  W.P. Ownby 1842 - 1930 Martha Jane Ownby 1844 - 1914   W.K.P. Owensby 1842 - 1930 Private Co. F 41st Tennessee Infantry CSA [Editor's note: The spelling of his surname was taken from his military records.] Dallas Morning News 11 February 1930 ELDERLY SiSTER AND BROTHER DIE IN TWO MINUTES (Special to The News) Whitewright, Texas, Feb. 10 - Death came suddently to W.P. Ownby, 88, and his sister, Mrs. Lizzie Taylor, 82, at the Ownby home, four miles southwest of Whitewright, Monday afternoon. Standing at the bedside of her dying brother, Mrs. Taylor was stricken with a heart attack and expired. Two minutes later Mr. Ownby died. Coming to Texas from Tennessee in 1882, these two pioneer citizens had lived in the Pilot Grove community, near Whitewright, for the last forty-eight years. Mr. Ownby is survived by the following children: J.P. Ownby of near Whitewright; A.C. Ownby of Bells; Mrs. E.J. Cowart of Slaton; and Mrs. Mollie Skaggs of Whitewright. Surviving children of Mrs. Taylor are M.L. Taylor, O'Donnell; D.M. Taylor of Pilot Grove; Mrs. Mary Benson and Mrs. Callie Lane of Sedalia. Double funeral services will be held at the Pilot Grove Methodist Church, with burial of Mr. Ownby's body at Vittitoe Cemetery and that of Mrs. Taylor at Pilot Grove Cemetery.  Vittitoe Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |