Whitewright News Roundup 1916 Local Happenings
Citizens share a photo of the old dress factory while readers identify individuals. The Whitewright Electric Co adds equipment aiming for 24 hour service in summer and weekday all day service in winter. Easter 1916 falls April 23. mayor-elect F M Echols wins 133 to 102. Lorin and Goldie Smith win $10.90 prizes in Dallas corn contest. Dr Wilbur Carter returns from New York focusing on ENT work. Wiedemann and Fowler carnival comes to town next week with City Band sponsorship. City trades old fire horses for a young horse named Sam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Sun
Whitewright Electric Company
Wilbur Carter
New York City
Carter
Whitewright
Obituary: Mrs Jeanne Wolfe McNeese Dies in Cyprus Calif
Final rites were held at Key Memorial Methodist Church for Mrs. Jeanne Wolfe McNeese a 4 year old house wife who died Wednesday morning in Cyprus California Her husband Hugh W McNeese survives with one son Walley of Cyprus Her mother Lena Wolfe of Whitewright three brothers Joe Bill Freddie Wolfe and sister Mrs M L Burnaman of Springs Texas Also daughter in law of Rev and Mrs Lawrence E Smith of Bells Burial at Memorial Park Cemetery Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key Memorial Methodist Church
Jeanne Wolfe McNeese
Cyprus
Calif
Henry Mood
Jerry Dulaney
Memorial Park Cemetery
Jack Sherman
Jame Sherman
David Burns
Tom Contellas
H. C
Bill Smith
Winford Zimmerman
Hugh W. McNeese
Sherman
Lawrence E. Smith
Bells
Walley McNeese
Lena Wolfe
Whitewright
Joe Wolfe
Bill Wolfe
Freddy Wolfes
M. L. Burnaman
Springs Texas
Miss Garnette Hudspeth obituary in Oklahoma nursing home
Miss Garnette Hudspeth formerly of Whitewright died Sunday in Atokas Oklahoma a nursing home Funeral services were held in Durante Oklahoma Monday at 10 am Born September 1883 in Whitewright she was reared there and attended Grayson College Survivors include two sisters in law Mrs C W Pope Whitewright and Mrs Robert Gordon Austin
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Garnette Hudspeth
Whitewrights
Atokas Okla
Durante Okla
Whitewrighte
Miss Hudspeth
Whitewright
Grayson College
C.W. Pope
Robert Gordon
Austin
All College Rodeo second place at East Texas State University
Bob Darwins on a junior at East Texas State University in Commerce placed second in the All College Rodeo roping event with a time of 14.2 and earned 100.80 dollars in prize money. Trainer Carl Braswell rode the horse, with Dallas visitor Mrs. Aston Smith among recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.G. Alexander
Euell Alexander
Ft. Worthe
Larry Harris
Lisa
LaFarge- Villes N.Y
James Alexander
Garland
L.E. Alexander
Whitewright
Bob Darwinson
J.P. Darwine
East Texas State University
Commerces
Carl Braswell
Aston Smith
Dallas
John McAlester
Ar. Homer Gentry
R.E. Pierce
Harlie Annip
Slaton
Loreen Hitte
Dona Wilkersone
William and
Don Ann
Lubbocks
Hubert Bond
Lewisville
Ouida Harris
Sunday Visits and Local Memorials in Grayson County
Sunday guests included Bill Browns and grandson Davie of Mesquite, Ronnie Hendrix of Denison with his sisters, Jack Hicks and daughters from Sherman, and Charles Lorance of Tyler visiting his sister. Decoration Day was observed at Vittitoe and Blue Ridge Cemeteries. A Texas civil action in Grayson County names Willie Gary Rich and Leslie Rich vs Louis Gassion et al seeking title and possession of Sunny Side Addition Lots 9 and 10 in Denison.
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Pilot Groves
Iith District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Willie Gary Rich
Leslie T. Rich
Grayson
State of Texas
Sunny Side
Denison
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Sun
F.M. Echols
Commercial Clubs
W.M. Coxe
Lorin Smith
Goldie Smith
Wiedemann and Fowler
Whitewright City
Old
Sam
Edwards
Chevrolet
Earnheart
Paul Stephens
Jeanne McNeese
Grover C. Brown
Bill Browns
Davie
Mesquite
Ronnie Hendrix
Mrs. C
Clyde Whitworths
Jack Hicks
Sam Cook
Pilot Grove
Louis Gasson
Alice Gasson
John Gary
Alice Gary
John Gary, Jr
Pauline Gary
Louis Gasson ET AL
A.D
E.R. Brodhead
Gladys Hamilton
Whitewright Riding Club
I.R.A
Whitewright, Texas
Wing Rodeo CO
Gerald Smith
Bogota, Texas
Rodeo Headquarters
Highway
Meador’s
Wolfe Bros
Monsanto
Caraway Bros
Dawson Propane Inc
Whitewright Lumber CO
Community Cable CO. OF
NO. Tex
U.K
Whitewright Nursing Hom
Bob Meisenbach
Carl Edwards
Nicelys Mobil Station
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