  Mary Etta Judkins 22 April 1925  Van Alstyne Leader May 7, 1925 Mrs. W. M. Judkins of the Van Alstyne community passed away at a Sherman hospital on Wednesday of last week at midnight. Born in DeKalb county, Tennessee on August 1, 1875, Mrs. Judkins was 49 years, 8 months and 23 days old at the time of her death. Her maiden name was Miss Mary Etta Starnes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milas Starnes. In 1895 she was married to W. M.Judkins, by whom she is survived, with five boys and three girls and a number of other relatives. Since her removal to Texas from the State of her birth, this occurring in 1904, Mrs. Judkins has resided in this community where she was well known and held in high esteem by a large circle of friends. In 1911, she became a Christian and united with the Sister Grove Baptist church, of which she remained a faithful and consistent member until her death. Her passing removes from the active life one of the best types of the womanhood of this section, one who was at all times true to the highest of ideals in her life as a professing Christian; as a wife and mother, and as a neighbor and friend. Her death was the cause of an abundant outpouring of sympathy and condolence on the part of a host of friends, as was evidenced by the large attendance at the funeral and the many proffers of aid and help tendered the family and relatives. Mrs. Judkins had been in poor health for the past 14 years, her condition becoming such as to necessitate the performing of an operation on April 19, from which she did not recover. Funeral services were held last Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Cox, pastor of the Baptist church at Whitesboro, with interment at the Cannon cemetery, where, in the presence of many friends and after the pronouncing of a most touching tribute by the minister, the body was laid to rest beneath a mound covered with flowers, silent tributes of the love and affection of those bound by friendship as well as by ties of blood and marriage. IN MEMORIAM DIED - On April 22, 1925, at midnight, Mrs. W. M. Judkins. God called our darling wife and mother to rest. For thirteen years, she had suffered from poor health, and on April 19, 1925, had undergone an operation at a Sherman hospital, from which she suffered very much, until God called her home. She was so kind and good during her illness and did not fear death. She asked her nurse if she had ever felt the spirit of the Blessed On and said that he was so precious to her. She then kissed her husband, telling him so many times of how precious he was to her and how she loved him. Then she kissed her children and told them to follow in her footsteps and meet their mother who had gone before. In her last hours, she rejoiced because heaven was so near to her. How we miss her, and oh, the ____ which we cannot describe. May God help us to live so that we may be worthy of seeing mother and wife again. A precious one from us is gone. A voice is vacant in our home, Which never can be filled. -- W. M. Judkins
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