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Miscellaneous Tarrant County, Texas Obituaries- 1939


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Friday January 13
     Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Pierce have returned from Duncanville where they
attended the funeral of Mr. Pierce's mother, who died Monday morning.  Mr.
and Mrs. Pierce were with his mother, who lived with a daughter in
Duncanville, at the time she died.  The funeral was held at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon in Duncanville.  Mr. Pierce's mother had visited in
Arlington many times and had many friends here.

Friday January 13        JOHNSON STATION     Mrs. Tyler Short
     People in houses from Johnson Station to John Graffin's are rejoicing
over the electric light line that was completed this week.

Friday January 13        M. F. Saylor Dies At Sister's Home
     Millard F. Saylor, 65, died at the home of his sister, Miss Hattye
Saylor, at 3 p.m. Tuesday, after several weeks illness.
     Mr. Saylor, who was a resident of Arlington for the past four years,
was a former employee of Badgitt Bros. in Dallas.  He was a member of the
Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 14 of Fort Worth.
     He is survived by two sisters, Miss Hattye Saylor, Arlington and Miss
Flora Saylor, of Dallas.
     The funeral services were held at the Moore Funeral Chapel Wednesday at
2 p.m., who were in charge of the arrangements.  Rev. A. W. Hall, Rev. F. E.
Weise and Rev. J. T. Upchurch officiated.  Interment was in the Old Oak
Cliff Cemetery in Dallas.
     Pallbearers were Ed Nations, J. E. Arnold, John Jordan, Lewis Flint,
Wesley Upchurch, and E. E. Conner.

Friday January 20        Former Resident Of Arlington Dies
     Mrs. Ella Finley Roy died Jan. 12, at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Ethel Roy Brown, in Norfolk, Va.
     Funeral services were held at the Arlington Presbyterian Church, Monday
at 2:30 p.m., with Rev. S. M. Bennett, her former pastor, and Rev. J. H.
Patterson in charge.  Burial was in Arlington Cemetery where Mrs. Roy was
placed by the side of her eldest daughter, May Finley, wife of Walter
Hutcheson.
     Pallbearers were Paul Barnes, Ray McKnight, Wayne McKnight, Edward
Rankin, Tom Cravens, and Carlisle Cravens.
     Besides Mrs. Brown, she is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Jessie
Finley Campbell, of Texarkana, and by five grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.  Mrs. Campbell accompanied the body to Arlington from
Norfolk, being joined at Texarkana by her husband, Ray W. Campbell.
     Mrs. Roy was born at Lancaster, Dallas County, Jan. 13, 1857, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. K. Grove.  Mr. Grove moved to Arlington with his
daughter when she was young.  Mrs. Roy lived here most all of her long life.
She was always closely identified with church and civic work and the social
life of Arlington from its earliest days until she left here in 1922 to move
to Houston with her daughter, Mrs. Brown and Mr. Brown.
     Even after she was no longer able to take active part in affairs, Mrs.
Roy was intensely interested in all activities of Arlington.  She was a
charter member of the Ladies Aid and Missionary Society of the Arlington
Presbyterian Church, a member of the Eastern Star, helped organize the first
Arlington Civic League, was a charter member both of the Shakespeare Club
and the Arlington Cemetery Association.
     Mrs. Roy loved life and the people who made it and always drew young
people about her.  She loved them for she, too, was young in her heart.
     It is a grand tribute to a finished life, for friends and family to
feel that they are better people for having been associated with the one who
is gone.  Many Arlington people loved Mrs. Roy and will lovingly keep her in
their memories.
"To live in hearts we leave behind is life eternal."
"Life is ever Lord of Death, and Love can never lose its own."

Friday January 20   Out-of-Town Persons Attend Roy Funeral
     Attending the funeral of Mrs. Ella Finley Roy here Monday afternoon was
Arthur A. Everts of Dallas, who came to pay tribute to the daughter of his
former business partner, N. K. Grove.  Everts recalled that Grove and he
were in business together in early days.  "He started me off in business,"
was the way Everts expressed it.
     Others from out of town attending the funeral were Mrs. Jim Hagin, Mrs.
Beth Hall, Lancaster, Mrs. B. D. Kennedy, Mrs. Ragsdale Pace, Marguerite
Roy, Ruth White, Mrs. Harry Snyder, Mrs. Jack Taylor, Mrs. Will Wise, Billie
Wise, Mrs. Chas. Middleton, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Couch, Mrs. Alfred McKnight,
Mrs. G. R. De Poyster, Virginia Dalton, Mrs. Homer Tomlinson, Ft. Worth,
Mrs. Rebecca Curtis, Meridian, Ruth Hutcheson, Archer City, Mrs. Matt
O'Connor, Mrs. Joe Connelly, Dallas, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Barnet,
Grapevine.

Friday January 20
          Mrs. Moore, Sister Of Oscar Clarkson, Dies Saturday
     Oscar Clarkson's sister, Mrs. Annie Moore, age 41, died at 7:30 a.m.
Saturday at a local hospital in Fort Worth.  She had lived in Fort Worth for
the past 21 years.
     Survivors are her husband, one son, two daughters, one grandchild, two
brothers, including Oscar Clarkson of Arlington, and two sisters.
     Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Azle Baptist Church
with Rev. Melvin Livesay officiating.  Interment was in the Garden of
Memories.

Friday January 20        W. C. Stone, 84, Dies In Mansfield
     W. S. Stone, 84, near Mansfield, died in a local hospital in Fort Worth
at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday afternoon, after a short illness.  (W. C. or W. S.
??)
     Mr. Stone came to Texas with his parents at the age of 13 and spent
most of his life farming in the vicinity of Mansfield.  He was well known in
Arlington by the old settlers.
     Funeral services were held at the St. Paul's Methodist Church in Fort
Worth, at 2:30 Thursday, with Rev. Frank Patterson officiating.
     He is survived by one brother, J. A. Stone of Mansfield.  Burial was
near Mansfield.

Friday January 20        14 Year Old Girl Dies In Hospital
     Jessie Mae Williams, 14, died in a Fort Worth Hospital Friday
afternoon.  She was a student of the 8th grade in the John T. White School.
     She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Williams, two
brothers, Carl James and Billy Lloyd; two sisters, Mary and Barbara Ruth;
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Mayfield, Fort Worth, and Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Williams.
     Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Moore Funeral
Home in Handley with Rev. R. L. McDonald officiating.  Interment was in the
Ishom Cemetery.

Friday January 20   Mother Of NTAC Faculty Member Dies In Lufkin
     Sunday night Emma Abernathy Eagleton died at the home of her brother,
Mr. Marvin Abernathy of Lufkin.  Funeral services were held at Commerce,
Tuesday and the body was buried by the side of her husband, the late Exile
C. Eagleton, at Ladonia, Texas.
     Mrs. Eagleton's death came as a shock to her family and friends.  She
had been in bad health for sometime, but Sunday she was in fine spirits and
seemed to be feeling good when left Commerce to accompany her brother, Mr.
Marvin Abernathy, to his home at Lufkin for a visit.  She appeared to have
made the 200 mile trip in fine shape, but after returning she became ill,
and passed away soon after the arrival of a physician.
     She was the daughter of the late Marvin Abernathy, and her grandfather
was one of the first settlers in Fannin County, having come there before the
Civil War.  This pioneer family has loomed large in the history of East
Texas.  This mother, with the inherent courage, rugged honesty and
determination to get the job done always working with her husband has given
to Texas eight useful citizens, than which there is no grater contribution.
One son, Irvine, is one of the boys who "lies in Flanders Field," and Mrs.
Eagleton went over with the Gold Star Mothers to France to visit his grave a
few years ago.
     Mrs. Eagleton is survived by seven children: Amelie Eagleton Green and
Mary Ross Eagleton, both of Houston; E. C. Eagleton Reed, with whom she
lived at Commerce, and Ethie Eagleton, of Arlington; Marvin Eagleton, Fouts
Eagleton of Houston and Marcus Eagleton of Jefferson.
     Among the Arlington friends who went to Commerce were Misses Zelda
Ramsey, Ina Lipscomb, Myrtle Rawls, and Lilly Benson.

Friday January 20        Wife Of Methodist Board Supt. Dies
     Mrs. W. B. Andrews, age 70, of Fort Worth, died Friday in a local
hospital.  She was the wife of Rev. W. B. Andrews, who is superintendent of
the board for the superannuated homes of the Methodist Church.
     Funeral services were held Monday at the first Methodist Church with
Rev. J. N. R. Score, assisted by Bishop H. A. Boax and Rev. M. M. Chunn
officiating.  Interment was in Rose Hill.
     Rev. A. W. Hall of Arlington, was one of the active pallbearers.
     Brothers Walker and Moss of Arlington, superannuated ministers of the
Methodist Church, also attended the funeral.

Friday January 20        Mrs. Davis, 70, Dies At Daughter's Home
     Mrs. Ella Davis, 70, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. D.
Davey, 1001 Braches Street, Fort Worth, at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday, after a short
illness.  Mrs. Davis had lived in this vicinity for about thirty years.
     She is survived by one son. Everette Davis, Fort Worth; five daughters,
Mrs. B. E. Hunter, Handley; Mrs. Roy Fowler, Mrs. W. D. Davey, Mrs. R. T.
Bell and Mrs. W. C. Utley, Fort Worth; one sister, Mrs. J. H. McGaughey,
Decatur and four grandchildren.
     She was a member of the Weatherford Methodist Church.  The funeral
services were held in the Robertson-Mueller-Harper Funeral Home, under the
direction of Hugh M. Moore, Wednesday at 2 p.m.  Interment was in the Rose
Hill Cemetery.

Friday January 27
        Last Rites Held At Presbyterian Church For Luther D. Hahn
     Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock for Luther D.
Hahn at the Presbyterian Church with Dr. S. M. Bennett and Rev. J. H.
Patterson officiating.
     Mr. Hahn died Friday night and although he had been confined to his bed
with heart trouble since July his death was a shock to the people of
Arlington.
     He was born in Marble Hill, Mo., in 1880 and came to Arlington with his
parents when a small child.  In 1905 he married Miss Hattie Tillery of
Arlington.  He had been in the abstract business for 36 years.  He was with
the Elliott Waldron Co. the past 8 years and prior to that was with the
Texas Title Co.
     Mr. Hahn had several light heart attacks four years ago.  Last January
he had another attack, but returned to work soon afterward.  He had a severe
attack in July and had been very ill since.
     Survivors are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. G. H. Frese of Longview and
Mrs. Dick Thomas of Fort Worth; 3 grandchildren; 1 sister, Mrs. Lon
Stephenson of Ft. Worth, and two brothers, Charles A. Hahn of Exeter,
California and Otis Hahn of Marble Hill, Mo.
     Pallbearers were Will Hiett, Harold Watson, Fred Bondurant, Upshur
Vincent, Frank Kaiser of Ft. Worth and Dubart Myzell of Ft. Worth.  Burial
was in the Arlington Cemetery with Moore Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.

Friday January 27        Services Held For Mrs. Julia Hartley
     Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
Methodist Church for Mrs. Julia A. Hartley, who died at her home, 209 East
Division St., early Monday morning.
     Rev. A. W. Hall and Rev. Arthur T. Bridges officiated and burial was in
Parkdale Cemetery.  She is survived by 2 sons, Wade C. Hartley and Ivey
Hartley, both of Arlington, 11 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren, and
1 sister, Mrs. L. M. Wall of Lenoir, North Carolina.
     Mrs. Hartley was 73 years old and had lived in Arlington for 13 years.
She had been ill for several years.  Moore Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.
     Members of the board of Stewards of the Methodist Church were
pallbearers.

Friday January 27        Thomas Walker Dies At Masonic Home
     Thomas M. Walker, 89, died at the Masonic Home, Jan. 22, where he had
lived for the past 7 years.  He was born in Carthage, Miss. and was a
carpenter contractor until he retired a few years ago.
     The body was taken overland to Mexia for funeral services and burial by
the Moore Funeral Home.

Friday January 27        Pioneer Of Tarrant County Dies
     J. S. Poole, 76, former resident of Tarrant County and the son of the
late Capt. N. A. Poole, early day resident who settled near Mansfield
community, died Monday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Floyd Golden at
Texico, N. M.   He had been in bad health since had a stroke of paralysis
last March.  The Poole's were instrumental in the settlement of Tarrant
County.  Mr. Poole, a successful farmer, moved from Tarrant County in 1890
to Floyada County.
     J. B. Poole, his brother, is County Judge in Hamilton county and
resides in Hico.  His other brother, W. H. Poole resides in Waco.
     He is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Floyd Golden, Texico
and Miss Winnie Poole, Floyada; two sons, John Russell Poole, Spearman, and
Linton Poole, Fulley and one sister, Mrs. J. W. Doherty, Arlington.
     Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Canyon.

Friday January 27        Mrs. Amanda Decker Dies In Edgewood
     Mrs. Amanda Decker, 90, died at the home of her son, J. L. Decker in
Edgewood, Jan. 20.  She was born in North Carolina, moving with her parents,
near Euless, when young.  She had spent most of her life north of Euless,
moving later to the home of her son.
     Funeral services were held at 9 a.m. Saturday in Edgewood and she was
taken to the Glade Cemetery near Grapevine for a second funeral service and
burial.  The Moore Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Friday January 27        Services Held For Baxter Hamilton
     Baxter D. Hamilton, age 77, a former employee of the Armour and Co., in
Fort Worth, died Thursday night at his home where he had lived for the past
37 years.  A graduate of the University of Texas, Mr. Hamilton taught school
in Knoxville, Tenn. before coming to Texas.
     Survivors are his son, C. P. Hamilton, Los Angeles; four daughters,
Mrs. Frank Arnold, Mrs. L. A. Martin, Mrs. T. E. Kinney and Mrs. John
Thissen, all of Fort Worth, and seven grandchildren.
     Funeral services were held at the Sagamore Hill Baptist Church,
Saturday at 2 p.m.  Burial was in the Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Friday February 3
        Ed Hampton, Former NTAC Student, Died In Plane Crash
     Ed Hampton, former N. T. A. C. student, was killed late Saturday with
two other men in a plane crash three miles from the Dryden airport.  Mr.
Hampton frequently visited in the J. C. Rudd home and was well known in
Arlington.
     Mr. Hampton was a soldier mechanic at the Dryden airport and he had
taken two Sanderson men up in his plane for a ride when the accident
occurred.  They were not found until 11 a.m. Sunday when a ranchman found
the charred plane and their burned bodies.  Searching parties had been sent
out from the airport.
     Funeral services will be held in Naples today.  Miss Stella Marie Rudd
went to Naples Monday and remained for the service.

Friday    February 3     Services Held For Lida J. Dilling
     Lida J. Dilling, age 67, died at the Eastern Star Home at 10:20 a.m.
Tuesday.  She had lived at the home for the past three years.  She was a
member of the Alvin Chapter.
     The funeral was held at the Eastern Star home at 2 p.m. Wednesday with
Rev. A. W. Hall officiating.  Interment was in the Key Stone Cemetery.
Moore Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Friday February 3   Jewell Barron's Baby Dies Of Pneumonia
     Virginia Faye Barron, two month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jewell
Barron, died at 4 a.m. Thursday, at a Fort Worth hospital, after two days
illness of pneumonia.
     Survivors are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jewel Barron; three brothers,
Tom, Charley, and Joe; one sister, Ozel; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Barron, Arlington, and Mrs. Ada Daly, Arlington.
     Funeral services were held at the Moore Funeral Chapel at 10 a.m.
Friday, with Rev. K. T. Melugin officiating.
     Interment was in the Parkdale Cemetery with the Moore Funeral Home in
charge of the arrangements.


Friday February 3        WATSON NEWS         Mrs. H. O. Wheeler
     The people of this community were sorry to hear of the death of the
small son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Feemster in Fort Worth last Friday.
Interment was in Watson cemetery.
                    School News
     The school was saddened by the death of James Feemster's little
brother.

     The school listened to Hitler's speech over the radio last Monday.

Friday February 3        Rev. O. A. Wilson Dies In Dallas
     The Rev. O. A. Wilson, a deaf missionary who preached in sign language
to the deaf congregation in 18 States and who was well known in Arlington
died suddenly Thursday of last week at his home on Bryan Street, Dallas.
     The small sunny-faced Swedish immigrant, who gave his life to preaching
and teaching to the deaf of the State, arose for the morning, apparently
well.  He dressed and (unreadable) his wife in short time in
(unreadable.....) slumped over silently dead.
     For many years he had been a Baptist Missionary to the deaf.  He was 71
years old.
     Rev. A. O. Wilson (note initials) was ordained as a minister 25 years
ago and was given the duties of a missionary to the deaf.  He traveled all
over the South, organizing churches and preaching, maintaining headquarters
at Fort Worth, Atlanta, Ga., and Meridian, Miss.  He had been in Dallas for
the past seven years.
     His wife is the only survivor.  Dr. George W. Truett conducted the
funeral at the Pool Funeral Home in Dallas, Sunday at 2 p.m. and burial was
in Alvarado.
     Several of his friends from Arlington attended the funeral, including
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Goin.

Friday February 3        Services Held For Mrs. Mary Baker
     Mrs. Mary L. Baker, age 82, wife of D. B. Baker, a retired farmer, died
at midnight, Monday at her residence.
     Mrs. Baker had lived here for 32 years and had lived in the County for
40 years.  She was well known and was active in religious work.  She always
had a sweet smile and (unreadable) for everyone.
     (unreadable) and W. B. Baker, Farmersville, five daughters, Mrs. W. G.
Lynch, Quinlan, Mrs. J. F. McKissick, Arlington; Mrs. W. R. Page, Los
Angeles; Mrs. J. A. Pearce, Pampa, and Mrs. P. H. Graves, Fort Worth; a
brother, William Pearson, Merritt; 21 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren.
     Funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m. at the Moore Funeral Chapel
with Rev. Kermit T. Melugin officiating.  Interment was in the Parkdale
Cemetery. Moore Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
     Pallbearers were Roscoe Purvis, Henry Lampe, Ray McKnight, Mr. Blake of
Fort Worth, M. Butler and Ed Gale.

Friday February 3        Services Held For Mrs. Dwight Holmes
     Mrs. Jewel Frances Holmes, 37, wife of Dwight C. Holmes, landscape
artist and a teacher at TCU, died in a Fort Worth hospital Saturday at 3
p.m. of embolus.
     Mrs. Holmes, who taught English and Spanish in Fort Worth high schools,
was a graduate of TCU.  She was a member of the University Place Study Club
and a teacher in the University Christian Church Sunday School.
     (unreadable....) she had many friends here in Arlington.
     Survivors besides the husband are: two daughters, Jean Frances, 10, and
an infant son born Saturday; parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Kingrea, Grand
Prairie; two sisters, Mrs. Christine Rayburn, Memphis, Tenn. and Mrs. Murl
Howard, Dallas, and two brothers, Cecil Kingrea, Keller and Byron Kingrea,
Grand Prairie.  Mrs. Cecil Kingrea is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M.
Moore.
     Services were held 2 p.m. Monday at the University Christian with Rev.
Perry E. Gresham officiating.  Interment was in the Rose Hill burial Park.
     Pallbearers were Sterling Pool, Paul Cook, Homer Tomlinson, Edwin A.
Elliott, Walter Kemble and Allen Evans.
     Moore Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.  A number of
Arlington friends attended the funeral.

Friday February 3        J. A. Bulloch's Sister Dies In Dallas
     Services were held in Dallas Thursday afternoon of last week for J. A.
Bulloch's sister, Mrs. J. C. Mann, who died Wednesday evening at her home.
Mrs. Mason was 75 years old and had been in ill health for several years.
     Mr. and Mrs. Bulloch attended the funeral.  (Mrs. Mann or Mrs. Mason
??)

Friday February 10       Frank Scoggins Succumbs To Illness
     Frank L. Scoggins, 70, died at his home early Tuesday morning after a
few days illness.  He had lived in Arlington for one year.
     He was a retired railroad man, and had been with the T&P for forty
years in the water department.
     He is survived by his wife; two sons; eight grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
     Funeral services were conducted at the Moore Funeral Chapel Wednesday
at 2 p.m. and burial was in the Mount Olive Cemetery with the Moore Funeral
Home in charge of the arrangements.

Friday February 10       Mrs. Myrtle H. Crabtree
     Arlington was shocked to learn of the death of Mrs. Myrtle H. Crabtree,
62, at her home on 419 N. Mesquite Street sometime Tuesday.
     The exact time of her passing was not known, but it was believed that
she had been dead some twenty hours before neighbors found her in her
kitchen.  Becoming suspicious of a light that had been burning continuously
for some time Mrs. Jas. Brooker, a neighbor, became alarmed and called the
authorities who investigated and found Mrs. Crabtree had apparently had a
heart attack.
     Mrs. Crabtree is well known here and has lived near here all of her
life.
     Survivors of Mrs. Crabtree are two sons, Thomas Crabtree, Atlanta,
Georgia, and Charles Crabtree of Memphis, Texas; a daughter, Margaret of
Hidalgo, California, five sisters, Allie Jason, Dallas, Miss Edna Grimmett,
Dallas; Mrs. Cordie Clara May, Dallas; Mrs. Lorine Raines, Arlington, and
Mrs. Bennie Billingsly, Garland.  Mrs. Crabtree also had one brother, Mr.
Otto Homes of Dallas.
     Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. today at the Moore Funeral
Home.  Interment will be at the Arlington Cemetery.

Friday February 10       Dr. Hollingsworth's Mother Dies In Grapevine
     Mrs. Dan M. Morgan, 76, mother of Dr. O. O. Hollingsworth, died at her
home in Grapevine at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday after a long illness.
     Mrs. Morgan had lived in Grapevine for the past two years moving there
from Tacoma, Washington.
     She was active in church work, when she was able to attend, and her
friends often spoke in praise of the charity work she did and about which
few knew.  She helped the sick whenever it was possible and was always a
friend to the needy.
     She is survived by her husband and other son, T. G. Hollingsworth, Fort
Worth and six grandchildren.
     Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Grapevine Baptist
Church.  Burial was in the Oakwood Cemetery in Fort Worth.

Friday February 10       Sam E. Cannon Passes Away
     Sam E. Cannon, 70, retired farmer, died at the home of his sister, Mrs.
J. C. Davis, Saturday.
     He had lived in Tarrant County for 53 years and lived in Arlington for
several years.
     He is survived by two brothers and six sisters.  The funeral was held
Monday at 2 p.m. at the Moore Funeral Chapel with Rev. Barrett of Dallas
officiating.
     Burial was in the Oakland Cemetery in Dallas with the Moore Funeral
Home in charge of the arrangements.  His nephews were the pallbearers.

Friday February 10       WATSON NEWS         Mrs. H. O. Wheeler
     Mrs. J. H. Lubke spent part of last week with her brother, Mr. Jim Barr
and family in Dallas.  While there she attended the funeral of Mr. Spicer,
Mrs. Barr's father, which was held on Thursday.  Mr. Hugh Johnson Sr. and
son, Hugh Jr., and Mr. Bill Wolf, all of Fort Worth, and Mr. J. H. Lubke
also attended the funeral service.
Friday February 10
          Wife Of Founder Of Carlisle Academy Dies At Bobo Clinic
     Mrs. Julia Carlisle, 77, who had been a long time resident of
Arlington, died at the Bobo Hospital, Tuesday at 12:30 p.m.
     Her late husband, Prof. J. M. Carlisle, founded the old Carlisle
Military Academy in 1902, after coming to Arlington from Hillsboro, where he
had been the State Superintendent of Public Schools from 1892 to 1894.
     NTAC is the original site of the Carlisle Military Academy.  The
Carlisles went to Whitewright in 1912, but returned to Arlington several
years later.  Carlisle died in 1922.
     Mrs. Carlisle is survived by her son, George Franklin Sturgis, Laredo;
two sisters, Mrs. W. W. Shepherd and Mrs. J. D. Delaney, both of Kerrville;
a step son, Justin Carlisle, Sherman; eight grandchildren and six great
grandchildren.  Funeral services were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at
the Presbyterian Church with Revs. J. H. Patterson, S. M. Bennett
officiating.  Burial was in the Sturgis family plot of the Hillsboro
Cemetery, with the Luttrell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Friday February 10       J. F. Moning Dies After Illness
     John F. Moning Traction Co. for 30 years, as a
motorman.  He was with the sheriff department for the past eight years and
was well known in Arlington.
     Mr. Moning was a charter member of the Knights of Templar of Handley,
and was Worshipable Master at the time of his death.
     He is survived by his wife, one daughter, and two sons.  Funeral
services were held at 3:30 p.m., Saturday at the Moore Funeral Home Chapel
with Rev. F. E. Billington officiating.
     Burial was in the Glenwood Cemetery with the Moore Funeral Home in
charge of the arrangements.  Pallbearers were the members of the sheriff
department.

Friday February 10       Mrs. T. H. Duval, 72, Dies At Home
     Mrs. T. H. Duval, 72, a resident of Webb for 60 years, died at 7:30
a.m. Wednesday, at her home in Webb after a short illness.
     Mrs. Duval moved to Webb community with her parents from Georgia, at
the age of 12 and lived the remainder of her life here.
     Her father helped to build the first Baptist Church that was
established in that community.  She was a charter member of this church, and
was an active worker up to her death.
     She is survived by her husband; a son, Claude T. Duval, Grassland; a
daughter, Mrs. H. D. McDaniel, Arlington; two sisters, Mrs. J. P. Wood, and
Mrs. C. W. Duke, both of Fort Worth; three brothers, John Whitehead, Webb;
Clyde Whitehead, Fort Worth, and Oscar Whitehead, Mansfield; four
grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
     Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday by Rev. Joe Schemack
and Dr. J. M. Price at the Webb Baptist Church.
     Pallbearers were Olin Wood, Herbert Cawker, Morda Holland, Leland
Truitt and Carl Duval.
     Interment was in the Rehobeth Cemetery with Moore Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.

Friday February 17
       Oscar Whitehead Dies Two Days After His Sister's Passing
     Oscar Whitehead, 58, died Friday at noon at a Fort Worth hospital.  He
was born in the Webb community in 1880 and lived there most of his life.
     His sister, Mrs. T. H. Duval, died two days prior to his death.  Mr.
Whitehead was well known throughout the County as well as here.  His parents
were early day settlers.  He was active in helping to build Webb
(unreadable.....)  M. Whitehead; two sisters, Mrs. Ada Woods and Mrs. Mae
Duke; two brothers, Clyde Whitehead of Fort Worth, and John Whitehead, Webb,
and a niece, Mrs. H. D. McDaniel, Arlington.
     Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist
Church at Tate Springs, with Rev. Henry Brannon officiating.  Interment was
in the Tate Springs Cemetery.

Friday February 17
     Mrs. S. C. Fox and daughter and son, Miss Nellie Fox and S. G. Fox Jr.,
all of Oklahoma City were the Saturday night guests of Mrs. Fox's daughter
and family, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Stork.
     They all attended the funeral of Mrs. Stork's great-aunt, Mrs. T. J.
Shreeves, 98, who died in Austin Saturday, where she was in a hospital.  The
funeral was held in Decatur Sunday, where she had lived for 70 years.  She
had experienced many Indian raids and also had gone through the Civil War
experience.  She was instrumental in building the Decatur community.

Friday February 17       WEBB NEWS      By Josie Duval
     Mr. Oscar Whitehead, formerly of Webb, died in Fort Worth hospital last
Friday.
     Funeral and burial was at Tate Springs Monday at 2 p.m.  He is survived
by his wife, four children, two brothers, John Whitehead, of Webb, Clyde
Whitehead, Ft. Worth, two sisters, Mrs. J. P. Wood and Mrs. C. W. Duke, both
of Ft. Worth.

     Mr. Bud Palmer, a pioneer resident of Webb, passed away Wednesday
afternoon at his home south of Webb at the age of 84.  Funeral services were
at the Mansfield Christian Church at 2 o'clock Friday.  Interment was at
Whisrock (?) Cemetery, with Mr. Blessing's Funeral Home in charge.

Friday February 17       Marshall Durbin Dies At Home
     Marshall Durbin, age 60, died at his residence in North Arlington at
1:45 p.m. last Thursday.
     He had lived in Arlington three years and while here had operated a
filling station and tourist camp on the highway.  At the time of his death
he was operating a berry farm.
     Mr. Durbin is survived by two sons, Sidney, Indiana, and Elmer of
Arlington with whom he was living at the time of his death; two brothers,
George D. Durbin of Granite City, Illinois, and Charlie Durbin of Hamilton,
Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Alice Saunders of Rising Sun, Indiana.
     Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. last Friday in the Luttrell
Funeral Chapel with Rev. Kermit Melugin officiating.  Burial was in the
Arlington Cemetery.  Funeral arrangements were by Luttrell Funeral Home.

Friday February 17       Passing of Mrs. Julia Carlisle Recalls Life Work of
Carlisle Academy Founder
     With the passing of Mrs. Julia Carlisle, age 77, a week ago last
Tuesday at 12:30 p.m., many Arlington people will recall the life and
activities here of her late husband, J. M. Carlisle, who organized and
operated the Carlisle Military Academy, now N.T.A.C., from 1901 to 1913l,
and who was widely known as an outstanding educator.  His name was listed in
"Who's Who in America" during 1912-1913.
     Born at Beach Grove, Coffee County, Tennessee, May 11, 1851, he was
educated at B(unreadable....) from Cumberland University in Tennessee, from
Emory College in Georgia he received an honorary M.A. degree, and from the
University of Nashville, his LLD degree.
     At the time the Carlisle Military Academy was in existence, the
buildings consisted of the old Administration Building, later Fish Hall and
now torn down and replaced by the modern Davis Hall, three barracks for
cadets, the South Barracks being a residence for the superintendent and the
mess hall and quarters for thirty cadets, the East barracks was a brick one-
story building located just east of what is now College Avenue, and the West
Barracks which housed thirty cadets and was located on the east side of
Yates Street.  All these buildings have since been removed and replaced by
newer buildings.
     During his life, Mr. Carlisle was Superintendent of the Whitesboro
Public Schools, Superintendent of the Corsicana Public Schools,
Superintendent of the Fort Worth Public Schools, and three times
Superintendent of Public Instruction for the state of Texas.
     When Carlisle died on July 21, 1922, many tributes were paid him.
Officials at Austin at that time upon learning of his death, ordered the
flag on the Stat Capitol to be placed a half-mast.  State Superintendent S.
M. N. Marrs, when asked later by the National Education Association to name
three men that, in his opinion, had done most for the educational system of
Texas, replied by giving the names of Mirabeau B. Lamar, Oscar Cooper, and
James M. Carlisle.  Many others named Carlisle as the outstanding leader and
thinker of the day.
     Dr. Carlisle advocated the uniform textbook law, and the legislature
passed a bill to that effect during his administration as State
Superintendent.  He recommended that the state furnish the books for the
children, and he lived to see this law enacted.  A state course of study was
issued for the first time during his administration and stricter certificate
laws were secured.  He also advocated state supported schools for all
children, giving the rural children the same advantages as those enjoyed by
the city youngsters.  One acquaintance of Professor Carlisle said about
Carlisle's educational theories, "Professor Carlisle was twenty years ahead
of his time in his educational ideas and plans; he was a great leader and a
deep thinker."
     While living in Arlington, Carlisle lived at the Academy and attended
the Presbyterian Church.
     Mrs. Carlisle's first husband was George Franklin Sturgis of Hillsboro,
and following his death she married James Carlisle.  Sturgis owned the first
bank in the city of Hillsboro which was later nationalized as the Sturgis
National Bank.  Mrs. Carlisle's body was carried overland to the old
cemetery in the Sturgis family lot at Hillsboro after the services held at
the Presbyterian Church in Arlington.
     Survivors of Mrs. Carlisle are her son, George Franklin Sturgis,
Laredo; two sisters, Mrs. W. W. Shepherd and Mrs. J. D. Delaney, both of
Kerrville; a step-son, Justin Carlisle, Sherman; eight grandchildren and six
great grandchildren.
     Rev. J. H. Patterson and S. M. Bennett officiated at the services at
the Presbyterian Church.

Friday February 17
     William Thomas Wooldridge, 77, resident of the Masonic Home for the
past five years, died Friday night after a short illness.
     He is survived by wife, two daughters and two sons.  Funeral services
were held Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Masonic Chapel, with the Moore Funeral
Home in charge of the arrangements.  Burial was in the Collinsville Cemetery
in Collinsville, Texas.

Friday February 17     W. T. Wooldridge Dies Friday At Masonic Home
     W. T. Woolridge(?), 77, died last Friday, February 10, at the Masonic
Home here where he has been living since coming to Arlington in April, 1934.
     Born December 3, 1861 in Memphis, Tenn., Mr. Woolridge came to Texas at
the age of 21 and settled in Collinsville, Texas, where he was buried in the
Collinsville Cemetery after services by Rev. R. A. Walker, retired Methodist
preacher, were held at the Moore Funeral Home last Saturday at 11:00 a.m.
     Mr. Woolridge married Miss Adelin Stringer of Collinsville, and later
he moved to Denton where he lived until coming here in 1934.

     He is survived by his wife and three children, Mrs. O. P. Hughes,
daughter, Longview; Mrs. C. E. Barnhill, daughter, Hugo, Okla.; and R. T.
Woolridge, son, Dallas.  All three of the children attended the services.
He is also survived by four grandchildren.
     Mr. Woolridge was a Methodist after joining the church early in life.

Friday February 17       Former N.T.A.C. Student
     Wilbur D. Camp, Arlington, a lieutenant in the Air Corps, who died
      from exposure in Louisiana last Friday, was a student in N.T.A.C.,
            graduating in 1934.

                    Wilbur Camp Rites Held Here
     A salute of three rifle volleys, and the sounding of taps Sunday
morning paid final tribute to Lieutenant Wilbur D. Camp, 34, of Army Air
Corps at his burial in Parkdale Cemetery here Sunday while Army planes
soared above.
     Lt. Camp was a former N.T.A.C. student having graduated in 1934 in
Aeronautical Engineering.  He was also a Captain in the Cadet Corps.
     His death was caused by shock and exposure after he and two brother
officers clung to their overturned boat for four hours in Cross Lake, near
Barksdale Field, La., where he was stationed.
     Some thirty officers from Barksdale stood at attention as Taps sounded
and rifle salute was paid.
     He is survived by his mother, Mrs. T. J. Camp, two sisters, Miss
Nonette Camp and Miss Mildred Camp, who is now in N.T.A.C.; two brothers,
Stewart and Marshall, both former students of N.T.A.C.; and his grandfather,
C. C. Camp, Roswell, N. M.
     He was an officer in the 79th Pursuit Squadron stationed at Barksdale
Field, Shreveport, La., at the time of his death.
     The funeral was one of the largest ever held in Arlington and one of
the most impressive as it was conducted in military ceremony.
     Flowers were received from every Army Air Corps post in the United
States.
     A quartet composed of B. N. Richards, L. H. Flynt, Wesley Upchurch and
Frances Hill sang "When the Roll is Called Up Yonder," and "Sweet Bye and
Bye."
     Pallbearers at the rites were officers from Barksdale Field.
     Arrangements were under the direction of Hugh M. Moore Funeral Home.

Friday February 24
     Mrs. Annie Jordan Long Resident Here Dies at Star Home
     Annie Jordan, 82, died Tuesday morning about 6:30 after a short illness
at the Eastern Star Home here.
     She had lived in Arlington for many years and was a member of the local
chapter of Eastern Star Chapter 648.
     Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 with Rev. J. H.
Patterson officiating in the Eastern Star chapel.
     Burial was in the Arlington Cemetery.
     Mrs. Jordan was survived by one son, Mr. Harry A. Jordon (sic) of
Dallas.
     Moore Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Friday February 24       Floyd Seay Dies In South Texas
     Floyd David Seay, 30, died in the Sugarland Hospital Tuesday night.
     He is survived by his mother, father, three brothers, two sisters, and
one son, Floyd David Seay, Jr.
     Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon with Rev.
S. R. Garrison officiating.
     Burial was in the Arlington Cemetery.  Pallbearers were J. B. Day, Ben
Long, H. D. Gray, W. D. Andrews, J. N. Seay (no relation), and Jay Rushing.
     Moore Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Friday February 24       D. O. Stewart Dies In Mansfield Friday
     D. O. Stewart, 82, a resident of Mansfield and vicinity for the past 63
years, died early last Friday at his home.
     Mr. Stewart, a native of Tennessee, was a retired merchant of Mansfield
and was well known in Arlington and many of his friends from here attended
the funeral.
     Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday (unreadable) Church in Mansfield
and the interment was in the Mansfield Cemetery.  Rev. G. N. Thomas was in
charge of the services with Rev. Bradley Allison and Rev. J. Fred Paterson
assisting.
     Survivors are the widow; one son, Homer Stewart of Oklahoma; one
daughter, Mrs. W. T. Blevins of Fort Worth, and one granddaughter.

Friday February 24       George W. Todd Dies In Waco
     George W. Todd, 37, son-in-law of the J. W. Doherty's of 802 Ditto
Street here, died at the Providence Sanitarium in Waco last Sunday afternoon
after four days illness.
     Funeral services were conducted Monday morning in Mart, Texas, where
Mr. Todd had previously resided by Rev. Leslie Rogers, pastor of the Calvary
Baptist Church of which Mr. Todd was a member.  Rev. A. J. Holt, new pastor
of the Calvary Baptist Church in Waco, but formerly pastor in Mart, assisted
with the service.
     Immediate survivors are the widow, the former Mary D. Doherty, and a
daughter, Bettie, age 7.
     The Todds have visited with the Doherty's here frequently and had made
many friends in Arlington.
     Mr. Todd had attended Simmons University and was a Scottish Rite Mason.
He had been married about ten years at the time of his death.

Friday March 3      Mrs. Cravens' Father Dies in Cleburne
     Ralph V. Widman, 50, of Cleburne, father of Mrs. Carlisle Cravens here
and Ralph Widman Jr., student at N.T.A.C. died last Saturday at his home.
     He was a resident of Cleburne for 32 years, and was an official of the
Santa Fe railroad.
     Funeral services and burial were in Cleburne Sunday.

Friday March 3      Ft. Worth Man Killed by Train
     Rufus F. Howard, about 55 of 719 Conner St., Ft. Worth, was killed
instantly by an eastbound Texas and Pacific passenger train about 5:05 p.m.
yesterday.
     Many Arlington people were near the accident which was just out of Fort
Worth, but no one actually saw the man killed or knew the exact
circumstances.

Friday March 3
          Robert Morris, 13 South Side Student Dies After Illness
     Robert Wesley Morris, age 13, died Sunday at his home two miles south
of Arlington, following a short illness.
     He is survived by parents, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Morris; one sister
Martha Morris and one brother, Bill Morris, Arlington; grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Humphreys, Mineral Wells.
     Funeral services wee held at the Moore Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m., with
Rev. J. H. Patterson officiating.  Burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery.
     The students of the seventh grade of the South Side School, where
Robert Wesley was a student, were pallbearers.  He was loved by all that
knew him.

Friday March 3  Citizen For Many Years Dies Last Sunday at Home
                   ILLNESS FATAL
               DAVID CARROLL SIBLEY
     An Arlington citizen for nearly forty years, David Carroll Sibley
passed away at 3:35 a.m. Sunday morning after a long period of declining
health.
     Funeral services were held Monday at which a prayer was given by Bro.
Walker, and the scripture reading was given by Rev. Patterson.
     Bro. Hall gave a sketch of Bro. Sibley's life as follows:
     David Carroll Sibley was born in Tupelo, Miss. Aug. 26, 1867.  When he
was about four years of age, his parents moved to Batesville, Ark.  There he
spent his boyhood and young manhood days.
     On Dec. 7, 1887, Bro. Sibley was united in marriage to Miss Susanna
Kinnedy.  He was a young teacher at that time and feeling the need of
further education, he entered Quitman College, where he was graduated in
1890.  After teaching there two years he was made president of the college.
     About this time, he felt the lure of Texas and also the call to preach.
In answer to the first of these calls, he went on a hunting trip into Indian
Territory and continuing further into the great southwest, he found himself
at Johnson Station.  He was so attracted by the surroundings that he sent
for his wife and children and began his long citizenship in this immediate
section.  Still feeling the urge to preach he was granted license at
Kennedale in the Fort Worth District in 1895.  Later he was admitted on
trial into the old Northwest Texas Conference at Georgetown.  After a short
time he decided to continue the ministry as a local preacher.  This relation
he held until (unreadable) responding to calls for service as supply,
preaching in out of the way places and to neglected groups, visiting the
sick, burying the dead, and in other ways making himself and family by
engaging in active business life, mostly as a citizen of Arlington.
     For almost forty years, he has been an active member of the Arlington
Masonic Lodge, serving as secretary for the same thirty-eight years.
     He is survived by his devoted wife and the following children: Miss
Gertrude Sibley and Roger Sibley of Arlington, Mrs. H. F. Lane and Mrs. R.
C. Thomas of Fort Worth; Mrs. Charles Pinson of Forney; and Mrs. Marvin
Coffee and William Sibley of Dallas, son.
     Bro. Sibley has been in declining health for a number of years and
recently has been confined to his room.  Here, surrounded by his friends and
family and assuring them of his unfailing trust in His Savior and his
readiness to go, he swung out on life's greatest adventure about 3:35 a.m.
Sunday, Feb. 26 in quest of a "city whose Builder and Maker is God."
     Rev. S. M. Bennett, who had known Bro. Sibley for 25 years, told of
meeting Mr. Sibley on the street several months ago at which time the two
talked about a mutual promise each had made that the survivor of the two
would speak at the other's funeral services.  "I shook hands with him and
Sibley reminded me of that promise," Rev. Bennett said, "I have never seen a
more resolute spirit in any man.  He worked early and late, but was always
ready to go to the call of a friend as a servant of God and man."
     Bro. Sibley loved home, wife and children, believed firmly in education
and good citizenship, and he had faith to carry on in the face of handicaps
and unsurmountable obstacles.

Friday March 3
         Miss Doris Brendle, Age 12, Dies in Ft. Worth Hospital
     Doris Valree Brendle, age 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Brendle,
died in a Fort Worth hospital Friday morning, after a short illness.
     Survivors are the father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Brendle; three
sisters, Kathryn, Pat and Joan; one brother, Grover Brendle and a
grandfather, W. F. Stout.
     Funeral services were held at the Moore Funeral Chapel at 3 p.m.
Saturday with Rev. K. T. Melugin officiating.  Burial was in the Parkdale
Cemetery.
     Doris was a student of the south Side School and had many friends who
were shocked by learning of her death.


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