Timms Rites For 93 Year-Old Runnels County Resident
Mrs. G W Timms 93 longtime Runnels County resident died Friday January 12 at Merrill Rest Home Winters. Funeral services were held Sunday at Spill Memorial Chapel with Rev Billy Swindler and Rev Harry Grantz officiating. Burial followed at Lakeview Cemetery. She was born October 16 1874 in Mississippi and moved with family to Arkansas in 1882 then Texas in 1890 settling at De Leon. She married Mr Timms November 10 1892 at De Leon. The family moved in 1905.
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Spill ‘Memorial Chapel
George W. Timms
Runnels County
Billy J. Swindler
Seventh Street Baptist Church
Ballinger
Harry Grantz
First Baptist Church
Winters
Lakeview
Timms
Merrill Rest Home
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
de Leon
Timms Family Edges Through Generations in Winters Notice
The Timms couple celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary on November 10 1967. Mr. Timms died November 29 1967 and a son J E died December 13 1967. Mrs Timms a First Baptist Winters member survived by four sons R V Ballinger H G Petersburg J L Lubbock W O Muleshoe and three daughters Mrs Carl Wood Ballinger Mrs May Kidd Lamesa and Mrs Walter Thorp Santa Ana California. Also listed are one brother John Browning Gorman one sister Lizzie Shaggs Gorman 22 grandchildren 64 great grandchildren and nine great great grandchildren.
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Runnels
Eagle Branch
Winters
Comanche County
Wingate
Family expresses gratitude for sympathy and support
The Bridwell family thanks everyone for comforting sympathy and help after their sorrow. They especially thank the nurses at Merrill Nursing Home and Winters Hospital, Dr. Mc Creight, and all who sent cards and visits.
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Merrill Nursing Home
Winters Hospital
McCreight
E. T. Bridwell
Paper money composition notes 75 percent cotton fiber
A reader states that paper money is actually made of 75 percent cotton fiber. The claim highlights the material composition of currency.
Muslims of ancient Dacca were the sheerest ever known
A brief remark describes the Muslims of ancient Dacca as exceptionally austere and devout, highlighting their reputed simplicity and piety as a defining historical trait.
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Dacca
Funeral for G L Dunnam Held at First Baptist Church
Funeral services for Grady L. Dunnam 70 were held Friday at 3 p m from the First Baptist Church. Rev Harry Grantz officiated. burial followed at Lakeview Cemetery. Dunnam died Monday at Winters Municipal Hospital after a short illness. He was born August 7 1897 in Glen Cove and lived in Winters for many years. He and Pearl Campbell married in 1924, later moving to Winters. He worked in groceries and a cafe, then retired. Survivors include his wife eight sons fifteen grandchildren three brothers and a sister.
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First Baptist Church
Grady L. Dunnam
Harry Grantz
Lakeview Cemetery
Spill Funeral Home
Dunnam
Winters Municipal Hospital
Glen Cove
John W
Elizabeth Cave Dunnam
Hylton
Pearl Campbell
Eliasville
Winters
The
Baptist Church
R. G
Big Spring
Bobby Joe
Graham
Dennis Ray
Ballinger
Kenneth
Vietnam
Jerry Wayne
Santa Barbara
Calif
J. B
Ronnie
W. E. Dunnam
Hamlin
Rube H. Dunnam
Phoenix
Ariz
Joe Dunnam
Anna Booker
Rodney Dunnam
J. T. Dunnam
Jim Dunnam
Bill Hoppe
G. W. Dunnam
W. J. Briley
Funeral Monday in Spill Chapel for Mrs Bridwell
Services were held at 10 30 a m Monday in Spill Memorial Chapel for Mrs Ellis T Bridwell 84 longtime Winters resident Officiating were the Rev Harry Grantz and the Rev Roy Crawford Burial followed She died Saturday morning January 13 in Winters Municipal Hospital after a brief illness Born January 13 1884 in Wise County she married Mr Bridwell October 8 1899 in Campbell They moved to Winters in 1906 and had lived there since Survivors include two sons Ernel of Dayton Ohio and Garland of Wichita Falls four daughters Mrs Willis Hawkins Mrs Pearl Spears of San Angelo Mrs Fred Ballard of Haskell and Mrs Bill Moore of Winters one sister Mrs Eric Walker of San Angelo 18 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren Grandsons were pallbearers
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Spill Memorial Chapel
Ellis T. Bridwell
Winters
Harry Grantz
First Baptist Church
Roy Crawford
Lakeview Cemetery
Bridwell
Winters Municipal Hospital
Wise County
Campbell
The
Baptist Church
Ernel
Dayton
Ohio
Garland
Wichita Falls
Willis Hawkins
Pearl Spears
San Angelo
Fred . Ballard
Haskell
Bill Moore
Eric Walker
Former Deputy Died Here Friday in Merrill Rest Home
Benjamin F. Curry, 91, ex Runnels County deputy sheriff, died Friday night at Merrill Rest Home after a heart attack. Funeral Sunday at Spill Memorial Chapel with Rev. Bill Swindler officiating. burial in Wilmeth Cemetery. Born October 27, 1876 in Kentucky, he lived in Texas from youth, married Isabelle Witte, and had a long career across Coleman and Stephenville areas. He retired in 1955 and was a real estate man in Stephenville.
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Benjamin F. Curry
Runnels
Merrill Rest
Spill Memorial Chapel
Bill Swindler
Seventh Street Baptist ‘Church
Ballinger
Wilmeth
Kentucky
Texas
McLennan
Isabelle Witte
Coleman County
Norton
Stephenville
Coleman
Curry
Coleman Baptist
Runnels County
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al Tut
Enterprise
G. W. Timms
Abilene
Bud Hicks
of Sevi
Insurance Agency
Dale
FORD
Pontiac
Nice
Chevrolet
Ford Pickup
G.L. Dunnam
Spill Chapel
Mrs. Bridwell
Libby
Rosedale
Libby’s
Carnation
Asia
van Camp
California
Florida
Kraft Half Moon Cheese
Morton
Zee
Arkerhouse
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