Posted in Obituaries on Jul 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
This was taken from the July 2nd edition of the Texarkana Gazette.
ATLANTA, Texas — Juanita Forbes Kirkland, 85, of Douglassville, Texas, died Tuesday, July 1, 2008, in Texarkana, Texas.
Mrs. Kirkland was born Nov. 16, 1922 in Black Jack community, Texas. She was a teacher’s assistant with Atlanta ISD and a member of Piney Grove Baptist [...]
Posted in Obituaries on Jun 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Thanks to a volunteer at Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, I now have a copy of the obituary for Martin Isaic Spangler’s youngest child, Lonnie Lawrence Spangler. Here is a transcript of the obituary:
Lonnie Lawrence Spangler, 48, died Tuesday in Loma Linda. A native of Sherry, Tex., he had lived in Redlands for many years [...]
Posted in Obituaries on Jun 7th, 2008 1 Comment »
In doing my research on my elusive Martin Isaic Spangler, I discovered that the death date for Stella (Ferguson) Hicks and her husband, George Hicks were both the same. I was intrigued and thought it would be worth investigating. Was it a fire, an act of nature such as a tornado or flood, or what [...]
Posted in Obituaries on Jun 6th, 2008 No Comments »
James E. Ferguson was the son of Oliver D. Ferguson and Ella Spangler. He is the grandson of Martin Isaic Spangler. This obituary is transcribed from The Brownsville Herald, Sunday, December 16, 1934 edition. This article was obtained from the Historical Newspaper Collection at Ancestry.
Funeral services were held from the Stotler-Burdette chapel Friday afternoon for [...]
Posted in Obituaries on May 21st, 2007 No Comments »
OK, this wraps up this little series of obituaries that I was able to find during the week of 5-7-2007. I hope you have enjoyed it. I will try to post some info on my maternal side in my next series!
Miss Nancy E. Presley, longtime resident of Lone Star community, died at home there Monday [...]
Posted in Obituaries on May 19th, 2007 No Comments »
OK, this is the 5th of the 6 obituaries I was able to get the week of 5-7-07.
Mrs. J. N. (Sally) Childres of Rt. 1, Clarksville, died Thursday in Baylor Hospital in Dallas.
Funeral services were to be held today at 2 p.m. at the Lone Star United Methodist Church, with interment following in Lone Star [...]
Posted in Obituaries on May 17th, 2007 No Comments »
I’m continuing with posting the obituaries I was able to find last week. I hope you are enjoying these posts!
Services for George B. Winkle of Bagwell, who died Sunday at home, were held in the Baptist Church at Sherry by the Rev. Elbert Lloyd and the Rev. Floyd Womack, Monday afternoon. Burial in Fairview Cemetery [...]
Posted in Obituaries on May 16th, 2007 No Comments »
I thought I would continue my posting of some of my recently obtained obituaries. I hope you are enjoying these posts!
Eunice Winkle of Snyder died at Health Care Center there Thursday, March 31, 1994.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2, in Lindeman Chapel of Clarksville Funeral Home with Ray Hastings officiating. Burial [...]
Posted in Obituaries on May 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Continuing with my series of obituary posts that I obtained last week, I am posting Lee B. Spangler’s wife, Laura Beatrice Holt (nee Embree). I hope you are enjoying theses posts!
Mrs. Beatrice Holt, 77, of 6114 Janey Drive in Austin died Thursday at a local hospital in Austin.
Funeral services were scheduled to be held today [...]
Posted in Obituaries on May 11th, 2007 No Comments »
Lee B. Spangler, 260 S. Church St., yard clerk for the Texas and Pacific Railway here, died Sunday afternoon at 1:40 o’clock at St. Joseph’s Hospital. He had been in ill health the past few months. Employed by the railroad 18 years, he came here from Clarksville 12 years ago.
The funeral service was set for [...]
