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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1975
Page
1
McCulloch County Commissioners appoint Mrs. Roger George as county judge to fill the vacancy after her husband’s death. Formal swearing in set for 4 p.m. in the courthouse district courtroom. Mrs. George previously taught in the Brady system.
Funeral services for McCulloch County Judge Roger George 63 of Brady were held at 2 p m Friday June 27 in Wilkerson Memorial Chapel with Rev. Lamar Leifeste and Rev. Jon Lowry officiating. Burial followed at Rest Haven Cemetery. George died suddenly Wednesday at his home. Born May 12 1912 in Brownwood he was in his second term as county judge and previously served on the Brady City Council. He owned George Ford Tractor Co for over 20 years and was active in civic and church work. He was a Mason and Shriner. Survivors include his wife Hettie Faye a son Roger James George Jr of Austin a sister Olene Cliett of Coleman and two grandchildren. Pallbearers were John Lewis Boyd Hunt W T Archer Harold Stovall Dallas Miller and Dr Albert McCulloh. Honorary pallbearers were county officials and commissioners court and K K Steffens J D Bailey E E Short L C Atherton Lillard Holt Leslie Quain T P Wood A E Sanders Frank Corder and Jim Allen.
Cindy Fowler, 18, Brady High School graduate, was named Miss Heart O Texas at the 48th July Jubilee pageant in Brady. Gilda Mireles was first runner up and Karen Fletcher second. The trio will ride the Jubilee float and appeared at the 10 a.m. July 4 parade.
Tru Tru Chick, a two year old quarter horse owned by Beverly and Michael Brady, posted the fastest 350 yard time of 18.45 seconds at G Rollie White Downs to lead 43 colts in five futurity heats for the 20 000 Summer Futurity. Go Man Bars was second with 18.69, while Jude Charge clocked 18.80 after a rough start. Other hopefuls included Mr Zona Chick 18.86 and Easter Wink 18.93 as the July 5 final field began to take shape. A crowd of about 1 800 witnessed the day under a slow track after rain.
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