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Established 1948   Virginia Ann Flowers 1896 - 1974 James L. Flowers 1893 - 1966 Sherman Democrat
September 29, 1966 pg. 6 GRAYSON NATIVE DIES Funeral services were held Saturday morning at Barrett Funeral Home Chapel for Mr. J.L. Flowers, 73, of 422 N. Harrison. Mr. Flowers died late Wednesday afternoon at a Sherman hospital. Services were conducted by Rev. C.J. Graves, minister of Friendship Methodist Church. Pallbearers were Claude Morrison, O.C. Shellenberger, G.W. Scott, Jack Morrow, and John Fields. The fellow employees of Shellenberger Construction Co. served as honorary pallbearers. Burial was in Cedarlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Barrett Funeral Home. Mr. Flowers was born May 15, 1893 near Bells, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Flowers and attended schools in Grayson County. He married Virginia Ann Kidd on July 18, 1915 at the Flowers home in Bells. He and Mrs. Flowers moved to Sherman from Bells in the 1920s. Mr. Flowers was a heavy equipment operator, working 23 years with the city of Sherman and about 10 years each with Wray Wible Construction Co. and Shellenberger Construction Co. He was a member of the Friendship Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife of Sherman; 3 sons, James Luther Flowers of El Centro, California; Thomas Flowers and Preston Orr Flowers, both of Sherman; 2 daughters, Mrs. Paludeane Lilly of Sherman and Mrs. Merrell Lou Taylor of McConnellsville, Ohio; 3 brothers; 1 sister; 12 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchildren. Sherman Democrat October 9, 1974 Services were held Thursday afternoon at the Horton-Barrett Funeral Chapel for Mrs. Virginia Ann Flowers, 78, who died Tuesday in a Sherman hospital after an extended illness. She made her home at the Sherman Nursing Center for the past several years. Rev. C.J. Graves, Methodist minister of Sherman and Rev. Norman W. Bruner of Friendship Methodist Church officiated. Burial was in Cedarlawn Memorial Park. Pallbearers were members of Friendship Methodist Church. Mrs. Flowers was born in Bells and had spent most of her life in this area. She was a member of Friendship Methodist Church and the Royal Neighbors. She is survived by sons: James Luther Flowers of El Centro, California; Thomas F. Flowers of Bells; and Preston O. Flowers of Sherman; daughters, Mrs. O.E. Lilly of Dorchester and Mrs, Tom Taylor of McConnellsville, Ohio; sister, Roxie Lee Goode of Bells; half sister, Nora Hansard of Bells; brothers, James Nelson Kidd and Charles Kidd of Bells; 12 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.  Cedarlawn Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |