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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Wednesday, January 27, 1954
• Submitted by Diane Richards

James Lawrence Hill, Sr.
Dec 8, 1857 - Sep 22, 1933

September 22, 1933
HILL - Corsicana, Texas. Sept. 22 - James L. Hill, 75, native of Georgia, but resident of Navarro County for more than fifty years, died at his home Friday morning. The funeral will be held at the family residence Saturday morning at 10 o'clock with burial in the Hopewell Cemetery. Prior to moving to Corsicana ten years ago, the family resided in the Navarro community. Surviving are his wife, three sons, W. T. Hill, C. B. Hill and A. S. Hill; a daughter, Mrs. Hanie Harwell, all of Corsicana; seven grandchildren, and a brother S. J. Hill, Palacios.

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RESIDENT NAVARRO COUNTY FIFTY YEARS IS BURIED SATURDAY

Funeral rites for James L. Hill, 75, native of Georgia, but resident of Navarro county for more than 50 years, who died Friday morning at 2 o’clock, were held from the family home, 1006 West Second avenue, Saturday morning at 10 o’clock with burial in the Hopewell Cemetery. Prior to moving to Corsicana 10 years ago, the family resided in the Navarro community.

The services were conducted by Rev. E. T. Miller, pastor of the First Baptist church.

Surviving are his wife, three sons, W. T. Hill, A. S. Hill and C. B. Hill; a daughter, Mrs. Janie Harwell, all of Corsicana; seven grandchildren, and a brother, S. J. Hill, Palacios.

Active pallbearers were R. D. Fleming, J. B. Bush, Eddie Harris, W. S. Kellum, Joe Lunn, Lawrence Treadwell, and G. D. Kirkham.

The funeral was directed by the Sutherland – McCammon Funeral Home.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Saturday, Sep 23, 1933
• Submitted by Diane Richards

Joe V. Hill
abt 1884 - Oct 1930

October 7, 1930
Corsicana Man Dies
CORSICANA, Texas, Oct. 7. - Funeral arrangements have not been completed for Joe V. Hill, 46, who died with a heart attack at his home. Surviving are his wife, two sons, Weldon and Clifford Hill, both of Corsicana; his mother, Mrs. M. A. Hill, and one brother, Al Hill, both of Hill, N. M.

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W. T. Hill
abt 1885 - Jun 23, 1950

June 23, 1950
Retired Auto Dealer Dies at Corsicana
CORSICANA, Texas, June 23. - W. T. Hill, 65, retired auto dealer and stock raiser, died Friday.
Funeral will be at 4 p.m. Saturday in the First Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, J. T. Hill, Dallas and H. L. Hill, band director, Corsicana High School; a brother, A. S. Hill, Waco, and a sister, Mrs. W. T. Harwell, Corsicana.

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Horace Greely Hilliard
1884 - Feb 9, 1922

Died Feb. 1922
HILLIARD - Corsicana, Texas. Feb. 11. - Horace Greely Hilliard, 34 years old, a civil engineer in the employ of the Sims Oil Company, operating in the Corsicana-Mexia field died last night at a local hospital. Among his papers was an honorable discharge from the United States Army dated 1919, Camp Lewis, Wash. He saw eighteen months service overseas and was a First Lieutenant in the Seventy-Fifth Infantry. The father of the deceased lives in Los Angeles, Cal., who telegraphed for burial to take place in Corsicana. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. The Masonic order will have charge of the services.

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DIED AT P. & S. HOSPITAL

Will Be Buried Here By Masons Tomorrow Afternoon.

Horace Greely Hilliard, who was a civil engineer in the employ of the Sims Oil Co., at Mexia, and who was brought here a few days ago sick with pneumonia, died there yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock. The deceased was thirty-four years of age, and had among his papers an honorable discharge from the army, date 1919 at Camp Lewis, Washington. He saw eighteen months service overseas, and was a first lieutenant in the 75th Infantry. The father of the deceased lives in Los Angeles, California, and wired that the remains be interred here, and this will be done tomorrow afternoon at 4 o’clock, with the Masonic lodge here in charge. The funeral will be from the Sutherland undertaking parlors.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Saturday, Feb 11, 1922
• Submitted by Diane Richards

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FUNERAL LARGELY ATTENDED.

Masons and Overseas Soldiers Officiated.

The remains of Lieutenant H. G. Hilliard, an overseas soldier, who died here Friday night from pneumonia contracted in the Mexia oil field, were interred on the Masonic lot in Oakwood cemetery yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Masonic lodge with overseas soldiers. There was a large attendance and many pretty flowers were placed over the bier. Rev. C. H. Storey of the First Presbyterian church conducted the religious services at the undertaking parlors and the Masons took charge at the grave. The overseas soldiers who were active pallbearers were Capt. C. A. Davis, Capt. Fred Reese, Lieutenant K. K. Bullock, Harry Dickson, Jake Headrick and -----Ellis.

The father of the deceased lives in Los Angeles, California, and he died far away from his loved ones, but he received every attention in his illness and was accorded a funeral that was in keeping with his character as a Mason and a Soldier.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, Feb 13, 1922
• Submitted by Diane Richards

Smith Benjamin Hindman
Jan 9, 1880 - Apr 3, 1950

April 5, 1950
S. B. Hindman
CORSICANA, Texas, April 5. - Funeral services for S. B. Hindman, 70, retired contractor who died Monday at his home in Seguin, were held here Wednesday, with burial in the Catholic Cemetery. He was reared here.
Surviving are his wife of Seguin; a son, Ben Hindman, Dallas; a daughter, Mrs. Olan Rose, Fort Worth; a grandchild, three brothers and three sisters.

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Former Resident Funeral Services Held Wednesday

Funeral services for S. B. Hindman, 70, retired contractor, who died at his home in Sequin Monday, were held from the McCammon Funeral Chapel Wednesday morning with burial in the Catholic cemetery. The rites were conducted by the Very Rev. Monsignor V. Graffeo of the Church of the Immaculate Conception.

Hindman was reared in Corsicana.

Surviving are his wife of Seguin, a son, Ben Hindman, Dallas; a daughter, Mrs. Olan Bose, Fort Worth; two grandchildren; three brothers, Sam and Will Hindman, both of Houston, and George Hindman, New York City; six sisters, Mrs. L. R. Deck and Mrs. Minnie Thweet, both of Seguin; Miss Mattie Hindman, Mrs. S. H. Killian, Cleveland; Mrs. G. M. Chandack, Laurel, Miss., and Mrs. Paul D. Moran, Corpus Christi.

Pallbearers were H. B. Jordan, Dallas; C. E. Harkrider, Fort Worth; T. R. Red, Byron Harwell, I. T. Kent and R. D.Fleming.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Wednesday, April 5, 1950
• s/o Robert Hindman & Susan (Nance) Hindman
• Submitted by Diane Richards

Howard B. Hines
abt 1906 - Feb 1972

February 26, 1972, Dallas, Texas
Produce Man Dies at Age 66
Howard B. Hines, 66, of 3500 St. Johns, partner in Hines Produce Co., Hines Nut Co. and H. H. Hines & Sons, died here Friday.
Born in Dawson, Navarro County, he had lived in Dallas 50 years. He had been in the produce and nut business 35 years.
Hines was a graduate of North Dallas High School and a member of the First United Methodist Church, Pentagon Masonic Lodge, Hella Temple and the Dallas Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Sparkman-Hillcrest Funeral Chapel, 2115 Ross Ave. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park.

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Lucy (Tappy) Hines
Died Jul 1916

July 11, 1916
Hines - Corsicana, Texas, July 11. - Mrs. Lucy Hines, widow of the late Dr. Hines of Corsicana, died in Arlington Heights (Fort Worth) today. The body will be buried here tomorrow. Prior to her husband's death Mrs. Hines had been a resident of Corsicana for a number of years.

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• Submitted by Dana Stubbs
• Wife of David Franklin Hines
• Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX (Section L, Row 5, Gravel St.)
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Hinton, Girl
Died 29 Jun 1894

June 30, 1894
Child Killed
Corsicana, Tex., June 30. - Yesterday Mr. C. Camenish, a baker, while riding around in his bread wagon with a little girl 2½ years old, the daughter of the widow Hinton, in South Corsicana, the horse became frightened at a passing engine of the Houston and Texas Central railroad and ran off, throwing the occupants of the vehicle out and so badly injuring the child that she died last night.
The remains were sent to Dallas this afternoon.
Mr. Camenish was badly hurt in his back and side.

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Steven Earl Hitt
Jul 6, 1921 - Jul 17, 1952

July 19, 1952
Blooming Grove Rites Held For Steven Hitt
CORSICANA, Texas, July 19. - Funeral services for Steven Earl Hitt, 31, formerly of Blooming Grove, killed Thursday when his car skidded near Texas City during a rain, were held at the Central Baptist Church in Blooming Grove Saturday. Burial was in Arlington.
Surviving are his wife of Houston; his father, Howard Hitt of Blooming Grove; his mother, Mrs. George McClure of Frost; two brothers, Kelsey Hitt of Arlington and Bill Hitt of Blooming Grove; a sister, Mrs. Sim Greer Jr. of Arlington.

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• Steven has a marker at Rose Hill Cemetery (?)

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Steven Earl Hitt Fatally Injured

Steven Earl Hitt, 31, native of Blooming Grove, was killed near Texas City Thursday during a rain when his car skidded into a culvert. The Associated Press reported. A Galveston county deputy sheriff, James Bell, said Hitt applied his brakes and his car swerved.

Funeral services will be held from the Central Baptist Church in Blooming Grove Saturday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Arlington, Texas, cemetery.

The services will be conducted by Rev. T. R. Harrison, pastor.

Surviving are his wife of Houston; father, Howard Hitt, Blooming Grove; mother, Mrs. George McClure, Frost; two brothers, Kelsey Hitt, Arlington, and Bill Hitt, Blooming Grove; a sister, Mrs. Sim Greer, Jr., Arlington, and other relatives.

McCormick Funeral Services will direct arrangements.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Friday, July 18, 1952
• Submitted by Diane Richards

Jim Hobbs
abt 1867 - Apr 1937

April 23, 1937
HOBBS - Corsicana, Texas, April 23 - Jim Hobbs, 70, a resident of Rice for forty-eight years, died Thursday afternoon. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Haynie Memorial Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Fannie Hobbs and two sons, Clyde Hobbs of San Antonio and Edward Hobbs of Harlingen.

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Missouri Ann "Sue" (Bird) Hockaday
Oct 23, 1853 - Aug  23, 1927

August 24, 1927
CORSICANA, Texas, Aug. 24. - Funeral Services For Mrs. Sue B. Hockaday Funeral services for Mrs. Sue B. Hockaday, 73, pioneer resident of Corsicana, who died at the home of her sister, Mrs. E. R. Sharp, 508 North Main street, Tuesday morning at 6 o'clock were held Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock from the First Presbyterian Church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. The services were conducted by Rev. David Shepperson, pastor. The elders of the church were the pallbearers.
Mrs. Hockaday had resided in Corsicana practically all of her life.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. C. B. Sutherland, Mrs. E. R. Sharp and Mrs. B. G. Harris, all of Corsicana; one brother, E. O. Bird, Paris, Texas, and numerous other relatives.
Among the out-of-town attendants here for the funeral were Miss Sarah B. Trent of Miss Hockaday's School of Dallas; P. B. Fry and Ivan Fry, Ladonia; Mrs. A. T. McGilvary, Streetman; Mr. and Mrs. J. V. McDaniel, Farrar.
Mrs. Hockaday was the stepmother of Miss Ela Hockaday, principal of the Miss Hockaday School for Girls of Dallas.

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• Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX: Sec. N  Row 1

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FUNERAL SERVICES HELD WEDNESDAY FOR PIONEER OF COUNTY

MRS. SUE B. HOCKADAY WHO DIED TUESDAY, WAS NATIVE OF NAVARRO COUNTY

Funeral services for Mrs. Sue B. Hockaday, aged 73 years, pioneer resident of Corsicana, who died at the home of her sister, Mrs. E. R. Sharp, 508 North Main street, Tuesday morning at 6 o’clock, were held Wednesday afternoon at 5 o’clock from the First Presbyterian church with interment in Oakwood Cemetery. The services were conducted by Rev. David Shepperson, pastor. The elders of the church were the pallbearers.

Mrs. Hockaday was well known in Corsicana, having resided here practically all of her life, and was a devoted and true Christian woman.

Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. C. B. Sutherland, Mrs. E. R. Sharp and Mrs. B. G. Harris, all of Corsicana; one brother, E. O. Bird, Paris, Texas, and numerous other relatives.

Among the out-of-town attendants here for the funeral are Miss Sarah B. Trent of Miss Hockaday’s School of Dallas; P. B. Fry and Ivan Fry, of Ladonia; Mrs. A. T. McGilvary, Streetman; Mr. and Mrs. J. V. McDaniel, Farrar.

Miss Hockaday, as Miss Sue Bird, was well known to old timers in and around Corsicana having resided here the better part of her long and useful life. She was a quiet and unassuming woman, greatly beloved by those who knew her best and making friends easily and holding them throughout the years by her kindly manner and sweet Christian character. She was one of those fast disappearing women of the Old South, whose hospitality and kindliness was shown to all those with whom she came in contact.

Born at Eureka, Navarro county, 73 years ago, she has resided in Corsicana and Navarro county the greater part of her life, and has seen many changes during her long and useful life, and she will be missed by hosts of friends and relatives, especially by those older resident of city and county. There was a large attendance at the funeral services and many were the tears that were shed as her body was consigned to its last resting place in Oakwood, the mound being covered with beautiful flowers, which was as it should be, for this good woman’s life was as a beautiful flower that blossomed in the life of her friends and loved ones through the long years that she lived among them.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Wednesday, August 24, 1927
• Submitted by Diane Richards
• w/o Thomas Hart Benton Hockaday married Dec. 22, 1892; d/o Mark H. Bird & Araminta (Fry) Bird

Sallie Hodge, Miss
Died Jan 29 1933

January 30, 1933
Corsicana Pioneer Woman Dies
CORSICANA, Texas, Jan. 30. - Funeral services for Miss Sallie Hodge, pioneer resident of Navarro County and long-time resident of Corsicana, were held here from the residence of W. P. McCammon Monday afternoon, with burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
The services were conducted by the Rev. P. Martin Baker, pastor of the Third avenue Presbyterian Church, of which Miss Hodge was a member.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. F. W. Shanks, Kerens; a brother, Robert Hodge, Kerens, and a niece, Miss Bessie Hodge, Cleburne.

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• Submitted by Dana Stubbs
• Cemetery Records show DOD as Jun 29, 1933
• Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX - Sec R, Row 4
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FUNERAL SERVICES MONDAY AFTERNOON MISS SALLIE HODGE

Funeral services for Miss Sallie Hodge, pioneer resident of Navarro county and long-time resident of Corsicana, who died in the Navarro Clinic Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock after a several weeks’ illness, were held from the residence of W. P. McCammon, 420 West Sixth avenue, Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. The services were conducted by Rev. P. Martin Baker, pastor of the Third Avenue Presbyterian church of which Miss Hodge was a member.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. F. W. Shanks, Kerens; a brother, Robert Hodge, Kerens; a niece, Miss Bessie Hodge, Cleburne; and a number of other relatives.

Pallbearers were C. S. Stroud, R. A. Caldwell, Jeff Banks, T. J. Walton, Cal E. Kerr and R. N. Elliott.

Music was furnished by Lloyd Kerr, Robert E. Layton and Mesdames Harry Williams and Harry Blanding.

The funeral was directed by the Sutherland – McCammon Funeral Home.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, Jan 30, 1933
• Submitted by Diane Richards
• d/o Robert Hodge per death certificate (sister Eva (Hodge) Shank says William Hodge & Kathryn (Killian) Hodge)

George A. Hofstetter, Dr.
Apr 16, 1871 - Jul 16, 1915

July 17, 1915
Hofstetter - Corsicana, Texas, July 17. - Dr. G. A. Hofstetter, aged 45, a prominent practicing physician, died at his home here yesterday, following a brief illness. He came here from Michigan eighteen years ago and had practiced here continuously since.
His wife and daughter, Miss Kathryn, survive him. He also has three brothers, two living in Michigan and one in St. Louis, Mo.

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• Oakwood Cemetery
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PROMINENT PHYSICIAN SICK.

Dr. Geo. A. Hofstetter Is Confined to His Bed.

Dr. George A. Hofstetter has been quite sick for some two or three days with a serious kidney disorder. His many friends hope to see him out again soon and will be glad to learn that he is reported to be improving.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Wednesday, July 7, 1915
• h/o Bessie I. (McCrimmon) Hofstetter married July 19, 1898 Grand Rapids, Michigan s/o George Hofstetter and Anna M. (Kneitel) Hofstetter
• Submitted by Diane Richards

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Dr. G. A. Hofstetter is reported much better today, which is very gratifying to his many friends. A brother and his wife from Michigan, who are en route to Panama Exposition, are arriving this evening.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Saturday, July 10, 1915
• Submitted by Diane Richards

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PROMINENT PHYSICIAN DEAD.

In the Meridian of a Useful Career Is Claimed by Death.

Dr. Geo. A. Hofstetter, aged 45 years, and one of Corsicana’s most capable physicians and highly esteemed citizens, died suddenly at his home here about 3 o’clock this afternoon. He had been confined to his home ten days or more with a kidney trouble, but was thought to be much better, and only this morning friends were told by a physicians who had visited him that he would probably be able to come to his office in a few days.

In fact, so apparent was it that he had grown better and so confident was he and his family that he would be out in a few days that a brother who had been visiting him left for home last night. Last night he and his wife discussed and planned a trip and this morning Dr. Hofstetter continued in good spirits. At noon he called for a “regular dinner” and spoke of a watermelon that had been cut, saying “It looks so good to me.” Dr. Hofstetter was always of a cheerful disposition and of a genial nature. It was not until about thirty minutes before death came that he experienced the change that brought the end. The brother who left last night has been telegraphed to at St. Louis, where it is expected he will be reached.

The news of his death spread like wild fire and there was universal ex-profession of profession of profound sorrow on every hand.

The deceased is survived by his widow and one child, Miss Kathryne, and has two brothers living in Michigan and one in St. Louis.

The deceased came to Texas from Michigan and had been practicing his profession here for nearly twenty years. He enjoyed the personal respect of all who knew him and had a large practice and was looked upon as one of Corsicana’s best citizens and a man of the highest personal character.

The funeral services have not been announced but it is known that he will be buried here.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Friday, July 16, 1915
• Submitted by Diane Richards

TRIBUTE TO DR. HOFSTETTER

Former County Attorney Speaks of His Departed Friend.

Mr. Elbert Gibson, former county attorney of Navarro county, knew Dr. Hofstetter long and intimately. It was after one of Mr. Gibson’s successful campaigns for election that he was stricken with pneumonia. Dr. Hofstetter was his physician and while Mr. Gibson made a near approach to that gloomy portal through which his friend has so recently passed, the turn came and he was restored to health. He naturally attributed his recovery to Dr. Hofstetter’s skill and there sprang up a strong attachment between them. Last night Mr. Gibson heard of Dr. Hofstetter’s death and he sends the Sun this tribute to him:

The Sun:
If professional engagements here did not prevent I would esteem it a sacred privilege to be near the grave of Dr. G. A. Hofstetter tomorrow; to comfort as best I could his wife and daughter in any manner becoming to evince my esteem and love for his memory. My love for Dr. Hofstetter is born of grateful appreciation, on account of his constancy and skill upon my bedside. It was years ago when all said I must die except “the little Doctor who had just come to town.” I may have been of some benefit to “Hof,” as I lovingly called him in those days, for my friends were throughout the county and I know that he alone was temporal salvation to me. I have never been able to acquire more lasting kind but wish I could. Of Dr. Hofstettler it may well be said that he was a gentle, kindly, learned gentleman; a physician and surgeon of very great ability; a good “neighbor” in the broadest acceptation of the homely word and a staunch and true friend. If he had enemies he was ever such a lover of humanity that he failed to know of them. He had no faults that I could see and all Navarro county must mourn his loss. Though away I shall miss him so much.

EL. J. GIBSON.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Saturday, July 17, 1915
• Submitted by Diane Richards

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Attention Elks.

All members of Corsicana Lodge No. 172 B. P. O. E. are urgently requested to meet at the Elk Home tomorrow, (Sunday) Evening at 4 o’clock for the purpose of attending in a body the funeral of the deceased brother, Dr. G. A. Hofstetter, who will be buried at 5 o’clock tomorrow evening from the family residence, corner Fourth avenue and Thirteenth street. The Elks will conduct the funeral services and Rev. J. C. Black will come down from Dallas to help officiate at the ceremony. A large attendance is requested.

R. E. PRINCE, Exalter Ruler,
R. B. JOHNSTON, Secretary.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Saturday, July 17, 1915
• Submitted by Diane Richards

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PAID TRUBUTE TO THE DEAD

One of Largest Funeral Processions Ever Seen in Corsicana

The body of Dr. G. A. Hofstetter was laid at rest in Oakwood Cemetery yesterday afternoon. That he was a useful man and a man who was honored in life with the confidence of his fellow man, and that his memory will be revered by the people who knew him best was revealed in the great turnout to his funeral yesterday afternoon. Among the great number who thus paid tribute to this quiet but energetic, active intelligent, studious, generous, sympathetic and skillful man were to be seen the rich and the poor—indeed men and women in all the walks of life. They came from handsome homes, from modest cottages and from the homes of the actually poor. Thus the wealthy and the poor, the learned and the unlearned paid tribute to the man whose skill and whose tenderness had drawn them to him. It was a splendid tribute to a splendid man. The demonstration of esteem and confidence and affection was revealed also in the great profusion of flowers that filled three vehicles and that completely hid from view the mound that marked his last resting place.

At the home a brief burial service was conducted by Rev. Dr. W. J. King, pastor of the Third Avenue Presbyterian church, who read the scriptures and offered an earnest and sympathetic prayer. There were songs suitable to the occasion and there were present not only a great turnout from Corsicana but there were were prominent men and friends from out of town. Among the latter were Rev. Dr. J. C. Black of Dallas, Mr. W. C. Proctor of Dallas, Dr. Brown of Kerens, his former partner in the practice of medicine here, and others. When Dr. King had closed and the songs had been sung Judge R. S. Neblett arose, and spoke with eloquence and earnestness of his departed friends as follows:

My Friends: I come at the request of the wife of my departed friend to speak at his funeral and voice my love for him and my admiration and appreciation of his worth as a man and his many noble qualities. Her appeal to my friendship is not in vain. Her faith is well founded. In life he was my friend, faithful just and true, and it is with mingled feelings of grief and reverence that I willingly and lovingly place on record my admiration, respect and love for him. He belonged to a fraternity and profession for which I have not only the highest respect and admiration, but the tenderest sympathy and kindest regard. My intimate association with him, my knowledge of the man, my observation of his field of work, his deeds and acts of service and kindness to me and my family, impel me to testify in unstinted terms as to his worth and useful life and high and honorable character.

The death of any one causes us to pause and think, but when we hear the foot-fall of death on the threshold of a man who in heat and cold, In daylight and darkness, through sunshine and storm; while in the grasp of a painful and mortal disease, ever ministering to the sick and suffering, we not only pause and think, but speak and express our admiration and love, and our tenderest feelings are stirred to the greatest depth. And could the mothers and wives, fathers and sons and daughters to whom he ministered, speak now, the air would throb and thrill with songs and praise to his memory.

Dr. Hofstetter lived and worked among us for nearly seventeen years, and we all knew him as an intelligent and learned physician, a courteous and kindly man, of strong convictions and great courage. He was faithful and loyal in all the relations of life. Steadfast in the practice of his profession, he answered every call of suffering humanity and gave his skill and energy for their relief. Possessed of a singularly clear, intelligent and vigorous mind, I never heard him express a clouded thought. He answered the call of distress from the pallet of straw in the hovel of poverty with as much celerity, cheerfulness and willingness, as he responded to the call from the gilded couch in the palace of wealth and distinction.

He was a man of science and believed in the supreme law and that all is governed by law, and yet, in the administration of his profession, while he held the torch of reason in one hand, he applied likewise the hand of science tempered always with the spirit of tenderness and sympathy. He was an optimist; fragrant flowers bloomed by every path he trod, and over every household where he ministered he left a star of hope in the sky; and yet in him there was no deception; family and patient were advised candidly and truly of the exact facts. He believed that science is the teacher of every virtue and combatted every vice; that science is the friend of man, the companion of health and the enemy of disease and death. “He believed that science was the great physician whose magic touch had restored sight, whose skill had made the lame to leap, the dumb to speak; whose wonder-working hand has set the rose of health upon the pallid cheek. He knew that science was the destroyer of pain, and that to the wretched it gave beloved sleep by wrapping in delightful dreams the throbbing nerves of pain.”

His was a religion of simplicity, void of mystery; a religion of sincerity, truth and love; a religion understood by the head and approved by the heart; one that appeals to reason, justice and love. My friend was a philosopher and philanthropist, a tireless toiler in the field of life, a laborious worker for his fellowmen. His object was to learn and know the truth, to find a reason for his faith, a fact on which to build.

Tolstoy tells us of the Russian plowing in the field when asked by the philosopher, if he knew he would die tomorrow, what would he do, the weary toiler replied. “I would plow on.” So with my friend. For more than twelve months he knew that intangible, but none the less deadly tyrant, we call “Bright’s disease,” held him in the grasp, yet like the poor plowman, he toiled on. I talked with him frequently on that subject, and he knew that inexorable law would take its course and that he must soon yield to its behest and pass into the great beyond. Death to him was no stranger. For more than twenty years he had toiled in the valley of death; he had met it in the cradle of the infant, in the bower of the bride, at the heart of the mother, among the aged and infirm toilers along life’s weary road; he had toiled it on many a battle field, driven it from many a home; and yet when he felt its approach he did not fear it, but with marvelous fortitude and courage toiled on to the end in the service of mankind, and death found him without a cloud of passion on his brain or rankle of bitterness in his heart. His live and character can be no more fittingly expressed than in these words.

“We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts not breaths;
In feelings, not in figures on a dial
We should county time by heart-throbs,
He most lives,
Who thinks most, feels the noblest,
Acts the best.”

We leave now our friend in earth and Nature’s bosom, who is the mother of us all, in that spring of life whence he came and whither he has returned, but we leave him there under the seven-hued arch of hope. “He sleeps, but the loom of life never stops and the pattern which it was weaving when the sun went down it will be weaving when it comes again tomorrow.” His work has not ended with the going down of his sun. His good deeds and the influence of his life will live on in the memories of those who knew and loved him here, and will be inscribed in imperishable tablets on the walls of eternity. He believed that the death is not the end, and who will say that his sun which goes down today will not on tomorrow rise on some fairer shore and the weaving of his pattern will there go on in a broader, higher sphere or usefulness.”

“Sleep on my friend, sleep in peace and love.”
“Summer suns shine brightly here,
Southern winds blow lightly here,
Green sod above lie light, lie light:
Good night great heart, good night, good night.”

Then the body was taken charge of by the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks and the march was taken up to the cemetery. The Elks marched in a body and behind them followed the men of the Magnolia refinery in a body, for he was their physician, which added to the long line of vehicles made indeed a solemn and imposing and impressive procession which eloquently but solemnly told of the great sorrow that was felt in the hearts of those who thus paid tribute to their fallen friend.

At the cemetery it was found that even the gathering at the home and the procession that followed the corpse did not reveal by far the magnitude of the attendance, for many scores had preceded the corpse and were assembled around the open grave when it arrived. When the casket had been lifted from the hearse and carried to the grave and the choir had given a song the Elks burial ceremony, which impressed all with its tenderness, beauty and eloquence, was said. Then the choir sang a hymn. Rev. Dr. J. C. Black pronounced the benediction and the last sad rites had been performed over the body of a man who relieved the sick, sympathized with the poor and was capable of entertaining the learned by reason of his own mental attainments. And the great crowd with heavy hearts turned away lamenting that one so gentle, so sympathetic, so charitable, so capable, so intelligent and so useful should have been cut down in the prime of life.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, July 19, 1915
• Submitted by Diane Richards

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A Tribute to Dr. G. A. Hofstetter.
(By M. D. P.)

In the passing of Dr. Hofstetter, Corsicana has lost one of its really great men. Not heralded as such by the multitude with a great blare of trumpets, but enshrined in the hearts of many as the possessor of a great mind, heart and soul. These traits are over clothed in modesty’s chaste garments, for the really great have no need to proclaim the fact from the mountain tops, it is eloquent by its very silence. With a quiet dignity, which seemed reserve to those who did not know him well, yet withal a pleasant, affable manner and quaint wit; a gentlemanly address that evidenced all the finer instincts of the true gentleman; a student always, which placed him in the foremost ranks of his profession. Indeed, so absorbed was he in the science of medicine, money was a secondary consideration. Had he been a close collector, as many of his profession, Dr. Hofstetter would have been a rich man, for with no undue zeal in soliciting practice, he had a large and lucrative one, for people are sure, in time, to recognize real merit. In the sick room his cheerful spirit inspired courage and no gruesome, bombastic tales of other patients were told to bring apprehension to the sick and distressed. He gave close attention as long as a case was serious, but was thoroughly conscientious to state when his services were no longer needed unless sent for. Never a word of guile, of censure of others, was heard to pass his lips. No matter how slanderous the tongue of malice and envy against him, for of course he had his enemies, (what person of character, true worth and merit has not?) He ignored them but never harmed them by word or deed—the only way to meet the hydraheaded dragon, slander, with its poisonous fangs. Did they reach his heart? Who can day! At any rate, it does not matter now. In the eternity we have to live. That truly noble, kind heart has a passport from this life to another, which entitles him to so much that is higher and better than this sin cursed little world, it needs must leave a trail of glory for is loved ones to highest, earnest endeavor. Glittering gold and sparkling jewels he might have left them. What he has is infinitely better, an unblemished life of usefulness, that has had an influence on all those who called him family physician and friend. Many are the lovely, frail blossoms of our beautiful earth, that loving hands shall heap above his last, earthly bed. These will perish with the noontide sun, but the fadeless roses of good deeds, unswerving loyalty to high ideals wrought by a truly good man, shall wreathe a garland of endless beauty for the quiet form that has so bravely fought the specter of gaunt death for months and gone forth to minister to the sick and alleviate suffering when he, himself, was on the rack, knowing the beckoning, summoning form would ere long relentlessly claim him. Quiet he sleeps, oblivious alike to praise of blame, but with the undoubted assurance of awakening in a better clime, where there is a wider sphere for all, that is fine and true.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, July 19, 1915
• Submitted by Diane Richards

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TRIBUTE TO DR. HOFSTETTER.

Soldier Boy Remembers Man Who Healed His Afflictions.

The following tribute to Dr. G. A. Hofstetter was written by Max Ealy, a Corsicana boy, who is now on the U. S. Battleship Utah, located at Newport, R. I., when this was written:

When I received the sad news of Dr. Hofstetter’s death it was indeed a great shock to me. Many times my life was in his hands and through him and the will of God I was restored to my health and strength. I can look back many months ago and see him sitting at my bedside, always with a pleasant smile and passing jokes with me. I have known Dr. Hofstetter from my childhood days and am very proud to say I never knew a better man. While his loved ones and friends at home mourn his death, there is another on the deep blue sea that mourns his death also. I shall miss him so much when I return to Corsicana.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Thursday, Aug 5, 1915
• Submitted by Diane Richards

Elner Georgie "Ella" (Russell) Holditch
Oct 25, 1879 - Nov 20, 1950

BLOOMING GROVE, Texas, Nov. 20. - November 20, 1950, Blooming Grove, Texas Mrs. Ella G. Holditch Funeral Services Held Funeral services were held in the First Baptist Church here for Mrs. Ella Georgia Holditch, 71, who died at the family home here.
A native of Liberty Grove, Mrs. Holditch had been a member of the Baptist church since she was 13.
She is survived by her husband, W. S. Holditch; five sons, Finner, Bud, Charles and Jack Holditch, all of Blooming Grove, and Damon Holditch of Dallas; four daughters, Mrs. Alline Saunders of Waxahachie, Mrs. Carl Daniels of Mertens, Mrs. W. H. Milam of Blooming Grove and Mrs. Z. B. Moore of Corsicana; two sisters, Mrs. J. C. Jenkins of Arlington and Mrs. C. P. Davis of Sonora, fifteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
 

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• Submitted by Dana Stubbs
• Navarro County Cemetery Records for Rose Hill Cemetery show her birth and death dates as 25 Oct 1879-15 Nov 1960.  (cant find in the 1960 Texas Death Index)
• Navarro County Cemetery Records for Rose Hill Cemetery, Blooming Grove, Navarro Co., Texas, show her full name as Elner Georgie Holditch.
• Wife of William Silas Holditch

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Friday, Nov 17, 1950
• Submitted by Karen Rost

O. B. Holland
abt 1881 - Mar 1953

March 27, 1953
O. B. Holland Dies
CORSICANA, Texas, March 27. - Rites for O. B. Holland, 72, who died here Thursday, were held at Lufkin Friday. Surviving are four sons, Jake Holland, Illinois; C. B. Holland Jr. and Joe Holland, both of Houston, and George Holland, Huntington; two daughters, Mrs. Tom Davis, Corsicana, and Mrs. Lena Teyrer, Houston; ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.

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Robert Elmer Holland
Jan 8, 1887 - Mar 18, 1934

March 18, 1934
CORSICANA, Texas, March 18. - Interurban Conductor Dies After Operation Robert Elmer Holland, about 47, conductor of the Texas Electric Railway Company for the last fifteen years, died at his home here Sunday afternoon and the funeral will be held here Monday afternoon.
He recently underwent an appendicitis operation and later developed pneumonia. Surviving are his wife, two children and three sisters.

March 19, 1934
HOLLAND - Corsicana, Texas, March 19. - Funeral services for Robert Elmer Holland, 47, conductor on the Corsicana-Dallas division of the Texas Electric Railway Company for fifteen years, who died Sunday afternoon, were held at the family home Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, a son, Alva L. Holland, Houston; a daughter, Mrs. Lula Mae Herod, Corsicana; three sisters, Miss Cynthia Holland, Corsicana; Mrs. Berta Parker, Kerens, and Mrs. Florence Buck, Houston, and two brothers, H. B. Holland, Rocky Ford, Colo., and J. G. Holland, Hornersville, Tenn.

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William Curtice Holland
abt 1893 Jan 1950

January 30, 1950, Dallas, Texas
W. C. Holland Dies on Coast
William Curtice Holland, 57, former Dallas cotton executive, died Sunday in a Los Angeles, Calif., hospital, Dallas relatives reported.
A native of Corsicana, Holland was brought to Dallas by his parents when a small child. He was graduated from Bryan High School, now Croizer Technical High, and was a veteran of the 36th Division in World War I.
He was an executive of cotton firms in Dallas until he moved to Phoenix, Ariz., in 1937. At the time of his death, he was executive-secretary of the California-Arizona Cotton Growers Association.
Holland is survived by his wife; a daughter, Miss Mary Louisa Holland; two sisters, Mrs. H. Reid Williams Sr., of Dallas and Mrs. Raymond Phelps of San Antonio; and two brothers, George A. Holland of La Feria, Cameron County, and Carl C. Holland of El Paso.
Funeral arrangements are pending in Los Angeles.

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