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.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.