Final Rites for Rufus Wimberley in San Marcos
Funeral services for Rufus Wimberley 81 were held at the Pennington Memorial Chapel with Rev. J B Young officiating. Interment followed at San Marcos City Cemetery. He died December 28 at Hays Memorial Hospital and was born November 26 1888 in Wimberley to Zachariah and Mary Wimberley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Wimberley
Pennington Memorial Chapel
J. B. Young
San Marcos City
Mr. Wimberley
Hays Memorial Hospital
Wimberley
Zachariah Taylor Wimberley
Mary Elizabeth Calhoun Wimberley
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos
Vernon
Chestnut
Vernon Alberta Wimberley
Charles Weldon Wimberley
Albert Stanley Wimberley
Lawton
Okla
Rufus Kinney Wimberley
Austin
S. J. Pyland
Minta Hughes
San Antonio
Edgar
The Old and the New sermon note by Brother J B Young
The piece urges leaving last year behind and facing the new year with resolve. It references biblical journeys from Horeb to Canaan and Philippians to urge action today. It emphasizes personal responsibility to improve community, state, nation, and world through faith and effort in this new decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Young
God
Horeb
Mt. Seir
Kadesh-Barnea
Paul
Christ Jesus
Womens Guild at Chapel Holds December Meeting
The Womens Guild of the Chapel in-the-Hills met December 3 in the Fellowship Hall to honor 1970 officers with a luncheon. Retiring officers included Jodie Wahrmund and Celeste Ewing along with others, and incoming officers were installed by Irma Arnold with Hiawatha Crosslin as chairwoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiawatha Crosslin
Womens Guild of the
Chapel in-the-Hills
Guild
Jodie Wahrmund
Celeste Ewing
Laura Suba
Bee Avey
Kitty Winn
Grace Meredity
Velma Johnson
Sybil Westmoreland
Housekeeping
Anne Pettle
Julie Kidd
Ruth Lowery
Edith Saunders
Verna Trainer
Adelia Scudder
Christian Service
Lenore Box
Julie Mott
Laura Eldridge
Edna Boone
Grace
Brute Meredith
Irene
Dick Rainey
Helen Monnett
Diary Excerpts Reveal Early U S Cavalry Trek Into Texas
The 1855 march of the Second U S Cavalry led by Col Albert Sidney Johnston aimed to subdue the Comanche and secure West Texas. Eliza Johnston’s diary details camps from Indian Territory to Texas, interactions with settlers and Native peoples, and the Johnston family's move into Texas with young Maggie proclaiming the new homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Sidney Johnston
U.S. Cavalry
West Texas
Missouri
Texas
Johnston
Eliza
Chronicles of
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Historical Society
Spring Creek
Leos
Indian Territory
Fort Gibson
Womens Missionary Union meeting schedule is set
The Womens Missionary Union of the First Baptist Church meets the first, second, and third Wednesdays each month at 3:00 PM in the Recreation Hall. In 1970 president Arlene Young. Royal Service chair Madge Czichos. book reviews chair Mrs. Royce Baker. third Wednesday features Bible study chaired by Mrs. Aubrey Snodgrass. Every fifth Wednesday visits Hill side Manor in San Marcos with program and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens Missionary Union of the First Baptist Church
Arlene Young
Royal Service
Madge Czichos
Royce Baker
Foreign Missionary Service
Aubrey Snodgrass
WMU
San Marcos
Hillside Manor
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. Wimberley
Womens Guild
Trail of
Red River
Preston
Maggie
Johnstons
Womens Missionary Union
Paradise Hills
Tex
Aradise Hills
Carl N. Brinkley, Inc
Slaughter
Canyon City
Buckaneers
Fisherman’s
Canyon Lake
Hiway
Weaqe RS
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