Funeral services for Mrs. R. L. Holcomb set Friday
Mrs. R L Holcomb 62 died at home Tuesday at 4 am Funeral services at 10 am Friday in the Baptist Church conducted by Rev W J Epting with Rev J A Henderson and Rev G C Ivins assisting Interment in City Cemetery Waldo Funeral Home in charge Pallbearers listed Mrs Nadine Kight daughter expected to arrive tonight from Mexico City Survivors include husband two daughters three sons one granddaughter three sisters and a brother born October 12 1874 Nobility long time Nobility Whitewright resident allying Baptist Church member
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Holcomb
The
Baptist Church
W. J. Epting
Celina
Whitewright
J. A. Henderson
Pilot Grove
G. C. Ivins
Texarkana
City
Waldo Funeral Home
Martin Belew
Guy Hamilton
Roy Yowell
J. E. Mangrum
C. H. Stateville
L. P. Sears
J. D. Barnhill
Holcomb
Kight
Mildred Holcomb
Bryan Holcomb
Plano
John Holcomb
Sherman
Roger Holcomb
Barbara Lee Kight
H. A. Langdon
Nobility
Annie McClure
McKinney
Sallie McClure
Westminster
Earl Barnhill
Oklahoma City
Funeral services for Mrs Francis Garner 82 in Sherman
Funeral services for Mrs. Francis Garner 82 who died Thursday at the home of Mrs. Frank Coffman were held at 10 a m Saturday at the Talley Funeral Home in Sherman with Rev Claud J Baxter? no, Rev Claud Johnston officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery northeast of Whitewright beside her husband J D Garner. Born August 9 1854 in Kentucky she moved to Texas in early life and lived near Bells before moving to Kentuckytown where she resided until her husband died. Surviving are six sons Ike Fate Garner of Los Angeles J H Hood Garner and Will Garner of Sherman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Garner
Frank Coffman
Talley Funeral Home
Sherman
Claud Johnson
North Park Baptist Church of
Oak Hill Cemetery
Whitewright
J. D. Garner
Kentucky
Garner
Texas
Bells
Kentuckytown
Ike
Fate Garner
Los Angeles
J. H. (Hood
Will Garner
Garner family and relatives listed in obit fragment
Shird Garner of Trenton and George Garner of Oklahoma are noted with four daughters Mrs Lena Lankford of Graham Mrs Laura Ferguson of Snowmax Oklahoma and Mrs Minda Smith and Mrs Dora Powell of Jones County Texas also named are several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shird Garner
Trenton
George Garner
Oklahoma
Lena Lankford
Graham
Laura Ferguson
Snowmax
Okla
Minda Smith
Dora Powell
Jones County
Texas
Mary Ferguson Funeral Services Held in Bells
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ferguson wife of N C Ferguson of Bells were held Wednesday afternoon at Bells Methodist Church. Age eighty long time Bells resident charter member of the Bells Methodist Missionary Society survived by husband two sons W J and W B Ferguson of Sherman two sisters Mrs Rachel Burke of Sherman and Mrs Effie Moore of Peakland Tenn born Megs County East Tennessee April 17 1857 married May 23 1877 came to Texas Bells in 1888 arrangements by R R Waldo Whitewright
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ferguson
N. C. Ferguson
Bells
Bells Methodist Church
Ferguson
Whitewright
Section
Methodist Church
Methodist Missionary Society
W. J
W. B. Ferguson
Sherman
Rachel Burke
Effie Moore
Peakland
Tenn
Megs County
Tennessee
Texas
R. R. Waldo
Mrs Mary C Miller 63 Dies At Home Southwest Of Bells
Mrs Mary C Miller aged 63 died Monday night at her home southwest of Bells after a monthlong illness. Born September 6, 1874, near Memphis Tennessee she was a Baptist. Funeral services were at Westminster Baptist Church at 4 p m Tuesday with interment at Elm Grove Cemetery conducted by Rev Davis. Survived by husband R A Miller three sons J E Miller Sherman G D Miller Bells A O Miller Austin and two daughters Mrs Leta Stephens California and Mrs Mattie Stephens Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary C. Miller
Bells
Miller
Memphis
Tenn
The
Baptist Church
Westminster Baptist Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Sherman
G. D. Miller
A. O. Miller
Austin
Leta Stephens
California
Mattie Stephens
Mexico
Phases reveal a student’s stage by signed names
A quip notes freshman to graduate signatures like Freshman-Bill Smith and Senior-William A. Smith. Another joke line mocks how a discharged clerk failed to sell a can opener to a June bride, highlighting sales ineptitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Smith
William Smith
W. Algernon Smith
William A. Smith
W. A. Smith
Job Hunter—Smith
Unemployment Drop Seen as Farm Demand Grows
New figures from the National Industrial Conference Board show 100000 fewer jobless between May and June as agricultural hiring rises by over 160000. Non farm employment is mostly unchanged, with about 6082 000 still unemployed in June and a projected end to unemployment within about three years if trends continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Conference Board
William L Edison Son of Inventor Dies at 58
William Leslie Edison, 58, son of the late Thomas A. Edison, died at his Westover Hills home after a six week illness. He held patents on many basic radio principles and retired from active work two years ago. His widow survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington, Dela
William Leslie Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Westover Hills
Want Ads Sample Listings from Sherman Area
A collection of want ad snippets lists goods and services including cattle for sale, lost livestock, real estate, farms in Grayson Fannin and Collin counties, agency listings, and auto loans. Ads mention buyers sellers real estate offices Manning Meador S H Montgomery Agency Tony Weber W T Nicholson Pascal Farley City Meat Market and AUTO FINANCE COMPANY F W Creager in Sherman and Whitewright Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson, Fannin
Collin Counties
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
S. Travis St
Sherman
Farm Instruction Course Called Off To Protect Youths
Texas A and M cancels its twenty eighth annual farmers short course to protect youths and prevent infantile paralysis spread. Dr George W Cox health officer advised against large gatherings. over 1300 boys and girls would have attended, first cancellation since 1910. Board president F M Law confirmed decision in Austin meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Law of
Houston
Austin
Cox
College
Texas
E. J. Kyle
School of Agriculture
Law
Penknife Magician Survives Belt of Blades Surgery
In Bombay a magician who swallowed 18 penknives and two door keys during performances had them removed surgically after X rays revealed growing danger. The man, who entertained Indian princes and regiments in Northern India, had continued acts despite growing discomfort. He is recuperating before resuming his routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Warning Issued Of Drouth Threat To Agriculture
Washington reports a serious drouth threat across the Great Plains and parts of the Midwest. The Agriculture Department notes lack of rainfall and high temperatures worsen conditions from Texas to New Mexico, with variable moisture in the Mississippi Valley and scattered helpful showers in the east. Crop prospects are uneven, wheat harvest largely safe as drought grips western areas, but corn and livestock face stress and potential toxin-related issues in some regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Plains
Midwest
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Southern Plains
Plains
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Bulletin
Southwest
Arizona
Department
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Drouth
Relief clients in Jacksonville must attend church
At a United Charity Association meeting it was decided that relief will be confined to those who attend religious services regularly, based on 152 aided in six months none were regular worshippers. A mission opens at City Hall Auditorium Sunday from 4 to 5 PM, undenominational and religious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
United Charity Association
City Hall
Chemists Fight Poison in Soil Fatal to Stock
Brookings South Dakota chemists battled a deadly soil poison selenium causing alkali disease that blinds and staggers livestock. The effort aims to restore profitable farming across a wide Western South Dakota region affected by the element in the soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookings
S. D
South Dakota
Early wakeup call sparks identity quibble at hotel
The hotel desk clerk wakes a guest on the agreed 8 am call. The guest resists, asking who he is and why he was awakened, insisting on the mistaken rationale for the wakeup. The exchange ends with tension over who authorized the call.
Card of Thanks for W A Shook relief and support
Neighbors and friends are thanked for kindness during the illness and after the death of W. A. Shook. Mrs. F. E. Wittitoe and Miss Allie Shook express sincere gratitude and remembrance for the sympathy and deeds shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Shook
F. E. Wittitoe
Allie Shook
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Francis Garner
Mrs. N. C. Ferguson
N. E. Ely
N. W. Ely
South Ely
S. Orangeville
N. E
Orangeville
S. Whitewright
Mose Holcomb
J. H. Hayes
T. J. McCafferty
Arthur Latimer
Mrs. I. Morris
R. S. Taylor
LaRoe Lumber Company
J. W. Bell
Paris, Texas
Boys’ Unionalls
Sanforized
Shea
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter
Gossard
U. S
William L. Edison
Jersey
Pascal Farley
Little Rock
W. T. Nicholson
Tony Weber
Tom Barbee
John Reeves
Manning & Meador
Tommy Bangs
Alvin L. Moxon
South Dakota State College
Moxon
Tomatoes
Farley
Rollie R. Waldo
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