Obituaries for:

Horace Holloway, Mrs. G. J. Eads, Herman Robertson, Jodie McClure, Robert E. Roberson, Clarence Walker, L. S. Pritchett, Lloyd Edward Crabtree, Mrs. Almer Reid, Sandra Jenice Pierce, Mrs. G. L. Griffith, Sgt. Eddie Lee McMullen, Robert D. King

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday October 28, 1937

Holloway Funerals Held on Sunday at 2:30
Funeral services for Horace Holloway, 48, native of Henderson county, who died at 2:00 o’clock Friday afternoon at Marlin were held from the First Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 with Rev. M. L. Fuller, Pastor, conducting the service.
Pallbearers were I. P. LaRue, ???? Hubbard, E. B. LaRue, W. ? Stirman, Horace Barron and Homer ?????. Honorary pallbearers were members of Koon Kreek Klub.
Mr. Holloway, former county peace officer and one time keeper of Koon Kreek Klub, had been ill for the past year. Four weeks ago, he was removed to the hospital in Marlin and for a time he appeared to be improving. Tuesday he became unconscious, Mrs. Holloway and children had been with him almost constantly. Mrs. Holloway and her daughter returned to Athens Friday. They had hardly arrived here until news of his death came. John Lehr of the Carroll-Lehr Undertaking Company went to Marlin to bring the body back to Athens.
The deceased was born and reared and had spent his entire life as a resident of this county. He was born in the Pine Grove community near Athens.
Mr. Holloway is survived by his wife, and five children, one daughter, Mrs. Norman Petzing, Dallas, four sons, Herman and Bill Holloway, Athens; Joe Holloway, Cayuga, and Raymond Holloway, Osborne, Kansas.
One sister, Mrs. Verna Eagle, Fort Worth, and two brothers, Fred Holloway and Luke Holloway, Fort Worth and a half brother, Carroll Morrow of Athens also survives.
Deceased was born December 29, 1888. He was married to Miss Lena Nelson in 1904.

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday October 28, 1937

Death Claims Mrs. G. J. Eads, Lifetime Resident of County

Mrs. G. J. Eads, 81, widow of the late General Eads, for many years a prominent farmer of Henderson county, died at her home on the old Tyler highway, just out of the city, at 4:00 o’clock Thursday morning. Mrs. Eads had been ill only for a few days although she had been in feeble health for some time.
Funeral services were held from the home at 10:00 o’clock Friday morning by Rev. T. H. Irwin, of Tyler, assisted by Rev. M. L. Fuller. Burial will follow at the city cemetery.
Pallbearers were great grandsons of the deceased, who are: Louis Perry, R. B. Perry, Jr., Willie Joe Perry, Aubrey Perry, Perry Sanders, Miliford Thomas and Gilbert Perry.
Mrs. Eads was among the older residents of the county. She was born in Henderson county January 2nd, 1856, directly after her parents came here from Tennessee. They settled north of Murchison. She was a member of the Murchison Baptist Church.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. R. B. Perry, one sister, Mrs. J. W. Splawn of Dallas; three grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Mrs. Eads was a sister of the late J. T. LaRue.
Living with Mrs. Eads were her granddaughter, Mrs. Collie Perry and her husband.

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday October 28, 1937

Mabank Player Killed in Game at Montabla

Tragedy intercepted a life in the Mabank High school football squad Friday afternoon at Mt. Alba, claiming Herman Robertson and casting a pall of sorrow over that entire section.
Young Robertson, a 17 year old senior, was captain of the Mabank eleven, being a second year man from Canton. Mabank, playing football this season for the first time in several years, received Robertson as a transfer early in the year.
According to Coach H. E. Niebuhr of Mabank, the injury, which resulted in a broken neck, came about as Robertson was tackled.
Niebuhr, in a telephone conversation with the Review this morning said:
“the play which claimed Robertson’s life was as clean as any could have been. He fell to the ground with great force following the tackle, his neck broken. He lived about an hour but never regained consciousness.”
According to the coach, the accident occurred in about the last minute of play.
Funeral service s were held 2:30 Saturday afternoon. Burial was given as Elm Grove cemetery.

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday February 10, 1938

Malakoff Man, County Native, Dies Suddenly

Jodie McClure, 59, lifelong resident of the Malakoff community, died suddenly at his home there Thursday evening at 8 o’clock after being stricken with gastritis. Dr. Fowler was summoned to the McClure home shortly after he was stricken. While the physician was enroute back to a drug store to get needed medicine McClure succumbed, the Review was informed.
Funeral arrangements were held up pending word from McClure’s only daughter who lives in Virginia.
Deceased is survived by his wife, one daughter, two brothers, Toby McClure and Roland McClure, both of the Payne Springs community.

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday February 10, 1938

R. F. Roberson, County Pioneer, Buried Sunday

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Cottonwood, east of Eustace for Robert E. Roberson, 90, a resident of Henderson county for nearly seventy years. Mr. Roberson died Saturday night at 11 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert H. Davis in the Cottonwood community. He had lived on this same farm for the past sixty-six years. His death was attributed to pneumonia which followed a brief illness with influenza.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. D. Poston of Athens, Rev. J. W. Williford of Eustace and Rev. Sutton, Cottonwood minister.
Mr. Roberson is survived by 8 children, seven daughters and one son, as follows; Mrs. John Garrett, Mrs. Jim Garrett and Mrs. George Dennis, all of Athens; Mrs. J. H. Morton, Mrs. R. H. Davis and Mrs. E. H. Scarborough, all of the Cottonwood community near Eustace, Mrs. Ed Cook of O’Donnell, Texas; and Walter Roberson also of the Cottonwood community. Mrs. Roberson and three children preceded him in death.
Deceased was born in Alabama on June 27th, 1847, where he and Miss Mary Wilmon were married. They removed to Henderson county in December 1869 settling in the Eustace-Cottonwood area where Mr. Roberson and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. Her death occurred in 1910.
He had been a lifelong member of the Baptist church.

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday May 28, 1942

Former Athenian Dies Thursday A. M.

The death of Clarence Walker, of Nacogdoches, formerly of Athens, was announced in Athens last Thursday morning.
It was reported that the former Athenian died at about 10:30 on Thursday morning. He is survived by his mother and a sister, Mrs. Chamley Fitzgerald.
Funeral services were conducted in Nacogdoches Friday, an announcement said.

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday May 28, 1942

Funeral Services for Athens Native Held at Bardwell

Funeral service s for L. S. Pritchett, 57, who passed away Thursday morning at the Ennis Municipal Hospital, following an illness of four weeks of typhoid fever, were held at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Bardwell Baptist Church with the Rev. E. O. Stewart, pastor of the Missionary Baptist Church of Corsicana, officiating.
Interment was made in the Bristol cemetery. Pallbearers were J. W. Bartlett, L. H. Prine, Jack Wood, W. M. Fortson, B. C. Pool, and H. S. Boren.
Mr. Pritchett, a native of Athens, Texas, had lived in Bristol for many years before moving to Bardwell.

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday May 28, 1942

Truck-Train Crash Victim Buried at Cottonwood Cemetery

Funeral services for Lloyd Edward Crabtree, 28, who died near Greggton Wednesday morning when his truck was struck by a troop train, was held at four o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Cottonwood cemetery wit the Rever and McShann of the community in charge of the services.
The deceased who was reported to have been working on a government power project at the time of his death, is survived by his wife and mother, the latter, Mrs. J. E. Crabtree, of Athens.
Also surviving are three brothers, Elmer of Corpus Christi; Tony of Camp Roberts, California; and Bennie of Athens, route 5; five sisters, Mrs. Millard Davis of Athens, route 5, and Misses Lillian, Addie Lou, Jackie, Francis Jean, all of the same address.
The Carroll-Lehr funeral car left Athens with he body at 3 o’clock. All arrangements were by Carroll and Lehr Funeral Home of Athens.

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday March 25, 1943

Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. Almer Reid

Funeral services for Mrs. Almer Reid, 46, of Athens, route 4, who died Tuesday, March 16, at 6:30 A. M. at her home, were held Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock at the Red Hill Cemetery.
She is survived by her husband, one son, Carl Taylor, stationed at Camp Pyote, Texas, with the army; six sisters, Mrs. Ruby Barnes of Brownsboro, Mrs. Odist Hill of Edom, Mrs. Gladys Huff of Gordon, Mrs. W. Frank Taroline of Athens, Mrs. Elsie Taylor of Dallas; three brothers, Ermit Taylor of Ben Wheeler, Olen Taylor of Chandler, and Bob Mullins of Murchison.

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday March 25, 1943

Funeral Held for Sandra Jenice Pierce

Funeral services for Sandra Jenice Pierce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Pierce of Payne Springs who died in Houston Monday night, were held Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock at Payne Springs.
Interment was in the Payne Springs cemetery. The child was thirteen months and twenty-one days of age.
Mrs. Pierce has been seriously ill at the home of Mr. Pierce’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Pierce, at Payne Springs. Mr. Pierce is employed as a welder in the Houston shipyards.

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday March 25, 1943

Resident Eustace Forty Years Dies; Funeral Wednesday

Funeral services for Mrs. G. L. Griffith, 71, of Eustace, who died Tuesday, March 16, at 3:30 a.m. at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Roscoe Holcomb, in Kemp, were held Wednesday morning at 10:30 o’clock at the Mabank Methodist Church.
The services were conducted by the Rev. J. W. Williford of Eustace and the Methodist pastors of Kemp and Mabank.
Mrs. Griffith had lived in and near Eustace for about forty years, but had made her home in Kemp the past few months because of failing health.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Roscoe Holcomb, Mrs. Dave Drenman of Grand Prairie, Mrs. Bryan Nicholson of Collin county, Mrs. Odis Clark of Fort Worth, and Mrs. A. G. Scharbrough of Fort Worth; one son, General Griffith of Trinidad; one sister, Mrs. J. M. Hastings of Eustace, and one brother, Will Moore of Electra.

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday September 2, 1943

Sgt. McMullen Dies In Action In North Africa

Sgt. Eddie Lee McMullen, formerly of Athens, was killed in action in the North African theatre of the war, according to a message received Friday from the War Department by his mother, Mrs. J. E. Reason, of Dallas.
The date of Sgt. McMullen’s death was not given, but he was reported missing on March 25.
He enlisted in the Army in October, 1940, and had been overseas since last August. He was stationed in England and Scotland before going to North Africa.
Sgt. McMullen is a nephew of Mrs. Walter Yarbrough, of Athens, and attended school in Athens.

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday September 2, 1943

Funeral For Robert King Held Sunday

Funeral services for Robert D. King, 45, Trinidad merchant who died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Trinidad Friday night about 7 o’clock, were held Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Trinidad Methodis Church.
The services were conducted by the Rev. J. W. Bailey. Interment was in the Mankin cemetery north of Trinidad.
Pallbearers were Lawrence Johnston, Paul Lewis, Reuben Hunter, Jack Davis, Garrett Holcomb, Walter Grider, Buster Bunn and Danny Cartwright.
Mr. King, a prominent businessman of Trinidad for a number of years, is survived by his wife, a daughter Bobbi Lynette, Trinidad; three brothers, Tom King, Trinidad; Homer King, Levelland; Ben King, Purdon; two sisters, Miss Hallye King, Houston and Mrs. Claudia Seyer, Refugio.

Submitted by Holli Boon Kees

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