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Whitewright Sun

Location

Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 03, 1969

Page

7

Nursing Home Guests Visit Residents Across Regions

A series of visits to Mrs. Etta Sutton and other residents at Whitewright Nursing Home show relatives and friends from Trenton Richardson Sherman Dallas Irving Gainesville Garland Bee lis Savoy and Van Alstyne traveling to spend time with residents including Mrs. Sutton Mrs. Nannie Hullet Mrs. Dessie Whitton and Mrs. Lucy Cox among others.

Herman Tilger Dick Dockery Trenton Etta Sutton A.R. Hopper Jr Richardson Ruby Hopper J.L. Dulaney Boneham Virgie Huff+aker Alta Davis Rosie Guy Sherman Mamie Taylor Carl Rice Arlington Velma Blakey Whitewright W. E. Rice Joe Parsons Verner Melugin Gainesville Elizabeth Smith Mary Jones Beulah Allred Beelis Joe Johnson R.E. Tarpley Dick Tarpley Greenville Jeanette Jones Dallas David Price Savoy E.E. Adameson Lloyd Burk van Alstyne Lucy Cox

Nursing Home Visitors Brighten Week Across Local Families

Multiple families from Texarkana, Colbert, Whitewright, Bonham, Trenton, Grande Prairie, Bay City and Blue Ridge visited residents at the Nursing Home. Services Sunday saw 45 attendees with Rev. Harry Stanley delivering the message. Sympathy is extended to the family of Mrs. Lynnie Moss of Leonard who died Monday morning.

Kathy Ritchie Texearkana Texas W.A. Miller Colbert Okla J.W. Dudley Bennie Thornhill Denison J.B. Thornhill Whitewright Ida Thornhill Odie Curry Bonham Homer Withrow Trenton Sally Mce Farland T.T. Robertson Brenda Heath Parker Howard McFarland Gail Mce Farland Bob Avary Grande Preairie M. A. Syptak Bay City Massie Kirkpatrick Jimmie Reed Butler O. S. Anderson John Bratcher Blue Ridge Liddie Bratccher Laura Butler Treenton Harry Stanley Jeanette Geers Lynnie Moss Leonard

Obituaries for Mrs. Sarah Sparks and others

Mrs. Sarah Sparks 80 died at Sherman Hospital after a short illness. Funeral at First Baptist Bells with Rev. Harry Stanley. Interment Elliot Cemetery west of Van Alstyne. Survivors include two sons, a daughter, three sisters, four grandchildren, eight great grandchildren. Also notes of Mr. Porter and Joe C. Tate obituaries with funeral details and survivors.

Sarah Sparks Sherman First Baptist Church Harry Stanley Elliot Cemetery van Alstyne Mullican- Little Sparks Grayson County John Cobb C.C. Sparks The Baptist Church Bells E.E. Sparks Ft. Worth H.L. Sparks Dorchester William Craghead Sophia Howell J.C. Raser California Verna Ferguson Dallas

Obituary Notice for Mrs. Martha Rowell 93 in Sherman

Mrs. Martha Rowell 93 died at 12:30 a.m. March 27 1969 in a Sherman hospital after an extended illness. Funeral in Barnheart Chapel at 3 p.m. Friday with Rev. Peck Williams and Rev. Odie Curry officiating. Interment Cross Roads Cemetery. Born December 30 1875 in Tennessee she was the daughter of Kess and spouse Tidwell. Survived by five sons, two daughters, 19 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren.

Porter Bonham Jack Sawyer Church of Christ Charles Kuhn Honey Grove Ector Business Wichita Falls Stella Porter Forrest Route 1 Edwin Weldon Dallas Blanche Hunter Helen Sims Ft. Worth W.H Harry Porter Lyndell Purdy Willie Carpenter Bill Skinner Gene Ellis J.D. Cofe Fey R.F. Mankin, Jr Martha Rowell Sherman Barnheart Chapel Peck Williams Blue Ridge Odie Curry Cross Roads West Shady Grove Baptist Church W.D. Rowell Greenville E.E. Rowell Celeste D.B. Rowell L.H. Rowell Garland Jack Roweell McKinney Nile Arnwine Nobility Doe Willis

Porter services set for Bonham Sunday afternoon

A funeral will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Wise Funeral Chapel in Bonham for W. D. Porter.

Wise Funeral Chapel Bonham W.D. Porter

Baseball figure B Tate dies leaving siblings

B Tate, WWI veteran and former pro baseball player for the Dallas Steers, manager in West Texas and New Mexico leagues, and Presbyterian Church member, survives four sisters Mrs. Clay Horton and Mrs. M C Hughes of Whitewright and P H Binion of Rodgers Arkansas.

B. Tate Dallas Steers West Texas New Mexico The Presbyterian Church Clay Horton M.C. Hughes Whitewright P.H. Binion Rodgers, Ark

Funeral services for George Talley Held in Dallas

Mrs. Sarah Craft announces funeral services for George Talley brother-in-law of Mrs. Roy Talley and uncle of Mrs. Oran White held Friday March 28 in Dallas with burial at Restland Memorial Park. Survivors include wife three children five grandchildren and two sisters. Craft

George Talley Roy Talley Oran White Whitewright Dallas Troy Suggs Wesley Brown Kentuckytown Cookerville Tenn Hixie Anna Brown A.L. Vandergriff James Talley Sherman Olan White Lillie Perkins Minenie Smith Olney R. H. Darwin Horace Turner Ft. Worth R.S. Turner Commerce BL. Janway Bobby Jane Away Debby Wayne Billy

Service for Mrs. Sarah Craft Held in Bells

Services for 83 year old Mrs. Sarah Belle Craft were held at Mullen-Little Chapel with burial in Sunny Side Cemetery. She was born in Kentucky on August 2 1886 and married J L Craft in Pink Hill Community. Survivors include her husband three sons Ray John and Guy of Bells three daughters Martha Mitchell Roswell J M Sowers Clayton and Thelma Turner Magdalena two sisters Petre Abilene and Bronson Wichita.

Sarah Belle Craft Mullerian- Little Chapel A.D. Campbell Sunny Side Saevoy Kentucky J.L. Craft Pink Hill Craft Bells Methodist Church Ray John Guy Martha Mitchell Roswell N.M Jimmie Sowers Clayton Thelma Turner Magdalena Petre Abilene Bronson Wichita

Final rites for J B Conner held at St. Johns Borgers

J B Conner aged 49 died after a heart attack at his Bonavista home and was pronounced dead at North Plains Hospital. Funeral at St John s Catholic Church Borgers officiated by Rev B A Erpen with burial at Westlawn Memorial Park. Survivors include wife and daughter Marge two sons stationed in Rapid City and Pearl Harbor his father and siblings. Burglars robbed Sid Woodruff home south of Ector taking a TV shotgun papers money and a radio.

J.B. Conner St. John’s Catholic Church Borgers B. A. Erpen Westlawn Memorial Park Ed Brown & Sons Conner Bonavista North Plains Hospital Phillips Petroleum Company David Boyer Jim Swan Harry Dickenson Lloyd Cox Ed Barnett Lawrence Hooper Marge Ste James Conener U.S. Air Force Rapid City S.D Arthur Conner Navy Pearl Harbor Whitewright D. L. Conner Hooks Tex B. R J. V. Conner Arnold, Neb Andrew, Whitewright Martha Jo Major

Mrs Craft Survived by Large Family in Texas Obituary

In Whitewright Sun April 3 1969 Mrs Craft is survived by 18 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. The obituary notes extended family and mentions other relatives and local ties in Texas.

the Whitewright Sun Craft

Funeral services for Jimmy Burchfield set for Friday

Funeral services for Jimmy Burchfield of Whitewright killed in action in Vietnam will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Barnhart Funeral Home Chapel. The body arrives in Dallas from San Francisco Thursday at 4 23 p.m. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 30 to 9 p.m. Friday.

Jimmy Burchfield Whitewright Vietnem Heart Funeral Home Dallas San Francisco

Also Mentioned on This Page

Nursing Home News Felix Robinson Jim Robinson By Cleo Williams Bob Meisenbach Mrs Joe C. Tate Earnheart Funeral Home Veterans Hospital Waco C.C. Dooley Whitewrieght Felix Keys Marlin Oakehill Cemetery Barnheart Funeral Home Tate David W .D. Porter Harper Wells Golden Acres Sudan T-E Haygrazer T-E Goldmaker Watson Watson II Golden Acres Bushel Maker Milo Seed Asgrow Rico Pioneer Warner 555 OK Feed Mill Sarah Craft Sid Woodruff Bobby Maderson Sgt. Burchfield Don Howland Duncan Jean Jarvis Suneday Ray Burris Fretch Homer Burris Earnheart Enterprise Baptist Kentuckytown Baptist Lionel Lindley Training Union First Presbyterian C. C. Dooley Marvin United Methodist George Topper Nursing Home Service J. S. Tipton Enterprise Baptist of 1St Baptist Church H.W. Windfield Western Beauty Christian Methodist Church Lonnie Stinson Dawson Propane Holcombs Tom Bean Nicely’s Mobil Station Whitewright Nursing Home Grayson Collin George Hight First United Methodist Geroge Topper W.S.C.S Bethel Baptist Church Charles Pierce Herman Lancaster Assembly of God Janice Hall Brown’s Variety Store Carl’s Sausage Company
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