Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Corley Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. J. McAfee Brewer, 59, of Corsicana who died Saturday in Houston. The Rev. Lynn Tusha will officiate with burial in Oakwood Cemetery.

She was a native of Corsicana and had lived here most of her life. Mrs. Brewer had lived 20 years in Snyder. She was a member of the Methodist Church.

Survivors include her widower, Ernest Brewer of Corsicana; two sons, both of Houston, Donald Ray Brewer and Ronald E. Brewer; two grandchildren, four brothers, Lendon McAfee of Dallas, John Lee McAfee of Corsicana, Rev. Charles McAfee of Waco and Bobby McAfee of Houston; three sisters, Mrs. Florine Gray and Mrs. Jean Gray, both of Corsicana, and Mrs. Marcialete Hettig of Houston.

Pallbearers will be Edward Brewer, Pete Airheart, Morris Dean Braver, Johnny Hettig, Billy Horton, George Brown, Dennis McAfee and Dennis McCain.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - May 31, 1976
• The Corsicana Weelkly Light - June 3, 1976 - View Clipping
• Submitted by Edward L. Williams
• Daughter of LeRoy McAfee

Charles Aladdin Smith
d. May 29, 1976

Services will be at 5 p.m. today at the Corley Funeral Home Chapel for Charles A. Smith, 73, of Corsicana who died Saturday at Memorial Hospital. Rev. Wesley A. Howard Jr. will officiate with burial at Grape Creek Cemetery.

A native of Angus, he had lived in Corsicana all his life. He was a retired electrician.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Virginia Smith of Corsicana; one sister, Mrs. W.P. (Susie) Ruth of Corsicana; one brother, A.N. Smith of Corsicana; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Billy Joe Talley, W.T. Ruth, Fred Ellett, Marvin White, Ansel Brewer and Clifton Humphreys.

Funeral services for LeRoy F. Bean, 64, who died Thursday afternoon after being taken suddenly ill at his residence, 409 South Main street, were held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Oakwood cemetery, where Interment was made. The rites were conducted by Rev. Jack Goff, pastor of the North Side Baptist church.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Mallie E. Abernathy, Corsicana, and other relatives.

Corley Funeral Home directed

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - April 30, 1948
• Son of L. P. Bean & Lillie F. (Williams) Bean

Funeral services are pending at Calhoun Funeral Home in Corsicana for Claud M. Hill Jr., 58, of Frost, who died Friday at Marlin Veterans Administration Hospital.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Jenetta Hill of Frost, and other relatives.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Nov 5, 1973

Claud Hill
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Taylor Chapel Baptist Church in Frost for Claud M. Hill, Jr., 58 who died Friday at Marlin Veterans Administration Hospital.

Rev. C. D. Deckard, pastor, will officiate, and burial will be at Brushy Prairie Cemetery. Arrangements are with Calhoun Funeral Home.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Genetta Hill of Frost; a step-brother, Albert Russell of Fort Worth; and other relatives.

Pallbearers include Dough Warren, Lattimore Smith, Mack Williams, John Haley, Lonzo Wallace and Jimmy Williams.

Notes:

• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Thursday, Nov 8, 1973
• Veteran h/o Mrs. Genetta Hill s/o Claud Mack Hill, Sr.
• Submitted by Diane Richards

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Griffin Funeral Home Chapel for William A. Green, 73, of Corsicana, who died Sunday night at Memorial Hospital. Rev. Frank Williams will officiate.

He was a member of the Baptist church.

Survivors include a son, Darwin Green of Corsicana; two brothers, Tom Green of Corsicana and Bob Green of San Angelo; two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Woods of Wichita Falls and Mrs. Edna White of Amarillo; two grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and a, number of nieces and nephews.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Nov 5, 1973
• Hamilton Beeman Cemetery

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W. A. Green

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Griffin Funeral Home Chapel for William A. Green, 73, of Corsicana, who died Sunday night at Memorial Hospital. Rev. Frank Williams will officiate.

He was a member of the Baptist Church.

Survivors include a son, Darwin Green of Corsicana; two brothers, Tom Green of Corsicana and Bob Green of San Angelo; two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Woods of Wichita Falls and Mrs. Edna White of Amarillo; two grandchildren, one great-grandchild and a number of nieces and nephews.

Notes:

• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Mon., Nov. 5, 1973
• Submitted by Diane Richards
• h/o Vera Vilot (Holland) Green-Layfield; s/o Simpson Andrew Green & Ida Lee (Masters) Green

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W. A. Green

Funeral services were to be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Griffin Funeral Home Chapel for William A. Green, 73, of Corsicana, who died Sunday at Memorial Hospital. Rev. Frank Williams was to officiate, with burial to follow at Hamilton Cemetery.

Survivors include a son, two brothers, two sisters, two grandchildren, one great grandchild, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers include John Craig, Jack Schultz, Nelson Murry, Buck Hamilton, Durwood Patterson and Otis Bullock.

Notes:

• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Tues., Nov 6, 1973
• Submitted by Diane Richards

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Pilgrim Rest Primitive Baptist Church for Jackie Maurice Kitchen, 19, a native of Corsicana, who died Saturday at Memorial Hospital following a car-pedestrian accident early Saturday morning in Corsicana.

Rev. W. L. Milus will officiate, and burial will be at Woodland Cemetery.

Arrangements are with Scott Funeral Home.

Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Janie Mae Kitchen of Corsicana; his father, Lee Sanders; a step-father, George Perry; a sister, Mrs. Joyce Watts of Corsicana; three brothers, Billy Marvin Kitchen, James Curtis Kitchen, and George Edwin Kitchen.

Pallbearers will include Morris Johnson, George Perry, Billy Watts, Walter Butler, Bobby Brown, and Willie Brown.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Nov 5, 1973

Fred White Mitchell
Apr 1, 1885 - Jun 9, 1956

Fred W. Mitchell  Services Sunday
Funeral services f6r Fred W. Mitchell, 71, former Corsicana resident, who died suddenly with a heart attack at Mineral Wells Saturday,
were held from the Emmet Baptist churchy Sunday, at 4 p. m.
Burial was In Emmett cemetery 'Mitchell, at one time a member of the Mitchell and McAfee Jewelry concern at Hubbard and Corsicana, was a stock-farmer and merchant at Tyler for the past several years. He was a detective with the Houston police force prior to World War I and entered the jewelry business at Hubbard in 1915, later opening a store here in the 1920s and was a partner with I. D. McAfee for many years.
The funeral services were 'conducted by Rev. Huble Bradberry, pastor of the Emmett church, assisted by Rev. C. C. Ellis, pastor of the Frost Baptist church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. James B. Kevins, Richardson, and Mrs. Claris Stevens, Graham; two brothers, Guy Mitchell, Waco, and Jesse Mitchell, Tyler; two sisters, Mrs. E. B. Reed, Lubbock, and Mrs. Polly. Campbell, -McKinney; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and other elatives.
McCormick Funeral Service directed.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - June 11, 1956
• Submitted by Edward L. Williams
• View Obituary Clipping

Ralph DeWitt McAfee
Jul 2, 1919 - May 5, 1944

NATIVE OF NAVARRO COUNTY, NAVY PILOT
MISSING IN ACTION
Ensign Ralph DeWitt McAfee, 24, U. S. Navy, native of Emmett, Navarro county, pilot of a Navy Hellcat fighter plane, Is missing In action In the South Pacific since May 5, according to a notice In a Compton, Calif., newspaper received by his uncle, I. D. McAfee of Corsicana. The missing Navy flier Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Travis DeWitt McAfee of Compton, Calif., who were reared In the Emmett community.
The missing flier's wife was not notified of the message from the Navy department until two weeks after the birth of a son, May 18. A graduate of Graham High School at the age of 15 years, McAfee enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 years in 1936. After training at San Diego. he went on to the Battleship Colorado and later made a chief's rating on the Idaho, later helping convoy soldiers to Iceland and Greenland and aiding in the rescue of the crew of the Reuben James.
Made a gunner on Navy observation planes, he had gone down on seven planes, with three of his pilots killed, but had only been Injured twice. After his Atlantic duty, young McAfee shifted to the Pacific for three mouths, made one trip with the aircraft carrier Wasp, and saw it sunk.
In November, 1912, McAfee entered Navy Pre-flight School at Athens, Ga., in preparation for his wings. He had 1,600 flying hours to his credit, and had finished the CAA primary training course in California. After going to New Orleans and Pensacola, he was assigned to the F?? planes and completed further training in Alabama and Florida. He shipped overseas last Christmas. In letters to his parents, according to the article, he had downed several Japanese planes, and was soon scheduled to be promoted to a junior lieutenancy.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - June 30, 1944
• Submitted by Edward L. Williams
• WWII
• View Clipping :  Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
• h/o Virginia Aldiene (Leeds) McAfee-McMahon; s/o Travis Dewitt McAfee & Georgia Lee (Thorn) McAfee
• The son is David Kyle McAfee McMahon

Nona N. (Forshaw) Peden
Jan 21, 1892 - May 22, 1953

Former Resident Dies At Hamlin
Mrs. Nona Peden, 61, former Navarro county resident, died at her home near Hamlin, Jones County, Friday. Funeral services were held at the Bethel Church at 4 Surviving are her husband, John H. Peden, Hamlin; two daughters, Mrs. Tom Marshall, Abilene, and Mrs. Ruby Cromeane, Wichita Falls; two sons, Gordon Peden, Oregon, and Dan Peden, Hamlin; several grandchildren; four brothers, Preston Peden, Silver City; Archie Peden, Corsicana, Walter Forshaw and Alford Forshaw, both of Arlington; three sisters, Mrs. Roy Wylie, Corsicana; Mrs. John Mahoney. Pursley, and Mrs. Maggie Munroe, Anson.
Navarro county relatives attending the rites included Mr. and Mrs, Preston Peden, Mrs. Roy Wylie Misses Inez and Lorena Peden, Silver City; Mrs. Troy Branham Dawson, and Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Mott, Corsicana,
Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, May 25, 1953

Notes:

• Submitted by Edward L. Williams

Ephram B. Ballew
Sep 9, 1903 - Mar 11, 1959

E. B. Ballew
Rites Thursday
E. B. Ballew, 55, native of Emmett, Tchuacana resident, died in a Mexia hospital Wednesday following an extended Illness.
Funeral services were held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. from the Tehuacana Methodist church of which he was Sunday School superintendent. Burial was in
Mexia City cemetery. The rites were conducted by Rev. Lawrence Shivers, retired Methodist minister; Dr. A. R. Corn, former Methodist college president, and Rev. Joe McAfee, Georgetown Methodist minister.
The Masonic Lodge had charge of graveside rites.
Ballew was connected with the Mexia State School for the past several years.
Surviving are his wife of Tehuacana; a son, Lee Kenneth Ballew, Waco; mother, Mrs. Pearl Ballew Emmett; five sisters, Mrs. Leslie Price, Palestine; Mrs. J. C. Kornegay and Mrs. Floyd Lawrence, both of Waco; Mrs. Lena Ruth Read, Dallas, and Mrs. Jimmy Caffy, Emmett; a brother, Harvey Ballew, superintendent of the Lampasas schools; a grand child and other relatives.
Riddle Funeral Home directed.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - March 12, 1959
• Submitted by Edward L. Williams

G.E. Collins Expires Friday

George Edward Collins, 67 life-long Navarro county resident, retired farmer, died Friday night in the Twilight Home following a short Illness.
Funeral services will be held from the McCammon Chapel Sunday at 3 p.m. with burial in the Pattison cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Rev. Jack N. Bell, pastor of the Bethel Missionary Baptist church.
Surviving are a brother, Jim Bob Collins, Emhouse; two sisters, Mrs. Dera Russell. Barry and Mrs. Minnie Richards, Coricana, and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Nephews will be pallbearers.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Saturday, Jun 13, 1959

• Submitted by Karen Rost

G .E. Collins Rites Sunday

Funeral services for George Edward Collins, 67, retired farmer, who died Friday night at Twilight Home following a short illness, were held Sunday at 3 p.m. from the McCammon Chapel. He was a life-long resident of Navarro county.

The rites were conducted by Rev. Jack N. Bell, pastor of the Bethel Missionary Baptist church. Burial was in the Pattison cemetery at Emhouse.

Surviving are a brother, Jim Bob Collins, Emhouse; two sisters, Mrs. Dera Russell, Barry, and Mrs. Minnie Richards, Corsicana, and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Nephews were pallbearers.  

Mrs. Baker

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Corley Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Joe (Pearl) Baker, 70, resident of Corsicana, who died Wednesday in Dallas.
Rev. Bruce Hibbitt will officiate, and burial will be at Hamilton Cemetery.
She was a native of Corsicana and a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Howard Emig Jr. of Mesquite; two brothers, Steve Womack and Arthur N. Womack Jr. both of Corsicana; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Muldridge of Corsicana and Mrs. Richard Green of Rome, Ga.; two grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Thursday,  Aug 29, 1974

• Submitted by Karen Rost

James Kelton Sikes
Sep 8, 1928 -  Jul 26, 1977

J.K. Sikes

Services will be at 2 p.m. hursday at the Corley Funeral Home Chapel for James Kelton Sikes, 48, native of Corsicana was pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital after he collapsed Tuesday at work. He was employed at the Austin Bridge and Construction Company.
Burial will follow at Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Myrtle Sikes of Corsicana; a son, Tim Sikes of Waco; a daughter, Mrs. Beth King of Corsicana; a granddaughter, Christina King of Corsicana; his mother, Mrs. Mozelle Sikes of Corsicana; three step-sons, Darrell Hutchins and Monte Hutchins, both of Corsicana and Gary Hutchins of Rice; two step-daughters, Mrs. Karen Benton and Mrs. Earline McPherson both of Corsicana; a sister, Mrs. Thelma Fitzgerald of Gun Barrell City; four brothers of Corsicana, Clarence
Sikes, Odis Sikes, Billy Gene Sikes and Ernest Sikes.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Wednesday, Jul 27, 1977

• Submitted by Karen Rost

Emma Nancy (Highnote) Ingham
Aug 5, 1874 - Jan 20, 1951

Sunday Services For Mrs. Ingham

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Ingham, 76, life-long Navarro county resident, who died at her home, Route 3, Corsicana, Saturday, were held from the Griffin Chapel Sunday at 3 p. m. The rites were conducted by Rev. Jack Goff, pastor of the North Side Baptist church; Rev. W. T. Allmon, pastor of the Cedar Creek Baptist church, of which she had been a member 61 years, and Rev. H. L. McKissack, Teague Baptist minister.
She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jack Highnote, early pioneer residents of this area.
Surviving are four sons, Sam, Earl, J. D., Jr., and Charlie Ingham, all of Corsicana; five grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were T. R, Rod, D. J. Martin, Oscar Skinner, Cecil Moore, Alva Cook, Virgil Prater, Glenn Henson and Harold Nichols.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, Jan 22, 1951

• Submitted by Karen Rost

• Hamilton Beeman Cemetery

Edgar Bolin
Dec 15, 1895 - Dec 5, 1942

EDGAR BOLIN DIED EMHOUSE SATURDAY; RITES HELD SUNDAY

Funeral services for Edgar Bolin, aged 46, who died at his home in Emhouse Saturday afternoon, were held from the Baptist
church in Emhouse Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. E. O. Stewart, pastor of the Missionary Baptist church, Corsicana, officiated.

Burial was in the Pattison cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, a son, Glenn Bolin, Emhouse; his mother, Mrs. M. E. Bolin, Emhouse; a brother, W. A.  Bolin, Pursley; three sisters, Mrs. D. T. Ray, San Antonio; Mrs. J. W. York, Pursley; Mrs. Bert Henson, Arkansas, and other relatives.
Pallbearers were Jim Bob Collins, Tim Anderson, B. Anderson, B. Ray, Joe Smith and W. A. Herod.
Sutherland-McCammon directed the arrangements.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, Dec 7, 1942

• Submitted by Karen Rost

Edward Lee McDonald
Jun 16, 1887 - Nov 18, 1951

E. L. McDonald Expires Sunday

Edward L. McDonald, 74, 319 West First avenue, died in tho P. and S. Hospital early Sunday.
Funeral services were held 3:30 p. m. Monday from the Corley Chapel. Burial was in Black Hills cemetery.
The rites were conducted by Rev Jack Goff, pastor of the North Side Baptist church.
He was a native of Tennessee.
Surviving are his wife of Corsicana; six sons, Lloyd McDonald Ennls; Sam McDonald, Corsicana James McDonald, Richland; Sgt
Aubrey McDonald, U. S. Army Camp Stoneman, Calif.; J. T. McDonald, Odessa, and Arlle McDonald, Taft; a daughter, Mrs
Dorothy Bailey, Burkburnett; 14 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, a brother, Gus McDonald, Corsicana; a sister, Mrs. Emma Atkeis son, Corsicana, and other relatives.
Pallbearers were Otis Varnell, Walter Hamilton, Frank Richards Will Watson, Jack Megarity and Ernest Watson.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, Nov 19, 1951

• Submitted by Karen Rost

• 1st wife Nellie (Atchison) McDonald 2nd Myrtle Beatrice (Vernon) Williams-McDonald buried Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery, Burkburnett, Tx.

Sammie Lee Saunders
Oct 21, 1906 - Aug 28, 1974

S. L. Saunders

BLOOMING GROVE - Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at the Blooming Grove United Methodist Church for Sammie L. Saunders, 67 former Navarro County Commissioner of Pet. 4 for 16 years, who died at noon Wednesday.
Rev. John Clifford, pastor, will officiate, and burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery in Blooming Grove with Masons assisting. Arrangements are with Bradley Funeral Home.
Survivors include his widow, Viola, of Blooming Grove; a son, Richard C. Saunders of Blooming Grove; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Judy Saunders of Blooming Grove; three grandchildren, Laurie, Glynn, and Lynn Saunders all of Blooming Grove and; two brothers, Albert Saunders of Blooming Grove and Euel Saunders of Waxahachie; and a number of nieces and nephews.

He was a member of the Blooming Grove United Methodist Church, Blooming Grove Masonic Lodge, Frost Chapter of Eastern Star, and IOOF Lodge of Frost. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner.
He was also a longtime resident and native of the Blooming Grove and Frost area.
Nephews will be pallbearers.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Thursday, Aug 29, 1974

• Submitted by Karen Rost

James William Carroll
Jan 15, 1896 - Jan 14, 1972

J.W. Carroll

ITALY (Spl.)-James William Carroll, a resident of Italy, died early Friday at Navarro Memorial Hospital in Corsicana.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Methodist Church, Italy, with the Rev. Kenneth Haley of Corsicana and
the Rev. Bill Chesser officiating.
Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Blooming Grove under the direction of Rudolph Owen Funeral Home of Italy.
Born in 1896 in Blooming Grove, Mr. Carroll had lived in Italy for the past 30 years. He was a retired butcher and a member
of First Christian Church in Blooming Grove.

He is survived by his widow of Italy; three sons, James D., Ray D. and Rufus Carroll of Corsicana; one daughter, Mrs.
Frances Holdeman of Mineral Wells; one brother, E. L. Carroll of Dorchester; one sister, Mrs. J. Benton Davis, also of Dorchester; and ten grandchildren.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Friday, Jan 14, 1972

• Submitted by Karen Rost

Martha Jewell (Magee) Saunders
Nov 26, 1895 - Apr 21, 1975

Mrs. Saunders

BLOOMING GROVE-
Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the First Christian Church here for Mrs. Martha Jewel Saunders, 79, lifelong Blooming Grove resident who died here Monday.
The Rev. Gary Edens will officiate, assisted by the Rev. John Clifford. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Bradley Funeral Home.
Survivors include her husband, Albert Saunders of Blooming Grove; one son, Carroll Lee Saunders of Blooming Grove; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Pool of Ennis and Mrs. Lucille Glenn of Edinburg and a number of nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Saunders was married Dec. 5, 1915, and had been a member of the First Christian Church of Blooming Grove since 1916.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Tuesday,  Apr 22, 1975

• Submitted by Karen Rost

Emmie Doyle (Ellett) Carr
Jun 8, 1889 - Oct 19, 1975

Mrs. Carr

Services for Mrs. Emmie D. Carr, 68, of Corsicana were held at 2 p.m. today at Corley Funeral Home Chapel.
Among the list of survivors are two brothers including John B. Ellett of Dallas and a sister, Mrs. Mabel Wilkinson of Freeport.

Pallbearers for the service included John Carr and S. B Nowell.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Tuesday, Oct 21, 1975

• Submitted by Karen Rost

• Rose Hill Cemetery, Blooming Grove, Navarro Co., TX

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Mrs. Carr

Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Corley Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Emmie D. Carr, 86, resident of Corsicana, who died Sunday in Mel-Haven Convalescent Home.

Rev. Urial Stegman will officiate, and burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery in Blooming Grove.

She was a native of Alabama, resident of Corsicana 60 years, and member of St. Luke United Methodist Church.

Survivors include a son, Claude Carr of Houston; five grandchildren, two brothers, J. I. Ellett of Dallas, and a sister, Mrs. Mable Wilkienson of Freeport.

Pallbearers include Neal Crawford, Hugh Fullerton Jr., Ed Blackburn, Buck Copeland, F. V. Nowell, and Curtis Williams.

Notes:

• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, Oct 20, 1975
• Submitted by Diane Richards

Jonathan Lafette Phillips
Jan 4, 1941 - Dec 6, 1942

Baby Buried Monday In Blooming Grove

BLOOMING GROVE, Dec. 7.— (Spl.)—

Jonathan Phillips, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Phillips, 1419 West Seventh avenue, Corsicana, died at the family home
early Sunday morning.

Funeral services were held from the Central Baptist church here Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Rev. Joe Snell, pastor in charge.
Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery Surviving are his parents, two sisters, Mary Ann and Judith, Corsicana; and grandparents, Mr. and; Mrs. Ed Phillips, Blooming Grove, and Mr. and Mrs. Wes Neal. 

McCormlck's Funeral Service directed arrangements.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, Dec 7, 1942

• Submitted by Karen Rost

Alfred "Al" Talbott
Jun 23, 1902 - Dec 3, 1942

FUNERAL SATURDAY OF ALFRED TALBOT OF BLOOMING GROVE 

Dec. 7 — (Spl.)—Funeral services were held from the First Christian church here Saturday afternoon at 6 o'clock for Alfred (Al) Talbot aged 40, who died at his home Thursday night after a few hours' illness. Talbot had owned and operated a garage here the past five years.
Surviving are his wife, three children, W. D., Virginia Lee, and Boncille Talbot, all of Blooming Grove; mother, Mrs. Belle Talbott,
Kansas; six sisters and a brother.
The rites were conduced by Rev. M. C. Turpin, minister, and interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Tom Carroll, R. W. Perry, Drew Glllen, Miller Reid, Carl Pritchard and Lee Low.
Out of town persons attending the rites included Mr. and Mrs. James Lackey, Lewis, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Jones, W. O.
Jones and Mrs. E. F. Coward, all of Gatesville. McCormick Funeral Service directed arrangements.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, Dec 7, 1942

• Submitted by Karen Rost

Roy Marion Baker
Dec 25, 1893 - May 6, 1976

R.M. Baker

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Corley Funeral Home Chapel for Roy Marion Baker, 82, resident of Corsicana, who died Thursday at his residence.
The Rev. David Hale will officiate, with burial following at Dresden Cemetery.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. R. M. Baker, four sons, a daughter, nine grandchildren, one great-grandchild, a brother, and a sister.
Nephews will be pallbearers.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Friday, May 7, 1976

• Submitted by Karen Rost

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R. M. Baker

Services are pending at Corley Funeral Home for Roy Marion Baker, 82, resident of Corsicana, who died Thursday at his residence.

He was a retired farmer and had lived in Corsicana 50 years.

Survivors include three sons, Orval E. Baker of Streetman, William Bernice Baker and Roy Winston Baker both of Houston; two daughters, Mrs. Clyde Turner of San Antonio and Mrs. Veda Phillips of Corsicana; nine grandchildren, one great grandchild, a brother J. T. Goulding of Corsicana; and a sister, Mrs. Lydia Alexander of Purdon.

Notes:

• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Thurs., May 6, 1976
• Submitted by Diane Richards
• h/o Mary Jane “Jannie” (Stroud) Baker (death certificate says s/o Marion Baker and Mattie Bell—brother Robert Jackson Baker's death certificate says s/o William Baker and Mattie Bell—sister Lydia (Baker) Alexander's death certificate says William Baker and Curly Bell—step brother- John Traynum Goulding and Step-sister Willie Faye (Goulding) Pierce-Jergins- 1900 census William A. Baker and May Baker Leon, Texas- 1910 census says step father William T. Stevens and mother Martha M. Stevens)

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R. M. Baker

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Corley Funeral Home Chapel for Roy Marion Baker, 82, resident of Corsicana, who died Thursday at his residence.

The Rev. David Hale will officiate, with burial following at Dresden Cemetery.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. R. M. Baker, four sons, a daughter, nine grandchildren, one great-great grandchild, a brother and a sister.

Nephews will be pallbearers.

Notes:

• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Fri., May 7, 1976
• Submitted by Diane Richards

Enoch White
Jun 18, 1878 - May 29, 1959

Enoch White Is Buried Sunday

BLOOMING GROVE, June 1 -(Spl.)—Sunday afternoon funeral rites were held here for Enoch White, 80, former resident of Blooming Grove who died Friday night in Waco.
Services were held from the Central Baptist Church, with Rev. Wayne Runnels, the pastor, conducting. Burial was in the Dresden cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, of Waco; three sons, Robert and Grover, both of Vernon, and James, Waco; five daughters, Mrs. Rhoda Wilson, Athens; Mrs.Peggy Chaney, Stamford; Mrs. Blanche Owen, Athens; Mrs. Tommy Baggett, Fort Worth; and Mrs, D. L. Wilson, Waco; a brother, Richard White, Athens; a sister, Mrs. Mary Hasley, Lawton, Oklahoma; 38 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, and other relatives.
Pallbearers were Raymond Hilcher, Buddy Pritchett, Henry White, H. B. Sullivan, Johnny Waggoner and Earl White.
McCormick Funeral Service directed.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, Jun 1, 1959

• Submitted by Karen Rost

Idella Jane "Della" (Lassiter) Arnold-Burnham
Dec 18, 1870 - Jun 3, 1959

Mrs. Burnham Rites Thursday

Funeral services for Mrs. F. B. Burnham, 88, formerly of Dresden, who died in Meridian Wednesday, were held Thursday at 3 p.m. from the Dresden Methodist church. Burial was in the Dresden cemetery.
A native of Mississippi, Mrs. Burnham came to Texas at the age of 12 years and resided at Dresden until 1948. She had resided with a daughter, Mrs. J. A. Brister, at Walnut Springs since 1948.
Other survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Q. Q. Dickson, Corsicana; a son, Luther Arnold.
Dallas; three stepsons, a step-daughter, 10 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren and other relatives.
Grandsons were pallbearers.
McCormick Funeral Service directed.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Thursday, Jun 4, 1959

• Submitted by Karen Rost

Thomas Eugene "Tom" Tadlock
Jan 28, 1871 - Jun 5, 1929

ZION' S REST MAN DIED WEDNESDAY; FUNERAL THURSDAY

T. E. Tadlock, aged 58 years, died Wednesday morning at 4 o'clock at his home in the Zions Rest community following an illness of several months. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock at Dresden with Rev. A. C. Carraway, of Chatfield, officiating. Interment will be made in the Dresden cemetery.
The deceased is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Effie Horalson and Mrs. Beulah Owen both of Corsicana; and one son,
Robert Tadlock, also of Corsicana The Sutherland Funeral Home Is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Notes:

• Corsicana Daily Sun - Wednesday, Jun 5, 1929

• Submitted by Karen Rost

• Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light - Friday, Jun 7, 1929
• Submitted by Diane Richards

Jane Alice (Treadwell) Gardner-Sparks
Sep 4, 1854 - Apr 11, 1940

MRS. ALICE SPARKS DIED NEAR DRANE THURSDAY NIGHT

Mrs. Alice Sparks, aged 85 years, native of Georgia, but resident of Navarro county 10 years, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. W. W. Fitzgerald, near Drane.
Thursday night.
Funeral services will be held at Dresden Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with interment in the Dresden cemetery.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. G. L. Goodman, Houston and Mrs. Fitzgerald, Drane, and five grandchildren.
Corley Funeral Home will direct the arrangements.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Friday, Apr 12, 1940

• Submitted by Karen Rost

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FUNERAL SERVICES MRS. ALICE SPARKS HELD AT DRESDEN

Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Sparks, aged 85 years, who died near Drane Thursday night, were held at Dresden Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with interment in the Dresden cemetery. She had resided in Navarro county for the past 10 years.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. G. L. Goodman, Houston, and Mrs. W. W. Fitzgerald, Drane, and five grandchildren.

The rites were conducted by Rev. Mr. Williams of Blooming Grove.

Pallbearers were Marshall Tatum, Willie Miles Tatum, Dan Slaughter, Reo Ragan, Lance Cobb and D. S. Cobb.

Corley Funeral Home directed the arrangements.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Sat., Apr 13, 1940

• Submitted by Diane Richards

Claude Carroll Warren
Jan 29, 1880 - Apr 27, 1955

Blooming Grove Rites Thursday For C. C. Warren

BLOOMING GROVE, April 27—(Spl)—Claude C. Warren, 75, retired merchant, died at Memorial Hospital in Corsicana early Wednesday after a short illness.

 A native of Navarro Mills, Warren lived most of his life within Navarro county. He formerly farmed, ran a cafe business, and was once county jailer under Sheriff C. O. Curington. He resided at Frost at the time of his death.

Services will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. from the Central Baptist church, Blooming Grove, with Rev. B. O. Baker Jr., pastor of the Birchman Baptist church, Fort Worth, conducting, assisted by Rev. T. R. Harrison, pastor of the Central Baptist church, Blooming Grove. Burial will be in the Dresden cemetery.

He is survived by two sons, J. D. Warren, Gatesville, and G. I. Warren, Frost; a daughter. Mrs. Myra Dell Knapp, Fort Worth; a brother, Fred Warren, Corsicana; two sisters, Mrs. Lila Westmoreland, El Paso, and Mrs. Bill Cheatam, San Angelo; four grandchildren and other relatives.

Pallbearers will be Johnny Dugan, Clyde Smith, T. W. Stevenson, all of Frost; Miller Reid and Carl Warren, both of Blooming Grove; and S. S. Baggett, Drane.

McCormick Funeral Home will direct.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Wednesday, Apr 27, 1955

• Submitted by Karen Rost

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CLAUDE C. WARREN
BLOOMING GROVE< April 28 (Spl) - Funeral services were held in Central Baptist Church here Thursday afternoon for Claude C. Warren, 75, retired cafe operator, who died in a Corsicana hospital early Tuesday.
Burial was in the cemetery at Dresden.
Warren is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Myra Dell Knapp of Fort Worth; two sons, J. D. Warren of Gatesville and G. I. Warren of Frost; two sisters, Mmes. Lila Westmoreland of El Paso and Bill Cheatam of San Angelo; a brother, Fred Warren of Corsicana and four grandchildren.

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• Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams
• The Fort Worth Star Telegram, Apr 29, 1955
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Louella (Tucker) Davis-Bailey
May 15, 1933   Apr 15, 1974

Rice Woman Dies Tractor Accident

RICE •— A Rice woman, Mrs. Louella Bailey, 40, was killed Monday evening when she fell from a tractor and was run over by a brush-hog mower she was pulling, according to Judge G. W. O'Neal, coroner.

Deputy Sheriff Grady McCall said the woman's husband, Robert M. Bailey, called his home, on the west side of Rice, about 7:20 p.m. and informed him that Mrs. Bailey was dead after having fallen off the tractor. McCall said Mrs. Bailey had apparently run into a fence and had been thrown off the tractor while she was mowing the pasture.

He said her 10 year-old daughter had been riding her mini-bike in the same pasture at the time of the accident. McCall said the child then notified her father, who was asleep at their home.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Griffin Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Rice Cemetery and Rev. Ode Meaders, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate.

Mrs, Bailey was an active member of the Parent-Teacher Association, the Rice Community Association, member of Eastern Star, and a member of the Rice Baptist Church, She is survived by her husband; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Montfort of Kerens, Mrs. Kathy Bullard of Waxahachie, and Vera Lynn Bailey of Rice; one son, Bill Davis of Rice; two grandchildren, Troy Bullard and Kelly Montfort; her mother, Mrs. Lillian Tucker of El Paso; one sister, Mrs. Alta Russ of El Paso; and a number of nieces and nephews.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun Tuesday, Apr 16, 1974

• Submitted by Diane Richards

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Mrs. Bailey

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Griffin Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Lou Ella Bailey, 40, resident of Rice who was killed Monday evening when she fell from a tractor and was run over by a bush-hog mower.

Rev. Ode Meaders, pastor, of First Baptist Church in Rice, officiated, and burial was at Rice Cemetery.

Survivors include her husband, three daughters, a son, two grandchildren, her mother, a sister, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers included Wayne Christian, Jack Thompson, Ott Loper, Jr., Larkin Kirk, Floyd Brewer and Grady McCall.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Wednesday, Apr 17, 1974
• Submitted by Diane Richards

Eddie Jay Davis III
May 20, 1951 Aug 03, 1970

Rice Man Is Killed In Wreck

Texas Highway Patrolmen Albert Fisher and Bob Parrish investigated an accident 1.7 miles west of Rice on a County dirt road that resulted in a fatality.

Eddie J. Davis riding a motorcycle was fatally injured when the cycle struck a pickup driven by Ronald Ray Leach.

Both of the men involved were from Rice.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Wednesday, Aug 5, 1970

• Submitted by Diane Richards

• Rice Cemetery

Lula J. (Cohorn) Gantt
Sep. 27, 1875 - Dec. 14, 1955

MRS. LULA GANTT, 80, FATALLY BURNED AT BLOOMING GROVE

Mrs. Lula Gantt, 80, pioneer resident of the Blooming Grove community, was fatally burned at her home In Blooming Grove Wednesday about 6 p.m. She was the widow of the late Jim Gantt. Mrs. Gantt was a native of Alabama, but had resided in and near Blooming Grove for 70 years. She lived alone.

Rites Thursday

Funeral services were held from the Blooming Grove Methodist Church Thursday at 2 p.m. The rites were conducted by Rev. Roy H. Davis, pastor. Burial was in the Lone Oak cemetery.

Sheriff Rufus Pevehouse said that Charles Drew Gillen was the first person to reach Mrs. Gantt's body after a fire alarm had summoned the fire department when flames were seen on a bed in the house.

W. B. Ellis, justice of the peace at Blooming Grove, conducted an investigation and returned a coroner's verdict of accidental death by burning.

Clothing Ignited It appeared that Mrs. Gantt's clothing were ignited from a gas stove and she crawled into her bed in an effort to smother the flames and then went into the kitchen where she turned on the water. Most of her clothing was burned.

Little damage was done the house except for the bed and water damage.

Mrs. Carl McGraw, en route to the church near Mrs. Gantt's home, saw a glow and flames through a bedroom window and turned in the fire alarm.

Survivors

Surviving are six brothers, Clarence and Arthur Cohorn, both of Lamesa; Olliean and Clemie Cohorn, both of Hamlin;  R. L. Cohorn, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Jack Cohorn New York City, N. Y., and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Pallbearers were Sammie Saunders, Robert Gantt, Bruce McCormick, Arthur Garrison, Billy Gillen and Miller Reid.

McCormick Funeral Service directed.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Thursday, Dec 15, 1955

• Submitted by Diane Richards

William G. “Mel” Deason
Aug 1867 - Jan 26, 1960

M. G. Deason Of Henrietta Dies

BLOOMING GROVE, Jan. 26 . Spl.) — M. G. Deason, 91, retired merchant, died in Henrietta Texas, early Tuesday morning.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete Tuesday noon, but are expected to be held Wednesday afternoon from the Christian church. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery.

Deason resided in Blooming Grove 70 or more years before moving to Henrietta five years ago. His wife recently died and was buried here.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs Jayne Womack. Dallas ; a niece, Mrs. Ethel Powell, Henrietta, reared in the Deason home three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and other relatives.

McCormick Funeral Service is Directing.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Tuesday, Jan 26, 1960

• Submitted by Diane Richards

Thomas J. “Tom” Pevehouse
Dec 25, 1876 - Apr 10, 1957

Blooming Grove Resident Dies

Tom Pevehouse, 80, lifetime resident of Blooming Grove, died in Memorial Hospital early Thursday.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from the First Baptist 3hurch of Blooming Grove with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Rev. C. R. Adcock, pastor.

A retired farmer, Pevehouse is survived by a brother, A. D. Pevehouse, Blooming Grove; two sisters, Mrs. Nila Powers, Corsicana, and Mrs. Prudence Scott, Blooming Grove; and a number of nieces and nephews, including. Sheriff Rufus Pevehouse, Corsicana, McCormick Funeral Home Blooming Grove, will direct.

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•  Corsicana Daily Sun - Thursday, Apr 11, 1957

• Submitted by Diane Richards

Arthur Jefferson Grady
Dec 16, 1900   Dec 3, 1955

A. J. Grady Dies At Boise, Idaho

A. J. Grady, 55, of Corsicana died suddenly Saturday while on a business trip to Boise, Idaho.

The body is scheduled to arrive in Dallas Wednesday and funeral services are tentatively set for Thursday.

The family left Idaho by automobile Monday.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Grady, Corsicana; four daughters Mrs. N. C. McGehee, Route 4, Corsicana; Bettie Lou Grady, student in the University of Texas, and Martha and Camille Grady, all of Corsicana; mother, Mrs. Sallie Grady, Los Angeles, Calif.; a brother Tom Grady, Dallas; and two married sisters and other relatives McCormick Funeral Service of Blooming Grove will direct.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, Dec 05, 1955

• Submitted by Diane Richards

• Rose Hill cemetery, Blooming Grove, Navarro Co., TX

James William Kuykendall
Jul 26, 1869   Nov 12, 1955

J. W.Kuykendall

Services Monday

J. W. Kuykendall, 86, native Texan and resident of Emhouse for 42 years, died Saturday in the Galveston County Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services were held from the Emhouse Methodist church  Monday at 10:30 a. m. Burial was in the Pattison cemetery. The rites were conducted by Rev. Robert Llndsey, pastor of the church.

Kuykendall had been a member of the Methodist church since early in life.

Surviving are his wife of Emhouse; two sons, James B. Kuykendall, Galveston, and Dr. H. D Kuykendall, Sugarland; a daughter, Mrs. E. Summerlin, Alvin; five grandchildren; five great-grand children; two sisters and a brother.

Pallbearers were H. R. Ponder C. M. Dixon, C. B. Turner, Stokes Armstrong, Marvin Shows, Swint Huling. Honorary pallbearers Were friends of the family.

McCammon directed  

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, Nov 14, 1955

• View Obitaury Clipping

• Submitted by Diane Richards

Ada Virginia (Fields) Merrell
Dec 25, 1871   Nov 13, 1955

Monday Services For Mrs. Merrell

Mrs. W. L. (Ada) Merrell, 83 long-time Navarro county resident died in the Navarro Clinic Sunday afternoon.

Funeral services were, held from the Eleventh Avenue Methodist church Monday at 3 p. m. Burial was in the Dresden cemetery. The rites were conducted by Rev. J. L. Davenport, pastor of the church and Rev. Tom Allmon, Baptist minister of Hubbard.

A native of Longview, Mrs. Merrell was reared in Navarro county and resided at various points in West Navarro county in addition to Corsicana and Oak Valley.

Her late husband, Wiley L. Merrell was a prominent figure In political and other circles for many years.

Surviving are three sons, C. F. C. C. and Frank A. Merrell, all of Corsicana; three daughters, Mrs. T. J. Keathley and Mrs. David Donaho, both of Corsicana, and Mrs. Jack Bressie, Navarro; 2 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchidren; two sisters, Mrs. Alma Hollingsworth, Corsicana, and Mrs. M. B. Hubbard, Houston, and other relatives.

Pallbearers were Alvin Merrell Albert Merrell, Don Donaho, Jackie Bressie, Charles Cravens, J. A. Penney and D. F. Fields, grandsons.

Corley Funeral Home directed.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, Nov 14, 1955

• Submitted by Diane Richards

Agatha Elizabeth (Wilkinson) Moore
Sep 17, 1873   Dec 04, 1955

Mrs. J. M. Moore

Services Monday

Mrs. Agatha Elizabeth Moore, 82, widow of the late J. M. Moore, native of Navarro county, died in Providence Hospital, Waco, early Sunday morning.

Funeral services were held Monday at 10:30 a. m. from the First Baptist church in Hubbard, of which she had been a member since 1910.

The rites were conducted by Dr. Harold Lindsey, Baptist minister of Waco, and Rev. M. O. Cheek, Waco, District 14 Baptist missionary, former pastor of the Hubbard congregation. Burial was in the Dresden cemetery.

A native of Raleigh, Mrs. Moore was the daughter of the late I. N. Wilkinson, pioneer resident of West Navarro county. She resided in the Emmett community from the time of her marriage In 1893 when the family moved to Midland, moving to Hubbard a year later. Mrs. Moore had resided in Waco the past few years after her health declined.

She was active In church and club circles of Hubbard for many years.

Surviving are two sons. Col. I. G. Moore, Ennis, and General Aubry . Moore, Hillsboro; two daughters, Miss Sue Moore, Browning Library, Baylor University, Waco, and Mrs. J. W. Faulkner, Port Arthur; two grandchildren, Miss Carolyn Sue Faulkner, student in the University of Texas, and Jimmy Faulkner, both of Port Arthur; a brother, C. N. Wilkinson, Longview; a sister, Mrs. Lee Lowe, Blooming Grove, and other relatives.

Pallbearers were Ray Jarvis, Rupert Jones, Harold Weatherby, Dr. L. W. Courtnel, Ed Smith, Gene McDaniel, Dr. Hudson Long and A. B. Keitt.

Wolfe Funeral Home directed.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Monday, Dec 5, 1955

• Submitted by Diane Richards

Olivia (Bromley) Kuykendall
May 14, 1883 - May 8, 1974

Mrs. Kuykendall

Funeral services are pending at Corley Funeral Home for Mrs. J. W. (Olivia) Kuykendall of Emhouse, who died Wednesday at Evergreen Nursing Home.

Survivors include two sons, James Kuykendall of Galveston and Dr. Harold Kuykendall of Sugarland, and other relatives.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Wed., May 8, 1974

• Submitted by Diane Richards

• Pattison Cemetery

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Mrs. Kuykendall

Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Corley Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. J.W. (Olivia) Kuykendall, 90, resident of Emhouse, who died Wednesday at Evergreen Nursing Home.
Rev. Bernard McCord will officiate, and burial will be at Pattison Cemetery.
Survivors include two sons, a step-daughter, Mrs. Ernest Summerlin of Alvin; five grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers include Ralph Chancy, Loyd Gillen, Alvie Armstrong, Roy Posey, Stokes Armstrong, and Marvin Shows.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Thursday, May 9, 1974

• Submitted by Karen Rost

O. B. Ballew Rites Tuesday

Funeral services for O. B. Ballew, 55, Navarro Junior College department head, who died in Galveston late Sunday of a heart attack, will be held Tuesday at 4 p. m. from the First Methodist church of which he was a member.
The rites will be conducted by Rev. John Wesley Ford, pastor, with burial in Oakwood cemetery.
Reared at Grand Prairie, he was a graduate of Southwestern Junior College at Keene, and held B. S. and M. S. degrees from North Texas State College at Denton. He had been connected with the State Home School here for several years when he went to Navarro Junior College in 1947 as instructor and head of the Industrial Education department.
Surviving are his wife, and a son, Lucky Ballew, both of Corsicana; a foster daughter, Mrs. J. M. Copeland, Houston; a foster son, Lloyd R. Williams, California; mother, Mrs. C. E. Ballew, Grand Prairie, and other relatives.
Pallbearers will be Gene Cummins, Robert Fernald, Roy Reese, Merlin Sanders, Al Hair, Franklin Slate, Sam Garrett, Harold Davidson, Cullen W. Dunn, Perry Taylor, C. M. Gillespie, Jr. , Ben Hawk, Dr. John Harper, Edward Hamilton and David Ralston, all scout masters.
The faculty and trustees of Navarro Junior College will be honorary pallbearers.
McCammon will direct.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun- Sunday, Jun 2, 1959

• Submitted by Karen Rost

Eliza Ann (Stewart) Murphy
Oct 27, 1855 - Jun 3, 1929

AGED WOMAN WAS BURIED IN OAKWOOD TUESDAY AFTERNOON

Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza A. Murphy, aged 73, widow of the late Jim Murphy, who died at the Navarro County Hospital Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock following a short illness were held Tuesday afternoon at the family home, 1503 West Seventh avenue, at 3 o'clock, with Rev. Tom Lenox, pastor of the First Christian church, officiating. Interment was made In Oakwood cemetery.
The deceased is survived by one sister, Miss Nan Stewart, and one brother, John Stewart.
The pallbearers were: Donald Smith, E. D. Holmes, J. M. Chambliss, M. C. Muns, Jess Hart and Charles Holloway.
The Corley - McMahon Funeral Home was in charge of funeral arrangements.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Wednesday, Jun 5, 1929

• Submitted by Karen Rost

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AGED WOMAN DIED , MONDAY AFTERNOON BURIAL TUESDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza A. Murphy, aged 73, widow of the late Jim Murphy, who died at the Navarro County Hospital Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock following a short illness, were held Tuesday afternoon at the family home, 1503 West Seventh Avenue at 3 o'clock, with Rev. Tom Lenox, pastor of the First Christian church officiating. Interment was made in Oakwood cemetery.

The deceased is survived by one sister, Miss Nan Stewart, and one brother, John Stewart.

The Corley-McMahon Funeral Home was in charge of funeral arrangements.

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• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Tuesday, Jun 4, 1929
• Submitted by Diane Richards
• w/o Robert James “Jim” Murphy married Dec 25, 1892; d/o Edward “Ed” Stewart & Lucinda “Lucindy” (Ross) Stewart

Edgar Earle Burkhart Jr.
1928 - Jun 5, 1929

LITTLE CHILD TO BE BURIED BESIDE SISTER THURSDAY

Funeral services for Edgar Earle Burkhart Jr., 18 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Burkhart who died at the Corsicana Hospital and Clinic Wednesday night at 8:30 o'clock, following a serious illness of several days will be held at the Corley-McMahan Funeral Home Thursday afternoon at 4:30 with Rev. F. P. Culver pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. Interment will be made in Oakwood cemetery.
This was the second of the Burkhart children to die in the past week, Mary Josephine, aged three and one-half years, was buried In Oakwood last Sunday afternoon.
Pallbearers will be C. C. Albritton, K. L. McKeown, S. W. Burdine, Will Huff and J. N. Royall.
Surviving are the parents, one brother and one sister.
The Corley-McMahon Funeral Home was in charge of funeral arrangements.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Thursday, Jun 6, 1929

• Submitted by Karen Rost

William Jennings Bain, Sr.
Feb 26, 1908 - Jun 2, 1959

Wm. J. Bain Dies Tuesday 

Wm. J. (Bill) Bain, 51, native of Kerens, 2928 West Fourth avenue, died in Memorial hospital early Tuesday morning following only a few hours illness.
Funeral services will be held from the First Baptist church in Kerens, of which he was a member, Wednesday at 4 p. m.
with burial in the Kerens cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Rev. J. Garland McKee, pastor.
Bain has been employed as an interviewer with the Texas Employment Commission office here for the past seven years, moving to Corsicana only a few months ago.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jean Bain; a son, Wm. J. Bain, Jr., both of Corsicana; a brother, A. L. Bain, Kerens; two sisters, Mrs. R. M. Tyus, Kerens, and Mrs. Ralph Kiligore, Rosebud, and other relatives.
Inmon Funeral Home will direct.

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• Corsicana Daily Sun - Tuesday, Jun 2, 1959

• h/o Myra Jean (Lamb) Bain s/o Eli Francis Bain & Hulda Theodocia Ernest “Docia” (Crowley) Bain

• Submitted by Karen Rost & Diane Richards

BLOOMING GROVE, June 3 — (SpU — Jack Hollifield, 67, Frost farmer, died of a heart attack Wednesday at 11 a.m. at a well at the Dresden cemetery.
He is reported to have been hunting on the creek nearby and with several friends, had gone to the well at the cemetery for a drink of water and later as they sat on a bench, was strick. Funeral services were incomplete early Wednesday afternoon pending arrival of relatives, but will be held from the Brushie Prairie Methodist church with burial In the Brushie Prairie cemetery. The services will be conducted by Rev. C. C. Ellis, pastor of the Frost Baptist church.
Hollifield was born in Lone Cedar and had resided south of Frost for many years, Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lucille Hollifield, Frost; mother, Mrs. Hattie Hollifield, Purdon; a daughter, Mrs, Betty Jo Baty, Cleburne; two step-sons, Roy Grounds, Jr., California, and Preston Grounds, Dallas; four brothers, Dave Hollifield, Blooming Grove; Loyd Hollifield, Dawson,Tom Hollifield, Brown and Nimmie Hollifield, Houston; four sisters, Mrs. Cannle Ewing, Blooming Grove; Mrs. Becky Hollingsworth, Barry; Mrs. May Haswell, Dallas, and Mrs. Jewell Turner, Purdon; five grandchildren and other relatives.
McCormlck Funeral Service will direct.

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