The Longview Daily News, Tues., Sept. 3, 1940:

Funeral services for Mrs. W. R. MIDDLETON of Longview will be held at 4 PM Tuesday at First Baptist church here with Dr. John I. Whorton, pastor, and the Rev. C.L. Porter of Longview officiating. Burial will follow in Grace Hill cemetery.

Mrs. Middleton’s body arrived here Monday, accompanied by her daughter Mrs. Edwin Martin of Los Angeles, California. Gaines Shoults, her son, arrived by automobile Tuesday from Calif.