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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1965
Page
1
Irene Linn Gibson recalls Christmas Eve delights and family rituals in San Saba on Christmas Day 1965. She notes nostalgia from childhood stockings and fireside tales, mentions Luci Baines Johnson’s engagement, and shares a New Year peacemaking message from Pastor James M. Reid.
Stanley Lively killed a buck with 13 points the prior week, boasting the largest rack in years. The community shares Christmas visits, hospital recoveries, holiday dinners, and family travels, with Dan Jeffcont’s death noted and many locals appearing in town gatherings and deer hunts.
Christmas greetings mark a holiday weekend with favorable weather. Families visiting include Luther Tisdale and family in Weslace with Oscar Simpson relatives, Merle Taylor’s group, Malcom Mask of Richland Springs, Clara Lee Bolinger from Big Spring, and Rev Carl Gentry with daughter’s clan in San Angelo. Gentry children gathered for the holiday.
The San Saba News notes visitors and extended family gatherings over the holidays across San Saba and nearby towns. Harold and Iris Hendricks of Richland Springs joined locals in Dallas, while families from Jal New Mexico and Brownwood shared time with the Barnett, Taylor, and Farley households.
Funeral services were held for Joseph Thomas Ragsdale 93 in How ell-Doran Chanel with Rev. Leon Brown and Rev. W B Holmes presiding Burial followed at Chappel Cemetery under How ell-Doran Funeral Home direction Pallbearers included James Ragsdale Joe Ragsdale Herbert Clark Jr J T Ragsdale and Ira Conner Ragsdale died Christmas Day in Eventide Nursing Home where he had resided the past year He was born April 6 1872 in Cabbot Arkansas son of Joshua and Sara Jane Ragsdale He married Elizabeth Mangum Okla She died in 1953 He moved to San Saba after her death and had resided there since 1953 A retired rancher he belonged to the Christian Church He was preceded in death by his wife and four sons Survivors include four nephews S W Ragsdale Roy Ragsdale J T and J Q Ragsdale three nieces Mrs Oscar Scoggins Mrs Ola Cathy and Mrs Glenn Patton plus other nieces and nephews
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