End of an Era as Grayson Alumni Disband
Grayson College ex students of Whitewright meet for the last time in a June reunion. Nine attendees, once hundreds. Fire and economic woes closed the college in 1912 after a 1880 founding. A museum now preserves memories in Whitewright's library, marking Texas heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson
Grayson College Ex-students Association
Whitewright
Grayson College
Old College
Penland
Hulme
Austin College
William Jennings Bryan
Baylor
TCU
Texas Tech
Texas
Santa Anna
Weekend Visits Spotted Across Whitewright Area
A series of social visits are noted in Whitewright and nearby towns with families including the England, Creecy, Watson, Vestal and Caraway households. Highlights include Trendon Vestal receiving a Panama Canal Zone Outstanding Person Award for a second time and ongoing health updates on Paul Vestal and Guy Dillon recovering from recent illnesses and surgery.
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Trendon Vestal
Rolla Vestal
Whitewright
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Vestal
Balboa Heights
Jimmy Jacobs
Manchester
Tenn
Rosemead
California
Bobby Mathis
Maude Caraway
Eddie Simpson
Phillip
Rose
Tucson
Arizona
Dennie Caraway
Lance
Mineral Wells
Weldon Belew
Lisa
Carol McAlester
Stacia
Sherman
Odell
Jim Caraway
City
Guy Dillon
Durant
Paul Vestal
Multiple Churches List of Services and Pastors
Local church listings note service times and pastors for First Baptist Marvin United Methodist First United Methodist Church Church of Christ William H. Baker Jr Western Beauty Christian Methodist Church First United Pentecostal Enterprise Baptist Bethel Baptist Nursing Home Service Assembly of God with associated pastors and weekly schedules.
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Church OF Christ
William H. Baker, Jr
Western Beauty Christian Methodist Church
Card of Thanks for Ronald E. Pierce Family
The Pierce family thanks friends relatives and those who contributed during their time of sorrow. Special thanks go to Dr. Geers Dr. Harris Community Hospital nurses and Rev. Rymer and Rev. Pierce. Joyful in memory of Ronald E. Pierce.
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Ronald
Also Mentioned on This Page
By O.K. Carter
Gary England
Ft. Worth
Floyd Haliburton
Virgil Creecy
Jacksonville, Fla
C.}. Watson Jr
Everman
J.A. Creecy
The
Cecil Watson
Hugh Hunter
George Bennett
Frank England
Alabama
Tennessee
South Carolina
Margaret Perkins
Debbie
Dallas
Billie Jean Short
Blue Ridge
Collin Memorial Hospital
McKinney
First Baptist Church
Douglas Rymer
First United Methodist Church
W.E. Grisham
First Presbyterian
Gerald Middents
Lonnie Stinson
First United Penecostal
George Hight
Enterprise Baptist
J.S. Tipton
Training Union
1St Baptist Church
Herman Wood
Carl’s Sausage Company
Bethel Baptist Church
Charles Pierce
Nursing Home Service
Assembly OF God
Paul G. King
C. A
Kentuckytown Baptist
Lionel Lindley
Dawson Propane
TIONA
Tex
Bonham, Tex
First National Bank
Whitewright, Texas
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