The Longview Daily News, Tues., March 30, 1943:

Mrs. Lida Mae RANKIN, 64, of 604 Buchanan Street, died in a local hospital at 5 PM on 
Monday following a short illness. She had been a resident of Longview for about three 
years, living with her son Emmett R. Rankin.

Funeral services will be held at 4 PM Tuesday at Trinity Episcopal Church with Dr. E. 
W. M. Johnson, rector, in charge, assisted by Dr. Henry Selcer of Marshall. Burial will 
be in Memory Park.

In addition to her son here, Mrs. Rankin is survived by another son, Bolton S. Rankin 
of Annapolis, Maryland; three grandchildren; a sister Mrs. Walter Hurd of Dallas, and 
a brother Lawrence Bolton of Dallas.