Submitted by: Edward Williams
Obituary for Alonzo Barganier - 1951
Surnames: BARGANIER, KIRKPATRICK, CHAPMAN, DICKENS, PORTERFIELD
Obituary
A. Barganier Dies At Lott Monday
Alonzo Barganier, age 87, died at the family in Lott, at 10:45 a.m. Monday,
January 29, 1951, following an illness of several days.
Mr. Barganier was prominently known as a pioneer Falls county land owner;
farmer, rancher and stockman. He was born in Fort Deposit, Alabama, August 26,
1863.
Two brothers have been claimed by death within a week. Henry Oliver Barganier,
age 89, of Marlin died here on January 23, 1951. H. O. Barganier was the first
of several members of the Barganier family to move to Falls county when he
arrived here in 1883. Alonzo Barganier, the second brother to come to Falls
county arrived here two years later and settled at Lott where he has continued
to make his throughout his lifetime. He had been active in community and
civic affairs at Lott during his lifetime. His wife was formerly Miss Maud
Rogers of Marlin, they were married here on December 27, 1903.
Funeral at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday from the Lott Presbyterian Church. Rev. C. T.
Caldwell and Rev. Billy Newton officiating. Burial in Clover Hill Cemetery.
Surviving are his widow at Lott. Three daughters, Mrs. Dell Foster, Marlin; Mrs.
R. M. Craig, Beaumont, and Mrs. Alton Chapman, Floydada. One son, James
Barganier, Lott. Two brothers, J. G. Barganier, Marlin, and Will Barganier, Fort
Deposit, Alabama. Three sisters, Mrs. Salome Dickens, and Mrs. T. H.
Porterfield, Marlin, and Mrs. Correll Harris, Fort Deposit, Alabama. Also
several grandchildren.
Alonzo Barganier, 87, Farmer at Lott Dies
Lott, Jan 30 (Spl). - Alonzo Barganier, 87, pioneer farmer Stockman and
landowner, died at his here Monday, one week after the death in Marlin of a
brother, Henry Oliver Barganier, 89. Survivors are his wife, three daughters, a
son two brothers and three sisters.
*newspaper clipping from Anna Louise (Barganier) Chapman's
scrapbook