Fish Bowman rites read at Muse Cemetery
Funeral services for Charles Aubrey Fish Bowman aged 52 were held Tuesday, June 13 at Muse Church with burial in Muse Cemetery. Rev. Carroll Jones and Rev. Don Copeland officiated. Bowman died June 11 in a Jacksonville hospital. He was born August 24, 1914, near here and lived in the area all his life. He was a fiddle player and worked at Rusk State Hospital. He was a member and deacon of Memorial Baptist Church. Survivors include two sisters Mrs. Robert Pearson and Mrs. R.H. Murphy of Rusk and one brother J. D. Bowman of Rusk, plus several nieces and nephews. Nephews served as pallbearers. Arrangements by Wallace Funeral Home.
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Charles Aubrey (Fish) Bowman
Muse
Carroll Jones
Don Copeland
Bowman
Jacksonville
Here
Rusk Strate Hospital
Memorial Baptist Church
Robert Pearson
R.H. Murphy
Rusk
J. D. Bowman
New Pastor Howard Williams Welcomed to Rusk Church
Rev. Howard K. Williams and his family were greeted by several hundred during a covered dish dinner at First Methodist Church in Rusk. Williams, from Beaumont, has served in multiple East Texas churches and his family includes four children. He thanked Rev. Jewel McClure for opening doors and said he and his family would be very happy in Rusk.
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E. B. Musick, Jr
Board of
First Method
Howard
First Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Howard K. Williams
Rusk
Roberts Avenue
Beaumont
Rev. Williams
Houston
Rice University
Perkins School of Theology
SMU
Longview
Beaumont Giddings
Emory
Chandler
Galveston
van Zandt County
Williams
Jewel McClure
McClure
Sue Moore Nominated for County Tax Post at Girls State
Sue Moore of Route 2 Rusk was elected Nationalist Party nominee for tax assessor and collector of Vigah County during the Monday election at Bluebonnet Girls State in Austin. The event is a nonpartisan citizenship program run by the American Legion Auxiliary to train high school girls in government duties.
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Americanlegion Auxiliary
Bluebonnet Girls State
Austin
Texas School For the Blind
Nationalist Party
Vigah
Melvin Jewes Moore
Girls State
American Legion Auxiliary
Kiwanis Club
American Region
Baylor University
Texas
Mexico City
Texas American Legion Auxiliary
Frances Goff
Houston
University of Texas M.1
Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute
TJ. Manning
Clear Creek High School
League City
Girls Nation
Washington, D. C
Republic
Holley Family Extends Trip Visiting Relatives Across States
The Holley family led by Rev J Allen Holley and wife along with their son Bill traveled from Rusk to visit relatives in Texas Tennessee and North Carolina. They planned attendance at a Presbyterian Commissioners workshop in Bristol Tennessee and General Assembly events in June. They stayed with Mrs Paul Knight and visited their daughter in Jacksonville North Carolina before returning home.
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J. Allen Holley
Bill
Big Spring
Texas
J. R.creath
Melvin McFall
Helen Barly
John Birdtwe
Kathy
Johnnie
Holley
Holley Jeff
Northeast Texas
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Bristol
Tennessee
Paul Knight
Johnson City
Knight
Clyde Patrick, Jr
Rusk
Billy
Greensboro
North Carolina
Vist
North Caroline
Philip C. English
Philip, Jr
Jacksonville
North Carlina
English
U.S. Marines
Campereune
Holleys
Assembly
Timpson Frontier Days Festivities Preview
Timpson plans the 6th Annual Frontier Days Celebration with events starting July 1. Pony Express invitations arrive for Area Towns, Miss Frontier Pageant features about fifty contestants, and a Square Dance Exhibition. A Frontier Days Caravan tours towns July 6 and 7 with colorful parades daily.
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Timpson
Pony Express
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Walace Funeral Home
Karen
Paul
Joyce
Mack
Oklahoma
Sue Moore
Mathews-Miller
C Wgentle Om
Ladies Western
Valkeus - Miller
Timpson States
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