REUBEN ALEXANDER PAMPLIN

 

 

     Reuben Alexander Pamplin, b June 29, 1871 in Mustang Prairie, Falls County, Texas, d April 18, 1915 and buried in Mustang Prairie Cemetery - was a son of Wilson A. and Maria Virginia (Brown) Pamplin, and a grandson of Robert Jennings and Elizabeth Pamplin and Waller and Harriett (McKinley) Brown - early pioneers in Falls County, Texas.

     On December 11, 1904, Reuben was married to Bertha Magee, of Kosse, Limestone County, Texas, and they had four children:

     Reva Pamplin, who married Clyde Williams - a son of Virgil M. and Martha (Barclay) Williams, of Mustang Prairie, and they had Reuben Blaine Williams who married Annie Pearl Taylor; Katherine Williams; Virgil H. Williams, who married Carolyn A. Morrow; and Audrey Williams, who married B. Bates Oldham.

     Ruby Pamplin, who married Louis Alston, and they had Billy Gene Alston, who married Betty Evans; and Bobbie Dell Alston, who married F. Daniel Mienka.

     Willa Pamplin, who married Raymond Evans, and had Bettie Lou Evans, who married Elliott D. Story, Jr.; Bonnie Sue Evans, who married Billy D. Ramsey; Raymond Blake Evans, who married Martha L. Trampeta; Carl Wayne Evans; and James Evans.

     Walton C. Pamplin, who married Mrs. Minnie Pearl Smith. No further information.

     Reuben Alexander Pamplin was a reader in all the activities of his community, in its political affairs, and .n all church affairs. He was a consecrated Christian. !\t an early age, he and his brother, Thomas Oscar Pamplin, had been orphaned, and had to make their own way in the world. Reuben was fond of books and soon availed himself of the best education that his means would allow. He prepared himself for the legal profession, but was never able to take up that profession. He joined the New Hope Baptist Church at Mustang Prairie while a young man, and always lived a Consistent Christian life. When he died, his obituary quoted an original poem by Reuben, which exemplified his simple faith in God better than any other words could have done:

There is a telephone in Heaven

And Jesus in the Central there.

He will give you quick connection,

If you'll only kneel in prayer.

You can talk to God, the Father

Either night or day.

All you have to do to get connection,

Is to kneel and pray.

When you are weary and heavy laden,

And it seems you've not a friend,

Just ring the Central Office;

Jesus will invite you in.

When you are sick and need the Great Physician,

Call for Central, call him quick;

For He is ever, ever ready

To minister to the sick.

May we so live

That when the last hour doth come,

We will get a long distance call

Inviting us home, inviting us home!

     In his short span of less than forty-four years, Reuben Alexander Pamplin had suffered two severe strokes - the first on May 16, 1908; and the last one about ten weeks before his death. He truly knew the meaning of pain and suffering; and he also knew the source of power needed to face the problems of life.

 

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 339 column 1 and 2.  
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