Obituaries of Bastrop Residents

Martin Walker Funeral Notice (submitted by Ed Walker)
 
W. W. Walker Funeral Notice (submitted by Ed Walker) 
 
Died. - At the residence of her son-in-law, J.R. Woods, in Bastrop, 9:15 o'clock, 
Saturday night, March 3, 1900, Mrs. Mary A. Davis, aged 74 years, 4 months and 25 days.
Deceased was born in Wilmington, N.C., Oct. 6, 1825, came to Bastrop with her parents, 
in 1834, at which time there were only four residences in the town.
 
In 1841 she was married to Jonathan P. Davis, fourteen children blessing their union, 
twelve of whom survive her. Martin Davis, of Blanco; Mrs. John Williams, Paige; Jack 
Davis, Mrs. G. H. Perkins, G. W. Davis, Mrs. J.R. Woods, of Bastrop; Mrs. W. N. Erwin, 
Paige; Mrs. A. A. Wheatley, Lexington; Mrs. W. J. Fitzpatrick, Brown county; Misses Carrie 
and Emma Davis, Paige; Mrs. Steve Wilson, Smithville, are the surviving children; James B. 
Davis and an infant are the two deceased.
 
She has seventy-six grand children living and twenty-two dead.
 
A consistent member of the Presbyterian church for a great number of years, her life was 
that of the true christian, with love and charity for all.
 
Her husband preceded her in death some thirty-one years, departing this life, Jan. 11, 
1869.
 
She had eight brothers and sisters, two only, Ziney P. Eggleston, of Smithville, and 
Mrs. Sarah Walker, of Waxahatchie survive her; two brothers, Benjamin Eggleston and John 
Eggleston, and four sisters, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Standifer, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Walker, 
preceded her in death.
 
Her father, Stephen V. Eggleston, was killed by the Indians, in 1837, in front of the 
present residence of Mrs. Sherman Reynolds. The family then lived at the corner residence
 now known as the Trigg cottage, recently purchased by the Jones Brothers. He was decoyed 
from his house at night, by Indians, shot and killed with an arrow, just as he reached his 
horse lot. Resident houses in the valley at that time, were scattering, the Indians making 
frequent raids here, principally at night, carrying off horses, with an occasional scalp 
of the white man.
 
Reaching Texas at the early age of 8 years, she endured great hardships and suffered many 
privations, even in her youthful days, and later, with husband, in the Ranger service, by 
cheering words and brave deeds, helped to drive away the savage foe and bring her adopted 
state to the enjoyment of civilization.
 
She has watched this beautiful valley on the Colorado, become a thriving, growing city, with
 a noble people, and the great state, which she first beheld a wilderness, grow in 
civilization and rapidly advancing to the greatest state of the union, in number of 
population, wealth and manufacturing; she lived to see her children and many grand-children 
grow up around her, honored and useful men and women, and, in the sere and yellow leaf, 
after more than three score and ten years of a pure and unspotted life, surrounded by loved 
ones, her beautiful spirit bursts its clay casket and takes its flight to that blessed land 
reserved for the pure and good of earth, leaving behind grieving ones whose hot tears and 
bitter heart-aches evidence their heavy loss. But, they sorrow not without hope. "Mother" 
has but gone before, to prepare a place for her loved ones in the Father's mansion, where 
parting, sorrow or suffering is never known, but all is joy, peace and love.
 
The funeral services Sunday afternoon, Rev. Nathan Powell, officiating, were held at the 
residence of her son-in-law, after which a large circle of mourning relatives and sympathizing
 friends, formed a funeral cortege that followed her remains to the family burying grounds, 
3 miles north-east of Bastrop, and there consigned them to Mother Earth to await the 
resurrection day.
 

 

 

1910:
 Loving Tribute. 
 To the memory of Thomas Blair McDuff, Jr, who died at the City Infirmary,
  Austin, Texas, May 4, 1910 in the twelfth year of his life, having been born
  9/14/1898. He was taken ill several months ago at his home near McDuff and
 when it was found that he was not improving advice was given to take him
 to a sanitarium and this was done immediately. After a time at the infirmary
 it was found necessary to perform an operation and for a while thereafter
 little Tommy's case seemed hopeful, however the battle was too much for his
 little constitution and while everything was done to relieve him that could
 have been done it was to no purpose. Those who loved him best could only
 remain silent and witness life's tide slowly ebbing away. Cheerful to the
 last and in response to his attendants and loved ones he would say in answer
 to how he felt, "Oh, I am getting along pretty well" or "I am better than
 yesterday." However the third day before death claimed him, little Tommy
 told them he must die and it would be best, for then the suffering would
 be over and he was going home to his Saviors. Oh! How much heart breaking
 sorrow in the parting of the ways with this bright faced loveable boy and
 yet there is much to comfort those still standing on this shore and earth's
 loss is Heaven's gain. Those who knew him best, loved him most always cheerful,
 loving and sunny in disposition and a pleasant work for
 all. 
 Tommy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. McDuff and leaves his parents,
 three sisters, and three brothers and a large circle of loving relatives
 and acquaintances who mingle tears of sympathy over their loss. To these
 we would say, weep not for it was God's will and He knows
 best. 
 "Brothers and sisters gone to that cline, 
 Wait for the others coming some time; 
 Safe with the angles, whiter than snow, 
 Watching for loved ones waiting below." 
 Amid a large gathering of relatives and friends, his body was laid to
 rest in the Manor graveyard (contributors note: this is J. J. Manor Cemetery
 located off of County 969) on Friday, May 6, 1910 to wait the resurrection
 morn. May God's richest blessings rest upon his loved ones left
 behind. 
 L. E. Booth 

 

 ED WEBER 
 Born 3/20/1820, and died on his farm in Bastrop county, April 15, 1910,
 Mr. Ed. Weber, father of Mr. W. J. Weber, aged 90 years and 29 days. Deceased
 was born in Feudingerhittie, Providence Westfalen, Germany, and came to America
 in 1852, landing at Indianolia, and from there went in a wagon to New Braunsfels
 where he lived for several years. After leaving New Braunsfels he resided
 with a brother-in-law Adam Pelzer in Lavaca County for some time. He came
 to Bastrop county and worked in a brick yard for Mr. Highsmith. He was married
 twice. To the first union, two children were born, one of which died in infancy,
 the other now living. His first wife died many years ago. His second wife
 was a Mrs. Behring, and unto them two children were born, whom he preceded
 in death. While living in Bastrop county he was engaged in digging wells
 and burning coal for Mr. Nichols.
 
 Mr. Weber served four years in the civil war and was one of the oldest
 and best citizens in Bastrop county, and has many friends throughout the
 county who mourn with relatives over the death of this good
 man. 

 

Elgin Courier 1914 (Contributed by Mr. Curtis)
 
 Culp--The announcement Monday morning that Mrs. Rebecca Culp, wife of
 Henry Culp, was dead, brought sorrow to the hearts of a host of people in
  Elgin. Her death was sudden and was a shock to her family as well as her
 many friends. Cruel death has desolated another home. A husband and three
 children are left without the care of a loving
 mother. 
 In her 20th year, December 25th, 1884, she was married to Mr. Henry Culp,
 a worthy young man of Bastrop County, with whom she lived happily till death
 came and released her from the solemn marriage vows which, eighteen years
 ago she had took upon her.
 
 Sister Culp ever enjoyed her religion, and such was the joy she manifested
 at the last woman's prayer meeting she attended and such was the pathos and
 earnestness of her prayer, that those who were present felt that she must
 have realized that her time of prayer in behalf of her children, and the
 friends she so tenderly loved was drawing to its close, the days of toil
 and burden-bearing giving way to the dawning of the day of
 redemption. 
 It was with a resignation that was perfect, and a patience that never
 once gave way, that Sister Culp bore the sufferings of her disease, typhoid
 fever, till death brought her relief.
 
 Not only so, but as the end drew near on, and her sick couch was soon
 to become her death bed, such was the fullness of the presence of the Comforter,
 such was the reality and sweetness of that presence, that it was with difficulty,
 in deference to wish of her physician, that she could restrain the shouts
 of joy and praise that were welling up so full within, and since it was permitted
 her to express the praise she felt in the bright prospects of the heavenly
 world, among her last requests was that a good sister at her bed-side should
 praise God in her stead.
 
 To the family, that of Mr. David Outlaw, and to the husband, the sympathy
 of many, many friends is extended.

 

Bastrop Advertiser 3/22/1924
WAS YOUNGEST COLONEL IN CONFEDERATE ARMY
The death of Colonel C. L. Morgan, which occured in Ballinger, Tuesday morning, March
11th, 1924, removed from the walks of life a distinguished citizen and one of the youngest
colonels who served in the Confederate service.
Col. Morgan was born in Bastrop county, Texas, August 24, 1840, and was living in his 84th
year when called over there. At the beginning of the war between the states, Mr. Morgan,
not yet of age, entered the services of Terry's Texas Rangers. In later months of the service
he was one of the one hundred men who became the body guard of General Hindman. At the age of
21 years, as a member of the 8th Texas Regiment, he was given the commission of Colonel of 
Morgan's Regiment. He was presented to Gen. Hindman as the youngest colonel in the Confederate
Service.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, 3:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. W. J. Coulson
and interment made in Coleman cemetery. Rev. B. D. Kennedy of the Presbyterian church and Rev.
T. S. Armstrong of the Methodist church, conducted the funeral services. - The Democrat-Voice
Coleman, Texas.

 

Bastrop Advertiser 2/5/1925
Mrs. Clarence Burleson
Mrs. Clarence Burleson, of Bastrop, died at a hospital in Austin Tuesday, Feb. 2nd after an
illness of but a few days.
Burial was in the Rogers Hill cemetery near Austin, last Friday. Attending the funeral from
Bastrop were: Mr. and Mrs. Bob Burleson, Mrs. F. Tribble and Mrs. Lyle E. Osborn.
Deceased is survived by her husband and three small children, three sisters and three brothers.
The sisters are: Mrs. Gus Hemphill of Mineola, Mrs. H. H. Banks of Austin and Mrs. W. W.
Adcock of Beaumont; the brothers are Dr. Jeff Smith of Smithville, Dr. Jim Smith of Moore
and Will Smith of Bastrop. The surviving parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Smith reside near Bastrop.
This lamentable death brings sorrow into many hearts, of near and distant relatives and friends.
The sorrowing ones have the sympathy of all in their bereavement.
 
Bastrop Advertiser 7/1925
A TRIBUTE TO MRS. JULIA M. TRIGG
Julia Martha, fourth child and second daughter of Andrew Jackson Batts and Julia Priscilla
(Rice) Batts was born at Bastrop Texas May 19, 1868. She married, Nov. 15, 1887, William A.
Trigg, who died Sept. 20, 1910. She was from childhood a member of the Methodist Church South.
She died at Bastrop July 7, 1925 and was buried at Fairview. Surviving her are her mother, two
brothers, R. L. and E. S. Batts and two sisters, Mrs. Ella Batts Bell and Vivian Batts Wallace.
She was gentle and kind and infinately good. No evil act marred her blameless life nor evil 
thought her spotless soul. Fair of face and form, tender of heart, modits of men, gracious of
manner, chaitable in speech and act, she lacked not all of that which made for perfect womanhood.
Dutiful and affectionate as a daughter, tender and considerate as a sister, devoted as a wife.
Motherhood was denied but she loved little children and gave tender help to all the weak things
God made. The things by Jesus taught were of his life always a part. Her presence was a blessing
bringing contentment and sweet repose, wholly and entirely unselfish all her days even days of 
happy service.
As she lived so she died "Patient in her suffering, uncomplaining, lovinly considerable." She
passed gently as the tender smile of a child in sleep.
 

 

 Bastrop Advertiser 11/5/1925
 
 A TRIBUTE TO THE JOHNSONS
 
 Hats off to the generations of Johnson's. A few short weeks since we committed
 to the loving affections and peaceful care of Fairview cemetery all that
 was mortal of our young friend and brother; Claud
 Johnson. 
 When we did so a unique distinction came to the Johnson family of Bastrop.
 Claud's grave is on the crest of the ridge which is enclosed as a part of
  Fairview cemetery and then across twenty feet to the north is the grave of
 Chancey Johnson. Chancey Johnson was Claude's great grand-father who was
 a veteran of the war of 1812. This was our second war with Great Britain
 and Chancey Johnson had done his bit to carry old glory to a successful
 conclusion. 
 Death ? Claud Johnson the great grand-son had done his bit to defend the
 flag of American in the greatest war of all time. During the many visits
 of Claud to my home during his life I never failed to turn the conversation
 to his experiences in France. He would relate it in a style of freshness
 and originality that was dominant of undivided interest. His duties were
 largely that of stringing telephone wires to connecting the camps of the
 Allies. He told how he and his squad would string the wires first up in trees
 and then down in ditches up and down ravines in fact every conceivable manner
 was resorted to in order to get the communication intact and it was all done
 unmindful of the shot and shell screaming around his head. He always told
 his episodes in a humorous and entertaining
 manner. 
 At the State capitol at Austin which is the head of Imperial Texas here
 are many records which record the brave and valiant deeds of the Johnsons.
 A few blocks from the big granite Capitol is the cemetery in which lies the
 body of Albert Sidney Johnson through whose hands no mightier man ever drew
 a gleaming blade. He was killed March 6, 1869 in the Battle of Shiloh. The
 further east in another State, Atlanta rest the remains of Joseph E Johnson,
 trusted counselor and commander of the Confederacy. Then further east at
 Knoxville lie the remains of Andrew Johnson the 17th president of the United
 States a recital of whose bravery would fill a
 volume. 
 What I am showing you is that the Johnson's are a band of true and tried
 100 percent defenders of America all wool and fully a yard
 wide. 
 A. B. MCLAVY 

 

 
 Bastrop Advertiser
 
 "Death Takes Another Bastrop Pioneer 
 Death is not real, we only call it so; 
 Life is of God, Eternity.
 Death is but a foe."
 
 Tennie Nolen Kelly was born in Tennessee June 26th 1840, came to Texas
 with her parents at the age of twelve, settling in Bastrop County, where
 the greater part of her life was
 spent. 
 Death with its cycle called her Oct. 4th, 1928. One by one the old "land
 marks' are gathered home.
 
 She was married to W. E. Kelly in 1886; was a devoted companion to him
 and an indulgent mother to those whose home she entered to fill a mothers
 place. I knew her - many of you knew her, - and to know here was but to love
 her - she will be greatly missed.
 
 Though to mortal sight it may seem that death has parted her from her
 loved ones and friends, we have the assurance that the spirit of live she
 so freely expressed is with us still and it would seem that she merely passed
 through an open door from our room in this work of activity-into another
 room of Eternity-where she shall continue to grow in grace and understanding
 and in an atmosphere of love, which in it purity and holiness permits no
 sign of grief or pain.
 
 She in life was ever ready to alleviate the distress of those in need
 through the goodness of a true heart and a generous disposition. But her
 pilgrimage on earth is o'er and she has passed into the light that is beyond
 the Valley of the Shadow of Death-Funeral services was conducted by Bro.
 Bell of Bastrop, pastor of the Baptist church of which Mrs. Kelly or Aunt
 Tennie as she was familiarly known' and been a member for many years. Interment
 was in the Cedar Creek cemetery. 
 Aunt Tennie was a truly Christian character, and her beautiful life will
 be cherished in years to come.
 
 Her aged husband, four step-children, one brother, two sisters, and numerous
 other relatives survive her. To those we would say "Earth hath no sorrow,
 God cannot heal."
 
 May they in their inward life perpetuate her glorious influence, which
 she so devotedly gave them.
 
 "Another hand is beckoning us
  Another call is given,
  And glows once more with angel steps, 
 The path which reaches heaven.
 
 "Our kind and gentle one whose smile 
 Made brighter summer hours,
 Amid the frost of autumn time 
 Has left us with the flowers.
 "There seems a shadow on the day
 Her smile no longer cheers,
 A dimness on the stars of night
 Like eyes that look through tears.
 "Alone unto our Father's will
 One thought that hath reconciled
 That He, whose love exceedeth ours,
 Has taken home his child.
 "Fold her. O Father, in thine arms,
 And let her henceforth be
 A messenger of love between
 Our human hearts and Thee."

From June 28, 1934 Bastrop Advertiser (Partial Excerpt) (Contributed by D. Hancock)

DR. N. G. FOWLER SUCCUMBS TUESDAY

Dr. Nathaniel Green Fowler, 65, died suddenly at ten p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at his home in Oakhurst, after an illness of several years. His body was brought to Bastrop Wednesday and from the Methodist church, funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at four o’clock, by the pastor, Rev. Milton F. Hill, Dr. T. B. Taylor, and Rev. C. H. Lake, Rector of the Episcopal church and a former neighbor of Dr. Fowler, with burial in Fairview cemetery.

Dr. Fowler was born at Moss Branch in Bastrop County, June 24, 1869, and was a son of Turner Fowler, by whom he was reared, his mother dying in his early infancy. He later moved to Bastrop where he spent his entire life with the exception of the last few years, which were spent with his children. Only a few months ago he had sold his large, two story home in Bastrop to which he had always extended a warm and hearty welcome to his many friends and relatives, and just three days before his passing, he and his devoted wife moved into their little new home, which they had just completed at Oakhurst, in which he had looked forward with much pleasure, to celebrating his 65^th natal day, the following Sunday, June 21.

On September 14, 1892 he was married to Miss Beulah E. Green, also of Bastrop.

Besides his widow, he is survived by one brother, Dr. Will E. Fowler of Huntsville; one sister, Mrs. Jim Farris of Richards; three daughters, Mrs. B. H. Towler and Mrs. J. J. McKnight of Houston; Mrs. Ben Templeton of Commerce; two sons, Turner R. of Oakhurst; Will D. of New Orleans, Louisiana; and nine grandchildren all of whom with Mr. and Mrs. Marion Fowler of Houston, attended the funeral.

Dr. Fowler was a loyal and consistent member of the Methodist church throughout his entire life. He was also a member of the Woodmen of the World. In his early manhood he had been a student of A. & M. College and had later studied dentistry at Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tenn., which profession he followed until his health failed a few years ago. He was devoted to his family, enjoying nothing more than his home associations with the loved ones and extending that unlimited hospitality to his friends.

Active pall bearers were: W. H. Nipps, E. C. Erhard, Frank Woehl, Dr. A. C. Smith, M. C. Booth and E. F. Pearcy.

Honorary pall bearers were: Leon Wertzner, Dr. T. B. Taylor, T. C. Osborn, Jas. P. Wood, John O. Turner, L.O. Hennington, Woody Townsend, Howard Jenkins and W. B. Ransome.

From June 28, 1934 Bastrop Advertiser (Partial Excerpt) (Contributed by D. Hancock)

PIONEER CITIZEN IS BURIED HERE FRIDAY

Ben Johnson, one of Bastrop’s oldest pioneer citizens, died last Thursday afternoon shortly after one o’clock, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Otto Wolf. Although Uncle Ben as he was lovingly called throughout the town, had been in poor health for the past three years, his death, directly caused from heart trouble, was a shock to his many friends.

Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock at the Wolf residence, with Rev. Milton F. Hill, pastor of the local Methodist church, officiating. Interment was in Fairview Cemetery, where his father and grandfather were laid to rest many years before him. Active pall bearers were Tom Chalmers, Earl Spooner, Herb Anderson, S. J. C. Higgins, J. S. Milton and E. F. Pearcy.

In the earlier part of the past century, Col. Chauncey Johnson came to Bastrop from Albany, New York, bringing with him his son, John Swan Johnson, who married Miss Parmelia E. Barton, a native of Bastrop on January 11, 1849. To this union, the second of eight children, Ben Johnson was born on November 22, 1851, in Bastrop. Bastrop was scarcely a village then, with streets little more than cow trails, and Uncle Ben grew up with the town. He rode the trails driving herds of cattle to the northern ranges and railroads, going sometimes as far as Kansas and Wyoming. He later went into the cattle and farming business, making Bastrop his headquarters. He was married to Miss Sarah Frances Ralston on March 25, 1883, who died in 1917. He was a staunch member of the Methodist church, and his character exemplified a Christian gentleman.

He is survived by four children: Mrs. Otto Wolf of Bastrop, Mrs. Carl Slack of Childress, Chas. L. Johnson of Austin, and Harry Johnson of Houston; one sister, Mrs. Emma Morgan of Quinlan, six grandchildren, Adell, Lois and Charlie Beth Johnson of Austin, James, Benjamin and Harry Barnes Slack of Childress and Ben Johnson Wolf of Bastrop.

Among those from out-of-town in attendance at the funeral were A. J. Eilers, Mrs. H. Raymond, Mrs. Kate Cunningham and Miss Ophelia Gilmore of Austin; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Rolsten, and Mrs. Fred Blundell of Lockhart; Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Rolsten, Mrs. Clyde Barr, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Stitler, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Foxel, Mrs. M. F. Stephens, Mr. and Mrs. Clint Taylor, Mrs. Ernest Sawyer, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilkes, Perry Winston and daughters, Misses Mary Bell and Delia, J.H. Jones, Mrs. Harry Tidwell, Jim Carmichael, and Wayne Griffith of Smithville; Mrs. Carl Slack of Childress, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. L. Johnson and children of Austin and Harry Johnson of Houston.

From April 19, 1934 Bastrop Advertiser (Contributed by D. Hancock)

PIONEER WITNESS OF HOUSTON’S INAUGURATION DIES IN AUSTIN

Mrs. Mary Williams, born in 1844 which Texas was still a republic and one of the group which witnessed the inauguration of Gen. Sam Houston as Texas’ first Governor, died in Austin Thursday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Paul H. Goldmann, after a brief illness.

Mrs. Williams, who is believed to be among the last of the group attending the historic ceremony which made Sam Houston governor, was born in Bastrop County of pioneer stock, her family having settled in Texas in the early days while the state was still a part of Mexico. As a little girl she was brought to Austin by her father, Middleton Hill from Bastrop, to see Gen. Houston take the oath of office.

Later came the turbulent days when Texas was embroiled in the Civil War, and one by one she watched her four brothers march off to join the Confederate forces. War was not for women in those days, but she helped her mother to run the household and aid in various ways by nursing wounded soldiers who came back to the community and making bandages for the men at the front.

She was married in the early ‘70’s after the war, in which her husband was a young lieutenant. For a time they lived at Giddings, where her husband owned a store. She came to Austin 26 years ago, and has lived for many years with her daughter, Mrs. Goldmann, her only survivor. (Austin American).

Mrs. Mary Hill Williams, mentioned in the above article was an aunt of Hon. R. A. Brooks of Bastrop. Judge Brooks is a grandson of Middleton Hill and a great nephew of Wiley Hill, who fought at the battle of San Jacinto, and who is the grandfather of Mrs. David Karling.

Mrs. Williams’ husband was a near relatives of District Attorney Leslie D. Williams. (Note: this sentence is exactly as written in the Advertiser.)

From July 12, 1934 Bastrop Advertiser (Contributed by D. Hancock)

B. C. HODGES DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

B. C. Hodges, 56, of Gonzales, died at 9 a.m. July 3, after an illness of several years. He was buried in the Smithville cemetery, Wednesday afternoon, July 4.

Mr. Hodges had many friends in Bastrop, having lived in the county a number of years and was ill in the home of his sister, Mrs. J.W. Thames, for several months last spring. His wife, who has taught school in this county for more than 20 years will be remembered as the former Miss Leona Blackmon of Taylor.

Mr. Hodges united with the Baptist church, and since, has lived a devout consecrated Christian character.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Leona B. Hodges; one daughter, Mrs. John Stephens of Hutto; one son, Roy of Smithville; two sisters, Mrs. G. T. Burger of Orange Grove and Mrs. Thames of Bastrop; two brothers, Morris of Gonzales and Elma of Smithville and three half brothers, Will and Frank Smith of Gonzales and Robert Hodges of Tuscola.

From June 28, 1934 Bastrop Advertiser (Contributed by D. Hancock)

MRS. MARY BANKS IRELAND DIES

Mrs. Dave Ireland, 79, passed away at the F. A. Orgain Memorial Hospital here at two o’clock Sunday morning, after suffering about ten days with a broken hip she received in a fall at her home. The body was carried from the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Smith of Utley to Webberville at three p.m., Monday, and laid to rest in the family lot in the Manor burial grounds, where funeral services were conducted by Rev. Franks of Austin.

Mrs. Ireland was before her marriage, Miss Mary Banks of Webberville, a descendant of early pioneer settlers, and was well known in this section of the state. She became a Christian and united with the Methodist Church early in life. Her outstanding characteristics were kindness and gentleness, at all times she was ready to administer unto those who needed her.

She is survived by her husband, Dave Ireland; one son, Sid Ireland; two daughters, Mrs. W. H. Smith of Utley and Mrs. Alvie Bragg of near Elgin; one sister, Mrs. Winnie Pope of Anson; several grand children and great grand children.

Pall bearers were: John Barton, Bruce Barton, Fred Moore, Bob Wynn, Will Watson, and Bob Burleson.

From June 28, 1934 Bastrop Advertiser (Contributed by D. Hancock)

MRS. ALICE BENSON DIES IN MCDADE

Funeral services for Mrs. Alice E. McLean Benson, age 78, were held Saturday morning at 9:00 o’clock from the Methodist church. Burial was in the McDade cemetery, beside her husband and two sons, the Rev. T. N. Barton, of Ward Memorial Church, Austin conducting the services. Mrs. Benson was born in Choctaw Co., Alabama, December 30, 1855, and moved to Bastrop county in 1862. She was married to W. K. Benson January 14, 1879 and to this union four children were born. All preceded her in death many years ago except one son, M. F. Benson of Sinton. She is also survived by two grandchildren. Mrs. Benson was the last surviving charter member of the McDade Methodist Church. Active pallbearers were J. B. Hackworth, A. P. Williams, R. F. Wilson, J. F. Metcalft, L. R. Hoskins and R. J. Moore.

 Bastrop Advertiser 4/19/1934
 
 PIONEER WITNESS OF HOUSTON'S INAUGURATION DIES IN AUSTIN 
 Mrs. Mary Williams, born in 1844 while Texas was still a republic and
 one of the group which witnessed the inauguration of Gen. Sam Houston as
  Texas' first Governor, died in Austin Thursday evening at the home of her
 daughter, Mrs. Paul H. Goldmann, after a brief illness. 
 Mrs. Williams, who is believed to be among the last of the group attending
 the historic ceremony which made Sam Houston governor, was born in Bastrop
 County of pioneer stock, her family having settled in Texas in the early
 days while the state was still a part of Mexico. As a little girl she was
 brought to Austin by her father, Middleton Hill from Bastrop, to see Gen.
  Houston take the oath of office.
 
 Later came the turbulent days when Texas was embroiled in the Civil War,
 and one by one she watched her four brothers march off to join the Confederate
 forces. Was not for women in those days, but she helped her mother to run
 the household and aid in various ways by nursing wounded soldiers who came
 back to the community and making bandages for the men at the
 front. 
 She was married in the early '70s after the war, in which her husband
 was a young lieutenant. For a time they lived at Giddings, where he husband
 owned a store. She came to Austin 26 years ago, and has lived for many years,
 with her daughter, Mrs. Goldmann, her only survivor.- Austin
 American. 
 
 

 Bastrop Advertiser, 11/29/1934 
 
 FUNERAL SERVICES FOR D. P. HOLLAND HELD SUNDAY  
 Funeral services were held in Calvary Episcopal Church at 4 o'clock Sunday
 afternoon for David Pope Holland, 74, who quietly passed away very unexpectedly
 at 10:30 Saturday night. The Rev. Clarence H. Lake was in charge of the service
 with interment in Fairview Cemetery.
 
 Mr. Holland, seemingly was as well as usual Saturday night. He sat with
 his devoted wife and read until past 9 o'clock, and became ill as he began
 to retire for the night. The doctor was summoned and the neighbors were called
 and, though everything possible was done, it was to no avail. Mr. Holland
 was unusually well all of his life, until last February when he suffered
 an attack of the flu, from which he never fully recovered. His death was
 caused from heart failure.
 
 Mr. Holland was born on May 22, 1860, in Apalachicola, Florida. He was
 a son of Mary Ella Roberson and D. P. Holland II. On November 20, 1889, he
 was married to Miss Lela Telfair Higgins. Mr. Holland was successful in the
 legal profession, having practiced law in several states, leaving each location
 on account of his wife's ill health. He came to Texas in 1900, practicing
 law for a number of years before retiring. Since coming to Bastrop County
 12 years ago, he has given his entire time to his farming interests. He and
 Mrs. Holland lived on the farm about four years, but for the past eight years
 they have made their home in town.
 
 Mr. Holland was a loyal member of the Episcopal church, consistently but
 unpretentiously, religious all of his life. The pleasure of severing others
 was one of his outstanding characteristics. In 1888, during a scourge of
 yellow fever in Florida when every one was fleeing from the epidemic, he
 stayed and offered his assistance and nursed those who were stricken until
 he himself became a victim. For his faithful and unselfish service at this
 time, the government awarded him with a medal. During his stay in Bastrop
 County he showed the same characteristic in dealing with his Negro tenants.
 All of them loved and respected him, and always came to him for help and
 advice. 
 Perhaps, the most beautiful part of his life was his devotion to his wife,
 and her love for him. They were sweethearts through the last day of his life,
 and his last words were to comfort and encourage
  her. 
 Mr. Holland is survived by his wife, Lela Higgins Holland, and two sisters,
 Mrs. Martin Driscoll, of Brooklyn, NY, and Mrs. Lucy Alexander, of Pierce,
  Florida. 
 Pall bearers were Judge Hartford Jenkins, W. I. McDaniel, J. G. Bryson,
 E. C. Erhard, Fred Moore and Jno. O. Turner. Among those from out-of-town
 attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Brieger, and son, Raymond
 of Houston; Judge R. I. Batts, Mrs. John Middleton and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
 Middleton, of Austin.

 

Bastrop Advertiser
MRS. JAMES H. CRAFT
Della Beula Trigg, daughter of Alanson and Ollie Trigg was born in Hills 
Prairie December 6th, 1856, and passed to her reward January 13th, 1937.
Her parents were born, reared and married near Winchester, TN. They moved to Texas in
1855, when their oldest daughter, Mary was an infant.
Della Trigg the subject of this sketch grew into lovely young womanhood, attending the
neighborhood school and Mrs. Sarah J. Orgain's School in Bastrop. I have heard people who
knew her when she was a girl speak of how pretty she was, with her deep blue eyes and fresh
rosy complexion.
Her father died when she was quite young and several years later her mother was married
to Mr. William Young, a kinsman of her first husband. Mr. Young was a kind and loving
step father to the five children of his wife and they were all deeply attached to him.
On December 15th, 1874, Della Trigg was married to James H. Craft, who became one of Bastrop
County's most prosperous and successful farmer-planters. They young couple made their home in
Hills Prairie for a number of years where they were active in social and religious affairs.
I 1880 Mrs. Craft united with the Baptist Church, and was ever after a most faithful and
loyal member. She and her husband were always among the most liberal supporters of their
church and it's enterprises.
To this couple were born eleven children, two dying in infancy, six splendid daughters, and
three devoted sons, growing to maturity.
Mrs. Craft was truly a home loving, a homemaking woman, ever "looking well to the ways of her
household" like the wise woman of the Bible. She was a devoted mother, and to her husband a
true helpmate and companion.
During the nineties Mr. Craft had a handsome and commodious home built in Bastrop and moved
his family here where they lived through the joys and sorrows of forty years. On February
13th, 1930, Mr. Craft passed away. Since that time some one of the daughters has devoted her
time and efforts to making her mother's life comfortable and happy. And Although through
the seven years since the loss of her husband, whom she missed so much, Mrs. Craft has been 
cyheerful and has occupied her time with little household tasks and piecing many beautiful
quilts which her children and grandchildren cherish very highly.
Mrs. Craft attended church regularly when her health and the weather permitted. She enjoyed
company and loved for her friends to call on her.
Funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. T. R. Thomas, and she was laid to rest by
the side of her life companion under a mound of exquisite flowers.
Mrs. Craft leaves one sister, Mrs. Bettie Price, of Bastrop and one half brother, John
Young of Hills' Prairie. Six daughters, Mrs. Walter Lutz, Mrs. Vesta Jones, Mrs. Horace
Higgins, Mrs. Howard Perkins, all of Bastrop, Mrs. R. C. Wood of Italy, Texas, and Mrs. Paul
Haralson of Dallas. Her sons are Wallace adn Homer Craft of Bastrop and Walter Craft of Hills
Prairie. There are twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
The pall bearers were Hartford Jenkins, Earl Erhard, W. I. McDaniel, Sam Higgins, S. L. 
Brannon, and Fred G. Haynie. Eva H. L. Karling.

 

 Obituary - 1939 
 In the passing away of Mrs. Lou J. M. Perry on July 11th Smithville and
  Bastrop County have lost their oldest citizen. Mrs. Perry had reached the
 wonderful age of 97 years, 5 months and 15 days. She was born at Columbia,
  Tennessee in the year 1842 and came to Texas with her family in 1852, settling
 near Bastrop. She was married to John M. Perry in 1863 who, in the War between
 the States, served in Parson's brigade under Captain
 Highsmith. 
 She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. F. Moore of Columbus, Mrs. T.W.
 Maxwell of Boling, Mrs. Lulu Williams, Mrs. Callis Brewer and Mrs. V.S. McGowan
 all of Smithville and two sons, J.E. Perry of Floydada and Lon Perry of
 Smithville, 15 grand-children and 18
 great-grandchildren.
 
 The following grand sons acted as pall bearers: A.R. Maxwell, T.W. Maxwell,
 Lyt Maxwell, Pomp Perry, Ivan Perry and Euel
 Jenkins. 
 Funeral services were held at the family residence here in Smithville
 Wednesday afternoon, July 12th, with the Rev. Woodrow Jones officiating.
 Burial took place at Oak Hill Cemetery. 
 Thus has passed from us a citizen that truly has performed a noble and
 worthy life here among our people. Coming to Texas as a mere child, this
 girl grew up during the times of much pioneer work. People were coming to
  Texas from many sections of the nation, and when they arrived they generally
 stayed and helped to build a community, and Mrs. Perry is one of those who
 stayed among the rest of our people and did her full part in bringing about
 a more modern civilization here in Bastrop county. We are saddened at her
 departure, but her life and her efforts among us are duly appreciated by
 all who love and admire the history of our
 country. 

 

 Austin Statesman, Monday, December 6, 1943 
 ELGIN SHOTGUN DEATH CALLED ACCIDENTAL 
  ELGIN, Dec. 6 --Death of Barney Culp, 43 year-old Elgin native, who was
 found shot to death one mile south of here on State Highway 95 shortly after
  3 p.m. Sunday was due to "an accident by gunshot wound," M.A. Burleson, justice
 of the peace said in a coroner's verdict Monday. 
 A shotgun charge had accidentally entered his chest as Culp had gone bird
 hunting and had a bird dog tied in the rear of his car. Circumstances of
 Culp's death were investigated by three highway patrolmen and a Texas Ranger,
 before Justice Burleson entered his verdict. 
 Culp was discovered by J. H. Ray, civilian employee at Camp Swift. Elgin
 authorities were notified and an ambulance was called. Culp was dead when
 the ambulance arrived. 
 Culp recently purchased a farm near here after his discharge from the army. 
 Funeral services had not been announced Monday morning. 
 Surviving are his father, Amos C. Culp, three brothers, L.C. Culp of Manor,
 Theo Culp of McDade and Sid Culp of San Antonio; and two sisters, Mrs. C.E.
 Curtis and Mrs. Bud Rawlins, both of Smithville. 

 

  Bastrop Advertiser 7/1946
  
 SERVICES HELD FOR LIFE LONG RESIDENT 
 Friends of Pierce Wolfenberger were saddened last week when they learned
 of his death, which occurred, following a lingering illness, on Monday afternoon,
 July 8, about 6 o'clock.
 
 Mr. Wofenberger was born November 24, 1868, about 10 miles from Bastrop,
 and has lived here all of his life. His parents were Charles and Mary
 Wolfenberger. On November 8, 1896, at Cedar Creek, he was married to Miss
 Sallie Glass. They made their home near Bastrop, where they reared two lovely
 daughters. He was a member of the Baptist
 Church. 
 Surviving him are his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Winnie Culpepper and
 Miss Margaret J. Wolfenberger; one sister, Miss Mary Lee Wolfenbarger; one
 brother, George Wolfenberger, all of
  Bastrop. 
 Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon, July 9, at 5 o'clock,
 with Rev. John Allen officiating, and he was laid to rest beneath a mound
 of beautiful flowers in the Wolfenberger
 Cemetery. 
 Pall bearers were Frank Wolfenberger, Cedar Creek; Charlie Pierce
 Wolfenberger, Nolan Glass, Henry Glass, bill Glass, all of Bastrop, and Laurence
 Miller, Austin
 
 Friends and relatives from out of town who paid their last respects were
 A. H. Murchison and family, H. L. Reeves and family, Mr. and Mrs. I J Jackson,
 Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Glass, Dick Glass, Mrs. Murrell Gladney, Mr. and Mrs.
 Horace Glass and Mrs. Bud Carroll all of Austin; Mrs. Ray Brandon, Albany;
 Mrs. J R Taylor, Smithville; Mrs. Lula Nell Bays, Cuero; and Mrs. M D Dinges,
  Houston. 

 

 Bastrop Advertiser 4/1945
 
 A government marker will be placed on the grave of the late Franlin Hoehn
 Gray, early Bastrop pioneer who settled near Bastrop from Stuart Co, TN in
 1845. He served during the Civil War in Co F Wilkes 24th TX CAV and was wounded
 in action. He died in Red Rock in 1914 and is buried in the Cemetery at that
 place where the marker will be
 erected. 
 His son, J. T Gray, postmaster at Camp Woos, Real County, secured the
 marker through Judge R E Sparkman of Italy, Texas who has devoted seven years
 to locating and securing government markers for Confederate graves in TX.
 As a result of his work hundreds of Confederate graves throughout the state
 have been marked and this is one of a number for which he has secured markers
 in Bastrop County. 
 In addition to marking the graves Judge Sparkman files a record of each
 grave marked with TX Div United Daughters of the Confederacy and they are
 placed in the TX Conf Historical Museum in the State Capitol Building at
  Austin. 

 

  Elgin Courier August 1948 (Contributed by Mr. Curtis)
ALFRED THEO CULP LAID TO REST AUG. 23 
 Alfred Theo Culp succumbed to the effects of a gunshot wound to the chest,
 at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, August 21st in Brackenridge Hospital, after a three-day
 futile fight for life, after he was accidentally wounded on Thursday August
 19th. 
 Funeral services were held Monday, August 23rd from Hyltin Funeral Home
 in Austin, with Rev. Harry Pesnell, of Baptist Temple, Austin, officiating.
 Interment was in Memorial Park, Austin. Pall bearers were William Wesson,
 Dee Fowler, Calvin Clark, Clyde Sprouse, Awol Broadbeck and Henry C. Turner.
 A profusion of lovely flowers banked his final resting
 place. 
 The son of Mr. And Mrs. Amos Culp, Alfred Theo was born August 28, 1898
 in Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas. He attended the local school and grew to
 manhood here and in November 1917 married Annie Owen of Elgin. He engaged
 in farming near Elgin and later was employed with Elgin-Butler Brick Mfg.
  Co. In February 1944 he moved, with his family, to Austin, and resided at
 28 Salina. He was associated with the Kash Karry Grocery there for some time
 but more recently had been engaged in the used car business with his
 son. 
 Twenty years ago Mr. Culp accepted Christ and placed his membership in
  First Baptist Church Elgin. He was well-known in both Elgin and Austin and
 had a wide circle of friends.
 
 Surviving other than the widow are five sons, A.C., A.T., Jr., Leo, Lester
 and Johnny Bob Culp; two daughters, Mrs. Woodie Hibbs, Mrs. Marjorie Johnson,
 all of Austin; eight grandchildren, Lesie and Jimmy Hibbs, Patricia Ann Culp,
 Shirley and Michael Culp, Raymond Culp, Marie Anderson, Richard Clay Culp,
 all of Austin; his father Mr. A.C. Culp, Elgin; two brothers, Louis Culp,
 Manor; Sid Culp, San Antonio; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Rollins and Mrs. Lottie
 Curtis, both of Smithville.
 
 Among those from Elgin present to pay their last respects to his memory
 were, Mrs. Maude Owen and daughters, Mrs. George Cottle, Mr. and Mrs. S.
 H. Culp, Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Craig, Mr. and Mrs. A.C.

 

Bastrop Advertiser August 9, 1951
The following are those that have passed away since last Homecoming, according to the
Advertiser files beginning with the issue of June 9.
Oscar Pfeiffer, 69, June 3
George Cabbell, 58, June 12
Robert "Doc" Woody, 47, June 21
Mrs. Lula Lee Walker, 76, June 20
George Wayne Smith, 85, June 19, in Harlingen
John Riley Alexander, 56, July 11.
Frank Ingram, 66, July 9
C. L. Hendrix, 69, July 15
Mrs. Margaret Hills, July 23, Los Angeles, California
Mrs. H.J. Kesselus, 73, July 27
Charles Rex Anderson, 21, August 7
Edward G. Kleinert of McDade, 55, August 15
Michael Augustus (Gus) Wallace, 76, August 29
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkes Owens, 63, September 22
Mrs. Cora Harrison, 65, October 4
Mrs. Alma Dawson, October 18
Dr. T. B. Taylor, 88, October 21, in Jourdanton.
Whitlow Elzner, 39, October 26, San Antonio
L. L. Ethington, 25, November 4, in Baytown
Mrs. Alfred Griesenbeck, 82, November 12
Jennings L. Goode, December 4, Austin
Mrs. L. W. Olive, 87, December 19, Dallas
Glenn Anderson Harrison, 30, December 24
Mrs. Marie Elizabeth Shepherd, 76, Beaumont
W. T. Tucker, 89, January 9
Thomas J. Breeding, 60, January 19, Red Rock
Mrs. M. C. Booth, 58, January 25, Lockhart
W. B. Ransome, 81, February 19
Charlie H. Wallace, 81, February 22
W. W. Adcock, 73, February 21, Utley
Mrs. George Voigt, 65, March 15, Red Rock
Mrs. J. H. Hendrix, 89, March 15
William Wuneburger, 89, March 28
Pat Morris, 58, Tumacacori, Arizona
Lonnie P. Miller, 67, April 17
Edward Lee Culpepper, 80, April 21, Red Rock

 

Bastrop Advertiser 12/13/1951
SISTER OF WILL HANNA BURIED 
Funeral services were held Thursday, December 6, at 2:00 o'clock for Mrs. 
J. Richard Stephens, 62, of McMahan.
Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Lilly Hutcheson of Lockhart; a son, Nolan
Stephens of San Antonio; six sisters, Mrs. Amanda Harris of Red Rock; Mrs. Ola Wilson of
Smithville; Mrs. Irene Bolton of Dale; Mrs. Emma Bright, Seguin; Mrs. Mary Black, Corpus
Christi; and Mrs. Virgia Gould, Center; four brothers, Zack Hanna, High Grove; Gillford
and Mohlon Hanna, both of Red Rock; and Will Hanna of Bastrop.

 

Bastrop Advertiser 7/26/1951
MRS. LEWIS DIES AT RED ROCK
Funeral service for Mrs. Henrietta M. Lewis, 75, were held Saturday, July 21, at four o'clock
from the Marrs Funeral Home in Smithville, with Dr. Odis Rainer, officiating.
Mrs. Lewis passed away at the home of her son, Jake Lewis, at Red Rock, Thursday, July 19,
following a stroke. She had not been well for the past two years, when she suffered a 
previous stroke. Although she had been blind for a number of years, Mrs. Lewis had lived a
happy, helpful life until her illness.
Pall bearers were grandsons and grandsons-in-law. They were Pvt. J. G. Lewis of Fort Mamouth,
New York; Ray Randal, Houston; Harold Williams, Erwin Laake and James Wolf all of Bastrop.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Frankie Huff, Houston; Mrs. Sam Schaefer and Mrs.
Charlie Dunkin of Bastrop; two sons, Jake Lewis and Ernest Lewis of Red Rock; and one brother,
Dave Waldon of Donna; and a host of grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mrs. Lewis was born on November 4, 1875, in Bastrop County where she spent all of her life.
She was married to Frank Lewis, who preceeded her in death by three years. She was a member
of the Baptist Church.
Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery.

 

 Bastrop Advertiser 6/24/1954
 
 PIONEER CITIZEN IS BURIED HERE SUNDAY 
 Mrs. Martha Ellen Erhard , 87, passed away at 3:30pm on Saturday, June
 19 in Austin, following a lingering illness. 
 Funeral services were conducted here at 4pm Sunday, June 20, with the
 Rev. W. M. Schulze of the First Methodist Church and the Rev. O. W. Sumerlin
 of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Fairview
 Cemetery. 
 Pall bearers were Alex Waugh, Dr. A. C. Smith, E. F. Pearcy, John R. Allen,
 J. P. Sharp, W. R. Price, W. T. Higgins, Jr, and M. A. Prokop all of
  Bastrop. 
 Mrs. Erhard was born December 15, 1866, at Hallettsville, the daughter
 of S. D. Peterson and Elizabeth Jane Gage Peterson. She was married to Louis
 Reynolds Erhard, May 3, 1893, in Hallettsville and moved to Bastrop, where
 she made her home and reared a family.
 
 Mrs. Erhard was a member of the Methodist Church, which she attended regularly
 before she became ill. Her main interest in life was in her home and church
 work, characteristic of the pioneer lady that she was. 
 Survivors are two daughters; Mrs. L. C. Price of Bastrop and Mrs. Ray
 Arbuckle of Elgin; a son, Merton T Erhard of Memphis, Tennessee; two sisters,
 Miss Fannie Peterson and Mrs. E. L. Rarkington; two brothers, Thomas Peterson
 and Bert Peterson, all of Hallettsville.
 
 Friends and relatives from out of town attending the funeral were Mrs.
 J. T. Jaeggli of Moulton; Mrs. R. H. Fleming of Columbus, Georgia' M. B.
 Peterson and Marvin Peterson, Jr. of Houston; Mr. and Mrs. A. Moredoch, Mr.
 and Mrs. Wayne Davenport, Mrs. Warren Arbuckle, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Franke,
 Mrs. Pat Pfeiffer, Mrs. Roy Rice, O. E. Arbuckle, Mrs. Mildred Causer, Mr.
 and Mrs. Owens Carter, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Sowell, Mr. and Mrs. Louie Pfeiffer,
 Mr. and Mrs. Noel Arbuckle, Wallace Arbuckle, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dalton,
 Mr. And Mrs. E. R. Lind, Mrs. Lee Ray Hubbard, Mrs. M L Rivers, Mrs. B M
 Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Rankin, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Webb, W. H. Rivers Jr
 and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rivers III, all of
  Elgin. 
 Also Mrs. C. B. Tracy of El Paso; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Horn of Lufkin, and
 Mrs. Jack Tolleson and children of St. Louis,
  Missouri. 

 

 Aaron P Perkins Pioneer Citizen Laid to Rest 
 (Note: handwritten on this obit is "1956") 
 Aaron P. Perkins, Sr., 84, lifelong pioneer resident of Bastrop County,
 passed away at 12:00 o'clock Monday, February 13, at the John Sealy Hospital
 in Galveston, having been in ill health since August, 1955. Services were
 conducted at the Marrs Funeral Home in Smithville at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday
 afternoon, February 15, with the Rev. Wayland Woodall, pastor of the Assembly
 of God church, Bastrop, officiating. Burial was in the Alum Creek
 Cemetery. 
 Pall bearers were his grandsons, D.W. Clardy, Ennis Clardy, A.V. Clardy,
 M.V. Perkins, Bryson French and L.C.
 Courts. 
 (Note: D.W. Clardy is Delmar Woodrow Clardy, M.V. Perkins is Major V.
 Perkins) 
 Survivors include the following children, Aaron Eal Perkins, Bastrop;
 I.L. (Note: Ira Lee) Perkins, Petersburg; Mrs. Georgia Stewart and Mr. Ernest
 Williams, Austin; a host of other relatives and many
 friends. 
 Mr. Perkins was born on January 21, 1872, the son of William Perkins and
 Rebecca Cisco Perkins. He was married to Ellen Jane Walters, and established
 himself as a successful cattleman in this
 county. 
 Friends and relatives attending the funeral from out of town were Mrs.
 Lois Spivey, Liberty Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Ennis Clardy, and Mr. and Mrs. A.V.
 Clardy and daughters, Austin; Mr. and Mrs. M.V. Perkins, Baytown; Mrs. Clydie
 Joseph, Liberty Hill, all grandchildren; Mrs. London Robinson and Leonard
 Perkins, Elgin; and Mr. and Mrs. L.C. Courts and Mr. and Mrs. C.V. Courts,
 Ne-----nd (Nederland?) 
 
 

 The Bastrop Advertiser: "Milton Pressley Is Buried Here December 15th"
 (From December 1965)
 
 "Milton C. Pressley, 63, passed away at the local hospital at 10 o'clock
 Monday morning, December 13, following a lingering
 illness. 
 Funeral services were held from Cooper Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon,
 December 15, at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. Dewey Baldwin, pastor of the First
 Baptist Church, officiating. Pall bearers were James B. Kershaw, Clyde Reynolds,
 Oren Eskew, N. R. Simpson, Hall Tarver and William Higgins. Burial was in
  Fairview Cemetery.
 
 He is survived by his wife; two brothers, W.B. Pressley of Brazoria and
 H.H. Pressley of Lake Charles, La; and two sisters, Mrs. May Cawley of Houston
 and Mrs. Martha E. Mitchell of Lincoln, Nebraska, and a number of nieces
 and nephews. 
 Born in the Cooks Point Community near Caldwell on November 25, 1902,
 Milton Curtis Pressley was the son of J.J. and Mary Catherine Sherrill Pressley.
 He was married to Miss Linda Sorge of
  Bastrop. 
 A veteran of World War II, he served in the United States Air Corps. He
 was an examiner for the Texas Employment Commission at the state office in
  Austin until his retirement last April. He was a member of the Church of
 Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, and of the Sons of Herman Lodge No.
 154 of Paige, Texas.
 
 Relatives and friends from out of town attending the funeral were Amelia
 Pressley and Mrs. Helen Lookingbill and children of Brazoria; Mr. and Mrs.
 Jack Cawley and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Watson of Houston; Bill Cawley and Mr.
 and Mrs. James Freeman of Bryan; Mrs. M.E. Mitchell of Lincoln,
  Nebraska. 
 Mrs. Elsie Fisher, Mrs. Leona Raschke and Leon A. Schultz of Paige; Mrs.
 Oscar Cruz; Mrs. Paula Sanchez, Kay Prewitt, Mrs. Jean Richardson, Mickie
 Taylor, Otto Heindeke, Harry Frederick, Sam Bennett, T.W. Davidson, Charles
 Purcell, Howard Harkins, C.P. Garcia and Rayford Mims, all of Austin and
 Herman Hempel of Long Island, New
  York." 
 
 

 
 Reese Edward Tanner was born in Fort Worth 20 Jun 1927 to David Edward
 and Pearl Syble (Speed) Tanner and died 2 May 1990 in Bedford, Tarrant County,
  Texas. Reese was the grandson of Joel Haskins and Virginia Lee (Outlaw) Tanner
 of Elgin, Bastrop County. Reese Tanner was married to Marsha Witkowski 6
 Nov 1957. 
 
Ft Worth Star-Telegram, Friday, 4 May 1990 (Contributed by Mr. Curtis)
  Fort Worth - - Reese Edward Tanner, a retired district manager in engineering
 for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. died Wednesday at a Bedford hospital.
 He was 62. 
 Funeral will be at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at Lucas & Moore Funeral Home
 on Brentwood Stair Road. Graveside service will be at 11.30 a.m. tomorrow
 in Hillcrest Memory Garden in Hillsboro, Hill
 County. 
 Mr. Tanner was born in Fort Worth and was a lifelong resident. 
 He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers and the Church of Christ. 
 Mr. Tanner was an Army veteran of World War II. 
 The family suggests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society. 
 Survivors: Two sons, Robert Wayne Tanner and David Edward Tanner, both
 of Fort Worth; two daughters, Susan Renee Tanner and Ann Marie Tanner, both
 of Fort Worth; sister, Virginia Lee Howington of Denver, and two grandsons. 

 

 John Charles Craig (or J.C. to his friends), 59, died 27 April 1989 at
 his home in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. He was born 3 Jun 1929 near Elgin, Bastrop
 County, Texas the son of Dee B. and Alma Gertrude (Outlaw) Craig. He was
 the grandson of Charles Bernard & Sarah Elizabeth (Tyler) Craig and John
 Henry & Sarah Elizabeth (House) Outlaw. John graduated from Elgin High
 School, served in the U.S. Army in Korea, and graduated from the University
 of Texas during 1957.
 
 John married Marie Booze in Reno, Nevada on 23 August 1967. He was Traffic
 Manager for the Port of Sacramento, California until his retired in 1988.
 He died following a lengthy illness (brain tumor) and was buried in the Veterans
 Cemetery, Maui, Hawaii.
 
 John is survived by his wife of the home; two brothers, Curtis D. Craig
 of Oklahoma City and Henry B. Craig of Tulsa, Oklahoma; as well as two nieces
 and two nephews. 

 

 Lucille Martin, 86, a lifetime resident of Cedar Creek, died in Austin
  5 March 2000. She was injured in a fall about a week earlier in a parking
 lot in the Round Rock area. Lucille was born on the family ranch in Cedar
 Creek on 7 September 1913 to Turner L. and Velma Ella (Outlaw) Martin. She
 was buried 10 March 2000 beside her husband Robert, who died 8 March 1982,
 in the Upper Cedar Creek Cemetery. Lucille is survived by a sister Velma
 Shell of Angleton; two nephews, Turner Shell of Cedar Creek and Edward Shell
 of the United Arab Emirates; a niece, Carol Barnett of Angleton and several
 great nieces and great nephews. Others from out of town were first cousins
 Juanita Owen of Elgin, Faye Owen Stripling of Shepherd, and Curtis D. Craig
 of Oklahoma City.
 
 

 The Elgin Courier Thursday, February 5, 1953 (Contributed by Mr. Curtis)
 
 A. C. Culp, Pioneer Bastrop Co. Settler, Laid to Rest Jan. 29 
 Last rites for Mr. Amos C. Culp, pioneer settler of Bastrop County were
 held Thursday afternoon, Jan. 29, 1953, at 3:30 o'clock from the chapel of
 Miller Mortuary with the Rev. C. Edward Fraim, pastor of Central Christian
 Church, officiating. The favorite hymn of the deceased, "Sweet Bye and Bye"
 and "Rock of Ages" were sung by the choir. Burial was in the Elgin Cemetery.
 Pallbearers were Ellaig L. Craig, S. H. Culp, Wayland Ridings, Finch Dunkin,
 Hardy Frost and Louie Pfeiffer.
 
 Amos C. Culp was the son of John Franklin Culp and Mary Ann Sowell Culp
 of Tennessee and was born in Memphis, Tenn. Feb. 13, 1866. At the age of
 4 years he came to Texas by wagon train with his family who settled in Bastrop
 County and engaged in farming, and grew to young manhood near
  Bastrop. 
 He married Sarah Ella Erwin of Bastrop who died Sept. 11, 1909 leaving
 him with 8 young children. Mr. Culp reared his family, taking the place of
 both father and mother until all were grown and married, and his devotion
 and loving care re their most precious memory of a father who found no sacrifice
 too great for them as he taught them to be trustworthy and God-fearing
 citizens. 
  Nov. 11, 1934 he married Mrs. Jessie Siegmund who, with the children gave
 him every care and attention during his lengthy illness at his home in Elgin
 where he had resided since he retired from farming activities some twenty
 years ago. He passed away at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1953 at the age
 of 86 years, 11 months and 15 days.
 
 By faith, Mr. Culp was a Baptist and had been a member of the Baptist
 Church many years. He held the respect and esteem of a large friendship extending
 throughout this section, evidenced by the profusion of floral tributes which
 banked his final resting place and the large attendance of relatives and
 friends from other places present to pay their last respects to his
 memory. 
 Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Jessie Culp, Elgin; two daughters, Mrs.
 C. E. Curtis and Mrs. L. F. Rollins, both of Smithville; two sons, Louie
 Culp, Austin; Sid Culp, San Antonio; one step-daughter, Mrs. W. E. Rackley,
  Corpus Christi; three step-sons, Irby Siegmund, Corpus Christi; Hugh Siegmund,
 Rockport and Herbert Seigmund, Freeport; 18 grandchildren and 19
 great-grandchildren. Also one brother; John Culp, Thorndale, and one sister,
  Mrs. Tex Harvey, San Antonio.
 
 Among the out-of-town relatives and friends attending the funeral were
 Mrs. Horace Pally, Messrs. and Mesdames Louie Culp, Curtis Culp and family,
 A. C. Culp and family, A. T. Culp and family, Lester Culp and family, Woody
 Hibbs and family and Mrs. Theo Culp and sons, all of Austin; Sid Culp, San
 Antonio; Sidney Culp, Bishop; Messrs. and Mesdames L. F. Rollins and family,
 C. E. Curtis, Mesdames E. H. Malone, F. W. Maxwell, Callie Brewer, Raja Walker,
 George McMahan, Lela Dennis, N. M. Riggs, and Lou Perry, all of Smithville;
 Rev. Arthur Lockhart and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hart, of La Grange; Mr. and Mrs.
 Rodney Mundine and son, Aransas Pass; Mrs. Uba Rackley, Corpus Christi; Mr.
 and Mrs. Hugh Siegmund, Elbert and Milton, and Glenn Mundine, Mr. and Mrs.
 Sam Mundine, Titus and D. S. Mundine, all of Rockport; Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
 Ayers, La Porte; Messrs. and Mesdames Charlie Mogonye, Jr., and Mervin Craig,
 Mesdames S. J. Spier, Bertice A. Huey, Allen Huey Hodges, all of Austin;
 
 
 Mrs. Clarence Baird, Messrs. John and Ned Culp, all of Thorndale. 
 Sarah Rebecca (Outlaw) Culp was born 19 Feb 1864 in Bastrop County to
 David and Sarah Elizabeth (Erwin) Outlaw. She married James Henry Culp, son
 of Franklin and Mary Ann (Sowell) Culp 25 Dec 1884 in Bastrop County. They
 had three sons, Amos Jackson, Samuel Henry and Herbert Virgil. She died of
 typhoid fever in Elgin 30 Mar 1914 and is buried in the Elgin
 Cemetery. 
 
 
 

  Elgin Courier - Thursday, December 16, 1971 (Contributed by Mr. Curtis)
 NATIVE ELGINITE PASSES AWAY HERE
 
 Samuel Henry (Sam) Culp, 78, native Elgin resident, died December 3, 1971,
 at Fleming Memorial Hospital.
 
 Funeral was Sunday, December 5, at the First Baptist Church with Rev.
 W. Ray Head officiating. Miller-Newby Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
 Burial was in Elgin City Cemetery.
 
 Pall bearers were David Culp, Henry Culp, H.V. Culp, Jr., Raymond Culp,
  Lawrence Matetzschk, and Ray Culp.
 
 Mr. Culp was born August 24, 1893, to James Henry and Rebecca Culp in
  Elgin. He was a long time member of the Elgin Baptist Church and had served
 as church treasurer and as a deacon.
 
 He maintained a lively interest in baseball, both as a player and later
 as a spectator. He caught his last competitive game after age 60. 
 From 1915 to 1943 Mr. Culp was an Elgin merchant having had his store
 located at different time in the south and north business sections. From
 1943 until his 1961 retirement he was business manager of the local
 hospital. 
 Great tribute was paid to the memory of this friendly citizen in that
 his real base of living always included his friends. Whether he came to know
 them through work, leisure or his church, he had a greeting and ready
 conversation for them.
 
 With Mr. Culp, friendship was no formula, it was a genuine reflection
  of whet he felt for others.
 
 Survivors are his wife, Ella Mae; one son, Howard; one granddaughter,
 Tami; and two grandsons, Stephen and David, of
  Austin. 

 

 The Bastrop Advertiser 3/11/2000
 
 Luther Ross 
 Dr. Luther W. Ross, 77, of Kerrville died Sunday, March 5, 2000 at his
 residence. 
 He was born Sept. 14, 1922 in Taylor and had been a Kerville resident
 since 1953. 
 He was a retired superintendent of Kerrville State Hospital. He was confirmed
 as a Lutheran. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club, where he was named citizen
 of the year, Hill Country Medical Association, American Psychiatric Society
 and the Kerrville Area Chamber of
 Commerce. 
 He served two years and seven months in the United States Army in World
 War II. He married Rebecca Franklin on Sept. 9, 1948 in Round Rock. 
 Survivors include his wife, Rebecca Rose of Kerrville; two daughters,
 Betsy Colvin of Kerville and Susie Gass of Seguin; one son, Wayne Ross of
  Bastrop; and five grandchildren, Ray Ross, Cody Nelms, Derek Nelms, Beth
 Colvin and Amy Colvin.
 
 A memorial service was held March 8 at Grimes Funeral Chapels in
  Kerrville. 
 Those who desire may make memorial contributions to the charity of one's
 choice. 

 

 Lucille Martin 
 Lucille Martin, 86, of Bastrop died Sunday, March 5, 2000. 
 She was active in the Cedar Creek Methodist Church, the American Association
 of Retired People of Bastrop and was also an avid quilter at the Bastrop
  Senior Center.
 
 She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert C. Martin, who died in
 March of 1982.
 
 She is survived by a sister, Velma Shell of Angleton; nephews, turner
 and wife, Jo Shell of Cedar Creek, and Edward Shell, also of Cedar Creek;
 a niece, Carol Barnett and husband, Jerry of
  Alvin. 
 Service was held Friday at Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home in Bastrop with
 the Rev. Bill Krieg, the Rev. David Skinner and the Rev. Jimmie Cottle
 officiating. 
 Serving as pall bearers were Pat Williams, Brian Trelle, George Moore,
 Jim Collins, Gordon Powell and Everette
 Owen. 
 Interment will be in the Upper Cedar Creek
 Cemetery. 
 Funeral arrangements were by Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home in
  Bastrop. 

 

 Irene Welch 
 Irene Ruby Welch, 84, died Monday, March 6, 2000 after a lengthy illness.
 She was born April 6, 1915 and was a lifetime resident of Austin. 
 Her husband, Thomas S. Welch, preceded her in death. 
 Survivors include her daughters, Rosie Friske of Round Rock, Nelda Hall
 of Austin, Bessie Campbell of Bastrop, Judy McNees of Austin and Sandra Steinkamp
 of Minnesota; three sons, Tommy Welch and Ralph Welch, both of Austin, and
 Robert Welch of Emory; 19 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and one
 great-great-grandchild.
 
 The family received friends March 8, at the Cook-Walden Funeral Home in Austin. 
 Funeral service was held March 9 in the Colonial Chapel of the Cook-Walden
 Funeral Home. Interment followed at Fiskville
 Cemetery. 

 

 Lettie Hall 
 Lettie B. Robinson Hall died Feb. 29, 2000. 
 She was born March 26, 1900 to Willie Kitchen and American Robinson Kitchen
 in Bastrop County. She had two sisters to precede her in death along with
 her parents. 
 She was a member of the Macedonia Baptist Church since
 1929. 
 She married Clyde Hall on May 4, 1936. He died July 26, 1992. From this
 marriage there were no children, but they had a Godchild named Wanda
 Tarver. 
 She was a member of Mission Board No. 1 and a member of the Senior Choir.
 She was in the Deaconess Association until her health
 failed. 
 She is survived by her sister, Mellie Kitchen Williams and brother-in-law,
 Fan Williams, and one nephew, G. W.
 Hyder. 
 Services were Tuesday, March 7 at Macedonia Baptist Church in Bastrop,
 presided over by the Rev. C. A. Williams,
 pastor. 

 

 Gruder Tolliver, 70, of Austin died March 3, 2000. 
 Survivors include his children, Matthew Tolliver, Gruder Tolliver, Jr.,
 Rosetta Tolliver and Larry Tolliver, all of Austin; 12 grandchildren; and
 10 great-grandchildren.
 
 Funeral service was held Wednesday, Marcy 8 at Elgin Funeral Home with
 interment in the Westbrook Cemetery.
 
 

 Helen Deary 
 Helen Marie Deary, 54, of Smithville died Thursday, March 2, 2000 in
  Garland. 
 Services will be Saturday, March 11 at 1 p.m. at the Mount Pilgrim Baptist
 Church in Smithville. Burial will follow at the Colorado Cemetery in
 Smithville. 
 Arrangements were made by Pendergrass-People's Mortuary Inc. 

 

 The Smithville Times Thursday, March 9, 2000 
 Katherine E. Story
 
 Katherine E. Story, 93, of Smithville passed away Wednesday, March 1. 
 Katherine was born July 25, 1906 in Dallas to Frank and Katherine E. (Moore)
 Stuckert. 
 She is survived by her daughter Katherine E. Cook of Smithville; granddaughter
 Marilyn Jo Hamilton; great granddaughters, Kathy Reader and Berttany Hamilton;
 great grandsons, Trey Courtemanche and Bart Hamilton; great great grandchildren,
 Christopher Reader, Janiey Reader, Cade Courtemanche and Claire
 Courtemanche. 
 Services were held Friday, March 3, at 2 pm at Marrs-Jones Funeral Home
 Chapel. Burial was in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Smithville. Rev. Rebecca Fox
 Nuelle officiated. 
 
 
 

  July 5, 1995 (Contributed by Mr. Curtis)
  Elgin Courier 
 SAMUEL HOWARD CULP
 
 S. Howard Culp, age 69, of Austin, passed away after a lengthy illness.
 Originally of Elgin, Mr. Culp was valedictorian of the class of 1943 at Elgin
 High School, later moving to Austin where he studied accounting at the University
 of Texas and computer programming at Durham Business College. He was employed
 at the Texas State Comptroller's office for 14 years. 
 An accomplished pianist and organist, Mr. Culp entertained soldiers at
 the old Camp Swift near Bastrop during World War II. After retirement, Mr.
 Culp took great interest in issues such as technology, education and the
 elderly, closely following all state legislation and the recent restoration
 of our state capital.
 
 Mr. Culp is survived by his three children, David Culp of Cordova, Tennessee,
 twins, Stephen and Tami Culp, both of Leander and five grandchildren, Shannon,
 Megan, Matthew, Austin and Ryan Culp.
 
 Graveside services were held Monday at 11 a.m. at the Elgin Cemetery. 
 Arrangements were by Elgin Funeral Home. 

 

 Effie Maude (Outlaw)Owen, born 5 Feb 1894 near Elgin, to John Henry Outlaw
 and Sarah Ann Elizabeth (House) Outlaw, married Donville Owen 28 Jan 1912
 in Elgin, Bastrop County. She died 23 May 1983 in Austin and is buried in
  Elgin Cemetery. The obit appeared it the Elgin Courier sometime during May
 1983. 
 
  Elgin Courier 
 Maude O. Owen 
 Maude O. Owen, 89, of Elgin, died in Brackenridge Hospital, May 23. Funeral
 services were held from the Newby Funeral Chapel at 4 p.m. May 24, with Brother
 Lloyd Massey of the Church of Christ, officiating. Burial was in the Elgin
 Cemetery. 
 Survivors are one son, James Wilson Owen of Jacksonville, Arkansas; four
 daughters, Louise Owen, Mamie Belle Cottle, Juanita Owen, all of Elgin; and
 Faye Stripling of Houston; and three grandchildren and one
 great-grandchild.
 
  Elgin Courier 17 December 1936 (Contributed by Mr. Curtis)
 
 

In Memory of Odis Outlaw
 
 Odis, son of Mr. And Mrs. Earl Outlaw, was born Dec. 31, 1916, five miles
 south of Elgin, died Dec 10, 1936 from injuries received in a motorcycle
 accident Dec 9 on the entrance steps of the Elgin Brick Hotel. Emergency
 treatment was given him by Dr. Joe Fleming, then he was rushed by J.C. Miller
 ambulance to Brackenridge Hospital, Austin accompanied by a great uncle,
 Edwin Outlaw and R.W. McCreery with whom he was employed at the time of the
 accident. 
 His father in company with an uncle, Dee Craig followed them reaching
 the hospital about thirty minutes after the ambulance did. 
 All that loving hands and medical aid could do was done but to no avail.
 He never regained consciousness.
 
 Odis lived his entire life in Bastrop County with the exception of four
 years he lived in Williamson County near
 Type. 
 He received his education from McDuff, Type and Elgin Schools. 
 His mother, Mrs. Lola Scott Outlaw, passed away while living near Type
  Nov 28, 1930. 
 In October 1931 he and his father moved in with his grandmother Outlaw,
 where they have made their home. Since Odis had many warm friends since being
 employed with McCreedy's filling station who are deeply grieved by his untimely
 death. 
 Pallbearers were: R.J. Upchurch, Lester McCreedy, Taylor Bell Bailey,
 Harold Gardner, Herbert and Osborn Cottle. 
 His grave was covered with a blanket of flowers, symbols of love, sent
 by relatives and friends.
 
 Surviving are his father, Mr. Earl Outlaw, grandparents, Mr. And Mrs.
 John Scott, Mrs. J.H. Outlaw; Aunts, Mesdames Dee Craig and Donville Owen,
  Elgin; L.C. Culp, Manor; Uncles, Mr. Chessie Scott, Elgin; Mr. Walter Scott,
  Austin besides a host of other
 relatives. 
 Out-of-town relatives attending the funeral were: Mr. Walter Scott and
 son and daughter; Mr. And Mrs. Robert Martin, Mrs. J.B. Pierce and granddaughter,
 Austin; Mr. T.L. Martin, Cedar Creek and Mr. and Mrs. L.C. Culp and children,
 Manor. 
 
 

 Elgin Courier 1998 (Contributed by Mr. Curtis)
 
 L.F. Clark Jr. 
 L. F. Clark Jr., 65 of McDade, died Saturday, February 28, 1998 in
  Austin. 
 Mr. Clark was born in Bastrop County to the late Leverett Franklin and
 Annie Mary (Mundine) Clark. A resident of McDade for the past 40 years, Mr.
  Clark was a carpenter and millwright. He married Eilen LaVerne Dunkin on
  March 21, 1951 in La Grange. 
 Mr. Clark was a member of the Carpenters Local Union #1266 for over 30
 years, an active member of the Polled Hereford Association, director of Polled
 Herefords for the Travis County Junior Livestock show, a member of the Blue
 Volunteer Fire Department and a member of the Concerned Tax Payers of Lee
 County. 
 Visitation was Monday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Phillips & Luckey
 Funeral Home in Rockdale. Services were 2 p.m. Tuesday at Adina Christian
 Church near Lexington with burial in Adina
 Cemetery. 
 Mr. Clark was preceded in death by his parents and an infant
 brother. 
 Survivors include his wife, La Verne Dunkin Clark of Mcdade; sons, J.
 R. Clark and wife Gloria of Lexington; daughters, Linda Gale Robinson and
 husband Tom of Austin, Peggy Jo Biehle and husband Larry of Lexington, Judy
 Lynn Broussard and husband Craig of New Braunfels; 10 grandchildren, one
 great-grandchildren.
 
 Pallbearers were Jeffrey Brown, Joshua Clark, Paul Biehle, Dale Turnipseed,
 Jerry Turnipseed, Jerry Turnipseed and Ray Turnipseed. 
 Memorials may be given to Hospice Austin, 4107 Spicewood Springs Road,
  Austin, Texas 78759 

 

  Elgin Courier, Thursday May 16,1951 (Contributed by Mr. Curtis)
 Funeral Service Held Here Friday for Mrs. W.P. Culp, Sr. 
 Funeral services were held Friday afternoon, May 4 at 2:30 o'clock at
  First Baptist Church for Mrs. W.P. Culp, Sr., widow of a prominent pioneer
  Elgin businessman and one of the incorporators of the Elgin National Bank,
 which he served as an officer and director until his death in 1942. The Rev.
 E.L. Sparks of Austin officiated. 
 Interment was in the Elgin
 Cemetery. 
 Pallbearers were Sam Culp, A.J. Rankin, George Loftus, Ray Arbuckle, Enoch
 Lind, Leslie Fisher, all of Elgin; Bremond Culp, Thorndale and Herbert Culp
 of Austin. 
 Honorary pallbearers included W.H. Rivers, Jr., Roy Rivers, L.P. Cherry,
 W.C. Brown, Harvie Allen, M.L. Rivers, A.C. Brown, Buck Christian, George
 Pruitt, John L. Dannelley, Dean Davis, Clay Davis, O.A. Davis, Wallace Gillum,
 Adolph Sowell, C.W. Webb all of Elgin; W.C. Rivers, Amos M. Felts, Austin;
 Tignal Jones, Bastrop.
 
 Mary Ella House, the daughter of Labon and Nancy House, was born in Bastrop
 County, several miles north of Bastrop, on February 22, 1862. On November
 13, 1887 she married Willis Patrick (Wid) Culp who had come to Texas from
 Friendship, Tennessee in 1869 and was a prosperous farmer in Bastrop County.
 They came to Elgin in 1899 to make their home and residing on East Brenham
 Street, where they reared their only son, the late W.P. (Powell) Culp, Jr.
 who died in November 1946. Mr. Culp preceded his son in death four
 years. 
 Since her husband's passing Mrs. Culp lived alone, moving from the homestead
 to a cottage at 118 N. Avenue C adjacent to her church and one block off
  Main Street in the fall of 1943. Despite her impaired eyesight she did all
 her housework, sewing and shopping and attended church regularly. Although
 frail she was durable and full of energy, courage and faith and very independent.
 She considered others ahead of herself to a fault. Endowed with a keen sense
 of humor her droll witticisms and sagacity endeared her to a large and admiring
 circle of friends who sought her out for priceless companionship or wise
 council. 
 Mrs. Culp was the last member of her family of four sisters and one brother.
 The brother, Will D. House departed this life Sept 21, 1950, the sisters
 years ago. 
 She was a Baptist by faith and down through the years was a prominent
 and influential member and worked in First Baptist Church and the WMU, which
 was known as the Ladies Aid at the time she joined as a charter member and
 served in official capacity. She was for many years an officer in Elgin Cemetery
 Association, resigning her duties only when her eyesight failed. Civic and
 school projects of importance received her consideration and
 support. 
 Mrs. Culp died Thursday morning, May 3, at 10:30 in Fleming Memorial Hospital
 from the effects of a heart attack. The body lay in state at her home until
 just prior to the funeral hour when it was removed to First Baptist Church,
 to rest before a background of floral
 tributes. 
 Survivors are two grandsons, Captain W.P. Culp, Ret., of Lincolnwood,
  Illinois and Jack Culp, Sr., of Houston, Texas and three great-grandsons;
 and a number of nieces and nephews.
 
 Among those from other places attending the funeral were: Mrs. C.D. Hays,
 Jack Hays, Amos Felts, Mrs. Joe Krebs, J.F. Foster, W.C. Rivers, Mr. And
 Mrs. Herbert Culp, Mr. and Mrs. Will Evans, all of Austin; Bremond Culp,
 Thorndale; Mrs. Alma Westbrook, Mrs. Texanna Harvey, Mrs. Joseph Palmara,
 of San Antonio; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Curtis of Smithville; Mrs. G.A. Schaefer,
 Tignal Jones, Bastrop; Capt. W.P. Culp, Ret., Illinois; Mr. and Mrs. Jack
 Culp, Sr. and sons, Houston; Mary Reed Culp, Waco; Cpl. W.D. House, Ft. Sill,
  Oklahoma, and other whose names are
 unavailable. 

 

 Thursday, April 21, 1977-Elgin Courier-Elgin, Texas (Contributed by Mr. Curtis)
 MRS. MILDRED MILLER
 
 Mrs. Cecil (Mildred) Miller died on April 13, 1977, in Fleming Memorial
 Hospital and was buried on Friday, April 15, in the Elgin Cemetery. 
 Mildred Kathryn Outlaw, daughter of Edwin R. Outlaw and Ola Mayo was born
 on July 17, 1906, in Elgin where she spent her entire life. When she was
 a young girl she professed her faith in Christ and became an active member
 of the First Baptist Church of Elgin.
 
 On June 23, 1926, she was married to Cecil Ralph Miller. Last year they
 celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. After her marriage she united
 with the First United Methodist Church of Elgin. 
 Mildred was a useful, active, talented member of the Elgin Community.
 She was an ex-president of the New Century Club and at the time of her demise
 was an Active Life Member. 
 She was a past Worthy Matron of the Elgin Chapter No. 241 of the Eastern
 Star, as well as having served as the secretary for twenty years or longer.
 She received numerous Grand Appointments including the Grand Chapter
 Representative to Saskatchewan, Canada for three years. 
 She was a member of the Capitol Arts Society of Austin having shown and
 sold her pictures in their gallery until her recent illness. She also
 successfully showed pictures in a Temple Art Gallery. Her art work is known
 not only in the community but also in other cities and states. For the past
 four months her ill health curtailed her
 activities. 
 Mildred was called to her Eternal home early on the morning of April 13,
 1977. Her departure saddens all who knew her. She is survived by her husband,
 a sister Sue Adkerson of Bertram, a brother E. R. (Jack) Outlaw Jr. of Yuma,
  Arizona, and a niece Katherine Woods of Denton. 
 She was interred in the Elgin Cemetery in the Miller Family burial plot
 following a service conducted by the Rev. Ross Welch, assisted by the Rev.
 W. F. Galbraith. Pallbearers were Paul Farris, W. R. Niebuhr, C. W. Thompson,
  Lawson Rivers, N. R. Radtke, W. R. Fitzpatrick, Paul R. Abel and Harvey
 Condron. 

 

 CECIL MILLER (Contributed by Mr. Curtis)
 Cecil Ralph Miller, 73 of Elgin, passed away on Saturday, May 21, 1977,
 in Brackenridge Hospital in Austin. A life-long resident of Elgin, Miller
 was a retired Elgin merchant and funeral director; a member of the First
 United Methodist Church, Elgin Masonic Lodge and Ben Hur Shrine
  Temple. 
 His funeral service was held on May 24 at 2:00 p.m. in Newby Funeral Chapel
 and was officiated by Rev. Ross Welch and Rev. W. F. Galbraith. Interment
 was in the Elgin Cemetery. The pallbearers were Paul Farris, Walter Puckett,
 Harvey Condron, Wesley Niebuhr, W. R. Fitzpatrick, C. W. Thompson, Wayland
 Foehner and N. R. Radtke. 
 Survivors are his sisters-in-law, Mrs. Sue Adkerson of Bertram and Mrs.
 Ruth Miller of Elgin; one brother-in-law, Jack Outlaw of Youma, Arizona;
 and a niece, Mrs. Katherine Woods of
  Denton. 

 

  LYDIA CATHRINE MAYO (Contributed by Mr. Curtis)
 
 died 1929 
 Mrs. Lydia Cathrine Mayo, 73, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank
 Smith, in Austin, Saturday night at 12 o'clock from the effects of fall stones,
 following an intermittent illness of several months duration. Preliminary
 services were held Sunday at the home of Mrs. Smith in the presence of a
 large concourse of friends, after which the funeral cortege came to Elgin
 where services were continued at 4 o'clock in the First Baptist church which
 was beautifully decorated with cut flowers and pot plants. The Rev. Morrison,
 of Austin, conducted the sad rites, assisted by the Rev. M. H. Godfrey, local
 Baptist minister. A selected choir rendered sweet songs, dear to the heart
 of the departed and she was gently laid to rest in the pretty Elgin
 cemetery. 
 Lydia Cathrine Wood was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Wood and
 was born on August 13, 1855 in Bastrop county. She was married to J. D. Mayo
 and made her home in Elgin some thirty-five years. Her husband preceded her
 in death twenty-seven years and her three sons had also answered the last
 call prior to her going.
 
 Mrs. Mayo united with the Baptist church when a child and has always believed
 and practiced her true religious teachings learned so long ago. She was indeed
 a good woman and expressions of praise of her great Christian character,
 were numerous and frequent. She made friends easily and held a large friendship
 here. Many devoted friends mourn her death, who have felt her kind hand and
 sweet sympathy in times of sickness and sorrow during her residence here.
  Austin friends will miss her inspiring presence and influence. Besides being
 a friend to friends, she was a mother in every sense of the word to her
 daughters, who are now sorely bereft of her tender
 ministrations.
 
 Surviving her are three daughters, Mesdames Frank Smith and Edwin Outlaw,
  Austin, and Charlie Carter, Elgin; one sister, Mrs. W. A. Kilgore, Austin;
 one brother, W. A. Wood, Andice, and nine
 grandchildren.
 
 The lovely floral offerings formed a beautiful blanket which entirely
 covered her resting place and served as mute symbols of love and sympathy
 from the many Austin and Elgin
 friends. 
 J. C. Miller Co. Undertakers, of Elgin, were in charge of the
 funeral. 
 Out-of-town relatives and friends attending the funeral were Chief and
 Mrs. J. N. Littlepage, Mr. and Mrs. Dan McNamara, Mrs. L. D. Mercer, Mr.
 Chas. Perrone and daughters, Josephine and Frances, Mrs. Lennie Sutton, Mr.
 and Mrs. J. B. Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Starck Truitt,
 Miss Sunshine Pierce, Miss Ruth Campbell, Mrs. John Baker, Mr. Carl Baggot,
 Mr. Floyd Parsons, Mrs. Wood and the Rev. Morrison, all of Austin; Mr. and
 Mrs. D. C. King, of Hutto and Mrs. J. C. King, of
  Houston. 
 Pall bearers were Bee Keel, Alfred Brown, W. R. Gillum, W. P. Culp, Harry
 Taylor and H. V. Culp.
 
 

 LAST RITES FOR MRS. E. R. OUTLAW HELD THURSDAY FROM BAPTIST
 CHURCH (Contributed by Mr. Curtis)
 died 20 Sept 1939
 
 Ola Ruth Mayo, daughter of the late J. D. and Lydia Mayo, was born March
 25, 1886, at Bastrop. She was married May 29, 1904, at Elgin to E. R. Outlaw.
 They made their home here for many years, moving to Austin some ten years
 ago, where they spent the intervening years with the exception of a short
 interval back in Elgin about two years ago. Since that time, Mrs. Outlaw
 has served as District Supervisor of N. Y. A. Girls, maintaining her office
 in Austin. 
 She was a member of the Baptist church and attended West Austin Baptist
 Church and participated in its many activities. She was a member of Mary
 Rebekah Lodge No. 117, I. O. O. F., of Austin, having served efficiently
 in various official capacities as well as on the degree team of that order;
 she was also a member of the Woodman Circle. Mrs. Outlaw was of a friendly
 nature, possessed an engaging personality and high sense of humor, hence
 made many friends where ever she went. She was a good wife, devoted mother,
 and true friend and was never happier than when doing something for others
 and led a very active life.
 
 Stricken ill nine days prior to her death, Mrs. Outlaw was rushed to
 Brackenridge hospital where she was critically ill eight days, passing on
 at 5:13 Wednesday afternoon, September 20th. The body was brought overland
 to Elgin by J. C. Miller, Undertaker, and rested at the home of a daughter,
 Mrs. Cecil R. Miller, until 4:00 o'clock Thursday, September 21st, when funeral
 services were held from First Baptist Church, Elgin, with her pastor, Rev.
 O. G. Barrow, Austin, officiating, assisted by Rev. G. M. McNeilly, pastor
 of the local Baptist church. The church was filled to capacity with friends
 and relatives from Austin, Elgin and various other points, assembled to pay
 their last respects. The profusion of beautiful floral emblems banking the
 mound of her final resting place, attested to the high esteem in which she
 was held both in Elgin and Austin. Active pallbearers were: Jim Harris and
  Vernon Carter, Elgin; Sherman Birdwell, John Gresham, Bill Deason, L. W.
 Mercer, Harry Baker and Frank Swartz, of Austin. Interment was in Elgin
 cemetery. 
 Surviving other than the husband are two daughters, Mrs. Cecil R. Miller,
  Elgin and Mrs. J. R. Adkerson, Austin; one son, Jack Outlaw, Austin; two
 sisters, Mrs. Charlie Carter, Elgin; Mrs. Frank Smith,
  Austin. 

 

  Elgin Courier (Contributed by Mr. Curtis)
 Died 5/9/1942 
 MRS. J. H. OUTLAW
 
 Sarah Elizabeth House, daughter of Laborn and Nancy House, early settlers
 of Bastrop County, was born at Bastrop, December 19, 1858, where she was
 reared. On December 2, 1885, she was happily married in Bastrop to Mr. John
 Henry Outlaw. They came to Elgin a few years later and established their
 home south of Elgin where he engaged in farming until his death about eleven
 years ago. 
 Following her husband's death, a son, Earl Outlaw, has lived with her
 and she has made a home for him, doing her own house work and was unusually
 active for one of her advanced age.
 
 She was converted when quite young and united with the Baptist church.
 She was a devoted wife and mother, loving sister, a kind and thoughtful
 neighbor--always ready to offer word of encouragement, comfort or sympathy
 she shared her time or worldly goods when and where they would bring
 happiness. 
 ? p. m., Saturday, May 9th. The body rested at Miller Mortuary from which
 place funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 5:00 o'clock with Dr.
 D. H. Truhitte, camp pastor, officiating. Interment was in Elgin cemetery.
 Pallbearers were Hardy and Ernest Fleming, Wallace and Jack Gillum, Alvin
 Paris, Richard Meek. The great profusion of lovely flowers sent by relatives
 and friends and the large assembly present for the rites, in a small measure
 attested to be high esteem in which this good woman was
 held. 
 Those left to mourn her passing are three children, Earl Outlaw, Mrs.
 Donville Owen, Mrs. Dee Craig all of Elgin; ten grandchildren; one brother,
 Will D. House, Elgin; two sisters, Mrs. W. P. Culp, Sr, Elgin and Mrs. Lee
 McFarland, Houston.
 
 Relatives from out-of-town coming here for the funeral were: Messrs and
 Mesdames J. B. Pierce, J. D. Adkerson, Roy Outlaw, H. V. Culp, Mesdames Ettie
 Betts and Comer Tanner, all of Austin; Mesers and Mesdames Robert Martin
 and Elmer Earl Shell, of Angleton; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Outlaw, Granger, Mr.
 Ed Outlaw, Mart and Mrs. Gus Schaefer,
  Bastrop. 
 Publication Date: May 28, 1992
 
 

 Source: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Page: 21 
  FORT WORTH - Warren White, a retired grain mill laborer, died May 21 at
 a Fort Worth nursing center. He was 96. 
 Graveside service was to be at 1 p.m. today at Cedar Hill Memorial Park.
 Baker Funeral Home was in charge of
 arrangements. 
 Mr. White was born in Bastrop and was a member of True Holiness Pentecostal
  Church of Jesus Christ.
 
 He was married to Mary White, who died in
 1987. 
 Survivors: Stepson, Henry Carter of Fort Worth; stepsister, Warner White
 Hennington of Amarillo; eight grandchildren; and many
 great-grandchildren.
 
 Publication Date: March 08, 1997
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 10;11 
  FORT WORTH - Daniel Medina Jr., 65, a quality assurance inspector for
 the Department of Defense, died Thursday, March 6, 1997, in Fort
 Worth. 
 Con-celebrated funeral Mass: 7 p.m. Sunday at St. Patrick Cathedral. Morning
 prayers: 10 a.m. Monday at Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home. Burial:
  Greenwood Memorial Park.
 
 Pallbearers will be David Copado, Bruce Martin, Jeremy Medina, Michael
 Medina Jr., Mike Medina Sr. and Phillip Medina. Honorary pallbearers will
 be Tommy Arenson, Phillip Koch, Manuel Longoria, Ocie Morgan and Johnny
  Santiago. 
 Memorials: St. Patrick Cathedral Building Renovation Fund, 1206 Throckmorton,
 Fort Worth 76102.
 
 Daniel Medina Jr. was born June 23, 1931, in Bastrop and had resided in
  Fort Worth since 1967. He was an Air Force veteran, serving during the Korean
 War from 1951 to 1955. 
 Mr. Medina was a member of St. Patrick Cathedral and Knights of Columbus
 Council 4709. 
 Survivors: Wife, Gloria J. Medina; sons, Albert Medina and his wife, Sylvia,
 of Fort Worth and the Rev. Hector Medina of Wichita Falls; daughter, Yolanda
 R. DuClos and her husband, Dion, of Fort Worth; brothers, Robert Medina of
  Galveston and Miguel Medina of Euless; sisters, Viola Serna, Otila Salinas
 and Teresa Copado, all of Galveston; and grandchildren, Phillip, Jeremy and
 Danielle. Thompson's Harveson & Cole 702 Eighth Ave.,
 336-0345 
 Publication Date: October 02, 1997
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 6;7 
  FORT WORTH - Dorothy Ree Cherry, 76, a retired presser for Town &
 Country Cleaners, died Friday, Sept. 26, 1997, at a local care
 center. 
 Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at Johnson Chapel AME Church. Burial: Cedar
  Hill Memorial Park. Wake: 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ferguson Como Funeral
 Home. 
 Dorothy Cherry was born May 24, 1921, in Bastrop County. She was a member
 of Johnson Chapel AME Church and served on the Usher Board, Mission and other
 departments. 
 Survivors: Son, Baron Elder and Jeanette; brothers, Homer Houston of Valeja,
  Calif., the Rev. Velva Lee Houston of Corpus Christi, and Nathan Houston
 and the Rev. Louis Z. Houston, both of Fort Worth; three grandchildren; and
 a host of nieces and nephews. Ferguson Como Funeral Home 5301 Wellesley Ave.,
 738-0131 
 
 Publication Date: September 23, 1997 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 8;9 
  FORT WORTH - William Arthur Lee, 88, a retired plumber, died Friday, Sept.
 19, 1997, at a Fort Worth hospital.
 
 Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bethlehem Baptist Church. Burial: Cedar
  Hill Memorial Park. Visitation: 1 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Baker Funeral Home.
 Wake: 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral
 home. 
 William Arthur Lee was born July 3, 1909, in Bastrop to Josh and Mary
 Ann Alford Lee. He grew up in Bastrop and attended the public schools there.
 Early in life, he was baptized.
 
 William came to Fort Worth and settled with his family around 1936. Here,
 he worked several years driving for a local taxi company. He was a self-employed
 plumber for nearly 40 years. He retired in 1987. He united in marriage with
 Miss Verta Jackson and they remained a loving and devoted couple until her
 demise in 1986.
 
 Mr. Lee was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church on the city's north side
 for many years. 
 Survivors: Sons, William A. Lee Jr. of Oakland, Calif., John H. Lee and
 Horace J. Lee, both of Perris, Calif., and Josh Lee of Fort Worth; daughter,
 Marie Lee Smith of Los Angeles, Calif.; sisters, Eula B. Hoskins of Fort
 Worth and Goldie Hancock and Ruth Branch, both of Giddings; 24 grandchildren;
 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; several generations of
 nieces, nephews and other family members; and many friends. Baker Funeral
 Home 301 E. Rosedale St., 332-4468
  
 Publication Date: April 02, 1999
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
  FORT WORTH - Orbrey King "Buster" Solomon died Sunday, March 28,
 1999. 
 Funeral: Was Thursday at First St. John B.C. in Fort
 Worth. 
 Officiating were The Rev. Gilbert Guidry of Bonneview Dr. Christian Church
 in Dallas and the Rev. Kenneth Spears, pastor of First St. 
 John B.C. Burial: Cedar Hill Memorial Park in Fort Worth. 
 Orbrey King Solomon was born in Bastrop. He served in the Army and was
 a retired helicopter technician.
 
 Survivors: Wife, Ruby Solomon of Fort Worth; son, Carl Dean Solomon of
  Wichita Falls; stepdaughters, Brenda Hill, Rona Raven and Kerrie Moon; six
 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; devoted
 nieces and nephews; and other relatives and
 friends. 
 Wells Funeral Home Wichita Falls, (940)
 766-2921 
 
 Publication Date: April 22, 1999
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
  FORT WORTH - Lorenzo Watts, 57, a construction worker, died Friday, April
 16, 1999, at home.
 
 Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at Victory Temple Center, 2001 Oakland Blvd.
 in Fort Worth. Burial: Cedar Hill Memorial Park.
 Visitation: 
  6 to 7 p.m. Friday at Morris-Bates
 Mortuary. 
 Lorenzo Watts was born Aug. 1, 1941, in Bastrop. He was a longtime resident
 of Fort Worth and a graduate of historic I.M. Terrell High
 School. 
 He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Jean Watts, in 1971; and
 a brother, John Watts Jr. in 1989.
 
 Survivors: Sons, Anthony Wilson, Gary B. Watts, Gary L. Watts and Lorenzo
 Watts Jr., all of Fort Worth; daughters, Gwendolyn Bonner, Vickie L. Franklin,
 Laurie Watts and Felicia Watts, all of Fort Worth; parents, John Watts of
  Fort Worth and Dorothy Walker of Fort Worth; brothers, Michael Watts and
 Bobby Charles Hill, both of Fort Worth; sisters, Diane McHenry of Arlington,
 Phyllis Watts and JoAnn Hill, all of Fort Worth; 10 grandchildren; former
 wife, Margaret Sharrieff Watts; and a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles
 and many friends.
 
 Morris-Bates Mortuary 1700 Evans Ave.,
 926-6263 

 

 The Elgin Courier 11/1951
 
 MRS. ADA QUINN LAID TO REST
 
 Funeral services were held Wednesday, Oct. 31 from First Baptist Church,
 for Mrs. Ada B. Quinn, widow of the late W. H. Quinn, with Rev. Albert M.
 Brown, pastor of First Baptist Church and Rev. C. Edward Fraim, pastor of
 Central Christian Church officiating.
 
 Interment was in Elgin Cemetery. Pall bearers were Wayne Davenport, A.
 J. Rankin, Eual Hartfield, Kenneth E. Danklefs, Vernon Carter and Bryan
 Watterson. 
 A native of Bastrop County, Mrs. Quinn was the daughter of D. E. and Sarah
 Erwin Outlaw, prominent pioneer citizens of this section. She was born May
 19, 1874 and spent her entire life in the vicinity of
  Elgin. 
 She was married to W. H. Quinn of Elgin, June 3, 1900, who preceded her
 in death. Mrs. Quinn's friendly nature and sunny disposition endeared her
 to a large circle of admirers.
  
 She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Elgin and a devout
 Christian. 
 Mrs. Quinn died in Elgin, Oct.
 30th. 
 Surviving are two daughters: Mrs. Hattie Belle Davenport of Elgin; Mrs.
 Sarah Beth Eggleston of Corpus Christi; one son, William Harold Quinn, Austin;
 three grandchildren, Larry Davenport of Elgin; Gayle and Patricia Eggleston,
  Corpus Christi. Also one sister, Mrs. Hattie Pierce, Austin and one brother
 Mann Outlaw of Albuquerque, N. Mex.
 
 Among out-of-town relatives and friends present at the last rites were
 Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Tanner, Mrs., Hattie Pierce, Ben Pierce all of Austin;
 Mrs. Sue Adkerson, Bertram; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Carter, Corpus
 Christi. 

 

 1928 Elgin Courier
 
 Died 22 Apr 1928
 
 MRS. SARAH E. CRAIG
 
 Mrs. Sarah E. Craig, 72, wife of Chas. Craig, died at her home on the
 W. H. Nairn farm, about 2 miles south east of town Sunday, April 22, following
 a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon with the
 Rev. M. L. Darby Methodist minister, officiating. Interment was in the Elgin
 cemetery. 
 Sarah Elizabeth Tyler was born at Webberville on November 5, 1855. She
 was married to Mr. Chas. Craig and they made their home at Yegua until some
 five years ago, when they moved to the Nairn farm near Elgin. Mrs. Craig
 was a sincere Christian and had been a member of the Methodist church for
 twenty years. She was cheerful and met her afflictions with the faith and
 fortitude of a devoted believer, which endeared her to family and friends
 alike. She is survived by her husband, one daughter and two sons. Friends
 of the bereaved family sympathize with them in their hour of great
 sorrow. 
 CARD OF THANKS. 
 We extend our sincere appreciation to our friends who so beautifully expressed
 their love and sympathy in our recent sorrow, in the loss of our dear wife
 and mother, Mrs. Sarah Craig.
 
 

 CHAS. CRAIG AND FAMILY
 
  June 10, 1999 
 The Arizona Republic
 
 W.O. "Bill" Miley, 91, of Glendale, a retired pipe fitter for Santa Fe
 Railroad, died June 5, 1999. He was born in Bastrop,
  Texas. 
 Survivors include his wife, Ruby D.; daughter, Judith K. Patrick; and
 son, Ted W. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Desert View Cemetery, 1100 Fleming,
 Winslow. Contributions: American Heart Association, 2929
 S. 
  48th St., Tempe, AZ 85282. Chapel of the
 Chimes. 

 

  Bastrop Advertiser Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas, March 21, 1885 
 With sorrow, the Advertiser records the death of Mrs. Julia A. Eggleston,
 which occurred at the residence of her son, Mr. Z.P. Eggleston near Paige
 in this county, Friday morning of last week. Mrs. Eggleston was 83 years
 old and had been a resident of Bastrop city 3 or 4 years, first settling
 here in 1831 or 1832. In 1838, her husband was killed by Indians, at night,
 in his yard in what is now known as the old Eggleston homestead on the northwest
 corner of the block just back of the Advertiser office. Her children,
 grandchildren and great grandchildren are said to number nearly eighty, the
 most of whom reside in this county. A kind (sensitive?) hearted lady, she
 has lived to an advanced old age, and many tears will be shed over the
 announcement of the death of Grandma
 Eggleston. 
 Julia A. Moseley Eggleston was the wife of S.V.R Eggleston. She was born
 Oct.6, 1804, and they were married in Cumberland Co. North Carolina, April
 5, 1819. 

 

 Uel Christian was born and married in Bastrop County, Texas. 
 From: Austin American Statesman, February 19, 1942, Thursday Paper 
 
 CHRISTIAN: Uel Christian, 86, died at his home, 4104 Avenue G, Thursday
 at 4:15 a.m. Mr. Christian had been a resident of Austin for the past year
 and a half. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Minnie Christian; three sons,
 Earl of Fort Worth, B. B. and R. D. Christian of Port Arthur, six daughters,
 Mrs. J. S. Whitfield, Fort Worth, Mrs. Emma Bounds, Dallas, Mrs. H. F. Perkins,
  Port Arthur, Mrs. Bruce Perkins, Lometa, Mrs. Bert Doss, Midland, and Mrs.
 Annie Hightower, Austin. 
 The body will be sent to Dallas for burial by Weed-Corley Funeral
 Home. 
 Publication Date: December 07, 1998
 
 

 Austin American-Statesman
 
 GOERTZ, Arnold Joseph, 75, of Rockne died Saturday. Rosary 7 p.m. today,
 Sacred Heart Church, Rockne. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sacred Heart Church.
 Burial Sacred Heart Cemetery. Arrangements by Marrs- Jones-Newby,
  Bastrop. 
 Publication Date: February 12, 1999
 
 Austin American-Statesman
 
 SANDERS, James Earl, 46, of Lockhart died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m.
 Saturday, First Baptist Church, Lockhart. Burial Genesis Cemetery, Bastrop
 County. Arrangements by Eeds,
 Lockhart. 
 Publication Date: February 16, 1999
 
 Austin American-Statesman
 
 DICKERSON, Curtis Morgan, 49, of Bastrop died Sunday. Services 2 p.m.
 Thursday, Cook- Walden/Forest Oaks Memorial Park. Arrangements by
 Marrs-Jones-Newby.
 
 Publication Date: February 16, 1999
 
 Austin American-Statesman
 
 SMITH, Stanley Phillip, 64, of Bastrop died Saturday. Services 11 a.m.
 today, Calvary Episcopal Church, Bastrop. Burial Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop.
 Arrangements by Marrs-Jones-Newby,
  Bastrop. 
 Publication Date: January 07, 1999
 
 Austin American-Statesman
 
 WILLIAMS, Angelita Ayala, 53, of Rockdale died Monday. Rosary 7:30 p.m.
 today, Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop. Services 10 a.m. Friday,
  Alta Vista Cemetery, Bastrop.
 
 Publication Date: January 14, 1999
 
 Austin American-Statesman
 
 BRADFORD, Donald Lee, 38, of Bastrop died Tuesday. Services 9:30 a.m.
 Friday, Angel Funeral Home. Burial Oakhill Cemetery,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: January 14, 1999
 
 Austin American-Statesman
 
 LUDWIG, Carol Anne, 54, of Bastrop died Sunday. No services planned.
 Arrangements by Marrs-Jones-Newby.
 
 Publication Date: March 08, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 THOMPSON, James W., 56, of Austin died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday,
  Zion Baptist Church, Bastrop. Burial Shiloh Cemetery,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: March 16, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 JACKSON, Willie B., 70, of Austin died Friday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday,
  St. Paul Baptist Church. Burial Clearview Cemetery, Bastrop. Arrangements
 by Austin-Jones. 
 
 Publication Date: November 16, 1998
 
 Austin American-Statesman
 
 KOLBE, Clare Bain, 91, of Bastrop died Saturday. Services in New Concord,
  Ohio. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Bloomfield Cemetery near New Concord, Ohio.
 Arrangements by Marrs-Jones-Newby,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: December 15, 1998
 
 Austin American-Statesman
 
 ROUSE, Mildred, 78, of Bastrop died Monday. Services 10
 a.m. 
 Wednesday, First Baptist Church, Bastrop. Burial Fairview Cemetery.
 Arrangements by Marrs-Jones-Newby,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: December 19, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 HIGGINS, Cebron, 90, of Bastrop County died Thursday. Services 11 a.m.
 Monday, Mount Zion Baptist Church. Burial Manor Hill Cemetery. Arrangements
 by Fuller-Sheffield.
 
 Publication Date: December 20, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
  BELL, Charles Wayne, 35, of Bastrop died Wednesday. Graveside services
  1 p.m. Monday, Bunton Cemetery, Dale. Arrangements by Wilke-
 Clay-Fish. 
 
 Publication Date: December 27, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 HINOJOSA, Amando, 75, of Bastrop died Thursday. Memorial services 2 p.m.
 today, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bastrop. Graveside services
  3:30 p.m. today, Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop. Arrangements by All
 Faiths. 
 
 Publication Date: December 27, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 KUHN, Leroy Raymond, 66, of Red Rock died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. Monday,
 Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop. Burial New Red Rock Cemetery, Red
 Rock. 
 
 Publication Date: December 31, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 HOFFEREK, Virginia Mae, 54, of Smithville died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m.
 today, Marrs-Jones Funeral Home, Smithville. Burial Oak Hill
 Cemetery. 
 JONES, Julia M., 95, of Bastrop died Monday. Services 10 a.m. today, Center
  Union A.M.E. Church, Center Union. Burial Cunningham
 Cemetery. 
 
 Publication Date: December 31, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 WAITES, Lee Brooks, 84, of Bastrop died Tuesday. Services 1 p.m. today,
  Shiloh Cemetery, Smithville. Arrangements by Pendergrass- People's,
 Smithville. 
 
 Publication Date: February 11, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 ODEN, Richard Ray, 39, of Bastrop died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Friday,
 God's Open Door, Bastrop. Arrangements by
 Harrell. 
 
 Publication Date: February 18, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 DAVIS, Elizabeth, 78, of Huntsville died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. today,
 Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home. Burial Fairview Cemetery,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: February 18, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 LINSCOMB, Cecil W., 86, of Bastrop died Tuesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday,
  Calvary Baptist Church, Bastrop. Arrangements by Marrs- Jones-Newby,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: February 18, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 PRICE, Vera Brieger, 96, of Bastrop died Monday . Services 4 p.m. March
 20, Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop. Arrangements by All
 Faiths. 
 
 Publication Date: February 20, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 HANCOCK, Jim Garland, 69, of Rosanky died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. today,
  Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop. Arrangements by Marrs-Jones- Newby,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: February 26, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 HAFFELDER, Elizabeth "Tizzie," 82, of Bastrop, formerly of Austin, died
 Tuesday. Services were Thursday. Arrangements by
 Harrell. 
 
 Publication Date: January 04, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 HOFFMAN, Lida, 84, of Cedar Creek died Saturday. Rosary 7 p.m. today,
 Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sacred
 Heart Catholic Church, Rockne. Burial Sacred Heart
 Cemetery. 
 
 Publication Date: January 09, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 PARDUE, Dorothy, 71, of Cedar Creek died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. today,
  Calvary Episcopal Church, Bastrop. Arrangements by Cook- Walden/Capital
 Parks. 
 
 Publication Date: January 16, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 PEARCY, Ruby Penny Tracy, 97, of Temple died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Monday,
 First United Methodist Church, Bastrop. Arrangements by Marrs-Jones-Newby,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: January 16, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 EICHSTADT, Donald F. "Donnie," 39, of Red Rock died Thursday. Visitation
  4 p.m. Sunday, Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop. Services 10 a.m.
 Monday, Bateman Cemetery, Bateman.
 
 Publication Date: March 06, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 SAMFORD, Rosalie, 60, formerly of Bastrop died Friday. Services 2 p.m.
 Sunday, Hayes Funeral Home, Sante Fe,
  Texas. 
 
 Publication Date: November 10, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
  BELL, Alton P., 75, of Cedar Creek died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. today,
 Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop. Burial Fairview
 Cemetery. 
 
 Publication Date: November 15, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 SHOEMAKE, Stephen Craig,
 
 51, of Bastrop died Saturday. Services 3 p.m. today, Dayspring Chapel.
 Arrangements by Phillips-Upshaw & Richard. 
 
 Publication Date: November 15, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 BARR, Norman, 82, of Smithville died Friday. Visitation 10 a.m. Monday,
 Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Ridgeway
 Cemetery, near Paige.
 
 Publication Date: November 21, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 FRENCH, Bryson E. "Pig Iron," 82, of Bastrop died
 Thursday. 
 Visitation 10 a.m. Sunday, Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop. Services
  10 a.m. Monday, Marrs-Jones-Newby. Burial Highgrove Cemetery, near
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: November 25, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 DE LEON, Francisco, 85, of Bastrop County died Sunday. Services 2 p.m.
 today, Wilke-Clay-Fish Funeral Home. Burial Liveoak
 Cemetery. 
 
 Publication Date: November 28, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 BUSH, Johnnie, 86, of Elgin died Thursday. Services 2
 p.m. 
 Sunday, Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop. Burial Fairview Cemetery,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: October 08, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 WILLIAMS, Faye, 91, of Bastrop died Tuesday. Services 3
 p.m. 
 today, Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop. Arrangements by Marrs-Jones-Newby,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: October 08, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 REID, Lester M., 88, of Cedar Creek died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. today,
 Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop. Burial Cedar Creek
 Cemetery. 
 
 Publication Date: October 09, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 THOMAS, Marilyn, 32, of Austin died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday,
  Ulit Baptist Church. Burial Shiloh Cemetery,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: October 10, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 SHAW, J. Kelly, 74, of Bastrop died Oct. 2. Services 2 p.m. today,
 Wilke-Clay-Fish Funeral Home.
 
 Publication Date: September 06, 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 LIVELY, Bobby Joe, 74, of Bastrop died Thursday. Services 10 a.m. Monday,
 Ascension Catholic Church, Bastrop. Arrangements by Marrs- Jones-Newby,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: September 12, 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 ROGERS, Wanda Lou, 55, of Bastrop died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. Monday,
  Berry Creek Cemetery, near Round Rock. Arrangements by Marrs- Jones-Newby,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: September 13, 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 HURST, Lloyd, 82, of Bastrop died Friday. Services 2 p.m. today,
 Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop. Burial Fairview Cemetery,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: September 13, 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 SHARPE, Lewis Clyde Jr., 75, of Bastrop died Saturday. Services are pending.
 Arrangements by Cook-Walden Funeral
 Home. 
 
 Publication Date: April 13, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 KAISER, Margaret Innes, 71, of Bastrop died Sunday. No services scheduled.
 Arrangements by Marrs-Jones-Newby,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: April 20, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 McDONALD, Charlie, 52, of Bastrop died Saturday. Wake 7
 p.m. 
 today, Fuller-Sheffield Funeral Home. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, Providence
 Tabernacle, Bastrop. Burial Mt. Olive
 Cemetery. 
 
 Publication Date: August 28, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 CLARK, Ophelia E., 96, of Bastrop died Saturday. Wake 7
 p.m.  today, Paul Quinn African Methodist Church, Bastrop. Services 11 a.m.
 Saturday, Paul Quinn African Methodist Episcopal Church. Burial Fairview
 Cemetery, Bastrop. Arrangements by
 Pendergrass-People's.
 
 Publication Date: December 03, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 CISCO, Daisy R., 66, of Bastrop died Monday. Services 3
 p.m. 
 Saturday, Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: February 15, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 POWER, Dorothy, 89, of Bastrop died Sunday. Services 2
 p.m. 
 Tuesday, Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop. Arrangements by Marrs-Jones- Newby,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: January 19, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
  PRESTON, Eulene of Detroit, Mich., formerly of Smithville, died Jan. 9.
 Services 11 a.m. today, Clearview Cemetery, Bastrop. Arrangements by
 Pendergrass-People's, Smithville.
 
 Publication Date: March 26, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 COOPER, Ruby, 93, of Bastrop died Thursday. Visitation 6 p.m.,
 Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home. Burial Darwin Cemetery, Antler,
  Okla. 
 
 Publication Date: November 27, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 ROBY, Mary Evelyn Richards, 77, of Austin died
 Wednesday. 
 Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop. Arrangements by
 Marrs- Jones-Newby, Bastrop.
 
 Publication Date: October 05, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 WHITWORTH, Earl Edward, 77, of Upton died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday,
 Marrs-Jones Funeral Home, Smithville. Burial Fairview Cemetery,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: September 08, 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 STEWART, Blanche Eva, 91, of Bastrop died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday,
  Austin Memorial Park. Arrangements by Amey. 
 
 Publication Date: September 11, 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 STEYMANN, Walter R. "Jelly," 76, of Watterson Community died Tuesday.
 Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Hills Prairie Baptist Church, Bastrop. Arrangements
 by Marrs-Jones-Newby, Bastrop.
 
 Publication Date: September 17, 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 CHABOT, Natalie M., 37, of Bastrop died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Friday,
  Calvary Episcopal Church, Bastrop. Burial Ledbetter Cemetery, Ledbetter.
 Arrangements by Marrs-Jones-Newby,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: September 17,
 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 COMBS, Major, 69, of Bastrop died Tuesday. Services 9:45 a.m. Friday,
  Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio. Arrangements by All
 Faith's. 
 
 Publication Date: September 18,
 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 FELIX, Rodney, 35, of Austin died Monday. Services 11
 a.m. 
 Saturday, St. Stephen Baptist Church. Burial Clear View Cemetery, Bastrop.
 Arrangements by Fuller-Sheffield.
 
 Publication Date: September 25, 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 BENNETT, Muriel "Mickey" Dorothy, 70, of Bastrop died Tuesday. Rosary
  7 p.m. today, Marrs- Jones-Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop. Mass 10 a.m. Saturday,
 Ascension Catholic Church, Bastrop. Burial Fairview Cemetery,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: September 25, 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 KAATZ, Minnie L., 76, of Bastrop, formerly of Elgin, died Thursday. Services
  2 p.m. Saturday, Taylor City Cemetery.
 
 Arrangements by Condra, Taylor.
 
 Publication Date: September 25, 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 UPCHURCH, Ella Belle, 88, of Houston, formerly of Austin, died Monday.
 Visitation 9 a.m. Saturday, Beck Funeral Home. Services 10 a.m. Saturday,
 Beck. Burial Fairview Cemetery,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: September 25, 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 WILLIAMS, Augusta (Ruby Ebner), 85, of Bastrop died
 Tuesday. 
 Visitation 5 p.m. today, Amey Funeral Home, Rockwood location. Services
  11 a.m. Saturday, Oak Hill Cemetery,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: August 27, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 HOUSTON, Tommy Galloway, 49, of Cedar Creek died Sunday. Visitation 4
 p.m. Friday, Phillips-Upshaw & Richard Funeral Home. Services 2 p.m.
 Saturday, Providence Primitive Baptist Tabernacle, Cedar Creek. Burial Wright
 Cemetery, Cedar Creek.
 
 HUTCHINSON, Susie, 105, of Austin died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday,
 King-Tears Mortuary. Burial Fairview Cemetery,
  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: August 26, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 FRED GLENN HASTINGS Fred G. Hastings was born March 10, 1951, in Austin,
 to Warren and Dolly Childress Hastings. He passed from this life on August
 22, 1998, at his home in Bastrop.
 
 Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, in the Chapel of Weed
 Corley-Fish Funeral Home, with Reverend Paul Barnett officiating. Interment
 will follow at Capital Memorial Park.
 
 Fred is survived by his wife, Melva Hastings, of Bastrop; father and
 stepmother, Warren and Lucille Hastings, of Austin; mother, Dolly Childress,
 of Austin; brother, Travis Hastings, of Austin; sister, Renee Hastings, of
 Austin; stepbrother, Joe Hastings, of Austin; stepsisters, Anita Huls, of
 Austin, and Peggy Black, of Farmington, New Mexico; six step-children; 17
 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; nephews, Kenneth C. Wiles III and
 Michael L. 
 Jones; aunt and uncle, Elinor and Cliff Huff; aunt, Lorine Attridge; uncle,
 Bill Hastings; many cousins and friends. Fred was preceded in death by his
 brother, Damon Hastings. Arrangements by Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, 3125
 N. Lamar, 452- 8811.
 
 Publication Date: February 12, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 Edwin Roy "Jack" Outlaw, 86, passed away Saturday, February 6, 1999, at
  Yuma Regional Medical Center following a lengthy
 illness. 
 Jack was born July 16, 1912, in Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas, the son
 of Edwin Ruthwin Outlaw and Ola Rosa Mayo Outlaw. Jack married Mary Mae Hall
  October 14, 1939, in Austin, Texas. They moved to Yuma during
 1951. 
 Jack spent a part of his younger life working as a cowboy and a trucker
 in Central and West Texas before continuing this type of work in the Yuma
 area. He was a livestock inspector for the state of Arizona for 23 years
 and retired in July of 1977.
 
 Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Mary, of the home; niece, Katherine
 Adkerson Crabtree, of Springtown, Texas; and cousin, Curtis D. Craig, of
  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
 
 He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Mildred Outlaw
 Miller and Sue Outlaw Adkerson.
 
 Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 10, 1999,
 at Johnson Mortuary Chapel. Interment followed at Desert Lawn Memorial
  Park. 
 Jack leaves many friends who will greatly miss his lively stories and
 the helping hand he would provide in a time of
 need. 
 Johnson Mortuary, Yuma, Arizona.
 
 Publication Date: February 15, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 ADELE MUNSON KASTNER
 
 Adele Munson Kastner, age 85, of Elgin passed away Saturday, February
 13, 1999. 
 Pastor Hemmeter will conduct the services in the New Sweden Lutheran Church
 on the afternoon of Monday, February 15, 1999, at 2:00 p.m. Burial will be
 at the McDade Cemetery at 4:00 p.m.
 
 Adele had requested no flowers at her grave, for friends who wish memorial
 gifts of your choice will be an especially meaningful
 gift. 
 Arrangements by Elgin Funeral Home
 
 V.P. "LEE" LEHMAN
 
 V.P. "Lee" Lehman passed away Thursday, February 11, 1999. 
 He was born to Zeno and Margaret Lehman on January 18, 1930. He attended
  Sacred Heart Catholic School in Rockne Texas, until joining the U. S. Navy,
 where he served on the U.S.S. Ulysses, stationed in San Diego,
  California. 
 He married Gail Mozelle Voigt in 1954 in Los Angeles,
  California. 
 They made their first home in Riverside, California, where their three
 children were born. They returned to Texas to open their business in Austin
 where he was a contractor and an entrepreneur. 
 He was actively involved in the Republican party, the Austin Board of
 Builders and many knew him as the "unofficial" Mayor of Rockne, Texas - his
 birthplace. He was the proud owner of the Rockne Grocery Store since 1982.
 After retirement, his passions included time spent on the little ranch known
 as "The Retreat", and his many travels throughout the U.S. researching family
 history. 
 He was preceded in death in 1980 by his loving wife, Gail, of 27 years;
 his son, Tory, in 1987; and his parents. 
 Survivors include son, Rod Lehman, of Austin; daughter, Roxane Lehman
 Smith and son-in-law, Gary Smith; grandchildren, Crystal, Summer, Brianna
 and Foster Smith, all of Bateman, Texas; also, Emma Mayo, of Austin, Clarence
 and Evia Lehman, of Rockne, Irene Bauer, of Red Rock, and Linda and Dan Nolte,
 of Lockhart; mother-in-law, Ruby Voigt, of Lockhart; and numerous nieces,
 nephews and cousins.
 
 Special to him also, were Cindy and George Goertz, of Bastrop. 
 Funeral will be Monday, February 15, 1999, at 10:00 a.m. at the Sacred
  Heart Church, Rockne, Texas. Lunch following at the parish
 hall. 
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Reading is
 Fundamental at 100 E. Market, Suite 212, Lockhart, Texas 78644; or the V.P.
 Lehman College Scholarship endowment fund, c/o First National Bank of Bastrop,
 P.O. Drawer F, Bastrop, Texas 78602.
 
 Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop, (512)
 321-2576. 
 
  Publication Date: February 22, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 LUDWIG O. GROESCHEL
 
 Ludwig Otto Groeschel departed this life on Saturday, February 20, 1999,
 at the age of 83 years.
 
 He was born December 18, 1915, to Gustav and Hulda Fischer Groeschel at
 Sand, Bastrop County, Texas. He served in the Air Force in World War II for
 45 months with overseas service in North Africa and Italy. He worked for
 Rural Electrification for a number of years. He was employed at Schutze Insurance
 Agency for 27 years. He was a member of VFW Post 8787, Sons of Hermann Lodge
 120, Texas Wendish Heritage Society and German-Texas Heritage
 Society. 
 Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Edna; daughters and sons- in-law,
 Lois and Tim Hartzog of Brownsville, and Sandy and Don Schuch of Austin;
 grandsons, Tim Hartzog, Jr. of Hawaii, Terry Hartzog of Dallas, Zac and Dylan
 Schuch of Austin; a brother, John Groeschel of Granbury; and a sister, Olivia
 Lent, of San Antonio.
 
 He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Melvin and
 Bennie. 
 The Family wishes to thank Dr. Daniel Hadlock and his staff, as well as
 Lone Star Hospice for the special attention they gave Ludwig during his illness.
 Also, Dr. John Marietta for his compassionate
 care. 
 Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, February 22, 1999,
 at Cook-Walden, Lamar location.
 
 Funeral services will be at Ascension Lutheran Church on Tuesday, February
 23, 1999, at 1:00 p.m., with Rev. Mike Ensrude
 officiating. 
 Interment at Cook- Walden/Capital Park
 Cemetery. 
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Ascension Lutheran
 Church, Lone Star Hospice or the Celiac Sprue Research Fund, Baylor University
  Medical Center, GI research, 2nd Floor Hoblitzelle, 3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas,
 TX 75246. 
 
 Publication Date: February 26, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 LUE ETTA SEDWICK
 
 Lue Etta Sedwick was born October 10, 1920, in Bastrop, Texas, to Robert
 Lee Sims and Emma Brooks Sims.
 
 Her father, mother, four sisters and two brothers preceded her in death. 
 She leaves special memories to be cherished by two sons, Emzell Sedwick
 Jr, of Austin, Texas, and Donald Ray Sedwick, of Georgetown, Texas; one daughter,
  Sallie Mae Street, of Austin, Texas; four sisters, Annie Mae Lindsey, of
  Houston, Texas, Minnie Sims and Cleo Scott, of Austin, Texas, and Lavera
 Cleveland of Granger, Texas; one brother, George Sims of Granger, Texas;
 23 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; one aunt, Ammie Hurd; nieces,
 nephews and numerous other relatives and friends. 
 Services will be Saturday, February 27, 1999, at 2:00 p.m. at the Friendly
 Will Missionary Baptist Church, Georgetown,  Texas. 
 Interment will follow in the Rocky Hollow Cemetery, Georgetown,Texas. 
 Services entrusted to King-Tears Mortuary, Inc. 
 
 Publication Date: January 20, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 Mrs. Bennie B. Haywood, 82, of Forth Worth, Texas, passed away January
 17, 1999. She was born May 5, 1916, in Bastrop, Texas, and was a
 homemaker. 
 Survivors include her grandchildren, Larry E. Haywood and Phyllis J. Wade;
 a niece, Ruby Jewel Buchanan; and a host of other relatives and
 friends. 
 She was preceded in death by her son, Darnell Haywood; and her grandson,
 Terry R. Haywood.
 
 Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 21, 1999, at 2:00 p.m.
 at Providence District Tabernacle, Cedar Creek at Bastrop, Texas. Burial
 will be in Haywood Cemetery, Bastrop,
  Texas. 
 Rev's Funeral Parlor, Fort Worth, Texas,
 (817)536-0200.
 
 Publication Date: March 01, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 FELIX G. OJEDA 
 Felix G. Ojeda, age 84, of Austin, was called to be with the Lord on Saturday,
  February 27, 1999.
 
 Mr. Ojeda was born April 19, 1914, in Bastrop County. He had lived in
 Garfield and Austin all his life. Mr. Ojeda was a member of San Jose Catholic
 Church. He was a kind and loving husband, father, grandfather, great-
 grandfather, brother and friend. He was the pillar of his
 family. 
 He was preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Lorenza Ojeda, in 1977,
 and a son, Amador Ojeda, in 1980.
 
 Survivors include sons, Lupe R. Ojeda and wife Lydia, Alvino Ojeda, Sr.
 and wife Alice, and Daniel Ojeda, Sr. and wife Linda; daughters, Ernestine
 Gaytan and husband, Ponciano, Nieves Ojeda and husband Pablo Conde, Josephine
 Guerrero and husband Isaac, and Josie Ruedas; daughter-in-law, Sara Ojeda,
 all of Austin; 31 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; sister, Juanita
 Acosta of San Benito; and other family
 members. 
 The family wishes to thank South Austin Hospital and especially Dr. William
 Lockett for their love and kindness.
 
 Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be 7:00 p.m., Monday, at Wilke-Clay-Fish
 Funeral Home. 
 Mass of Christian Burial will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, at San Jose Catholic
 Church, with Reverend George Joseph officiating. Burial will follow in Assumption
 Cemetery. 
 Pallbearers will be Armando Ojeda, Richard Gaytan, Daniel Ojeda, Jr.,
 Amador Ojeda, Jr., John Herrera, Dirk Ruedas, and Alvino Ojeda, Jr. Honorary
 pallbearers are Felix Ojeda, Matt Cruz and Carlitos
 Ojeda. 
 Arrangements by Wilke-Clay-Fish Funeral Home, 2620 S. Congress Ave.,
 442-1446. 
 
 Publication Date: March 08, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 Albert E. Crawford, 84, of Smithville, died March 3, 1999, at the Towers
 Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.
 
 He was born March 26, 1914, in Bastrop where he attended school prior
 to moving to Georgetown with his parents. He was a 1931 graduate from Georgetown
 High School and attended Southwestern University. He and Agnes Vacek were
 married in 1937 and to this union one daughter was
 born. 
 Albert moved to Smithville in 1935 where he built and operated the "Crawford
 Dry Cleaning and Laundry" plant from 1935 to 1942, at which time he entered
 the Army Air Force until 1946. He served in the South Pacific as a Glider
 Pilot during World War II as first Lieutenant. He reopened the cleaning plant
 from 1946 to 1969. He served as Mayor of Smithville from 1970 to 1976. January
 1, 1978, he was appointed "Veteran Service Officer" for Bastrop County. He
 served in this capacity for 14 years until December 31, 1992, when he retired
 due to his health. He and his present wife, Hazel, were married in 1978.
 In 1982, he was one of the organizers of the Lost Pines National Bank of
 Smithville and served as one of the directors until his health failed. He
 was a member of the School Board for three terms during the 1950's. He also
 served on the "Hospital Authority Board" from 1976 to 1992. He resigned as
 President of the Board due to his health. He was active in the VFW and held
 all elective officers over the years. He was Vice Commander of the District
 for one year. He was also a member of the American Legion and the Smithville
 Heritage Society.
 
 Albert was an active member of the Bastrop Christian Church for a number
 of years until he transferred his membership to the First Christian Church
 in Smithville June 19, 1994, where he was an active member as long as his
 health permitted.
 
 Albert was preceded in death by his father, Bartlett Eugene Crawford;
 mother, Laura Erhard Crawford; and wife, Agnes Vacek
 Crawford. 
 Survivors include his wife of 20 years, Hazel Kastner Crawford; two sisters,
 Laura Amelia Lumpkin, of Waco, and Katherine Rogers, of Richmond, Virginia;
 one brother, Joseph David and wife, Sophia (Gene), of San Antonio; daughter,
 Frances Crawford Welch and husband, Dan, of Pflugerville; step-children,
 Kelly W. Kastner, of McDade, and Sharon Kastna Koster and husband, Robert,
 of Irving; two grandchildren, Laura Kathleen and Sean Welch, of Pflugerville;
 and numerous nieces and nephews.
 
 Funeral services were Friday at Marrs-Jones Funeral Home, with Reverend
 Larris Gaylord officiating. Graveside honors were given by the Smithville
 Honor Guard at Oak Hill Cemetery.
 
 Pallbearers were Grover Shade, Jim Langford, Gil Barnes, Babe Shirocky,
  John Kelly, Billy Roper and Archie Svetlik. Honorary pallbearers were Warren
 Higgins, Judge Jack Griesenbeck, Dr. J.
 D. 
 McBee, Mayor Renee Blaschke, and former Mayors, George Woodress, Vernon
 Richards and Bill Davison.
 
 Publication Date: November 24, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 Francisco DeLeon, 85, of Bastrop, was called home by our Heavenly Father
 to rest in peace on Sunday, November 22,
 1998. 
 His wife, Patricia DeLeon, preceded him in
 death. 
 Francisco is survived by daughters, Oralia Moreno, Rebecca Trevino, both
 from the Valley, Chris DeLeon, of Austin, Gloria Sanchez, Elida Mendoza,
 both of Buda, Mary Rodriguez, Lupe Alms and Irma Wilborn, all of Bastrop;
 sons, Amadeo DeLeon, of Bastrop, Frank DeLeon Jr., of Kingsville, Ramiro
 DeLeon, of Austin, and Gregory DeLeon, of Buda; sister, Maria Hernandez;
 and brother, Jose Maria DeLeon. 
 Grandsons will serve as
 pallbearers. 
 Prayer service will be held 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at Wilke-Clay-Fish Funeral
 Home. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Wilke-Clay-Fish
 Funeral Home, with Reverend Esau Rodriguez officiating. Burial will follow
 in Live Oak Cemetery.
 
 Arrangements by Wilke-Clay-Fish Funeral Home, 2620 S. Congress Ave.
 442-1446. 
 
 Publication Date: November 24, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 Pastor Alvin H. Bohls, 91, of Bastrop, Texas, passed away Friday, November
 20, 1998, at his home.
 
 He was preceded in death by Ruth, his wife of 52 years; his sister, Lucile,
 of Sedona, Arizona; and his brother, Dr. Fred O. Bohls, of
  Austin. 
 Pastor Bohls is survived by his children and grandchildren, Frederick
 and wife, Jan, and their children, Ruth Ann, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania,
 and John Tobin, of Boston, Massachusetts, and Miriam Bohls, of Austin; Paul
 and wife, Karen, and their children, Matthew, Nathan, Emily and Aaron, of
 Houston; and Jon and wife, Sally, and their children, David, Jason and Mark,
 of Carrollton. He is also survived by his brother, Leon and wife, Kay, of
 Taylor; and many nieces and nephews.
 
 Ordained a Lutheran pastor on January 10, 1937, Pastor Bohls served the
 Lord and the congregations of Fordham Lutheran, New York, New York; New Lebanon
 Lutheran, Junction City, Ohio; St.
 
 John's Lutheran, Lithopolis, Ohio; Trinity Lutheran, Marcy, Ohio; Trinity
 Lutheran, Richmond, Indiana; Trinity Lutheran, Kingsville, Texas; St. Paul
 Lutheran, Yorktown, Texas; Immanuel Lutheran, Alice, Texas; Good Shepherd
 Lutheran, Bastrop, Texas; Faith Lutheran, McDade, Texas; St. Andrew Lutheran,
 Paint Creek/Paige, Texas; and St. Peter Lutheran, Prairie Valley,
  Texas. 
 While Pastor Bohls retired from active ministry in 1989, he continued
 to serve his Lord and the Lutheran Church as a member of the Constitution
 Review Committee of the Southern District of the American Lutheran Church.
 He was active in the Bastrop Community through AARP's Bastrop Chapter, Bastrop
  Senior Center, Bastrop Lion's Club, American Cancer Society and the Bastrop
 Book Club. A graduate of Texas Lutheran Junior College, now Texas Lutheran
 University in Seguin, Texas, Pastor Bohls served on the University's Alumni
 Board and was a major contributor to the
 University. 
 Funeral services will be Wednesday, November 25, 1998, 2:00 p.m., at Immanuel
  Lutheran Church, Pflugerville. A prayer service will be held Tuesday, November
 24, 1998, 7:00 p.m., at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in
  Bastrop. 
 The family request that in lieu of flowers, memorials be given to Immanuel
  Lutheran Church, Pflugerville; Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Bastrop; Texas
  Lutheran University and the Mid-Texas Symphony, Seguin; or to the charity
 of your choice.
 
 Funeral arrangements by Marrs- Jones-Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop,
  Texas. 
 
 Publication Date: October 12, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 COREY PAUL WRIGHT
 
 Corey Paul Wright, age 29, of Rockne, died Saturday. 
 A Rosary was recited Sunday evening at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in
 Rockne. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:00 AM, Monday
 at Sacred Heart Church, with burial following in Sacred Heart
 Cemetery. 
 Survivors include his parents, Charles and Shirley Wright, of Red Rock;
 a sister, Jane Wright, of Austin; fiancée, Charlene Hancock, and her
 son, Michael, both of Bastrop; grandmother, Velma Ott, of Rockne; nephews,
 Jordon and Jacob Wright, of Austin; and several aunts, uncles, and other
 relatives. 
 Arrangements by Marrs-Jones- Newby Funeral Home,  Bastrop. 
 
 Publication Date: October 12, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 DONALD WILSON HAWK
 
 Donald Wilson Hawk, age 84, of Austin, died Saturday, October 10,
 1998. 
 Mr. Hawk was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Dorothy Hawk,
 on March 12, 1998. Mr. Hawk was born October 17, 1913, in Bastrop County.
 He was retired from the Texas Department of Public
 Safety. 
 He is survived by daughter, Sharon Kaye Hurst, of Houston; sons, John
 Ronald Hawk and wife, Regina, of Daytona Beach, Florida, and Billy Wayne
 Hawk and wife, Alma, of Buda; 12 grandchildren; and numerous great-
 grandchildren.
 
 Graveside services will be 2:00 PM, Tuesday, in Live Oak Cemetery, with
 Reverend Gordon Bergstrom officiating.
 
 Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O.
  Box 149100, Austin, Texas 78714.
 
 Arrangements by Wilke-Clay-Fish Funeral Home, 2620 S. Congress Ave.,
 442-1446. 
 
 Publication Date: September 21, 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 ANNIE KYSER 
 Annie Kyser, age 97, formerly of Austin, passed away on September 20,
 1998,in Elgin. She was a member of Onion Creek Baptist Church in
  Austin. 
 Annie was born on April 5, 1901, in Bastrop County to John Henry Guynes
 and Emma Childres Guynes.
 
 She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harvey Wright Kyser;
 twin daughters, Oleta Maye and Juanita Faye; four sons, John Wilburn Kyser,
 Chester Ardell Kyser, Melvin Vermell Kyser and Bland Mead Kyser; two grandsons;
 one granddaughter; three sisters, Maggie Guynes, Katy Kyser and Faye Banks;
 and three brothers, Edgar, Henry and Chester
 Guynes. 
 She is survived by a son, H.W. Kyser and wife Martha, of Austin; daughter,
 Artis Chambers and husband Carl, of Manor; four daughters- in-law, Virginia
 and Margaret Kyser, of Austin, Helen Kyser of Topeka, Kansas, and Charlene
 Kyser of Manor; sister-in-law, Rene Guynes of Austin; twenty-nine grandchildren;
 fifty-seven great- grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; and numerous
 nieces, nephews, and friends.
 
 Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Tuesday, September 22, 1998,
 in the Colonial Chapel of Cook-Walden Funeral Home, Lamar location. Interment
 will follow at Spiers Cemetery. Pallbearers will include Thomas H. Kyser,
 Vermell Kyser, Jr., Ardell Kyser, Jr., George Kyser, Kenneth Chambers and
 David Kyser. 
 
 Publication Date: December 27, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 RUBY C. RASCHKE 
 Ruby C. Raschke, age 50 of Smithville, passed away Friday, December 25,
 1998. The family will receive visitors at 1:00 p.m., Sunday at the funeral
 home. 
 She is survived by two sons, Charles B. Covill and wife Lynn, and Michael
 B. Covill, both of Austin; parents, Jerrall and Fannie Lou Marx of Red Rock;
 two brothers, Jerrall Marx, and wife Susan of Round Rock, and Charlie A.
 Marx and wife Lee Ellen of San Antonio; and one granddaughter, Stephanie
 N. Covill. 
 She was employed at the First National Bank
  Bastrop. 
 Services will be held at St. Michaels Lutheran Church Winchester, Monday
 at 10:00. Interment in St. Michaels Lutheran Cemetery.
 
 Marrs-Jones Funeral Home, Smithville, Texas,
 512-237-2425. 
 
 Publication Date: February 07, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
  ALBERTA MOORE 
 Alberta Moore was born July 13, 1908, in Bastrop County to Mr. Charlie
 and Mrs. Martha Moore. She led a very active life devoting her time to family
 and friends. She will be deeply missed by all who knew
 her. 
 She was called to her final resting place February 4, 1999. She was preceded
 in death by one son, Frankie Lee Allen, two sisters, Susie McIntyre and Vera
 Barton, three brothers, Walter Crayton, A.J. Crayton, and Hughie
  Moore. 
  Alberta leaves to honor her memory one grandson, Arthur; great- grandson,
 Arthur, Jr.; granddaughter, Cynthia; one brother, James Douglas of Chicago,
  Illinois; daughter-in-law, Viola Allen; three cousins, Mr. Dempsey and Willie
 Jones and Geraldine Hicks; two nieces, Linda Smith of Taylor, Texas, and
 Joyce Mitchell of Los Angeles, California; one nephew, Milton Morgan of Houston,
  Texas; a best friend, Mrs. Ruth Howard; and a host of other relatives and
 friends. 
 Funeral services will be Tuesday, 2:00 p.m., at Peaceful St. James Baptist
 Church. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery.
 
 King-Tears Mortuary, Inc., 476-9128
 
 
 Publication Date: February 13, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 Violet "Vi" Smith Boatright, 79, of Bastrop, died Friday, February 12,
 1999, at her home and surrounded by her
 family. 
 She born March 27, 1919, in Imperial Valley, California. She traveled
 to Bastrop County from Uvalde in a covered wagon with her parents, Swinton
 and Nora (Terry) Smith. Vi began her education in a two room schoolhouse
 in Cedar Creek and graduated from Bastrop High School. She married Harry
 Stanton Boatright in 1938, and after traveling over much of Texas, settled
 in Bastrop to raise a family.
 
 Vi was a professional seamstress, specializing in custom
 draperies. 
 Our Nonnie, Mother and Auntie Vi graced us with her humor, wisdom and
 unconditional love. She had a profound impact on the lives of her
 grandchildren.
 
 She was preceded in death by her devoted husband, Harry. 
 Her survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Bob and Sharon Boatright,
 and Ronald and Charlene Boatright, all of Cedar Creek; grandchildren, Kevin
 Boatright, of Austin, Keith Boatright and wife, Amber, of Fredericksburg,
 Bob Boatright Jr. and wife, Shannon, of Cedar Creek, and Tammy Boatright,
 of Dallas; nine great- grandchildren and many nieces and nephews who will
 all miss her great.
 
 Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m. Saturday at Marrs-Jones- Newby
 Funeral Home in Bastrop. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in
  Bastrop. 
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American
 Lung Association; or to Hospice Austin, 4107 Spicewood Springs Rd., Suite
 100, Austin, Texas 78759.
 
 The family wishes to thank Dr. Desmar Walkes and Hospice Austin, who gave
 much support and guidance during a sad and difficult
 time. 
 
 Publication Date: January 03, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 SAMUEL J. WILSON SR. USAF RETIRED
 
 Samuel (Sam) J. Wilson Sr. USAF Retired, 69, of Cedar Creek, passed away
 on Friday, January 1, 1999.
 
 Mr. Wilson was born April 4, 1929, in Mt. Pleasant, Texas. Mr. Wilson
 was also retired from Del Valle High School where he was an auto mechanics
 instructor. 
 He was preceded in death by his parents, Virgil and Juanita Wilson; brother,
 Johnny, and sister, Nellie.
 
 Mr. Wilson is survived by his loving wife, Deloris Wilson, of Cedar Creek;
 daughter and son-in-law, Kathryn J. and Wayne Jordan, and grandson, W. Joshua
 Calhoun of Mason, grandson, Joe Calhoun of Smithville; son, Samuel J. Wilson
 Jr. of Bastrop; son and daughter- in-law, Robert L. and Patricia Wilson,
 grandchildren, Robert Jr., Eric, and Megan Wilson of Austin; son Bryan,
 grandchildren, Jeremy, Rachel, and Matthew Wilson of Bastrop. Also surviving
 are his brothers, Carl of Dallas, Phil of Amarillo, and Eugene Wilson of
  De Soto; sisters, Wilma Rady of Florida, Frances Nicholson of Dallas, and
 twin sister, Jean Freeman of Arlington; brother and sister-in- law, Ron and
 Rose Leoni of Austin; and nephews, nieces, and other
 relatives. 
 Pallbearers will be Michael V. Leoni, Ed Graham, Jerry Allen, Joe H. Calhoun,
 W. Joshua Calhoun and Robert Wilson
 Jr. 
 The family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Sunday,
 January 3, 1999, in Cook-Walden/Forest Oaks Funeral
 Home. 
 Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 4, 1999,
 at the South Austin Church of the Nazarene, 6711 Manchaca Road, Austin, TX
 78745, with Reverend Randall Wyles officiating. Interment will follow in
 the Cook-Walden/Forest Oaks Memorial
 Park. 
 Memorials may be made to South Austin Church of the Nazarene Building
 Fund, at above address. 
 
 Publication Date: January 17, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 DONALD F. "DONNIE" EICHSTADT
 
 Donald F. "Donnie" Eichstadt, age 39, of Red Rock passed away
 Thursday. 
 The family will receive friends at Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home in Bastrop
 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Sunday evening. Graveside services are 10:00 a.m.,
 Monday, at Bateman Cemetery in
 Bateman. 
 Survivors include his wife, Debbie Eichstadt, of Red Rock; daughters,
 Diedre Eichstadt and Dawn Eichstadt, both of Red Rock; his parents, Don and
 Diana Eichstadt, of Red Rock; his grandmother, Dorothy Senzek, of Brainerd,
 Minnesota; a brother, Duane Eichstadt, of Red Rock; sisters, Denise Eichstadt
 and Dayna Frazier, both of Austin; and nephews, Patrick Frazier and Justin
 Frazier, both of Austin.
 
 Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home
 
 Publication Date: January 18, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 Bernice Marcrum, 75, of Elgin, Texas, formerly of Austin, Texas, died
 Saturday, January 16, 1999, at The Specialty Hospital in Austin, Texas, after
 a lengthy illness.
 
 Local arrangements are by Elgin
 
 Funeral Home of Elgin, Texas. Services will be held Tuesday, January 19,
 1999, at 11:00 a.m., with Pastor Jonathan Mielke officiating at the services.
 Burial will be at the Pleasant Grove Cemetery following the
 services. 
 Bernice was born on December 15, 1923, in Austin, Texas. She is the beloved
 wife of Wade R. Marcrum and she and Wade were married 56 years. She was a
 former employee of the City of Austin, Legal Department. Bernice was an active
 member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church of Elgin as well as a member of the
 Eastern Star, Austin Chapter 475, and the VFW, Ladies Auxiliary, Chapter
 6115 of Elgin, Texas. 
 Bernice was preceded in death by her parents, John and Agnes Nordvall,
 and her daughter, Janet Griffith
 Garza. 
 She is survived by her husband, Wade Marcrum; her daughters, Gloria Dooley
 and husband, Bud Dooley, of Mt. Enterprise, Texas, and Lydia Smith and husband,
 Steven Smith, of Elgin, Texas; son-in-law, Jesse Garza, of Austin, Texas;
 her grandchildren, Jannica Griffith, of Elgin, Texas, Patrick and wife, Jennifer
 Dooley, of Henderson, Texas, Shane Smith of Abilene, Texas, and Denise Dooley,
 of Mt. 
 Enterprise, Texas; and great-grandchild, Lily Elaine Dooley, of
 Mt. 
 Enterprise, Texas.
 
 Pallbearers will be Charlie Jones, Donnie Stacks, Edward Lee Burklund,
 John Leroy Burklund, Buddy Adamson and Gerald
 Curry. 
 Visitation is 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Monday, January 18, 1999, at
 Elgin  Funeral Home, Elgin, Texas.
 
 A.A. "SUGAR" SANDERS
 
 A.A. "Sugar" Sanders, age 80, died peacefully in his sleep on January
 17, 1999, in Bastrop, Texas, his birthplace and lifelong home. He was born
 on October 26, 1918, the youngest child of William Edward and Ruby Waggoner
 Sanders. 
 "Sugar" served for 20 years as the Postmaster of Bastrop, and was additionally
 retired from grocery store and restaurant ownership, and from ranching. He
 served for 18 years as a school board member of the Bastrop Independent School
 District, and was President of the Board when a significant school bond was
 passed to build the "new" high school of 1969. Following retirement, "Sugar"
 was elected to the Bastrop City Council. He was a veteran of World War II,
 and a member of Calvary Episcopal Church in Bastrop, Texas. "Sugar" loved
 Democratic politics, the State of Texas, horses, and all the wonderful people
 and places in Bastrop County.
 
 Survivors include his wife, the former Nancy Lee Waugh, whom he married
 in 1947; his children, daughter, Suzanne Sanders, of Austin; son, Ed Sanders
 and wife, Jane; son, Johnny Sanders and wife, Shawnda; daughter, Cynthia
 Cannon and husband, Chris; and daughter, Michele Sanders, all of Bastrop.
 Mr. Sanders is also survived by his brother, Curtis Sanders, of Bastrop;
 five grandchildren; several nieces, and a
 nephew. 
 Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 19, 1999, at the
  Calvary Episcopal Church of Bastrop. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery
 in Bastrop. 
 The family will receive visitors from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., on Monday,
  January 18, 1999, at Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home in
  Bastrop. 
 Those desiring may make memorial contributions to the Building Fund of
  Calvary Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 721, Bastrop, TX
 78602. 
 Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home
 
 Publication Date: January 23, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 ORVILLE T. PROPST
 
 Orville T. Propst, age 69, of Austin, passed away January 19,
 1999. 
 He was born in Franklin, West Virginia, on August 5, 1929. He retired
 from the Air Force in 1971 after 20 years of service. He was a life member
 of Pilot Knob VFW Post 8925.
 
 He was preceded in death his first wife, Doris Prospt in 1977; and
 granddaughter, Tammy Prospt in 1980.
 
 He is survived by sons, Raymond Propst, of Ranger, and David Propst, of
 Austin; daughter, Martha Cotton, of Bastrop, and Rebecca Hart and husband,
 Bret, of Wichita Falls; step-children, Steven and Wesley Lanpher and Susan
 Dyer, of Austin; ex-wife, Chris; grandchildren, Ray, Matt, Jeremy and
 Christopher, of Oregon, Brandy and Jennifer Cotton, of Bastrop, Stacy Propst,
 of Pflugerville, Meagann, Perry, Shelbie and Garion Hart, of Wichita Falls;
 great- grandchildren, Ray Propst III, of Oregon, and Elysa Walker, of Bastrop;
 step-grandchildren, Cayte Smith, Joshua, Nicole, Lance and J.R. Lanpher;
 and sister, Pauline Polen, of West
 Virginia. 
 Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 24, 1999, at Wilke-Clay-Fish
 Funeral Home. The family will have visitation from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturday.
 Burial will be in Garfield at Haynie Chapel Cemetery with full military
 honors. 
 Arrangements by Wilke-Clay-Fish Funeral Home, 2620 S. Congress Ave.,
 442-1446. 
 Publication Date: January 30, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 R.C. (NORINE) MCCOY
 
 Mrs. R.C. (Norine) McCoy went home to be with her Lord and Savior on January
 28, 1999. 
 She was born March 9, 1904, in Birdville, Texas, to Josephine Gouyton
 Brown and Charlie Franklin Brown. Prior to moving to Smithville, Texas, in
 the early 80's, she lived in Jollyville on the family ranch that she and
 her husband built. She was a 5th generation Texan, tracing her roots back
 to before the Republic of Texas. 
 Mrs. McCoy was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Reginald Cloud
 McCoy; her parents; her sister and brother-in law, Mary and Clyde Fox; and
 her beloved puppy, Bobo.
 
 She is survived by her daughter, Edna Norine Douglas, of Smithville; her
 daughter and son-in-law, Thelma and Jim Berry, of Bastrop; her sister and
 brother-in-law, Josephine and Bill Ross, of Austin; her sister, Emma Caroline
 Burch, of Austin; her grandchildren, Elizabeth Gilliland and husband, Lonnie,
 of Smithville, James E. Berry, of Bastrop, Daniel Berry and wife, Yolanda,
 of Bastrop, Norine Cook and husband, David, of Waelder; her great-grandchildren,
 Jody and Josiah Cook and Victoria Berry; and numerous nieces, nephews and
 friends. 
 Nanny was many things in her life: wife, daughter, mother, grandmother,
 sister, friend, teacher, mentor, rancher, gardener, Sunday School teacher
 and preacher. But most of all, she would like to be remembered first and
 last as a Christian. She truly loved the Lord her God with all her heart,
 al her soul, and all her might. She would have had all men come to love Him
 and accept Him as their personal Savior as she had. I know God welcomed her
 with the words,
 
 "Well done, good and faithful servant." 
 The family would like to thank the 3rd floor nursing staff of the Specialty
 Hospital of Austin, and Nanny's "girls" for their loving care. The family
 would especially like to thank Dr. David Pohl for his friendship and professional
 care. 
 Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 30, 1999,
 in the Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m.
 on Sunday, January 31, 1999, in the Weed-Corley-Fish Chapel, with Bill Brown
 officiating. Interment will be at Austin Memorial
 Park. 
 Pallbearers will be David Cook, Daniel Berry, Darryl Wanack, James E.
 Berry, Lonnie Gilliland and James
 Beck. 
 Arrangements by Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, 3125 N. Lamar,
 452-8811. 
 
 Publication Date: March 08, 1999
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 JOE HOOD SIMMONS
 
 Born May 12, 1914, in San Angelo, Texas, Joe passed away on Friday, March
 5, 1999, after a long and eventful life. 
 He grew up and graduated from high school in Eastland, Texas, and attended
 Ranger Junior College in Ranger, Texas. He moved to Austin in the early 1940's.
 In the middle l950's, he operated a cafeteria in the basement of Robert E.
 Lee Hall on the University of Texas campus. During that time he organized
 and sponsored the rodeo club for the University called Los Charos. 
 He was an organizing member of the Central Texas Cutting Horse Association
 and the first president of the Travis County Sheriff's Posse. For 20 years,
 beginning in the early 60's, he worked with Lloyd Woodley Rodeo Company of
 Lampasas to produce rodeos in and around central and north central Texas.
 In 1966, he began working for the Texas Agriculture Department as a License
 and Weight Inspector in the San Antonio District. 
 After retiring from state government in 1979, he moved to Elgin, Texas,
 where he resided until his death.
 
 He is survived by his children, Joe Bob Simmons and wife, Elaine, of Austin,
 Catherine (Tex) Roberts, of Elgin, Janet Basey and husband, Mark, of Liberty
 Hill; brother, Bill Simmons and wife, Bobbie, of Sunrise Beach; sister, Blanche
 Howard, of Mansfield; grandchildren, Penney Garrett and husband, Mark, of
  Kerrville, Donna Gore and husband, Jeff, of Austin, Kim Christensen and husband,
 Mike, of Elgin, Joe Roberts and wife, Janet, of Bastrop, Sarah Roberts, of
  Elgin, Clint Basey and wife, Amy, of Georgetown, Luke Basey and Jake Basey,
 both of Liberty Hill; and six great-grandchildren, soon to be
 seven. 
 Pallbearers include Darwin Avant, Bobby Joe Bartlett, David Graham, Jeff
 Heath, Ralph Senn and Wayne Ward.
 
 Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 7, 1999, from 4:00 p.m. 
 Services will be held Monday, March 8, 1999, at 2:00 p.m. at Elgin Funeral
 Home, Elgin, Texas, with burial to be in Young's Prairie Cemetery, Elgin. 
 
 Publication Date: November 20, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 GENEVA STONE RIDINGS
 
 Geneva Stone Ridings was born August 17, 1899, to William R. and Lela
 Bell Hartsfield Stone in Elgin, and died November 18, 1998. 
 The Stone and Hartsfield families were early settlers of Bastrop County,
 coming to Texas from South Carolina, and Alabama to the Elgin area in the
 l880's. On June 9, 1924, she was married to Wayland Ridings Sr., and they
 began Ridings Red & White Grocery, which they successfully owned and
 operated for 65 years until his death in 1989. 
 They had one son, Wayland Ridings Jr. 
 She is survived by one son, Wayland Ridings Jr., of Elgin and Houston;
 one nephew, Jack L. Stone, of Denver, Colorado; and numerous other nieces,
 nephews and other relatives.
 
 Both Geneva and Wayland were educated in the Elgin Schools and were life
 long members of the First Baptist Church of Elgin, of which they were very
 active and devoted members.
 
 She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 65 years; her parents;
 one sister, Willie Marie Ridings, of Longview; and one brother, Jack E. Stone,
 of Taylor. 
 Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday in the Elgin
 Cemetery. 
 Arrangements by Elgin Funeral Home.
 
 Publication Date: November 28, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 MARY EVELYN RICHARDS ROBY
 
 Mary Evelyn Richards Roby, born November 17, 1921, to Lillian and Robert
 D. Richards in Bastrop, Texas, passed away November 25, 1998, at an Austin
 hospital. 
 She was preceded in death by her parents. 
 Mary Evelyn was loved by and leaves behind her husband of 55 years, Richard
 W. Roby; her three children, Jan Loomis, Susan R. Fernandes and Robert R. Roby; 
 sons-in-law, Robert L. Loomis and J. Frank
 Fernandes; daughter-in-law, Susan H. Roby; grandsons, Robert D. Loomis and
 his wife, Melanie, Richard W. Loomis and his wife, Naomi, Mark Roby, Christopher
 Roby and Ryan Roby; and three great-
 grandchildren.
 
 Mary Evelyn attended Ward Belmont School, Nashville, Tennessee. 
 She was an active member for several years of St. David's Hospital Auxiliary
 and served as President of that organization for one year. 
 She loved to travel and play golf and to listen to the many adventures
 of her children and grandchildren. All who knew her will miss her
 greatly. 
 A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 28, 1998,
 at Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop, Texas.
 
 Arrangements are being handled by Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop,
 Texas. 
 
 Publication Date: October 09, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 J. Kelly Shaw, 74, of Bastrop, died Friday, October 2, 1998. 
 Kelly retired from the United States Air Force in 1969, and from teaching
 at Westlake High School in 1984. He was an avid hunter, fisherman and
 outdoorsman. 
 Mr. Shaw is survived by his loving wife of 38 years, Nona Shaw; son, Kevin
 Shaw and wife, Christie; granddaughters, Sarah, Leslie and Megan Kelly
 Shaw. 
 Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 10, 1998, at
 Wilke-Clay-Fish Funeral Home. Interment will be held in Arlington National
 Cemetery at a later date.
 
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Fellowship Baptist
 Church, 1720 East Broadway, Pearland, Texas 77581. 
 Arrangements by Wilke-Clay-Fish Funeral Home, 2620 S. Congress Avenue,
 442-1446. 
 
 Publication Date: September 20, 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 MILDRED MARIE EVANS
 
 Mildred Marie Evans of San Antonio, Texas, died September 18, 1998, at
 the age of 80.
 
 She was born in Bastrop, Texas, February 17, 1918. Her occupation was
 waitressing and she was affiliated with the Baptist
 Church. 
 She was preceded in death by her father, William Bloxon Hardee and her
 mother, Mattie Kimbrough.
 
 Survivors include daughters, Billiejean and Carroll Pullin of Jourdanton,
 Texas; son, Lee and wife Susie Evans of La Vernia, Texas; brother, Weldon
 Hardee of Dallas, Texas; grandchildren, Ronald O. Pullin, Lee Ann Evans,
 Becky, Debra, Darleen, Jackie; and numerous
 great-grandchildren.
 
 Graveside service, Monday, September 21, 1998, at 10:00 A.M., Ridgeway
 Cemetery, Bastrop, Texas.
 
 Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of your
 choice. 
 Finch Funeral Chapel, La Vernia, TX
 
 Publication Date: September 20, 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 ERNEST FRANKLIN (FRANK) ARMSTRONG
 
 Ernest Franklin (Frank) Armstrong, age 55, of Cedar Creek, passed away
 on Friday, September 18, 1998, after a short battle with
 cancer. 
 He is formerly of Pflugerville, and was a member of the Plumbers &
  Pipe fitters Local Union No. 286.
 
 Frank was born January 13, 1943, to Earl and Jewel Armstrong, who preceded
 him in death. He is also preceded in death by his brothers, Wallace, Thomas,
 Horace Delbert and Donnal (Skeeter)
 Armstrong. 
 He is survived by daughter, Terri Woodmancy and husband, Gary of Austin;
 long-time companion, Carolyn Kay LaFrance, of Cedar Creek; sisters, Janelle
 Mansfield and husband, Bill of Bastrop; Brenda Duke and husband, Bud of Austin,
 and Linda McCool and husband, Kenneth of Ralls; brothers, J.W. Armstrong
 and wife, Debbie of Bastrop, and Richard Armstrong, of Austin; granddaughter,
 Chelsea Renee Woodmancy, of Austin; grandson, Cody Lee Woodmancy, also of
 Austin; and numerous nieces and nephews. 
 The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. on Sunday, September
 20, 1998, at the funeral home.
 
 Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Monday, September 21, 1998,
 in the Colonial Chapel of Cook-Walden Funeral Home, Lamar location; Reverend
 George V. Reswik officiating. Interment will follow at Cook-Walden/Capital
 Parks Cemetery.
 
 Pallbearers will include Ronnie Mansfield, Darrell Mansfield, Jay F.
 Armstrong, Milfred Johnson, David Whiteaker and Jerry
 Evans. 
 Honorary pallbearers will include Leonard Holstine, Jerry Goldstein, Larry
 Goldstein, Quint Calderon, Mike Armstrong and Todd
 Purcell. 
 
 Publication Date: September 25, 1998 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 FRANCES TISHIE SWEET O'BRIEN
 
 Frances Tishie Sweet O'Brien, age 91, of Bastrop, passed away Tuesday,
 September 22, 1998.
 
 She was born October 27, 1906, in Montgomery, Texas, to Charlie and Amanda
 Fields. She was a resident of San Antonio from 1941 to 1971, and a resident
 of Bastrop since that time.
 
 She was preceded in death by her first husband, Charlie D. Sweet; her
 second husband, Homer H. O'Brien; and a daughter, Edna A. Jordan. 
 She is survived by a daughter, Mary E. Crews, of Imperial Beach, California;
 a son, Charles E. Sweet, of Austin, Texas; a brother, Alton Fields, of McDade,
 Texas; sisters, Mrs. Henry (Cleo) Grimes and Mrs. Leo Harrison, both of McDade,
 Texas, and Mrs. Henry (Ila Mae) Carwile, of Montgomery, Texas; eight
 grandchildren, nine great- grandchildren and one
 great-great-grandson.
 
 Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 26, 1998, at
 Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home in Bastrop. Interment will be in Fairview
 Cemetery also in Bastrop. The Reverend David Sweet will
 officiate. 
 Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home, P.O. Box 745, 507 Old Austin Hwy., Bastrop,
 Texas 78602, (512)321-2576.
 
 Publication Date: December 06, 1998
 
 Source: Austin American-Statesman
 
 ALEX "JACK" SMALL
 
 Alex "Jack" Small, age 74, of Elgin, passed away Friday, December 4,
 1998. 
 Alex was born in Austin, Texas, on November 24, 1924. He was preceded
 in death by his parents, two sisters, a son, and a
 grandson. 
 Alex retired from Elgin Butler Brick Company in 1989 after 48 years of
 employment. 
 He is survived by a very loving and devoted wife of fifty five years,
 Ida Mae; two sons, Frank and wife Mary of Lexington, James and wife Debbie
 of Haryelton, Pennsylvania; two daughters, Diane Stolle and husband Justin
 of Thrall and Faye Small Stifflemire of Thrall; one brother, James Small
 and wife Rose of Bastrop; nine grandchildren; and four
 great-grandchildren.
 
 Pallbearers will be Todd Cantrell, Tommy Cantrell, Doug Cloud, Sherman
 Wipff, Jim Watson, Tommy Maldonado, Bill King, Floyd Harris and Philip
 Cantrell. 
 Services will be held 2:00 p.m., Sunday, December 6, 1998, at Elgin Funeral
 Home, with interment in the Elgin
 Cemetery. 
 The Family wishes to Thank all the many friends for all their support,
 thoughts and most of all prayers during the past
 year. 
 Memorial contributions may be made to McDade Church of Christ, McDade,
 Texas, or The American Cancer Association, P.O. Box 149054, Austin, Texas
 78714. 
 Arrangements by Elgin Funeral Home,
 281-5697 
 
 Publication Date: April 06, 1994
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 24;25 
 FORT WORTH - Dorothy Woolard, a homemaker, died Tuesday at a North Richland
 Hills hospital. She was 75.
 
 Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Mount Olivet Funeral Home. Burial
 will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7
 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.
 
 Mrs. Woolard was born in Bastrop.
 
 Her husband, Olin Woolard, died in 1980. 
 Survivors: Son, Rickie Woolard of Fort Worth; daughter, Carol Pufall of
 Fort Worth; brother, Lee Hancock of Lake Havasu, Ariz.; sister, Helen Swearingen
 of Houston; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
 Faustino Cerda 
 
 Publication Date: April 09, 1995
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 36;37 
 GRANDVIEW - Will Arthur Slider, 73, a retired construction worker for
 Thomas S. Byrne Construction Co., died Friday at a Cleburne hospital. 
 Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Antioch Baptist Church in Hills Prairie.
 Burial: Hills Prairie Cemetery in Bastrop. Wake: 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Bethlehem
 Baptist Church in Grandview, where he was a member. Arrangements: Gregory
 W. Spencer Funeral Directors of Fort
 Worth. 
 Mr. Slider was born in Bastrop and lived in Fort Worth for more than 50
 years. He was a member of the North Central Texas Labor Union 618. 
 His wife, Minnie Slider, died in 1974. 
 Survivors: Son, Curtis Gene Slider of Fort Worth; daughter, Sandra Robinson
 of Waco; brother, Willie T. Slider of Fort Worth; three sisters, Raydell
 Peterson, Hattie Hubbard and Johnnie Mae Slider, all of Fort Worth; companion,
 Jean Hardy of Grandview; 19 grandchildren; and 16
 great-grandchildren.
 
 Publication Date: April 14, 1991
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 4;5 
 CROSS PLAINS - Ava Hughes Talley of Cross Plains died Thursday at a Cross
 Plains nursing home. She was 90.
 
 Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today at Pioneer Cemetery in Pioneer
 under the direction of Higginbotham Funeral Home in Rising
 Star. 
 Mrs. Talley was born in Rising Star and had lived in Cross Plains for
 17 years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of
 Christ. 
 Survivors: Son, J.R. Talley of Bastrop; brother, Edward Hughes of Dallas;
 three grandchildren; and two
 great-grandchildren.
 
 Publication Date: April 21, 1994
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 24;25 
 ARLINGTON - Luciano Duron Garcia, a retired gardener, died Monday in Fort
 Worth. He was 82. 
 Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Crosby Cemetery in Mason.
 Arlington Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 
 Mr. Garcia was born in Bastrop and recently moved to the Fort Worth area.
 He previously lived in Georgetown for 12 years and moved to Mason in 1985. 
 His wife, Petra Garcia, died in 1989. 
 Survivors: Five sons, Luciano Garcia Jr. and Luis Garcia, both of Valencia,
 Calif., Lupe Garcia of El Paso, Mingo Garcia of Simi Valley, Calif., and
 Sammie Garcia of Moor Park, Calif.; four daughters, Rachel Hansen of Las
 Vegas, Eva C. DeAnda of Arlington, Ruth Arriega of San Jose, Calif., and
 Susie Pena of Mexico; brother, Stephen Garcia of Austin; sister, Phillipa
 Martinez of Austin; 24 grandchildren; and 13
 great-grandchildren.
 
 Publication Date: April 26, 1994
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 15 
 FORT WORTH - Wilma Nelson Calhoun, a retired Fort Worth school district
 custodian, died Sunday at a Fort Worth hospital. She was 78. 
 Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Church at Philadelphia. Burial
 will be in Cedar Hill Memorial Park. Wake will be from 8:15 to 9:15 tonight
 at the funeral home. 
 Mrs. Calhoun was born in Bastrop and had lived in Fort Worth for 52
 years. 
 She had worked for the school district for 27 years before retiring in
 1979. 
 Mrs. Calhoun was a member of Paradise Missionary Baptist Church. 
 Survivors: Son, Tommie Louis Nelson of Fort Worth; three daughters, Jennie
 N. Elix of Hobart, Okla., and Rena Mae Cofer and Hattie L. Timms, both of
 Fort Worth; two brothers, Tony Banks and Mago Banks, both of Fort Worth;
 two sisters, Freddie Edwards and Bernice Greer, both of Fort Worth; 30
 grandchildren; and 42 great-grandchildren.
 
 Publication Date: April 28, 1997
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 7 
 FORT WORTH - Florence McKinney, 99, a homemaker, died Saturday, April
 26, 1997, in Fort Worth.
 
 Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Laurel Land Funeral Home of Fort Worth.
 Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort
 Worth. 
 Florence McKinney was born May 5, 1897, in Bastrop County. 
 Survivors: Stepson, Miles McKinney of Fort Worth; stepdaughter, Zelva
 Lance of Bremerton, Wash.; and two stepgranddaughters. Laurel Land Funeral
 Home of Fort Worth 7100 Crowley Road, 293-1350 Richard P. Morley 
 
 Publication Date: August 15, 1996
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 6;7 
 BASTROP - Stella Mae Porter, 87, a homemaker, died Tuesday at a Bastrop
 nursing center.
 
 Funeral: 2 p.m. today at Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield Funeral Home. Burial:
 Oak Grove Cemetery in Hill County.
 
 Stella Mae Porter was born Nov. 12, 1908, in Little Rock, Ark. 
 Survivors: Sons, James Henry Porter of Indiana, Odell Porter of Burleson
 and Samuel Lewis Porter of Austin; daughters, Letha Mae Earnhart of Whitesboro,
 Mary Lou Lucko of Penelope, Ruth Reed of Austin, and Patsy Ann Wiggins and
 Peggy Ann Davis, both of Smithville; one brother; three sisters; and numerous
 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield Cleburne,
 (817) 558-2322 Forest T. Sark
 
 Publication Date: August 18, 1993
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 21 
 STEPHENVILLE - May Belle Stone, a retired stock farmer and nurse, died
 Monday at a Stephenville hospital. She was 82. 
 Graveside service will be at 3 p.m. today in Coleman Cemetery in Coleman.
 Lacy Funeral Home in Stephenville is in charge of
 arrangements. 
 Mrs. Stone was born in Bastrop County and moved to Stephenville from Abilene
 35 years ago. 
 She was a member of Huckabay Church of Christ. 
 Survivors: Two sons, Venice D. Alford of Stephenville and Sam W. Alford
 of Abilene; sister, Dr. Oleta Ward of Weatherford; three grandchildren; and
 four great-grandchildren.
 
 Publication Date: August 20, 1996
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 8;9 
 ARLINGTON - Louise Elizabeth Vaughn Haynes, 75, died Sunday in
 Arlington. 
 Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in Arlington.
 Burial: Moore Memorial Gardens. Visitation: Noon today. Family will recieve
 friends from 6 to 7 tonight at Moore Funeral
 Home. 
 Louise Haynes was born Aug. 3, 1921, in Elgin, Bastrop County. She was
 one of 15 children of John and Bessie Vaughn. Louise was a registered nurse,
 graduating from Parkland School of Nursing in Dallas in 1945. As a member
 of the U.S. Corps of Nurses, she was serving at McCluskey U.S. Army Hospital
 on VE Day and VJ Day. She transferred to the Veterans Administration and
 served in VA Hospitals at Dearborn, Mich., Kerrville and McKinney. After
 leaving the Veterans Administration, Louise worked as a nurse for General
 Motors in Arlington. John Haynes and Louise were married in McKinney in 1948.
 She was an active and faithful member of First United Methodist Church in
 Arlington and its Aldersgate Sunday school class. She was also a member of
 the Daughters of the American Revolution. Louise fought cancer valiantly
 for many years before finally succumbing on Aug. 18,
 1996. 
 Louise will be greatly missed by all who knew and admired her. 
 She was recently preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Dr. John
 J. Haynes, a retired professor of civil engineering at UT-Arlington. 
 Memorials: First United Methodist Church in Arlington, the Parkland Nurses
 Association or a charity of choice.
 
 Survivors: Brother, Carl Vaughn of Payson, Ariz.; sisters, Jo Vickers
 of Pasadena, Dorothy Bratten of Payson, and Ruth Linebarger of Clarksdale,
 Mo.; several nieces and nephews, including Evelyn Redman of Big Spring, Mary
 Mills of Mansfield and Linda Linebarger of Clarksdale, Mo. Moore Funeral
 Home 1219 N. Davis Drive, 275-2711 Ruth C.
 Henderson 
 
 Publication Date: December 03, 1992
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 33 
 DUBLIN - Eula Mae Voigt, a homemaker, died Tuesday at a Dublin nursing
 home. She was 89. 
 Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Harrell Funeral Home in Dublin.
 Burial will be in Pecan Cemetery in Dublin. 
 Mrs. Voigt was born in Bastrop County. 
 She was a member of Laurel Street United Methodist Church. 
 Her husband, Stephen Clayton Voigt, died in 1986. 
 Survivors: Five daughters, Wilma Davis, Joyce Daniel and Blanche Pendleton,
 all of Dublin, and Geneva Roberts and Lula Mae Wolfenberger, both of Conroe;
 son, Kirby Voigt of Killeen; sister, Ima Hemphill of Bastrop; 15 grandchildren;
 and 20 great-grandchildren.
 
 Publication Date: December 14, 1993
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 23 
 FORT WORTH - Bertha Lillian Gibbons, a retired nurse's aide, died Monday
 at a Fort Worth hospital. She was 56.
 
 Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. today in Azleland Memorial Park in
 Azle. Biggers Funeral Home in Lake Worth is in charge of
 arrangements. 
 Mrs. Gibbons was born in Bastrop County and had lived in Fort Worth since
 1990. 
 Survivors: Six daughters, Mary E. Allen and Sherry A. Fornwalt, both of
  Fort Worth, Jackie L. Beggs of Bastrop, Wanda J. Van Buskirk of St. Charles,
 Mo., Mickie J. Rozo of Austin and Peggy L. Weaver of Cresson; four brothers,
 Ernest Lee Botkin, Carl Wayne Botkin, Jimmy Dale Botkin and Le Ray Botkin,
 all of Bastrop County; four sisters, Ann Avery of Arkansas, Vickie Botkin
 of Houston, Jody Grady of Bastrop and Sandra J. Botkin of Page; and 15
 grandchildren.
 
 Publication Date: December 30, 1993
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 18;19 
 THROCKMORTON - Gladsie Dean Brockman, a retired legal secretary and teacher,
 died Monday at a Wichita Falls hospital. She was 96. 
 Funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church. Burial
 will be in Throckmorton Cemetery. Merriman-Archer Funeral Home in Throckmorton
 is in charge of arrangements.
 
 Mrs. Brockman was born in Bastrop County and had lived in Throckmorton
 since 1913. 
 She was a member of First Christian Church of Woodson and a Worthy Matron
 of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter
 No.500. 
 Survivors: Husband, John C. Brockman of Throckmorton; three sons, George
 David Brockman of Graham, and Robert Dean Brockman and Larry Daniel Brockman,
 both of Granbury; three daughters, Juanelle Hulse of Graham, Gladsie Jean
 Herring of Denver and Betty Jean Davis of Throckmorton; 19 grandchildren;
 and 31 great-grandchildren.
 
 Publication Date: December 30, 1995
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 28;29 
 FORT WORTH - Paul Jobert Sachs, 62, owner and operator of Sachs Garage
 who retired in 1988 after more than 20 years, died Thursday in an auto accident
 on Interstate 35 in Belton.
 
 Funeral: 4 p.m. today at Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home.
 Burial: Private.
 
 Honorary pallbearers: Bobby Wagnon, David Cooper, Cliff Noonkester, Charlie
 Clayton, Bob Higginbotham and Bob Livingston. 
 P.J. Sachs was born Aug. 31, 1933, in Bastrop. He was a 1951 graduate
 of Arlington Heights High School and attended Texas Christian University.
 He was president of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity from 1956 to
 1957.  Memorials: Charity of choice.
 
 Survivors: Two sons, Paul Buckley Sachs and Stephen Sachs; daughter, Sheryl
 Anne Sachs Hemphill; grandchildren, John Daniel Hemphill and Sophie Anne
 Hemphill; and aunt, Gertrude Wilmers. Thompson's Harveson & Cole 702
 Eighth Ave., 336-0345 Thomas W.
 Sanders 
 
 Publication Date: December 31, 1996
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 6;7 
 FORT WORTH - Catarino Alvarado, 65, a welder who retired in 1989, died
 Sunday in Plano.
 
 Funeral: 2 p.m. today at All Saints Catholic Church. Burial: Mount Olivet
 Cemetery. 
 Mr. Catarino Alvarado was born Nov. 25, 1931, in Bastrop County. He was
 a member of Sociedad Fraternal Benito Juarez and the North Side Senior
 Citizens. 
 Survivors: Sons, David F. Alvarado and Antonio Alvarado; daughter, Virginia
 Tuhlawi; son-in-law, Ahmad Tuhlawi; daughters-in-law, Susie Alvarado and
 Cynthia Alvarado; brother, Bennie Alvarado; sisters, Angela Trujillo, Bonnie
 Reyna, Tomasa Hernandez and Pauline Trujillo; two granddaughters; and one
 great-granddaughter. Mount Olivet Funeral Home 2301 N. Sylvania Ave., 831-0511
 Juanice K. Apple
 
 Publication Date: February 19, 1994
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 29 
 FORT WORTH - Gladys Swanson Eastwood, a retired secretary for All Church
 Children's Home, died Thursday in Cleburne. She was 75. 
 Funeral will be at 3:30 p.m. today at Brentwood Bible Church. Burial will
 be in Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park. Mount Olivet Funeral Home is in charge
 of arrangements.
 
 Mrs. Eastwood was born in Bastrop County. 
 Her husband, Oscar M. Swanson, died in 1959. 
 The family suggests that memorials be made to Brentwood Bible Church,
 6917 Brentwood Stair Road, Fort Worth 76112. 
 Survivors: Husband, Bob Eastwood of Fort Worth; four daughters, Brenda
 Sheffel of Pittsburg, Calif., Sharon Lowe of Shawnee Mission, Kan., Betty
 Jacobson of San Jose, Calif., and Jan Swanson Taylor of Cleburne; two stepsons,
 Robert M. Eastwood of Fort Worth and Jack A. Eastwood of Arlington; stepdaughter,
 Linda Eastwood Broach of Haltom City; sister, Loraine Ekdahl of Georgetown;
  and seven grandchildren.
 
 Publication Date: January 01, 1993
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 24;25 
 FORT WORTH - Theodore Blalock, a retired construction worker, died Thursday
 at a Fort Worth nursing center. He was 87. 
 Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Skyvue Memorial Gardens.
 Williams Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 
 Mr. Blalock was born in Bastrop and had lived in Fort Worth for 50 years.
 He was an Army veteran of World War II. 
 Survivors: Son, Artis Blalock of Stockton, Calif.; and brother, Booker
 T. Blalock of Fort Worth.
 
 Elizabeth Cate 
 Publication Date: January 30, 1995
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 14;15 
 FORT WORTH - Myrtle Hallie Snow, 94, a homemaker, died Saturday at a Fort
 Worth hospital.
 
 Funeral: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Shannon North Funeral Chapel. Burial: Mount
 Olivet Cemetery. 
 Mrs. Snow was born in Bastrop and lived in Fort Worth for more than 75
 years. 
 Her husband, Green David Snow, died in 1973. 
 Survivors: Two sons, Douglas Snow of Fort Worth and Otis Snow of Everman;
 sister, Leona Hicks of Azle; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren;
 and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
 
  Publication Date: July 04, 1991
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 4;5 
 NEWARK - Gerald D. Smith, a longtime resident of Newark, died Tuesday
 at a Fort Worth hospital after a long illness. He was 72. 
 Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Olivet Funeral Home in Fort
 Worth. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. 
 Mr. Smith was born in Bastrop County and had lived in Newark since 1980.
 He was a retired oilfield pumper and had worked for Dunn Oil Company many
 years. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Calvary Baptist
 Church in Aurora.
 
 Survivors: Wife, Alma Smith of Newark; two sons, Gerald D. Smith Jr. of
 Smithfield, Va., and John David Smith of Corpus Christi; daughter, Arlyn
 Yevonne Mayhall of Fort Worth; four brothers, John Cope Smith Jr., Audie
 Smith and Wilber Smith, all of San Antonio, and Berry Smith of Rockport;
 two sisters, Earline Clark of Chandler and Lillian Doris Baird of San Antonio;
 nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Jewel Marie Talley,
 Homemaker 
 
 Publication Date: July 09, 1991
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 3 
 DENTON - Elizabeth Kelsey of Denton, a former teacher and past vice president
 of the Texas Heart Association, died Saturday at a Denton retirement center.
 She was 85. 
 Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. today in Rest Haven Memorial Park
 in Midland. Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in
 Midland, where she was a member. Schmitz-Floyd-Hamlett Funeral Home in Denton
 is in charge of local arrangements.
 
 Mrs. Kelsey was born in Elgin, Bastrop County. She attended schools in
 Royse City, Holland and Greenville. She received a bachelor of science degree
 from Texas Woman's University and taught at public schools in Austin, Dallas
 and Texon, Reagan County. In 1934, she moved to Midland, where she and her
 husband owned and operated Western Clinic Hospital. She moved to Denton in
 July 1989. 
 Mrs. Kelsey was a 50-year member and past president of the Midland Doctor's
 Wives' Club and the Six-County Medical Auxiliary. She served on the board
 of directors of the Southwest Building Owners Association and the National
 Board of Governors. She also was a past president of the Midland Heart
 Association. 
 The former teacher was a life member of the Parent-Teachers Association
 and had served as an officer on various PTAs. During World War II, she organized
 volunteers for the USO in Midland and was an active member of the Daughters
 of the American Republic.
 
 The family suggests that memorials be made to Good Samaritan Village in
 Denton, the American Heart Association or First Baptist Church in
 Midland. 
 Survivors: Husband, John Kelsey of Denton; son, L. Waldo Leggett of Houston;
 three daughters, Rosalynn Biggers of Dallas, Carolynn Cannon of Garland and
 Elizabeth Mulholland of Austin; brother, Price Wood of Gainesville; two sisters,
 Margarette Ferguson of San Antonio and Ophilia Ratliff of Monahans; and 12
 grandchildren.
 Paul A. Linn, Service station owner
 
 Publication Date: July 16, 1996
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 8;9 
 FORT WORTH - Cora Lee Williams Rhodes, 64, a retired nurse, died Thursday
 at a Fort Worth hospital.
 
 Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday at Providence Primitive Baptist District Association
 in Cedar Creek. Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery in Cedar Creek. Wake: 8 to
 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
 
 Cora Rhodes was born March 17, 1932, in Alum Creek, Bastrop County. She
 was a member of Mount Calvary Primitive Baptist Church in Austin. 
 Survivors: Sons, Larry Rhodes and Stephen Rhodes, both of Fort Worth;
 daughters, Debra Rhodes of Fort Worth and Rhonda Pitts of Houston; brother,
 James Williams of Austin; sister, Laura B. Thompson of Austin; nine
 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Gregory W. Spencer Funeral Directors
 4000 Miller Ave., 531-8666 Lois J. Richardson 
 
 Publication Date: July 24, 1996
 
 Source: The Fort Worth
 Star-Telegram 
 Page: 6;7 
 FORT WORTH - Laverne Cleveland, 71, a retired food service worker for
 the Fort Worth Independent School District, died Thursday at a Fort Worth
 hospital. 
 Funeral: 11 a.m. Thursday at New Golden Gate Baptist Church. Burial: Cedar
 Hill Memorial Park. Visitation: 1 to 9 p.m. today at Baker Funeral Home.
 Wake: 7 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. 
 Laverne Cleveland was born Aug. 14, 1924, to Willie and Catherine Higgins
 Ford in the Hills Prairie Community in Bastrop County. 
 She grew up there and attended the public schools. She united in marriage
 with Hosea L. Caldwell. He preceded her in death. She settled in Fort Worth
 around 1963 and was a cafeteria worker for several years before her retirement.
 She had been a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Grandview. 
 Survivors: Devoted companion, Jessie Allen of Fort Worth; son, Roy Lee
 Cleveland of San Diego, Calif., daughters, Willie Mae Allen, Shirley Birdwell
 and Linda Jones, all of Fort Worth; mother, Catherine Ivory of Fort Worth;
 17 grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and many other family members
 and friends. Baker Funeral Home 301 E. Rosedale St.,
 332-4468 
 
 Publication Date: June 06, 1996