Bluff Creek Cemetery Keeps Pioneer Legacy Alive in Texas
Ella Goble, longtime Bluff Creek trustee, highlights the cemetery’s history from Bluff Creek settlement to its preservation efforts. The piece recalls early settlers, Confederate veterans, and tales of Native incursions, with Goble’s family ties and decades of teaching work shaping the community’s memory.
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Bluff Creek
Taylor County
Runnels County
Drasco
Ella Goble
W. Dale
William H. Hutson
Press Brewer
Goble
Mrs. Martin Andrae 62 Died in Merrill Nursing Home
Mrs. Martin Andrae age 62 died at 7 35 a m Friday in Merrill Nursing Home after months of illness. Funeral 2 30 p m Sunday Spill Memorial Chapel with Rev A L Creel and Rev Charles Steinberg officiating. Burial Lakeview Cemetery. Born Lillian Horton August 25 1913 in Comanche County. Married Tom Smith in Coke County 1933 and Martin Andrae in 1957. Survived by son Thomas W. Smith Jr of Breckenridge. daughter Mrs Richard Hamilton of Winters. two foster daughters. two brothers. a sister. 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Pallbearers listed. Family thanks friends for sympathy and memorials. The family of Earl White Leola White and son Dick Holmes. 35-11p.
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Martin Andrae
Merrill Nursing Home
Spill Memorial Chapel
A.L. Creel
Beeville
Charles Steinberg
Winters Assembly of God Church
Lakeview Cemetery
Lillian Horton
Comanche County
Tom Smith
Coke County
Winters Pentecostal Church
Thomas W. Smith Jr
Breckenridge
Richard Hamilton
Winters
Lucile Cate
San Angelo
Dorothy Devine
Pottsville
Joe E. Horton
Crane
R.C. Horton
Andrews
Leo Savage
Arkansas
E.A. Lancaster
Kingsville
Evie Fenwick
Roy Calcote
Leon Hilliard
Glen Hoppe
Weldon Mills
Elby F. Miller Jr
Bobby Staggs
Weathering rain and social visits in West Texas communities
The piece recounts rainfall up to three inches on several farms and tanks filling, followed by a long list of social visits and family events. Dennis McBeth takes over Wendland Ranch at Rock Springs, and Mark Jacob turns four with a birthday supper. Numerous families from Snyder, Ballinger, Winters, Abilene, and nearby towns are noted visiting, hosting, and traveling between households.
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Robert Gerhart
Therone Osborne
L.a.faubion
Ballinger
Dennis McBeth
Wendland Ranch
Rock Springs
Texas
Walter Jacob
Mark Jacob
Herbert Jacob
Andrew Michalewicz
Gary Jacob
Mary Beth
Jan Jacob
Kathy Helms
Snyder
Larry Calcotes
Jim
Marion Woods
Ella Phipps
Chester McBeth
North Runnels Hospital
Walter Jacobs
Mike Kozelsky
Brenda Jacob
San Angelo
Blanton
Chen Wieshuhn
Wall
Daniel Sturbe
Arthur Allcorn
Dub Hale
Abilene
Ira Hale
Miles
Charles Allcorn
Winters
Marchel Belsher
Card of Thanks from Winters residents
Card thanks community board members and neighbors for help moving into home and office and for food. They are glad to be back in Winters. Also notes visits from Ballinger and Hatchel residents and Coleman relatives.
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Texas Press
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the Winters Enterprise
Richard C. Thomas
Runnels
Tax Inc
POE
Gun Point
Major Griffith
Texas Rangers
Priscilla Broughton
John Griffith
R. C. Lyon
J. W. Holliday
Joe Bishop
Mr. Holliday
Coleman
Rangers
Halley and Love Sanitarium
Moro
Ella
Hatchel
Lawn
Independence School
Berry Flat
O'Donnell
Marion Goble
Shellburn
Indiana
Buford Owens House
Z. I. Hale
Floyd Millorn
Charles Dry
Thelma Hoppe
Dr. McCreight
Earl White
Leola White
Dick Holmes
King Size Wallet
West Broadway
Grandpa
Grandma
Dad
Mom
Ges
Shugart
Our
M.H
Mason
Barker Farm
Jones County, Texas
M.H. Barker
I.H.C. L.P
John Deere
L.P. Tractor
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H.C
I.H.C
Tex Herr
S.W.B
W.B
Handy-Ann of
Clyde Brevards
Christoval
Elsie Kirby
Cecil McDaniel
Fort Worth
Dessie Fisher
E.w.bridwell
Calvin Hoppe
Charlie Gerhart
Lometa
Gus Gerhart
Oaks
Willis
Lorena Clark
N.L
Lelon Bryan
Vicky of
Douglas Bryans
Jim Matthews
Kris
Odie Matthews
Keith Collum
Professional Directory
Z. J. Hale
Optometrist
MO. W. Norman
C. R. Bolts
N. Rogers
Imen
Winters State Bank
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