Obituaries for Ruby Knight, Harper Miller, James Young, Florence A. Donnell,
Lucy Crawford, Sam Davis, W. L. Evans

Athens Weekly Review
Sept. 2, 1943
Funeral For Mrs. Knight Held Friday  

Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Knight, who died Thurs.
afternoon at 1:45 o'clock at her home on Larkin street, were
held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the West Athens Baptist Church.  
The services were conducted by the Rev. L. W. Griffith, pastor,
assisted by the Rev. Jarred Cartlidge, pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Corsicana.  Burial was in the Davis Cemetery.   Pallbearers
were Bob McGee, Grady Haynes, Hubert Fulton, Wyatt Bailey,
Addison Skinner, and Ervin Kirksey.   Mrs. Knight had been in ill
health for about fifteen years, seriously ill for the past ten days.  
She was born on August 8, 1904, in the Baxter community and had
resided in Henderson county all of her life, the past fifteen years in
Athens.  She was married to Dan Knight on Nov. 30, 1924.  
Surviving are her husband; one daugther, Margaret Van Knight;
one son, Billie Dan; one sister, Mrs. Bob Johnson, of Athens;
and five brothers, Dean York, U. S. Marines; Jean York, stationed
in North Africa, and Ben, Charlie and Coy York.  


Athens Weekly Review
Sept. 2, 1943
Funeral For Harper Miller Held Friday  

Funeral services for Harper H. Miller, who died Thurs.
morning in a fire in Taylor, were held Friday afternoon at
5 o'clock at Carroll and Lehr Funeral Home chapel.   The services
were conducted by the Rev. S. L. Culwell, pastor of the First
Methodist Church, of which Mr. Miller was a member. Interment was
in the City Cemetery.   Pallbearers were Hugh Dunken Henderson, F
rank Johnsoin, J. R. Loughridge, Owen Scott, Lou Harrison, Jr., and
Glenn McDonald.   Mr. Miller, salesman of the Behrens Drug Co. of
Waco, a former Athens druggist and a member of the City Commission
of Athens, was burned to death Thurs. morning in a fire that broke out at
4:50 o'clock in the cvabin he was occupying at the Taylor Motel in Taylor. 
He had gone to Taylor to call on his trade.   The body was brought to
Athens Thurs., arriving her at 10:30 p.m. in a Forwood-Condra Funeral
Home ambulance, from Taylor.  Accompanying the body was Elves Smith,
assistant manager of the Taylor funeral home.  


Athens Weekly Review
Nov. 20, 1941
Funeral Services For James M. Young Friday Afternoon  

Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Ash Cemetery for
James M. Young, 72, who died in his home at Brownsboro, Route 1,
Thursday evening.  Rev. John Duckett, pastor of the Fundamental
Baptist Church of Athens, conducted the last rites.   Mr. Young is
survived by his wife, six children, Robert Young, Memphis, Texas;
Willie Young, of Brownsboro; Lloyd Young, Brownsboro, Route 1;
Enoch Young Post City, Texas; Mrs. Ada Smith, Hubbard, Texas;
Mrs. Edna Poster, of Springfield, Texas; one brother, John Young,
Corsicana; two sisters, Mrs. Cora Connaly, Corsicana and Mrs. Minnie
Stewart, Richland.   Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home of Athens had charge
of all arrangements.  

Athens Weekly Review
Nov. 20, 1941
Pioneer County Official's Wife Dies Tuesday  

Funeral services were held for Mrs. Dan Donnell, (Florence A.) 80, at the Crescent
Heights Methodist Church on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with
Dr. W. G. Fletcher, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Athens, and
Rev. C. A. West officiating.   Mrs. Donnell died at the family home in the
Crescent Heights community on Walnut Creek Tuesday morning at 9:35
following an illness of only a few days.  She was the wife of the late
Dan Donnell, for nearly fifteen years a Henderson County tax assessor
and collector, and a soldier of the Confederacy for the duration of the
Civil War.  Mr. Donnell lost a leg in the Battle of Gettysburg.  He died 21
years ago.   Mrs. Donnell was the former Florence Born and came to
Texas from Macon, Georgia, when a child of nine years, settling in Panola
County, near Carthage, with her parents.  When she was nineteen, she
married Dan Donnell near Fosterville and came to Henderson County
settling in the Centerview community.  In that community, she and her
husband became one of the most beloved couples in Henderson County.  
Interment in the Athens cemetery followed the service with Frazier Holland,
Henry Meredith, R. L. Tanner, Jess Stalter, Seaburne Kitchens, W. L.
Brownlow, Roy Born, and G. C. Ballow as pallbearers.   Mrs. Donnell is
survived by one daugther, Mrs. John Ballow, Athens; two sons, Claude
Donnell and Larkin Donnell, both of the Crescent Heights community;
one brother, Will Born, Coushatta, La.; one sister, Mrs. Missouri Murray,
Coushatta, La.; and eight grandchildren.   Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home of
Athens had charge of all arrangements.  

Athens Weekly Review
April 4, 1940
IN MEMORY
(Tribute to "Aunt" Lucy Crawford)  

"Aunt" Lucy Crawford was 81 years of age when she left us to go to her
home in the sky.  She leaves two brothers and a host of relatives and friends,
with sad and aching hearts.   She was well known and loved by all who knew her,
and will be missed as we travel on our way.  She lived a life for  Jesus, and will
be at rest up there on high.  She wil be missed from her home here on earth, but
week not loved ones, "she is not dead, but only sleeping."  She will be happy
when she awakes in her home in Heaven -- no pains, no aches, sorrow or care. 
It makes us happy to know that she's in Heaven with the Angels.  But oh how we'll
miss her.  She was dear to us, and we loved her so much.  We liked to hear her
talk of the "good old days," and things of her childhood life, but never again will
we hear her talk or see her in that old wooden rocker, for "Aunt" Lucy isgon but
not forgotten.

A FRIEND   Athens Weekly Review
March 28, 1929
Well Known Ginner Died Thursday Night  

Sam Davis, aged 53 years, died at 10 o'clock Thursday night of Bright's disease
from which he had been a sufferer for several months.  Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. D. R. Cartlidge Friday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock at the Payne
cemetery.   Mr. Davis was born and reared near Nacogdoches but had lived most
of his life in this county.  He was an expert ginner and has been with J. M. Royall
of this city for the past 12 years as ginner.  He is survived by five sons and his
aged mother.  

Athens Weekly Review
Feb. 25, 1926
Malakoff Pioneer Dangerously Ill   Malakoff, Texs,

Feb. 24-- W. L. (Fate) Evans, one of the old pioneers of the Malakof section, is
critically ill at his home in the western part of town, and but very little hope is entertained
of his surviving this attack for many days.  Mr. Evans has spent practically all of his life in
this section and is well and favoravly known throughout the entire county.   Uncle Fate has
been in failing health for more than a year and at times seemed that he was improving and
would in a large measure be himself again.  However, for the past two or three weeks he
has been failing fast and the end seems very near.  It is possible that before this article is
read by Review readers he will have passed into the great beyond.   Mr. Evans was for many
years prominently identified with the business interest of Malakoff and retired from business
about seven or eight years ago.  

Athens Weekly Review
March 4, 1926
Pioneer Citizen of Malakoff Dies  

W. L. (Fate) Evans, pioneer citizen of Malakoff, who has been very low for some days
passed away in that city at 5:10 a.m. Saturday.  Mr. Evans was 71 years of age and had
been a resident of Malakoff for 52 years.   Funeral services were held from the Baptist
Church at 3 p.m. Sunday. Carroll-Lehr Undertaking Co. had charge of the funeral arrangements.  
Mr. Evans is survived by his wife and the following children: W. T. and J. H. Evans of
Hughes Springs, Albert and Wayne Evans of Malakoff, Mrs. T. C. Mitchell of Corsicana
and Mr. Ben Wathen of Athens and Mrs. S. J. Jamison of Beaumont.  Three sisters
and fourteen grandchildren also survive him.  

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