Miscellaneous Tarrant County, Texas Obituaries- 1940
Friday March 29 Heatley Services To Be Saturday
Rev. Kermit Melugin will conduct services at the First Baptist church
Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. for J. E. Heatley, 74, who died at Houston, the
home of his daughter, Mrs. M. Luthers, Wednesday afternoon after a six hour
illness.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Maurine Luthers of Houston and a
sister, Mrs. Kate Cook of Alabama. Interment will be in Parkdale cemetery
with Masonic ceremony at the grave. Arrangements are being made by Moore
Funeral Home.
Mr. Heatley formerly lived in Arlington before moving to Houston three
years ago.
Friday March 29 Services held For Judge Hutchison
Funeral services were held at St. Andrews Episcopal church, Fort Worth,
Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. for Judge Edmund A. Hutchison, who succumbed at
his Fort Worth home, 2217 Chelsea road, after a lingering illness. Rev. L.
F. Martin, officiated and interment was in Mt. Olivet cemetery. A Masonic
ceremony at the grave included the assistance of the Moore Funeral Home
attendants.
Judge Hutchison for a number of years had served as examiner of
inheritance for the United States government. He is survived by his widow,
one son, Major James T. Hutchison, of Wheelerfield, Hawaii, sister, Mrs.
Timmye L. Williams, Fort Worth, and a niece Mrs. C. S. Woodward of
Arlington.
Pallbearers were Dr. F. D. Terrell, R. E. Solfen, C. F. Bills, John
Davidson, Charles Schoffner, Fort Worth, and Dr. Valin Woodward, Arlington.
Friday March 29
Last Rites Held At Cleburne For Mrs. May F. Widman
Last rites were conducted at the Episcopal Church, Cleburne, Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 pm. for Mrs. May Flynn Widman, 46, who died at her
Arlington home Monday afternoon. Mrs. Widman was an active club woman in
Cleburne circles where she had lived for 40 years before moving to Arlington
last year. Her health had been failing for the past twelve months. She was
a member of the Eastern Star chapter and of the Texas Historical Society at
Cleburne, and an active worker in the Episcopal Church there.
Survivors are a son, Ralph Vernon Widman Jr., two daughters, Mrs.
Carlisle Cravens, and Miss Rosemary Widman, all of Arlington, and two
brothers. A. J. Flynn, Galveston, and Dan Flynn, Paris, Texas.
The body lay in state at the church from 1 p.m. until time for the
services with Luttrell Funeral Home conducting. Burial was in the Cleburne
cemetery.
Friday April 5 Mrs. Lloyd Davis Dies At Dallas
Services were held Monday afternoon at Moore Funeral Chapel for Mrs.
Lloyd Davis, 31, who died Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at a Dallas
hospital. Interment was made after the services at (unreadable...)
Mrs. Davis leaves as survivors, her husband and four children, Roscoe,
Henry, Jimmy and Anita of Cedar Hill, her mother, Mrs. Cora Tyra, and
sisters, Mrs. Paul Cotter, Mrs. Ethel Perdue and Mrs. Mollie Kaufman, all of
Arlington and Mrs. Mula Hannock, Fort Worth, Mrs. Jim Rushing, Dallas, Mrs.
Jewel Lawson, Irving and Mrs. Bridget Hall of Los Angeles, California.
Friday April 5 JOHNSON STATION Mrs. Tyler Short
We extend sympathy to the loved ones of Grandma McFadden who was buried
in the Watson cemetery Monday. Mrs. McFadden was once a resident of this
community.
Friday April 5 JOHNSON STATION Mrs. Tyler Short
Friends of Mrs. Hugh Smith extend sympathy to her in the loss of her
father, J. W. Harper who passed away at her home Monday.
Friday April 5 Funeral Services For J. W. Harper
Revs. S. M. Bennett and John H. Patterson conducted funeral services at
the Moore Funeral Chapel Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. for John W. Harper,
73, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hugh Smith of Arlington,
Monday morning following a lingering illness. For a number of years Mr.
Harper had been a retired farmer, having lived in Tarrant county sixty
years.
Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Smith, Arlington; Mrs. A. E. Peck,
Dallas, and Mrs. B. H. Heffington of Buckeye, Ariz.; three brothers, J. A.
of Caddo Mills; W. T., Dallas, and Tommie of Long Beach, Calif.; three
sisters, Mrs. Tom Taylor, Dallas; Mrs. Ada Carter, Dallas, and Mrs. Alyce
Goodmen of Long Beach; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Interment was in the Watson cemetery.
Friday April 5 WEBB NEWS Pauline Waits
Mrs. Nell Lindsay of San Antonio and Mrs. Mary Mills of Houston spent a
few days last week with their uncle and wife, Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Holland.
They attended the funeral of their uncle, J. R. Heatley, in Arlington
Saturday.
Friday April 5 WEBB NEWS Pauline Waits
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula McFadin, who died on Sunday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. J. D. Isom were held at the residence at 2:30 Monday
afternoon. Mrs. McFadin had lived in the Webb Community for a number of
years. Surviving are daughters, Mrs. J. D. Isom, Mrs. J. Webb of Anton,
Mrs. Staley of Dallas, and Mrs. Laura Ward, Mrs. Lizzie Dewbery of Fort
Worth and sons, Tom, Harvey and Clint McFadin, all of Arlington, 23
grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren.
Friday April 5
Widow Of Late R. T. McFadin Dies At Daughter's Home
Rev. J. L. Sidebottom, conducted funeral rites at the home of Mrs. J.
D. Ishom (sic), Monday afternoon for Mrs. R. T. McFadin, whose death
occurred at the Isom residence Sunday after several months illness.
She was the wife of the late R. T. McFadin, Tarrant County pioneer.
Mrs. McFadin, 73, had lived in Arlington and nearby for seventy years.
Burial was at the Watson cemetery with Moore Funeral Home conducting.
Pallbearers were her grandsons, Charles, Truman, Jack and Evertt McFadin and
Vernon Isom.
Among other survivors are three sons, Tom, Harvey and Clint McFadin,
Arlington; Five daughters, Mrs. W. D. Staley, Dallas; Mrs. Ishom, Arlington,
Mrs. J. W. Webb, Mrs. N. E. Ward, Fort Worth; Mrs. Lizzie Dentury, Fort
Worth, and thirty-two grand children and thirty-two great-grandchildren.
Friday April 5 Garland Harsley Dies In Dallas
Garland Russell Harsley, 40, brother of Tips Harsley of Arlington, died
in a Dallas hospital Tuesday after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Harsley
who had lived at Dallas for fifteen years was associated with an insurance
firm.
Services were held at the Baptist church at Emery Wednesday afternoon
with burial in the Pilgrims Rest cemetery, Moore Funeral Home conducted.
Other survivors are three brothers, Bob, Signor and Oran Harsley, of
Mule Shoe, and five sisters, Mrs. Mazee Harsley, Commerce; Mrs. Hattie Winn,
Sulphur Springs; Mrs. Zelma Sniley, Emery; Mrs. Ellen Sybert, Alabama, and
Mrs. Vera Williams of Snyder.
Friday April 5 ATTEND FUNERAL IN SHERMAN
Mrs. R. A. Jones of Arlington accompanied by her weekend guests, Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Jones of Teague and Miss Mamie Rothe of Houston spent last
Sunday at Sherman where they attended funeral services conducted for Miss
Clara Rothe, also of Houston. Other weekend guests of Mrs. Jones were Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Werpert.
Friday April 5 Sublett Annie Leath
The people of the Community were saddened to hear of the illness and
death of Mr. Alva McDonald Croxdale who passed away at his home Friday
night. Mr. Croxdale had lived in this community for many years. The
funeral service was conducted Sunday afternoon at the Moore Funeral Home by
Rev. K. F. Melugin of Arlington with burial in the Johnson Station cemetery.
He is survived by three sons, C. L. and W. C. Croxdale of Fort Worth and J.
R. Croxdale of this Community, two daughters, Mrs. R. B. Elliott, Albany and
Mrs. C. W. Saunders, Dallas.
Friday April 5 GRACE CHAPEL Elizabeth Thomas
Mrs. R. T. McFadin died early Sunday morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. D. Isom. The funeral was held at two o'clock Monday
afternoon at the Isom residence with Bro. Ike T. Sidebottom officiating. A
son, Tom McFadin, and several grandchildren of this community also survive.
Burial was in the Watson cemetery.
Friday April 5 Services Held For Alva M. Croxdale
Funeral services were held at Moore Funeral Chapel this week by Rev.
Kermit Melugin for Alva McDonald Croxdale, 76, who died at his home six
miles south of Arlington after being a resident of Tarrant county for thirty-
six years. Mr. Broxdale (sic) had been ill one week prior to his death.
Burial was in Johnston Station cemetery. He is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. R. B. Elliott, Albany, and Mrs. C. W. Sanders, Dallas; three
sons, C. L., Fort Worth, W. C., Fort Worth, and J. R. of Arlington, and
three sisters, Miss Sarah Croxdale, Fort Worth, Miss Josie Croxdale, Fort
Worth, and Mrs. K. Andrews of Oak, Texas.
Friday April 5 GRACE CHAPEL Elizabeth Thomas
John Harper died Monday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hugh
Smith. Mr. Harper had been in ill health for several years.
Friday April 5 Mrs. Patterson Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Nancy L. Patterson, 77, a resident of Arlington for forty-one
years, died at a local hospital at 10 o'clock Wednesday night after an
illness which has covered a number of months.
Thursday afternoon rites were conducted at the Methodist Church at 3:30
by pastors Rev. A. W. Hall and Rev. S. M. Bennett of the Arlington Heights
Presbyterian Church, Ft. Worth. Burial was in the Arlington cemetery.
Survivors are three sons, J. P. of Dallas, Leo of Arlington, and
Charles Fay Patterson, Lafayette, La.; two daughters, Mrs. J. N. Biggers,
Arlington and Mrs. Eston Thornton, Dallas; 26 grandchildren and 12 great-
grandchildren.
Friday April 12
Brother-In-Law Of J. B. Prestons Killed In Car Accident
Sam Meek, 41, brother-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Preston, was killed
in an automobile accident near Conroe last Saturday while enroute from his
home in Lake Charles, La., to Dallas. Mrs. Preston's sister and her 3 year
old baby, who were in the car, were uninjured except for bruises.
The accident occured when the back of a large truck that they were
meeting swerved, striking their car. The Meeks were enroute to Dallas to
get both of their mothers who were to return to Louisiana for a visit with
them.
Funeral services were held Monday at the McKamey-Campbell Funeral Home
in Dallas, with Dr. S. M. Bennett officiating, assisted by Rev. J. H.
Patterson, both of Arlington. When Dr. Bennett lived in Ladonia he was Mr.
Meek's pastor. Mr. Meek was a postoffice inspector and he and his family
lived in Dallas prior to moving to Lake Charles.
Those from Arlington attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Preston,
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy W. Morris, Mrs. C. C. Mason, Mrs. D. H. Kiber, Mrs.
Upshur Vincent, Mrs. J. B. Holder, Mrs. Edgar Bird and Mrs. Margaret
Thornton.
Friday April 12 JOHNSON STATION Mrs. Tyler Short
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Thomas attended the funeral of Mrs. Thomas' brother-in-
law, R. C. Mann of Fort Worth Wednesday. Mr. Mann died Tuesday morning
after a short illness due to a heart attack.
Friday April 12 BURIAL IS MADE AT MALAKOFF
Mrs. Margaret Stephens, who has made her home at the Masonic
Institution, died after a short illness at the Home this week.
The body was taken to Malakoff by the Moore Funeral Home service where
burial was made in the Malakoff cemetery. Services were held at the
Methodist Church. She was 79.
Friday April 12 Mrs. Parsons Dies
Mrs. Frank Parsons, cousin of Mrs. Olin Griffin, died yesterday morning
in Los Angeles. Mrs. Parsons had been ill since her last visit to Arlington
last spring.
Friday April 12 Services Held For Thomas Beegle, 72
Thomas Beegle, 72, died at his home three miles southeast of Grand
Prairie, Saturday afternoon. Services were conducted by Rev. A. W. Hall,
pastor of the Methodist Church, at the Moore Funeral Chapel Sunday at 3 p.m.
Burial was in Parkdale Cemetery.
Mr. Beegle who had claimed Grand Prairie as his home for the past 8
years, is survived by his wife and one son, Walter Beegle, of Alma,
Colorado; and seven step-children: Mrs. Roscoe Owens, Arlington; Bob, Whitt,
and Doc Fanning, Arlington; Mrs. Jack Richards, Denver, Colorado; Mrs. Mary
Ann Hill of Kindrich, and Lynn Fanning of Colorado Springs.
Friday April 19 Services Held For Mrs. T. J. Medkiff
Mrs. J. T. Medkiff, 55, died suddenly at her Arlington home last
Saturday. She had lived in Arlington or this community all of her life and
she had won a host of friends. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Huffman.
Funeral services were conducted at the Moore Funeral Chapel at 3
o'clock Sunday afternoon with Rev. S. M. Bennett officiating. Interment was
in Parkdale Cemetery.
She leaves as survivors her husband and one son, Francis Medkiff, and
two daughters, Mrs. R. M. Pemberton of Arlington and Miss Lola Medkiff who
teaches in Marshall.
Friday April 19 Services Held For Mrs. Patterson At Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy L. Patterson who died Wednesday
evening, April 10, at 10 p.m., at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. N.
Biggers, were held Thursday, April 11, at 3:30 in the Arlington Methodist
church of which Mrs. Patterson had been a member for many years. Rev. A. W.
Hall, Rev. J. T. Upchurch and Dr. S. M. Bennett officiated.
Hymns requested several months ago by Mrs. Patterson were sung by Mrs.
Hudson Tucker, Basil C. Doran and the Methodist choir. Mrs. Tucker sang
"How Beautiful Heaven Must Be." Mr. Doran, assistant pastor of Oak Cliff
Church of Christ and close friend of Mrs. Patterson sang "When They Ring
Those Golden Bells," a selection which he sang several time during the year
over station KRLD and dedicated to Mrs. Patterson. The choir sang "I need
Thee Every Hour."
Pallbearers chosen by Mrs. Patterson were Homer Slaughter, Ray
McKnight, Boyd Lawson, Alfred Brown, E. B. Foster and Webb Rose. Burial was
in Parkdale Cemetery with Moore Funeral Home in charge.
Mrs. Patterson was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee, March 3, 1863 and
was christened Nancy L. Damron. At the age of 11 she was converted and
joined the church of her choice. Eight years later she became the wife of
James H. Patterson and together they came to Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson
came to Tarrant County about forty years ago.
Survivors include three sons, Charles Ray of Lafayette, Louisiana; John
R. of Dallas; and Leo Patterson of Arlington. Also two daughters, Mrs.
Eston E. Thornton of Dallas; and Mrs. J. N. Biggers of Arlington. Other
survivors are: 26 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Friday April 19 Large Number Of Relatives Attend Patterson Funeral
Friends and relatives from out of town who attended the funeral of Mrs.
J. R. Robertson were:
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Damron of Quinlan; Messrs. Jim, Sam, and John Davis
of Graham; Mr. and Mrs. Earl McAlster, Mr. and Mrs. Oakley Davis, Mr. Buddy
Damron, Mr. and Mrs. Osa Adleta, Mr. Jack Nunn, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cody, Mr.
and Mrs. Mouser of Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carlson, Mr. Oscar Carlson, Mrs.
J. H. Stewart, Mrs. Charles Newth, Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Stallcup, Mrs. Leon
Parkman.
Mrs. F. M. Johnson, Mrs. Hettie Berthright, Mrs. Marjorie Hornsby, Mrs.
Frona Waller, Mr. and Mrs. Angel; Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Lowe, Mrs. E. T.
Thornton, Miss Juanita Thornton, Misses Evelyn and Haynie Belle, Miss Lady
George Ransome, Mr. and Mrs. Newman Cochran of Fort Worth.
Friday April 19 Former Resident Mrs. E. P. Jones, Dies At Roff, Oklahoma
Mrs. E. P. Jones, a former Arlington resident, died April 12 at Roff,
Oklahoma. While the Jones' lived in Arlington in the late 90's and at the
turn of the century he owned and operated "The Old Curiosity Shop" at the
southeast corner of East Main and Mesquite Streets. They lived at 406 South
Center.
Besides her four children Mrs. Jones is survived by her sister, the
former Nannie Smith, now Mrs. Garland Morton of Ada, Okla.
The following information about Mrs. Jones was written by Mrs. J. I.
McCauley:
Carrie E. Smith Jones was born June 16, 1874 in Conway, Arkansas, the
first daughter of L. B. and Annie E. Smith. At the age of 2 years she moved
with her parents to Arlington, Texas, where she grew to womanhood.
In 1892 she was united in marriage to J. P. Jones and to this union
four children were born-Neva Gallahar, Genevieve Harrer, and Lucille Harrer,
all of Roff, Oklahoma, and one son, Paul Jones of Raymondville, Texas. She
has 9 grandchildren.
Her husband was called to his Heavenly home on Dec. 31, 1936. She went
to join him April 12, 1940.
At an early age Carrie Smith Jones identified herself with the
Methodist church at Arlington, Texas, later moving her membership to the
Roff Methodist church.
One of the nicest things that can be said about this mother, sister,
friends, is that she gave to the world four fine children who remain to
reflect her fine Christian character.
Throughout her closing years, encumbered by declining health and fading
eyesight, she retained her sweetness-so much so, that like the setting sun
merges its rosy hues with the night-so she leaves an afterglow-for all who
loved her, to remember.
Friday April 19 Mrs. Baber Dies At Home Of Daughter
Funeral services were conducted at the residence by Dr. George Fender,
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. for Mrs. Lillian A. Baber, 72, who died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nannette Jackson, here Tuesday. Assisting
pastors for the rites were Rev. W. S. Cravey, and Rev. John H. Patterson.
Mrs. Baber is the widow of Rev. W. C. Baber, Presbyterian missionary
and mother of Mrs. Jackson, deputy county clerk assigned to the
Commissioners Court. Her husband, who organized the Arlington Heights and
Polytechnic Presbyterian Churches, died in 1926. Mrs. Baber came to
Arlington with her husband in 1925.
Other survivors are a daughter, Miss Lillian Baber, Arlington; three
sons, Chapman and George Baber, both of Arlington; and Clifton Baber,
Houston; a sister, Mrs. Vera Lowry of Mississippi and a brother James Cannon
of Florida.
Pallbearers were County Commissioners Joe Thannisch, Hugh Hightower,
Frank Winters, and Jim Scott; County Judge Dave Miller and C. H. Wright.
Interment was in Rose Hill cemetery.
Friday April 19 REV. JOHN H. PATTERSON CONDUCTS SUNDAY RITES
Rev. John H. Patterson conducted Sunday rites at the Moore Funeral
Chapel for Mrs. Bellah, 89, who died at her home at St. Joe, Texas,
Saturday, April 13th, following a few days illness. Burial was in Parkdale
cemetery.
Friday April 26 Associate Pastors Conduct Last Rites For L. C.
Powell, 62
Rev. Noel Keith, pastor of the Arlington First Christian Church, and
associate pastors Rev. Pat Henry Sr., of the First Christian Church, Ft.
Worth, and Rev. Thompson of the Morningside Christian Church, Ft. Worth,
conducted final rites Sunday at 3 p.m. at the local church for L. C. Powell,
62, who died at his home 112 Mitchell St., Friday night after a heart attack
suffered Tuesday at noon.
Forty-five years ago Mr. Powell moved to Dublin, Texas, from his birth
State, Georgia. There he lived thirteen years before coming to Arlington
which has been home for the Powell family for the past thirty five years.
Gaining a host of friends and close associates through his genial manner,
the esteem in which he was held was well expressed in the profusion of
floral offerings. Mr. Powell was connected with the Rawleigh Company at the
time of his death. He had been a member of the Christian church for thirty-
eight years.
Music was given by the church choir who sang the request favorite,
"Abide With Me" and special solo, "Some Day We Will Understand" by Mrs. Ben
Spruance. Mrs. C. G. Pace was at the piano.
Pallbearers were Messrs. Dewey Kilpatrick, Gene Clark (?), Duke Powell,
J. T. Sims, Frank Wringe, and C. B. Snider.
Survivors are his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Hugh Evans, Fort Worth,
Miss Neta Bob Powell, Arlington; two sons, Jack Powell, Grand Prairie, and
Walter Powell, of Marshall, and three brothers, W. G. Powell, Dublin; M. C.
and J. G. Powell of Arlington; and six grandchildren. Interment was in the
Arlington cemetery with Moore Funeral Home attendants in charge.
Friday April 26 ATTEND FUNERAL OF AUNT AT LONGVIEW
Frank Moore and son, Charlie, and brother, Walter Moore, accompanied by
their sisters, Mrs. Lou Shelton and Mrs. J. M. Grogan, attended funeral
services conducted at the Forrest Hill Church, Longview, at 3 p.m. Wednesday
for their aunt, Mrs. Sallie Moore.
Friday April 26 FATHER OF MRS. ARTHUR EBERLY DIES
A. Friedenburg died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Eberly, in
Gainesville last Sunday. He was buried in Dallas Monday. Mr. and Mrs. O.
V. Eberly were in Gainesville Sunday, and also attended the funeral Monday.
Friday April 26 W. L. Tatum Last Rites At Sublett
Funeral services were held at the Sublett Rehobeth Church Wednesday
afternoon for W. L. Tatum, 80, who died at his home in that community
Tuesday. He had lived in Tarrant County for 37 years.
Survivors include his wife, six sons, C. D., W. L. Jr., Ed, John, all
of Arlington; Chas., Fresno, California; and Luke, Bakersfield, California;
3 daughters, Mmes. Mattie Gorman, Mary Harrison, both of Roscoe; Pauline
Grogan, Ft. Worth, and 2 half-sisters, Mrs. Dollie Wagner, Arlington and
Mrs. Mattie Richardson, San Benito.
Burial was in Rehobeth Cemetery with Moore Funeral Chapel in charge.
Friday May 10 E. M. Whitehead Dies In Denton Hospital
E. M. Whitehead, 58, former Arlington resident, died at a Denton
hospital Wednesday morning after a three months illness. Mr. Whitehead had
been in the hospital for three months. He lived in Arlington from 1914
until 4 years ago. He was employed with the Jewel Tea Company and he had
been traveling out of Ft. Worth.
Mr. Whitehead was born in Winona, Miss., and he came to Texas when he
was 21. In 1905 while he was residing in Denton he married Miss Nell Ross
of Mount Enterprise. His wife died in 1936.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and served as a deacon in
the church while he lived here. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. W. G.
Harris of Denton and Miss Dora Frances Whitehead of Deport, and a sister,
Mrs. C. S. McMath of Denton and a grand (unreadable...).
Funeral services were conducted by Dr. S. M. Bennett, assisted by Rev.
J. H. Patterson, at the Moore Funeral Chapel yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Burial was in Parkdale Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Web Rose, Joe B. Preston, Ed Behringer, B. C. Barnes,
Sanford Yates and Bill Hughes.
Friday May 10 JOHNSON STATION Mrs. Tyler Short
George W. Beard died Thursday at St. Joseph Hospital from burns
received when his house was destroyed by fire. George is survived by his
wife, two sons, George Kelly and Charles Harold, and one daughter, Donna
Jan; his mother, Mrs. Jones Beard; two sisters, Mrs. Clara Beard and Mrs.
Ola Hastings; two brothers, Mack and Grover Beard, and a host of friends who
mourn with these relatives in the loss of their loved one.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Ike Sidebottom at the
Tabernacle with burial in the Johnson Station Cemetery. Pall bearers were
Joe Bailey Kelly, Dewey Ingle, Shorty Ingle, Clint Watson, Ed Nelson and Joe
Lawing.
Friday May 10 SERVICES ARE HELD AT EULESS SATURDAY
Funeral services were held at the Euless Methodist Church Saturday at 3
p.m. for Mrs. Rachel Ella Stapleton, who died at her Oklahoma City home
Thursday after a few days illness.
Mrs. Stapleton who was 48, formerly lived at Euless. Burial was in the
Calloway cemetery with the Moore Funeral Home in charge.
Friday May 10 Arlington Pioneer, Newton Moore, Dies
Newton Moore, pioneer Arlington resident, died Wednesday evening at his
home. Mr. Moore had been in ill health for about a year and he had never
fully recovered from an attack of flu which he had six weeks ago.
He was born in Sedgewickville, Mo., March 26, 1852, and he came to
Arlington in 1879. On Nov. 24, 1881 he married Miss Christinia Harrison, a
native of Tarrant Co. Mrs. Moore died in May, 13 years ago.
Services were conducted at the Moore Funeral Chapel yesterday afternoon
for Mr. Moore who was a retired farmer. Rev. S. M. Bennett officiated and
burial was in the Arlington Cemetery.
He is survived by two sons, Will J. Moore and Lewis H. Moore of
Arlington, and a sister, Mrs. Tilda Hartle of Missouri and three
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Homer Ferguson, John Noah, C. M. Shook, Elree
Mayfield, Sam Norville and A. N. Vestal.
Friday May 10 SERVICES HELD FOR INFANT
Rev. Jimmie Morgan of North Fort Worth Church conducted services
Wednesday afternoon at the Moore Funeral Home at Handley for the infant son
born to Mr. and Mrs. James Robert Hawkins Sr., Tuesday morning at a Fort
Worth hospital.
Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery.
Friday May 17 FRANK MARTIN'S BROTHER DIES
Frank Martin of West Abram returned from Loraine, Texas, last Saturday.
He was called to Loraine the previous Saturday on account of the death of
his brother, Dr. T. A. Martin, who was buried on the 5th. He spent the week
visiting relatives in that part of the state.
Friday May 17 ATTEND FUNERAL
Mrs. F. J. Bates, Miss Elizabeth Hutcheson, and Mrs. George H. Wessler
attended the funeral services of G. O. Newman Sr., at the Brewer Funeral
Chapel at Dallas Friday. G. O. Newman Jr. has been the guest piano artist
at a number of musical functions given in Arlington. Billy Newman, another
son, who attended NTAC, has many friends in Arlington.
Friday May 17 ATTEND SERVICES AT HAMILTON
Mrs. F. R. Hickman, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Jack Patterson
and daughter, Peggy, attended funeral services at Hamilton, Tuesday
conducted for their cousin Miss Bertha
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They returned (unreadable) of Dublin for a visit (unreadable) Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Pe(unreadable).
Friday May 17 DEATH CLAIMS MASONIC HOME MEMBERS (unreadaable)
Services were held at the Masonic Chapel Wednesday afternoon for J. R.
M. Patterson, who came to the Masonic Home six years ago from Wichita Falls.
His membership was first held in the Gainesville Masonic chapter.
Rev. A. W. Hall, pastor of the Methodist Church, officiated. Burial
was in Keystone Park by Moore Funeral Home.
Friday May 17 B. F. KELSEY DIES
Berry F. Kelsey, 71, Masonic Home member died at the Home Monday
morning after a short illness. Survivors are two sons, one daughter, 17
grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
Burial was in the Denton Little Elm cemetery by Moore Funeral Home.
Friday May 17 Stroke Is Fatal To T. J. Geer's Brother
Edward Webb Geer, 56, of Dallas, who for a decade was an active cotton
man in Dallas and during recent years was a building contractor, died last
Thursday from the effects of a stroke suffered Tuesday.
Mr. Geer, the brother of T. J. Geer of Arlington, came to Texas from
Alabama with his parents when he was 4 years old. He spent his youth in Van
Alstyne but on reaching maturity moved to Dallas.
Services were held at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Welland Funeral Church,
Dallas. Burial was in Van Alstyne. Mr. and Mrs. Geer and family left
Arlington early Saturday morning to attend the rites.
Friday May 17 SUCCUMBS AFTER (?) MONTHS ILLNESS
Rev. Horace Taylor conducted services at the Tate Springs Presbyterian
Church Thursday afternoon for Hugh W. Smith, 51, who died at his home three
miles southwest of Arlington Wednesday morning.
Mr. Smith was taken to Olney by the Moore Funeral Home for interment in
the Olney cemetery. He is survived by his widow, three brothers, Clint,
Glenn and Junis Smith of Plainview.
Friday May 17 WATSON Mrs. H. O. Wheeler
Funeral services for Jim Mooneyham of Waxahachie were held at the
church last Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Rev. Thurman Schumack of
Fort Worth in charge. Interment was in Watson cemetery.
Friday May 24 Willard Chamberlin Last Rite Held In Henderson
Funeral services were conducted at the Crim Funeral Chapel at Henderson
Monday morning at 11 o'clock for Willard Chamberlin, Sr., former Arlington
resident, who died early Sunday morning after a long illness. Rev. John H.
Patterson, assisted by Rev. Reeves of the First Christian Church of
Henderson, officiated.
Rev. Patterson concluded the service with the following poem by Edward
Markham:
"The color of the ground was in him, the red earth,
The tang and odor of the primal things-
The rectitude and patience of the rocks;
The gladness of the wind that shakes the corn,
The courage of the bird that dares the sea,
The justice of the rain that loves all leaves
The pity of the snow that hides all scars;
The loving kindness of the wayside well,
The tolerance and equity of light;
That gives as freely to the shrinking weed,
As to the great oak flaring in the wind-
To the grave's low hill as to the Matterhorn
That shoulders out the sky."
Willard Chamberlin was born in Mississippi Sept. 19th, 1854. In 1874
he settled on the Willard Chamberlin Survey at Duffau, Erath County, on land
granted to his father by the Republic for his services in the Revolution
with Mexico. He moved to Stephenville in 1896, where he was elected Tax
Collector, and later went into the general mercantile business.
In 1882 he was married to Miss Sudie Parham, and to this union were
born seven children, four of whom are still living, and were at the funeral.
They are Willard Jr., and Frank of Dallas; Cecil of Frederick, Oklahoma, and
Mrs. Hubbard Chamberlin of Henderson. One sister, Mrs. E. R. Selman of Hico
is also still living.
His first wife died in 1903 and in 1907 he married Miss Lily Pearl
Ponder of Stephenville. In 1928 when Dean E. E. Davis had invited Mrs.
Chamberlin to accept the position as head of the Home Economics Department
of NTAC they moved to Arlington, where they continued to make their home
until August of last year. After a month's visit with his daughter and her
husband at Henderson last April, Mr. Chamberlin came back with the idea of
moving to Henderson.
At one side of his daughter's beautiful back lawn was a three room
efficiency house with every convenience, and a kindly negro man who worked
for them to look after his needs. It was in this little "Garden of Eden" as
he chose to call it, that he spent his last days, and "Dee," the negro man,
never tired of caring for him. At the funeral he was given a front seat,
and Rev. Patterson paid high tribute to him in his talk.
No more fitting description of Mr. Chamberlin could be given than
Markham quoted above. He was an avid reader, well informed, strong in his
convictions and outspoken in his ideas. He was liberal in his thinking, and
in his early days was a member of the Populist Party.
He was full of gratitude for all of the good that came to him-for his
children, for his wife. He would say of her: "She is 99.9 perfect" and with
a twinkle in his eye: "I've got to reserve one-tenth so that I can criticise
her once in a while!" He loved his friends, and nothing pleased him more
than to have them come to his home.
Often a group would gather in his living room or their beautiful back
yard for a summer picnic. Religion, the philosophies of the world,
politics-all of these were of vital interest to him, and he wrote often to
the daily papers (illegible...).
He was buried in the Alford Memorial Cemetery at Henderson, of which
his daughter is chairman of the Board of Directors. Again quoting from
Edward Markham's Lincoln; "As when a kindly cedar, green with boughs, goes
down with a great shout upon the hills, and leaves a lonesome place against
the sky."-so it is with his going.
Helen C. Wessler.
Friday May 24 ATTEND CHAMBERLIN FUNERAL IN HENDERSON
Among those attending the Willard Chamberlin funeral Monday at
Henderson were the Rev. J. H. Patterson and wife, Mrs. Geo. H.
(illegible...) Lockhart, Mrs. Upshur Vincent, Mrs. Ray Mills and Mrs. Wayne
McKnight. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Gann drove to Henderson Sunday to visit with
Mrs. Chamberlin and family.
Friday May 24 FATHER OF MRS. R. B. SHYROCK DIES AT MO.
Mrs. R. B. Shyrock returned to her Arlington home this week after a
trip to Greensville, Mo. where she attended the funeral services for
(illegible.....) Civil War veteran, was 96.
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