Last Rites Held Sunday For Rev J F Kilman Pioneer Minister
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3 30 p m from First Baptist Bowie for Rev J F Kilman 83 a pioneer minister who served Montague and Clay counties for sixty years He died Saturday morning at Bowie Hospital Born November 12 1867 in Couch Missouri he came to Bowie to make his home He married Willie Stephens later to Ella Whitecotton surviving relatives include four daughters a stepdaughter a stepson sixteen great grandchildren and fourteen grandchildren Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers were named Members of the Business Men's Bible Class attended the service Out of town relatives attended including Mr and Mrs Van Turnbow and Mr and Mrs Alvis Turner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Bowie
J. F. Kilman
Montague and
Clay Cou
Bowie Hospital
R. E. Bell
Decatur
G. B. Bradshaw
First Baptist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Burgess Funeral Home
Rev. Kilman
Couch
Greenville
Texas
Georgia
Willie Stephens
Kilman
Ella Whitecotton
The
Baptist Church
Mmes
A. O. Hurdt
Will Ryan
N. A. Lawdermilk
van Turnbow
Winters
Roy Williams
Joe Fulcher
E. R. Mangum
Paul Donald
H. E. Henning
J. W. Hutchins
James Chapman
Winfield Scott
H. B. Box
Barney Giles
John Jackson
J. M. Woolf
A. R Couch
Howard Wheeler
Marvin Baker
C. W. Coffield
Business Men’s Bible Class
Final Rites For Mrs Byrd Held Saturday
A large service was held at First Presbyterian Church Bowie for Mrs Ardwella Horn Byrd 37 who died Thursday night at her parents home in Bowie Rev C A Tucker officiated and burial was Elmwood Cemetery Burgess Funeral Home directed the funeral Mrs Byrd a 1930 Bowie High graduate studied at TSCW and Harris Memorial trained as a nurse She lived in Fort Worth twelve years with a two month return to Bowie Survivors include husband Douglas M Byrd three sons and her parents Aubry Horn Sr and Mrs Horn Fort Worth and a brother Aubry Horn Jr of Fort Worth Also listed are pallbearers and local and Fort Worth connections including Kenneth M Shackelford a late graduate of A&M and future extension agent for Cameron County Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Bowie
Ardwella Horn Byrd
A. E. Klorn
Wilbarger Street
C. A. Tucker
Elmwood Cemetery
Burgess Funeral Home
Byrd
Bowie High School
TSCW
Denton
Harris Memorial Hospital
Fort Worth
Douglas M. Byrd
Downs
Douglas Jr
Geoffrey
A. E. Horn
Aubry Horn Jr
Jack Slayden
Barrie Cofield
JoAlan Spears
Herschel Stephens
Jess Parrish
Raleigh Francis
Mary Garlington Receives Degree at Hardin-Simmons
Mary Louise Garlington of Bowie received a Bachelor of Science degree as part of Hardin-Simmons University's 58th commencement on May 29. Over 300 candidates earned degrees in five fields while Dr. John Wesley Raley of Oklahoma Baptist University spoke. Preceding the address, Rev. James Landes delivered the baccalaureate service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Mary Louise Garlington
Bowie
Hardin-Simmons University
Garlington
Florence Turley
North Mason
John Wesley Raley
Oklahoma Baptist University
Hardin- Simmons University
James Landes
First Baptist Church of
Wichita Falls
Patterson Withdraws From Legislature Race
S. M. Patterson, publisher of the Nocona News, withdraws as a candidate for Representative after confusion over final filing dates. He believed June 17 was the deadline. a county committee member said May 15 was the cutoff. He thanks Montague County for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Patterson
Patterson
Montague County
Nocona
Social Guests Gather for Large Frost Funeral Event
A long list of local families and friends attended from Winters Fort Worth Wichita Falls San Angelo Decatur Decatur and Lawton Oklahoma with out of town relatives joining the gathering including Mr and Mrs J P Robertson Mrs Henry Parks Sonny Mrs Bill Gray and son and many others from surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldrop
Curtis Bullard
Ora Welch
Winters
Horace Williams
Mike
Big Spring
Harry Ryan
Vicki
A. L. Parks
Carol
Dickie
Terry
Fort Worth
Don Brown
Wichita Falls
Lewis K. Tester
Ronald
Larry
San Angelo
Stanley Robertson
Reggie
Decatur
Harry G. Strickland
Artie Sue
Lawton
Oklo
J. P. Robertson
Henry Parks
Sonny
Bill Gray
Social Security Warns Workers to Show Cards
Wichita Falls SSA manager Erton F. Tate urges workers to show their social security card to each new employer. He warns uncredited wages harm insured status and future benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erton F. Tits
Wichita Falls
Social Security Administration
Mr. Tate
Reflection on Character and Obedience
A Mary Baker Eddy quotation notes that refinement of character through obedience yields courage devotion and achievement, while humility and command render a man steadfast and virtuous. The quote emphasizes inner growth guiding external success and moral conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baker Eddy
Bermuda grass planting aid offered by district
The Upper West Fork Soil Conservation District provides a two row sprig sod planter for the Bowie Work Unit Area. It can plant 10 to 15 acres per day, laying sprigs, sealing and packing in one pass. A nominal fee funds maintenance. Roy D. Sanders reports good growth. J. K. Brite notes progress in land improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper West Fork
Roy D. Sanders
J. K. Brite
Card of Thanks for Rev Kilman Death and Illness
We express our thanks to doctors nurses and friends for the flowers food and many acts of kindness shown during the illness and death of our father and grandfather Rev J F Kilman. Special thanks to Rev R E Bell Rev G G Bradshaw undertakers and those who rendered the music. Joe Overstreet and Bob White were in Dallas on business Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Kilman
R. E. Bell
G. G. Bradshaw
A. O. Hurdt
Will Ryan
van Turnbow
N. A. Lawdermilk
Brite project trials sprayed over 100 acres near Bowie
A trial aerial spray covered about 100 acres in the Bowie area to control weeds in pasture and range land. Officials note heavy woods and brush as a major challenge for stockmen and ranchers, but say the chemicals boost grass vigor and can be seen from the road three miles west of Bowie on the Vashti road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Vashti
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Chuck
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Willard Shackelford
Montague
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
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A&m
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A&m College of Texas
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Armored Infantry
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Bowie, Texas
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