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James
Talmadge Gallemore
Dec 21, 1905 - Jan 20, 1931
Funeral Wednesday For Rice Man With Burial at Chatfield
RICE, Jan. 24.�Funeral services for James Talmadge Gallemore, 25,
who died Tuesday morning after a short illness, were held Wednesday
with interment in the
Chatfield cemetery.
He was local manager of the Texas Electric railway for several years
but resigned last summer.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. J. A. Gallemore; five sisters, Mrs.
W. O. Patterson, Ensign; Mrs. Clark Dukeminier, Mrs. J. H. Hays and
Miss Myrtle Gallemore, all of Rice; Mrs. E. A. Turner, Parsons,
Kansas, and two brothers, Edwin Gallemore, Breckenridge, and Hugh
Gallemore, Dallas.
Notes:
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RICE
RICE, Jan. 22.�(Spl.)�Talmadge Gallemore, 25, died Tuesday morning
at the home of his mother, Mrs. J. A. Gallemore. Talmadge has been
in ill health for several months but his sudden death came as a
surprise to his family and many friends. Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning at 10 at the Baptist church and were conducted by
Rev. W. H. Day of Streetman and assisted by Rev. H. C. Bowman,
pastor of the Methodist church.
Surviving are his mother, three brothers, Hugh L. of Dallas, Edward
of Olden and Sloan of Rice; four sisters, Mrs. Clark Dukeminier,
Mrs. Jim Hays, Mrs. Euty Turner and Miss Myrtle of Rice and Mrs. W.
O. Patterson of Ensign. Interment was in the Chatfield cemetery,
under the directions of W. F. Hodge. Those out of town attending the
funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Will Shelton, Edwin Gallemore of Olden, H.
Gallemore of Dallas., Mr. and Mrs. Walter Weems, Mrs. C. Henderson,
Miss Adlyn Hays of Corsicana and Mrs. Will Finch, Mrs. John Finch
and G. W. Freeman of Chatfield, Mr. and Mrs. Rowlins and Jessie
Gatlin of Ennis.
Notes:
Sloan G.
Gallemore
Mar 9, 1909 - Dec 14, 1971
Sloan Gallemore
Services for Sloan Gallemore, 62, are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday in
Corley Chapel, with burial to be in the
Old Chatfield cemetery.
The World War II veteran was a native of Rice and died in the
morning in Grand Prairie. He had lived in Arlington.
Survivors include one brother Hugh Gallemore of Tulsa Okla.; one
sister, Mrs. J. H. Hayes of Rice; and several nieces and nephews.
The Corsicana Daily Sun - Tuesday, December 14, 1971 - Submitted by
Diane Richards
S. Gallemore
Services for Sloan Gallemore, 62, are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday in
Corley Chapel, with burial to be in the Old Chatfield Cemetery, Rev.
Randall McCollum will officiate.
The World War 11 veteran was a native of Rice and Died Tuesday in
Grand Prairie. He had lived in Arlington.
Pallbearers will be Orin Gilbert, J. T. Allen, Alvin Jones, Carroll
Barton, Floyd Brewer, J. K. Bradley, Alfred Shelton, Paul Miller and
C. A. Liles.
Survivors include one brother, Hugh Gallemore of Tulsa, Okla.; one
sister, Mrs. J. H. Hays of Rice and several nieces and nephews.
Notes:
Violet Clark (Dukeminier)
Wasson-Gallemore
Mar 7, 1870 - Jan 3, 1951
Mrs. Gallemore Rites Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Violet Gallemore, 80, long-time resident
of Rice, who died at the P. and S. Hospital early Wednesday were
held Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Rice Baptist Church.
The rites were conducted by Rev. W. H. Day of Grapevine and Rev.
Jack Bell. Burial was in the
Chatfield cemetery.
She was the widow of the late J. A. Gallemore.
Surviving are a daughter Mrs. Jim Hays, Rice; three sons, Hugh
Gallemore, Fort Worth; Edwin Gallemore, Tampa, and Sloan Gallemore,
Grand Prairie; two step-daughters, Mrs. Clark Dukeminier and Myrtle
Gallemore, both of Rice; 13 grandchildren and 10
great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were A. C. Hervey, Ernest Cummings, Paul Miller, John
Bowden, J. T. Allen, Clarence Mahaley, Alvin Jones, Lonnie Williams,
John Spencer, Sloan Wear, Tom Queen and A. R. Jackson.
McCammon directed.
Notes:
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The Corsicana Daily Sun - Thursday, Jan 4, 1951
- 1st husband Thomas Luther Wasson 2nd husband James Alfred
Gallemore married Feb. 27, 1901 d/o R. P. Dukeminier and
Cordelia (Harmon) Dukeminier
- Submitted by
Diane Richards
Georgia (Pannill) Clayton
Sep 16, 1867 - Dec 23, 1939
MRS. M. S. CLAYTON DIED ON SATURDAY; BURIAL BE SUNDAY
Mrs. M. S. Clayton, aged 72 years, died at her home, 616 South
Fifteenth street, Saturday morning. Funeral services will be held
from the residence Sunday afternoon at 2 o�clock with burial in the
Chatfield cemetery.
The rites will be conducted by Rev. C. R. Haden, rector of the
Episcopal church.
Mrs. Clayton had been a resident of Navarro county and Corsicana
practically all of her life. She moved to Chatfield from Ellis
county when a small child and lived there many years before moving
to Corsicana. She was the widow of
M. S. Clayton,
former Navarro county sheriff.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Charles H. Highnote, Corsicana; a
sister, Mrs. R. L. Hodge, Chatfield; a number of nephews and nieces,
and other relatives. She was a sister of the late Dr. Will Pannill.
Sutherland-McCammon will direct the arrangements.
Notes:
Funeral Services For Widow of Former Sheriff Held Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. M. S. Clayton aged 72 years, who died at
her home here Saturday, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o�clock from
the family residence, 616 South Fifteenth street. Interment was in
the Chatfield cemetery.
The rites were conducted by Rev. C. R. Haden, rector of St. John's
Episcopal church.
Mrs. Clayton had resided in Navarro county practically all of her
life. She was the widow of the late
M. S. Clayton,
former Navarro county sheriff.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Charles H. Highnote, Corsicana; a
sister, Mrs. R. L. Hodge, Chatfield; and a number of other
relatives.
Sutherland-McCammon directed the arrangements.
Pallbearers were Joe Harper, L. P. Hodge, W. H. Pannill, Lee Rushing
and W. T. McKee.
Notes:
Albert
Hervey Clayton
Aug 2, 1861 - Jul 20, 1923
Died in San Antonio.
A. Hervey Clayton aged 62 years, died in a sanitarium in San
Antonio, Friday evening at 6:30 o�clock and the body will be brought
to Corsicana early Sunday morning over the Southern Pacific Lines
for interment in the
Chatfield cemetery sometime Sunday.
Deceased is survived by his wife and one son, Theodore Clayton of
Sumerset, near San Antonio. Deceased is also survived by a brother,
Roger Clayton, and sister, Mrs. Dixie Reed of Mexico.
Deceased was formerly a resident of Corsicana and is well known in
Corsicana and Navarro county.
Notes:
Mary Lucille (Gooden) Baxter
Apr 13, 1926 - Jan 10, 2000
Marie Lucille Gooden Baxter
Mary Lucille Gooden Baxter, 73, of San Antonio passed away Monday,
Jan. 10, 2000, in Universal City.
Services will be 10 a.m. today at Carroll-Lehr Funeral Chapel, with
the Rev. Lynn Parker officiating. Interment will follow at
Prairie Point Cemetery
in Navarro County.
Mrs. Baxter was born April 13, 1926 in Athens to the late George and
Lilla Robbins Gooden. She was a Methodist. Mrs. Baxter was a
graduate of Athens High School and Baylor School of Nursing. She
worked several years for the Wolfe Duphorne Hospital and owned a
coin business in Erie, Pa. before retiring to San Antonio. She
married Jack Mills Baxter on Nov. 8, 1947. She was an avid Gardner.
She was preceded in death by her husband on Oct. 21, 1996.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Sherri and Jack
Dempsey of Erie, Pa.; son, Bob J. Baxter of Pennsylvania; sister,
Mae Allison of Dallas; brother-in-law and wife, Robert L. and Donna
Baxter of San Antonio; grandchildren, J. Camille Dempsey, Jack M.
Dempsey and Nicholas L. Baxter; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements by Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home of Athens.
Notes:
Wade James
Arnett
Dec 6, 1890 - Jan 5, 1962
Wade Arnett Rites Saturday
KERENS, Jan. 6 (Spl.) - Wade Arnett, 70, farmer-stockman, retired
civilian Navy Employe, was found dead at his home here Friday noon.
Melvin Penney, justice of the peace, returned a coroner's verdict of
�death from natural causes� following an investigation. A heart
attack was ascribed as the cause. He apparently died Friday morning.
Funeral services were to be held Saturday at 3 p.m. from the Inmon
Chapel with burial in the
Prairie Point Cemetery.
The rites were to be conducted by Rev. Burt Gillis, pastor of the
First Methodist Church, of which he was a member. He was also an Odd
Fellow.
Arnett was with the Navy at Honolulu when Pearl Harbor was struck by
the Japanese in December, 1941. He had resided in Kerens 17 years
since his retirement from the Navy job.
Surviving are three brothers, John and G. R. Arnett, both of Kerens,
and Tom Arnett, Cryer Creek, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Nephews were to be pallbearers.
Notes:
Mary (Gurley)
Morris-Cooper-Honea
Dec 11, 1867 - Jul 9, 1932
NAVARRO COUNTY NATIVE IS BURIED SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Mrs. Mary Honea, about 60, native of Navarro county, 113 East First
avenue, died in the P. and S. Hospital Saturday night at 11:05
o'clock following an illness of 18 days and the funeral was held
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock with burial in the
Prairie Point Cemetery.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Tenie Smith of
Corsicana.
Surviving are four sons, Belve Morris, Johnnie Cooper, Theodore
Honea and Earl Honea and three daughters, Mrs. Peal Williams, Mrs.
Ollie Beaser and Mrs. Birdie Abbe.
The funeral was directed by the Corley Funeral Home.
Notes:
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The Corsicana Daily Sun
- Monday, Jul 11, 1932
- Submitted by
Diane Richards
- 3rd husband is John Monroe
Honea married Apr 11, 1889 buried in Hamilton Beeman cemetery;
d/o James Gurley & Narcissa (Watson) Gurley (her daughters are
(Pearl (Cooper) Williams buried in Hamilton Beeman; Ollie Mae
(Cooper) Brashear buried in Prairie Point; Bertie Gladys
(Honea) Abbe buried in Prairie Point)
Ollie Mae (Cooper) Brashear
May 3, 1901 - Dec 9, 1974
Mrs. Ollie Brashear
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Corley
Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Ollie Brashear, 73, Corsicana, who died
Monday in Memorial Hospital. An officiating minister had not been
named at press time today. Burial will be in
Prairie Point Cemetery
with grandsons serving as pallbearers.
She had been a resident of Corsicana for 70 years and was a native
of Greenville.
Surviving are two sons Clifton Brashear of Cedar Hill and Harvey
Brashear of Corsicana; one daughter, Mrs. Hazel Watson of
Duncanville; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; two
brothers, Johnnie Cooper and Earl Honea, both of Corsicana; and one
sister, Mrs. Birdie Abbe of Trinidad.
Notes:
Mrs. Ollie Brashear
Funeral services were to be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the
Corley Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Ollie Brashear, 73, resident of
Corsicana who died Monday in Memorial Hospital.
Rev. T. F. Donald officiated, and burial was at
Prairie Point Cemetery.
Survivors include two sons, a daughter, 11 grandchildren, five
great-grandchildren, two brothers and a sister.
Notes:
Vallis
William Brashear
Feb 23, 1895 - Jul 27, 1964
Services For V. W. Brashear Held Wednesday
Funeral rites for V. W. Brashear 69, were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday
from the Corley chapel, with burial in
Prairie Point Cemetery.
Rev. David Williams and Leroy Elmore officiated.
A resident of Waxahachie and brother of O. B. Brashear of Corsicana,
Brashear died in Waxahachie Monday night. He was a native of Johnson
county.
Survivors are his wife of Waxahachie; two sons, Harvey, Waxahachie,
C. M., Ovilla; a daughter, Mrs. George Watson, Midlothian; three
brothers, O. B. Brashear, Corsicana; Jack Brashear and Irving
Brashear, both of Cleburne; three sisters, Mrs. Letha Rasco, Gorman;
Mrs. Velma Rasco, Canyon, and Mrs. Beatrice Gaines, Andrews; 11
grandchildren and other relatives.
Pallbearers were Jimmie Yarber, Robert Floyd, Bill Follis, C.
Hudson, Fred Cornell and Hudine Sykes.
Notes:
Ruth Lee (Brashear) Morris
May 1, 1900 - Jul 21, 1964
Hold Services For Mrs. Morris
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Lee Morris, 58, wife of Bell R.
Morris, 818 East Avenue A. who died in Memorial Hospital Sunday,
were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. from the Corley Chapel.
The rites were conducted by Rev. Mildred Eastman, Assembly of God
minister; ; Rev. Jessie Keele, pastor, Evangel Temple, and Rev. B.
W. Johnson, pastor, Pentecostal Church of God. Burial was in the
Prairie Point Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband of Corsicana, four sons, Marvin Morris,
Cedar Hill; Olen Edward and Ben Morris, Jr., both of Dallas, and
Buster Ray Morris Corsicana; four daughters, Mrs. Ruth Arlene Floyd,
Midlothian; Mrs. Mary Lee Yarber and Miss Marlene Morris, both of
Corsicana, and Mrs. Jewell Davis, Dallas; 22 grandchildren, four
brothers, Vallas Brashear, Waxahachie; Ollie Brashear, Corsicana;
Jack and Earvin Brashear, both of Cleburne; three sisters, Mrs.
Oletha Rasco, Gorman; Mrs. Velma Rasco, Denver City, and Mrs.
Beatrice Gaines, Andrews, and other relatives.
Pallbearers were Steve Hudson, H. N. Coker, Richard A. Ivie, O. M.
Bailey, Loyd Nichols, Richard Oglesby, L. A. Douglas and Rev. David
Williams.
Notes:
Bobby Joe
Combs
May 21, 1936 - Aug 28, 2013
 Bobby
Joe Combs, 77, of Kerens, passed away Wednesday, Aug.
28, 2013 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas.
Born May 21, 1936 to Marvin "Jack" Combs and Alma
Leopard Combs.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Marvin "Jack"
and Alma Combs, sister, Addie Beth Adams and grandson,
Bobby "Scooter" Dunn.
Bobby is survived by his wife of 53 years, Yvonne Combs
of Kerens; daughter and son-in-law, Darla and Sammy
Cline of Kerens; granddaughter and husband, Derinda and
Hewitt Scott of Kerens; daughters and son-in-laws, Robin
and Terry Fedrick of Edgewood and Tamara and Nick
Housewright of Wills Point; nine grandchildren; 18
great-grandchildren; brother Marvin Combs of Kerens.
The family will receive visitation Saturday, Aug. 31,
2013 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Paschal Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013 at
Paschal Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Gary Combs officiating
with burial to follow in the
Kerens Cemetery.
Arrangements under the direction of Paschal Funeral
Home. |
Notes:
Dr. Clovis
Roland Haden
Apr 10, 1940 - Aug 24, 2013
 Dr.
C. Roland Haden passed away peacefully in his sleep to meet
the Lord on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. He is survived by his
wife of 57 years, Joyce Weathers Haden; his daughters, Cathy
Fuchs and Kimberly Jensen; and son Clay Haden. He is also
survived by his mother, Mary Aline Haden; brothers, Jim and
David Haden; his grandchildren, Landon Fuchs, Hayley Jensen,
Macey Fuchs, Henry Haden and Roland Davis Haden; as well as
his great-grandsons, Oren Swint and Flynn Fuchs. Roland was
born in Houston on April 10, 1940. He grew up in Blooming
Grove, where he graduated from high school in
1958 as Class
President.
Roland retired on Aug. 31, 2002, after a long and
distinguished career in academia, as Vice Chancellor of
Engineering for the Texas A&M University System and the Dean
of the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M
University. He received his B.S. degree magna cum laude from
the University of Texas at Arlington, his M.S. from the
California Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. from the
University of Texas at Austin, all in Electrical
Engineering. Roland was a Fellow of the American Society for
Engineering Education and the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers. In 1998, he was honored by the ASEE
with the Donald E. Marlowe Award as a national role model in
advancing engineering education and the engineering
profession. He was named an inaugural member of the Texas
Governor's Science and Technology Council and served on the
Texas Board of Professional Engineers.
Dr. Haden served on the Board of Directors of E-Systems and
Square D Company, both Fortune 500 companies, as well as a
number of other corporate boards, including Inter-Tel, Inc.
and Crosstex Energy, MLP.
He authored more than 100 articles, reports and
presentations and was the author or editor of three books.
He was a member and past-chair of the General Electric Senior Research Award Committee and chair of the Public
Policy Committee, both of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), chairing the 1998 Public
Policy Colloquium in Washington, D.C. He also twice served on the Executive Committee of the Engineering Deans Council
of ASEE. He was a past chair of the Professional Engineers in Education Division of the TSPE, the nation's largest
state professional Engineering organization, and a past chair of the Texas Deans of Engineering Organization.
C. Roland Haden served as a faculty member of the Electrical Engineering Department in the 1970's, both at Texas A&M
University and the University of Oklahoma. He began his administrative career as Department Head of Electrical
Engineering at the University of Oklahoma and then served as Dean of Engineering at Arizona State University at the age
of 38, being the youngest Dean of Engineering in the U.S. at the time. He later served as Vice President for Academic
Affairs and Provost at Arizona State. Roland then became Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost at
Louisiana State University. Eventually he returned to Texas A&M in 1993, to serve as Vice Chancellor and Dean of
Engineering.
He served as a member of the Technology Committee of the Bryan-College Station Economic Development Corporation. In
March 2000, he was named the first Volunteer of the Year by the Bryan-College Station Economic Development Corporation
and earlier was the recipient of a similar award from the Greater Phoenix Economic Development Group.
Roland, a devoted Christian husband and father, loved traveling with Joyce, studying history and genealogy. He was
a member of the Wingfield Society, recently serving as the society's Lord of the Manor. He was also a Son of the
American Revolution, Son of the Texas Revolution, and commissioned as an Admiral in the Texas Navy by Governor
Rick Perry.
Roland was greatly loved by his family and friends. He will be greatly missed.
Flowers may be sent to Hillier Funeral Home in Bryan, or, in keeping with Roland's kind and generous spirit, donations
may be made to the Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort, Inc., 410 Allied Dr., Nashville, TN 37211, Phone:
1-888-541-2848. Website: www.disasterreliefeffort.org.
A time for family to receive friends will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, 2013 at Hillier Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013 at the A&M Church of Christ, 2475 Earl Rudder
Freeway South in College Station. Aggie game day attire is welcome.
A graveside service will take place at the
Dresden Cemetery
in Dresden, Navarro County, Texas at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
31, 2013. |
Notes:
Bertha (Garner) Garner
Jan 25, 1896 - Mar 24, 1976
Mrs. Garner
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Corley Funeral Home for Mrs. W. L. (Bertha) Garner, 80, resident of Corsicana, who died
Wednesday in Memorial Hospital.
J. C. Bristow, Jehovahs Witnesses overseer, will officiate, and burial will follow at New
Chatfield Cemetery.
She was a native of Chatfield, lived in Corsicana since 1947, and was a member of the Jehovahs Witnesses.
Survivors include two sons, W. L. Garner Jr. of Hobbs, N. M. and Gayle D. Garner of Corsicana; three daughters, Mrs. S. W. Hellums of
Barry, Mrs. A. C. Richards, Jr. of Dallas and Mrs. O. W. Glenn of Corsicana; six grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, a brother,
Paul Garner of Corsicana; a sister, Mrs. Martha McElwreath of Denton, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Notes:
George Walter Harper, Sr.
Oct 14, 1875 - Jan 18, 1943
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR G. W. HARPER HELD AT CHATFIELD
Funeral services for G. W. Harper, age 68 years, who died at Edna
Monday following a long illness were held from the Methodist church
at Chatfield Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Burial was in the
Chatfield Cemetery.
Mr. Harper was raised in the Chatfield community and spent most of
his life there and at Rice. He served as mayor of Rice at one time
and was a prominent merchant in that city.
Surviving are his wife, Edna; two daughters, Mrs. Cecil Beard and
Miss Betty Harper, California; two sisters, Mrs. J. E. Mizell,
Chatfield; Mrs. C. B. Knight, Ennis; five brothers, Jess M. Harper,
Rice; S. O. Harper, Rice; J. B. Harper, Gilmer; R. L. Harper,
Dallas; J. A. Harper, Longview, and other relatives.
Sutherland-McCammon directed the arrangements.
Notes:
Rebeckah Jane (Alexander)
Harper
Mar 31, 1843 - Oct 15, 1924
MRS. J. M. HARPER PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT RICE HOME
WAS MOTHER OF CITY SECRETARY JOHN HARPER OF CORSICANA
Mrs. Rebeckah Jane Harper, wife of Capt. J. M. Harper, passed away
at the family home in Rice last night after a long illness, aged 81
years.
Surviving the deceased are her husband and six sons and two
daughters; Dr. W. M. Harper, Dallas; Jess Harper, G. W. Harper and
R. L. Harper of Rice; Joe Harper of Palestine, City Secretary J. A.
Harper of Corsicana, and Mrs. James Mizell of Chatfield and Mrs. C.
B. Knight of Ennis. She also had one step-son, Dr. Boss Harper.
The deceased had been a resident of this county for near forty years
and was greatly loved by a large circle of friends.
Funeral services will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at
the residence in Rice, with Rev. C. A. Chasteen of Corsicana, and
her son-in-law, Rev. C. P. Knight of Ennis officiating. Burial will
be in the Chatfield
Cemetery immediately after the funeral services at Rice.
Notes:
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Funeral Mrs. Harper Was Largely Attended
The remains of the late Mrs. Rebeckah Jane Harper, wife of Capt. J.
M. Harper, who died at Rice Tuesday, were interred in the Chatfield cemetery this morning at 11 o'clock after impressive services at the
home in Rice, conducted by Rev. C. A. Chasteen of Corsicana and Rev. C. B. Knight of Ennis.
The six sons of the deceased acted as pall bearers, and there were
many beautiful flowers. There was an immense attendance from the
surrounding country and many were there from Ennis.
Attending from Corsicana were Mayor Eubank and Commissioners Wilson
Blockmon, Garrett and Hammett, Recorder H. S. Melear, Tax Collector Boyd and wife, C. H. Highnote and wife, Water Collector R. B.
Mitchell, Edmond Pugh, Preston Welch, Water Superintendent, C. B. Lewis, Aubrey Nutt, Ernest Wilson, Fire Chief E. L. Keith, Mrs.
Willson, Fire Chief E. L. Keith, W. W. McClendon, City Engineer; Mrs. Will S. Knight and Mrs. C. B. Haley.
Notes:
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MRS. J. M.
HARPER PASSED
AWAY LAST NIGHT
RICE HOME
WAS MOTHER OF
CITY SECRETARY
JOHN HARPER OF
CORSICANA
Mrs. Rebeckah
Jane Harper,
wife of Capt. J.
M. Harper passed
away at the
family home in
Rice last night
after a long
illness, aged 81
years.
Surviving the
deceased are her
husband and six
sons and two
daughters: Dr.
W. M. Harper,
Dallas; Jess
Harper, G. W.
Harper and R. L.
Harper of Rice;
Joe Harper of
Palestine, City
Secretary, J. A.
Harper of
Corsicana and
Mrs. James
Mizell of
Chatfield and
Mrs. C. B.
Knight of Ennis.
She is also had
one step-son,
Dr. Boss Harper.
The deceased had
been a resident
of this county
for near forty
years and was
greatly loved by
a large circle
of friends.
Funeral services
will take place
tomorrow morning
at 10 o�clock at
the residence in
Rice, with Rev.
C. A. Chasteen
of Corsicana,
and her
son-in-law Rev.
C. P. Knight of
Ennis,
officiating.
Burial will be
in the Chatfield
Cemetery immediately after the funeral services at Rice.
Notes:
Lucy Davis (Monts) Burdine
Apr 17, 1861 - Nov 20, 1957
Mrs. Burdine Of Tupelo Expires Wednesday Night
Mrs. W. C. Burdine, 96, long-time Tupelo resident, died at her home
in the Tupelo community Wednesday night following an extended
illness.
Funeral services will be held from the Tupelo Methodist church
Friday at 10:30 a.m. with burial in the
Chatfield Cemetery.
The rites will be conducted by Rev. Marvin James, pastor of the
church.
Mrs. Burdine was born April 17, 1961, in Mississippi, but had
resided in the Tupelo community for the past 61 years. her husband
died in 1924.
Surviving are three sons, J. D., M. C. and R. B. Burdine aqnd a
daughter, Mrs. H. E. Hervey, all of Tupelo; a sister, Mrs. Agnes
Pearee, Irving, Ala.; 13 grandchildren, 21, great-grandchildren,
five great-great-grandchildren and other relatives.
Pallbearers will be grandsons.
Corley will direct.
Notes:
Wylie Calhoun �Cal� Burdine
Jan 11, 1859 - Jun 21, 1924
W. C. BURDINE DIED LAST NIGHT AT HIS HOME NEAR TUPELO
When W. C. Burdine died at his home in the Tupelo community last
night Navarro county lost one of its host citizens and his community
and church one of their most loyal and useful members.
The deceased was near seventy years of age, and had been a resident
of this county since 1892, most of that time spent in the
neighborhood where he died. The deceased was a steward of the
Methodist church and a teacher in the Sunday school at Tupelo for
many years. He was so thoroughly consistent in his life that all who
knew him believed in and honored him, and his death is lamented by
the people among whom he lived as a personal loss to each and every
one.
The remains were interred in Chatfield this afternoon after funeral
services at the Tupelo Methodist church, conducted by his pastor,
Rev. J. M. Hagers, and his presiding elder, Rev. C. A. Bickley, in
the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing friends, and many
beautiful flowers were placed.
Surviving the deceased is his wife and six children, James, Marvin
and Baxter Burdine, Mrs. L. M. Williams; three nephews, S. W.
Burdine, E. C. Burdine and Stanley Burdine, and a niece, Mrs. L. L.
Williams. He is also survived by a brother at his old home in
Mississippi ad a sister in Oklahoma.
Notes:
Marvin
Calhoun Burdine
Mar 11, 1887 - Dec 26, 1965
Tuesday Rites M. C. Burdine
Final rites for M. C. Burdine, 78, retired farmer, 211 Garitty
avenue, were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Corley Chapel with
burial in the Chatfield
Cemetery. Rev. Homer Cox, pastor of the Eleventh Avenue
Methodist church, conducted the rites.
Burdine died Monday in the East Texas Tuberculosis hospital in
Tyler.
Surviving are his wife of Corsicana; two brothers, R. B. and J. D.
Burdine, and a sister, Mrs. H. E. Hervey, all of Tupelo, and other
relatives.
Pallbearers were Alvin Jones, Dillard Ellington, Richard Burdine, T.
V. McMullan, Frank Roberson and Robert McCullan.
Notes:
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The Corsicana Daily Sun
- Tuesday, Dec 28, 1965
- US Army 36th division h/o Mary Bess �Bessie� (McMullan)
Burdine s/o Wyley Calhoun �Cal� Burdine and Lucy Davis (Monts)
Burdine
- Submitted by Diane Richards
Mary Bess �Bessie�
(McMullan) Burdine
Oct 29, 1888 - Jan 15, 1966
Rites Sunday Mrs. Burdine
Funeral services for Mrs. Marvin Burdine, 77, native of Tupelo, who
died in the Evergreen Convalescent Home Saturday, were held from the
Corley Chapel Sunday at 2 p.m. with burial in the
Old Chatfield Cemetery.
The rites were conducted by Rev. Homer Cox, pastor of the Eleventh
Avenue Methodist church, and Rev. Weldon Hayes.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. L. B. Wheeler, Corsicana; two brothers,
Clark McMullan, Rice, and Boyd McMullan, Baton Rouge, La.; and a
number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Her husband died December 26, 1965.
Pallbearers were Robert McMullan, Tiny McMullan, Tom McMullan, Frank
Roberson, Ralph Wheeler and Tom Wheeler.
Notes:
Matt Finch
Oliphant
Dec 18, 1883 - Mar 31, 1959
Hold Rites For Retired Farmer
Funeral services were held Thursday at 10 a.m. from the Griffin
Chapel for Matt Finch Oliphant, 75, retired farmer, Route 1,
Chatfield, with burial in the
Chatfield Cemetery.
The rites were conducted by Rev. Marvin James, pastor of the
Chatfield Methodist church.
Oliphant died Tuesday night in Memorial Hospital.
Surviving are his wife of Chatfield; a brother, L. C. Oliphant, and
a half-brother, J. E. Oliphant, both of Dallas; a sister, Mrs. J. M.
Harper, El Paso, and other relatives.
Pallbearers were Byron Kirby, George Hodge, Ed Ellington, Ben
Easterling, Tom Weaver and Ray Lieser.
Notes:
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The Corsicana Daily Sun
- Thursday, April 2, 1959
- h/o Emma Louise (Knaus) Oliphant married Sep. 30, 1906
s/o William Landon Oliphant and Melissa Ann (Loop) Oliphant
- Submitted by Diane Richards
Addie Mae (Oliphant) Harper
Nov 2, 1888 - Jul 18, 1966
Hold Services Mrs. Harper
Funeral services for Mrs. J. M. Harper, 77, formerly of Rice, who
died in Baird Monday, were held Wednesday at 10 a.m. from the Corley
Chapel with burial in the
Chatfield Cemetery.
The rites were conducted by Rev. Stephen L. Massie, minister of the
First Christian church.
Surviving are two sons, John M. Harper, El Paso, and N. O. Harper,
Clyde; a daughter, Mrs. Grady Wilson, Sanderson; six grandchildren,
three grandchildren, a brother, L. N. Oliphant, Dallas, and other
relatives.
Pallbearers were Carroll Barton, A. L. Shelton, John S. Finch,
Nugent Oliphant, Jr., J. M. Hodge and George Hodge.
Notes:
William Roland "Bill" Vaught
Jun 22, 1950 - Apr 7, 1965
Dies Wednesday
Bill Vaught, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Vaught, Corsicana,
died Wednesday in the M. D. Anderson hospital in Houston after an
illness of nine months.
Funeral services will be held from the Corley Chapel Friday at 3:30
p.m.
He was a member of the Fellowship Baptist church.
Surviving are his parents and a brother, Neil Vaught, all of
Corsicana
Notes:
Phillip
Edward Allison
Dec 13, 1947 - Apr 24, 1948
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR PHIL ALLISON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral services for Phillip Edward Allison, 4-months old twin son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Allison, Jr., who died at the family ranch
home northwest of Corsicana early Saturday morning, were held from
the McCammon Chapel Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Burial was in
Oakwood cemetery.
The rites were conducted by Rev. Robert Q. Kennaugh, rector of St.
John's Episcopal church.
Surviving are the parents, two brothers, Fred M., III and William
Shell Allison; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Allison, Sr.,
all of Corsicana, and other relatives.
Pallbearers were Billy Clarkson III, Kay Tatum, Lynn Sanders, Jr.
and Dr. Wm. T. Shell, JR.
Notes:
Louis
Thomas Merrell
March 7, 1880 - Apr 22, 1948
LOUIS T. MERRELL FUNERAL SERVICES SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral services for Louis Thomas Merrell, 63, former Corsicana and
Purdon barber, who died Friday in Big Sandy, were held from the
Corley Funeral Chapel Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment was
in the Younger Cemetery.
The rites were conducted by Rev. Jack Goff, pastor of the North Side
Baptist church.
Surviving are his wife of El Paso, a son, Homer L. Merrell, Big
Sandy; a daughter, Mrs. Dave Price, El Paso; three granddaughters
and other relatives.
Pallbearers were Sim Hagler, Zack Barton, C. H. Brooks, J. P.
Baggett, W. A. Early and A. S. Fulton
Notes:
Forest
William Read
Sep 21, 1895 - Apr 23, 1948
FOREST W. READ FUNERAL RITES SLATED TUESDAY
Funeral services for Forest W. Read, aged 53, who died suddenly
Friday morning at his home in Oklahoma City, will be held at
Hamilton cemetery
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock where interment will be made.
The rites will be conducted by Rev. J. Morris Bailey, pastor of the
Eleventh Avenue Methodist church.
Native of Navarro county and former Corsicana resident, Read had
been operating engineer at the Tinker Air Field at Oklahoma City for
a number of years. He was a veteran of
World War I.
Surviving are his wife, Oklahoma City; father, J. W. Read,
Corsicana; two brothers, J. W. Read, Corsicana; two brothers, J. W.
Reed Read, Jr., Odessa, and Louis E. Read, Galveston; a sister, Miss
Vaudie Read, Corsicana, and other relatives.
McCammon Funeral Home will direct.
Notes:
Audrey Blanche (Richards)
Honea
Apr 26, 1910 - Mar 14, 1973
Mrs. Honea
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday at the Corley Funeral
Home Chapel for Mrs. Audrey Honea, 62, of Corsicana, who died
Wednesday at Memorial Hospital. Rev. B. W. Johnson will officiate
and burial will be at
Prairie Point Cemetery,
She was a native of Aley, Tex., had lived in Corsicana for 30 years
and was a member of First Pentecostal Church of God.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Dela Garner of Malakoff and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Nephews will be pallbearers.
Notes:
John Payne
Banks
Dec 13, 1873 - May 4, 1947
JOHN PAYNE BANKS FUNERAL HELD AT KERENS WEDNESDAY
KERENS, March 6�(Spl)�Funeral services for John Payne Banks, who
died at his home in Kerens Tuesday afternoon at 3 o�clock was held
Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the First Methodist church with the pastor
the Rev. A. W. Sprinkle, assisted by the Rev. Maggart Howell of
Grosebeck and the Rev. J. B. Whitley of Trinidad, officiating.
Banks was born Dec. 13, 1873 in the Wilson community and on Dec. 13,
1894, he was married to Miss Lena Dixon Hassell. They had six
children, three of whom died before Mrs. Banks on May 6, 1916.
Banks was a member of the Methodist church and for many years owned
and operated a blacksmith shop in Kerens.
Survivors include a brother, Zack Banks, Corsicana; a sister, Miss
Mina Banks, Buffalo; a son Freddie Banks, Kerens; two daughters,
Mrs. Theo Daniel, Trinidad, and Mrs. Natalie Kirkland, Kerens, and
four grandchildren. Burial was in the
Prairie Point Cemetery
with Stockton's Funeral Home in Charge.
Notes:
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The Corsicana Daily Sun
- Thursday, March 6, 1947
- h/o Lena Dixon (Hassell) Banks s/o Thomas Calhoun Banks
(per rootsweb, death cert. says Geroge Banks) and Peninah
(Westbrook) Banks
- Submitted by
Diane Richards
Jennie Ann (Shelton) Hawkins
Oct 3, 1875 - Sep 15, 1961
Services For Mrs. Hawkins Slated Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Hawkins, 85, who died early Friday
unexpectedly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jack Jones, in
Kerens, will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. from the First Methodist
Church in Kerens.
The pastor, Rev. Burt Gillis, and the Rev. Bill Foster, Baptist
pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in
Prairie Point Cemetery.
Inmon will direct.
Pallbearers will be Boe Sharrer, Bugs Paschal, Garland Hawkins,
Harfey Parks, Daniel Hawkins and Jimmie Lee Hawkins.
A lifelong resident of Kerens, she was the widow of the late L. E.
Hawkins. Mrs. Hawkins was a member of the Methodist church.
She is survived by three sons, J. B. and I. B. Hawkins of Kerens and
W. H. Hawkins of Stephens, Ark.; five daughters, Mrs. J. B. Paschal
and Mrs. T. P. Penney of Corsicana, Mrs. R. M. Sharrer and Mrs.
Jones of Kerens, and Mrs. Dove Mankin of Houston; one sister, Mrs.
Nettie Richardson of San Marcos; 23 grandchildren, among them two
she reared�Aubrey Earley of Gonzales and Mrs. Harvey Parks of
Chandler; and 29 great-grandchildren. Also she is survived by a
daughter-in-law, Mrs. H. K. Hawkins of Kerens.
Notes:
Jesse Marion Harper
Jun 15, 1840 - Mar 2, 1930
Jesse M. Harper Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Jesse M. Harper, 83, life-long resident of Chatfield and
Rice, were held Wednesday at 11 a.m. from the McCammon Chapel. Burial was in the
new Chatfield Cemetery. the
rites were conducted by Rev. Jack Daniels, pastor of the Haynie Memorial
Methodist Church at Rice.
Harper died of a heart attack at his home in Rice early Monday night.
Surviving are his wife of Rice; a daughter, Mrs. Grady Wilson, Sanderson; two
sons, John Harper, El Paso, and Nugent Harper, Clyde; six grandchildren; four
brothers, John Harper, Longview; Joe Harper, Gilmer; Bob Harper, Dallas, and Sid
Harper, Channelview; two sisters, Mrs. C. B. Knight, Ennis, and Mrs. J. E.
Mizell, Chatfield; and a number of other relatives.
Pallbearers were Sloan Wear, Louis Hodge, Robert E. Montfort, Herman Wear, J. K.
Bradley and D. Hartley.
Notes:
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The Corsicana Daily Sun
- Wednesday, March 27, 1957
- h/o Addie Mae (Oliphant) Harper married Aug. 5, 1906 s/o John Marion
Harper and Rebekah Jane (Alexander) Harper
- Submitted by Diane Richards
Infant
Daughter Russell
B & D Oct. 23, 1933
Rice News.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Russell died early Monday
morning and was buried in the
Rice Cemetery Monday afternoon at 2 o�clock.
Notes:
Kenneth
Jack Garrett
abt 1931 - May 18, 1933
Rice News.
Kenneth Jack Garrett, 2, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawton Garrett of
Ennis, died of pneumonia following measles at noon Thursday, and was
buried at Rice Friday morning. The Rev. L. S. Ballard of the First
Baptist Church of Ennis conducting the services, assisted by the
Rev. G. C. Henry of Rice.
Notes:
Jim Hayes
d. feb 1956
Jim Hays Dies Here Saturday
Jim Hayes, 67, supervisor of the Rice school buses, died in Memorial
Hospital late Saturday following a few hours illness.
Funeral services were held Monday from the Haynie Memorial Methodist
church in Rice with burial in the
Rice Cemetery.
The services were conducted by Rev. John Bass, pastor of the church,
and Rev. Jack N. Bell, pastor of the Bethel Missionary Baptist
church here, formerly of Rice, and Rev. R. B. Griffin, pastor of the
First Baptist church in Rice.
He had resided at Rice for many years.
Surviving are his wife of Rice; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph McHam,
Denison, and Mrs. Carl Maxwell, Monahans; three grandchildren; two
brothers, W. M. Hayes, Dallas, and G. H. Hayes, Bay City; two
sisters, Mrs. Dan Boyer, Corsicana, and Mrs. R. T. Irvin, Bay City,
and other relatives.
Pallbearers were Clarence Mahaley, John Bowden, Ernest Cummins,
Alvin Jones, J. T. Allen and J. K. Bradley. Honorary pallbearers
were friends of the family.
McCammon directed.
Notes:
Rice
Among the out-of-town relatives and friends attending the funeral of
Jim Hays Monday were: Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gallemore of Alice, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Gallemore, Tulsa, Okla.; Mrs. R. T. Irwin, Roberta, and
Tull Hays, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. McLendon and Golden Hays, Bay City;
Mr. and Mrs. Claude S. Kelly, Denison; James Lee Pollan, Abilene;
Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Dukeminier, Hobbs, N.M.; Mr. and Mrs.
Randall Dukeminier and Randall Allen, Houston; Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. Oran Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Boucher, Mr. and
Mrs. Jno. Sloan; Mrs. George Berry and Imogene, Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Hays, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hays, Jr. and Sloan Gallemore, Dallas; Paul
and Eva Bryant, Frisco; Pauline and Parilee Bryant, Plano an Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Boyer, Corsicana.
Notes:
Frances Elizabeth
"Lizzie" (Bundy) Coker
Aug 28, 1852 - Dec 31, 1932
AGED WOMAN DIED EUREKA COMMUNITY SATURDAY NIGHT
Mrs. W. M. Coker, aged 80 years, died at her son's home, T. O. Coker
in the Eureka community Saturday night and the funeral was held from
the home Sunday afternoon at 3 o�clock with burial in the
Emhouse cemetery. The
services were conducted by Rev. I. R. Darwood, Methodist minister.
Surviving are two sons, T. O. Coker, Eureka, and W. M. Coker,
Dallas; four daughters, Mrs. J. F. Hagle, Dawson; Mrs. J. E. Farmer
and Mrs. Lee Crawford, both of Corsicana; and Mrs. Monroe Brady,
Bells, Texas; and a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren.
The funeral was directed by L. B. Bonner and Company of Eureka.
Notes:
Ola May
(Reid) Wooten
Mar 16, 1908 - Dec 22, 1982
Mrs. Ola M. Wooten
Mrs. Ola M. Wooten, 74, of Ennis, died Wednesday at Scott and White
Hospital in Temple.
Service is Friday, 1 p.m. at Corley Funeral Home chapel with the
Rev. Neel Luce officiating. Burial will be at
Pattison Cemetery.
She was a native of Emhouse and a member of the Baptist Church of
Montalba.
Survivors are two sons, Ronald Tim Wooten, of Arlington, and Noah C.
Wooten, of Star Harbor; one daughter, Mrs. Thelma May Hunter, of
Memphis, Tenn.; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three
brothers, A. T. Reid, of Arlington, Monroe Reid, of Denver, Colo.,
and Solon Reid, of Daingerfield; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Montgomery
and Mrs. Irene Blakeslee, both of Powell; and a number of nieces and
nephews.
Pallbearers will be Dan Meador, Gene Montgomery, Sam Montgomery,
Jimmy Blakeslee, Cloyde Tyner and W. J. Armstrong.
Notes:
Carl �Tobe�
Honea
Sep. 15, 1901 - Aug. 6, 1954
Honea Services Planned Monday
Carl (Tobe) Honea, 52, 737 North Commerce street, died of natural
causes Friday night, Judge P. H. Geraughty, coroner and justice of
the peace, ruled Saturday morning following an autopsy performed by
Dr. Will Miller, county health officer.
Funeral services will be held from the Corley Chapel Monday at 2
p.m. Burial will be in the
Alligator cemetery.
Honea was pronounced dead on arrival at the Navarro Clinic Friday at
11:30 p.m. in a Griffin ambulance officers said.
Dr. Miller stated after the autopsy that bruises on the body were
superficial and could not have figured in the cause of death.
Surviving are his wife of Corsicana; three sons, Richard Carl and
James Alton Honea, both of Dallas, and Lonnie William Honea,
Corsicana; two brothers, Theodore and Earl Honea, both of Corsicana;
a sister, Mrs. Clarence Abbie, Bazette, and 10 grandchildren.
Notes:
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The Corsicana Daily Sun
- Saturday, Aug 7, 1954
- h/o Mary Mae (Brashear)
Honea s/o John M. Honea buried in Hamilton Beeman & Mary �Lula�
(Gurley) Morris-Cooper-Honea buried in Prairie Point
- Submitted by
Diane Richards
----
Tuesday Services For Carl Honea
Funeral services for Carl (Tobe) Honea, 52, 737 North Commerce
street, who died Friday night, will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from
the Corley Chapel. Burial was in the Alligator cemetery.
The rites will be conducted by Rev. J. C. Coffey, Jr., pastor of the
First Baptist Mission.
Honea was pronounced dead on arrival at the Navarro Clinic and Judge
P. H. Geraughty returned a coroner's verdict of death from natural
causes following an autopsy performed by Dr. Will Miller, county
health officer.
Surviving are his wife of Corsicana; three sons, Richard Carl and
James Alton Honea, both of Dallas, and Lonnie William Honea,
Corsicana; two brothers, Theodore and Earl Honea, both of Corsicana;
a sister, Mrs. Clarence Abbie, Bazette, and 10 grandchildren and
other relatives.
Pallbearers will be Lawrence Townley, Jeff Townley, John Townley,
Jim Garcia, Paul Schultz and E. R. Bracken.
Notes:
Charles Ray
Reagan
Aug 26, 1906 - Oct 23, 1934
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR 2 MEN MEETING TRAGIC DEATH HELD
RAY REAGAN DIED LATE TUESDAY IN HOSPITAL RESULT OF WOUND
Funeral services for Home L. Seale, 26, and Ray Reagan, 28,
residents of the Kerens vicinity, who met violent death near here
Tuesday afternoon when a pistol said to have been in the hands of
Reagan, snuffed out the life of Seale instantly while he was sitting
in an automobile, and then sent a bullet into his own brain, were
held Wednesday afternoon.
Rites for Reagan were held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o�clock from
the Kerens Baptist church with Rev. C. D. Hardy in charge. Interment
was in the Bazette cemetery.
He is survived by his wife and other relatives.
Services for Seale were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o�clock from
the Bazette Methodist church with burial in the Prairie Point
cemetery. The rites were conducted by Revs. Joe Everheart, B. L.
McCord and Preston Taylor. He is survived by his wife, three
children, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Seale, and other relatives.
Inquest Wednesday.
Sam B. Jordan, justice of the peace, precinct 1, place 2, conducted
an inquest Wednesday morning and a coroner's verdict was returned
that Seale came to his death by being shot by Reagan. No inquest has
been requested for Reagan. Judge Jordan said if a verdict was asked
for, he would return a suicide decision.
The tragedy occurred about one mile southwest of Corsicana on the
Oak Valley road. Jack Floyd, deputy sheriff, answered the call and
his testimony at the inquest Wednesday morning revealed that he
found �Homer Seale slumped in the front seat, dead with a bullet
wound in his right temple, and Ray Reagan was lying in the ditch
with a bullet hole in his head on the right sied above the temple,
with a pistol clutched in his right hand with two empty cartridges
in the cylinder; found a note in Reagan's pocket addressed to his
wife, indicating that he had killed Seale and shot himself.�
Reagan was rushed to the P. and S. Hospital where he died several
hours later.
The shooting occurred about 12:45 o�clock Tuesday afternoon.
The body of Seale was prepared for burial by the Corley Funeral Home
and both bodies were taken to Kerens by the Stockton Funeral Home
which had charge of the arrangements.
Considerable difficulty was encountered in identifying the victims
following the shooting, the Louisiana license plate on the car of
Reagan causing confusion. It was several hours after the tragedy
before positive identification was established.
Life Long Friends.
Both men were farmers and resided several miles north of Kerens
toward Bazette and had been life long friends.
Seale was a well-known amateur and independent baseball player and
was a member of the Magnolia Refiners club her for the past several
seasons.
There were no witnesses to the tragedy as far as officers have been
able to determine.
The first intimation of the tragedy was contained in a telephone
message to Deputy Sheriff Walter Hayes at the sheriff's office by a
man named Jones who resides near the site of the shooting. Hayes was
advised that there was a man in the road and one in a car, both
bloody. Jones did not hear the shots. Deputies Floyd and Allen
Calloway were sent by Hayes and after the ambulance rushed to the
scene, Sheriff Rufus Pevehouse joined in the investigations.
Notes:
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The Corsicana Daily Sun
- Wednesday, Oct 24, 1934
- h/o Opal Estelle (Massey) Reagan-Ward s/o Charles
Washington �Charlie� Reagan & Lula Marzee (Chadwick) Reagan
- Submitted by
Diane Richards
Kate Kincannon (Jones) Seale
Mar 13, 1890 - Jan 16, 1949
MRS. L. M. SEALE DIES ON SUNDAY; FUNERAL MONDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Kincannon Seale, aged 55 years, of
Kerens, who died at the P. and S. Hospital Sunday morning at 11
o�clock, were held Monday afternoon at 1:30 o�clock from the First
Methodist church in Kerens. Burial was in the
Prairie Point Cemetery.
The rites were conducted by Rev. Maggard B. Howell, pastor of the
First Methodist church of Waco, formerly of Kerens, assisted by Rev.
Carroll Thompson, pastor of the church.
Mrs. Seale had resided in the Kerens community all of her life. She
had been ill 10 days.
Surviving are her husband, L. M. Seale, Kerens, former Navarro
county commissioner from Precinct 2; a son, Capt. Maxie Ben Seale,
U. S. Air Forces, Fort Worth; mother, Mrs. R. B. Jones, Kerens; five
brothers, B. O., B. H., Kerens; two sisters, Mrs. Ama Mitchell and
Mrs. Mary Stevenson, both of Los Angeles, Calif.; a daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Grace Cunningham, Lawton Okla., and six grandchildren, and
other relatives.
Stockton Funeral Home directed.
Notes:
Louis
Muse �Louie� Seale
Jan 10, 1884 - Jan 10, 1960
Seale Services On Wednesday
KERENS, Jan. 12.�(Spl.)�Funeral services for Louie M. Seale, 76,
former county commissioner, who died at his home her Sunday
following a short illness, will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. from
the First Methodist church.
The rites will be conducted by Rev. Burt Gillis, pastor, assisted by
Rev. Bill Foster, pastor of the First Baptist church. Burial will be
in the Prairie Point
Cemetery with the Masons in charge. He was a member of the First
Methodist church.
A native of Salem Hill county, he spent most of his life in this
community. He served as commissioner from Precinct 2 from 1943 to
1947.
Surviving are his wife of Kerens; a son, Lt. Col. Maxie Ben Selae,
U. S. Air Force, Laken Heath, England; a brother, Joe M. Seale,
Corsicana; a sister, Mrs. Mollie Gray, Lubbock; eight grandchildren,
12 great-grandchildren and other relatives.
Masons will be pallbearers.
Inmon Funeral Home directs.
Notes:
Homer Louis
Seale
Feb 27, 1908 - Oct 23, 1934
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR 2 MEN MEETING TRAGIC DEATH HELD
RAY REAGAN DIED LATE TUESDAY IN HOSPITAL RESULT OF WOUND
Funeral services for Home L. Seale, 26, and Ray Reagan, 28,
residents of the Kerens vicinity, who met violent death near here
Tuesday afternoon when a pistol said to have been in the hands of
Reagan, snuffed out the life of Seale instantly while he was sitting
in an automobile, and then sent a bullet into his own brain, were
held Wednesday afternoon.
Rites for Reagan were held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o�clock from
the Kerens Baptist church with Rev. C. D. Hardy in charge. Interment
was in the Bazette cemetery [Prairie
Point Cemetery]. He is survived by his wife and
other relatives.
Services for Seale were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o�clock from
the Bazette Methodist church with burial in the Prairie Point
cemetery. The rites were conducted by Revs. Joe Everheart, B. L.
McCord and Preston Taylor. He is survived by his wife, three
children, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Seale, and other relatives.
Inquest Wednesday.
Sam B. Jordan, justice of the peace, precinct 1, place 2, conducted
an inquest Wednesday morning and a coroner's verdict was returned
that Seale came to his death by being shot by Reagan. No inquest has
been requested for Reagan. Judge Jordan said if a verdict was asked
for, he would return a suicide decision.
The tragedy occurred about one mile southwest of Corsicana on the
Oak Valley road. Jack Floyd, deputy sheriff, answered the call and
his testimony at the inquest Wednesday morning revealed that he
found �Homer Seale slumped in the front seat, dead with a bullet
wound in his right temple, and Ray Reagan was lying in the ditch
with a bullet hole in his head on the right sied above the temple,
with a pistol clutched in his right hand with two empty cartridges
in the cylinder; found a note in Reagan's pocket addressed to his
wife, indicating that he had killed Seale and shot himself.�
Reagan was rushed to the P. and S. Hospital where he died several
hours later.
The shooting occurred about 12:45 o�clock Tuesday afternoon.
The body of Seale was prepared for burial by the Corley Funeral Home
and both bodies were taken to Kerens by the Stockton Funeral Home
which had charge of the arrangements.
Considerable difficulty was encountered in identifying the victims
following the shooting, the Louisiana license plate on the car of
Reagan causing confusion. It was several hours after the tragedy
before positive identification was established.
Life Long Friends.
Both men were farmers and resided several miles north of Kerens
toward Bazette and had been life long friends.
Seale was a well-known amateur and independent baseball player and
was a member of the Magnolia Refiners club her for the past several
seasons.
There were no witnesses to the tragedy as far as officers have been
able to determine.
The first intimation of the tragedy was contained in a telephone
message to Deputy Sheriff Walter Hayes at the sheriff's office by a
man named Jones who resides near the site of the shooting. Hayes was
advised that there was a man in the road and one in a car, both
bloody. Jones did not hear the shots. Deputies Floyd and Allen
Calloway were sent by Hayes and after the ambulance rushed to the
scene, Sheriff Rufus Pevehouse joined in the investigations.
Notes:
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The Corsicana Daily Sun
- Wednesday, Oct 24, 1934
- h/o Grace (Cooper) Seale married May 21, 1927 s/o Louis
Muse �Louie� Seale and Kate Kincannon (Jones) Seale
- Submitted by
Diane Richards
Mary Caroline
�Carrie� (Harper) Mizell
May 19, 1884 - Feb. 1, 1963
Rites Saturday For Mrs. Mizell
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie H. Mizell, 78, native of Lamar
county, long-time Chatfield resident, were held Saturday at 2 p.m.
from the Corley Chapel with burial in the
new Chatfield cemetery.
The rites were conducted by Rev. Don Johnson, pastor of the
Chatfield Methodist church of which she was a member.
Mrs. Mizell moved to Chatfield at the age of three years. She died
in Dallas early Friday morning.
Surviving are a son, Jack Bates, and a granddaughter, Elizabeth
Bates, both of Dallas. and a brother, J. B. Harper, Ennis, and other
relatives.
Pallbearers were Ben Easterling, Ed Ellington, Jimmie Little, Sr.;
Jimmie Little, Jr.; Morris Kirby and J. P. Hodge.
Notes:
Mary Emma �Mamie� (Edwards) Mizell
Dec 12, 1863 - May 4, 1951
Mrs. W. A. Mizell Dies At Ennis
Mrs. W. A. Mizell, Sr., 87, died at Ennis Friday morning. Funeral
services will be held from the Methodist church at Chatfield
Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Burial will be in the
Chatfield cemetery.
The rites will be conducted by Rev. J. C. Oglesby and Rev. Adkins.
Mrs. Mizell was born Dec. 12, 1863 in Georgia. She was a long-time
resident of Texas.
Surviving are two sons, J. E. Mizell, Chatfield, and W. A. Mizell,
Jr., Ennis; two daughters, Mrs. J. C. Easterling, Chatfield, and
Mrs. H. P. Hodge, Wichita Falls; three sisters, Mrs. S. C. LeSueur,
Mabank; Mrs. S. B. LeSueur, Corsicana, and Mrs. J. E. Matthews,
Austin; five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and other
relatives.
Pallbearers will be W. P. Thorp, L. L. Thompson, J. B. Harper, J. P.
Hodge, Ben Easterling and George Hodge.
Notes:
William Alexander
�Buck� Mizell, Jr.
Dec 24, 1902 - Jul 26, 1975
W. A. Mizell
ENNIS�Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Keever
Funeral Chapel here for William A. (Buck) Mizell, 72, retired
railroad man who died early Saturday in Ennis Municipal Hospital.
The Rev. John Dowd, pastor First United Methodist Church of Ennis,
will officiate, assisted by the Rev. W. C. Taylor, pastor of First
Methodist Church, Brownwood. Burial will be in
Chatfield cemetery.
He was born and reared in Chatfield, moving to Ennis in 1925 when he
was employed by Southern Pacific railroad. He was married June 30,
1926 to Bertha Waldrop of Chatfield.
He was a member of First United Methodist, Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, Order of Railroad Conductors, and Ennis Chapter, American
Association of Retired Persons.
Surviving are his widow of Ennis; a son, Billy Mizell of Houston;
four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. John Easterling of Corsicana
and Mrs. H. P. Hodge of Wichita Falls; and several nieces and
nephews.
Notes:
Lottie Louise (Tillman) Reed
Mar. 2, 1868 - Sep. 17, 1949
Mrs. J. F. Reed Of Kerens died At Home Saturday
Mrs. J. F. Reed, aged 81 years, died at her home in Kerens Saturday
morning.
Funeral services were held from the First Methodist church in Kerens
Sunday afternoon at 3 o�clock with burial in the
Prairie Point cemetery.
The rites were conducted by Rev. Carroll Thompson, pastor of the
church.
A native of South Carolina, Mrs. Reed had resided in Kerens for many
years.
Surviving are three sons, Jack, Willie, and Tillman Reed, a
daughter, Mrs. Lester Shelton; two sisters, Mrs. P. J. Jones and
Mrs. F. H. Massey; a brother, Ike Tillman, all of Kerens; 10
grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and other relatives.
Stockton Funeral Home directed.
Notes:
- The Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light - Tuesday, Sep 20, 1949
- w/o James Frances Reed d/o Isaac William Tillman and Mary
Jane (Cureton) Tillman buried in Dresden cemetery, Dresden, Tx.
- Submitted by
Diane Richards
Bessie Vivian (Wilson)
Breithaupt
Apr 20, 1892 - Oct 27, 1979
Mrs. Breithaupt
KERENS - Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Prairie
Point Cemetery in Bazette for Mrs. Bessie Wilson Breithaupt, 88
resident of Euless for the past three years and former resident of
Kerens, who died Saturday morning.
Her husband, Ernest Breithaupt, preceded her in death in 1955.
Survivors include one son, Earle Wilson Breithaupt, of Euless; and a
grandson, Don Breithaupt, of Borne.
Arrangements are with Paschal Funeral Home in Kerens.
Notes:
Ernest Powell Breithaupt
Sep 26, 1889 - Jan 3, 1955
E. P. Breithaupt Dies At Mabank
Ernest P. Breithaupt, 65, Navarro county native, Mabank
farmer-cattleman, died in a Dallas hospital Monday morning.
Funeral services will be held from the Eubank Funeral Chapel in
Mabank Tuesday at 10 a.m. Burial will be in the
Prairie Point cemetery
at Bazette.
Breithaupt resided in Corsicana and Kilgore before moving to Mabank
about 12 years ago. He had been in ill health for several years.
Surviving are his wife of Mabank; a son, Earl Wilson Breithaupt,
Grand Prairie; a grandson; two sisters, Mrs. A. W. King, Corsicana,
and Mrs. Andrew Johnson, Orange; three brothers, C. E., J. A. and
Allen Breithaupt, all of Corsicana, and other relatives.
Notes:
Rev.
Lesley Marvin Keele
Aug 15, 1915 - Jun 17, 1998
Lesley Marvin Keele
Lesley Marvin Keele, 82, of Corsicana passed away Wednesday, June
17, 1998, in Corsicana.
Services are 2 p.m. Friday at Corley Funeral Chapel, with Rev.
Jimmie Munns officiating. Interment will follow at
Prairie Point.
Visitation is 6-9 p.m today at the funeral home.
Rev. Keele was born in Bazette on Aug. 15, 1915. He was a member of
the Community Chapel Church in Corsicana. He was a minister with the
Pentecostal Church of God for 45 years.
Rev. Keele is survived by his daughters, Naomi Ruth Fowler of
Joshua, Marlene Jock of Malakoff, Clara Annette Coleman of Kerens;
sons, Harlin Wayne Keele of Corsicana, Alva Keele of Ranger, Lesley
Eugene Keele of Huntington, Rev. Lonnie E. Keele of Emhouse, Timothy
Dewayne Keele of Retreat; 24 grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren;
four great-great-grandchildren; sister, Lillie Terry of Wilmer;
brother, Rev. Jessie Keele of Purdon; and numerous nieces and
nephews.
Rev. Keele was preceded in death by his wife Mildred Keele,
daughter, Dorothy Hoppe, son, Claude Keele; and granddaughter,
Stephanie Michelle Keele.
Arrangements by Corley Funeral Home.
Notes:
-
The Corsicana Daily Sun
- Thursday, July 18, 1998
- 1st wife Pearlie Eloise (Barber) Keele 2nd wife Mildred
Martha (Perry) Keele s/o Loran Leslie Keele and Lue Ella (Deaver)
Keele
- Submitted by
Diane Richards
Lue
Ella (Deaver) Keele
Nov 27, 1891 - Jan 12, 1975
Mrs. Keele
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Corley Funeral Chapel for
Mrs. Lue Keele, 83, resident of Wilmer, who died Sunday in Memorial
hospital.
Revs. Pete Kach and B. W. Johnson will officiate, with burial to
follow at Prairie
Point cemetery.
She was a native of Texas.
Survivors include four sons. Robert Lee Keele of Rice, Ernest Keele
of Kerens, Leslie Marvin Keele and Jessie Keele both of Corsicana;
two daughters, Mrs. Ellen Michaels and Mrs. S. L. Flynn of Wilmer;
30 grandchildren, 53 great-grandchildren, and two
great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Annie Hendricks of
Belton, and two sisters from Tyler; a brother, Ike Broussard of
Kerens.
A son Charlie Keele preceded her in death.
Grandsons will be pallbearers.
Notes:
Clara Nell (Goodman) Poulter
Aug 12, 1924 - Nov 13, 2007
 Claara
Poulter
August 12, 1924 - November 13, 2007
Resided in Waco, TXClara Poulter, long time
resident of Waco, passed away Tuesday, November 13,
2007, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Graveside services
will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at
Frost Cemetery,
in Frost, TX with Dr. Lynn Parks officiating. Visitation
will be from 5-7 p.m. Monday, November 19, 2007 at
Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Clara was born August 12, 1924
in Mertens, TX to Russell Goodman and Clara Goodman.
Clara was a graduate of Mertens High School. She retired
from Sears and had a second career as a Motel Manager.
Clara, a lifelong Baptist, was a member of North Waco
Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her
parents, Russell and Clara Goodman of Mertens; husband,
Fred Poulter, of Waco; two brothers, and one sister. She
is survived by her daughters, Judy Graves, of Ocean
Springs, MS and Brenda Lewis, of Friendswood, TX;
grandchildren, Mike Rosamond and his wife Dina, of
Jacksonville, FL; Beverly Spell, of Alvin, TX; great
grandchildren, Candi Doss, of Galveston, TX and Cross
Rosamond of Jacksonville, FL. Memorials may be made to
North Waco Baptist Church. |
Notes:
Audrey Faye (Guinn) LeCour
June 3, 1931 - July 29, 2013
 In
Memory of
Audrey Faye LeCour
June 3, 1931 - July 29, 2013Audrey Faye LeCour,
age 82, went to be with our Lord and Savior on Monday,
July 29, 2013. She was born in Frost, TX on June 3, 1931
and was a member of First Baptist Church, Magnolia, TX.
A faithful wife and loving Mother and a true friend to
all who had been blessed to know her.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Doyal LeCour,
of Hockley, TX and her parents, Robert and Myra Guinn of
Graham, TX.
She is survived by her sister, Betty Rhodes and husband,
Benny of Gainesville, TX; and son, Bob LeCour and wife,
Kathy of Houston, TX; daughter, Rhonda Lindner and
husband, Terry, of Houston, TX; and daughter Becky
Carroll and husband, Shane of Chesapeake, VA. She is
also survived by five grandchildren and eight great
children.
Services will be held at Memorial Oaks Funeral Home,
13001 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX on Friday, August 2,
2013.
Visitation will be held at 11:30 AM in the Chapel and a
celebration of Audrey's life will begin at 12:30 PM and
will be officiated by Reverand Ed Seay. A graveside
service will be held immediately following the chapel
service at Memorial Oaks Cemetery.
The family wishes to express their sincere appreciation
to the Methodist Hospital-Willowbrook and to Vitas
Memorial Herman Memorial City Hospice Care.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that remembrances
and sympathies be given in the form of a contribution to
a charity of your choice |
Notes:
Alice Frances (Ryan) Reed
Jan 4, 1922 - Feb 26, 2011
 Alice
was born in Frost, TX to her parents Hugh Buchanan Ryan
and Mabel Ryan. Alice was one of six children and her
sister Allie May survives her. She was preceded in death
by her siblings Hubert, Roy Albert, Thomas Gilmer, and
Mattie Ethel. She met her husband Hugh Reed in 1941 and
were married on May 16, 1942 in Denver, Colorado. During
the War while Hugh served in the Middle East and Africa,
Alice raised their baby boy, Jerry Reed, who was born
November 2, 1943 in Bakersfield, CA. After the War, they
settled in Bakersfield, CA and their daughter Janet Reed
was born on Dec. 1947. Jill Reed and Jeff Reed, were
born in Bakersfield in 1955 and 1957, respectively. She
helped to raise Stanley Pierria in the late 1950s and
early 1960s and mentored Jim Lehtinen in the 1970s and
1980s. Alice was a very devoted mother, grandmother and
Christian. Hugh and Alice were charter members of
Fruitvale Community Church (now known as Riverlakes
Community Church) and involved in the church for over 60
years. Alice taught 3rd grade Sunday school for 20
years. She will be known as a wonderful wife, mother,
grandmother, and great grandmother. She tirelessly
worked with her husband to build a successful family
farm, equipment business, and real-estate business. They
worked to support many Christian causes. Alice will be
greatly missed as our family matron. Alice is survived
by her children Jerry, Janet, Jill and Jeff and her
grand children Darren Reed, Hal Reed, Corky Pigeon,
Heather Reed (went home to the Lord), Jonathan Hamlin,
Lindsey Warnock (Reed), Jimmy Hamlin, Julia Reed, Ryan
Reed and her great grand children Kristy, Jacob, Colby,
Ryan, Grant, Kambria, Taylor, and Mason. Many others
played an important role in her life such as her nephew
Ricky Ryan; brother-in-law Bob Brockett; sister-in-laws
Kay, Jessie, and Mildred; son-in-law C.T. Hamlin;
daughter-in-laws Carol and Pam; Danny Hamlin; Claudia
Basham; Tracie Reed; Bobbie Pigeon; Dena Reed; Julie
Barron; Jon Strother; Mike Hamlin; many nieces and
nephews; and her loving care givers Melba, Teresa,
Vickie, Wanda, and Paula. Services will be on Wednesday,
March 2nd, at Hillcrest Mortuary, 9101 Kern Canon Road,
at 2:00p.m. A viewing will be at Hillcrest Mortuary on
Tuesday, March 1st, from 4:00 to 8:00p.m. |
George Lee
Dyess
Apr 30, 1898 - May 30, 1957
George L. Dyess Services Sunday
George L. Dyess, 59, former resident of Bazette, died in Memorial
hospital Friday afternoon following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. from the Inmon
Funeral Chapel at Kerens with burial in the
Prairie Point cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, 1515 West Ninth avenue, Corsicana; five
sons, Bill and Dan Dyess, both of Freeport; Clark, Joe and Donell
Dyess, all of Corsicana; a daughter, Mrs. Eloise Hanzell, Tyler; a
brother, Dan Dyess, Austin, and other relatives.
Sons and son-in-law will be pallbearers.
Notes:
-
The Corsicana Daily Sun
- Saturday, May 4, 1957
- h/o Ila Elizabeth (Moore) Dyess married Dec. 23, 1920;
s/o Abraham �Abe� Dyess & Cynthia Ann (Musgrove) Dyess
- Submitted by Diane Richards
Raymond
LeRoy Dyess
Mar 24, 1928 - Aug 4, 1943
3 Drowned While Swimming Trinity River Wednesday
KERENS, Aug. 5�(Spl.)�LeRoy Dyess, age 14; Clora Dyess, age 16
years, children of Mr. and Mrs. George Dyess of the Bazett community
and Miss Ethel Honzel, Overton, were drowned Wednesday afternoon
while swimming in Trinity river while on a family picnic at
Horseshoe Bend, about 12 miles north of Kerens.
The bodies of LeRoy Dyess and Miss Honzel were recovered Wednesday
afternoon, but the body of Clora was not recovered until 1 o�clock
Thursday morning.
The bodies of the Dyess children are at the Stockton Funeral Home
and funeral arrangements are pending word from a brother who is in
the army, stationed in California. The body of Miss Honzel has been
sent to Overton and funeral arrangements are not known.
LeRoy is reported to have saved the life of a married sister, Mrs.
Eloise Honzel, Bazette, but lost his life when he returned to assist
Clora and Miss Honzel who were said to have been caught in a strong
current.
Notes:
Clora
Elizabeth Dyess
Mar 25, 1930 - Aug 4, 1943
3 Drowned While Swimming Trinity River Wednesday
KERENS, Aug. 5�(Spl.)�LeRoy Dyess, age 14; Clora Dyess, age 16
years, children of Mr. and Mrs. George Dyess of the Bazett community
and Miss Ethel Honzel, Overton, were drowned Wednesday afternoon
while swimming in Trinity river while on a family picnic at
Horseshoe Bend, about 12 miles north of Kerens.
The bodies of LeRoy Dyess and Miss Honzel were recovered Wednesday
afternoon, but the body of Clora was not recovered until 1 o�clock
Thursday morning.
The bodies of the Dyess children are at the Stockton Funeral Home
and funeral arrangements are pending word from a brother who is in
the army, stationed in California. The body of Miss Honzel has been
sent to Overton and funeral arrangements are not known.
LeRoy is reported to have saved the life of a married sister, Mrs.
Eloise Honzel, Bazette, but lost his life when he returned to assist
Clora and Miss Honzel who were said to have been caught in a strong
current.
Notes:
Henry Clay
Sherrill
Aug 17, 1892 - Jun 6, 1951
Kerens Resident Funeral Friday
Henry Clay Sherrill, 59, a life-long resident of Kerens, died
Wednesday night in St. Paul's Hospital, Dallas. Funeral services
will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Inmon Funeral Home, Kerens.
Burial will be in
Prairie Point cemetery.
Survivors include; Four sons, Merrill Sherrill, Port St. Jo, Fla.;
L. C. Sherrill, Big Rapies, Mich.; Edward Sherrill, Murchison;
Wesley Sherrill, Kerens; four daughters, Mrs. Gilbert Sanders,
Corsicana; Mrs. Mrs. Jesse Hagler, Crane; Mrs. R. M. Thomas, Pala
Alto, Calif., Mrs. Ernest Davis, Dallas; two brothers, Fate
Sherrill, Athens, Calvin Sherrill, Kerens; a sister, Mrs. Rosco
McConnico, Kerens, and five grandchildren.
Notes:
-
The Corsicana Daily Sun
- Thursday, June 7, 1951
- 1st wife Lillie Bell (Merrell) Sherrill 2nd wife Nora Lee
(Parker) Sherrill s/o Claude Sherrill and Fanny (Chitwood)
Sherrill
- Submitted by Diane Richards
Leron Lee Gurley
Jun 27, 1881 - Jun 7, 1951
Gurley Rites Are Held Thursday
Funeral services for Lee Gurley, 70, who died at his home here
Tuesday afternoon, were held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the
Prairie Point cemetery
where interment was made. The services were conducted by Rev.
Millard Box, pastor of the Memorial Baptist church.
Surviving are his wife of Corsicana; six daughters, Mrs. Geneva
Madden and Mrs. Evelyn Brown both of Corsicana; Mrs. Faye Bamburg
and Mrs. Ila Ells, both of Purdon; Mrs. Opal Lee Price, Dallas, and
Mrs. Elsie Parker, Houston, and 11 grandchildren.
Corley directed.
Notes:
Minnie Myrtle
(Stevenson) Westbrook
Feb 27, 1896 - Jan 27, 1974
Mrs. Westbrook
KERENS �Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Paschal
Funeral Home Chapel in Kerens for Mrs. Mattie Westbrook, 77, of
Kerens, who died Sunday at Memorial Hospital.
Rev. Olin Boles, First Baptist church pastor, and Cato Sherrer,
Church of Christ minister, will officiate, with burial to follow at
Prairie Point cemetery.
She was a member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Gertrude Carlils of Tipton, Okla.;
a dauthter-in-law, Mrs. Grant Westbrook of Itasca; and a number of
nieces and nephews.
Notes:
Ruby
Mae (Trice) Gurley
Sep 28, 1895 - Oct 28, 1973
Mrs. Gurley
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Griffin Funeral
Home Chapel for Mrs. Ruby Gurley, 78, resident of Houston, who died
in Fort Worth Sunday. Burial will be at
Prairie Point cemetery
in Navarro County.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Geneva Madden and Mrs. Faye
Bamburg, both of Irving, Mrs. Evelyn Harrison of Fort Worth, Mrs.
Ila Ellis of Purdon, Mrs. Opal Warren of Wortham and Mrs. Elsie
Parker of Houston; 26 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs. Lena Milligan of Mexia and Mrs. Ruth Anderson of Fort
Worth; a brother, Calvin Trice of Kemp; and a number of nieces and
nephews.
Grandsons will be pallbearers.
Notes:
----
Mrs. Gurley
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at a local funeral home
for Mrs. Ruby Gurley, 78, Houston, who died Sunday in Fort Worth.
The Rev. B. W. Johnson officiated. Burial was in the
Prairie Point Cemetery. Grandsons were pallbearers.
Surviving are six daughters, 26 grandchildren, 20
great-grandchildren, two sisters, a brother, and several nieces and
nephews.
Notes:
Lillie Bell (Merrell)
Sherrill
Oct 26, 1887 - Oct 6, 1919
Died in Kerens.
Kerens, Texas, Oct. 3.�Mrs. Clay Sherrill died last night and will
be buried this afternoon in the Bazette cemetery. She leaves three
small children and a husband. She was the daughter of Wiley Merrell.
Notes:
--
Young Woman Passes Away.
Mrs. Clay Sherrill, aged twenty-eight years, daughter of W. L.
Merrill former tax assessor of this county, died at the family home
in the Buffalo community last night, and the remains were interred
in the Prairie Point cemetery this afternoon. The deceased is
survived by her husband and four children, the youngest an infant
only three hours old at the time of her death. The family have many
friends here and over the county who will sympathize with them in
this unspeakably sad death.
Notes:
---
Died Near Kerens.
Death paid our community another visit on Monday, October 6th, and
called to the Great Beyond Mrs. Clay Sherrill, who resided three
miles southeast of this city.
Monday morning a baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Sherrill, and
apparently both mother and little one were doing nicely, but it was
not meant that she should remain here, but was called to that world
unknown, where parting shall be no more. Monday afternoon Mrs.
Sherrill grew worse and though every effort known to medical skill
was done, she passed away.
Notes:
Julia E. (Parker) Ward-Graves
Aug 25, 1895 - Jun 6, 1940
MRS. H. H. GRAVES DIED EARLY FRIDAY IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
Funeral services for Mrs. H. H. Graves, age 45 years, who died at
the P. and S. Hospital early Friday morning will be held Saturday
afternoon at 2 o�clock at Kerens. Interment will be in the
Prairie Point Cemetery
near Kerens.
Surviving are her husband of Corsicana; eight children, Dale Ward,
Chester Ward, William Ward, Julia Mae Ward, Opal Fae Ward, Mabel
Graves, Hardy C. Graves and Mollie Bell Graves, all of Corsicana;
her father, Les Parker of Bazette and two brothers.
The Stockton Funeral Home of Kerens has charge of the arrangements.
Notes:
Thomas McCullough Braddock
Mar 17, 1891 - Sep 4, 1955
Tom Braddock Dies At Kerens
KERENS, Sept. 5.�(Spl.)�Tom Braddock, 64, retired farmer, native of
Rice, died at his home here Sunday afternoon. He had spent most of
his life in the Bazette and Kerens communities.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 4 p.m. from the Church of
Christ church. Burial will be in the
Prairie Point Cemetery.
The rites will be conducted by Cato Sherrer, Cameron, and Mr.
Mullins, pastor of the local church. Sherrer is a former pastor of
this church.
Surviving are his wife of Kerens; two daughters, Mrs. Robert E.
Reed, Kerens, and Mrs. John M. Townley, Kingsville; four
grandchildren, Robert Reed, Jr., Diana Reed, Thomas Reed and Mackie
Reed, all of Kerens.
The Masons will have charge of the graveside rites and will provide
pallbearers.
Inmon Funeral Home directs.
Notes:
Rita (Holleman) Allen
Sep 20, 1944 - May 1, 2012
Services for Rita Allen, 67, of Kemp, were held May 5, 2012, at
Prairie Point
Cemetery with Rev. David Kamp officiating under the
direction of Paschal Funeral Home.
She was born Sept. 20, 1944, to Addie Goodman and Clint Holleman and
died May 1, 2012, at East Texas Medical Hospital in Athens.
She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters Annie Morgan,
Leona Colvin and Betty Combs; brothers Donley, Leroy, Thomas and Jim
Holleman.
Survivors include her husband, Leo R. Allen, of Kemp; sons Randy
Allen and wife Carla of Tool, son Sam Allen of Tool; four
grandchildren; sister Glenda Perry of Kerens.
Pallbearers were Tracy Perry, Terry Perry, Melvin Colvin, Jerald
Colvin and Jamie Copeland.
Notes:
James B. Ansley, Rev.
Aug 8, 1912 - May 27, 2007
 The
Rev. James B. Ansley, 94, a retired chaplain of Harris
Hospital, died Sunday, May 27, 2007.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Thompson's Harveson & Cole
Funeral Home. The Rev. Ansley will lie in state from 10
a.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Private
interment:
Prairie
Point Cemetery in Navarro County.
Memorials: His memory may be honored with a gift to
Golden Cross, in care of the Department of Pastoral
Care, Harris Hospital, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Fort
Worth 76104.
The Rev. Ansley was born Aug. 8, 1912, in Optimo, Okla.
A graduate of Optimo High School, he earned an
undergraduate degree from Friends University in Wichita,
Kan., and a master's degree from the Perkins School of
Theology at SMU. Texas Wesleyan College awarded the Rev.
Ansley an honorary doctorate in 1967.
The Rev. Ansley served as a minister in the Bazette
area, Corsicana District of the Methodist Church and as
a chaplain in the U.S. Army in the European and North
Africa campaigns. He was a minister at First United
Methodist Church in Fort Worth before he began a long
career as chaplain at Harris Hospital. There he was head
chaplain for 25 years and named a National Chaplain of
the Year in 1974. He loved "being there" for people and
they loved him.
The Rev. Ansley retired in 1982. He and his beloved
wife, Lorraine, moved to Cedar Creek, where he enjoyed
fishing and carpentry. He could fix or repair nearly
anything. He used his skills to finish out the interior
of their lake house. He loved working on cars and making
landscape projects with cement. When working with wood,
if one nail was good, two were even better.
The Rev. Ansley was the last surviving member of a
family of seven brothers and sisters.
Survivors: His wife of 64 years, Lorraine; children,
Camille Ansley Thomason and her husband, John, and Frank
Ansley and his wife, Suzanne; and other family members
and friends whose lives he influenced and helped. |
Notes:
Billy Murray Basham
Mar 4, 1922 - Mar 1997
Billy M. Basham
Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday at South Euless Baptist Church, 1000
Simmons, Euless; call 283-0412 for directions. Pastor Ron Ratliff
will officiate. Graveside service: 4 p.m. in
Prairie Point Cemetery
in Bazette.
Billy Murray Basham was born March 4, 1922, in Corsicana. He was a
funeral director at Lucas Funeral Home for 25 years, manager of Ray
Crowder Funeral Home for five years and for the last eight years was
associate funeral director at Brown Funeral Homes in Fort Worth and
Grand Prairie.
He was a member of Corsicana Lodge 174, El Texa Grotto, Fort Worth
Chapter No. 58, R.A.M., Council No. 42, R.&S.M., Worth Commandry No.
19 and the Moslah Temple.
Mr. Basham was preceded in death by his son, Larry Basham, in 1977.
Survivors: Daughter and son-in-law, Frankie Sue and Jimmy Farmer of
Kerens; and grandson, Scott Aven of Kerens.
Brown, Owens & Brumley
425 S. Henderson St., 335-4557
Notes:
Robert Lewis Baxter
Dec 24, 1929 - Mar 26, 2008
Robert is the son of Noma Hyde Baxter and Opal Mills
March 28, 2008 Death Notices, Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Texas
Robert Lewis Baxter, 78, of San Antonio passed away Wednesday, March
26, 2008, at Odyssey Hospice Center in San Antonio. Visitation will
be held from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Paschal Funeral Home. Services
will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Paschal Funeral Chapel with Lavelle
Layfield officiating. Interment will follow at
Prairie Point Cemetery.
Arrangements by Paschal Funeral Home, Kerens.
Notes:
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