Friday April 15 Dr. J. W. Webb Dies At Home On East 1st.
Dr. J. W. Webb, 55, died at his home at 209 East First Street Friday
morning., the 8th. His body was shipped to Hedley, Texas, their former
home. Funeral services were held Saturday from the Methodist church, of
which Dr. Webb has been a member for many years. The Masonic Lodge had
charge at the cemetery.
For twenty years Dr. Webb had been practising medicine at Hedley, and
they moved to Arlington in August. At first his daughter, Miss Theresa came
down to keep house for Vernon, who is a student in NTAC, and for Max, a
student in High School. Later Dr. Webb, his wife and twin daughters, Joyce
and Gloria, came.
He has had a serious heart affection for the past four years, and
during the holidays he had a severe attack and was ordered to bed for a
year. However, after a trip to Marlin he felt better. Then a couple of
weeks ago he went to Mineral Wells for a few days, returning on Monday prior
to his death. On his return the family thought him much improved.
Dr. Webb was born December 26, 1882, graduated in medicine in Memphis,
Tenn., and spent a number of years practising in Ardmore, Okla. He was a
32nd degree Mason. The body was sent to Hedley by the Luttrell Funeral
Home. Miss Theresa and Vernon accompanied the body on the train, and other
members of the family drove thru. They made good time to Quanah, but there
they struck the heavy snow and followed the snow plows for miles. It took
them sixteen hours to make the 300 miles.
The survivors are: his widow, and children, Theresa, Gloria, Joyce,
Vernon and Max, all of whom were with him at the end; Mrs. Johnnie
Lamberson, who with her husband and two babies have recently moved to the
Watson community, and James who is now living in Amarillo.
Friday April 15 Burial Held For J. W. Morris, 101, Former Resident
Funeral services were held at a Fort Worth funeral home Saturday
morning for J. W. Morris, 101, former Arlington resident, who died Thursday
night at a private nursing home. Dr. S. M. Bennett conducted the service
and burial was in the Arlington cemetery.
Mr. Morris had lived in Tarrant County for nearly 50 years. He moved
to Fort Worth from Arlington about 2 years ago. While in Arlington he lived
in a one room house near the South Side School where he tended his own
garden and sawed his own wood.
He went to the nursing home about 15 months ago because of his health,
but he had been in comparatively good health and death came suddenly
Thursday night. He was born on a flax plantation near Possumtrot, Va., the
year Texas won her independence from Mexico.
Mr. Morris came to Texas in 1867 and settled in Panola County in East
Texas. During his career he had been a railroad man, farmer, lumberjack and
carpenter and until three years ago he was active as a gardener.
During the Civil War he fought with the Confederacy and was in the
Battle of Shiloh. When President Lincoln abolished slavery his father freed
100 slaves. He had been a member of the Baptist Church for 83 years.
He is survived by two sons, E. D. Morris of Handley and R. C. Morris of
Fort Worth; four daughters, Mrs. Ed Wood and Mrs. Bert Wolf of Fort Worth,
Mrs. Edward Pharr of Dallas, and Mrs. C. F. Nelson, of Arlington; and 20
grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Friday April 15 Rites Are Held For Mrs. Emma Burney At Baptist Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Burney, 42, were held at the Arlington
Baptist church Tuesday morning with Rev. Kermit T. Melugin officiating.
Mrs. Burner, a resident of Arlington for the past three years, died
early Monday morning in a hospital here after several months illness.
Burial was at Johnson Station. Luttrell Funeral Home was in charge of the
arrangements.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. James Hendricks and Miss Fleta
Burney, and four sons, Bill, Jesse, Eugene and Gerald Burney.
Friday April 15 Services Held For Chas. Lowe, Resident John T. White Com.
Charles D. Love (?), 53, resident of the John T. White Community, died
at his home at 10 p.m. Tuesday after a short illness. He had been a boiler
maker for the Cotton Belt Railroad for 14 years.
Funeral services were held at the Handley Baptist church at 11 a.m.
yesterday with Rev. James Morgan officiating. Burial was in Rose Hill with
Moore Funeral Home in charge.
Survivors are his wife: 2 sons, Charles D. Jr., and Leonard Frank, both
of Handley, 1 daughter, Frances Louise, 4 brothers, Clyde C., Moore, Ed, all
of Birmingham, Ala., and W. W. Love of Los Angeles; 2 sisters, Mrs. Maggie
Odom of Memphis, Tenn., and Mr. W. W. Spencer of New Orleans, La.
Friday April 15 PANTEGO Mrs. C. P. Sebastian
Mrs. W. B. Shelton received word early Saturday morning that her
mother, Mrs. Mary Whitsom had passed away at the home of her son, Judd
Whitson (?) in Alvine (sic). Mrs. Shelton, Miss Thelma Shelton and Mattie
Frances Tongue left immediately for Alvin. We extend to Mrs. Shelton and
her family our heartfelt sympathy at this time.
Friday April 22 PANTEGO Mrs. C. P. Sebastian
Mrs. Fred Robb of Lorenzo was killed in an automobile accident at
Clovis, N. M., Sunday. She was enroute to her home, accompanied by her
husband, from a visit to relatives in Alberqueque when the accident
happened. Mrs. Robb was the sister of Paul Jernigan and the cousin of Mrs.
Jim Webb. Mrs. Bill Poland and the Fuller family of Pantego, Mr. and Mrs.
M. B. Webb, Roy Fuller and Paul Jernigan, Mrs. Faye Evans of Euless left
Monday to attend the funeral which was held at Lorenzo. We extend to the
bereaved family our heartfelt sympathy in their bereavement.
Friday April 29 Services Are Held For R. J. Bennett At Presby. Church
Services for Robert James Bennett, 67, were held at the Presbyterian
Church Monday morning with Rev. John H. Patterson and Rev. W. H. Cole
officiating.
He died Saturday afternoon at 1:40 at his residence on West Abram
Street. Mr. Bennett had been ill for the past two years, but he was,
however, up much of the time and was confined to his bed just two weeks
during the last illness. He attended the Presbyterian Church of which he
was a member two weeks ago, but he grew worse that afternoon and was not
able to be out again.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. R. J. Bennett; one son, A. F. Bennett
of Davenport, Iowa; two daughters, Mrs. Bernard Mcgintz and Miss Irene
Bennett of Moline, Ill.; four grandchildren, and 5 sisters, all of Boston.
Pallbearers were Bernice Turck, Ralph Harding, H. A. Stork, Frank
Bates, S. R. Yates and J. O. Sanders. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
He was born in Boston, Mass. At the age of 13 he began learning the
pipe organ business under his brother in law, but at the age of about twenty
he went to Chicago to take charge of the piano department and later the
organ department of Lyon and Healey's, one of the largest piano companies in
the country.
Then still a young man he helped organize and headed the Bennett Organ
Co., of Rock Island, Ill. Under the Bennett system over 10,000 pipe organs
were built, and they were recognized as one of the best in the country. In
"Our Lady of Sorrows Church" in Chicago is an organ made in the Bennett
factory which was personally voiced by Mr. Bennett. This organ has been
called by many organists over the country the sweetest toned organ in
America.
In the Bennett home there are numerous autographed photographs of such
iminent organists as Marcel Dupre, Quilmant, also a French organist of note
and pupil of Dupre's who was presented by the Organists Guild of Fort Worth
last winter and Clarence Eddy, one of America's best known artists.
When the depression came, feeling it in the East first, Mr. Bennett was
urged to move the factory to Fort Worth and plans were nearly completed when
financial affairs of the country became so precarious that Mr. Bennett
himself feared to go on with the project and he voluntarily went into
receivership, as have most of the organ companies throughout the country.
Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Mignon Stromberg of Fort Worth were married 7
years ago and they moved to Arlington in 1933 where they opened the School
of Fine Arts. Mr. Bennett continued to do organ repair work and rebuilding
of pipe organs almost up to the time of his death, even though he has been
in poor health the past two years.
Friday April 29 WILL IS FILED
The will of Mrs. Mattie A. Ditto who died August 13 was filed Monday in
Fort Worth for probate. The estate was left to a son and daughter-in-law,
Harry Ditto and Mrs. Johnny Ditto.
Friday April 29 Services Are Held For Ben Robinson
Ben Robinson, 62, resident of Tarrant County for 55 years, died at his
farm home on Route 4 suddenly at 7 p.m. Monday. Funeral services were held
at the Moore Funeral Home at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. W. E. Hawkins and
Arthur T. Bridges officiating. Interment was in the Tomlin Cemetery.
Mr. Robinson is survived by his wife, 2 sons, Hampton Robinson, of
Arlington, and Tillman Robinson, Handley; 6 daughters, Mrs. Richard Souder,
Hurst; Mrs. Johnnie Andrews, Ft. Worth; Mrs. Leo Steele, Oklahoma City; Mrs.
Lennard Faulkner, Whittier, Calif.; Miss Martha Robinson, Arlington; and
Miss Helen Robinson of Arlington; 5 grand children; 3 sisters, Mrs. L. F.
Thomas, Cleroa, Oklahoma and Mrs. Lora Burrage, Oklahoma, and one brother,
Jim Watts, Durant, Okla.
Friday April 29 A. F. Bennett Of Iowa Here For Father's Funeral
A. F. Bennett of Davenport, Iowa, arrived in Arlington Sunday night to
attend the funeral of his father, R. J. Bennett. Other guests in the
Bennett home were his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Heafer of Houston.
Among the out-of-town friends who attended the funeral were Mrs. Hev
and Miss Nancy Heafer of Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Galloway, Grand Prairie,
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Sander, Mrs. C. C. Patterson, Mrs. N. R. Moore, Mrs. John
S. Youngblood, Glenn Roshelle and Miss Anita Baker, all of Fort Worth and
Miss Margaret McGee, Handley.
Friday April 29 Mrs. Elsie C. Smith Was Pioneer Texan
Mrs. Elsie E.(?) Smith, who died April 11, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Joe Thannisch, 211 Collins Street, was born July 8, 1857, at
Philadelphia. At the age of three she came to Texas with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. S. Nichols, who settled in Morgan, Bosque County.
She married Walter C. Smith, August 15, at Morgan. They had 10
children of which four survived. They are Mrs. Joe Andrew, Strawn; Miss
Ethel Smith, Strawn; Mrs. Joe C. Thannisch, Arlington; and Alfred C. Smith,
Fairplay, Colorado. Her husband died Nov. 7, 1905. There are 9
grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers for the funeral were Joe Thannisch, Tom Stallcup of
Handley, Jim E. Messimer of Strawn, O. F. Sides of Ranger, and her two
grandsons Robert Andrew and Alfred Andrew.
Mrs. McNeely of the Fort Worth Tabernacle Church, sang "When They Ring
Those Golden Bells For Me". Mrs. K. T. Melugin, Mrs. McNeeley and Mrs. H.
E. Cannon also sang together. Brother Melugin gave a prayer at the service.
Melvin Drake of Ranger officiated.
Friday May 6 Services Held For Infant Son Of R. P. Riffels
The one day old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Riffel died Saturday morning
in a Fort Worth hospital. He is survived by his parents, and two sisters.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the grave in Parkdale
Cemetery. Rev. S. M. Bennett officiated. Moore Funeral Home was in charge.
Friday May 13 Services Held For Fred J. Miller
Funeral services for Fred J. Miller, 60, who died Thursday night of
last week in a Dallas hospital were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Moore
Funeral Home. Rev. John H. Patterson officiated and burial was in Parkdale
Cemetery.
Survivors are his wife; a brother, Carl Miller of St. Paul, Minn.;
sister, Mrs. Barard Wilkerson of Ceattle (Seattle?), Washington; son Fred C.
Miller of Minneapolis, Minn., and a daughter, Dorothy.
Mr. Miller was born in Peru, Indiana and he made his home in St. Paul
for many years before coming to Texas 17 years ago. The Millers moved to
Arlington 5 years ago. They operated the Ramona Inn on the highway several
years. Mr. Miller was a linotype operator. He had been in ill health for
sometime, but he was able to be up a week prior to his death.
Friday May 13 "Dad" Wilson Dies At Son's Home In Handley
Noah Edward Wilson, affectionately known as "Dad Wilson", died at the
residence of his son, Ernest Wilson, in Handley last Friday morning. He had
been ill for the past few months.
Services were held at the Moore Funeral Home at 4 p.m. Saturday with
the Masonic Lodge in charge. Rev. W. H. Cole officiated and burial was in
the Arlington cemetery.
He was born 86 years ago in Tennessee where he grew to young manhood.
He married Miss Mary Bennett and in the first year of this union they moved
to Texas settling in Ellis county where they lived until moving to Arlington
in 1904.
Dad Wilson was a building contractor and worked at his trade up to a
few years before his death. He was a life long member of the Methodist
church and a Mason.
He is survived by three sons, George Wilson, Midlothian, Ernest Wilson,
Handley and Ben B. Wilson, Arlington; six daughters, Mrs. L. Baines, Fort
Worth, Mrs. H. Stallcup, Fort Worth, Miss Stella Wilson, Fort Worth, Mrs.
Kate Anderson, Fort Worth, Mrs. Maidee King, Dallas and Mrs. T. J. Shine,
Greenville and 14 grand children and 25 great grandchildren.
Friday May 13 EULESS
Several from here attended the double funeral of Buster Cox and Bud
Martin, victims of an auto crash and the car burst into flames.
The funeral was held in the Baptist church of Irving, home of the boys.
Friday May 13 Four Dallasites Die Instantly In Train Collision
While returning from a Sunday outing four Dallas citizens were killed
instantly east of here last Sunday afternoon when their car was struck by
the eastbound Sunshine Special. The accident occured at the crossing at
Spikes Factory in Dalworth Park.
Their bodies were brought to Arlington by a Moore Funeral Home
ambulance. The bodies were found mangled and crushed. Their car was tossed
almost to the top of the locomotive.
The accident occured at a crossing protected by flasher lights.
Visibility was good in both directions.
This was the first railroad crossing accident near here in months.
Those who lost their lives were: James Vincent Deloach, 28; Emma Louise
Deloach, 24; Billy DeLoach, 5, and Mrs. M. B. DeLoach, 46.
Friday May 13 MRS. O'DANNAL DIES AT MASONIC HOME
Mrs. Maggie O'Dannal, 82, died at the Masonic Home Friday morning.
Funeral services were held Sunday morning with Rev. Kermit Melugin
officiating.
Burial was in Keystone Cemetery.
Friday May 20 Rites Are Held For Wolfe's Relative
Funeral services were held at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Shreveport, La., for S.
G. Wolfe, uncle of Martin Wolfe, local Dodge dealer.
Mr. Wolfe died Monday at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas from a hart
attack. He was a resident of Shreveport.
Martin Wolfe returned to Arlington Wednesday after attending the
funeral services.
Friday May 20 Services Held For Miss Kate Ray(?)
Miss Kate Beatrice Roy, who graduated from Arlington High School last
spring died in a Fort Worth Sanitarium Sunday night after a years illness.
She was 19 years old.
Funeral services were held Monday at the Moore Funeral Home. Rev. O.
E. Patterson of the Trinity Baptist Church officiated. Burial was in the
Johnson Station cemetery.
Miss Roy was 19 years old. She lived in Arlington about two years.
Her family moved to Dallas last fall. She was a member of the Trinity
Baptist Church of Fort Worth.
She is survived by her father and mother and a brother, all of Dallas.
She was a cousin of Mrs. E. E. Rankin, Mrs. Joe McKnight and Mrs. Cliff
Barnes.
Friday May 20 Services Held For Mrs. Ludie Roden
Funeral services for Mrs. Ludie J. Roden were held at 2 p.m. Friday at
the Webb Methodist Church with Rev. Henry Brannon of Tate Springs and Rev.
Coleman of the Britton Methodist church officiating.
Mrs. Roden died at her home 7 miles south of Arlington Thursday morning
of last week after a short illness. She was the widow of the late G. T.
Roden.
Survivors are four sons, John Roden, Tom Roden, both of Arlington, G.
W. Roden of Monday, Texas land Carol Roden of Fort Worth, 13 grandchildren
and 4 great-grandchildren.
Burial was in Parkdale Cemetery with Moore Funeral Home in charge.
Friday May 20 Mrs. W. L. McAlister's Mother Dies
Mrs. W. L. McAlster's mother, Mrs. Anna L. Kelly, 61, died at 7 a.m.
Tuesday in a Fort Worth hospital. Mrs. Kelly lived at 2215 N. W. 24th
Street, Fort Worth.
She is survived by 6 sons, 3 daughters and 5 grandchildren. Funeral
services were held at 10 a.m. at the Rosen Heights Baptist church with Rev.
Jesse Garrett officiating. Interment was in the Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Friday May 27 EULESS MRS. JESSE CANNON
Mrs. Jno. Whitner was in Graham last week end to attend the funeral of
her uncle.
Friday May 27 WEBB NEWS MRS. TRUETT DUVAL
A number of friends and relatives at Webb went to the funeral of Mrs.
R. L. Broom of Fort Worth, who was killed in a car wreck last week. Her
husband and three more were hurt but not seriously.
Friday May 27 Woolridge Grandson Dies
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Rayburn Woolridge, at 3301 Avenue M,
Fort Worth, did Saturday night.
Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rayburn Woolridge and grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Woolridge of Arlington and Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Ellis of Fort Worth.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Monday with Rev. R. G. Eagle officiating.
Interment was in the Mount Olivet Cemetery with the Lucas Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
Friday June 3 Last Rites For Mrs. Emma Bryant
Mrs. Emma R. Bryant, 67, died in a Fort Worth Hospital Monday night.
Mrs. Bryant had been ill for a number of weeks. She had been a resident of
Arlington for many years.
Funeral services were held at the Handley Baptist Church at 2 p.m.
Wednesday with Rev. Jimmie Morgan and Henry Brannon officiating. Burial was
in the Tate Springs Cemetery with Moor Funeral Home in charge.
She is survived by 4 sons, W. E., O. M., C. B., all of Handley; C. M.
of Olney, and 5 daughters, Mrs. W. H. Gosset of Arlington, Mrs. H. O. Lewis
of Dallas, Mrs. F. M. Morales of Dallas, Mrs. A. F. Mitchell of Handley, and
Mrs. O. L. Collier of Fort Worth, 28 grandchildren, and 6 great
grandchildren, and two brothers.
Friday June 3 Services Held For Mrs. W. H. Dooley
Mrs. W. H. Dooley, 62, died at her home at 608 Division Wednesday
morning. Funeral services were held at Moore Funeral Home at 3 o'clock
Thursday afternoon with Rev. W. H. Cole officiating. Burial was in Parkdale
Cemetery.
Mrs. Dooley was past grand matron of the Order of Eastern Star and
lived in Arlington for the past 7 years. She was a life time member of the
Methodist church.
Survivors are her husband; two sons, J. D. Poe of San Antonio, Edgar
Allan Poe of California; 11 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild; 1 brother,
and 2 sisters.
Friday June 3 JOHN P. O'DANNEL DIES
John P. O'Dannel died at the Masonic Home Thursday morning of last week
after a six weeks illness. Services were held at 10 o'clock Saturday
morning at the Masonic Home Chapel with Rev. Kermit Melugin officiating.
Burial was in the Keystone Cemetery with Moore Funeral Home in charge.
He was a member of the Masonic lodge.
Friday June 3 Services Held For Roy Barnes' Mother
Mrs. W. M. Barnes, mother of Roy T. Barnes of Arlington, died in a Fort
Worth Hospital Saturday morning after a weeks illness.
Services were held at 3 p.m. Monday at Moore Funeral Home with Rev. Fox
of the Trinity Episcopal Church officiating. Burial was in Parkdale
Cemetey.
Mrs. Barnes was 68 years old and had lived in Fort Worth for the past
30 years.
Friday June 3 Services Held For Mrs. G. L. Hartley
Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Moore Funeral Home for
Mrs. G. L. Hartley, who died at her home on West Division early Sunday
morning.
Rev. Arthur T. Bridges officiated and burial was in Parkdale Cemetery.
She is survived by her husband; three daughters, Lucy, Julaimae and Dorothy
Jane; two sons, G. I., Jr., and Donald Wayne, and three sisters of North
Carolina, Mrs. Berta H. Cottrell, Mrs. Jeff Hubbard, and Mrs. Bessie Curtis.
Mrs. Hartley was born in North Carolina in 1903. She was married in
1920 and moved to Texas 13 years ago. Mrs. Hartley joined the Methodist
Church in 1928.
Mrs. Hartley had been in ill health for the past 5 months and she had
been confined to her room for several months.
Friday June 10 Services Held For E. E. Davis' Brother
Lewis G. Davis of Stephenville, brother of Dean E. E. Davis, died in a
Fort Worth hospital Saturday morning after a months illness. Funeral
services were held in Stephenville Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Davis was 55 years old and had retired. He was an ardent sportsman
and had a host of friends over the state. He was born in Missouri, but had
lived in Stephenville practically all of his life. A large number of people
from Arlington attended the funeral services.
He is survived by his mother with whom he lived, three sisters and two
brothers.
Friday June 17 Robert Clayton's(?) Father Dies
Francis Alvin Claxton, 74, died at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in a Fort Worth
hospital. He had lived in Fort Worth for 20 years.
Mr. Claxton had been here for several months visiting with his son,
Robert Claxton and family.
Survivors are a son, Robert Claxton, three granddaughters and one
grandson, all of Arlington.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Thursday at 425 South Henderson
Street, Fort Worth, with Rev. Bert Kimball officiating.
Pallbearers were: W. R. Hunt, Edgar Stewart, C. M. Evans, N. C. Heflin,
George H. Harris and John Dinnehee.
Internment was in the Hawkins Cemetery.
Friday June 24 Mrs. Clara Yankee Smith Succumbs
Mrs. Clara Yankee Smith, 72, died yesterday morning at her home here.
She is a lifelong resident of Arlington and a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors are a son, Don Yankee, a daughter, Mrs. Jose Appelton (sic),
a grandson, Harry Yankee of Houston and a granddaughter, Sammy Appleton.
Services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Baptist
Church. Luttrell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Rev. Kermit Melugin and S. M. Bennett will officiate and burial will be
in Watson Cemetery.
Friday June 24 WEBB NEWS
A large number of friends of Webb went to the funeral of Mr. Jess Hart
of Mansfield who accidently got run over Saturday by a car with two negro
boys in it. Mr. Hart was a Mason.
Friday June 24 JOHNSON STATION Mrs. Tyler Short
Only a part of Johnson Station community was in the path of the cloud
burst and hail Saturday evening. Grain thrashing will be delayed for
several days.
Friday June 24 GRACE CHAPEL Elizabeth Thomas
Tommy Prince Jr. fell off the front of the tractor where he was pulling
weeds. The tractor, driven by Mr. Brantley Hinshaw, ran over him. Since
Tommy fell in a furrow, he was not seriously injured and is now able to be
about.
Friday June 24 Handley Man Fatally Stricken
J. W. Poore, 43, of Handley, was fatally stricken with a heart attack
at 4:30 p.m. Monday while baling hay on a farm six miles southwest of
Arlington. He was dead upon arrival at a Handley physician's office.
Mr. Poore had been suffering with heart ailment for several years. He
was well known in and around Arlington.
He is survived by his widow, two daughters, one son, three brothers and
two sisters.
Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday
in Handley with Rev. James Morgan and Rev. Henry Brannon officiating.
Burial was in the Hawkins Cemetery, with Moore's Funeral Home in charge.
Friday July 1
Services Held For Mrs. F. V. Lawrence, Pioneer Resident
Arlington paid tribute to one of its pioneer citizens when funeral
services were held Sunday at the Methodist Church for Mrs. F. V. Lawrence,
79.
Mrs. Lawrence, who died Thursday at 4 a.m. at the home of her son, Dr.
O. V. Lawrence, in Brownsville, came here in 1876 and taught piano for 40
years.
Rev. W. H. Cole, pastor of the Methodist Church, officiated at the
services. Burial was in the Arlington Cemetery, and the pallbearers were,
Web Rose, Mike Ditto, Sanford Yates, Ray McKnight, Gordon Nichols and Zack
Slaughter.
Mrs. Lawrence and her late husband, O. J. Lawrence, moved from
Mansfield to a community called Hayter in the Spring of 1876. The Hayter
settlement was about a mile east from here.
Mrs. Lawrence often recalled that the community had the daily mail
brought by stagecoach from Dallas. It was later that year the Texas and
Pacific Railway was constructed through the community to Fort Worth.
When the construction crew was stationed near her home, Mrs. Lawrence
made biscuits and sold them to the workers.
"When the town was located, it was called Johnson but because it was so
near Johnson Station, the name Arlington was chosen", Mrs. Lawrence once
wrote. "My husband made the rack of pigeon hole boxes for the mail in the
Arlington postoffice-the first used here."
Mrs. Lawrence was a charter member of the Methodist Church here, and
she had served as president of Arlington Music Study Club for a number of
years. Her husband and his late sister, Mrs. Mary V. Terrell, the first
wife of Capt. J. C. Terrell, established one of the first subscription
schools in Fort Worth. It was situated on East Belknap Street.
Mrs. Lawrence, a native of Shelby County, is survived by her son; three
daughters, Mrs. Aileen L. Brown, Fort Worth; Mrs. H. L. Rudmose, Fort Wayne,
Ind., Mrs. Schofield, Lockhart and a brother, E. Burrough of Canyon.
Moore Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Friday July 1
LAST RITES FOR W. T. BONDURANT AT M. E. CHURCH
Funeral services for William Thomas Bondurant, 77, who died Wednesday
morning at his home were held at the Arlington Methodist Church at 10:30
a.m. yesterday with Rev. W. H. Cole, Rev. George W. Shearer of Clovis, New
Mexico, and Rev. R. A. Walker, officiating.
Pallbearers were A. N. Weaver, E. B. Foster, F. E. Shanks, Jim Cooper,
and G. E. Luttrell.
Mr. Bondurant is survived by his wife, three sons, O. M. and Fred
Bondurant of Arlington and D. K. Bondurant of Lubbock; and one daughter,
Mrs. Doris Seale, of Arlington; two brothers, Ben and Lonnie Bondurant of
Kentucky and 11 grandchildren.
Burial was in Arlington Cemetery with Luttrell Funeral Home in charge.
Mr. Bondurant was born April 4, 1861, in Kentucky. He and Miss Eliza
V. Murphey were married July 31, 1883. They lacked only a month being
married 56 years.
The boys preceded the parents to Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Bondurant and
Doris came in 1923 and moved to Arlington in 1925 from Abilene.
Mr. Bondurant joined the Methodist Church as a young man. He was a
steward in the Church and was a very regular attendant as long as he was
able to go. He had been in ill health for several years.
Friday July 1 Dr. Grady Timmons Dies
Dr. Grady Timmons, who was a pastor of a San Antonio Church, passed
away recently at his home in San Antonio.
Dr. Timmons was a leading minister in the Methodist Conference. His
Arlington friends were sorry to learn of his death.
Friday July 1 Mrs. Sadie Matthews Father Dies
Rev. R. W. Curry, 79, Justice of Peace at Mansfield and a superannuated
Methodist minister, died at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at his home from a heart
attack. He had been confined to his bed a week.
Rev. Curry came to Texas about 50 years ago from Tennessee, settling at
Waxahachie and later to St. Paul, in the same county. He moved to Mansfield
10 years ago.
During his active career as a minister Rev. Curry had held pastorates
at many places in the Central Texas Conference, including Arlington,
Cresson, Grapevine, Burleson, Mansfield, St. Paul, Hewitt, Morgan and
Salado. He was a preacher for more than forty years.
He had been justice of peace for two terms.
Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Sadie Matthews, Arlington; Mrs. M.
J. Early, Bay City, and Miss Lou Curry, Mansfield; a son, W. N. Curry Jr.,
Louisville, Ky., and two brothers, Rev. J. T. Curry, San Antonio and G. L.
Curry, Temple.
Friday July 1 RITES FOR MRS. EMMA BRASELTON
Mrs. Emma Braselton, 67, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. D.
Wofford, Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. after several months illness.
She is survived by four sons: W. H. and John Braselton, Paris; Royce
Braselton, Nacogdoches; and R. L. Braselton, Fort Worth, and three
daughters: Mrs. J. D. Wofford, Mrs. Ina Bell Dugan, Los Angeles, California;
and Mrs. Herbert Bragg, Bonham; 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild,
one brother H. S. Hawkins, Camp Springs, two sisters, Mrs. Wilbert Shanks,
Angleton, and Mrs. Oma Norville, Ponca City, Okla.
The funeral services were held at the Baptist church at 2:30 Thursday,
with Rev. W. T. Rouse officiating. The interment was in Arlington Cemetery.
The sons and son-in-laws were the pallbearers.
Moore's Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Friday July 1 JOHNSON STATION Mrs. Tyler Short
The death of Mrs. F. V. Lawrence called to the minds of the old
settlers here of the twelve years during which Mrs. Lawrence and her family
were residents of Johnson Station about 1895. Mr. Lawrence and his daughter
were teachers in the school while Mrs. Lawrence was teacher of music.
Friday July 8 Mrs. J. A. Kooken's Sister Dies
Mrs. W. D. Boyd, sister of Mrs. J. A. Kooken, died Thursday of last
week in a Waxahachie Sanitarium where she had been undergoing treatment for
heart trouble for some time. Mrs. Boyd was a well known clubwoman and
church worker in Waxahachie.
Funeral services were held last Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock with the
Rev. R. J. LaPrade officiating. Burial was in Waxahachie City Cemetery.
Mrs. Boyd was the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. E. F. Boone. She was a
past president of the Shakespeare Club, the Garden Club and the McDowell
Music Club. She was organist for many years at First Methodist Church.
Mrs. Boyd also was a painter of note. One of her last pictures she gave to
the Shakespeare Club for its clubroom in Sims Library.
Surviving are three children, Miss Clara Boyd, Will D. and Robert H.
Boyd; a grandson, William Boyd Barber, all of Waxahachie, and the following
brothers and sisters: Mrs. E. I. Conkling, Miss Gertrude Boone, Miss Mae
Boone, Herbert Boone and Douglas Boone, all of Fort Worth; Mrs. J. A.
Kooken, Arlington and Albert Boone, Denver, Colo.
Friday July 8 Services Held For Mrs. J. T. Lewis
Mrs. Mary Ella Lewis, 71, died Sunday at her home southwest of
Arlington. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Sagamore
Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Fred Swank officiating.
Burial was at Plano with Luttrell Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements. She is survived by her husband, J. T. Lewis; 3 sons, B. C. of
Fort Worth, C. M. of Arlington and J. T. Lewis Jr., of Dallas; 2 daughters,
Mrs. George Beazley, Fort Worth and Mrs. J. B. Edwards, Carrollton and 6
grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Lewis was born in Richardson and lived there until she moved to
Arlington about 3 years ago.
Friday July 8 Mrs. Wright And Mrs. Davis' Father Dies At Placid
Mrs. Patricia Davis and Mrs. Y. A. Wright were called to Placid, Texas,
last Friday night because of the serious illness of their father, T. F.
Squires.
Mr. Squires, who would have been 92 the 15th of this month, fell and
broke his hip about nine weeks ago, and had been confined to his bed ever
since. He passed away early Monday morning, and was buried Monday afternoon
from the Placid Baptist Church.
The deceased, who was born in Tennessee, came to Texas in 1858, at the
age of 12, and had lived in San Saba and McCulloch counties for the past
sixty-seven years. His mother was a first cousin of Jefferson Davis. He
enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861, in Company A under Capt. Ben
McCullouch, and served throughout the war.
He is survived by his widow and eleven children, and one sister and one
brother. His brother, J. D. Squires of Everman, is well known here.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Davis returned to Arlington Tuesday
evening.
Friday July 8 Mr. Kooken's Sister Mrs. J. Mitchell Dies In Ferris
Mrs. J. W. Mitchell, sister of J. A. Kooken, died at Ferris Monday.
Mrs. Mitchell had been ill several months.
Mrs. Mitchell was the daughter of the late R. B. and Mrs. Jane L.
Kooken, pioneers of Ellis County and she is survived by her husband, two
sons, Robert and James Mitchell, and daughter, Mrs. H. D. Duff, all of
Ferris, one brother, J. A. Kooken of Arlington, one sister, Mrs. Earle
Holloway of Ferris and three grandchildren.
Friday July 8 Former Arlington Resident Dies
Funeral services for Germain R. Wright, 46, of Houston, rigbuilding
contractor, who was fatally injured in the Amelia Oil Field Friday
afternoon, were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Gypson Funeral
Home in Lufkin. Rev. J. R. Nutt, Baptist Minister at Lufkin, officiated,
and the burial was in the Hillcreast (?) Cemetery. Masonic services were
held at the grave.
Mr. Wright suffered head, back and internal injuries at 3:40 o'clock
Friday afternoon, when struck by a sill falling from an oil derrick, the
beam striking his head and back. He died Saturday morning at 1:30 o'clock
in a Beaumont Hospital.
Mr. Wright had been identified with the development of the oil
throughout Southeast Texas.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Era Wright, three sons, Floyd, Gerald and
Bobby, a daughter, Mrs. Maxine Jordan, three grandchildren, all of Houston,
his father Thomas Wright of Wichita Falls, five brothers and four sisters.
Mr. Wright was a resident of Arlington for several years, living at 810
South Pecan Street. They recently moved to 7409 Longview Street, Houston.
They have many friends here.
Friday July 15 Services Held For Mrs. Mollie Collins
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mollie Collins, 71, Monday
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Arlington Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmy
Morgan of the Handley Baptist Church officiating, and Dr. S. M. Bennett
assisting.
Mrs. Collins died at 9:45 o'clock Sunday night at her home 6 miles
southeast of Arlington.
Mrs. Collins, the widow of the late Thomas Barb Collins, was born in
Missouri and came to Tarrant County 62 years ago. She had lived near
Arlington for about 50 years.
Pallbearers were Champ Barnes, L. M. Darby, V. A. McKee, Munsie Martin,
Tom Collins and Hugh Smith. Burial was in the Arlington Cemetery with Moore
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Survivors are: a son, Marshall Collins of Dallas, a grandson, Billy
Collins of Dallas and three nieces.
Friday July 15 Mrs. Love Is Killed In Car Accident
Mrs. Laura Neale Love, of Dallas, former head of the N.T.A.C. home
economics department, was killed instantly Monday afternoon when the light
car she was driving was demolished in a head on collision with a Dallas
bread truck in the town of Ferris.
Mrs. Love was enroute to College Station for a speaking engagement when
the accident occurred, fracturing her skull and her neck. Funeral services
were held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Methodist Church in Rockwall where she
formerly lived. Dean E. E. Davis was an honorary pallbearer.
Mrs. Love taught at N.T.A.C. two different times. In 1930, she was
appointed supervisor of home economics for North Texas in cooperation with
the State Board of Vocational Guidance. She became associated with the FERA
in Dallas in April 1934 and she later became regional adviser on home
management for the Farm Security Administration.
Mrs. Love was in Arlington Sunday afternoon and visited Mrs. E. E.
Davis. She is survived by her parents who live in Denton, three sisters,
Mrs. J. R. Ray of Dallas, Mrs. Charles L. Langston of Amarillo and Mrs. Roy
C. Potts of Belton and five brothers, Robert Burke Neale and Mack Neale of
Denton, John Neale, New Iberia, La., Don Neale of Belton and Ed. Neal of
Dallas.
Friday July 22 Mrs. J. E. Bailey Sr. Dies In Hamlin
Last Saturday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Jess Wheeler and Jesse Ray Wheeler
were called to Hamlin, because of the death of Mrs. Wheeler's mother, Mrs.
J. E. Bailey Sr.
Mrs. Bailey, together with her husband and family lived in the
Arlington community for a number of years, but they have been in Jones and
Fisher Counties for the past fifteen years. Mrs. Bailey had been ill for a
number of weeks and because she was growing worse she was moved to the home
of her son, Ed Bailey, where she died Saturday afternoon.
She was buried from the Hamlin Church of Christ, of which denomination
she has been a member of many years.
She is survived by her husband, J. E. Bailey Sr., of Hamlin, Ed Bailey
of Hamlin, Frank Bailey of Plainview, Henry Bailey of Quitaque, Walter
Bailey of Grand Prairie, Mrs. Ruby King, Mrs. Jewell Faust and Harvey Bailey
of Hamlin, and Mrs. Jesse Wheeler of Arlington.
Friday July 22 WATSON NEWS Mrs. H. O. Wheeler
Mrs. Orris Deel received word that her grandmother, Mrs. Bailey, died
at the home of her son, Mr. Ed Bailey in Hamlin last Saturday. Mrs. Bailey
was a former resident of this community.
Friday July 22 Services Held For Lee Isham, Handley
Lee Isham, 46, of Handley had a heart attack Sunday at the street car
barn in Fort Worth and died enroute to a hospital.
Services were held Tuesday afternoon at the home of his mother, Mrs. M.
A. Isham, in Handley, with Rev. Jimmy Morgan officiating. Burial was in
Isham Cemetery.
Mr. Isham had lived in Handley practically all his life and had been a
linesman for the Traction Company for the past 15 years.
Survivors besides his mother, are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. George
Lasater; 4 sisters, Mrs. Daisy Borck, Mrs. Roy Works, Mrs. E. Roe Finell,
all of Handley and Mrs. J. G. Murphy of Fort Worth.
Moore Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Friday July 22 Mrs. Lizzie Cobb Dies In McLain
Mrs. Rush Blackwell of the Euless community, went to McLain, Texas,
last week to be with her mother, who had been ill for some time, and who
passed away Wednesday, the 13th.
Mrs. Cobb, who was the wife of Wheeler Cobb, lived just North of
Arlington, on the Grapevine road, for many years. For the past number of
years she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Jim Wheeler of McLain.
She is survived by three daughters: Mrs. Rush Blackwell, of Arlington,
Mrs. Pearl Mitchell and Mrs. Marshall Clark of McLain.
Friday July 22 EULESS NEWS Mrs. Jessie Cannon
Mrs. Rush Blackwell has returned from West Texas, where she attended
the funeral of her mother.
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