, Punk Standley,
Willis Stamms, Bob Lowrey and Arthur Wareing. State’s witnesses Friday
afternoon were Felix DeLafosse, Mrs. Andy Autrey and Dewey Brown.
The jury was completed Friday afternoon.
Following are the jurors:
V. W. Brown, Dawson; R. F. Holland, Corsicana, M. R. A.; I. N. Farmer,
Corbet; T. D. Salter, Emhouse; W. F. Pevehouse, Frost; C. L. Clark,
Steetman; W. E. Jordan, Frost; J. A. Ledford, Frost; R. D. Beal,
Corsicana 6; J. C. Weaver, Wortham; R. H. Harris, Emhouse; F. O. Miller,
Wortham.
The state is being represented by Cleo G. Miller, county attorney, pro tem,
while the defense is being conducted by the firm of Gibson, Lovett and
Lovett.
Notes:
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BELL WHITE CASE EXPECTED GO JURY SOMETIME MONDAY
CONCLUSION OF TESTIMONY IN CASE CAME BEFORE NOON HOUR
Conclusion of testimony in the case of the State of Texas vs. Bell White,
charged by indictment with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of
Andy Autrey last August, was had Monday morning about 11 o’clock and the
preparation of the court’s charge was started. Arguments of the attorneys
in the case started about 1:30 o’clock and it is expected that the case will
be given the jury late Monday afternoon. It is not thought that the
attorneys will argue the case more than one hour to the side.
Monday morning, the defendant took the witness stand in his own behalf and
testified as to the happenings, etc., prior to the shooting, which occurred
near the Vogue Café on Beaton street.
All of Saturday afternoon and the majority of the time Monday morning was
taken up with defense testimony and the State recalled Mrs. Andy Autrey,
wife of deceased, in rebuttal testimony after the defense rested its case.
Mrs. Autrey was later recalled by the defense.
Witnesses testifying Monday morning were Bell White, defendant; Pete Redden
by statement, Odie Montgomery. M. L. Huff, Bill Brown and Mrs. Autrey.
Witnesses used Saturday afternoon included Will Noble, W. C. Strong, Pete
Redden, Bob Mills, Wesley Redden, Mrs. Emma Williams, Hugh Weaver, Roy
Canady, W. H. Holloway, J. H. Harris, W. F. Seale, Roy Steele, Bill Brown,
Joe Jefferson, Tom Hill, E. L. Keith, C. H. Allen and Mrs. Bell White, wife
of the defendant.
Notes:
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Corsicana Contractor Shot; Dies in Hospital
Special to the News
CORSICANA, Texas, Aug. 22. - Andy Autrey, cement contractor, died in a hospital as the result of a shooting affray in the business section
Wednesday night. His assailant fired six shots at him and several took affect. One bullet glanced from the sidewalk and broke a window across the
street. A man was arrested after the shooting but refused to make a statement.
Notes:
Amos Luther Bean
Feb 12, 1888 - May 8, 1938
A. L. Bean, 50, Dies at Corsicana
Special to the News
CORSICANA, Texas, May 9. - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday for A. L. Bean, 50, secretary-treasurer and general manager of the Corsicana
Production Credit Association, who died at a local hospital after a heart attack.
Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
He was a native of Haskell County, the family having moved to Eastland when Mr. Bean was 3. He formerly was City Commissioner at Eastland, a Rotarian at
Eastland and here and a member of the Methodist Church. He formerly was a grocer at Winters, and was connected with the Magnolia Petroleum Company for
years.
Surviving are his wife, two sons, Curry Bean, Everman, and Luther Bean Jr., North Texas Agricultural College, Arlington; three grandchildren and two
half brothers, W. M. McFarland, Dallas, and R. H. McFarland, Winters.
Notes:
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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR A. L. BEAN WERE HELD ON TUESDAY
Funeral services for A. L. Bean, 50, who died with a heart attack Sunday,
were held from the chapel of the Sutherland-McCammon Funeral Home Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment was made in Oakwood Cemetery.
The rites were conducted by Rev. Roy A. Langston, pastor of the First
Methodist church.
Mr. Bean had been secretary-treasurer and general manager of the Corsicana
Production Credit Association here the past couple of years. He formerly was
in the grocery business in West Texas and was connected with the Magnolia
Petroleum Company in West Texas for a number of years. He was a Rotarian,
Methodist, Chamber of Commerce member and served as city commissioner of
Eastland for several years.
Surviving are his wife, two sons, Curry Bean, Everman, and Luther Ben, Jr.,
student at North Texas Agricultural College, Arlington; three grandchildren
and two half-brothers, W. J. McFarland, Dallas, and R. H. McFarland,
Winters.
Notes:
-
The
Corsicana Daily Sun -
Tues., May 10, 1938
- Submitted by
Diane Richards
- h/o Ina Jean (Currie) Bean buried in
Eastland City cemetery, Eastland, Tx; s/o Amos L. Bean & Mary (Jones)
McFarland-Bean buried in Fairview cemetery, Eastland Tx.
Simon M. Batson
Jul 15, 1676 - Nov 28, 1928
Simon M. Batson Buried.
CORSICANA, Texas, Nov. 29 - Funeral services for Simon M. Batson, 52, night superintendent of the Navarro Cotton Oil Company for the last eighteen
years, were held Thursday, with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. The funeral
services were conducted by the Rev. M. J. Parnell, pastor of the Methodist Protestant Church. Surviving are his wife, a son, Clyde Batson, Corsicana;
two brothers, Seth and Johnny Batson, both of Oklahoma; two sisters, Mrs. T. R. Dean, Cleburne, and a sister who resides in Oklahoma.
Notes:
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SIMON M. BATSON DIED HERE EARLY HOUR
WEDNESDAY
Simon M. Batson, aged 52 years, night superintendent of the Navarro Cotton
Oil Company for the past 18 years, died at his home, 1551 West Fifth avenue,
at 1:15 o’clock Wednesday morning following an illness of seven weeks, and
the funeral services will be held from the family home Thursday morning at
10 o’clock with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
He was a native Texan and had lived here 18 years. The services will be
conducted by Rev. M. J. Parnell, pastor of the Methodist Protestant church.
Surviving are his wife, one son, Clyde Batson, Corsicana; two brothers, Seth
and Johnny Batson both of Oklahoma; two sisters, Mrs. T. R. Dean, Cleburne,
and one sister who resides in Oklahoma.
Notes:
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The Passing of Simon M. Batson Last Wednesday
After an illness of seven weeks, Mr. Simon M. Batson passed to his reward
Wednesday, Nov. 28, and was laid to rest on Thanksgiving morn at 10 o’clock
in Oakwood Cemetery
following impressive services at the family residence, 1557 West Fifth
avenue.
He was a member of the Methodist Protestant church, and yet, while not an
active member, he lived his religion among his fellowmen in his quiet and
unassuming manner. He and his family—his good wife and only child, Clyde
Batson, who are left to mourn his loss, have made Corsicana their home off
and on for nearly thirty years. The past sixteen years he had been the
trusted and most efficient night superintendent of the Navarro Cotton Oil
Co. the deep esteem and high standing in which he was held by those who knew
him, were attested by the many lovely floral offerings sent in by friends,
which made a beautiful canopy over his last resting place.
Mrs. Batson and her son, Clyde, are extended the heartfelt sympathy of the
community in general and of their many friends.
Notes:
Mary Byars
died Jan 29, 1899
BYARS - Corsicana, Tex., Jan. 30. - Mary Byars, widow of the late Jack Byars and grandmother of Arthur and Emmett Sutherland of this city, died yesterday
at the residence of R. W. Walton, near this city, aged 78 years. Interment took place this afternoon in Oakwood
cemetery. Deceased had been a resident of this city for many years and was highly esteemed.
Notes:
James Theodore Jackson
Dec 27, 1853 -
Jan 1, 1944
JACKSON - James Theodore Jackson, age 90, 6120 Prospect, died Saturday, born in Kentucky, resident of Dallas twenty-four years. Survived by two
daughters, Miss Bertha L. Jackson, Mrs. L. B. Redmond, Dallas; two sons, Harford T. Jackson, Corsicana; George F. Jackson, Jacksonville, Texas; eight
grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren. Services Sunday 3 p.m., McCammon Funeral Home, Corsicana, Texas. Interment Oakwood Cemetery.
Arrangements Guardian Funeral Home.
Notes:
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PIONEER CORSICANA
RESIDENT DIED IN
DALLAS ON SATURDAY
J. T. Jackson, age
90 years, died in
Dallas early
Saturday morning,
according to word
received by his son,
H. T. Jackson, here.
He was a pioneer
resident of
Corsicana.
Funeral services
will be held Sunday
afternoon at 3
o’clock from the
Sutherland-McCammon
chapel. Dillard W.
Thurman, minister of
the Church of
Christ, will conduct
the rites. Burial
will be in
Oakwood
cemetery.
Surviving are two
sons, H. T. Jackson,
Corsicana; George F.
Jackson,
Jacksonville; two
daughters, Mrs. L.
B. Redmond, Dallas;
Miss Bertha Jackson,
Dallas, and other
relatives.
Notes:
-
The
Corsicana Daily Sun - Sat., Jan 1, 1944
- Submitted
by Diane Richards
-
h/o Mary Emily
(Marshall) Jackson buried at Marshall Cemetery, Navarro county, Tx. s/o
Thomas H. Jackson and Emma B. (Drane) Jackson
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RITES HELD FOR J. T.
JACKSON; BURIAL IN
OAKWOOD
Funeral services for
J. T. Jackson, age
90 years who died in
Dallas Saturday,
were held Sunday
afternoon at 3
o’clock from the
Sutherland-McCammon
chapel with
interment in
Oakwood
cemetery.
Dillard W. Thurman,
minister of the
Church of Christ,
conducted the rites.
Surviving are two
sons, two daughters
and other relatives.
Notes:
Roland Frederick Irby
Jun 27, 1905 - Jan 8, 1942
IRBY - Roland Frederick Irby of Corsicana, Texas, died Thursday. Survived by wife, four brothers, F. E. Fort Worth; B. S., San Antonio; J. G. Freeport,
and T. C. Irby, Dallas. Services Saturday, 2 p.m., Christian Church, Seymour, Texas, Rev. W. F. Woodell officiating. Arrangements Sparkman-Brand.
Notes:
Spencer Houston Jack,
Sr.
Feb 26, 1858 – Nov. 25, 1928
Spencer H. Jack Dies At Home in Corsicana
Special to The News
CORSICANA, Texas, Nov. 25 - Spencer H. Jack, 69, a lawyer, died Sunday and his funeral will be held Monday afternoon with burial in
Oakwood Cemetery. He had lived in Texas fifty years and in Corsicana twenty-five years.
Surviving are his wife, two sons, Spencer H. Jack Jr. of Waco, Elwood Jack of Dallas; two daughters, Mrs. Donald Marr and Mrs. D. C. Pinchbeck, both of
Corsicana; nine grandchildren, two brothers and one sister.
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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR S. H. JACK ARE
CONDUCTED MONDAY
CORSICANA LAWYER PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Spencer H. Jack, Sr., aged 69 years, lawyer, died at his residence, 320
South Thirty-first street, Sunday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock following a
short illness with pneumonia and the funeral services were conducted Monday
afternoon t 3 o’clock from the family home with interment in
Oakwood Cemetery.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. H. J. Ellis, rector of St.
John’s Episcopal church, and Rev. J. Howard Williams, pastor of the First
Baptist church.
Mr. Jack was born Feb. 22, 1859, in Rankin county, Mississippi, but came to
Texas 50 years ago. He had resided in Corsicana for 25 years.
Surviving are his wife, two sons, Elwood Jack, Dallas; Spencer H. Jack, Jr.,
Waco; two daughters, Mrs. Donald Marr and Mrs. D. C. Pinchback, both of
Corsicana; nine grandchildren; two brothers, W. H. Jack, Sr., Corsicana; Ed
Jack, DeQueen, Arkansas, one sister, Mrs. H. M. Parker, Houston, and other
relatives.
Active pallbearers were J. S. Callicutt, B. W. George, Wayne R. Howell, C.
A. Middleton, C. G. Davidson, Honorary pallbearers were members of the
Navarro County Bar Association, Drs. T. P. McLendon, T. A. Miller and J. D.
Hathorn and all neighbors and friends of the family.
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BAR ASSOCIATION SPONSOR MEMORIAL SERVICES SUNDAY
S. H. JACK AND E. J. GIBSON DECEASED, REMEMBERED BY COLLEAGUES
Memorial services honoring Elbert J. Gibson and Spencer H. Jack, deceased,
were held in the thirteenth district court room in the Navarro county
courthouse Sunday afternoon by members of the Navarro County Bar
association. A number of friends of the families and members of the bar
attended the services in spite of the inclement weather.
Numerous palms and pot plants softened the austere atmosphere of the
courtroom. Beauford H. Jester, president of the bar association called the
meeting to order and called former Senator J. H. Woods, chairman of the
memorial and resolutions committee, to preside over the services.
“Does Jesus Care” was sung by a mixed quartet from the First Baptist church.
The singers were C. C. McClung, Mrs. B. M. Henderson, Mrs. R. R. Range and
Dow Mooney, Rev. J. Howard Williams pronounced the invocation.
In a brief introductory address, Mr. Woods announced that it was the usual
custom of the bar to hold memorial services in honor of deceased members and
that the occasion was doubly and because there were two vacant chairs in the
circle reserved for members of the bar. He pointed out that the lives of men
were close intertwined and intermingled, and that only in man’s aims,
desires and ambitions did he live alone.
Spencer Houston Jack
John S. Callicutt was then recognized and presented a brief historical
sketch and resolutions of respect to Spencer Houston Jack, W. A. Tarver was
next recognized and presented a similar treatise on Elbert J. Gibson. In
moving the adoption of the resolutions, Mr. Tarver stated that his
friendship with the late El J. Gibson began in 1907, and that the deceased
would be remembered as a man with a great and varied array of friends,
numbering them among all walks of life.
Mr. Callicutt spoke in behalf of the adoption of the resolution. He said
that he had known and loved “Ted” Jack for many years, and that although he
was nearing the mark of 70 years that he had died in the harness, actively
engaged in the practice of law until a few days before his demise. He traced
his early history in the mercantile business, his study in the law office,
and his practice both at Kaufman and Corsicana for more than forty years.
Public office he declared held no appeal for the deceased, but he was a
Southern democrat and was zealous in his support of the party.
The deceased was a lawyer of the old school, Mr. Callicutt declared, and was
impulsive but forgiving; his strength of character was pleasingly portrayed
by his love of children.
Closing with an appeal to the younger generations to step into the gaps
within the ranks of the association, the speaker reviewed the list of
prominent members of the bar who have died since 1886, which included
William Croft, Sam R. Frost, John D. Lee, E. O. Call, Fred Lee, Robert A.
Greer, D. Edward Greer, R. S. Neblett, W. J. McKie, E. J. Simpkins, H. F.
Stone, A. M. Call, John J. McClellan, and Robert E. Prince. He declared that
many of these men had almost been forgotten, but it was due to their efforts
and brilliance that Navarro County Bar holds an enviable position in all of
the courts of the state.
Elbert J. Gibson.
C. L. Jester, a classmate of E. J. Gibson both in the public schools and at
Staunton Military Academy, sketched the varied career of his friend as a
stenographer, insurance agent, mining agent, and attorney. He paid tribute
to his outstanding success in criminal practice. No man was more courageous,
more loyal to his friends, nor possessed of a more charming personality than
his late friend.
Judge H. B. Daviss, Navarro county prosecuting attorney, declared that he
had suffered a distinct loss in the death of the two members of the bar. He
asserted that the members of the bar were the only people to whom were
intrusted all the values of life without bond. Speaking of S. H. Jack he
declared that he was liberal to a fault and devised all his interests to be
of service to others. He was loyal to his duty and to society, and was
possessed of a genial sense of humor. He also paid tribute to the late El
Gibson, declaring that he was among the greatest examples of the principles
of the profession which he represented.
Judge Hawkins Scarborough was the next speaker and declared that if the
profession of the bar had any one outstanding fault it was over-zealousness
in behalf of their clients. He recounted incidents from the early life of
Mr. Jack and asserted that he had studied along with him as he started his
preparation for the legal profession. He declared that the deceased was a
democrat without the need of adjectives to describe his position.
He recalled that Mr. Gibson was the only man, as his memory served him that
was defeated in his first race and then at the next election had no
opposition. He asserted that he was intellectually honest and hated
hypocrisy.
The meeting was thrown open for further addresses but because of the
lateness of the hour no other speakers arose. The benediction was pronounced
by the Rev. J. Howard Williams.
The resolutions drafted follow:
Jack Resolutions
Corsicana, Texas, Feb. 24, 1929.
Hon. President and members of the Navarro County Bar association:
Your committee heretofore appointed to report resolutions to the Navarro
County Bar association upon the death of Mr. Spencer Houston Jack,
respectfully submit the following:
On Sunday the 25th day of November, A. D., 1928, at high noon, S. H. Jack
died after an illness of a few days and its announcement deeply touched his
neighbors and friends and the members of his profession with whom he had
been associated for many years.
He was born at Bandon, Mississippi, on the 26th day of February 1859. He
came to Texas in an early day and resided for a time at Navasota in Grimes
county, Texas, where he successfully engaged in the mercantile business with
his oldest brother, Captain S. M. Jack.
Mr. Jack came to Corsicana in 1886 and studied law in the offices of Messrs.
Read, Greer & Greer, who were prominent lawyers in Corsicana at that time
and for years afterwards.
In 1887, he removed to Kaufman, Texas, where he was licensed to practice law
by the late Judge Anson Rainey. He formed a partnership, in that year, with
his brother, Mr. W. H. Jack, at Kaufman, Texas, which continued until he
removed to Corsicana in the year 1903, and had been, since that date in the
successful and continuous practice.
In 1907 he again formed a law partnership with his brother, Mr. W. H. Jack,
in Corsicana, which continued for a period of about ten years, since which
time he continued to practice along until the date of his death.
Mr. Jack was engaged in the active and successful practice of law at
Kaufman, Texas, and Corsicana, Texas, for a continuous period of more than
forty years and at Corsicana for more than a quarter of a century.
He was married in Kaufman, Texas, in 1888, to Miss Anna Foster, who survives
him. He is also survived by two sons, Spencer H. Jack, Jr. and Elwood F.
Jack and two daughters, Mrs. Mary Kate Pinchback and Mrs. Ana Lee Marr, and
nine grandchildren.
As a lawyer, he was an energetic and zealous advocate and represented with
skill and ability the cause of his clients entrusted to his care.
His ancestors, for many generations lived in the Southland and many of them
were lawyers and held high positions both political and judicial, and it can
be truly said of him that he was a chivalrous son of the old South and
merited and enjoyed the approbation and confidence of those with whom he
came in contact.
He never sought or held public office; but in politics he was naturally a
democrat of the old school and was aggressive in his support of political
measures which he espoused and of men who ran for office in whom he believed
and gave his support.
As a husband and father, he was at all times kind, thoughtful and indulgent,
and the welfare and care of his family were always uppermost in his thoughts
and actions.
We mourn his departure from the walks of life among us.
We recommend the adoption of the following resolutions:
Therefore, be it resolved:
1st. That in the death of Spencer Houston Jack the Bar of Navarro county has
lost a capable and distinguished member, whose life and conduct as a lawyer
commend him to our profession.
2nd. That in his death we have lost a loyal and good citizen who merited and
received the sincere respect and regard of his neighbors and brethren.
3rd. That his family has lost a kind, affectionate and indulgent husband and
father, who, on all occasions, was faithful, generous and kind.
4th. That a copy of these resolutions be furnished by the secretary of the
Navarro County Bar association to his family, to whom we tender our sincere
sympathy in their bereavement.
5th. That the daily press be furnished with a copy of these resolutions for
publication.
6th. That the foregoing statement and resolutions be presented to the
district and county courts of Navarro county to be duly recorded in the
minutes of said courts.
Respectfully submitted,
J. S. CALLICUTT,
H. B. DAVISS,
HAWKINS SCARBOROUGH
Committee.
Elbert J. Gibson.
Elbert J. Gibson, youngest son of Captain John S. Gibson, was born in
Corsicana, Navarro county, Texas, February 26, 1872. He was stricken with
illness some four years ago-from this he never recovered; however, as a
result of the tender, devoted care of his wife, he did regain his strength
sufficiently to continue his work, both at the office and in the court room.
In December 29, 1928 he became troubled with his heart. This more or less
brought about a return of his previous malady, and he became fearful that he
would not again be well. The latter part of December, he expressed to his
wife a desire to return to the home where his mother had spent her last
years, so he and his wife moved to the home of his devoted sister, Miss
Mollie Gibson, at 403 West Fourth avenue, Corsicana and here for three weeks
he hovered between life and death, tenderly and lovingly cared for by his
wife and sister and his doctors. At six a. m. on the 6th of January, 1929,
his heart gave up the fight and his valiant spirit left its temple of clay.
He was fifty-seven (57) years of age. On January 10, 1929, from the home of
his sister, his body was carried away to rest in
Oakwood, joining thus
father, mother and brother. His wife, two sisters and his only child, Miss
Mary Anna Gibson survive him.
He attended the public schools of Corsicana as a boy, and later was a school
mate of C. L. Jester, George E. Jester and I. N. Cerf in the Staunton
Military Academy at Staunton, Virginia. In his young manhood, he was married
to Miss Hattie Dixon of Milford, Texas, and to this union there was a
daughter, Miss Mary Anna Gibson, who survives him. His first wife died
August 29, 1921, and on September 6, 1922, Mr. Gibson was married to Mrs.
Daisy Evans, who survives him.
Mr. Gibson prepared himself for admission to the Bar in the office of
McLellan & Prince. He held the offices of city attorney of Corsicana for six
years, the office of county attorney of Navarro county for four years, and
was assistant district attorney of Dallas county, Texas, for two years. In
each of these positions, he showed marked ability, a thorough grasp of the
principles of the criminal law, and he thoroughly familiarized himself with
the practice of the same. These were the only offices he ever held or
sought.
Mr. Gibson, early in his practice formed a partnership with L. R. Calloway,
the firm being known as Gibson & Calloway. This firm practiced in Corsicana
for several years, and later moved to Dallas, Texas. After removal to
Dallas, the partnership was dissolved, and on January 1, 1923, Mr. Gibson
returned to Corsicana and formed a partnership with T. W. Lovett, the firm
being known as Gibson & Lovett. In 1926, Norris Lovett, son of T. W. Lovett,
became associated with the firm, under the name of Gibson, Lovett & Lovett.
This firm continued until Mr. Gibson’s death.
As a lawyer, Elbert J. Gibson possessed rare gifts in the court room. He
knew how to prepare his written pleadings, he was thorough in the
development and presentation of his evidence, and was a capable cross
examiner. In argument before the court, he was clear and cogent. He had the
power of analysis and discrimination and could distinguish the essential
from the non-essential in the decisions of the courts. He was particularly
adroit and competent in the preparation of his records for appeal. In his
addresses to the jury, he was captivating, persuasive and convincing, and at
times impassioned and eloquent. He won a great many cases in the trial
courts and more than his share of victories in the appellate courts. And
like all his brother lawyers, those of the present as well as those of the
past he lost many legal battles in the trial courts and on appeal.
His sense of professional honor and integrity was delicate and just and his
agreements with his brethren of the bar were scrupulously kept.
As a friend, El Gibson had no superiors. He was sincere, loyal,
characterable and unselfish in his friendships. Consequently, his circle of
friends was a large and varied one. He was friendly and democratic, and
among his friends were all the classes—the rich and poor, good and bad, high
and lowly, learned and illiterate, the white and black—and to them all the
same generous noble traits were exhibited.
As a personality of charm and winsome qualities, Elbert J. Gibson was first
among us. In the crowd, in the office, in the car, in the social circle,
among men and women or both, his powers of conversation gave him easy away
and furnished gripping entertainment for group or individual.
As a citizen, Elbert J. Gibson, was pronounced in his views and convictions.
In politics he was a democrat, with the Jeffersonian point of view. He
believed the principles of the Declaration of Independence, and the
constitution of the United States should be applied to all the problems of
government. He was acquainted with the principles on which the government of
his country rests.
He read books. Up to the last night of his life, he continued to read great
books. Among the last he read was Beveridge’s great, true, impartial life of
Lincoln. It appeal to El Gibson. It was fair and just in the discussion of
the great questions which led to the Civil war. Perhaps the very last book
he read WAS Claude Bowers’ wonderfully thrilling work on Jefferson and
Hamilton. He read this solid book in one night. These are sufficient to show
the bent and sweep of his mind. But he read history, poetry, fiction and the
Bible. Thus, he fed the fires of his brilliant and imperious mind.
El Gibson was affectionate, generous and devoted to his loved ones, and they
most of all shall miss his knightly and chivalric presence.
Therefore, it is resolved that in the death of Elbert J. Gibson, the bar of
the State of Texas and County of Navarro have lost one of their brilliant
and well known and well loved members, who shall be greatly missed and
affectionately remembered; the county a thoughtful, intelligent, patriotic
citizen, of deep and abiding convictions; his friends, one whose place
cannot be taken; and his family, an affectionate, generous and beloved
husband, father and brother.
Resolved further that proper record and these resolutions be made in the
minutes of the local and appellate courts; that copies be furnished the
daily press, and copies be sent to his family.
Respectfully submitted,
T. W. LOVETT,
C. L. JESTER,
W. A. TARVER,
Committee on resolutions, Navarro County Bar Association.
February 24, 1929.
Notes:
Spencer Houston Jack,
Jr.
May 2, 1891 - Jan 19, 1935
January 19, 1935
JACK - Corsicana, Texas. Jan. 19 - Spencer H. Jack, 43, formerly of
Waco, did at the home of his mother, Mrs. S. Jack, Saturday noon. The
funeral will be held from the home Sunday morning with burial in the
Mount Rose Cemetery at Waco. Surviving are his wife; three children,
Mary Beth Jack, Norman Stell Jack and Carol Jack; his mother, Mrs. S. M.
Jack, Corsicana; two sisters, Mrs.
Donald Marr and Mrs. D. C. Pinchbeck, both of Corsicana, and a brother,
Ellwood Jack, Dallas.
Notes:
Alice S. (Martin) Beaton
Aug 25, 1859 - Aug 26, 1948
Mrs. Ralph Beaton Dies in Corsicana.
Special to The News
CORSICANA, Texas, Aug. 26. - Mrs. Ralph Beaton, pioneer resident of Corsicana, died at her home early Thursday.
Funeral rites are to be held here Friday at 10:30 a.m. by the Rev. William H. Dickinson, associate pastor of the Highland Park Methodist
Church, Dallas.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Hawkins Kimball, Dallas; Mrs. L. H.
Cross, Corpus Christi, and Mrs. A. J. Carpenter, Little Rock, Ark.; two sons, Ralph A. Beaton, Dallas, and Walter Beaton, Corsicana; a sister, Miss
Gussie Martin, Corsicana, and several grandchildren.
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Mrs. Ralph Beaton Funeral Services Friday
10:30 A. M.
Mrs. Ralph Beaton, pioneer Corsicana resident died at her home, 513 West
Fourth avenue, at 2 o’clock Thursday morning.
A native of Camden, Ark., Mrs. Beaton came to Corsicana as a young girl and
spent the remainder of her life here. She was the widow of the late Ralph
Beaton, Sr., pioneer Corsicana resident, civic, and financial figure for
many years.
Mrs. Beaton was very active in the choir and as a Sunday School teacher in
the First Methodist church for many years until ill health caused her
retirement from the active church activities.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Hawkins Kimball, Dallas; Mrs. L. H.
Gross, Corpus Christi, and Mrs. A. J. Carpenter, Little Rock, Ark.; two
sons, Ralph A. Beaton, Dallas and Walter Beaton, Corsicana; a sister Miss
Gussie Martin, Corsicana; several grandchildren and other relatives.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10:30 o’clock from the
McCammon Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Oakwood
cemetery. The rites will be conducted by
Rev. William H. Dickinson, associate pastor of the Highland Park Methodist
church in Dallas.
Pallbearers will be E. M. Polk, C. A. Vaughn, W. P. McCammon, J. S. Simkins,
C. W. Taylor, N. Suttle Roberts, Dr. Leslie Kelton, King Elliott and Charles
Banister.
Honorary pallbearers will be friends of the family.
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FRIDAY RITES FOR MRS. RALPH BEATON; BURIAL IN OAKWOOD
Funeral services for Mrs. Ralph Beaton, who died at her home, 514 West
Fourth avenue, early Thursday morning, were held Friday morning at 10:30
o’clock from the McCammon Funeral Chapel. Burial was in Oakwood
cemetery. The rites were conducted by Rev.
William H. Dickinson, associate pastor of the Highland Park Methodist church
assisted by Rev. J. B. Sharp, associate pastor of the First Methodist church
here.
Native of Camden, Ark., Mrs. Beaton, the widow of a pioneer Corsicana
leader, was active in the choir and Sunday school of the First Methodist
church for many years.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Hawkins Kimball, Dallas; Mrs. L. H.
Gross, Corpus Christi, and Mrs. A. J. Carpenter, Little Rock, Ark.; two
sons, Ralph A. Beaton, Dallas and Walter Beaton, Corsicana; a sister Miss
Gussie Martin, Corsicana; several grandchildren and other relatives.
Pallbearers were E. M. Polk, C. A. Vaughn, W. P. McCammon, J. S. Simkins, C.
W. Taylor, N. Suttle Roberts, Dr. Leslie Kelton, King Elliott and Charles
Banister.
Honorary pallbearers were friends of the family.
Notes:
Ruth Anna (White) Inman
Mar 22, 1874 - Jul 23, 1930
Mrs. Ruth Inman Dies.
Special to The News.
CORSICANA, Texas, July 24 - Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Inman, 56 years, pioneer resident of Corsicana, who died at her home Wednesday, were held
from the family residence Thursday afternoon with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. The funeral
was conducted by the Rev. R. A. Crosby, pastor of the Eleventh Avenue Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. David Shepperson, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. L. K. Carraway, Mrs. A. C. Young, Mrs. Norman Hardin, Miss Sammilene Inman and Miss Nellie
Frances Inman and two sons, Hal Peston Inman and William Robert Inman, all of Corsicana; two sisters, Mrs. Pierce Colquitt and Mrs. J. W. Sheppard,
both of Corsicana; five brothers, Frank White and Willerson White, both of Beaumont; George White, Fred White and Ed White, all of Corsicana, and other
relatives.
July 25, 1930
Mrs. Ruth Inman Dies.
Special to The News.
CORSICANA, Texas. July 25. - Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Inman, 56, wife of the late S. H. Inman, who died at her home here Wednesday afternoon, were
held Thursday.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. L. K. Carraway, Mrs. A. C. Young, Mrs. Norman Hardin and Misses Sammilene and Nellie Frances Inman; two sons, Hal
Preston and William Robert Inman, all of Corsicana; two sisters, Mrs. Pierce Colquitt and Mrs. J. W. Sheppard, both of Corsicana; five brothers, Frank
White and Willerson White, both of Beaumont, and George White, Fred White and Ed White, all of Corsicana.
Notes:
Katie (Berleth)
Ivy
Aug. 4, 1862 - Aug 7, 1954
Mrs. Katie Ivy Dies 3 Days After Her 92d Birthday
Special to The News
HILLSBORO, Texas. - Mrs. Katie Ivy, a native of Texas, died Saturday in Corsicana, just three days after her ninety-second birthday.
Mrs. Ivey was born Aug. 4, 1862, in Houston.
Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Marshall and Marshall Chapel here with burial in Ridge Park Cemetery.
A member of the St. David Epsicopal Church of Austin, Mrs. Ivy had resided at Hillsboro, Austin and Dallas before moving to Corsicana to live with a
daughter. Her husband preceded her in death in 1938.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. C. L. Hall of Dallas and Mrs. W. R.
Brewington of Corsicana; two brothers, Frank Berleth and George Berleth, and a sister, Mrs. Charles Glass, all of Houston.
Notes:
Y. J. Craddock
CORSICANA, Tex., Sept. 23. - The funeral of the late Y. J. Craddock took place this afternoon from the family residence in East Corsicana. The burial
service was conducted by Rev. Jerry Ward of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. The two fire companies and the hook and ladder company paraded in
full uniform and the citizens generally joined the procession, which was the largest and longest seen in the city for several years.
Notes:
Annie Bell
(Scanlan) Cranford
Jan 22, 1872 - Apr 19, 1946
Mrs. Cranford Buried
CORSICANA, Texas, April 21. - Funeral services were held here for Mrs. Annie Bell Cranford, 74, who died at her home. She was a native of Florida. Burial
was in the Modrel Cemetery.
Surviving are five sons, a daughter, twenty grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Notes:
FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR MRS. ANNIE BELL CRANFORD SATURDAY
Mrs. Annie Bell Cranford, aged 74 years, died at her home, 714 South
Fourteenth street, Friday night at 11:25 o’clock.
Funeral services were held from the Corley Funeral Chapel Saturday afternoon
at 2 o’clock with in the Modrell cemetery. The rites were conducted by Rev.
A. J. Kirkland, pastor of the Missionary Baptist church. Mrs. Cranford was a
native of Florida.
Surviving are five sons, R. H. Cranford, Odessa; Charley, Edgar, Rubie and
Willie Cranford, all of Corsicana; a daughter, Mrs. Maudie Williams, Rice;
20 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Notes:
John O. Crawford
Jan 8, 1851 - Aug 3, 1931
CRAWFORD - Corsicana, Texas. Aug. 3 - John O. Crawford, 80, native of Wilcox, Ala., but resident of Navarro County for the last fifty-one years,
died at his home three miles north of Corsicana Monday. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Sallie Fife, Corsicana, and three newphews, Dan and Billie
Meador, both of Corsicana, and J. L. Crawford, Lufkin.
Notes:
AGED RESIDENT OF COUNTY BE BURIED OAKWOOD
TUESDAY
John O. Crawford, aged 80 years, native of
Wilcox, Ala., but resident of Navarro county for
the past 51 years, died at his home three miles
north of Corsicana Monday morning at 9:30
o’clock and the funeral will be held at
Oakwood
cemetery where interment will be made
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The funeral will
be conducted by Rev. W. R. Hall, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Sallie Fife,
Corsicana, and three nephews, Dan and Billie
Meador, both of Corsicana; and J. L. Crawford,
Lufkin.
The funeral will be directed by the Sutherland
funeral home.
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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR J.
O. CRAWFORD HELD ON
TUESDAY
Funeral services for
John O. Crawford, aged
80 years, native of
Alabama, but resident of
Navarro county for 51
years, who died at his
home three miles north
of Corsicana Monday
morning at 9:30 o’clock,
were held Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock
at
Oakwood
cemetery
where interment was
made. The services were
conducted by Fr. W. R.
Hall, pastor of the
First Presbyterian
church here.
Surviving are a sister,
Mrs. Sallie Fife,
Corsicana; and three
nephews, Dan Meador and
Billie Meador, both of
Corsicana, and J. L.
Crawford, Lufkin.
The funeral was directed
by the Sutherland
funeral home.
Notes:
Elizabeth Lark
(Dorsey) Crawford
Dec 29, 1852 - Jan 18, 1920
CRAWFORD- Corsicana, Texas, Jan. 21. - Mrs. E. L. Crawford, 68 years old,
died in the Petty Chapel community, this county, Tuesday morning and the
body was buried today.
Notes:
Eliza Jane "Janie"
(Chandler) Crenshaw
1864 - Dec 1932
Woman Merchant Found Dead in Corsicana Home
Special to The News
CORSICANA, Texa, Dec. 12. - Funeral services for Mrs. Janie E. Crenshaw, 68,
operator of a store here for a number of years, who apparently died of a
heart attack early Sunday morning, were held for the chapel of the Corley
Funeral Home Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock with burial in the
Zion's Rest Cemetery.
Mrs. Crenshaw's body was discovered Sunday morning at her home by Mrs. Etta
Skinner. She had risen and made a fire, later lying down. She was in bed
when found. She was a native Texan.
The funeral was conducted by the Rev. E. T. Miller, pastor of the First
Baptist Church. Surviving are two brothers, Joe Chandler, Corsicana, and
Claud Chandler, Batesville, and a sister, Mrs. W. A. Jones, Batesville.
Notes:
Walter Londus
Crenshaw
Died Aug 1939
Dawson Community Boy Dies.
Special to The News
CORSICANA, Texas, Aug. 30 - Walter Londus Crenshaw, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs.
B. C. Crenshaw of the Dawson community, died in the P. and S. Hospital.
Surviving are his parents, several brothers and sisters. The body was taken
to Dawson for burial.
Notes:
Reginald Randolph Crews
May 31, 1897 - Nov 6, 1947
Oil Company Worker Dies
Reginald R. Crews, 50, of 5036 Airline Drive, an employee of Magnolia
Petroleum Company in Dallas, died in a hospital here Thursday.
He had been a resident of Dallas since last January, moving here from
Corsicana, where he had been a lifelong resident.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Francis Crews; one son, Howard B. Law; two
daughters, Miss Martha Jane Law and Mrs. Joan Covart, all of Dallas; two
sisters, Mrs. W. P. Chrisman of Austin and Mrs. Charles H. Walker of
Berkeley, Calif.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Sparkman-Brand, Inc.,
chapel, 2115 Ross, with Dr. Thomas B. Gallagher of Waco officiating.
Burial will be in Corsicana.
Pallbearers will be Raymond McIver, Tyson McIver, G. M. Shotwell, W. L.
Germany, F. S. Smith and E. E. Heap.
Notes:
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FORMER RESIDENT DIED A DALLAS;
BURIAL IN OAKWOOD
R. R. (Bussie) Crews, about 50, died in Dallas Thursday morning.
Graveside funeral rites will be held at Oakwood
cemetery here Friday
afternoon at 2 o’clock, with Rev. Thomas B. Gallahar in charge.
Native of Corsicana, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Crews of
Corsicana, he was a traveling auditor for the Magnolia Petroleum
company for a number of years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Frances Crews, Dallas; a son, Howard B.
Law; two daughters, Mrs. Joan Covert and Miss Martha Law, all of
Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. C. H. Walker, Oakland, Calif., and other
relatives.
Pallbearers will be Raymond and Tyson McIver, both of Dallas; F. S.
Smith and E. E. Heath, both of Temple; G. M. Shotwell and Doc
Germany, both of Dallas.
McCammon Funeral Home will direct.
Notes:
Noah M. Cosby, Rev.
Died Jan 1974
The Rev. Noah M. Cosby, 81, of 1603 Barlow, a retired 9-year pastor for the
former Dallas Primitive Baptist Church, died Wednesday in Dallas.
A native of Pike County, Ark., he as a former farmer, carpenter and night
watchman for the Texas Bank.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Eubanks Funeral
Chapel, Hubbard, Hill County. Burial will be in the
Dawson Cemetery, Dawson, Navarro
County.
He is survived by his wife, Flora, two sons, three daughters, two sisters,
11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Notes:
Joe Costello
Jan 14, 1932 - Oct 17, 1932
Costell Baby Buried.
Special to The News.
CORSICANA, Texas. Oct. 18. - Funeral services for Joe Costello, 11-month-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Costello, who died at the family residence Monday
afternoon, were held Tuesday morning at the
Catholic Cemetery
where burial was made. The services were conducted by the Rt. Rev.
Monseignor V. Graffeo of the Church of the Immaculate Concepcion.
Notes:
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Funeral for Baby Boy Held Tuesday Catholic Cemetery
Funeral services for Joe Costello, 11-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Costello, who died at the family residence, 317 East Ninth
avenue, Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, were held Tuesday morning
at 10:30 o’clock at the
Catholic Cemetery
where burial was made. The
services were conducted by Rt. Rev. Monseignor V. Graffeo of the
Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Surviving are the parents and two sisters.
The funeral was directed by the Sutherland-McCammon Funeral Home.
Notes:
- Submitted by: Diane Richards
- s/o Frank Costello & Theresa (Mora) Costello
Marian Atkins
(Glasscock) Coulson
Aug 24, 1839 - Jul 15, 1898
COULSON - Corsicana, Tex., July 15. - At 9 o'clock this morning at the
family residence on the West Side Mrs. Marian A. Coulson, wife of Rev. G. A.
Coulson, died after a long illness. The funeral will take place to-morrow at
10 a.m. Interment at Oakwood
cemetery.
Notes:
Milton J. Crabtree
Dec 18, 1916 - Feb 20, 1938
CRABTREE - Corsicana, Texas. Feb. 21. - Milton J. Crabtree, 21, died at the
Navarro Clinic. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church with
burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Crabtree, Corsicana, and his
grandmothers, Mrs. Clara Red of Lamesa, and Mrs. M. L. Crabtree, Meridian.
Notes:
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MILTON CRABTREE DIED EARLY SUNDAY; BURIAL ON MONDAY
Milton J. Crabtree, aged 21 years, employee of the State
National Bank, died at the Navarro Clinic Sunday morning at 2:30
o’clock after a week’s illness.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock from
the First Baptist church with interment in Oakwood
cemetery. The
rites were conducted by Rev. E. T. Miller, pastor of the church.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Crabtree,
Corsicana; grandmothers, Mrs. Clara Red, Lamesa, and Mrs. M. L.
Crabtree, Meridian; five aunts, three uncles and a number of
other relatives.
Honorary pallbearers were employees and officials of the State
National Bank.
Corley Funeral Home directed the arrangements.
Notes:
L. B. Cox
Died Sep 1936
COX - Corsicana, Texas. Sept 4. Funeral services for L. B. Cox, 77, resident
of the Barry community, who died Thursday night, were held Friday at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. T. T. Reid. Surviving are eight children, Cecil
Cox of Abilene, Clyde Cox of Pauls Valley, Okla.; Mrs. Reid, Burt Cox of
Comanche, John Cox of Black Hills, Leon Cox of Corsicana, Mrs. Cleo Filewood
of Missouri and Elda Cox of Corsicana, twenty-nine grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Notes:
Lawson Carrick Coulson
May 20, 1884 - Mar 13, 1933
Lawson Coulson Dies.
Special to The News.
CORSICANA, Texas, March 13. - Lawson C. Coulson, 49, native Corsicanan, and
well known in drug circles for many years, died at his home here Sunday
night after a several days'
illness with pneumonia, and the funeral was held from the First Presbyterian
Church Monday afternoon with burial in
Oakwood Cemetery.
The services were conducted by the Rev. W. R. Hall, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eula Coulson; three
daughters, Misses Rene, Laura Dell and Eula Jane Coulson; a son, Billie
Coulson, all of Corsicana; four brothers, Tom Coulson of Dallas, Will J.
Coulson of Coleman, Ray Coulson, Miami, Fla., and Roy Coulson, Pasadena,
Harris County, and three sisters, Mrs. R. N. White, Mrs. R. L.
Overstreet and Mrs. John M. Carsey all of Greenville.
Notes:
Robert Lee Crawford
Apr 10, 1870 - Oct 11, 1930
R. L. Crawford Dies.
Special to The News.
CORSICANA, Texas, Oct. 13. - R. L. Crawford, 55, died suddenly at his home
here Saturday night and the funeral will be held at the Purdon Cemetery
Tuesday afternoon. He had resided in Corsicana and Navarro County all of his
life with the exception of one year in Ellis County. Surviving are his wife,
three daughters, Mrs. J. H. Hood and Misses Essie and Erma Crawford, all of
Corsicana; and four sons, W. N. Crawford, N. D. Crawford, N. T. Crawford and
James Neal Crawford, all of Corsicana.
Notes:
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LIFELONG RESIDENT NAVARRO COUNTY TO BE BURIED AT PURDON
R. L. Crawford, aged 55 years, died suddenly at his home, 1235 North Beaton
street, Saturday night at 11:10 o’clock and the funeral will be held at the
Purdon cemetery Tuesday afternoon where interment will be made.
Mr. Crawford had resided in Corsicana and Navarro county all of his life
with the exception of one year in Ellis county.
The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Floyd W. Thrash, pastor of
the North Corsicana Methodist church.
Surviving are his wife, three daughters, Mrs. J. H. Hood, and Misses Essie
and Erma Crawford all of Corsicana; and four sons, W. N. Crawford, N. D.
Crawford, N. T. Crawford and James Neal Crawford, all of Corsicana.
The Funeral will be directed by the Corley-McMahon Funeral home.
Notes:
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IN MEMORY OF R. L. CRAWFORD
On Saturday night, Oct. 11, at 10:50 our hearts were made sad by the
departure of our father from this world, where hearts are so often saddened,
to that other world of so great a promise.
He had been ill for some time, and we who had seen him often realized how
much he suffered, and are comforted to know that at last he is taking a long
sweet rest from which pain and care cannot wake him.
He was a good husband and a kind and considerate father. We shall all miss
him very much, but heaven should be all the dearer for we hope to meet him
some day there, to part no more.
He is gone, our dear father,
Gone on to a better land.
Gone to help God and the angels,
In the Happy singing band.
Yes, we will miss him,
Miss him in our heart and home.
For he has gone away.
And left us all alone.
Gone are all his sufferings,
Gone are all his cares.
And we all should try to meet him
In that land so bright and fair.
So dear mother, sisters and brothers,
Don’t be sad that he is gone,
But try to live so we may meet him,
Around the great white shining throne.
Written by
EDIT CRAWFORD
Notes:
Green Avery Coulson,
Rev.
Sep 16, 1834 - Dec 1914
The body of the Rev. G. A. Coulson, who died in San Antonio yesterday, will
arrive here this afternoon and will be buried from the First Baptist Church
Saturday at 2 p.m. interment at
Oakwood Cemetery.
Notes:
Mrs. J. E.
Cosgrove
Died Sep 1902
COSGROVE - Corsicana, Tex., Sept. 8. - Mrs. J. E. Cosgrove died at her home
here yesterday afternoon of inflammation of the stomach.
Notes:
Sara
(McCammon) McElwrath
Sep 26, 1915 - Mar 4, 2005
Sara McCammon McElwrath will be remembered and honored in a service to be
held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 4, in the Chapel at Settegast-Kopf Co.
Funeral Directors, 3320 Kirby Drive, Houston, with Chaplain Jack Butler
officiating. The soloist will be Daren Butler.
She was born Sept. 26, 1915, in Corsicana, to W. P. “Perry” McCammon and
Lillian McCammon. She attended Corsicana High School and the University of
Texas where she was a Bluebonnet Belle and a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma
Sorority. She recently celebrated 74 years of Kappa membership and was an
active Kappa until her passing. She was also a devoted and lifelong member
of the Methodist Church. She married A. R. “Mac” McElwrath of Corsicana on
Nov. 4, 1935. He preceded her in death in 1981. She was also preceded in
death by her parents, Perry and Lillian; and by her brother, James Wiley
McCammon, who is survived by his wife, Louise McCammon of Corsicana.
Mrs. McElwrath is survived by a daughter, Merry Templeton and husband, Jim
Templeton; and by a son, Mike McElwrath and wife, Michele; by loving
grandchildren, Mac Templeton, Melissa Templeton Adams, Mac McElwrath, Sean
McElwrath, and Colin McElwrath, and by great-grandchildren, Emily Adams,
Luke Adams, Audrey Adams, Ashton Templeton, and Reilly Templeton.
In addition to the services at Settegast-Kopf in Houston, there will be a
brief graveside service at 4:30 p.m., Saturday, June 4, at
Oakwood Cemetery
in Corsicana. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial
contributions be made to the American Cancer Society (1-800-ACS-2345).
The family would like to express their loving gratitude for the
compassionate and loving care given to her by the staff of Parkway Place in
Houston and by Sally and Russell Rentfro of Brownsville.
Arrangements by Settegast-Kopf Co. Funeral Directors, Houston.
Notes:
Robert Arnon
Carraway
Oct 28, 1930 - May 27, 2005
CARRAWAY, , ROBERT ARNON Was born on October 28, 1930 in Corsicana, TX and
passed away on May 27, 2005 in Garland, TX. He worked for Kraft Foods for 39
years and retired in 1988. He was preceded in death by his mother and
father; one sister; one brother. He is survived by his wife of 54 years
Elizabeth Carraway; sons Robert & Russell Carraway; daughters Beth Wilkie,
Barbara Schrodt, Brenda Pollard; brother W. B. Carraway; sister Neva Blair;
fourteen grandchildren; special friend of the family Edith Gibbs. Visitation
will be from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. on Monday, May 30, 2005 at Restland
Funeral Home. Services will be 10:00 Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at the First
Baptist Church in Garland, TX.
Notes:
- Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Billie Jo
(Ragsdale) Smith
Mar 16, 1923 - May 18, 2005
 GATESVILLE — Billie Jo Smith, 82, of Gatesville passed away on Wednesday,
May 18, 2005, in a Houston hospital. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m.
Saturday, May 21, in Scott’s Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in
Restland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, May 20.
Billie was born on March 16, 1923, to Charlie and Lorena Byers Ragsdale in
Corsicana, Texas. She lived in San Angelo most of her life, where she was a
beautician for over 35 years. She was a member of St. Paul Presbyterian
Church in San Angelo.
Billie also volunteered delivering Meals on Wheels, was a member of the San
Angelo ESA sorority and Gatesville Red Hat Society. She will be remembered
for her unconditional love for her family, her eagerness to cook and always
putting her children’s happiness first.
Billie was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Bud Hoerres in
1957 and Boyd Smith in 1990; sisters Marge Robinson and Jerry Edwards;
brother Charles Ragsdale Jr.; and stepson Jimmie Don Smith.
She is survived by her daughters Sharon Glover, Patti McClung and husband
Neill, and Connie Esposito and husband John; stepsons Boyd Wayne Smith and
wife Johnnie, Butch Smith and wife Gerry and Richard Smith and wife Joan;
daughter-in-law Carla Smith; sister Mickey Robinson; sister-in-law Ruth
Ragsdale; 17 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; her best friend Dorothy
Freeman; and many nieces and nephews.
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Notes:
Hilda Davis
Services for Hilda Davis, 79, were at 11 a.m. today at Emanuel Funeral Home
Chapel in Teague. Burial was at Antioch Cemetery in Teague.
Mrs. Davis died May 9 at Twilight Home Center in Corsicana.
Notes:
Georgia
Jean (Fenley) Wornat
Feb 22, 1929 - May 22, 2005.
 Funeral
services for Georgia Joan Wornat, 76, are scheduled at 10 a.m. Thursday, May
26, 2005 at Calvary Baptist Church, 4111 Airport Ave., in Rosenberg, with
the Rev. Byron Williamson officiating. Burial will follow in Greenlawn
Memorial Park in Rosenberg. Calvary Baptist Church deacons will serve as
pallbearers.
Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at
Garmany & Carden Funeral Home, 1201 Fourth St., in Rosenberg.
Georgia was born Feb. 22, 1929 in Corsicana to Nannie Dean and Palculm
Fenley and went to be with her Lord and Savior May 22, 2005.
Georgia spent most of her childhood in Houston. She taught school for 28
years for the Houston Independent School District and touched many lives
during her time teaching. She knew how to inspire students to do their best.
She retired from HISD in 1989.
She was an active member of Calvary Baptist Church in Rosenberg and had a
special interest in the Children's and Women's ministry. In spite of
Georgia's many physical ailments, she was always upbeat and encouraging to
others. She always was ready and willing to share her love for the Lord.
She is survived by her loving husband of 37 years, Wilroy Herbert Wornat of
Rosenberg, near Beasley; son, James F. Wiseheart of Houston; daughter and
son-in-law, Karen and Jim Wilcox of Waco; three grandchildren, Stephen
Wilcox, Melissa Wilcox and Cassandra Wilcox; brother-in-law, Orville T.
Wornat; Lyndel and Linda Wornat; and many other relatives and friends.
For those wishing, memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church Building
Fund or the Women's Ministry, 4111 Airport Ave., Rosenberg, Texas 77471, the
American Diabetes Association, or the American Heart Association.
Services are under the direction of Garmany & Carden Funeral Directors,
Inc., 1201 Fourth St., Rosenberg, Texas 281-342-4671 |
Notes:
- Fort Bend's Daily Coaster
Doris (Tucker)
Thompson
Dec 13, 1924 - May 23, 2005
Doris T. Thompson
Doris T. Thompson, 80, Beatrice, died Monday afternoon, May 23, 2005, at the
Community Memorial Health Center in Burwell. She was born Dec. 13, 1924, in
Corsicana, Texas, and was a
1942
graduate of Corsicana High School. She and Carl L. Thompson were married
Feb. 3, 1951, in Baytown, Texas. They lived in Naperville, Ill., from 1952
until moving to Beatrice in 1973. She was a member of the First Presbyterian
Church in Beatrice, the Presbyterian Women's group, Chapter FM, PEO in
Beatrice and had been involved in the Bargain Box in Beatrice for a number
of years. She enjoyed crafts, playing Bridge, golf and sewing.
Survivors: daughters, Pamela A. Thompson of Lincoln, Julie K. Swaney and
husband David B. of Seymour, Ind., Brenda L. Holmquist and husband Dr. Hugh
R. of Burwell; six grandchildren; sister, Lynda Lu Hudgins and husband C.G.
of Baytown; sisters-in-law, Mary Tucker of Bosier City, La., and Aileen
Tucker of Baytown; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her
parents, William and Cora (Page) Tucker; husband, Carl (May 14, 1995);
brothers Wayne, Robert and Billy Tucker.
Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 27, First Presbyterian Church, Fifth and
High streets, Beatrice, the Rev. Jimmy Shelbourn officiating. Burial:
Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice. Visitation from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday,
Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel, Sixth and Washington streets, Beatrice, and at
the church one hour preceding the service on Friday. The family will greet
friends Thursday from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials
established to the church and the Nebraska PEO Home with Janet Rhodes in
charge. Messages of condolence may be sent to [email protected].
They will be forwarded to the family. Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel, Beatrice,
in charge of arrangements.
Notes:
- Beatrice Daily Sun
- Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska
Odelia
Jewell (Waldrop) Cash
Apr 25, 1909 - May 22, 2005
Odelia Cash
Services for Odelia Jewell Cash, 96, Canton, were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday,
May 25, at Tundra Baptist Church with Rev. Gary House and Rev. Steve Glosup
officiating.
Burial was in Old Bethel Cemetery under direction of Hilliard Funeral Home,
Van.
Mrs. Cash died May 22, 2005, in Canton.
She was born April 25, 1909, in Corsicana. She was a longtime resident of
the Old Bethel Community. She was a homemaker and a member of Tundra Baptist
Church.
She was preceded in death by he husband, Earlie C. Cash; son, Kirby Joe
Cash; daughter-in-law, Marie Cash; brothers, Joe Waldrop, Jimmy Waldrop,
Charlie Waldrop and Abner Waldrop; sister, Mable Mosley; grandsons, Jimmy
Cash and Johnny Cash; granddaughter, Kay McCain; and great-grandson, Glenard
Lee Cash.
Survivors include sons and daughter-in-law, Harold and Wanda Cash, Dallas,
and James Cash, Rockwall; sister, Winnie Ansin, Peabody, Mass.;
grandchildren, Runnae Spriggs, Patti Harrison, Harold David Cash and David
Duane Cash; 11 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers included grandsons and great-grandsons, David Cash, Harold David
Cash, Danny Spriggs, Larry Harrison, Shane Spriggs, Michael Harrison, Gene
Barrett, Jeremy Cash and Jimmy Don Cash.
Notes:
- Old Bethel Cemetery, Phalba, Van Zandt County, Texas
Madge
(Rogers) Roberts Ray
Dec 3, 1915 - 2005
Madge Roberts Ray
Madge Roberts Ray passed away Friday, June 3 at the age of 89. She was
born on December 3, 1915 in Childress County; one of eleven children born to
Hassie Caldonia Fleeup and George Monroe Rogers. Madge was married to
Johnnie Francis Ray for 49 years living in Mabank, Dallas, Corsicana,
Tupelo, and Union High, Texas.
Madge attended attended Tehuacana Methodist Church of which she was a member
while living there after the death of her husband. She later moved to
Dawson, Texas then back to Corsicana, Texas.
Madge was a homemaker, and worked for Texas Miller Hat Factory then became a
LVN working at the old Navarro hospital and later the Wortham hospital for
many years.
Visitation will be held today from 6-8 p.m. at Corley Funeral Home. Services
will be Monday, June 6, at 10 a.m. with Rev. Ava Berry officiating at the
Corley Funeral Home Chapel. she will then be laid to rest at the
Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Dennis Eckart, Rickey Lynn Murray, J. R. Lewis, John Lewis,
Mark Thompson, and Mike Schneider.
Madge was preceded in death by her sisters Lillie Frances Burdine, Iowa
Jordan, Virginia Fay Germany, Helen Loretta Shaw and brothers Roy Quinton
Rogers, J. W. Rogers, David Waldon Rogers and Homer Rogers.
She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law Jackie Elizabeth Childers
of Joshua, Martha Ray and Bill Allen Dodson of Corsicana and Margie Ray and
Clayton McCain of Florence; grandson Dennis James Eckart of Joshua;
granddaughters and their husbands Vicky Lynn and Wayne Sigler of Waxahachie,
Angela Kay and James Lewis of Oklahoma, Terri and Mark Thompson of Austin,
Denise and Mike Scheider of Fort Worth; great granddaughters Jackie Ray
Sigler of Waxahachie and Jaycie Thompson of Austin; great grandsons and
wives John Lewis of Dawson, Ricky Lynn and Rebecca Murray of Union High and
J.R. and Kenna Lewis of Oklahoma; brother Marvin Rogers, sister Linnie
McManus of Tehuacana and numerous nieces and nephews as well other relatives
and friends including the caretakers at Twilight Nursing Home.
Notes:
Taranesha Gwenna
Betts
Taranesha Gwenna Betts, infant child, passed away Tuesday May 31, 2005
at Navarro Regional Hospital. Graveside services will be Monday June 6, 2005
at 11 a.m. at Woodland Memorial
Park with Pastor David E. Wilson. Arrangements made by Ross and Johnson
Mortuary.
Notes:
Velma Marie
Evans Fields
Dec 19, 1939 - May 31, 2005
Velma Marie Evans Fields, 65, of Corsicana passed away Tuesday, May 31,
2005, at her residence.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. today at Roane Chapel Full Gospel Baptist
Church, 100 S. Parham St., with Pastor Harold Evans Sr. officiating.
Interment will follow at Woodland
Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Kemar Chambers, Montcello Brown, Harold Evans Jr., Ricky
Evans, Ronald Evans, John Montgomery, Charles Bradley, Darius Brown, Michael
Freeman, Rico Freeman and Stevie Freeman. Honorary pallbearers will be Larry
Hailey, Albert Pace III, Willie Pace, Roy Lee Williams, Robert Green and
Robert Randle.
Mrs. Fields was born Dec. 19, 1939, in Eureka. She was a faithful member of
Roane Chapel Church until her health failed. She served in various
capacities, including a member of the choir in which she loved singing
praises unto God and she also served as an usher. She was a member of
Celestial Gospel Singers and the Faithful Few.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, grandson Kedtric and
stepson Bert Oliver Fields.
Survivors include four sons, Tony Evans of Lancaster, Lester Evans (Sandra)
of Dallas, and Harold Evans Sr. (Ada) and Alvin Evans, all of Corsicana;
four stepchildren, Frank, Reginald, DeEdra and Karen, all of Los Angeles,
Calif.; 24 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Etta Pearl
Smith, Helen Ruth Scott (James) and Gladys Marie West (Tony), all of
Corsicana, and Emma Jean Jones (Herbert) of Teague; three brothers, Paul L.
Evans (Bobbie) of Corsicana, Howard L. Evans (Carolyn) of Powell and Earl
Evans of Dallas; aunts, Mollie Radford and Ruby Lee Stone, both of
Corsicana; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends
including special caretakers, Daisy Pace and Willie Randle.
Arrangements by Ross and Johnson Mortuary.
Notes:
Thelma
Marie (Fowler) Ware
Jan 30, 1912 - Jun 2, 2005
Thelma Marie Ware
Thelma Marie Ware passed away Thursday, June 2, 2005, at the age of 93. She
was born Jan. 30, 1912, in Angus. Marie was the third of four daughters born
to Jeanetta Griffin and William Garnet Fowler.
She was predeceased by her sisters, Helen Edwards, Faye McClaid and Velma
Jones.
Marie was married to Lee Roy Ware for 50 years living in Houston and
retiring to Corsicana. Marie and Lee attended Northside Baptist Church.
Marie cooked for many years at Spring Branch Junior High School in Houston.
She is survived by a son, Norman Douglas Ware, and his wife, Mary Patricia
Ware, and their three children, Lisa, Jennifer and Carter Ware. Carter and
his wife, Laura Ware, have three children, Samuel, Isabella and Victoria.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today at Corley Funeral Chapel with Dr.
David Hale officiating. There will be a visitation preceding the service
from 10 a.m. to service time. Burial will be at
Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery
following the funeral service.
Arrangements by Corley Funeral Home.
Notes:
Anita Michelle
Madison
Anita Michelle Madison, 39, of Chatfield passed away Wednesday, June 1,
2005, at Methodist Charlton Hospital in Dallas. Funeral services will be
3:30 p.m. today at Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, 125 S. Fifth St., with
Pastor Robert Lee Sr. as eulogist and Bishop K. D. Davis officiating.
Interment will follow at Woodland
Cemetery. Arrangements by Ross and Johnson Mortuary.
Notes:
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