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Miscellaneous Tarrant County, Texas Obituaries- 1938


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Friday October 28        Services Held For John L. Moreland
     Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Friday at the Moore Funeral Chapel
for John L. Moreland, 77, with Rev. Kermit Melugin, assisted by Dr. S. M.
Bennett officiating.  Burial was in the Parkdale Cemetery.
     Mr. Moreland died at 11:15 p.m. Thursday at his home after a 10 day
illness.  He was born in Georgia and had lived in Texas for the past 59
years, and had lived the greatest part of that time in Arlington.  He was a
retired painter and lived in Weslaco for two years and then moved to Dallas
for a short while before moving back to Arlington.
     He is survived by his wife, two sons, Claude Moreland of Gladewater and
Truman Moreland of Arlington; four daughters, Mrs. Henry Strickland of
Dallas, Mrs. H. L. Eskew of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Joe McKnight and Mrs. Jean
Bussey of Dallas; four sisters, Mrs. Mattie Steph of Byers, Mrs. Mollie West
of Byers, Mrs. Margaret Phillips of Waco and Mrs. Wayne Battle of Wichita
Falls; one brother, Will Moreland of Weslaco; seven grandchildren and two
great grandchildren.

Friday October 28   Mrs. W. T. Bondurant And Casey Jones
          Who Became Immortal Were Childhood Playmates
     Mrs. W. T. Bondurant and "Casey" Jones were childhood playmates and
they attended the Rural Academy together.  "Casey" Jones, the railroad
engineer who died heroically on April 20, 1906, has become immortal through
legend and song.
     It was in Cayce, Kentucky, that Mrs. Bondurant and John Luther Jones
spent their childhood days and that it was from the name of this small town
that "Casey" Jones nickname was derived.
     Mrs. Bondurant states, "On the night of the fatal run, Casey was
driving the famous Cannon Ball and Sim Webb, the colored fireman, was
stoking it, when the engine ploughed through the caboose of a freight train,
through two carloads of grain and into a car of lumber.
     "Casey" was found dead with his hands still clutching the brake but the
passengers in the 12 coaches behind were unhurt."
     Unveiling of a marker, a replica of Casey's famous Cannon Ball, to the
memory of Casey Jones that was witnessed by 2,000 in Mrs. Bondurant's home
town recently.
     Mrs. Bondurant was born and reared, and so were all of her children and
a grand child in the same house that her mother was born and reared in, near
Cayce, Ky.

Friday October 28
          Services Held For John Henry Brower Accident Victim    Funeral
services were held at 2 p.m. Monday for John Henry Brower, 56, accident
victim, at the Tate Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Henry Brannon
officiating.  Mr. Brower is survived by his wife and a number of children.
     Mr. Brower was returning from a grocery store Sunday morning in the
Tate Springs Community when his car hit loose gravel on a curve, overturning
and pinning him beneath the car, crushing his chest.
     He had lived in this community for 30 years.  Burial was at the Ishom
Cemetery north of Handley with Moore Funeral Home in charge.

Friday October 28        M. H. Moore Dies In Fort Worth
     M. H. Moore, 62, died at his home 2439 Wabash Avenue, Fort Worth, at
7:40 a.m. Tuesday of a cerebral hemorrhage after a five day illness.  He had
a stroke of paralysis while sitting at his desk in his office at the U. S.
Court House at noon last Thursday.  He is the brother of J. M. Moore.
     Funeral service for the veteran school man was held at 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday in the Paschal High School, where Rev. James L. Standridge
officiated with Harvey Scott of the Abilene Christian College, with
Congressman Fritz Lanham assisting.  Burial was in the Bedford Cemetery.
     Mr. Moore was born in a log cabin at Bedford, July 27, 1871.  He
attended Rural School there, and later went to the Sam Houston State
Teachers College at Huntsville for his teachers certificate, receiving his
A. B. Degree from there in 1894, later received his Master Degree from TCU.
     He was superintendent of the Fort Worth public schools for 13 years,
and taught school for 21 years before this in the Tarrant and Hood Counties.
He served four years as Tarrant County superintendent of the public schools
and was president of the Texas State Teachers Association for one year.  He
was a district supervisor of Vocational Rehabilitation for the State
Department of Education at the time of his death.  He had held this office
since 1933.
     For 35 years he had been a minister of the Church of Christ at Bedford
and occupied the pulpit there every third Sunday.  He was annual speaker at
the Bedford Old Settlers Reunion and never missed a reunion in 27 years.  He
taught his first school at Fish Creek.
     He is survived by wife, four sons, and one daughter; also one sister
and one brother, J. M. Moore, Arlington.

Friday October 28        H. R. MORROW BABY DIES
     The infant of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Morrow died Monday shortly after birth
in a local hospital.  Services were held at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Moore
Funeral Chapel.  Burial was in the Crawley Cemetery, south of Fort Worth.

Friday October 28        HURST NEWS          MRS. L. A. WRIGHT
     The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Goodwin died Saturday night and
was buried at Arywine Cemetery Monday afternoon.

Friday October 28        Brother-In-Law Of J. E. Arnold Dies
     Alvis Grimes, brother-in-law of J. E. Arnold, did at his home in Dallas
Saturday afternoon after a short illness.  Mr. Grimes was 72 years old, a
Spanish-American War veteran and had been an employee of the Huey Philip
Hdwe. Co., in Dallas for the past 23 years.
     He is survived by his wife, two brothers and one sister.  Funeral
services were held Monday morning at 10 a.m. at the residence with Rev. C.
D. Montgomery, Rev. A. L. Scales and Rev. N. L. Blackburn officiating.
Burial was in the Laurel Land Cemetery with Moore Funeral Home in charge.

Friday November 4        Mrs. Mary L. Wilson Dies In Kennedale
     Mrs. Mary L. Wilson, 65, resident of Kennedale community for the past
50 years, died Tuesday at her home southwest of Arlington, after a prolonged
illness.  Mrs. Wilson is well-known by the old settlers here.
     Survivors are three sons, Rev. John Wilson, W. A. and J. S. Wilson, all
of Kennedale community, and seven daughters, Mrs. Ethel Garrett, Kennedale;
Mrs. Mary Crane, Mrs. Ora Knight, Mrs. Verna Crofford and Mrs. Ida Minchew,
all of Fort Worth; Mrs. Maudie Goyne, Decatur and Mrs. Lena Bowling, Dallas.
     Services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the New Hope Baptist Church
with Rev. W. A. Arnold in charge.  Burial was in the Hudson cemetery.

Friday November 4      Funeral Services Fri. For Earnest Shelton
     Funeral services will be held at the Moore Funeral Home Friday
afternoon for Earnest Shelton, age 33.  Mr. Shelton died in a Ft. Worth
hospital early Thursday morning after a five day illness.  He is survived by
his mother, Mrs. Lee Shelton, 1 brother and 1 sister, all of Arlington.

Friday November 4        Bobby Lee Wilkinson Buried Thursday
     Bobby Lee Wilkinson, age 10, died Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 2, at his
home 3521 E. Rosedale, Fort Worth, after a five day illness.  Funeral
services were held at the Handley Baptist Church at 3:30 Thursday afternoon
with Rev. Jimmie Morgan officiating.  Interment was in the Arlington
cemetery with Moore Funeral Home in charge.  He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Wilkinson; 5 sisters, Mrs. G. T. Carr, Mrs. V. H.
Gillipsie, Misses Dorothy, Christine, and Gwendolyn; 4 brothers, Charles,
John and Harvey, all of Ft. Worth, and Dan Wilkinson of Arlington.

Friday November 4        HURST NEWS          Mrs. L. A. Wright
     Phillip Henry, age eight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Henry, died
Saturday in Fort Worth and was buried at Bedford Sunday morning.

     School was dismissed Thursday noon so the teachers and pupils could
attend the funeral of Mrs. Holder, mother of Mrs. Homer Furich.

Friday November 4
     Mrs. C. V. Booker and Mrs. George Shelton attended the funeral of Mrs.
Betty Wreay, 71, at Forest Hill.  They had been friends for 30 years.

Friday November 18       Services Held For S. A. Richardson
     Samuel A. Richardson, 72, died at his home in Polytechnic at 10 p.m.
Monday.  Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday morning at the
Sagimore Hill Baptist Church in Fort Worth with Rev. Fred Swank officiating.
     Mr. Richardson was a retired contractor and he owned real estate in
several Texas cities.  He is survived by three sons and one daughter.
     Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery with Luttrell Funeral Home in charge.

Friday November 18       T. B. Wallace's Brother Dies
     Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Wallace attended the funeral of Mr. Wallace's
brother, J. W. Wallace, Friday, in Joshua.  The burial was in the Moody
Cemetery.

Friday November 18
     Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hiett and Mr. and Mrs. Benton C. Collins attended
the funeral of Mrs. Hiett's and Mrs. Collins' aunt, Mrs. J. B. Barron,
Sunday in Waxahachie.

Friday November 18
     Miss Eunice Briggs of Dublin is spend(ing) this week with her
grandmother, Mrs. Alice Martin.  Miss Briggs is recovering from a burn that
she received three weeks ago when a gasoline iron exploded and burned her
face and hands.  She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Briggs, who are
former residents of Arlington.

Friday November 18       Services Held For Perrie H. Walker
     The funeral of Perrie H. Walker, 70, retired dairyman, who resided nine
miles south west of Arlington, was held Saturday afternoon at the Kennedale
Methodist Church with Rev. Henry Brannon officiating.  Burial was in the
Kennedale Cemetery.
     Mr. Walker, who died at his home Thursday, is survived by his wife, one
daughter, one son, and one brother.  Several people from Arlington attended
his funeral.

Friday November 18       Services Held For Tom P. Jones
     Tom P. Jones, 48, died in a Ft. Worth Hospital, Monday at 3:15 p.m.,
after an illness of four days.  Mr. Jones had lived in Arlington for six
years, coming here from Terrell.  He operated a tire repair shop.
     Mr. Jones had been suffering intensely from a foot wound and last
Friday he drank poison.
     He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mr. Louise Salomon, Dallas; a
son, Tom P. Jones, Jr., Dallas, four brothers, R. S., E. S., and J. L.
Jones, all of Terrell and G. W. Jones of Greenville, a sister, Mrs. O. F.
Fehrenkemp, Temple and his mother, Mrs. W. J. Cordell, Terrell.
     Funeral services were held Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Moore Funeral
Chapel with Rev. Fred Ross, pastor of the Church of Christ, officiating.
Burial was in the Parkdale Cemetery.

Friday November 18
          Granddaughter Of E. F. Wilkinsons Dies In Dallas
     Miss Charlene Edwards, 17, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles E. Edwards, 701 N. Oak Cliff Blvd., Dallas, Tuesday at 10:30
p.m. after several months of illness.  Funeral services were held Thursday
at 9:30 a.m. at the St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, with Father Robinson,
officiating.  The burial was in Dallas.
     Miss Edwards was born here in Arlington, moving to Dallas with her
parents at the age of two.  Her mother was formerly Miss Myrtle Wilkinson.
     Survivors are her parents, and one brother, Alfred, all of Dallas; her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Wilkinson; two uncles, J. R. Wright, H. C.
Wright, one aunt, Mrs. M. M. Johnson.

Friday November 18       JOHNSON STATION     Mrs. Tyler Short
     Mr. W. C. Harmon passed away Saturday morning after an illness of
several weeks.  The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Tabernacle by
Bro. Ward of Grand Prairie.  Burial was in the new addition of the Johnson
Station cemetery.  We extend sympathy to his loved ones.

Friday November 18
        Services Held For James D. Wofford At Baptist Church
     Funeral services for James D. Wofford, 48, a contractor, who died at
his home early Friday, were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, by Rev. Kermit
T. Melugin at the Baptist Church.  Burial was in the Arlington Cemetery.
     Mr. Wofford died early Friday morning from a blood stream infection
caused from a carbuncle on his face.  He and his family had been living in
Arlington for 13 years.  He was a deacon in the Baptist Church and was
active in religious affairs.
     Survivors are his widow, seven sons, Hoyt and James D. Wofford, Jr.,
both of Los Angeles, California, Paul Wofford, a student at Texas A & M
College and Ralph, Truett, Bobby and Billie Wofford, all of Arlington; a
daughter, Miss Mary Emma Wofford, Los Angeles, California; four brothers,
Amos, Aaron, and A. W. Wofford, all of Atlanta, Ga., and Smith Wofford, Fort
Worth, and two sisters, who live in Athens, Ga.
     Those from out of town here for the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt
Braselton and son and Mr. and Mrs. John Braselton of Paris; Mr. and Mrs.
Hubert Braselton and two daughters, Bonham; Royce Braselton, Nacogdoches;
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Braselton and son, Ft. Worth; Hal Barber, Mrs. Cook and
daughter, all of Dallas.
     Pallbearers were, Chas. McDonald, C. E. Dunn, J. B. Shelton, A. D.
Cunningham, Eddie Gale and Luther Thompson.
     Luttrell Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.


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