  Howard Brodhead 17 July 1877 - 5 November 1955 Clyde Reeves Brodhead 25 February 1885 - 28 March 1952   Jim Reeves Brodhead 9 August 1921 - 15 September 1982 TEC5 US Army WWII  The Whitewright Sun Thursday, April 3, 1952 pg. 1 Mrs. Howard Brodhead, 67, died in a Gainesville hospital Friday. She suffered a fractured hip in a fall in the Gainesville post office on March 17 and complications resulting from the injury caused her death. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at the family home in Gainesville, conducted by Rev. Edwin E. Hancock of that city. Burial was in the city cemetery here. Pallbearers for the graveside service were Bob Sears, Charles E. Ayres, W.E. LaRoe, John Reeves, Gomer May and R.A. Gillett. Attending the services at Gainesville were the following from Whitewright: Dr. and Mrs. C.P. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. John Reeves, C.C. McKenna, and Miss Gladys Ray. Mrs. Brodhead was born in Whitewright February 25, 1885, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Reeves. She was a graduate of Grayson College, and of Emerson College of Speech, Boston, Massachusetts. She taught speech in Grayson College and in Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, before her marriage to Mr. Brodhead in Whitewright on October 27, 1913. The Brodheads have made their home in Gainesville for the last 20 years. Mrs. Brodhead was very active in church and club work in that city. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Howard Brodhead Jr. of New Orleans, and Jim Brodhead of Dallas, and two grandchildren. The Whitewright Sun Thursday, November 17, 1955 pg. 1 Howard Brodhead, for many years the operator of the Whitewright electric plant, died recently at his home in Gainesville, and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery [sic]. His wife, the former Clyde Reeves of Whitewright, died several years ago. Mr. Brodhead sold his plant here to Texas-Louisiana Power Comopany about 1927 and moved to Dallas, and a few years later moved to Gainesville where he operated an ice plant for a number of years. He is survived by two sons.  Whitewright City Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |