Submitted by Lena Stone Criswell
CRISWELL,
MRS. JOHN C.
Surnames: CRISWELL, McCOY, WATTERS, MANNING, WRIGHT, ERSKINE.
(No newspaper named but
probably from Waco Tribune
no date.)
DEATH CLAIMS MRS.
CRISWELL
MARLIN, June 26 - SPL -
Mrs. John C. Criswell, 84 member of a pioneer east Texas family and widow of an
early Texas cattleman, died Tuesday at the of her daughter, Mrs. Cliff A. McCoy,
with whom she had lived for a number of years.
Mrs. Criswell was born August 31, 1861 at
Alto, Cherokee county, Texas, daughter of the late E. D. and Petura Watters
Manning. Her mother died when she was two years of age, while her father
was serving in the Confederate army. She moved to Falls county with her
father in November, 1877, to the Watters farm New Hope church. May
6, 1880, she married to John C. Criswell.
Funeral services were held Wednesday in
Marlin conducted by Rev. W. O. Wright, pastor of the First Baptist church.
Burial was in Criswell cemetery, near Odds.
She was the mother of eight children, three
of whom survive. They are Turner Criswell of Marlin, Mrs. John Erskine of
near Criswell and Mrs. C. A. McCoy of Marlin. She is survived by seven
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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Note: Date of
death for Amy Myrtlene Manning Criswell (Mrs. John C. Criswell) was June 25,
1946-lsc
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CRISWELL, MRS. JOHN
Surnames: CRISWELL, WATTERS, MANNING, WRIGHT, ERSKINE, McCOY, TATE, HAIR,
APPLEMAN, HAMMER, McKINLEY, HAAK, WILLINGHAM, ALLEN, CHATMAS.
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FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR MRS. JOHN CRISWELL
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Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon at the Adams Funeral
for Mrs. John C. Criswell, 84, who passed away Tuesday morning at the of her
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff McCoy, 100 Foster street.
Mrs. Criswell, who has lived in Marlin
since 1921, was a member of a pioneer East Texas family and a widow of an early
Texas cattleman, the late John C. Criswell. She was born August 31, 1861,
at Alto Texas and was the daughter of E. D. and Petura Watters Manning.
Services wee conducted by Rev. W. O.
Wright, pastor of the First Baptist Church. She was buried at the side of
her late husband in the Criswell cemetary.(sic)
She was the mother of eight children, three
of wom survive. They are Turner Criswell, of Marlin, Mrs. John Erskine, of
near Criswell and Mrs. C. A. McCoy of Marlin.
Seven grandchildren survive her, they are:
Mrs. Chester Tate, Herschell, J. C, Travis, Glenn, Ray and Tom Criswell of
Marlin and one brother, C. C. Manning of Weatherford, Texas.
Pallbearers were: Grady Hair, Eddie
Appleman, W. E. Hammer, Dr. Frank McKinley, John Haak, J. B. Willingham, Dr.
Walter B. Allen and John Chatmas.
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Submitted by
Lena Stone Criswell
