GEORGE KILE HETHERINGTON
George Kile Hetherington, b December 31,1879 at Monroeville, Alabama, was
the youngest child of John Monroe and Margaret Ann (Broughton) Hetherington, and
came to Texas with his parents at the age of five rears. He loved hunting and
fishing, supplying the family with much game. He finished Reagan High School and
became a skillful farm hand. His record for one day of cotton picking was 784
lbs. of seed cotton - more than half a bale. He took nephews and nieces camping,
and guided them in moral and safety conduct.
George Kile bought a new buggy and a high-trotting horse to do his
courting, and on December 17, 1905, he married Frances Herridge, b February 29,
1884 in Llano County, Texas. They had five children:
George William Hetherington, b October
11,1906, married on February 18, 1932 to Bertie Adams and had two
children: Martha Ann, b November 10, 1933, and George William, Jr., b February
5,1937. The family moved to Texas City, Texas.
Travis Monroe Heatherington, b February 20, 1908, was a West Point
graduate and a Colonel in the U.S. Army Air Corps. On May: 3, 1940, he married
Louise Herridge and they had two children: Susan Elaine, b August 29, 1942, and
Mary Caroline, b August 15, 1943, retiring as a Brigadier General in the 1970's.
Evelyn Marguerite Hetherington, b November 2, 1915, married on October 5,
1935 to Joseph Funderburk, and had four children: William Kile Funderburk, b
August 10, 1936; Harold Monroe Funderburk, b May 24,1939, Joseph Durwood
Funderburk, b September 28, 1940; and Ruth Elaine Funderburk, b December 10,
1951.
Mary Ethel Hetherington, b August 12, 1917, married on December 7, 1942
to John H. Matthews, and had two sons: Samuel Stephen Matthews, b July 5, 1946;
and John Michael Matthews, b September 17, 1951.
Harold Monroe Hetherington, b June 10, 1910, d June 10, 1927 when a team
he was driving ran away with a hay rake.
George Kile and Frances (Herridge) Hetherington died after 1952 - long
and respected members of the community surrounding Reagan.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of
these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 223 column 2 and page 224 column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.
