Friday, April 28, 1944
pg. 6 Funeral services were conducted Monday from the Short-Murray chapel for William Gentry McMahan who died in a Dallas hospital Saturday following an illness of several months. Interment was at Van Alstyne with Rev. James Spivey, assisted by Rev. John R. Stephens, assisting, officiating. At the cemetery the Mason Order was in charge. Mr. McMahan, who resided at 413 West Heron, was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, October 14, 1883, son of Mr. and Mrs. George McMahan. He moved to Van Alstyne with his parents when a small boy and lived there until a young man. He moved from McKinney to Denison. He was married to Lina Belle Painter in Durant, January 13, 1929. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church here and of St. John's Lodge No. 51, A.F. & A.M., in McKinney. He has been an operator for the Texas Electric Railway the past 30 years. Survivors are the widow; 2 sons, Bill McMahan and Bob McMahan, both of Denison; one step-daughter, Mrs. Fay Renfro of Long Beach, California; 5 brothers, George and Allen McMahan, both of Van Alstyne; J.W. McMahan of Denver, Colorado; J.M. McMahan of Clarksville; and E.B. McMahan of Bakersfield, California; 2 sisters, Mrs. J.W. Saunders of Hollywood, California; and Mrs. Jewell Thompson of New Orleans, Louisiana; and one grandson.  Van Alstyne Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any links inoperable, please send me a message. |
