Chief Wofford Police Veteran Dies May 11 1938

Chief Wofford Police Veteran Dies at Athens

Athens, Texas
May 11, 1938

Jack I. Wofford, 66, who served Athens as Chief of police more than thirty years and
who had forty years of service as a peace officer in Henderson County to his credit,
died Wednesday morning. He was a member of one of the county’s pioneer and best-known
families and was known to thousands of East Texans as the Chief. He was Athens first City
Marshall on its incorporation in 1901 and had served in that capacity almost continuously since.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at the home, conducted by the Rev. M. L. Fuller,
pastor of the First Baptist Church, and Dr. W. G. Fletcher, pastor of the First Methodist Church.
City offices will be closed all day.
Wofford was born at Ladonia, Fannin County, but had lived in this county since a child. He was a son
of the late Capt. J. H. Wofford, pioneer Sheriff of Henderson County. He is survived by his wife and
four sisters, Mrs. C. E. Coleman of Mabank, Mrs. J. J. Powers of Waco, Mrs. W. T. Carrol of Athens
and Mrs. Guy Green of Waurika, Okla.

Note: Death Records Show
Jack Irvine Wofford
B. Dec 13 1871
D. May 11 1938

Parents: John Henry Wofford and Mary Turner

Henderson County Cemetery Records Show Burial
Athens City Cemetery

Researched by LGC

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