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Edna—Helen C. Dennis, 77, of Houston, formerly of Edna, died Tuesday in a Houston hospital following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at 1 p. m. Saturday at Shiloh Baptist Church with the Rev. S. H. Jackson of Yoakum officiating. Burial will follow in the Sayles Cemetery under direction of Cook-Butler Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Ricky W., Michael G., Ronald L. and Timothy D. Beaker, Thomas Stovall Jr. and Donald W. Thomas Jr. Survivors include four daughters, Kathryn Stovall of Edna, Tommie Bealer of San Antonio, Delores Dennis and Jean Miller, both of Houston; a stepson, Roy Dennis Jr. of San Antonio; 10 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a grat-great-grandchild.
Victoria Advocate, Saturday, January
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Edna—Funeral services for Roy Clifton Dennis, 73, of Houston and formerly of Edna will be held at 11 a. m. Saturday from the Shiloh Baptist Church here with the Rev. R. A. Hicks officiating. Burial will be in the Sayles Cemetery under direction of the Cook Funeral Home of Edna. Members of the Evening Son Lodge No. 530 will serve as pallbearers. Mr. Dennis was born April 22, 1902, at San Marcos and lived most of his life in Jackson County. He was a retired employee of the Edna school district. He died Tuesday in a Houston hospital. Surviving are his wife Mrs. Helen Dennis of Houston; four daughters, Mrs. Elmira Ward and Mrs. Thelma Lewis of Corpus Christi, Miss Delores Dennis and Mrs. Jean Thomas of Houston; two step-daughters, Mrs. Katherine Stovall of Edna and Mrs. Tommie Lee Bealer of San Antonio; a son, Roy Jr. of Corpus Christi; a sister, Mrs. Iva Haynes of Phoenix, Ariz.; three brothers, Tommy of Edna and Douglas and Barney of Corpus Christi; 20 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren
Victoria Advocate, Friday, August 29,
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Lieut. Paul O. Heggem, a member of the U. S. Air Force for the past seven years, was killed last Thursday afternoon in an airplane accident at Rapid City, S. Da., where he had been stationed for the past year. With him 16 other members of the crew were killed when the B-29 failed to take to the air because of a crippled motor. The plane turned over and was completely destroyed by fire, every member of the crew losing his life. Lieut. Heggem was a brother-in-law to Mr. A. J. "Cap" Demon of this city, Mrs. Denmon and Mrs. Heggem being sisters. Mrs. Heggem was the former Miss Aline Modisette, a graduate of the Edna High School. Lieut. Heggem was 25 years of age on the 22nd of this month. His home was at Camp Cook, South Dakota. He entered the service of his country at the age of 18, serving overseas for two years. He and Miss Aline Modisette were married while he was in service. Besides his wife he is survived by twins 2 year old sons, John and Jerry. During Lieut. Heggem's army service Mrs. Heggem made her home in Edna with Mr. and Mrs. Denmon. Funeral Service Sunday Funeral services will be held in the Edna Baptist Church at 3:00 P. M. Sunday, August 29th. Interment in the Edna Cemetery. * * * First Lt. Paul O. Heggem, son of Mrs. Olava Heggem of Camp Crook, South Dakota, was killed in a B-29 crash while participating in a routine training flight at the Rapid City Air Force Base 20 August 1948. Lt. Heggem was the co-pilot of the plane when it crashed a few minutes after take off approximately one quarter mile from the air field. The exact cause of the accident has not been released by the board of Air Force Officers who are conducting the investigation. Memorial services were conducted at the Rapid City Air Force Base the 23 August. Chaplains Fred A. De Lashaw and Charles A. Dever officiating. The above information came to the Herald from the Public Information Office Rapid City Air Force Base, Weaver, South Dakota.
Edna Weekly Herald, August 26, 1948 |
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The funeral service for Lt. Paul O. Heggem, killed in an airplane accident at the Rapid City, South Dakota Airbase, last week, was held in the Edna Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 3:30. The service at the church was conducted by the Baptist pastor, Rev. Carl Schlomach, and at the grave by Chaplain Young of San Antonio. The color sergeant, color guards and bugler were provided by the Army Post in San Antonio. As noted in these columns last week, Lt. Heggem had been in the service of his country for the past seven years. He was awarded his wings at Ellington Field, Houston, in September, 1942. On July 23, 1943, at the Hondo Airbase, he was united in marriage to Miss Aline Modisette of Edna. He was foreign service in Germany and France. After returning home he was stationed at Rapid City, S. Da., and since that time Mrs. Heggem and twin sons, John and Jerry have been residing in that city with him. The sudden and untimely death of this young man was a shock to his relatives and friends, and the widowed young mother and other relatives have the sympathy of all in their bereavement. Here attending the service Sunday were his mother, Mrs. Alava Heggem of Camp Crook, S. Da., his sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bucher of Bell Fouche, S. Da., and his brothers, Roy and Fritz of Camp Crook, S. Da.
Edna Weekly Herald, September 2, 1948 |
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John Heggem, the three and a half year old son of Mrs. Aline and the late Lt. Paul Heggem, succumbed yesterday morning to a heart ailment after valiant fight for his young life. John was born with this heart ailment, but for a year or more hopes were entertained that he would outgrow it. However, a few months ago his condition grew worse and despite the skill of specialists and expert nursing, the little fellow gradually grew worse and Wednesday morning the summons came for him to take up his permanent abode in that ”land that is fairer than day.” The Father once said: “Suffer little children to come unto Me and forbid them not for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven” and we know that it was little fellows like John he loved so much and was talking about when He wanted them in his kingdom. John I survived by his mother and twin brother, Jerry, and many other relatives, including Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Denmon, with whom Mrs. Heggem resided before her marriage. Funeral service will be held at the Edna Baptist Church tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 2:00 o’clock. The remains will be laid to rest in the Edna Cemetery besides those of his father, Lt. Paul Heggem.
Edna Weekly Herald, November 3, 1949 |
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Edna--Funeral services for Spec. 4 Claude Dilworth Jr., 20, of Edna will be held at 1 p. m. Monday at the Shiloh Baptist Church, with the Rev. R. A. Hicks officiating. A spokesman for the family said they had been notified Dilworth was killed Nov. 4 in a two-vehicle collision near Lundstuhl, Germany, but details of the accident still are unknown here. Burial will be in the Sayles Cemetery near Edna under direction of the Cook-Butler Funeral Home, and with full military rites. Pallbearers will be members of the honor guard from Fort Sam Houston. Dilworth was born Nov. 22, 1956 in Edna. He had been in the army for three years, and was stationed with a unit at Baumhold, Germany. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Shirley Dilworth; four sisters, Regina, Virginia, Delores and Lee Ann; and three brothers, Randy Lewis, Ronnie and Donald Ray Dilworth, all of Edna.
Victoria Advocate, November 13, 1977 |
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