The Denison Press
May 6, 1955
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Funeral services for K. Gaines, 80, who lived at 722 W. Morgan, were held Wednesday morning, April 27 at Bratcher-Moore chapel with Rev. R. L. Hutson officiating. Burial was in Van Alstyne with Bratcher-Moore in charge of arrangements. Gaines died in a local hospital April 25 after a year's illness.
Gaines, a native of Estill, Tennessee, had lived in Denison fifty years. He was born January 20, 1875, the son of Mr. & Mrs. James Gaines. He was married in Van Alstyne in 1897 to Josephine Hammonds. He was a retired Katy fireman. He held membership in the B. of R. T. and the B. of LF & E.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. K. Gaines, 722 W. Morgan; four sons, Ward Gaines, Dallas; C. C. Gaines, Independence, Kans.; Harry and Dwight of Denison; two daughters, Mrs. Weldon Webb, Dallas, and Mrs. Maurice Mancil, Dallas; 10 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.