Mary C Downey Rites Held at Fairview Church
Funeral services for Mary Can dice Downey were held January 25, 1971, at Fairview Baptist Church with interment in Fairview Cemetery. Rev. HW A Starnes and Rev. Cleon Flanagan officiated. Downey aged 87 died January 24 in Goodall-Witcher Hospital Clifton after months of illness. Pallbearers named. She was born Mary C Riddle March 31, 1883, in Bosque County and married W R Downey July 15, 1900, in Mosheim. She survived four sons, three daughters, two brothers, two sisters, seven grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren, and many relatives. She was predeceased by husband W R Downey in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Candice Downey
Fairview Baptist Church
Fairview
HW. A. Starnes
Cleon Flanagan
Downey
Goodall-Witcher Hospital
Clifton
Frank Bearden
Walter Gloff
Dalton Bland
Mary C. Riddle
Calvin
Elizabeth Thomas Riddle
Bosque County
Mary Candice Riddle
W. R. Downey
Mosheim
Texas
Lamesa
G. R. Riddle
Hamlin
H. B. Williams
Tuscola
Ross Fomby
Out of Town
IT. B. Williams
TH. B Williams, Jr
W. FB. Guinan
Jackie White
Harold White
Dallas
Kenneth Rid
Senior Citizens Corner Seventy Planned at City Hall Meet
Sixty eight seniors attended last Friday's gathering with visitors from Waco Crawfills Gap Valley Mills Lake Whitney and locals. Mrs Apple led registration and greeting while Mrs Francis Spence discussed food program allowances for medicine heart and diabetic patients. Clifton seniors plan a covered dish supper and bazaar or open house near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Crawfills Gap
Valley Mills
Lake Whitney
Apple
Harriett
Francis Spence
Hill County Country Community Action Food Program
Clifton
Evelyn Lange
Pot Roasts and Swiss Steaks Define Slow Cook Methods
Pot roasts and Swiss steaks are not specific cuts but methods of cookery. They use long moist heat to tenderize tougher beef cuts, typically from the cuck section for pot roasts and from thicker round steaks for Swiss steaks.
Colored Churches in Bosque County Chronicle
Robinson of Meridian documents the organization of several Colored churches in Bosque County including Rock Springs Cumberland Presbyterian near Valley Mills, Meridian Cumberland Presbyterian, First Baptist Church support, Steele Creek Baptist near Morgan, Valley Mills Methodist, Mount Carmel, and Shiloh Baptist with details on founders trustees and locations. The piece notes post Civil War migrations, land ownership shifts, and persistent church activity in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pa Robinson
Meridian
Bosque County
Cumberland Presbyterian
Rock Springs
Sadler Land
Valley Mills
J. B. Sadler
H. W. Sadler
Arch Sadler
L. S. Sadler
Hannah Sadler
Susan Sadler
Lucy Sadler
Wash Lock
Winnie Lock
Sadlers
Texas
Tennessee
Dr. Sadler
Meridian Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Maria Robinson
John Robinson
Jane Robinson
Jenny Alexander
Sarna Alexander
Finster Wiliams
Charity Crawford
Baptist
Enoug
Tire
First Baptist Church
Steele Creek Baptist Church
Hye A T T. Grigg
Baptist Missionary
SN Iraet
Rapid
Morgan
Steele Creek
J. R. Mor
Boscanne
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clifton
C. H. Jordan
Wares
Pew
Burkley
J. A. Haywood
Charles Rib
James Haywood
A. B Whiteley
Sergeant Garland Mills Assigned to Avancnare Defense Command
Sherman Texas native Garland G. Mills resigns to duty with the Air Force. He reports for duty at Perrin AFB after serving with the Defense Command stationed at Kadena AB Okinawa. A 1987 graduate of Walien High School he attended Tomball State Junior College and Hillshire College in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Garland Mills
Avancnare
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary C. Downey
E. S. Blassingame, T. M. Blassingame, and
Nolan McMillan
General Electric
Powell Supply Company
Goodyear
G.E
Ave
E & 3Rd Street
Joe White
Harold Wiese
Senior Citizens Corner
Dyes Pharmacy
Colvert's Prescription Pharmacy
yAe
del Monte W.K
C. S
Sauerkraut
del Monte
Bell’s Dairy Dept
OLEO
Kountry
Franks
Pkg. Ag
Decker
Bell’s
Chuck Roast
Bell
Dersey
U. S. No
Russett
Resecca D. Radde Bosque County Historical Survey Committee
Jamie Zander
Frank Smith
Aars and Nelson Insurance Agency
P.O
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