Obituary

Ethelene Brantner, born February 3, 1918 in Willspoint, Texas, went to be with the Lord on November 5, 2001 in Humble, Texas.

She is survived by her loving children: Linda Cundiff & husband Charles, Delma Brantner & wife Bess, Benny Brantner, Ray Brantner & wife Mary, [Sherry Lopez and husband Ramon, Beth Hager and husband Dennis], 16 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, from 4:00-8:00 PM at Brookside Funeral Home.

Services will be held October [November] 7, 2001 at 11:00 AM, at Brookside Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at Rosewood Cemetery.

Source: Houston newspaper clipping. Submitted by Irene Brantner Lemley.

Burial Record - Ethelene Brantner
Birth: Feb. 3, 1918
Death: Nov. 5, 2001
Born in Willspoint, TX. Died in Humble, Tx.
Burial: Rosewood Park Cemetery, Humble, Harris County, Texas
Recorded 3 Jun 2002

Mary Louise Wallace, June 16, 1920 — Feb. 6, 2003

FRANKLIN — Services for Mary Louise Wallace, 82, of the Petteway community in Robertson County are set for 2 p.m. Saturday [February 8, 2003] at the McCauley Funeral Home Chapel in Franklin.

Dan Bates of Herds Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Petteway Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to the time of the services Saturday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Wallace died Thursday [February 6, 2003] in College Station.

She was born in the Boone Prairie community and was a lifelong resident of the Petteway community. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Church of Christ.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William Edward Wallace.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Doris and Wayne Hines of Bremond; two sons and daughters-in-law, Wilferd and Jackie Wallace of Bremond and Frankie and Edna Wallace of Franklin; two sisters, Bennie Mae McCoslin of Buffalo and Mary Ann Thorpe of Franklin; a brother, J.W. Johnson of Caldwell; 10 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, nine great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Submitted by Sally Pinkos Brantner

Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. in Bethel Baptist church for Mrs. Alice Smith, 70, with Rev. Fred J. Smith, Colorado City, officiating, assisted by Rev. Jim Palmer.

Mrs. Smith died Oct. 28 [1972] in West Texas Hospital, Lubbock. She was a resident of Dickens County since 1919. She was a member of the Baptist Church.

Survivors included a daughter, Mrs. James Criswell, West Fork, AR; two sons, Ted Smith, Spur and Billy Smith, Lubbock; one brother, Jesse Jones, Haskell; two sisters, Mrs. Vennie Lytle, Haskell and Lillian Townsend, Brownfield; 13 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren.

Burial was in Spur Cemetery.

The Texas Spur, November 2, 1972. From the records of Lillian Grace Nay.

FORT WORTH - Martha Lowman Baldwin, a retired teacher, died Monday [28 Oct 1991] at an Arlington hospital. She was 60.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday [30 Oct 1991] at Harveson & Cole Funeral Home. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park.

Mrs. Baldwin was born in Shreveport, La., and had lived in Fort Worth most of her life.

She was a graduate of Arlington Heights High School and Texas Christian University.

Mrs. Baldwin was a member of Arlington Heights United Methodist Church and a former member the Woman's Club of Fort Worth.

Survivors: Son, Hugh Brantner Baldwin of Fort Worth; two daughters, Alicia Lowman Vaughn of Vancouver, Wash., and Dr. Amy Caroline Baldwin of Tucson, Ariz.; mother, India Jones of Fort Worth; sister, Sarah Lynn Pemberton of Fort Worth; and four grandchildren.

Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, October 30, 1991, OBITUARIES, Edition: FINAL AM Section: METRO Page: 21.

Submitted by: Sally Pinkos Brantner.

Herman Duke Jenkins, 77, of Houston Texas, passed away Sunday, August 8, 1993. Retired member of Plumbers Local Union #68.

Survived by wife: Joy Jenkins, Houston, Texas, sons and daughter-in-law: David and Susie Jenkins, Channelview, Texas, Mark Jenkins, Houston, Texas; daughters and sons-in-law, Ann and Lloyd Sample, Pearland, Texas, Betty and Howard LaRoche, Houston, Texas, 10 grandchildren.

Funeral services: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 11, 1993 at Southpark Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Forest Park Cemetery. Southpark Funeral Home, 1310 North Main St. Pearland, Texas. 485-2711.

Source: Houston Chronicle, August 10, 1993. Submitted by Sally Pinkos Brantner.

Leslie W. Jenkins, 72, 603 Third St., Humble, died in a local hospital Sunday [November 20, 1966].

Retired gang pusher for Sun Oil Co. 35 years. Member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

Survived by wife, Mrs. Pearl Jenkins, Humble; daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Davis, Humble; son, Herman Jenkins, Houston; step-sons, Wilford Hefferman, Novel Hefferman, both of Angleton, Gerald Hefferman, Houston; brothers, Horace G. Jenkins, Baytown, Hugh Jenkins, Amarillo, Doyle Jenkins, Houston; sisters, Mrs. Imogene Jones, Houston, Mrs. Johnnie Bell Emerson, Dallas, Mrs. Dale Jones, Stephenville; 21 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.

Rosary 7:30 p. m. Monday [November 21, 1966] Humble Funeral Home. Funeral Mass 10 a. m. Tuesday [November 22, 1966] St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Father Swilley officiating. Burial Brookside Memorial Park.

Pallbearers: L. D. Winters, Russell Pinson, Pate Brantner, Mark Slaughter, Tommy May, Douglas May Jr., Vernon Cheatham. Honary pallbearers: Employees of Sun Oil Co. Humble. Oil Field. Boulevard Funeral Directors, 5733 Cullen Blvd., RI7-2411.

Source: Unidentified newspaper clipping, undated. Submitted by Gerrie Jones Yates and Sally Pinkos Brantner.

NOTE: Death date not known. Based on birth date, 1973 is the approximate year of death.

Horace Greeley (Pappy) Jenkins, 84, 719 East Lobit Avenue, Baytown, died 6:30p.m. Saturday in a Baytown hospital.

Survivors; Wife, Mrs. Maude Jenkins, Baytown; daughter, Mrs. Lillian Funderburk, Pasadena, Texas, Mrs. Wilma Godkin, Baytown; four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, brother, Hugh Jenkins, Amarillo, Texas; sister, Mrs. W. C. Jones, Houston, Mrs. Dale Jones, Stephenville, Texas, Mrs. C. C. Emmerson, Dallas, Texas; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services 2 p. m. Monday Paul U Lee Funeral Chapel, Baytown, Dr. William Edward Thiele, Memorial Baptist Church and Rev. A. L. Jordan officiating. Burial Memory Garden of Baytown Cemetery.

Pallbearers: George Gentry, T. W. Lyons, Lestor A. Smith, A. E. Drew, H. A Brewer, Aaron Granger.

Paul U. Lee Funeral Home, Baytown, 422-8111.

Source: Unidentified, undated newspaper clipping. Submitted by Gerrie Jones Yates and Sally Pinkos Brantner.

NOTE: Death date not known. Based on birth date, 1964 is the approximate year of death.

Walter Leonard (Pappy) Jenkins, 51, of Cedar Bayou, Texas died 6:05 P.M. Thrusday in Gulf Coast Hospital, Baytown.

Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Louise Jenkins, Cedar Bayou; son, Walter Leonard (Butch) Jenkins Jr., Cedar Bayou; daughter, Mrs. Zelphie Troxell, Cedar Bayou; sisters, Mrs. Lillian Funderburk, Pasadena; Mrs. Wilma Godkin, Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Member Cedar Bayou Baptist Church, Goose Creek Lodge 1192 AF&AM, Scottish Rite Bodies, Arabia Temple Shrine, Rough Riders Club, Veteran World War II.

Funeral services 2 P.M. Saturday, Paul U. Lee Funeral Home, Baytown, Rev. E. R. Burns of Cedar Bayou Baptist Church, Rev. A. L. Jordan of Memorial Baptist Church, Baytown, Officiating.

Goose Creek Lodge 1192 AF&AM will have charge of services at graveside. Burial in Memory Garden Cemetery, Baytown.

Pallbearers will be Masons.

Paul U. Lee Funeral Home, Baytown, directing.

Source: Unidentified newspaper clipping, undated. Submitted by Gerrie Jones Yates and Sally Pinkos Brantner.

W.C. Jones, 94, Died August 23, 1989.

Houston resident for 40 years at 511 Kress.

Survived by his wife of 76 years, Imogene Jones of New Caney; daughters and son-in-law, Lenora and Raymond Gibson, Trinity, Christine Ray, Houston, Ruth Williams, Kosse, Texas, Dorothy and Richard Horrocks, Houston. Sons and daughter-in-laws, Raymond and Mabel Jones, Houston, Donald and Frances Jones, New Caney, Billy and Emma Jones, Cairo, Egypt. 22 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services: 10:00a.m. Saturday, August 26, 1989, Brookside Cemetery Chapel of the Chimes, Rev. T. Lamar Mathis of Faith Memorial Baptist Church officiating. Interment: Brookside Memorial Park.

Pall bearers: Maurice Ray, Darrell Kerr, Jack Williams, Richard Ray, Jarrell Gibson, John Curtis, Lynn Miller, PeeWee Plochek.

Source: Houston Chronicle, August 1989. Provided by Gerrie Jones Yates.

63rd Anniversary

Leonora Jones and Raymond Gibson were married in Mustang Prairie, Texas on October 5, 1933. They moved to Houston in 1942 where they resided until retirement. They now live in New Caney, Texas.

The Gibsons have three children, Bettie Holt, New Caney; Bobbie Plocheck, Spring; and Jarrell Gibson of Trinity. They have eight grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.

Congratulation Mom and Dad from your family and thanks for all the years of memories.

Source: Unidentified news article. Provided by Gerrie Jones Yates.

SLAUGHTER

Mrs. Clara Slaughter, 79, of Bremond, Texas, died Friday [January 7, 1966].

Survivors: Sons, Mark Slaughter, Houston; Morris Slaughter, Athens, Texas; daughters, Mrs. Valyne Freeman, Glena park; Mrs. Christelle Brantner, Mrs. Doris Rodman, Mrs. Genevia Dean, all of Houston ; [sisters] Mrs. Imogene Jones, Houston; Mrs. Johnnie Belle Emerson, Dallas; Mrs. Dale Jones, Stepenville, Texas; brothers, Horace Jenkins, Baytown; Leslie Jenkins, Humble; Eugene Jenkins, Amarillo; Doyle Jenkins, Houston.

Body will lie in state until 3 p.m. Saturday, then overland 8 a.m. Sunday for services 3 PM Sunday [January 9], Post Oak Baptist Church, Bremond, Texas.

Burial Petteway Cemetery [Robertson County, Texas], Niday Funeral Home, 7718 Bellfort, Mission 5-2471.

Source: Undated Houston Chronicle clipping. Transcribed by Gerrie Jones Yates.

Mrs. Slaughter Passes In Houston

Mrs. Clara Slaughter, 79, of Bremond passed away Friday, Jan. 7 [1966] at a Houston hospital.

Funeral services were held at 3 p. m. Sunday at Post Oak Baptist Church with Rev. Herman Blair officiating, assisted by the pastor of Bremond Baptist Church. Interment was in Petteway Cemetery with Nighday Funeral Home of Houston in charge.

Pallbearers were Raymond Dunn, Ray Bodifer Sr., Ray Bodifer Jr., Leverett Wallce, Norman Freeman and Calvin Cooper.

Mrs. Slaughter was born and reared at Bremond where she spent her life. She was a member of Bremond Baptist Church.

Survivors are five daughters; Mrs. Valene Freeman of Galena Park, Mrs. Christelle Brantner, Mrs. Doris Rodman, Mrs. Geneva Dean, all of Houston and Mrs. Syble Morehead of Bremond; two sons, Mark Slaughter, and Morris Slaughter of Athens; three sisters, Mrs. Immogene Jones of Houston, Mrs. Johnnie Belle Emerson of Dallas, and Mrs. Dale Jones of Stephenville, four brothers, Horace Jinkins of Baytown, Lesley Jinkins of Humble, Hugh J. Jinkins of Amarillo and Doyle Jinkins of Houston; nine grand children.

Victor Powell was song leader and Miss Mary Sue White pianist. A host of friends attended the service.

Source: Unidentified news clipping provided by Gerrie Jones Yates.

Funeral Notice

The friends and acquaintances of Mr. J.M. Joyce are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of his daughter, Mrs. Ida Jones, who died at Temple, Texas, August 29th., 1899. Funeral will take place from the depot immediately upon arrival of 6:49 train this p.m. Interment in Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Texas, August 30, 1899.

Source: Jerilyn (Gerrie) Jones Yates (great granddaughter).

Note: Ida was the first wife of Alex Edgar Jones. She is buried with her parents in the Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Robertson, Texas. Her gravestone states: In Memory of Ida, Dau of J. M. Joyce and Jeanette Joyce, Born 11-07-1872 - Died 08-29-1899.

Harold "Tex" Jones

The memorial services for Harold G. Jones is scheduled for 3:00 P.M. on Tuesday at the Eagle Point National Cemetery. Mr. Jones, 71, died Wednesday, February 6, 1991, in Medford [Jackson County, Oregon].

He was born September 4, 1919 in Spur, Texas. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII, and on Jan. 6, 1950, in Reno, Nv he marrried the former Dorothy Blackwood who survives.

Following their marriage they moved from California to the Rogue Valley where he worked in the landscaping business. He was a member of the Medford senior Citizens Club and he enjoyed gardening and harmonica playing.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include 1 son, David Ray Jones, Phoenix: 3 daughters, Teresa Lynn Rippy, Butte Falls, Kathy Lyneau Poppa, Medford, Karen Sue Jones, Phoenix, and six grandchildren.

Memory Gardens Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Kenneth Jackson

Funeral services for Kenneth Lee Jackson, age 51, were held at 11 am on, Friday, October 23, 1998 in the Herds Prairie Church in the Petteway community. Minister Frank Downes of the Bremond Church of Christ officiated at the services.

Burial was in the Herds Prairie Cemetery at Petteway. Bremond Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Jackson was born on June 10, 1947 in Houston. He lived in Bremond for many years before returning to the Houston area. At the time of his passing [October 20, 1998], he was a resident of Woodland Park Nursing Home in Shepherd.

Survivors include his mother, Vernese Jackson of Splendora; a brother, B.W. Jackson, Jr. (and wife Grace) of Angleton; a sister, Nona Coleman (and husband George) of Splendora; a special cousin, Thomas White of Bremond; numerous relatives and friends.

Source: The Bremond Press, provided by Gerrie Jones Yates and Sally Pinkos Brantner.

Mary Imogene (Jenkins) Jones

Mary Imogene (Jenkins) Jones, 96, born October 14, 1897, died May 22, 1994. She was preceded in death by her husband of 76 years, Waldron C. Jones, whom she married February 16, 1913, two infant children, and three grandchildren. She was the daughter of father John Robert Jenkins and mother, Ellen Nora Johnson. Survived by daughters, Lenora Gibson and husband Raymond of New Caney, Christine Ray of Houston, Ruth Williams of Kosse, Dorothy Horrocks and husband, Richard of Houston; sons, Raymond Jones and wife Mabel of Houston, Donald Jones and wife, Frances of New Caney, and Billy Jones and wife Emma of Breckenridge; twenty-one grandchildren, forty-two great grandchildren, and twenty-eight great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services are 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, 1994 at Chapel of the Chimes at Brookside, 13401 Eastex Freeway with Lamar Mathis officiating. Interment Brookside Cemetery [Houston, Texas].

Pallbearers are Jarrell Gibson, Darrell Kerr, Richard Ray, Lynn Miller, Jack Williams, and John Curtis.

EARTHMAN FUNERAL HOME - 659-3000 - 2420 Fannin

Source: Houston Chronicle, provided by Gerrie Jones Yates.

Montgomery County's Oldest Citizen Has 92d Birthday

T. P. Johnson Has lived in Section All His Life

Special to The Chronicle

Conroe, Oct. 17. --- T. P. Johnson, who was 92 Friday, will celebrate Sunday with a birthday party at the home of his grandson, Charles McDonald, near whom he lives in the Egypt community between Conroe and Magnolia.

He does not know how many of the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren will be there, but probably not as many as usual at the annual affair -- because this war has things broken up too much, he says.

"People tell me 92 years is along time to live," he says, "but it does not seem so long to me. But now I have rheumatism in my legs and have a hard time getting around," is the way he sums up his age.

County's Oldest

Mr Johnson is believed to be the oldest man in Montgomery County.

Born at Mound Creek, south of Keenan, about six miles from his present home, he is proud of having lived in Montgomery County all his life.

[remainder of article missing]

[Birthday Pic Caption follows - See Ancestral Pictures]

T. P. Johnson, 92, native of Montgomery County, will celebrate his birthday today, as many of his more than 100 descendants gather about him at the home of Charles Johnson in the Egypt community between Conroe and Magnolia.

Source: The Houston Chronicle news clipping, October 17 [Saturday, 1942]. Courtesy of Kay Dawes Knee, wife of a great grandson of the decedent.

Death Notice:

Rites Set Today for Man Leaving 132 Descendants

Funeral services for Tom Peter (Uncle Tom) Johnson, 93 who had farmed all his life in the Egypt Community between Conroe and Magnolia, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Klein Funeral Home Chapel in Tomball. Burial will be at 4:00 p.m. at the Tillis Prairie Cemetery. The pallbearere were selected from his many grandsons. Mr. Johnson died in a Conroe Hospital Saturday morning, leaving 132 descendants.

Mr. Johnson is survived by one son, Johnnie Johnson of Oklahoma Community; two daughters, Mrs. Fannie McDonald of Egypt Community and Mrs. Lizzie Ivey of Houston; 34 grandchildren; 83 great grandchildren and 12 great [great] grandchildren; a brother J.H. Johnson, and a sister Angie Grey, both of Buffalo.

When he was a boy there was nothing but woods where Conroe is now, and he saw the first saloon and lumber mill of the town. Among his recollections was a picture of Houston when the town was nothing more that a mudhole.

Mr. Johnson was married when he was 20 and was the father of nine children, six of whom are dead.

Source: Unidentified, undated Houston newspaper clipping, January 1944. Transcribed by Kay Dawes Knee, wife of a great grandson of the decedent.

Obituary:

Pioneer Resident Of County Dies In Local Hospital

Tom Peter Johnson, 93, one of Montgomery County's oldest citizens, passed away at 8:24 p.m. Saturday, January 15, [1944] in the Montgomery County Hospital. He was born October 16, 1850, at Mount Creek, south of Keenan, and about six miles from his last residence in the Egypt Community.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. at the Klein Funeral Home Chapel, Tomball, on Sunday, January 16, with interment in the Tillis Prairie Cemetery at 4:00 p.m.

Pallbearers were selected from his many grandsons as follows; Allen and Jim Johnson, Clyde and Earl Ivey, Sam, Pete and Gee Johnson and Buddy Mueller. He was mourned by more than 150 descendants and an immense host of friends to whom he was known affectionately as "Uncle Pete."

Mr. Johnson is survived by one son, Johnnie Johnson of the Oklahoma community; two daughters, Mrs. Fannie McDonald of Egypt and Mrs Lizzie Ivey, of Houston; 34 grandchildren; 85 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren; a brother, J. H. Johnson, and a sister, Angie Grey, both of Buffalo.

When he was a boy, there was nothing but woods were Conroe is now located, and he saw the first saloon and lumber mill of the town. Among his recollections was a picture of Houston when the town was nothing more than a mudhole.

Mr. Johnson was married when he was 20 and was the father of nine children, six of whom preceded him in death.

Source: Unidentified news clipping, January 1944, probably in Conroe, Texas (local). Courtesy of Kay Dawes Knee, wife of a great grandson of the decedent.

NOTE: Thomas Peter Johnson married Mary Ann Winslow January 2, 1870. She is the daughter of William Winslow (1824 - 1896) and Elizabeth Jane Parrish (1828-1907). Tillis Prairie Cemetery is also know as the Mostyn Cemetery.

Annie Waldeen White, age 71, left this earth to be with her Lord on Friday, December 5, 1997. Left to mourn her are her beloved husband of 53 years, Leonard White of Bremond; sons, Ronald White and wife Jeannine, and Thomas Hanley White, both of Bremond; grandchildren, John White of Houston and Rebecca Bonner of Pasadena; great grandson, Jacob Hanley Bonner of Pasadena; brothers, James Jones and wife, Marie of Hearne, Billie Joe Jones and wife Pat of Hearne, Roy Jones and wife Sandy of Calvert, and Ray Jones and wife Dianna of Conroe; sister, Helen Ellison and husband Garvis of Houston; and numerous other family and friends.

Waldeen was born February 13, 1926, in the Boone Prairie Community near Franklin, the oldest child of Tom D. and Annie Mae Jones. Raised, educated and married in the White Rock Community, Waldeen moved to Houston with her young husband where she raised her children. In 1975 she returned to Bremond where she owned and operated the Bremond Beauty Shop for 22 years.

Waldeen was an active member of the White Rock Missionary Independent Baptist Church where, over the years, she taught Sunday School and assisted her husband in his official capacities in the Church. Her never ending faith in the Lord was an inspiration to everyone who knew her.

Services for Waldeen were held on Sunday, December 7, 1997, at the White Rock Missionary Independent Baptist Church and she was buried in the Hurd's Prairie Cemetery in the Petteway Community. Pall Bearers were Billy Wayne Bodiford, Larry Joe Bodiford, Robert White, Rodger White, Billie Joe Jones, Jr. and Alvin Hall.

Source: The Bremond Press. Transcribed by Gerrie Jones Yates.

Former Wood Co. Resident Dies In El Paso Home

Mrs. G. B. English of Alba, and her brother and sister, Mr. H. A. Jenkins and Mrs. C. H. Murdock of Tyler were called to El Paso last Thursday because of the death of their father, Mr. Bryant Freeman Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins died that day [15 Oct 1953] at his home there apparently from a heart attack.

Funeral services were conducted from the Kastes and Maxon Funeral home on Monday, Oct. 19, with Dr. Herschel Ford, pastor of the First Baptist Church, El Paso, speaking the rites. Burial was made in Rest Lawn Memorial Park there.

Mr. Jenkins was born May 1, 1875, and spent a great part of his life in Wood County. For the past four years he had lived in El Paso. He had been a member of the Baptist Church for many years. He was married to Mis (sic) Minnie Mae Murphy in 1898 and they were the parents of eight children. Seven of them survive. They are Mrs. D. D. Culver, Odessa, Mrs. Dewey Murphy, Brownfield; Mrs. Hugh Jackson and Mrs. Amos Williams, El Paso; Mrs. English, Alba, Mrs. Murdock and H. A. Jenkins, Tyler. He is also survived by a brother, Allen Jenkins, Malakoff, and a sister, Mrs. Jimmie Morris, Houston; 12 grandchildren and 4 greatgrandchldren (sic).

Source: Lenette Murdock Silvey - unidentified, undated clipping from her grandmother's Bible.

Note: Family records have "born May 21 1875."

LUCILLE JONES MURFF, beloved mother and grandmother, went to be with God on July 5, 1996. Born to Lula Mae Oldham Jones and William Ira Jones on June 16, 1909, she was the loving oldest sister to seven brothers and three sisters.

Her life was filled with family, faith and giving, our sister, our mother, our mamaw. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Murff. She leaves behind those who loved her to celebrate and remember her life, her daughter, Sandra Robin, her sons, Jerry Mum and Gene Murff, son in law, Allan Robin, daughter in law, Susan Swan, grandchildren, Mark, Jennifer, Brian, Courtney and Lindsey Robin, Jeff and Barnaby Murff, Kevin and Kelly Murff, sister, Ellie Lou Swanzy and brother Colin Jones.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday July 10,1996 in the Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Chapel with Rev. Wallace B. Cobb officiating. Interment will follow in the Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery [Houston, Harris, Texas].

Source: The Houston Chronicle. Transcribed by Gerrie Jones Yates.

Funeral Held For Mr. J. R. Jenkins Last Thursday

John Robert Jenkins, a pioneer citizen of Robertson County died at his home near Petteway Nov. 15, 1933 after a prolonged illness. He was born at Dienville [Bienville] Parish, La., June 15, 1859.

At the age of 24, he joined the Petteway Baptist Church and lived a consistent Christian life to its close.

Mr. Jenkins was a model citizen, a devoted husband and father. He leaves his wife, 9 children, 1 brother and 1 sister, and many other relatives and friends who are sad at his passing away.

Bro. E.L. Springer conducted the funeral and he was laid to rest in the Post Oak Cemetery in the presence of a large congregation. The floral offerings were beautiful.

May our Father bless and comfort the bereaved family.

Source: Undated newspaper article: The Bremond Press. Transcribed by Gerrie Jones Yates, great-granddaughter.

Note: Heards Prairie Cemetery also known as Petteway or Post Oak.

Christine Ray, born August 6, 1917, died peacefully December 30, 2003. Christine was preceded in death by husband of 44 years, William Gilbert Ray.

She is survived by sons, Maurice Ray and wife Charlotte, Richard Ray and wife Eva; daughters, Joyce Golden, Jo Ann Miller and husband Lynn; eight grandchildren; eighteen great grandchildren; brothers Raymond Jones, Billy Jones, Donald Jones and Wife Frances; sisters Dorothy Horrocks, Ruth Williams, Lenora Gibson; other loving family members and many friends.

Visitation will be Friday, January 2, 2004 from 5:00 to 9:00 PM at Brookside Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be conducted at 9:00 AM on Saturday, January 3, 2004 in Brookside Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in Brookside Memorial Park with Rev. Mike Wilhite officiating.

Source: Houston Chronicle, Friday 01/02/04, Section A, Edition 3, via Gerrie Jones Yates. Transcribed by Ron Brantner.

Funeral services for the Rev. Fred Jones, 85, were held at the Petteway Baptist Church near Franklin with the Rev. C.N. Woodal and the Rev. Herman Blair officiating. Burial was in Petteway Cemetery.

Rev. Jones was a retired Baptist minister. He had spent most of his life in Robertson County.

Survivors include, his widow, Mrs. Josie Jones; seven daughters; Mrs. Frankie Stewart, of Bay City, Mrs. Myrtle Henderson of Houston, Mrs. U.L. Henderson of Hobbs, New Mexico, Mrs. Edd Stephens of Lake Jackson, Mrs. Leroy Peters and Mrs. J.H. Jackson of Clute, Mrs. M.G. Jackson of Lake Jackson; and three sons; Sydney Jackson of Baytown, Rozelle Jones of Mexia, and Roland Jones of Lake Jackson.

Source: Barbara Peters Marshall, unidentified 1957 newspaper clipping, transcribed by Gerrie Jones Yates.

Note: Born March 13, 1872 - Died November 30, 1957.

DR. V. SCOTT JOHNSON

Vernon Scott Johnson was born in Dublin, Texas, April 15, 1901. His mother was Effie Parrack Johnson and his father was Peter William Johnson. Peter William died November 16, 1900 before Scott was born in April 1901. His mother went to Dublin where her parents, Rev. John Bolen Parrack and Rebecca Landis Parrack, lived. After Scott was born, he lived with these grandparents until he was school age, and then went to Eastland until 1911 when he and his mother, Effie, moved to Spur where she taught in the schools. Scott graduated from Spur High School in 1917 and entered Simmons College in Abilene, Texas where he would go to school, drop out and work, and return to school, graduating from Simmons in 1923. He graduated from Baylor Medical School in 1929. He interned at Missouri Baptist Hospital in Saint Louis where he met Lucille Lampp. Upon completion of his internship, he moved to Farwell, Texas and opened his office in August, 1930.

Lucille Lampp graduated from nursing school in May, 1930 and in November came to Farwell to work as a nurse for Scott. They were married in May, 1931.

In 1945 they moved ten miles west to Clovis, New Mexico and resided on Gidding Street for twenty years, then moved to their present address, 310 John Doe, Clovis. They were the parents of three children: Marcia Johnson Cole, Nancy Johnson Currier, and Dr. V. Scott Johnson II. They have nine grandchildren.

"Doc" has an easily identifiable, raspy voice. Having been heard once, it is never forgotten. Sometimes his conversation may be garnished with expletives (for emphasis) but at the same time toned down by the very nature of his characteristic gentleness and caring. When "Doc" talks, both the old and the young are captivated. The old — because they have shared in the virgin years of this era and are, themselves, a part of his stories — and the young — because of their natural interest in learning how things were with their parents in the early days.

The Johnsons have played a vital role in medical and hospital advances and in education and counseling of both parents and youth as well as being active in their church work and Bible study groups.

Dr. Johnson was an early member of the American Academy of General Practice, which later became the Academy of Family Practice. His medical practice, largely obstetrical, was continued until 1971, when he stopped surgery and obstetrics and did largely allergies and dermatology.

The Johnsons are typical of the people who settled in this area in the twenties and thirties, with no fear of hard work and no illusions about doctor, nurse professions being easy. They worked through the depression years caring for people with little hope of being paid (office calls, fifty cents), yet the attitude of love and service formed then became and remain a way of life to them. They have been blessed with the wisdom learned during hard times and with the outspoken honesty of those who are sure of their values. They are both respected and perhaps more important, respectable, and in their own way are exemplary of what American life was, and is all about in the era from 1930 to the present 1985.

Scott "retired" from his practice in July, 1982, but he still keeps his old Saturday Evening Post and Ladies Home Journal bag from which he used to sell papers in Spur when he was a small boy.

On August 17, 1985, Dr. and Mrs. Johnson were honored with a reception in Clovis celebrating fifty years of medical service to the Eastern New Mexico/West Texas area. There were more than a thousand persons in attendance, many of whom Dr. Johnson had delivered. He has been in attendance at some 3,500 births during his years of medical practice. Many doctor friends and nurses from the surrounding areas were also in attendance, as well as personal friends and former patients.

Source: “Dickens County - Its Land And People,” Dickens County Historical Commission, 1986, page 182.

David Ray Jones, born March 15, 1954, age 32, went home to be with the Lord, January 2, 1987.

Native of Houston, Texas. Graduated from Sam Houston State University in 1975. Formerly a special education teacher for the Pasadena School District. At the time of his death he was employed by the Nabisco Brands.

He is survived by his parents, Raymond and Mabel (Davis) Jones: son, Matthew Ryon Jones, Houston: paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Jones, Houston; three nephews.

Stafford Funeral Home service 10:00 a.m., Monday, Lake O’Woods Chapel, Forest Park Lawndale. Rev. Dee Lamb officiating. Interment: Forest Park Lawndale.

Source: The Houston Chronicle. Transcribed by Gerrie Jones Yates (cousin).

Leonard Doyle Jenkins, aged 61, died September 21, 1972 at the Leggett Memorial Hospital. He was a resident of North Cleveland [Liberty County, TX], a native of Bremond, Texas. Mr. Jenkins was affiliated with the Calvary Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife Mrs. Jimmie Lee Jenkins, of North Cleveland; three brothers, Hugh Jenkins of Amarillo; Horace Jenkins of Baytown; Howard Jenkins of Ennis, Texas. Three sisters; Mrs. Imogene Jones of Houston, Mrs. Dale Jones of Stephenville, Texas, and Mrs. Johnnie Bell Ewerson of Dallas, Texas.

Services were held September 23, 1972 at the Pace Stancil (?) Chapel with Rev. L.A. Richardson of Calvary Baptist Church officiating. Burial was in the Oak Shade Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Members of the Tarkington Prairie Lodge #498, Masonic graveside rites were held by the Lodge also. Mr. Jenkins was a former member of Anson Jones Masonic Lodge in Houston.

Source: Unidentified newspaper clipping, Mary Imogene Jenkins Jones papers. Transcribed by Gerrie Jones Yates.

Funeral services for former Clute resident Faye [Jones] Jackson, 80, will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Lakewood Chapel with the Rev. Duane Phy officiating. Interment will follow at Restwood Memorial Park.

Mrs. Jackson passed away on Sunday, Sept. 1, 1996 in League City, [Galveston County] Texas.

She was a member of First Baptist Church of Clute and lived in the area for 37 years. She was employed by Brazosport Independent School District as a lunch room attendant.

Mrs. Jackson is survived by her two daughters, Dot Jackson Johnson of Memphis, Tennessee and Carol Jo Smith of Missouri City, Texas; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one sister, Doris Peters of Clute; and one brother, Roland Jones of Beaumont.

The family requests that donations be made to the Ronald McDonald House, 1550 La Concha, Houston, Texas, 77054.

Arrangements by Lakewood Funeral Chapel.

Roland T. Jones, 80, of Beaumont passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at his residence surrounded by his family.

Roland was a member of Woodland Baptist Church of Beaumont, was retired from Dow Chemical and he enjoyed spending time with family and friends.

Survivors include his loving wife, Sylvia Jones of Beaumont; daughters, Rolane Hardy of Austin, and Beverly Walker and her husband, Bob of Friendswood; son Wayne Slankard of Batson; grandchildren, Bryan Scanlan, Brandie Fischer and her husband, Brent, Aaron Walker, and Christopher Walker; great grandchildren, Brandon Fischer and Brady Fischer; sister, Elva Burland of Beaumont; and numerous other friends and loved ones.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 16, 2004 at Broussard’s, 1605 N. Major Drive, Beaumont followed by burial in Guedry Cemetery, Batson (Hardin County). A gathering of family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening, January 15, 2004.

Roland was a devoted husband, loving father, and the sweetest grandfather. He will be cherished in our hearts forever.

Broussard’s Funeral Home.

Source: Unidentified newspaper clipping courtesy of Barbara Peters Turner; transcribed by Gerrie Jones Yates.

Lake Jackson - Services for Lora Price Stephens, 76, will be today at 3 p.m. at the Lake Jackson Church of Christ with Homer Anderson officiating. Burial will be at 2 pm Sunday at Petteway Cemetery in Bremond.

She is survived by her husband, Ed Stephens of Lake Jackson; one son, Billy Fred Stephens of Lake Jackson; and one daughter, Wanda Stephens of Lake Jackson.

Also three brothers, Roland Jones of Lake Jackson, Rowell Jones of Bryan and Sidney Jones of Baytown; five sisters, Wanda Gibson of Lake Jackson, Faye Jackson and Doris Peters, both of Clute, Myrtle Henderson of Tomball and Ellie Henderson of Dallas.

Source: News clipping from Barbara Peters Turner, transcribed by Gerrie Jones Yates.

Note: Lora died Friday, October 2, 1981 and was buried Sunday, October 4.

Mr. John Johnson died Monday [May 18, 1925] and was buried at Splendora Tuesday. He leaves a wife, one son, and five daughters and many grandchildren to mourn for him.

His sister and nephew, Mrs. Thomas and son, came from their home at Bremond to attend the funeral. They arrived in Cleveland on the Santa Fe Tuesday.

Source: Cleveland Advocate, Thursday, May 21 1925. Transcribed by Nathan Allen Parrish.

John Luther Johnson, 85, of Cleveland died Saturday morning, November 28 in a local hospital.

A longtime resident of this city, he was born May 20 1879. Last rites were conducted at 2 pm Sunday November 29, at the Pace-Stancil Memorial Chapel with the Rev. M. E. Stubblefield officiating. Interment was in Splendora Cemetery. Pace-Stancil Funeral Home of Cleveland in charge.

Pallbearers were Guerlon Snell, Forest W. Lewis, Slick Parrish, Bob McCorkel, Lloyd Matthews and Barney Thompson.

Mr. Johnson is survived by one son Walter W. Johnson of Lake Tahoe, Nev., five daughters, Mrs. Ben Tatch of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Mary Eva Holcomb of New Orleans, LA., Mrs. G. L. Pritchett of Dawson and Mrs. J. T. Chapman and Mrs. H. P. Stutts, both of Cleveland. Also three brothers S. P. Johnson and K. Mark Johnson, both of Splendora, and Jessie Johnson of Louisiana; two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Simmons of Splendora and Mrs. Vannah Willis of Anahuac; 33 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

Source: Cleveland Advocate, December 9, 1963 [Liberty County, Texas], via Nate Parrish and Gerrie Yates.

Note: Splendora Cemetery is in Montgomery County, Texas.