Kimble County, TX - Obituaries,
Cunningham,
Ruth Allsup, 1967 Thursday, April 20, 2000
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Mrs. Cunningham Buried SundayThe Junction Eagle, Monday, May
13, 1967(with permission of publisher) Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth
Allsup Cunningham were held Sunday, May 12, at 2 p.m. in Hodges-Fife Chapel
with the Rev. C. W. Shaefer, Pentecostal minister officiating. Interment
was in the Junction cemetery. Mrs. Cunningham was born May 21, 1900
in Edwards County. She moved to Kimble County in 1902with her parents,
the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Allsup. She died in a Fredericksburg hospitalFriday
after a three day stay, although she had been in bad health over a year.
In September, 1918, she was married to William S. Cunningham. Mr. Cunningham
died Oct. 22,1965. She was a member of the Pentecostal Church.
Survivors are a son, A. W. Cunningham of Junction; four daughters, Mrs. Horst
Wendlandt, Mrs. Burl Bates, Mrs. Leroy Nixon and Mrs. Lonnie Patton, all
of Junction; two sisters, Mrs.Matt Burt and Mrs. M. Ferris, both of Junction;
three brothers, Tom, Robert and Lum Allsup,all of Junction; eight grandchildren
and one great grandchild, Ken Parris. Pallbearers were nephews; Andrew
Burt of Killeen, Britton Burt, Tommy Allsup, Edgar Gaverand Chevis Wyatt,
all of Junction, and Henry Allsup of the Air Force.
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Cunningham,
W. S., 1965 Thursday, August 24, 2000
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The Junction Eagle, thursday, October 28, 1965 Used with permission
W. S. Cunningham, Buried Sunday William Spruill Cunningham,
Sr. 67, retired state highway employee, died in his home, 206 South 15th
St., at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 22, after a longillness. Funeral service
was held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, 1965 atHodges-Fife Funeral Home Chapel,
with burial in Junction Cemetery. Mr. Cunningham had been a maintenance
man with the Texas highway departmentand was a Kimble County esident for
48 years, retiring from his work abouttwo years ago. He was born Sept.
29, 1898, at Point Blank, and married ElmaRuth Allsup Sept. 11, 1918.
He was a member of the Pentecostal Church and the Men's Bible Class.
Heparticiapated in Junction's annual Easter Pageant every year until last
spring. Survivors include his wife: a son, William S. Cunningham, Jr.;
four daughtersMrs. Helen Parris, Mrs. Burl Bates, Mrs. Leroy Nixon, and Mrs.
Lonnie Patton;a sister, Mrs. Vernon Hillhouse of Willow Springs; seven grandchildren
andone great grandchild. Rev. C. W.Schaefer and W. W. Leamons officiated
at the funeral services. Pallbearers were Jim Butler of Sterling City,
Charlie Taylor of Devine, B. C.Camp, Luther Jones, C. C. Goodman, and Frank
Goodman, all of Junction.
Card of Thanks Our sincere thanks and deep gratitude to the many friends
who were so kindand thoughtful to us during the long illness and recent loss
of our loved one.Our gratitude to Dr. Wm. Katzenstein, the Pentecostal Church,
Hodges-FifeFuneral Home and Marvin Skaggs for their many kindnesses.
May God's richestblessings abide with you. Mrs. Bill Cunningham & children.
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Curtis,
T. N., 1941 Tuesday, August 1, 2000
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Found in the scrapbook belonging to the late Margaret Griffen Harrison,
Junction, Texas (Name of paper not given)
Death Claims
T. N. Curtis at Segovia Jan. 31 T. N. Curtis
died at his home at Segovia, Friday, January 31 after an illnessof several
months. Funeral services were held at the Junction Baptist Church,Saturdy
afternoon, February 1, Rev. James J. Kellam officiating. Funeralarrangements
were under the direction of Smith Funeral Home of Kerrville. Interment
was made in the Junction Cemetery. The following served as pall bearers:
Frank Curtis, Joe Bissett, M. D. Pinkerton, Walter Savage, Odie Wright and
C. F. Chenault. T. N. Curtis was born in Bentonville, Arkansas, February
4, 1872, but moved toTexas in early manhood. He was married to Miss
Ella Clarinda Thomas at Eastland,Texas, January 3, 1892, and to this union
were born three sons and two daughters.His wife, Mrs. T. N. Curtis, and children,
Louis, Ray and William Curtis ofJunction, Mrs. H. D. Henderson, Junction
and Mrs. L. H. Murrah, Deming, New Mexico,survive. He is also survived
by two brothers, George Curtis, Upton, California, and W. A. Curtis, Junction;
16 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He united with the Baptist
Church in San Saba county in 1895, and remained inthat faith until his death.
The Curtis family moved to Kimble county in 1895 where Mr. Curtis spent the
rest of his life.
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Crumbley,
Jack, 1947 Tuesday, August 1, 2000
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Found in the scrapbook belonging to the late Margaret Griffen Harrison,
Junction, Texas (Name of paper not given)
JACK CRUMBLEY DIES TUESDAY Fuenral
services for Jessie Jackson (Jack) Crumbley, who died Tuesday evening at
6:15 in a San Angelo hospital were held Wednesday at 4 p.m. from the Junction
Baptist Church with the Rev. Olen D. Welch, minister, and Walter W. Leamons,
Church of Christ minister, officiating. The Hodges Funeral Home had
charge of arrangements. Burial was made in the Junction Cemetery.
Crumbley, a truck line owner and operator, was admitted to the hospital Sunday
after a lingering illness. He was born in McCulloch County on March
22, 1898, a son of Jefferson Crumbley and Janie Reed Crumbley. He was
married in Junction on August 13, 1930, to Miss Elvey Land of Ballinger.
He had resided here 25 years. Survivors include the widow; twin sons,
Billy Dan and Jackie Gene; one daughter, Judy Darlene; two brothers, Tom
and Joe; and three sisters: Mrs. Vida Garcia and Mrs. Dollie Fisher of Douglas,
Arizona, and Mrs. Beulah West of Ballinger. Pall bearers were Leslie
Schoolcraft, Robert Dodd, Milton Cavaness, Jack Odiorne, Jr., Earl Taylor,
Ivon Bowers, Joe Taylor and Albert Lane Hodges.
D
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Davis, Mrs. Ben, 1948 Sunday, July 30, 2000
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Found in the scrapbook belonging to the late Margaret Griffen Harrison, Junction,
Texas
(Name of paper not given)
MRS. BEN DAVIS IS BURIED HERE NOVEMBER 11 Funeral services
for Mrs. Ben F. Davis, 78, who died in a San Antonio hospital Wednesday morning,
November 10, were held Thursday, November 11, at 3 p.m. from theCollege Street
Church of Christ with Walter W. Leamons, minister, officiating. Mrs.
Davis, who had been in declining health several years, suffered severalstrokes
while receiving hospitalization the past three months. She had been
aJunction resident for 20 years, moving here from Hext with her husband,
who died in May 1930. Her brother John McPeters made his home with
her. A sister-in-lawMrs. W. S. McPeters was an invalid in the Davis
home several years before her death in 1946. A sister Mrs. Lou Gillette
was living there at the time of her death last year. A native of Bee
County, Mrs. Davis was born Cynthia Ann McPeters, August 4, 1870,and named
for the cousin Cynthia Ann Parker of pioneer fame. She moved to Kimblewith
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John McPeters in 1877, grew up on Johnson Fork
ofthe Llano and was married on James River. She and her husband later
moved to MenardCounty where they farmed and at one time operated a
general mercantile and grocery store in Hext. She had been a member
of the Church of Christ about 60 years. Survivors include the brother,
four nieces, four nephews, and a number of great nieces and nephews.
Pall bearers were S. O. Durst, Dan Fairley, C. W. Walker, Clay Secrest, Elmer
Harrison and C. L. Bishop.
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Davis,
Mrs. Mary Agnes, 1938 Tuesday, December 12, 2000
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Del Rio, Tex., Sept. 15. -
Mrs. Mary Agnes Davis, 82, mother
of BranickDavis of Brackettville, and grandmother of Mrs. Alexa Williams
of thiscity died Wednesday at 9:16 p.m. at her son's ranch home near Brackettville
where she had been critically ill for two weeks. Funeral services were
held at Junction Friday at 4 p.m. from the residence of her son-in-law, W.
W. Taylor, the Rev. Crofoot of the Presbyterian Church officiating.
The funeral party left for JunctionThursday noon. Survivors of Mrs.
Davis are one son Branick Davis of Brackettville;two daughters, Mrs. W. W.
Taylor of Junction and Mrs. W R. Davis ofGoliad; 16 grandchildren including
Mrs. Alexa Williams and one greatgranddaughter.
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Dockery,
Mrs. Ada, 1949 Monday, July 31, 2000
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Found in the scrapbook belonging to the late Margaret Griffen Harrison, Junction,
Texas (Name of paper not
given)
Final Rites Held For
Mrs. Dockery Funeral services were
held Saturdy for Mrs. Ada Dockery, 85, from the Methodist Church with the
Rev. Milton Bohmfalk, pastor, officiating. Mrs. Dockery
died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. W. Loeffler. She
moved to Kimble shortly after the close of World War I. She received
recognition for outstanding civilian service. She was born on Olmos
Creek near San Antonio on Jan. 26, 1858, and was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Marshall M. Seay, pioneers of that section. On April 21, 1896
she was married to Allen B. Dockery, who died in 1904. She united with
the Methodist Church early in life and has been a leader in the work of the
church wherever she has lived. She had been in failing health for several
years. Survivors include: one daughter, Mrs. Loeffler; one grandchild,
Adrienne Loeffler; two brothers, Edgar and J. M. Seay of San Antonio; three
sisters, Mrs. Ida M. Webb of San Antonio, Mrs. Edna Newport of San Antonio,
and Mrs. Clara Ostrom of Phillips, and a step-son, J. E. Dockery of Uvalde.
Pallbearers were Calbert Reid, Roy Borden, Wm. Taylor, Ramsey ... (rest
of article missing)
Kimble County, TX - Obits:
Dechert,
Mrs. Anna Marie, 1953 Monday, September 25, 2000
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Junction Eagle, Dec. 4, 1953Used with permission
Funeral Services For
Mrs. Dechert Held Friday Funeral services
for Mrs. Anna Marie Dechert, 83, who had been ill the past eight months,
were held from the Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Friday with Rev.W. G. Birkner
officiating. Burial was made in the Junction Cemetery. The Hodges
Funeral Home directed. Mrs. Dechert was the widow of Willie Otto Dechert,
who died May 24, 1920.She died in her home here Thursday morning. She
had been a Kimble resident 45 years. A native of Mason Co., she was
born Aug. 12, 1870 in the Hildacommunity. She was a member of the Methodist
Church. Survivors include four sons, Elgin and Ben of Junction, Perry of
San Antonioand Clarence of Minneapolis, Minn.; three daughters, Mrs. R. L.
Becker of Junction, Mrs. R. C. Schneider of Llano county, and Mrs. V. R.
Peterman of Menard Co.; ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Pall
bearers were Hugh Schultz, Emil Hahn, Sam Eckert, Arnold Rode, Jack Price
and El Roy Dechert.
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Dunbad,
Mrs. E. O., 1941 Tuesday, August 1, 2000
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Found in the scrapbook belonging to the late Margaret Griffen Harrison, Junction,
Texas
(Name of paper not given)
Death Claims
Mrs. E. O. Dunbar in San Antonio Mrs. E.
O. Dunbar, one of Kimble county's best loved citizens, died in San Antonio
Wednesday, March 19, 1941, following a period of ill health extending back
several years. She and her husband had recently gone to San Antonio
for treatment, andfriends did not know the end was so near. The sad
news of her untimely going spread rapidly over the county where she had many
friends. Funeral services were held at the Copperas cemetery Thursday
afternoon, with theRev. James J. Kellam, pastor of the Junction Baptist Church
officiating. Smith Funeral Home of Kerrville was in charge of arrangements.
The following acted as pall bearers: Jim Carpenter, J. C. Graham, A.
G. Hodges, J. A. Parker, Wm. H. Goldberg and Herbert Simon. Mrs. E.
O. Dunbar, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Darnell, was born in San
Saba county November 3, 1878, and grew to womanhood in that county, where
she was married to Mr. Dunbar on January 14, 1897. To this union were
born four children, threesons and one daughter. The daughter, Mrs.
Nugent Weaver, died on February 14, 1931. The husband and three sons,
Ernest, Arthur and Leonard, all of Kimble county, survive.She is also survived
by five grandchildren and many other relatives who mourn her untimelyhomegoing.
In addition to the above relatives, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. Myrtle
Mullins,Kimblerly, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar and children moved to
Kimble county in May 1909, where they have lived since. For many years
she was a faithful member of the Bethel Baptist Church on the North Llano,
but in 1934, after the Bethel church ceased to hold regular services,she
and her husband united with the Junction Baptist Church. In the passing
of such a noble woman as Mrs. Dunbar, it is difficult to pay a fitting tribute.
Her every day life was embellished by the charming and lovable attributes
ofa noble Christian character. No one was more willing to aid the suffering,
cheer thedesponding, sustain the weak and to throw over the frailities of
others a mantle ofChristian charity as Mrs. Dunbar. The large crowd
... (rest of article missing).
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Dunk,
Evelyn Ada, 1941 Sunday, July 30, 2000
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Found in the scrapbook belonging to the late Margaret Griffen Harrison, Junction,
Texas
(Name of paper not given)
Evelyn Ada Dunk Dies Following Lingering Illness In the
untimely home-going of Evelyn Ada Dunk, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Dunk, after an illness of several months, unspeakable sadness has come
intothe homes not only of the parents and close relatives, but of many friends
whojoin in sympathy with loved ones in this bereavement. Funeral services
were held in the Junction Methodist Church Saturday afternoonwith Rev. Geo.
B. McCrary, pastor of the church, in charge, assisted by Rev. J. J.Kellam
of the Baptist Church. Interment was made in the Junction cemetery
with theSchreiner-Hodges Company in charge of funeral arrangements.
The floral offering was large and beautiful. The following were active
pall bearers: Ben Sigal, W. M. Rankin, Frank Rembold and F. M. Bierschwale.
Little Evelyn was born in Kimble county on September 29, 1935, and was permittedto
bring sunshine and hope into the home for only five brief years, dying March
8, 1941.She became ill several months ago, and everything was done for her
that loving hands andmedical skill could do. Her sweet smile will be
remembered by many who saw her duringher long illness which she bore bravely.
She is survived by parents, two brothers, grandparents and many other relatives.
Among out-of-town relatives to attend the funeral were the following:
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Ethridge and son, Claude, of Blanco; Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Lawler anddaughters, Irma and Mary Frances, Miss Annie Mae Dunk, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Good, Mrs. N. C.Neuner, Miss Della Ethridge, and Mrs. L. V. Crossley
of San Antonio; Mrs. S. L. Upshawand daughter, Ruth of Sonora; Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Ellebracht, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Arnold,and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kott
of Mountain Home and Mrs. George Duderstadt of Harper.
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Dunk,
F. H., 1947 Sunday, July 30, 2000
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Found in the scrapbook belonging to the late Margaret Griffen Harrison, Junction,
Texas
(Name of paper not given)
FUNERAL RITES FOR
F. H. DUNK HELD SUNDAY Funeral services
for Frank Herman Dunk, 79, retired rancher who died suddenly in his home
here Saturday morning, were held from the Methodist Church, Sunday afternoon
at3 o'clock, with Dr. W. R. McPherson, Methodist minister, officiating, assisted
by theRev. Olen D. Welch, Baptist minister. Burial was made in Copperas
Cemetery whereWoodmen rites were held. The Hodges Funeral Home had
charge of arrangements. Born in Bastrop County on August 4, 1867, Mr.
Dunk followed the occupation of ranchingand farming until he was forced by
failing health to retire 11 years ago. He was marriedto Miss Mary Steck,
also of Bastrop County, on November 25, 1891. They moved to Kimble
on November 12, 1905, and still own ranching property here, although they
moved to town when Mr. Dunk retired. He has been a member of the Methodist
Church 59 years and was aW. O. W. member. Survivors include the widow;
four daughters, Mrs. Pearl Upshaw and Miss Anna Mae Dunkof San Antonio, and
Mrs. Ella Fox and Mrs. Edna Lawler; one son, Willie; two brothers,W. H. of
Houston and John of Paige, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. R. G. Koym of Beasley
and Mrs. E. C. Behrens of Giddings; thirteen grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Pall bearers were Osborn Fox, Charlie Fox, Frank Fox, Robert Rox, Wilbur
Ray Dunk,Harold Dunk, Cecil Woodard, and Billy Russell. (Note from
Frederica: Died 8 March 1947)
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
DeYoung,
Mrs. Emma, 1949 Tuesday, August 1, 2000
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Texas
(Name of paper not given)
Mrs. Emma DeYoung Funeral Services Held May 30th Funeral
services for Mrs. Emma Cloud DeYoung, 73, who spent about half a century
in Kimble County, were held Monday afternoon, May 30th, from the Junction
Methodist Church with the Rev. James B. Jordan, Methodist minister, officiating,
assisted by the Rev. Olen D. Welch, Baptist minister. The Smith Funeral
Home directed. Burial was made in the Junction cemetery under auspices
of the OES. Mrs. DeYoung died Sunday morning in her home, the old rock
house on the ranch of her parents the late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Cloud with
whom she moved to Kimble in 1880.She had suffered a heart ailment for several
years but was ill only a few hours before her death. She and the brother
Horton Cloud returned here only two weeks previous toher death after an extended
stay in Moore, Texas. On March 4, 1895, she was married at the residence
of George Harris in Ennis, Texas,and lived there for awhile, later moving
to Shreveport, La. From there she returned to Kimble in 1915, and since
that time the old rock house where she spent her girlhood had been home.
She was born in Austin, May 9, 1876. She is survived by one son, W.
C. DeYoung of Bossier City, La., and one grandchild, Barbara Ann DeYoung.
Her other son, Charlie died in Chicago on March 25, 1949. Heronly daughter,
Emma, died in infancy. Other survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Sallie
Nelson, Junction; Mrs. Maggie Harding, New Orleans, La.; Mrs. Sue Benthal,
Madisonville, La.; Mrs. Julia Fargason, Moore, Texas; two brothers, W. H.
Cloud, Junction and R. W. Cloud, Fort Worth. Pall bearers were Frank
Patterson, Loss Davis, J. O. Wright, S. O. Durst, Ben Nealand Elmer Harrison.
Among those from out-of-town here for the funeral services were B. W. Cloud,
FortWorth; Mrs. Julia Fargason, Moore; Mr. and Mrs. Zens Forester, Devine;
Mrs. A. J.Bierschwale and son, Oliver, San Antonio; Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Heffernon,
Mrs. AnnieBishop, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Rogers and daughter, Mt. Home; Mr. and
Mrs. J. O. Stevens,Harper and Mrs. ... (rest of article cut off)
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Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Fish,
Mrs. W. M., 1936 Tuesday, December 12, 2000
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Mrs. W. M. Fish Dies Mrs. Margaret Minerva Russell Fish
was born January 15, 1870 at Clinton, Dewitt county, Texas. She died
at her home in Junction on Thursday February 27, 1936. She was married
to W. M. Fish at Harper, Gillespie county, Texas,November 4, 1906.
They located at Junction soon thereafter and continued to live in Kimble
county until the time of her death. Mrs. Fish united with the Church
of Christ in 1886, being then sixteen years of age, and continued in its
fellowship. The last thirteen years of her life she suffered much,
being a continued invalid because of paralysis. During these years her husband,
his sister, Mrs. Betty Smith, and many others cared for her tenderly.
Numerous relatives survive her. Funeral services were held at the grave
in Junction Cemetery, the ElderWalter W. Leamons of the local Church of Christ
in charge. The songs,scripture readings and discourse were calculated
to cause those present to desire a mansion in that land where sickness and
sorrow are unknown.
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Fisher,
Jobe B., 1946 Tuesday, August 1, 2000
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Texas
(Name of paper not given)
LAST RITES FOR
JOBE B. FISHER HELD ON FRIDAY Kimble county
citizens mourned the passing of one of the few remaining trail drivers, when
Jobe B. Fisher, pioneer ranchman, died Thursday, February 14, at the home
of his son, King Fisher. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon
at one o'clock at the Junction Church of Christ,with Elder Walter W. Leamons
officiating and interment was made in the Junction Cemetery. He was buried
by the side of his wife, Rhoda Clark Fisher, who died June 23, 1933.
Active pallbearers were Joe Dell Fisher, Robert Fisher, Raleigh Reese, L.
R. Hodges, H. S.Porter, Jim Carpenter, Fred Coleman and Perry Dechert.
Deceased was a member of the Junction Church of Christ. He is survived
by five sons, Congressman O. C. Fisher and Alva Fisher, both of San Angelo,
King Fisher and O. B. Fisher, both of Junction, and Wylie Fisher of San Antonio;
five daughters, Mrs. B. B. Reese, San Saba; Mrs. Ben D. Dechert and Mrs.
Frank C. Hodges, both of Junction; Mrs. Melvin Williams and Mrs. N. J. Jordan,
Jr., both of San Angelo. He is also survived by one brother, Bob Fisher
of San Angelo; 28 grandchildren and 13 great grand-children. Mr. Fisher
was born Nov. 26, 1858 on the old James Fisher league of land in Collin county,
12 miles northeast of McKinney. His grandfather, James Fisher, Sr.,
and three brothers had been given a grant of land by the Mexican government.
They trailed overland from Illinois in 1823 to settle the blackland tract
along Sister Grove Creek.Came to Ben Ficklin The family resided near
Florence in Williamson county during the War Between the States.In 1872 the
family moved to Llano county, settling 12 miles below Llano town on the Llano
River, in the Shad-Owens neighborhood. Mr. Fisher went on up to the
buffalo range above san angelo. They camped at Ben Ficklin one night.
Mr. Fisher estimating that there were 30 or 40 houses in the community then.
Still in his teens, Mr. Fisher gave up his buffalo hide hauling job the next
spring to go up the Chisholm Trail to Cheyenne. Mr. Fisher and Rhoda
Clark were married in 1881. They built their first house, a log cabin,
on the Llano near Llano. Later they lived in Mason county and then
in 1901 moved to the ranch they had bought on Red Creek in Kimble county.
Mr. and Mrs. Fisher celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary in 1931.
A center for the buffalo hunter, as well as the gathering place of the frontier
soldiery of Fort Concho, San Angelo was "the toughest place I'd ever seen"
when Fisher first saw the town in the fall of 1875. But it hardly compared
with the Trinity River bottom around Fort Worth, through which the teen-aged
frontiersman passed the following spring as he made his first trip up the
ChisholmTrail. The pioneer Kimble countian once recalled: "The
Trinity bottoms were full of dance halls and beer dives. Fort Worth
then was as wild as could be. Dodge City and Cheyenne had nothing on
Fort Worth." Crossing Took Lives Fisher remembered well another crossing,
too. That was the ford at Red River Station, on the edge of the Indian
Territory. "The river was on a rise and the outfit had to wait for
three days for it to run down. Four days before, an outfit boss had asked
for volunteers to lead a herd across. Two men volunteered, and were
drowned, along with 300 cattle. "We had some trouble crossing ourselves,
and I swam in the Red River nearly all day myself," Fisher recalled.
His horse gave out and nearly drowned, but his boss finally lent a rope and
they salvaged the horse, "pulling his head down hill and letting the water
run out of him." Then Fishermounted the horse and proceded. The
outfit lost only 30 to 40 head of cattle at thecrossing, he added.A Big Herd
The outfit had made up at Round Rock to receive 100,000 head of cattle from
the Galveston Cattle Co. and two or three herds from the J. K Ranch near
Columbus, the cattle coming fromthe Colorado Valley near the coast.
In Fisher's outfit were 10 men, including the boss, Dick Arnett, "the greatest
boss that was ever on the trail," and John Arnett, John Mouldin, Andy Marcus,
Jim Stanley, John Nance, Frank Rawlings, the boss wrangler, George King;
Fisher's immediate boss, Tom Gillespie,who later lived at Sonora, and Alex
Molin, the cook. The outfit drove up from Round Rock by Snyder's pens,
then by Waco, Fort Worth, across the Red River, into the Indian Territory
and on up
Kimble County, TX - Deaths:
Fleming,
Dottie, 1927 Saturday, August 19, 2000
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STORM VICTIM'S BODY TO BE SENT TO JUNCTION, TEX.
The body of Miss
Dottie Fleming, 17, who died at a San Antonio
hospital as a result of injuries received in the tornado at Rocksprings,
will be sent to her home at Junction, Friday night for burial. She
is survived by four brothers, Troy, Lacy, Irah and Lem Fleming, all of Junction.
Miss Fleming was living at the home of her sister, Mrs. Fred Henderson, at
Rocksprings. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson and two children were instantly
killed. A third child is in a San Antonio hospital, seriously injured.
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries,
Farris, Eddith,
1978 Wednesday, April 19, 2000
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The Junction Eagle, Monday, 5 March 1978 (permission of the publisher)
FARRIS Junction (SC) -
Mrs. Eddith Allsup Farris,
82, died Sunday morning in Kimble Hospital following a lengthy illness.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Hodges-Fife Funeral Home with burial
in Junction Cemetery. Mrs. Farris was born Feb. 29, 1896 in Llano
County and had lived in Junction for 75 years. She was a Baptist.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Matt Burt of Junction; three brothers, Tom
Allsup, Robert Allsup and H. C. Allsup, all of Junction; two aunts; two uncles;
and a number of nieces and nephews.
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Eddith Allsup married Isaac Farris 20 October 1915.
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Fritz,
Joe P., 1948 Tuesday, August 1, 2000
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Found in the scrapbook belonging to the late Margaret Griffen Harrison, Junction,
Texas
(Name of paper not given)
JOE P. FRITZ FUNERAL RITES HELD SATURDAY
Funeral services for Joe P. Fritz, former hotel manager here for many years,
who died in Opelousas, La., Thursday, September 2nd, were held from the Hodges
Funeral Home chapel, Saturday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Thomas D. Murphy, Presbyterian
minister, officiating. The Masonic Lodge conducted the rites atthe
graveside. Burial was made in the Junction cemetery. Fritz was
born August 9, 1875, in Gillespie County. He and Mrs. Fritz operated
the Fritz Hotel here many years and the new hotel for awhile after its construction.later
they operated tourist courts at Buchanan Lake. They returned to Junction
in 1946 and lived here until they went to Opelousas to make their home with
their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thompson this year.
Fritz had been ill about two weeks before his death. He was a charter
member of the Junction Rotary Club and belonged to the London Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include the widow, the daughter, and one grandchild, Vallie Sue
Thompson. London Masons were pall bearers.
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
France,
Dr. J. W., 1937 Tuesday, December 12, 2000
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London was shocked Tuesday morning when the sad news spread rapidly
that
Dr. J. W. France had been found dead in his garage.
He had visited friends Monday evening and had not complained of being ill.
He had, no doubt, putup his car preparatory for retiring for the night.
His flash light was under the dead body. He had been dead several hours
when found. The body was prepared for burial and funeral services were
held Wednesday afternoon, Elder Walter W. Leamons conducting the services.
Interment was made in the London cemetery. Dr. J. W. France was born
in Missouri on May 8, 1855. He came to Texas when a young man but returned
to Altona, Missouri, where he was married to Miss Nannie Tucker on December
18, 1876. To this union five children were born. The wife and
three of the children preceded the father. He is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Joseph W. Strader of Greenville, one son, M. S.France of Abilene.
Mrs. Tom Amberson of London is a granddaughter. In the home going of
Dr. France, the family has lost a faithful and loving father; the church,
a devoted member, and the community a patriotic citizen.For many years he
has been an outstanding citizen of London, where he practiced medicine until
called up higher.
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Farmer,
Mrs. G. W., 1947 Monday, July 31, 2000
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Texas
(Name of paper not given)
MRS. G. W. FARMER FUNERAL RITES HELD MONDAY Funeral services
for Mrs. George W. Farmer, 92, who died in her sleep early Sunday morning,
were held Monday at 4 p.m. from the College Street Church of Christ with
Walter W. Leamons, minister, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Thomas D.
Murphy, Presbyterian minister. The Hodges Funeral Home had charge of
arrangements. Burial was made in the Junction Cemetery. Mrs.
Farmer, pioneer settler and homemaker on the F6 Ranch for almost 68 years,
was visiting in the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A.
G. Farmer, at the time of her death. She was feeling as well as usual
when she went to sleep. Her daughter-in-law made her customary visit
to the elderly lady after the latter had retired. Earlier in the day she
had made three pairs of cloth mittens for her surveyor son, had taken a car
ride in the afternoon, and sat for a while after supper with her handiwork.
Mrs. Farmer, born Jemima Magnolia Pullen, June 29, 1855, near Lockhart, saw
the unification and development of the nation despite four major wars in
her lifetime, the spread the ranching industry, and the development of business
in the Hill Country. She was married to George W. Farmer, a cowman
with a record of three trips up the trail, on Oct. 8, 1874. Five years
later, seeking a better climate for her husband's health,they moved to Kimble.
For 21 days she and her husband and two small children traveled by ox wagon
and hack, bringing household goods, horses, cattle and sheep. The extensive,
30 section ranch which they established, took its name from the F6 brand
they brought from Caldwell Co. It was the second ranch in the county
to be fenced. They built the first lumber house west of Junction.
The first lumber hauled from Round Rock was washed away by a flood in Copperas
Creek the night after it was unloaded. ... night because of coyotes
and foxes. Fences were often cut. In 1886 the first goats were
brought to the ranch--100 head of young nannies. From them grew the
thousands thatlater stocked the ranch. Two trips per year were made
to San Antonio for supplies. Groceries were purchased in wholesale
lots--flour and dried apples by the barrel, coffee by the sack, and canned
goods by the case. A garden, irrigated by a nearby spring, provided
fresh vegetables. The kerosene lamps of those days have been replaced
by electricity. Better roads have been built and soil conservation
practices followed at the F6 Ranch, and landing strips have been provided.
Since the death of Mr. Farmer in 1927, Mrs. Farmer has spent her time visiting
with herchildren, and the ranch has been operated by her sons and grandchildren.
She had been a member of the Church of Christ, having been baptized by the
late John S. Durst. Survivors include three sons, Asa, Hardy and Sayers,
8 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. M. E. Holland
of Christoval. Pall bearers were Gully Cowsert, Alfred Bannowsky, Clay
Holland, Fred Mudge, C. T. Holekamp, Asa Murr, Seaton Prentice, and S. O.
Durst of Port Arthur.
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Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Gephart,
D. D., 1935 Tuesday, December 19, 2000
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(Name of paper not given)
D. D. Gephart, one of Kimble county's most honored citizens,
died at his home on the Llano River, October 3, and was buried in the Red
Creek Cemetery, Friday afternoon, October 4. The funeral services were
held atthe gravesite with Rev. W. P. Dickey assisted by Rev. Eric C. Ray,
officiating. Daniel D. Gephart was born March 11, 1862, in LaVaca county,
and moved to Kimble county in 1886, locating on the Little Saline Creek below
London. He later moved to the farm on the main Llano. Deceased was
married to Miss Sarah E. Dragoo on June 19, 1890 and to this union seven
children were born, one daughter dying in infancy. The devoted wife
and following children and relatives survive: I. W. andJ. L. Gephart,
London; Mrs. Hettie Stevenson and Mrs. Elsie McGuffin, San Antonio; Mrs.
Leta Stewart, Brady, Texas; Mrs. Ruth Gober, Uvalde, Texas; and one sister,
Miss Henrietta Gephart, London, Texas; and six grandchildren, Cecil and Imogene
Stewart, Ruth and Marian Stevenson, L. D. and Ruth FaeGephart. Mr.
Gephart united with the Presbyterian Church in 1905 under the preaching of
Brother Stockard. On November 10, 1910, while gathering pecans at the
Sam McCaleb ranch onthe Llano River, Uncle Dan fell from a pecan tree and
injured his spine. He was never able to walk after that accident but
continued to live on his farm and directed its management with the assistance
of his two sons. Active pall bearers were W. C. Jones, Bob Ivy, Louis
Grobe, Jack Ivy, Bud Weaver and Henry Grobe. Honarary Pall Bearers
were G. W. Hardesty, Roy Skaggs, Dave Stewart,Eph Cummins, Hamp Goodman,
T. H. Walton, G. Lewis, Roy King, Jack Goodman,T. S. Jones, N. C. Patterson,
M. C. Reese, S. H. Hunter, Henry Land, LeeDodd, J. W. Robbins, E. H. Kothmann,
J. N. Hodges, A. H. Amaon, S. A.Griffith, T. O. Black, T. J. Wootan, Tate
Jarvis, J. A. McCollum, Dora Andrews, L. M. Walton, J. B. Randolph, Melvin
Hull, Ed Hagerman, Dave Andrews and Dr. J. W. France.
Kimble County, TX - Obits:
Grosenbacher,
John, 1937 Tuesday, September 26, 2000
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The Junction Eagle, Thursday, July 1, 1937 Used with permission
Pioneer Citizen Dies At Ranch Home June 18th
John Grosenbacher
was born February 22, 1862 in Bandera county, Texas and died at Roosevelt,
Texas, June 18, 1937. Funeral services were held at the Grosenbacher
ranch home Sunday June 20, 1937, Rev. J. Holm of Harper officiating. He was
married on October 27, 1885 to Miss Maria Leutbecher, in Gillespie county,
and to that union were born five children. The eldest, a girl, died
in infancy.Miss Annie Grossenbacher, Richard and Arnold Grossenbacher of
Roosevelt, Texas, and Mrs. Ida Ahrens of Camp Allison. Others surviving
are three grandchildren, one brother, one sister and one half sister. The
life of John Grosenbacher began in Bandera county, Texas, in 1862.
Two years later he moved to Gillespie county and remained there until 1904
when he moved to Roosevelt, Texas, where his life ended June 18, 1937. He
was a successful ranchman throught his life. I consider it one of my greatest
privileges to have known John Grosenbacher duringhis life time. His
life was so pure, simple and honest. His word was his bond to all who
knew him. His generosity and kindness made him a good neighbor, a man
of few words who attended strictly to his own business. He was born in Texas
and remained a Texan by choice. "He came early and stayed late,sleep
old pioneer", and passed on to his reward at the ripe old age of 75 years.
To the wife, children and other relatives left to mourn his passing, I feel
the greatest sympathy for their irreparable loss and join them in their sorrow
and can only say that they should be inspired to follow in his foot steps
and live his lifeover again.--Contributed by a friend.
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Gentry,
Lt. Wilbur, 1942 Wednesday, August 2, 2000
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Texas
(Name of paper not given)
LT. WILBUR GENTRY IS BURIED IN JUNCTION CEMETERY
American Legion Is In Charge of Services Lieut. Wilbur Gentry, was
killed near Alvarado, California, January 2, 1942, when a fast army pursuit
plane he was flying at a low altitude went into a spin and on hitting the
ground burst into flames. The body was shipped to Junction, arriving
early Friday morning, January 8, and lay in state at the American Legion
Hut until Saturday afternoon when it was carried to the Community Hall at
London, where funeral services were held by Rev. Louis Pearl of London.
The remains were given a military burial under the direction of the Bert
Fleming American Legion Post of Junction. The Schreiner-Hodges Funeral
Homewas in charge of funeral arrangements. The following members
of the American Legion were active pall bearers: Rudolph Becker, Lewis
Coleman, Walter Buck, A. W. Browning, Dick Weaver and L. A. Ivy. The
firing squad was composed of Jim Carpenter, John Reynolds, Fred Cox, Ray
Holland, Carl Nelms, and Walter Savage. Color bearers were Henry
Barker and Carroll Collier. Color guards were L. R. Hodges and Roy
Gilliam. Bugler, Kittrell Durst. Commander, B. B. Ragland.
John Wilbur Gentry, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gentry was born in London,
November 16, 1916. The family moved to Junction several years ago and Wilbur,
known as Prude to his school mates,was graduated from the Junction High School
in 1936. He then attended the Schreiner Institute from which he was
graduated in 1939. Later he attended the University of New Mexico and
lacked only a few months resident study of finishing his work for a degree
when he entered the U. S. Air Service. He received his wings and commission
as a lieutenant on December 12, in ceremonies at Luke Field, Arizona.
He had been stationed at Hamilton Field, California, after receiving his
commission. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gentry,
three brothers, Floyd and Wilson,of San Antonio, and Lawrence of Junction,
and other relatives. Wilbur was an outstanding football player throughout
his high school and university days.He was a star on the Junction High School
team, was named to the all-state junior team at Schreiner, and captain of
the all-conference 1940 team at the University of New Mexico. He was
one of the most popular and best liked players on the team.
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Graves,
Dea, 1942 Tuesday, August 1, 2000
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Dea Graves Dies August 7 After Lingering Illness In the
death of Dea Graves on Friday, August 7, 1941, following a long illness,
Kimble County lost another one of her few remaining pioneer citizens.
He had been in ill health many months but had improved some and had been
to town a few times, but he was not able to overcome the effects of his long
illness. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Lewis L. Wilkins at
the Schreiner-Hodges Funeral Home Saturday afternoon, and interment was made
by the side of his wife in theJunction Cemetery. The following served
as pall bearers: Ross Beasley, Roy Blackburn, Joe Bissett, Cloma Taylor,
Odie Wright and John Munn. Dea Graves was born in San Saba County on
March 9, 1872, where he grew to manhood and was married to Miss Sophia Brown
in 1897, and to this union were born three children. One daughter died
in infancy and a son died before reaching maturity. One son, Jim Graves,
survives his father. Mrs. Graves preceded her husband in 1919.
In addition to his son, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Effie Fagg, Long
Beach,Calif., and Mrs. A. R. Dockery, San Saba; two brothers, John Graves,
Junction, and Joe Graves, San Saba. Mr. and Mrs. Graves moved to Kimble
County nearly 40 years ago and were engaged in ranching activities as long
as they lived. He was a member of the Baptist Church and lived an exemplary
life. Among the out-of-town people to attend the funeral were Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Hughes and children, Skellytown; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Quisenbary
and Mrs. W. A. Quisenbary,Menard; J. L. Murray, J. N. Graves, and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Graves, San Saba, and Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Porter, Fort Worth.
Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:
Gardner,
Joe M., Jr., 1947 Wednesday, August 2, 2000
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Joe M. Gardner, Jr. Funeral Rites Held Here Friday Funeral
services for Joe M. Gardner, Jr., 19, who died Thursday at 12:55 p.m. in
a San Antonio hospital from injuries sustained in a car accident on October
31, were held Friday at 4 p.m. from the College Street Church of Christ,
with the Rev. John Pickering, Alpine Christian minister, officiating.
The Hodges Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements. Burial was
made in a private cemetery on the Gardner Ranch. Gardner, known intimately
as "Joe Boy", had been taken to San Antonio by plane on October 2.
The accident in which he was injured occurred when his car went over a high
embankment near Alpine as he and a friend were returning to Sul Ross after
a visit with his parents. The friend, also a Sul Ross student, is recovering
satisfactorily. Jimmy Carroll Cherry was among the first to reach the scene.
It was reported, Joe Boy's watch had stopped at 9:20 o'clock. In his
billfold was a picture of his sweetheart who had died in a traffic accident
near Alpine last November 30. The young lady, Bobby Jim Sparks, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs.Cecil Sparks of Kermit, was a freshman at Sul Ross at that
time. Joe Boy was a senior in Sul Ross majoring in agriculture.
He was serving as president of "Clip and Brand", the "aggie" club, and vice-president
of the Student Council. Last year he was voted Junior Class favorite
and most popular boy in Sul Ross. He graduated from Schreiner Institute
in 1946 as an outstanding cadet officer and highest ranking memeber of the
senior class, having an A average on final examinations. He also won
a medal for outstanding participation in athletics and was awarded the American
Legion Medal from Post No. 13. He was a member of the First Christian
Church of Alpine, having been baptized by the Rev. Pickering. Survivors
include the parents; Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Gardner; two sisters--Shannon and
Zane, and brother, Jack. Pall bearers were Raymond Walston, John Arledge,
Jack Ward, David Duke, Glenn Beard, Bobby Braswell, Buzz Nichols, and Tucker
Wyche, all Sul Ross students. The flower girlswere Mrs. Preston Wright,
and Misses Lovella Sparks, Dorothy Jean Crawford, Jean Burling, Billie Louise
Bierschwale, and Margaret Mae Mansfeld. Among the host of out-of-town
friends attending the services were delegations from Sul Ross and Schreiner
Institute