Whitewright Jubilee memory and town wealth in 1946
Continuation of the History of Whitewright installment notes a Diamond Jubilee entry with local dignitaries and a county deputy. It highlights Whitewright as a thriving business center with a taxable value of 650000 dollars and low tax rate, plus productive soil and prosperous farmers owning homes. It lists prominent residents and describes the town’s peace and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Denison
Dia
Fred Prestage
Sam Montgomery
Gomer May
G.W. Blanton
Sherman
W. B and
W. O. Womack
W. T. Sears
C. B. Bryant
Obituary for H O Lee Sr Confederate Railroad Depot Agent
H O Lee Sr 717 who died recently in a Sherman hospital will be buried at West Hill Cemetery after a Friday funeral at 2 p m in Daniel Chapel. He was a former Cotton Belt Railroad depot agent and a retired Hardwick Etter employee born April 19 1893 in Tennessee and married Lillie May Tingle on November 23 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. Lee, Sr
Sherman Hospital
Daniel Chapel
West Hill Cemetery
Lee
Cotton Belt Railroad
Hardwick - Etter
Tennessee
Lillie May Tingle
Denison Real Property Suit Seeks One Third Lot Ownership
Citation commands J K Miller and related defendants to answer by 10 a.m. on December 7, 1970 before the Fifteenth District Court in Sherman Grayson County Texas. Plaintiffs C C Mott and Willie Mae Mott seek title and possession to the middle third of Lots 6 7 and 8 in Block 2 of Millers Second Addition Denison. Case No. 76933. Clerk E R Brodhead. Deputy Gladys Hauschild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
J. K. Miller
Arena Miller
John Saul
S. G. Eddy
Denison Improvement Company
Denison Land & Investment Co
C. S. Cobb
E. J. Tenney
Denison Land and Loan Co
N. H
Denison Improvement Co
Denison Land & Loan Co
Fifteenth District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
C.C. Mott
Willie Mae Mott
Millers
Denison
E.R. Brodhead
Gladys Hauschild
Lee Family Remains and Paul Blakey Rites Noted
Lee family members surviving from Sherman and Campbell are listed along with the late spouse and origins. Paul Blakey, 56, died in a Sherman hospital after a short illness. services were held at First Baptist Bells with burial in Van Alstyne Cemetery. He was born in Pauls Valley Oklahoma and lived in Bells since 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Bells
Paul Blakey
Sherman
van Alstyne
Mullican - Little Funeral Home
Mr. Blakey
Pauls Valley
Oklo
John J. Blakey
The
Baptist Church
Obituary for Cynthia Hollis Vins in Leonard area
Cynthia Hollis Vins 92 died Tuesday in a Whitewright nursing home. Services are 2 p m Wednesday at Barnheart Chapel Whitewright with burial at West Shady Grove Cemetery west of Leonard. Born in Fannin County she was a long time member of West Shady Grove Baptist Church. Survived by one son Elzie Petty of Nobility three daughters Hattie Burkett Susie Withrow Nannie Smoot ten grandchildren 24 great grandchildren two great great grandchildren. Grandsons will be pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnheart Chapel
Whitewright
Cynthia Petty Hollis
Leonard
Buria
Elzie Petty
Nobility
Hattie Burkett Lof
Thanksgiving Visitors Across Local Homes
A long Thanksgiving weekend highlights numerous visits across Durant Sherman Commerce and surrounding areas. Families from Durant Bonham Howe Irving Dallas and Sherman gathered at many households including the Hickmans Vestals Peschkes and Brooks families.
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. May
D. M. Ray
Jones Reinhardt
Dan and
Tom Gillett
E. S. Jones
W. H. King
Henry Sears
J. D. Pateterson
W. D. Fuller
Lewis Holland
J. L. Bradford
T. E. Everheart
J. T. Pattereson
Lewis Hoeland
J.L. Bradford
T. E. Eli Smith
J.B. Woosley
H.O. Lee, Sr
Earnheart
Farmers
Josephine
James of
Vins
Cynthia Hollis
Dillon
Durant
Ira Kirckpatrick
Dick Higgins
Bonham
Vera Hickman
Frank Smith
John Curtis
Veteran's of
Commerce
Curtis
Rolla Vestal
Joe Vestal
Mike
Steven
Jerome Peschke
Hous
Jim Moe Mullin
Ft. Worth
H. K. Tate
John Murphy
Garland Hickeman
David and
Joy
Blue Ridge
Debbie Boorman
Princeton
Glen Hickman
Grand Prairie
Leo Hickeman
Irving
J.C. Whipple
Franklin
Don Whipple
Eddie Whipple
City
Delores Speigel
Dallas
Joe Brooks
Tulsa
Okla
Marion Brooks
Big Spring
David Brooks
Jerry
Darlene
Keith
D.D. Brooks
Estelle Williams
Travis Sanderson
Johnny Williams
Kathy and
Kelly
Charles Williams
Howe
James V. Williams
Nancy Williams
Henry Bing
A&m College
Mark Brownfield
Ector
Maude Caraway
W.W. Belew
Jim Caraway
Amns
Don
Dave
Odell Caay
Jack Caraway
Edwin Caraway
Lewisville
T. J. Williams
Tom Bean
Jerry McAlester
Stacia
Cynthia Marlow
Howard Payne College
J. D. Marlow
Junior Renfro
Kenneth Grant
Odessa
Rollie McCraw
Hurst
Clarence Woodson
Gene Mce Cullough
Lola White
My Pleasant
O.L. Spradling
Greenville
Car
Roland Pryor
Callisburg
Gene McCullough
Bobby
Roger
Annette McCullough
P. M. Connelly
Paul Haliburton
Noeel
Joe Miller
Willard Young
Dorothy Gray
Clairol Happiness
Mat
Bayer
NEW Dawn
Geritol
Magnesia
COE Ly
Phillips Silk
Sueferim
Villa D'Este
Gift Headquarters
Elitay
Faberge
Kay Dee
Portugal
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