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Cora Celestine (Bounds) Campbell
--- Mrs. Campbell Rites Thursday
Ida Elizabeth (Sheppard) Magee
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Fred C. Barclay Notes:
Robert Burton Grady
Dora Ann (Howard) Campbell
Edgar Howard Campbell
George Washington “Waston” Frederick
George Frederick Services Monday George W. Frederick, 67, died in Fort Worth Sunday morning. Funeral services will be held from the Corley Chapel Monday at 4 p. m. with burial in the Rose Hill cemetery at Blooming Grove The rites will be conducted by Rev. W. L. Bryant, Fort Worth Baptist minister. Surviving are his wife of Fort Worth; four sons, Joe Welch, Corsicana; Arthur Welch, Fort Worth J. Frederick, Fontana, Calif, and Howard Frederick. Hattiesburg Miss.; three daughters Mrs. Kathy Doggett Fort Worth; Mrs. Vaida McFadden and Miss Ruth Frederick both of Visalia. Calif.; 11 grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Claud Phillips and Mrs. Will Cobb both of Blooming Grove; Mrs Clara B. Derden, Fort Worth; Mrs. Nellie Holmes and Mrs. Worth Moseley, both of Dallas; two brothers, Bob Frederick San Diego Calif., and Roy Frederick, Blooming Grove, and other relatives. Pallbearers will be Drew Gillen D. W. Springer. Earl McLain. Roy Reed, Buster Warren and R. D. Garrison. Notes:
Bobby Dale Gantt
Tuesday Services For Bobby Gantt BLOOMING GROVE, Jan. 10-(Spl.)—Funeral services for Bobby Gantt, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Darwood Gantt, who died Sunday in the Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, were held Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. from the First Methodist church. The rites were conducted by Rev. Roy Davis, pastor. Interment was in Rose Hill cemetery. Surviving are the parents, a brother, Tommy Gantt; grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Minze and Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gantt, and great-grandmother, Mrs. Lelia Garrison and Mrs. Martha Gantt, all of Blooming Grove. McCormick Funeral Service directed. Notes:
Mattie Alice (Thomason) Truelove
Monday Services For Mrs. Truelove BLOOMING GROVE, Oct. 22— (Spl)— Mrs. Mattie Alice Trulove, 84, died in Memorial Hospital Sunday morning. Funeral services were held from the First Christian church here Monday at 2:30 p.m. with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. The rites were conducted by Rev. Buel R. Crouch, pastor of the Grace Temple Baptist church of Oakwood, a relative, assisted by Rev. Charles Mull, pastor of the church. A native of Mississippi, Mrs. Truelove had resided in this community 75 years. Surviving are four sons, O. W. Truelove, Williamsburg, N. M.; Ray Truelove, Hubbard; Tom Truelove, Mexia, and Nim Truelove, Blooming Grove; two daughters, Mrs. J. B. Cox, Mexia, and Mrs. Annie Armstrong, Waxahachie; three sisters, Mrs. J. T. York, Baton Rouge, La.; Mrs. J. D. Richgins, Dorchester; 11 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren and other relatives. Pallbearers were Gordon Page, C. E. Warren, Jack Brooks, Drew Gillen, Dwayne Garrison and Solomon Armstrong. McCormick Funeral Service directed. Notes:
Marvin Douglas Baggett
Thursday Rites For M. D. Baggett Funeral services for M. D. Baggett, 54, salesman for Buie Implement Company, who died in the Navarro Clinic Tuesday night following a heart attack, were held Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Corley Chapel. The rites were conducted by Rev. Bob Cheek, pastor of the Northside Baptist Church, and Rev. B. Thomas Tribble, pastor of the Central Methodist Church. Burial Was in Rose Hill cemetery in Blooming Grove. Surviving are his wife of Corsicana; two sons, Jack A. Baggett, Corsicana, and Donald Baggett, Beaumont; four grandchildren; mother, Mrs. Clara Baggett, Corsicana; a brother, C. C. Baggett, Big Spring; a sister, Mrs. Ed Phillips, Temple, and other relatives. Pallbearers were Earl Phillips, Doyle Phillips, Will Roy Phillips, Douglas Phillips, Elbert Prince and Bobby McAfee. Notes:
Edgar Harris Whorton
Saturday Rites For E. H. Whorton BLOOMING GROVE, Feb. 18—(Spl.)—Funeral services for Edgar Harris Whorton, 73. former local merchant, who died at his home in Vernon Thursday, were held from the First Methodist church here Saturday at 2 p.m. The rites were conducted by Rev. Roy Davis. Burial was in the Rose Hill cemetery. Surviving are his wife of Vernon, a son, Edgar Whorton, Jr., Lubbock and a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Rowe, Beaumont. Pallbearers were H. S. Whorton, Sr., Blooming Grove; James Luther Whorton, Kerens; T. M. George, III, Corsicana; Otis Whorton, Albany; H. S. Whorton. Jr., Blooming Grove, and Joe Whorton, Albany. McCormick Funeral Service directed. Notes:
Robert Lee Rawson
Retired Farmer Rites Saturday BLOOMING GROVE, June 9 (Spl.)—Funeral services for Robert Lee Rawson, 85,. retired farmer, who died at his home in the Lone Oak community Friday morning, will be held from the first Baptist church Saturday at 2. p.m. The rites will be conducted by Rev. C. R. Adcox, pastor. Burial will be in the Rose Hill cemetery. A native of this Community, Rawson resided in the same house for 65 years. Surviving are his wife of Blooming Grove; four sons, Henderson Rawson, Fort Worth; T. H. Rawson, LaPorte; Bernard and Wynnie Rawson, both of Blooming Grove; a daughter, Mrs. Sally Millorn, Fort Worth; three brothers, R T. Rawson, Rosenberg; M. C. McNeeley, San Diego, Calif., and T. C. McNeeley, Fort Worth; two sisters, Mrs. Amy Boyd, Needville, and Mrs. Fannie Winters, Fort Worth; 13 grandchildren, 23 great-Grandchildren and other relatives. McCormick Funeral Service will direct. Notes:
--- ROBERT LEE RAWSON Notes:
Lillian (Dixon) DeRusha
Thursday Rites For Mrs. DeRusha Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian DeRusha, 57, of Blooming Grove, who died in Memorial Hospital on Tuesday night, were held Thursday at 3 p. m. from the Central Baptist church in Blooming Grove. The rites were conducted by Rev. Charles Adcox, pastor of the First Baptist church in Blooming Grove, assisted by Rev. Roy Davis, pastor of the First Methodist church in Blooming Grove and Rev. Bobby Weathers. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery. The family resided in Emhouse and Cryer Creek prior to moving to the Lone Cedar community 12 years ago. Surviving are her husband, H. C. DeRusha, Blooming Grove; a son, Derwood DeRusha, Chicago; a daughter, Mrs. Edna Frances Lee, Louisiana; four grandchildren and other relatives. One granddaughter, Joyce Weathers, resides in the DeRusha home. McCormick Funeral Service directed. Notes:
Thomas Mitchell Campbell
Blooming Grove Printer Expires BLOOMING GROVE, May 11.- (Spl.)—Thomas M. Campbell, .60, Linotype operator and printer for the Blooming Grove Times for many years, died in Memorial Hospital Monday following a short illness of a heart condition. He was a native of this community. Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending arrival of relatives, but will be held from the First Methodist Church here with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Rev. Roy Davis, pastor, assisted by Rev. T. R. Harrison, pastor of the Central Baptist Church here. Surviving arc three sons, Dr. Charles Campbell, Dallas; Thomas M. Campbell, Jr., Corsicana, and John Foster Hightower, Texarkana; three daughters, Mrs. C. F. Perkins, Montgomery, Ala., Mrs. James B. White,. Springfield, Mo, and Mrs. T. G. Russell, Grand Prairie; two sisters, Mrs. Rhoda Cagle, Dresden, and Mrs. John Cleveland, Hillsboro; a brother, Mike, Campbell, Stamford; 15 grandchildren and other relatives. McCormick Funeral Service will direct. Notes:
Lula Elizabeth (Herrin) Pevehouse
Mrs. Pevehouse Dies On Monday; Burial Wednesday Mrs. W. L. Pevehouse, 83, of Blooming Grove, mother of Sheriff Rufus Pevehouse and widow of former Navarro county sheriff, died in the Navarro Clinic Monday noon. Funeral services will be held from the First Methodist church in Blooming Grove Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Rev. Roy H. Davis, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. Kenneth Dickson, associate pastor of the First Methodist church here. A native of Alabama, Mrs. Pevehouse was reared in the Jones ranch and Cross Roads communities south of Frost. Her late husband, W. L. Pevehouse, was sheriff of Navarro county 1912-1916 and also later was a deputy sheriff here. Surviving are two sons, Sheriff Rufus Pevehouse and Clarence Pevehouse, both of Corsicana; two daughters, Mrs. W. C. Absher, Corsicana, and Mrs. Ruth Neike, Dallas; six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; two brothers, George and Floyd Herrin, both of Italy, and other relatives. McCormick Funeral Service will direct. Notes:
--- Mrs. Pevehouse Burial Wednesday
George Franklin Sisson
Retired Farmer Expires Sunday George Franklin Sisson, 77, retired farmer, died at the family residence, 811 South Fifteenth street, Sunday night. Funeral services will be held from the First Baptist Church in Blooming Grove Tuesday at 2:30 p:m. with burial in the Rose Hill cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Rev. Riley E. Dale, pastor of the Missionary Baptist Church, A native of Mississippi, Sisson resided in the Blooming Grove community for many year prior to moving to Corsicana seven years ago. Surviving are five sisters, Mrs, Agnes Ashford, Blooming Grove; Mrs. Colie Davis, Harlingen; Mrs. Rosa Crouch, Dallas; Mrs. Hattie Gordon, Lubbock, and Mrs. Ida Frederick, Blooming Grove, and a number of nieces nephews and other relatives. McCormick Funeral Service will direct. Notes:
Funeral Rites Held For Former
Resident Of Blooming Grove
William Furra Campbell
PIONEER RESIDENT BLOOMING GROVE BURIED SATURDAY ___________ W. F. CAMPBELL HAD RESIDED IN NAVARRO COUNTY FOR 60 YEARS ____________ W. F. Campbell, aged 83 years, born in Overton county, Tennessee and resident of the western side of Navarro county for 60 years died at his home at Blooming Grove Friday night at 10 p.m. and the funeral was held at Blooming Grove Presbyterian church Saturday afternoon with interment in the Rose Hill cemetery. He had resided in the Blooming Grove section when coming to Navarro county and at the time he settled in that community, the town of Blooming Grove had not been established. Mr. Campbell had been a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church for 70 years and had been an elder in the church for 60 years. He was also a charter member of the Blooming Grove Masonic lodge. Surviving are his wife, four sons, E. H. Campbell, Blooming Grove; Mike Campbell, Kerens; T. N. Campbell, Blooming Grove; and Jim Campbell, Hobbs, N. M.; three daughters, Mrs. F. B. Cumpston, Blooming Grove; Mrs. E. B. Cagle, Blooming Grove; and Mrs. John Cleveland, Hillsboro; a large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Jane Lewis, Blooming Grove. Notes:
--- W. F. CAMPBELL DIED AT HIS HOME FRIDAY NIGHT
Sarah
Delilah (Lemons) Carr
MRS. SARAH D. CARR DIED HERE SATURDAY; BURIAL ON MONDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah D. Carr, age 85 yeas, who died here Saturday night, were held from the Corley Chapel Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. A. L. Meador conducting the rites. Burial was in the Blooming Grove cemetery. Surviving are two sons, John Carr and Frank Carr, both of Corsicana; a daughter, Mrs. Lena Grimes, Corsicana, and other relatives. Notes:
--- Mrs. Sara D. Carr Buried Here Monday
Ella Mae (McLendon)
Carrington
Mrs. Carrington Rites On Monday BLOOMING GROVE, Dec. 24— (Spl)—Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Carrington, aged 93 years, who died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. E. L. Meador, were held Monday afternoon from the Central Baptist church. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery. A native of Leon county, Texas, Mrs. Carrington had made her home here for the past several years. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Meador: three sons, D. B. Carrington, Hearne; C. S. Carrington, Corsicana, and W. L. Carrington, New Orleans; 12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and other relatives. Grandsons were pallbearers. Notes:
Joseph
Preston Giles
FUNERAL SUNDAY AT BLOOMING GROVE FOR HOUSTON MAN BLOOMING GROVE, Jan. 6.— (Spl.)—Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. C. N. Dillingham for Joe Giles, age about 35, who died suddenly in Houston Thursday night. The body arrived here Saturday morning. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery. Surviving are his wife, who was the former Miss Jennette Dillingham; his father, G. A. Giles, Avalon; two brothers, D. Giles, Avalon; Richard Giles, Dallas, and a sister, Mrs. Rupert Swafford, Avalon. McCormick Funeral Service will have charge of the funeral. Notes:
John
Bellephont Jones
BLOOMING GROVE JUSTICE OF PEACE DIED HERE TUESDAY John B. Jones of Blooming Grove, aged 64 years, justice of the Peace, Precinct 5, died in the Navarro Clinic Tuesday Morning at 5:15 o’clock after a several days illness and the funeral will be held from the Blooming Grove Methodist church Wednesday Morning at 10 o’clock with burial in the Rose Hill cemetery. Rev. Paul Utley will conduct the services. Judge Jones was a native of Tennessee, but had resided in the Blooming Grove community since he was ten years of age. He had been prominent in the Methodist church and Masonic Lodge for many years and had been justice of the peace for several years. He was running for re-election without opposition at the time of his death. Surviving are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. W. G. Elms, Eric, Okla.; a grandson, Richard Elms, and a sister, Mrs. J. D. Stokes, Dallas. Notes:
Rufus
Caldwell Loyd
R. C. LOYD BURIED AT BLOOMING GROVE TUESDAY MORNING BLOOMING GROVE, Aug. 4. --(Spl) –Funeral services for R. C. Loyd, aged 55, who died Monday morning, Aug. 1, were held Tuesday morning at the Central Baptist church, with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. The services were conducted by Rev. Forest B Williams, pastor of Central Baptist church, and Rev. E. L. Jones, pastor of the First Baptist church. Surviving are his wife, one sister, Mrs. M. G. Young, Dallas; two brothers, Frank Loyd, Shreveport; and Everet Loyd, San Antonio. The services at the cemetery were conducted by the Masonic lodge. Pallbearers were Robert High, Jack Gillen, Buford Harris, Lonnie Powell, Jack Phillips, C. L. Tillman. Honorary Pallbearers—Dr. C. C. Kelsey, Dr. Newton, R. L. Harris, F. R. Young, Homer Whorten, George Mabry, J. W. Harris, J. M. Tullos, Clay Nash, H. Martin, Eugene Martin, Joe Garner, L. P. Levett, Perry Leverett, Clarence Pevehouse, Jay Sewell, G. H. Brown, Gordon Page, Will Roy High, R. W. George, John George, Earl Magee, Jim Glenn, Claude Duncan, John Reid, Henry Mabry, Justin McSpadden, Tom George, E. J. Glenn, S. A. Roberts, H. E. Dillingham, Cobe Taylor, W. G. C. Ingram, Will S. Knight, P. E. Wood, Roy Jenkins, Will Jenkins, J. P. Stubbs, J. W. Bryan, Fred Cathey, Robt. Stell, Sr., Robert Douglas. Among those present from out of town were Mrs. Will S. Knight, Mrs. R. E. L. Marshall, Mrs. Paul Allen, Mrs. C. B. Haley, Mrs. Chas. Haden, John Haden, Mrs. Beverly Caldwell, Mrs. J. A. Smith, Judge and Mrs. Warren Hicks, Pete Tullos, of Corsicana; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stokes, Bill and Vivian Stokes, Mrs. Joe Germany, Mrs. R. B. Estes, Mrs. Sam Freeman, Mrs. M. G. Young, Mrs. Daisy Loyd, Rex Young, Everet Loyd, Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Loyd, Frank Loyd, Shreveport; Mrs. A. J. Loyd, Mr. and Mrs. Parks Stovall, Mrs. Ed. Sweat, Miss Nannie Morris, Miss Jodie Brooks, P. E. Wood, Miss Octavia Wood, Eugene Martin, H. Martin, Italy; Mrs. Joe Glenn, Miss Helen Glenn, Waxahachie; Mr. and Mrs. Will Jones, Parks; Mrs. Very Grant, Fort Worth, and Forham, Amarillo. Notes:
RUFUS C.
LOYD SUCCOMB AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
Roger Mills
Carroll
Stroke Is Fatal To Roger Carroll Of Blooming Grove Roger Carroll, 67, Blooming Grove, died in Memorial Hospital early Wednesday morning following a stroke at his home Monday. Funeral arrangements were incomplete early Wednesday afternoon. The rites will be held at Blooming Grove with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. A native of the Carroll community south of Blooming Grove, Carroll returned to his native town a few years ago from California. Surviving are his wife of Blooming Grove; a daughter, Mrs. Georgia Carroll Kyser, Chapel Hill, N. C., wife of Kay Kyser, name band director; a son, John Marshall Carroll, Los Angeles; five grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Jay Sewell of Blooming Grove, and a number of other relatives, including a nephew, James C. Sewell, Navarro county judge. The son is flying from California Wednesday. McCormick Funeral Service will direct. Notes:
Marion
Lewis Chapman
M. L. Chapman Died Near Blooming Grove M. L. Chapman, aged 72 years, died at his home near Blooming Grove Wednesday afternoon. Funeral rites are scheduled Friday afternoon from the Methodist church in Blooming Grove. Surviving are his wife, three daughters, four sons, two sisters, and a brother. Notes:
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Marion Lewis Chapman
James
Middleton Whitfield “Whit” Chism FUNERAL SERVICES FOR J. W. CHISM THURSDAY AFTERNOON Funeral services for J. W. Chism, aged 65 years, who died in the Navarro Clinic Tuesday, wore held from the Blooming Grove Methodist church Thursday afternoon. Mr. Chism, a native Texan. had resided at Cryer Creek the past year. Surviving arc two daughters, Mrs. Mable Seaton, Cryer Creek, and Mrs. Myrtle Blalock, Tyler: four sons. Burk Chism, Mountcaniar, N. M.; Rufus Chism, Portland, Ore.; Sgt. Abery Chism, India, and Sgt. Bill Chism, Camp Cook, Calif.; three grandchildren, and a brother, Tom Chism, Groveton. Texas. Burial was in the Rose Hill cemetery at Blooming Grove. Notes:
Minnie A.
(Grimes) Poulter Funeral Services At Blooming Grove Mrs. Minnie Poulter Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie A. Poulter, age 77 years, who died here Monday afternoon, were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Baptist church at Blooming Grove. Rev. D. P. Cagle conducted the rites. Burial was in the Rose Hill cemetery. Surviving are four daughters, three sons, a brother and other relatives. Corley's Funeral Home directed the arrangements. Notes:
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MRS. MINNIE POULTER
DIED HERE MONDAY;
BURIAL WEDNESDAY
James Miney
Clark James M. Clark Dies Wednesday BLOOMING GROVE, Dec. 2 (Spl) — James M. Clark, 85 retired oil mill superintendent Blooming Grove resident, died in Grand Saline Wednesday afternoon. He was a native of Alabama and resided in California before moving here. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from the Church of Christ church with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Willie Hamblin, Kerens Church of Christ minister, formerly pastor of the local congregation. Surviving are his wife of Blooming Grove; two sisters Mrs. Rena Spain, Blooming Grove, and Mrs. Belle Schayes, Brandon, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Stanford Moore, Virgil Rascoe, Joe McGraw, Mack Crawford, Loyd Simpson, and Ernest Martin. McCormick Funeral Service will direct. Notes:
Metta Ann
(Hargrove) Clark Mrs. Clark of Arlington Dies BLOOMING GROVE, March 4 (Spl)—Mrs. Metta Ann Clark, 26, died Wednesday morning in an Arlington hospital following surgery. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at McCormick's early Wednesday afternoon. Surviving are her husband, Billy G. Clark, and two sons, Ronald Gene and James Keith Clark, all of Arlington; parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lofton Hargrove and grandfather, Jeff Hargrove all of Blooming Grove and other relatives. Notes:
Thursday Rites For Mrs. Clark BLOOMING GROVE, March 5 (Spl)—Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist church for Mrs. Metta Ann Clark. 26, who died Wednesday morning in an Arlington hospital following surgery. The Rev. Ernest W. Kaylor, pastor of the Milby Road Baptist church of Arlington, officiated, assisted by the Rev. A. F. Sanders, pastor of the Blooming Grove church. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery. Cousins served as pallbearers. Her survivors include her husband, Billy G. Clark, and two sons. Ronald Gene and James Keith Clark, all of Arlington; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lofton Hargrove and her grandfather, Jeff Hargrove, all of Blooming Grove, and other relatives. McCormick Funeral Service directed. Notes:
Frank Dixon FRANK DICKSON DIED AT BLOOMING GROVE AT NOON TUESDAY Frank Dickson, aged 79 years, died at Blooming Grove about noon Tuesday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon from the Methodist church at Blooming Grove. Burial will be in the Rose Hill cemetery at Blooming Grove. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Vetta Mae Martin, Dallas; Mrs. W. L. Tate, Hillsboro; Mrs. Mary Baker, Dallas, and Mrs. J. C. Kennedy, Dallas; a son, Eddie Dickson, Blooming Grove, and other relatives. Corley Funeral Home is directing arrangements. Notes:
---- FUNERAL SERVICES FOR FRANK DICKSON HELD ON WEDNESDAY
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Laura
(Sheppard) Glass
MRS. J. W. GLASS OF BLOOMING GROVE BURIED ON MONDAY _____________ BLOOMING GROVE, Jan. 13.---(Spl) – Mrs. J. W. Glass died at her Home here Sunday Morning. Funeral services were held at the First
Baptist Church here Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock, with burial
in
Rose Hill cemetery. Notes:
Juanita
Ruth “Nita” Fuller
RITES SATURDAY FOR BABY DROWNED AT BLOOMING GROVE Funeral services were held at Blooming Grove Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Central Baptist Church for Nita Ruth Fuller, nine-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Fuller of Blooming Grove. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery. The rites were conducted by Rev. Robert Williams, pastor of the church. The little tot fell into a can of water in the family kitchen Friday morning and was drowned. Efforts to resuscitate her were unsuccessful. Surviving are the parents, a brother, a sister, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Fuller and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Adkins, all of Blooming Grove, and other relatives. McCormick Funeral Service directed the rites. Notes:
-- Baby Daughter Of Mr. And Mrs. Edwin Fuller Buried Saturday
John W.
Garrett JOHN W. GARRETT OF BLOOMING GROVE BURIED ON MONDAY John W. Garrett, aged 73 years, died at his home in Blooming Grove Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock following a week's illness. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the family home with burial in the Rose Hill cemetery at Blooming Grove. The rites were conducted by Rev. Mr. Williams of Blooming Grove. Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Jesse Cagle, Blooming Grove, and Mrs. Jessie Lee Carpenter, Corsicana; two sons, C. L. Garrett, Tyler, and Willie Garrett, Blooming Grove; nine grandchildren and a brother, H. W. Garrett, Plainview. Corley Funeral Home directed arrangements. Notes:
-- John W. Garrett
Alice Nadine Dorsey
Miss Dorsey of Blooming Grove Dies Friday BLOOMING GROVE (Spl)— Miss Alice Nadine Dorsey. 50, life-long Blooming Grove resident, died in Memorial hospital early Friday morning. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p. m. from the First Christian church with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. The rites are scheduled to be conducted by Rev. Hugh Abraham, Fort Worth, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. A. F. Sanders, pastor of the First Baptist church. Surviving are her mother Mrs. Emma Born, Blooming Grove; two uncles, L. C. Hewitt, Littlefield, and Jack Hewitt, San Antonio; a cousin, Mrs. John Underwood, Lubbock, and other relatives. McCormick Funeral Service directs. Notes:
James Lafayette Dorsey
PROMINENT CITIZEN OF BLOOMING GROVE BE BURIED FRIDAY BLOOMING GROVE, July 4.— Funeral services for J. L. Dorsey, 75, who died at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John George, here, will be held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at the Methodist church with Rev. P. W. Utley, the pastor in charge. Interment will be in the Rose Hill cemetery. Mr. Dorsey had been ill for a number of weeks. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. G. W. Spurlock, Denton and Mrs. George, of Blooming Grove; one sister, Mrs. J. H. Hope, of Blooming Grove; and one brother, Julius Dorsey, of Dallas. Mr. Dorsey was born in Alabama, but moved to Texas while a small boy. He has lived in Blooming Grove for the past 43 years, and for 25 years was a merchant. He has been retired for the past 15 years. He was one of the community's outstanding and influential citizens and took part in many activities for the betterment of the community. Funeral arrangements will be made by the McCormick Funeral Service. Notes:
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Mary Elizabeth Jane “Mattie” (Phillips)
Cobb PIONEER RESIDENT OF BLOOMING GROVE DIED IN DALLAS BLOOMING GROVE, May 20.—Mrs. Mattie Cobb, aged 78, resident of Blooming Grove for 48 years, died in Dallas Saturday after an extended illness, and funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2.30 from the Blooming Grove Baptist church with the Rev G. L. Jones officiating. She is survived by three children: Mrs. R. B. Eastus of Dallas, G. C. Cobb of Quitaque, Texas, W. B. Cobb of Blooming Grove; and a stepdaughter, Mrs. L. W. Jones of Blooming Grove. The deceased was born in Georgia but removed to Texas in her youth and had lived in Blooming Grove for the past forty-eight years. She had been in ill health for several years. She had been a member of the Baptist church for more than fifty years. Notes:
Bettie Nannette Coker
INFANT DIES. BLOOMING GROVE. Feb. 25, — Betty Nannette Coker, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Coker, died last Friday and was buried in Rose Hill cemetery Saturday morning. Notes:
Mary Ellen (Travis) Treadaway
MRS. B. H. TREADAWAY OF BLOOMING GROVE DIED IN WAXAHACHIE Mrs. B. H. Treadaway of Blooming Grove, died in a Waxahachie hospital Thursday afternoon. Funeral services were held from the First Baptist church in Blooming Grove Friday afternoon. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery. Mrs. Treadaway would have been 74 years old next Friday. Surviving are two sons, O. L. Treadaway, Tulsa, Okla., and Ben F. Treadaway, Dallas; three daughters, Mrs. A. L. Campbell, Palestine; Mrs. Walter Couch, Italy, and Mrs. Raymond Mingues, Corpus Christ; two brothers, John Travis, Corsicana, and Tom Travis, Kingsville; a sister, Mrs. Esther Garrison, Kingsville; 12 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, four step-sons, L. B. Treadaway, Jersey City, N. J., J. A. and C. B. Treadaway, both of Dallas, and B. V. Treadaway, Corsicana; and a step-daughter, Mrs. C. A. Chapman, Palestine. Corley Funeral Home directed. Notes:
James Hiram Cole
PIONEER RESIDENT OF NAVARRO COUNTY DIED MONDAY NIGHT ____________ J. H. Cole, aged 73 years, pioneer resident of Navarro county, and resident of Corsicana for the past several years, died at his home, 417 West Second avenue, Monday night at 9:45 o'clock following a stroke of paralysis Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The funeral will be held from the family residence Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock and the body will be taken to Blooming Grove where interment will be made. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Walter Griffith, Methodist minister, assisted by Rev. J. W. Bergin, pastor of the First Methodist church. He was a member of the Methodist church. Mr. Cole had been crippled for about a year. Prior to moving to Corsicana he resided in the Blooming Grove community for many years. Surviving are his wife, two sons, Otis Cole, Hubbard. and Robert Cole, Smackover, Arkansas; and daughter, Miss Emogene Cole, of Corsicana; two brothers, George Cole, Coleman, and Paul Cole, Dallas; and one sister, Mrs. Jodie Wilson, Memphis, Texas. The funeral will be directed by the McCormick Funeral Home of Blooming Grove. Notes:
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Winnie B. (Nash) Hinkle Blooming Grove Resident Expires BLOOMING GROVE, May 20 — (Spl.) — Mrs. Winnie B. Hinkle, 58, died of a heart attack sitting in a chair at her home here Monday night. She was a native of Springtown, Texas. Funeral services are planned from the First Methodist church here Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Rev. Denzil Wright, pastor, assisted by Rev. Roy H. Davis, Methodist pastor at Red Oak, formerly of this church. Surviving are her husband, Oscar Hinkle, Blooming Grove; two sons, Coy Hinkle, Waco, and Buel Hinkle, Houston; a daughter, Mrs. Carl D. Harrison, Katy; two brothers, Wade Nash, Springtown, and Bob Nash, Bakersfield, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. J. A. Brown, Midland; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Pallbearers will be Robert McGraw, George Ward, Ernest McGraw, Sam Carroll, R. Bruce McCormick and Oscar Ingram. McCormick Funeral Service will direct. Notes:
Texia Anna (Taylor) Cole Died in Blooming Grove. Mrs. Claude Cole, aged 24 years, died in Blooming Grove Sunday and the remains were interred there yesterday. The deceased is survived by her husband and a two-year-old child; her mother, Mrs. N. Taylor; a brother, W. M. Taylor of the Corsicana bar, and other relatives. Notes:
Joseph
Bascom Jones
Died in Blooming Grove. Joe B. Jones, aged 75 years, and for many yeas, a resident there, died at 11:30 last night at his home there after many months of ill health. The deceased is survived by his wife and two brothers, J. H. and J. D. Jones of the Grove, and a sister, Mrs. Jeff D. Stokes of Dallas. The funeral will Take place tomorrow morning at. 10 o'clock. Miss Jewell Frederick, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson and Will Sheppard, all of Corsicana, and related to the deceased by marriage, will attend the funeral. Notes:
Ida Lulla
Ocilinora (Butcher) Fulton
Died at County Hospital. Mrs. Ida B. Fulton, 71, who underwent an operation at the County Hospital some weeks ago, died there last night, and the remains were interred at Blooming Grove this afternoon. The deceased is survived by several, grown children. Notes:
Robert
Horace Connally
R. H. Connally Dies at Cleburne Robert Horace Connally, 74, of Cleburne, a retired salesman for National Biscuit Co. died in a Cleburne hospital Sunday. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at McCormick Funeral Chapel. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Vera Connally of Cleburne; a daughter, Mrs. Bobby Dale Yelinek of Houston; a step-son, Gerald W. Bowser of Granbury; and two grandsons. Notes:
Mary
Galatha (Taylor) Corley
Former Resident Died At Rusk Mrs. Galatha Corley, age 56 years, died at Rusk Thursday, the family formerly resided in Blooming Grove but had lived at Rusk for a number of years. She was a member of the Methodist church. Surviving are her husband, G. W. Corley, Rusk; a son, G. W. Corley, Jr., California; two married daughters, and three brothers and Bryan Taylor, both of California, and Frank Taylor, Blooming Grove; mother, Mrs. Ida Taylor, Rusk, and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending word from the relatives in California. Notes:
Susie Belle
(Frederick) Counts
Rites Tuesday For Mrs. Counts Mrs. Susie Belle Counts. 69. Blooming Grove resident, died Sunday at 8 p. m. in Memorial Hospital here after an extended illness. Mrs. Counts was a native of Ellis county. Services will he held Tuesday at 8 p. m. from the Blooming Grove Methodist Church. with the pastor, Rev. Roy Davis, conducting. Rev. T. R. Harrison will assist. Burial will be in theRose Hill cemetery. Mrs. Counts is survived by her husband, Eddie Lee Counts. Blooming Grove; two sisters. Mrs. Les Garvin, Blooming Grove, and Mrs. Arthur Collier. Phoenix. Arizona; a brother. Watts Frederick. Blooming Grove, and other relatives. McCormick Funeral Home will handle arrangements. Notes:
William
Silas Holditch
Blooming Grove Man Found Dead W. S. Holditch. 78, retired farmer, was found dead at his home in Blooming Grove Friday afternoon. Natural causes were ascribed as the cause of death, believed to have occurred sometime Thursday night. It was stated that he was sitting in a chair when found. Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 p. m. from the Central Baptist church in Blooming Grove. The rites were conducted by Rev. T. R. Harrison, pastor. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery. A native of Mississippi. Holditch had resided in the Blooming Grove area for 70 years. Surviving are five sons, Fenner, J. V. and Jack Holditch. all of Blooming Grove: Charlie Holditch, Corsicana, and Damon Holditch, San Antonio; four daughters, Mrs. Alline Saunders. Waxahachie; Mrs. Carl Davis, Mertens; Mrs. W. H. Milam. Jr., Blooming Grove, and Mrs. Z. B. Moore, Corsicana; 15 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Lucius Barr, Barry, and other relatives. Pallbearers were George Ward, C. L. Rhodes, Lofton Hargrove, Ernest McGraw. Buford Farrish and Bruce McCormick. Corley directed. Notes:
Rufus Brigfield Nichols Rufus Brigfield Nichols, 53, of Dallas, who became ill here early Friday afternoon, died in Memorial Hospital early Saturday morning. Funeral services will be held from the First Christian church in Blooming Grove Sunday at 3 p. m. Burial will be in the Rose Hill cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Rev. J. W. McKinney, pastor of the First Christian church here. He was reared in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brooks at Blooming Grove. Surviving are his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks, and two brothers, S. E. and Sam Nichols, both of Denver, Colo. Pallbearers will be Carl Warren, Gordon Page, Sam Barham, Roy Reed, Albert Saunders, and Carl McGraw. McCormick Funeral Service directs. Notes:
George Oswald Vinson
Vinson Infant Services Sunday BLOOMING GROVE. July 6— Spl—George Oswald Vinson, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph D. Vinson, died Sunday morning in Memorial Hospital in Corsicana. Funeral services were held Sunday at 5:30 p. m. with burial in Rose Hill cemetery here. The rites were conducted by Rev. Roy Davis, pastor of the Blooming Grove Methodist church. The father is a Blooming Grove High School teacher and football coach. Surviving are the parents and three brothers, Ralph Dean Vinson, II; Dale Martin Vinson and Dana Nathan Vinson, all of Blooming Grove, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Vinson, Coolidge, and Mr. and Mrs. D. W. King, Dallas. McCormick Funeral Service directed. Notes:
Joseph Taylor “Joe” Payne
Joseph T. Payne Dies Wednesday BLOOMING GROVE, June 14 (Spl.) — Joseph T. Payne, 91, retired farmer, native of Kentucky, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Connie Saunders, here Wednesday morning. He had resided in the Saunders home for 10 years and had made his home in West Navarro county most of his life. He came to Texas 72 years ago. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. from the First Baptist church here. The rites will be conducted by Rev. George Bearden, pastor assisted by Rev. Milton Rhodes, pastor of the Central Baptist church here. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery. Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Saunders, Blooming Grove, two step-daughters, Mrs. Will Boyd, Blooming Grove, and Mrs. H. V. Parker, Paris; two step-sons, John T. Pullin of Blooming Grove and K. H. Pullin, Tyler; a grandson, Thurman Neely, and two great-grandchildren, Rowena and Bill Neely all of Plainview, Kan., and other relatives. Pallbearers will be C. L. Saunders, Sammie Saunders, Dorsey McGraw, D. W. Springer, Hollis Pitts and C. E. Warren. McCormick Funeral Home directs. Notes:
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Nollie Harper Green
N. H. Green Of Blooming Grove Dies Thursday BLOOMING GROVE, April 27—(Spl.)—Nollie H. Green, 78, native of Blooming Grove, died Thursday at Memorial hospital following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from the First Baptist church here with Rev. Houston Sheppard, a nephew, pastor of the Yeary Street Baptist church Fort Worth, officiating with Rev. George F. Bearden, First Baptist church pastor, assisting. Interment will be in Rose Hill cemetery. Born April 24, 1883, at Blooming Grove, Green was a member of a prominent family in this west Navarro county town. Surviving are one brother, R. H. Green, Blooming Grove; two sisters, Mrs. Lillie Willhelm, Dallas, and Mrs. W. O. Sheppard, Blooming Grove, and a number of nieces and nephews. Nephews will be pallbearers. McCormick Funeral Service directs. Notes:
Tony Russell Holditch
Holditch Baby Rites Sunday BLOOMING GROVE, Feb. 20 (Spl.) — Funeral rites were held here Sunday afternoon for Tommy Russell Holditch, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robert Holditch of Lancaster, who died Sunday morning. Services were held from the McCormick Funeral Home chapel, with Rev. J. C. Coffey, pastor of the North Wilmer Baptist Church , officiating. Burial was in the Rose Hill cemetery. Survivors include the parents, a brother, Bobby Lynn; and a sister, Jeane Diane, both of Lancaster; grandparents, Charlie Holditch, Frost; Mrs. Lela Mae Holditch, Dallas; and great- grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Goode, Corsicana; and Mrs, Charlie Ray, Glen Rose. Notes:
Tishie Estelle (North) Meador
Mrs. Meador 0f Waxahachie Dies Funeral services for Mrs. Tishie Estelle Meador, 55, native of Purdon, who died in Waxahachie Sunday, were held Monday at 3 p. m. at the Ferris Avenue Baptist church in Waxahachie. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery in Blooming Grove. Mrs. Meador was a Baptist and Rebekah. She was employed at the Waxahachie Garment Company. Surviving are a son, Arthur. E. Meador, Waxahachie; a stepdaughter, Mrs. J. W. Bulls, El Paso; four brothers, Luther North, San Antonio; Everett North, Houston; Ernest North, Madera, Calif., and Cleo North, Blooming Grove; five sisters Mrs. Geneva Flemming, Fort Worth; Mrs. Ruth Wilson, Eureka, Calif., Mrs. Lillian Pullins. Dallas; Mrs. Etter Batson, Oak Ridge, Ore., and Mrs. Roy Freeman, Corsicana, and five grandchildren. Notes:
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Ida Bell “Idabel” (Wallace) Gilbert
Mrs. Gilbert Rites Friday BLOOMING GROVE, Feb. 19 (Spl)— Mrs. Ida Bell Gilbert, 86, native of Smith county but long-time resident of Trinidad, died Thursday in the Twilight Home at Corsicana. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p. m. from the McCormick Chapel here with Rev. George F. Bearden, pastor of the First Baptist church here, officiating. interment will be in the Rose Hill cemetery. Mrs. Gilbert was born near Tyler, Sept. 26. 1874, but resided in Trinidad 35 years. Survivors include two daughters. Mrs. Mamie Armstrong, Blooming Grove, and Mrs. Bera Wade, Italy; two sisters, Mrs. John L. Dennis, Jacksonville, and Mrs. W. R. Dennis, Headrick, Okla.; 10 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren and other relatives. Grandsons will be pallbearers. Notes:
Charlie Lloyd Garrison
C. L. Garrison Dies Tuesday BLOOMING GROVE, May 31 —(Spl)—Charlie L. Garrison, 70. formerly of Blooming Grove, died Tuesday night in the M. D. Anderson Center in Houston. Funeral services will be held from the First Methodist church here Thursday afternoon with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. A native of Byrd, Ellis county, Garrison was reared in Blooming Grove where he resided before moving to Houston 20 years ago. He was a heavy machinery operator. Surviving are his wife of Houston; mother, Mrs. Leila Garrison, Dallas; six brothers, R. D., H. C. and A. D. Garrison, all of Blooming Grove; E.C. and E. I. Garrison, both of Ennis; A. L. Garrison, Houston; three sisters, Mrs. George Gantt and Mrs. Rubert Dozier, both of Blooming Grove, and Miss Lora Garrison, Dallas. McCormick Funeral Service directs. Notes:
Henry Oliver Green
H. O. Green, 69, Dies Wednesday BLOOMING GROVE, July 13 (Spl.)—Henry Oliver Green, 69, native of Lone Cedar community and a retired farmer, died at his home here shortly before midnight Wednesday. Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. from the First Baptist Church of Blooming Grove, with the pastor, Rev. George F. Bearden, officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery. McCormick will direct. Surviving are two sons, Troy Green, Blooming Grove, and Kenney Green, Lancaster; a daughter, Mrs. Billie Lee Laquey, Arlington; two brothers, J. W. Green, San Angelo, and George Green, Lone Cedar; two sisters, Mrs. Lula Sheppard, Kerens, and Sara Green, Blooming Grove; five granddaughters and other relatives. Notes:
Andrew Jackson Crabtree
A. J. Crabtree Dies Thursday BLOOMING GROVE, Sept. 9 — (Spl Jackson (Uncle Jack) Crabtree, 77, life-long resident of this community, died of a heart attack Thursday at the Ernest McGraw home where he had resided for years. A retired farmer, Crabtree was a well-known fiddler. Funeral services were held Friday at 3 p. m. from the Central Baptist church. The rites were conducted by Rev. T. R. Harrison, pastor. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery. Surviving are a half-brother, Ted Crabtree, Whitesboro; two half-sisters and other, relatives. Relatives were pallbearers. McCormick Funeral Home directed. Notes:
Jimmy Lee Crawford
J. L. Crawford Rites Monday BLOOMING GROVE, April 8 (Spl.)- Jimmy Lee Crawford, 29, died Saturday night in Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Funeral services were held Monday at 3 p.m. from the First Methodist church with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. The rites were conducted Rev. Roy L. Felder, pastor of the First Methodist church, Huntsville, formerly of Blooming Grove, assisted by Rev. J. W. Hodges, pastor, and Rev. C. C. Ellis, pastor of the Frost Baptist church. He was an active member of the First Methodist church. Crawford was connected with his father, W. A. Crawford, and brother, Mack Crawford, in the insurance business. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Crawford, Blooming Grove; a brother, Mack Crawford, Frost; a sister, Mrs. Ralph Tatum, Corsicana, and other relatives. His father formerly was owner and publisher of the Blooming Grove Times and Frost Enterprise before entering the insurance business with his sons a few years ago. Pallbearers were Edwin Sheppard, Drew Gillen, C. L. Saunders, H. S. Whorton, Jack Armstrong, D. W. Springer, Charles Wesley Darnell and B. L. Ralston. McCormick Funeral Service directed. Notes:
Jo Dean “Dollie” Hartley
JO DEAN HARTLEY FUNERAL SERVICES MONDAY AFTERNOON Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Monday for Mrs. Dollie Jo Dean Hartley, 22, who was killed Friday in a truck-car crash near Corpus Christi. Burial was in the Rose Hill cemetery, Blooming Grove. Miss Hartley died at Sinton following the crash, which was on Highway 9, three miles west of the Calallan River bridge near Sinton. Services were held at the Corley Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. A. J. Klrkland, pastor of the Missionary Baptist church officiating Survivors include two brothers, Curren and Bennie Hartley, both of Corsicana, and several uncles and aunts, including Mrs. Mark Warren of Corsicana, Pallbearers were Tyson King, O. C. Gobbel, E. T. Denn, C. C. Lusk, L. D. Lusk, Bud Warren. Notes:
--- Plan Rites At Blooming Grove For Soldier The body of S-Sgt. Jake K. Kupper, 25, killed, Dec. 16, 1944, while "Flying the Hump" between India and China, is scheduled to arrive here Friday. He was in the ferry command. Funeral service will be held from the Central Baptist church in Blooming Grove with burial in the Rose Hill cemetery, but the time had not been determined Thursday morning. The American Legion and Texas National Guard will have charge of the graveside rites. Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Kupper, Blooming Grove, a brother, Sgt. Tracy Kupper, Fort Ord, Calif.; two sisters, Misses Annie Lou and Leona Kupper, both of Blooming Grove, and a nephew, Kelton Kupper, Purdon. Corley Funeral Home will direct. Notes:
Ruth Elaine Hamilton
Monday Rites For Ruth E. Hamilton Ruth Elaine Hamilton, four months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs J. W. Hamilton of Palestine, died at Palestine Saturday. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Central Methodist church in Blooming Grove. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery. Surviving are the parents of Palestine, formerly residents of Navarro county; two brothers, Bobbie Don and Joe Dean Hamilton, both of Palestine, and grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hargrove, Blooming Grove, and Mr. Hamilton. Corley Funeral Home directed. Notes:
Frank Burk Taylor Jr.
FRANK B. TAYLOR FUNERAL SERVICES THURSDAY 4 P. M. Funeral services for Pfc. Frank B. Taylor, Jr., 23, who died of injuries August 2, 1945. following a plane crash, in the CBI Theatre July 28, 1945, are to be held from the First Christian church in Blooming Grove Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Rev. James O. Wright, minister; Rev. Ben C. Turpine, Fort Worth, and Rev. Rawlins Cherryholmes, Gainesville, a former pastor. Pfc. Taylor, a graduate of Corsicana High School, was an aerial engineer, U. S. Army Transport Command, stationed in India, flying supplies to China at the timeof his death. He had been in the army four years. He was president of the student council at the Corsicana junior high school and attended A&M College. The body arrived in Corsicana Wednesday morning and will remain at the McCormick Funeral Chapel until the funeral hour. Pallbearers will be members of the American Legion in Blooming Grove Pfc. Taylor resided with an aunt, Mrs. Will S. Knight, while attending school here. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Frank B. Taylor, Blooming Grove, and a number of aunts, uncles and other relatives. Notes:
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William F.
"Bill" or Willie" Crews
YOUTH INSTANTLY
KILLED BY HIGH
VOLTAGE SHOCK
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR WILLIE CREWS WERE HELD SUNDAY Funeral services for Willie Crews, 21, employee of Fred M. Allison Motors, who was electrocuted Friday afternoon shortly after 5 o'clock while aiding in the removal of a guy wire on a spotlight, were held at Blooming Grove Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock with interment in the Blooming Grove Cemetery. The funeral cortege left Corsicana at 10:15 o'clock Sunday morning on the Cotton Belt. While a group of men were engaged in removing the guy wire, the line apparently sagged against a 11,000 volt feeder line, sending the full charge through Crews' body. He was rushed to the Corsicana Hospital and Clinic but efforts to revive him were unsuccessful. The accident opened a circuit breaker at the sub-station in North Corsicana and several blocks of homes and business houses were, deprived of power and lights for some time. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Harry Allison, one brother and two sisters. Pallbearers were J. B. Beard, Clyde McGchee, Marvin Morgan. Willie Lee Burge, James Beard and Elliott Barnes. The funeral was directed by the Sutherland Funeral Home Notes:
---- Victim of Electricity Buried Here
Sunday
Jimmie Earl Smith Child Dies Near Blooming Grove BLOOMING GROVE, June 20, Jimmie Earl Smith, one-year-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Smith of the Lone Oak community just north of town, died Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock and the funeral services were held Thursday afternoon with interment in the Rose Hill cemetery here. Notes:
Ella Edy (Frederick) Jones
PIONEER WOMAN OF BLOOMING GROVE BE BURIED SUNDAY BLOOMING GROVE, Dec. 22.— (Sp)—Mrs. Ella B. Jones, age 72 years, died at her home here Friday night at 7:30 and funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist church of which she was a member, at 2 o'clock with Rev. T. G. Story of Blooming Grove and Rev, George Kornegay, Corsicana, officiating. Mrs. Jones is the wife of the late Joe B. Jones and is survived by three brothers, J. H. Frederick, T. B. Frederick both of Blooming Grove, W. J. Frederick, Gordon and three sisters, Mrs. A. H. Huffines, Checo; Mrs. N. B. Fitzgerald, of Blooming Grove and Mrs. J. H. Sears of Snyder. She was born in Arkansas and moved to this community when 4 years old and resided here since that time. Notes:
John Anderson "Happy"
Gillen, Sr.
Robert Basom Hunton
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Mary Missouri
"Mamie" (George) Grady
Thomas
Theodore Grady
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FATALLY
INJURED - Frank B. Taylor, Jr. 23, U.S.
Army Air Transport Command, aerial engineer,
stationed in India and flying supplies to China,
died August 2, as the result of injuries received
July 28, in a plane crash, according to information
received from the War Department by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F.B. Taylor, Blooming Grove. A veteran of
four years in the service, he is a graduate of the
Blooming Grove [Corsicana] high school and attended
A. and M. College.
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