Obituary William Bomar Tapp From Research Conducted at the Nicholas P. Sims Library, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas September 20, 2003 by Debbi Rodgers   Waxahachie Enterprise, Feb. 19, 1904 In loving memory of our father, William Bomar Tapp, son of William F. and Mary Ann Tapp, born in Spartanburg, S. C. Sept. 6, 1850. When he was a small child his parents moved to southern Georgia and later to Summerville, Ga., where  (at age 21)he married Miss Almeda Harper Sept. 26, 1871.  Nine childrenwere born; tree died in infancy.  The six living are J. B. Tapp, Fannie Giles wife of Meredith Giles, Della Harvey, wife of Oren Harvey, W. H. and E. J. Tapp. William Tapp came to Texas Jan. 8, 1887, first settling in Hill County, but moved to Ellis County the same year where he lived until his death.  He was returned from a meeting of the Masonic Grand Lodge at Waco wen he was stricken with pneumonia on the night of his return, and was sick for only two weeks, when he died Dec. 21, 1903, aged 53 years, three months and six days.  He leaves a wife, six children and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn.  He was a devoted husband, loving father and faithful member of the Missionary Baptist Church at Avalon. Maggie Tapp   Copyright © 2003-2017, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:21:13 MDT