Athens Weekly Review
Thursday, September 29, 1938

Mrs. J. J. Noble Dies Wednesday At Eustace Home

Mrs. J. J. Noble, 84, a resident of Henderson county for thirty-five years and a resident of Eustace
for the past twenty years, died Wednesday night.

Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the First Methodist church in
Eustace. Interment was at the Meredith Camp Ground cemetery. Rev. Grady Hollonquist of
Houston, first pastor of the Methodist Church at Eustace, conducted the services. Deceased had
been a member of the church since its founding.

Surviving include four sons, Murray Noble of Malakoff, Ira Noble and Robert Noble of Eustace and
Tommie Noble of Payne Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Oscar Shelton and Miss Vera Noble, both of
Eustace. Her husband died a number of years ago.

Fran Adair Bethea

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday, September 29, 1938

E. M. Ketchum Dies In Okla; Burial Here

News of the death at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday evening of E. M. (Ed) Ketchum in a
Ponca City, Oklahoma, hospital was received here Wednesday night. Mr. Ketchum
was the husband of the former Miss Frankie Miller who was reared in Athens. A
vistor here on many occasions, he was well known to many Athenians.

Funeral services were held Friday afternoon from the family residence in Ponco City.
The body then was carried by train to Dallas where it was met by John Lehr, Athens
undertaker, who brought the remains here for interment at a service held at 11 o'clock
Saturday morning. Rev. Roy M. MacLeod, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of
Athens, was in charge of the burial service. Interment was in the city cemetery.

Mr. Ketchum, who came to Athens as a civil engineer when the Texas & New Orleans
railroad was built, had lived for many years in Oklahoma where he was engaged in the
contracting business. He entered the Ponca City hospital Sunday after becomming ill.
He underwent an operation at 10 o'clock Monday night, surviving only two days. He
married Miss Frankie Miller in 1915. She and a large number of relatives survive.

Pallbearers named were: A. S. Ford, John Cain, C. H. Coleman, A. M. Barnes and
A. F. Wood Sr, of Athens; and E. H. Van Patten and Royall Watkins of Dallas.

This article is typed as written. Fran Adair Bethea

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday, September 29, 1938

Missing Three Days Brownsboro Man Is Found Dead

After being absent from the home of his son for three days, the body of
R. A. Adair, 67, of near Brownsboro, was found late Wednesday afternoon
on the farm of his son, A. G. Adair, in the Brownsboro community. He was
a brother of Dewitt Adair of Athens.

The body of the aged Henderson county citizen was found by his
daughter-in-law, Mrs. A. G. Adair, who was a member of a searching party.

Deceased was last seen alive on Monday afternoon but no search was
started immediately as he frequently visited other relatives in the vicinity.

The body was found in a field where he had been clearing ground.

Funeral services were held at 11 o'clock Thursday morning at the Leagueville
cemetery with Rev. Roy Gibbs, pastor of the First Methodist Church of
Chandler, in charge.

He is survived by three sons, A. G., C. A., and J. P. Adair, all of near Brownsboro;
one daughter, Mrs. Lela May Richardson, of Brownsboro; three brothers, Price
Adair, Brownsboro; Dewitt Adair, Athens, and Charles Adair.

This article is typed as written. Fran Adair Bethea

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday, September 29, 1938

Mrs. W. T. Green Pioneer Citizen, Passes Away

Following a long illness which kept her confined to her bed for the past
year, Mrs. W. T. Green, 85, Native Henderson county citizen and a member
of a pioneer county family, died at 5 o'clock Thursday morning at her home
on East Corsicana Street. Mrs. Green had lived a half century in the residence
in which her death occurred.

Funeral services were held from the home at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning,
with the Rev. C. D. Poston, pastor of the First Christian church in charge.
Mrs. Green had been a life long member of that faith, her father, the late,
Rev. W. B. Stirman, having been one of the county's pioneer ministers.

Pallbearers named were: Don Dickerson, J. C. Davis, Buddy Burr, Fon Taylor,
Luther Cox, and G. I. Shelton.

Deceased was born April 12, 1853 on the family homestead, five miles north of
Athens, and she had lived continuously in her native county. She married the
late W. T. Green, pioneer business man, in 1872 and five children were born to
this union. Two survive. They are: Mrs. H. A. Jandrews, Dallas; Mrs. J. W. Hadden,
San Antonio. The late V. I. Stirman was a sister of the deceased. V. I. Stirman and
W. T. Green were partners in the drug business here for many years.

Interment will be in the city cemetery.

This article is typed as written. Fran Adair Bethea

Athens Weekly Review
Thursday, June 17, 1937

Heart Attack Proves Fatal To A. B. Cranford


A. B. Cranford, 66, died at the home of his mother-in-law,
Mrs. A. W. Bass, on the old Palestine highway at 6:45 a.m.
Thursday. Death was due to a heart which he suffered
Tuesday. His death, however, came very suddenly
Thursday morning.

Funeral services were held at the Christian Church Friday
morning at 10:30 with burial following at the City cemetery.
Rev. Bruce Banks, Christian pastor, conducted the service.

Born in Mississippi, deceased had been a resident of Texas
for many years. He is survived by one son, O. A. Cranford of
Houston and a daughter, Mrs. W. A. Hopson, of Monnette, Mo.;
and one sister, Mrs. Roxie Adair.

He is survived by the following grandchildren: W. A. Hopson, Jr.,
Edward Bennett Hopson, Seaborn Oran Hopson, Verda Hopson,
Mrs. Richard Brooks, Worchester, Mass.; Lois Ada Cranford and
Oran Albert Cranford, Jr.

Carroll-Lehr are in charge of funeral arrangements.

Pallbearers were Bradshaw Willingham, Henry Meredith, A. W.
Sanders, C. A. Spencer, Jim Haynes and Don Dickerson.

This article is typed as written. Fran Adair Bethea

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