Local notes from Whitewright and nearby towns
Mrs. M E Winburn visits Abilene and Sweetwater this week. Many residents travel for hospital visits and family gatherings including Bonham and Sherman hospitals. The FFA call show and auction sale in McKinney on March 25 features fifty calves. Mrs. J D Russell, 89, slowly improves after a fall. Funeral attendance and travels span Denton, Arlington, Dallas, Whitesboro, and Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA Boys
Collin County
McKinney
Women’s Society Meeting at First Methodist Church
The Women’s Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist Church will meet at 3 30 p m Monday in the home of Mrs Olivia Whedbee with Mrs Glenn Doss as leader. Mr and Mrs H M Gentry attended a banquet in Ector Friday night honoring Ector school faculty members. The First Baptist Church Brotherhood will meet Friday night March 18 at 7 30 with a rally for men ahead of the revival. a revival themed program will follow refreshments and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society of Christian Service
The
First Methodist Church
Olivia Whedbee
Glenn Doss
H. M. Gentry
Ector
Ector School
Ector School Board of Trustees
Gentry
First Baptist Church Brotherhood
Tea Honoring Mrs. James Stuteville at Grover Stuteville Home
A Saturday afternoon tea hosted by Mrs Grover Stuteville honored her daughter in law Mrs James Stuteville, bride recently. Guests from Paris Fort Worth Dallas Leonard and others attended a formal reception with flowers, lace cloth, and a dining room service arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Stuteville
James Stuteville
Minnie Patterson
G. C. Wall
Wilson Kaiser
Thomas Sears
O. V. Barker
Boyd Newman
Robert Sears
Homer Melton
Janis Horton
Margaret Hight
B. W. Newman
Clay Horton
Sallye Hamilton
Rotary Club program features Negro school students
Rotary Club luncheon featured J. L. Huckaby directing a program by four teen students from the Negro school. They presented songs readings and a duet including Swing Low Sweet Chariot. Roger Wheeler announced Red River Valley Livestock Show dates in Sherman April 18 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Montgomery
Whitewright High School
Rotary Club
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Red River Valley
Pan American Day at Friday Literary Club
Friday afternoon the Friday Literary Club met at Mrs. C J Meadors home with hostesses Mrs C J Meador and Mrs Jack Meador. Pan American Day featured a roll call of Facts About Pan America and a program led by Mrs James Bryant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Meador
Jack Meador
Pan America
James Bryant
Grady Gillett
Gladys Ray
Alton McDowell
Texas
Lena Mae Gowdy
Olivia Whedbee
Bowman Mrs Mattie Elizabeth dies in Whitewright
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Mattie Elizabeth Bowman 85 of Whitewright. She died Monday at her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Charlie Tree home. Burial followed at Cross Roads Cemetery. Born November 9 1863 in Jonesborough Arkansas to Thomas Jackson McCrackin. She married at Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross Roads Presbyterian Church
Whitewright
Mattie Elizabeth Bowman
Charlie Tree
Thurman Healey
Whitewright Church
Ark
Thomas Jackson McCrackin
Decatur
Bowman Family in Texas Civilian Death Notice 1887
Sanders C Bowman arrived in Texas in 1885 and Gray son County in 1898. She belonged to the Church of Christ. Survived by daughter and two sons Ben Bowman of Whitewright and E A Bowman of Dallas, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders C. Bowman
Texas
Grayson County
Church of Christ
Ben Bowman
Whitewright
E. A. Bowman
Dallas
Funeral services held for Eva Lewis Sears 79
Mrs Eva Lewis Sears 79 died at home Monday at 2 45 p m Funeral services were held at First Presbyterian Church with Rev James I Logan and Rev Wel don R Drake officiating Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery under Glen Earnheart direction Active pallbearers were R A Gillett John Reeves Jack Farley Paul Stephens Vaden Bush and Oran Sears She was born near Winters Texas December 22 1869 daughter of I N Lewis She married T H Sears August 5 1903 He died September 28 1942 She lived near Whitewright for 45 years Survivors include a step daughter Mrs L B Holland Wichita Falls and three step sons Bob Sears Whitewright Byron Sears Myra Ona Sears and four sisters Miss Lola Lewis Mrs S J Smith of Ingram Mrs A P Beard Tahoka
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Lewis Sears
First Presbyterian Church
James I. Logan
Weldon R. Drake
First Baptist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
R. A. Gillett
John Reeves
Jack Farley
Paul Stephens
Vaden Bush
Oran Sears
Davis of Hatchel Families Noted in Obituary Fragment
Mrs. A B Davis of Hatchel Runnels County and four grandchildren are named in the readable obituary fragment. Geraldine Ernest of Abilene Marvin L Majors of Colorado City Colorado Robert Gaston of Silverton and Lt R L Gaston of the U S Navy are listed among relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Davis
Hatchel
Runnels County
Geraldine Ernest
Abilene
Marvin L. Majors
Colorado City
Colo
Robert Gaston
Silverton
R. L. Gaston
U. S. Navy
Denny D. McLarry Dies in Dallas After Long Insurance Career
Denny Dowel McLarry, longtime Dallas Home Insurance Co. employee and former Trenton youth, died in Dallas Thursday of last week. Funeral services were held in Dallas Saturday with burial at Hillcrest Mausoleum. He is survived by wife Ethel McLarry, son Richard H. McLarry, daughters Mrs. Jerry Bywaters and Mrs. William N. Neary, sister Mrs. D. L. Dawson of Tulsa, nephew Carl H. Hunt, and eight grandchildren. Mrs. McLarry was born Ethel Hopkins of Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny Dowel McLarry
Trenton
Ed McLarry
Dallas
Home Insurance Co
Hillcrest Mausoleum
Ethel McLarry
Richard H. McLarry
Jerry Bywaters
William N. Neary
D. L. Dawson
Tulsa
Okla
Carl H. Hunt
McLarry
Ethel Hopkins
Whitewright
Whitewright Youth Receives West Point Alternate Appointment
Bobby Neal Witt of Milford is named first alternate for West Point by Congressman Teague. Witt, a 1945 Whitewright High School honor graduate, entered the Army Air Corps after graduation. The report notes the average Pacific Ocean depth as two and a half miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Neal Witt
C. S. Witt
Milford
Whitewright
West Point
Olin E. Teague
Bobby
Army Air Corps
Pacific Ocean
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Sweetwater
A. M. Drake
Bonham Hospital
T. E. Barbee
East Grand Avenue
Sam Massey
Ely
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A. H. Fortner
E. E. Carter
Whitesboro
Clyde Gibson
Son
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Mrs. C. J. Waites
Little Son of
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J. B. King
Sherman Hospital
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Shirley McCoy
D. E. McCoy
Russell Summers
Denton
al Petty
Ina Mae Perkins
Duncan, Okla
L. A. Dossey
Edgar W. White Jr
E. W. White
E. F. Everheart
Fitz Bryant
A. J. Fiorini
New Orleans
W. E. LaRoe
W. M. Monday
Helena, Ark
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S. H. Montgomery
Sam Jr
Houston
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Clovis, New Mexico
Betty Ann Darwin
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J. P. Darwin
A. N. McCoy
Tim McCoy
Odessa
J. D. Russell
Russell
M. Belew
Caney
Kansas
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Oklahoma
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Lynn Sinclair
Doyle Keith Wilcox
Sherman
T. C. Collins
Garnett Collins
Tommie
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Ane
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J. B. Hamilton
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
A. B. Jones
Mr. Jones
L. B. Head
Sun Office
Will Boone
Mayfair Macaulay
J. L. Boone
Jewell Boone
Mr. Boone
Manuel Alexander
Trenton Board of Trustees
Alexander
Sunnyhill
Jim Brown
Rex Brown
Jimmye Brown
Arlington
C. A. Sutton
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Denny D. McLarry
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