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Port Lavaca—Burma Wood Fenner, 89, of Port Lavaca, and formerly of Edna, died Friday, Aug. 25, 2000. She was born April 18, 1911, in Cranfills. She was a retired welfare case worker for Jackson County and the Texas Department of Public Welfare. She was a member of Edna Presbyterian Church. Survivors: nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by: husband, William W. Fenner. Visitation will be 7 to 8:30 p. m. Monday at Slavik Funeral Home Chapel. Graveside services will be 10 a. m. Tuesday at Memory Gardens of Edna. Memorial services will be 10:45 a. m. Tuesday at Edna Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Jim Davis officiating. Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, (361) 782-2152. Memorials: Edna Presbyterian Church.
Victoria Advocate, August 27,
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Edna – Cecil Don “Donnie” Fenner, of Edna, Texas, passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at the age of 85. He was born in Cordele, Texas on June 1, 1930, to the late Oscar Brenhurst (“O. B.”) Fenner and Leta Brigham Fenner. Donnie was a retired rice farmer and rancher in northern Jackson County. Donnie was active for many years in Farm Bureau. He received a Texas Farm Bureau Pioneer Award in 2008 to reflect his impact on the organization over the years. He joined the Jackson County Farm Bureau in 1955 and through the years since that time has served as president, vice president and secretary-treasurer of the organization. At the state level, he served as a member of the Resolutions and Legislative committees and he chaired the Rice Committee. He was director of Edna Rice Elevators and served on various rice related committees. He was a former director of the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority. He was a graduate of Texas A & I and veteran of the United States Air Force. Donnie loved being about boats and lakes. He had a home in Lakeway, TX for many years and could be found there almost every weekend until very late in his life. He and his wife went on cruises all over the world, with his favorite being on board the QE2 in Europe for the 50th anniversary of D-Day. Donnie is survived by his loving wife, Fern Barron Fenner; his son, Charles Oscar (“Charlie”) Fenner of Houston; his sister, Marjorie Nell Bolling also of Houston; his daughter-in-law, Nancy Koch Fenner of El Campo; and his three grandchildren, Scott Fenner Jr., Jonathan Fenner and Natalie Tsavachidou Fenner. Donnie was preceded in death by his parents; his son, Scott Fenner; his sister, LaNoe Scherer and his brother, O. B. Fenner, Jr. Following a private family burial service, a public Memorial service will be held on Monday, January 11, 2016 at 11 a. m. in the First United Methodist Church of Edna. Reverend Adam Knapp will officiate. Refreshments will be served at the church following the service. Memorials may be made to the C. O. Fenner Charitable Foundation, 1970 County Road 229, Ganado, TX 77962, the First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 790, Edna, TX 77957, or another charity of the donor’s choice. Arrangements are under the direction of Oaklawn Funeral Home in Edna. 361-782-2221.
Victoria Advocate, January 10, 2016 |
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Edna—Funeral services for Charles Fenner, 81, a native of Jackson County and resident of Garland the past seven years, will be held at 2:30 p. m. Monday from the Edna Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. George Crofoot Jr. officiating. Burial will be in the Edna Cemetery with Masonic graveside rites. Members of the Masonic Lodge will be pallbearers and honorary pallbearers. Slavik Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Fenner was born in this county March 28, 1892, and was a farmer and rancher here for many years before moving to Port Lavaca and then to Garland. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Masonic Lodge. He died Saturday in a Garland hospital. Surviving is one daughter, Mrs. Barbara Mae McCurry of Dallas.
Victoria Advocate, November 5, 1973 |
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Edna—Funeral services for Charles Ivan Fenner, 73, of Cordele, who died at his ranch Thursday afternoon, will be held at 3 p. m. Saturday at the Edna Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Richard Stone officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens of Edna under direction of the Jackson County Funeral Service. Pallbearers will be Garvice Shoemate, Gail Morton, Maurice Hicks, W. H. Webernick Jr,. Charles Davenport and Kenneth Peck. Honorary pallbearers will be Floyd Larkin, W. H. Webernick Sr., James Knudsen, Dean Morton, Steven Peoples, Willard Hultquist, Allen Stafford, Clyde Morton, Clyde Gerald, Paul Dittrich, Dennis Morton and Callaway Vance. Mr. Fenner, a prominent retired farmer and rancher, was born Aug. 20, 1908, at Goldenrod and was a lifelong resident of the Cordele area. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Fenner, and on May 29, 1931, was married to Katherine Creed of Roxton. He was a member of the Edna Presbyterian Church, the Jackson County Farm Bureau and the Texas Southwest Cattle Association. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia Ellen Fenner, and a brother, O. B. Fenner. He is survived by his wife, Katherine, of Cordele; and a sister, Mary Claire Stormont of Victoria.
Victoria Advocate, August 22, 1981 |
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Funeral services for former County Treasurer James H. Fenner, 74, were held Sunday at 3 p. m. in Allen Memorial Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Collis McKinney officiating. Interment was in the Edna Cemetery. He died at 8:30 a. m. Saturday in Citizens Memorial Hospital, Victoria, after a prolonged illness. Jim Fenner lived in Edna and Jackson County most of his life, and was county treasurer when illness forced him to retire in 1957during his last term of office which expired at the end of 1958. He had held that office continually since January, of 1947. Born in LaGrange, Texas, on January 24, 1887, he moved to Jackson County as a small boy when his parents, James E. Fenner and Lula Fulton Fenner, settled in Cordele, where they spent the remainder of their lives. After attending school in Cordele and business college in San Antonio, Jim Fenner worked in the Jackson County State Bank for many years. During this period, in 1916, he married the former Miss Zou Urquhart, a native of Tyler, whom he had met while she was teaching school in Cordele. Fenner later worked in Houston for a few years, then returned to Edna and to Cordele, where he was a farmer during the 1930’s. During the years of World War II he was a censor in the Federal Censorship Office in San Antonio. A lifetime member of the Presbyterian Church, Fenner was deeply devoted to the local church in which he held the offices of deacon and elder, and which he served as treasurer during the latter years of his active life. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge. After four years of illness since his retirement, he suffered a stroke on Monday, Nov. 20, and entered the hospital in Victoria, where he remained until his death five days later. He is survived by his wife; three children, the Rev. James H. Fenner Jr. of Texarkana, Edwin H. Fenner of Houston, and Mrs. Dan Grover Jr. (the former Nell Louise Fenner) of San Antonio; four grandchildren, Jane, Jimmy, Mark and Marguerite Fenner; and four brothers, Sam F. Fenner of Angleton, Joe D. Fenner of Edna, C. B. Fenner of Edna and Will B. Fenner of Houston. Pallbearers were A. D. Thinker, Thad Rose, High Ottley, Hans Witttenburg, Y. C. Grimland, and Arvle Elliott.
Edna Herald, November 30, 1961 |
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Houston—J. D. Fenner Jr., 65, of Houston, a former Edna resident, died Friday morning in a Houston hospital after an extended illness. He was born Sept. 23, 1918, in Edna, and lived there until the mid-1950s. He had been employed by the Bethlehem Steel Corp. in Edna. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a. m. at the St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Houston. A rosary was said Friday night. Burial will be in Forest Park West Cemetery under the direction of Forest Park West Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife, Rosalind Fenner of Houston; his father, Joe D. Fenner Sr. of Victoria; five daughters, Rosaline Bushong of Kerrville, Susan McGinnis of Boerne, Joan Cecil of Dallas, Virginia Gay of Missouri City and Mary Clare Fenner of Houston; two sons, J. D. Fenner III of Sugar Land and Robert Fenner of Boerne; a sister, A. L. Garrett of Victoria; a brother, William Fenner; and several grandchildren.
Victoria Advocate, February 4, 1984 |
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Edna—Joseph D. Fenner, 93, of Victoria, formerly of Edna, died Monday in a Victoria hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11 a. m. Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church of Edna with the Rev. Harold Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens of Edna under the direction of Slavik Funeral Home. Mr. Fenner was born in Fayette County on Nov. 19, 1890, and was self-employed in farming and ranching. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Beaula, who died in 1974, and a son, J. D. Fenner Jr., who died Feb. 3, 1984. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Anna Lou Garrett of Victoria; a son, William E. Fenner of Friendswood; 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Victoria Advocate, February 8, 1984 |
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Edna—Katherine Fenner, age 94, died Friday, March 10, 2000. She was born April 23, 1905, in Noble, Texas, to the late Auswell Alexander and Viola Ingram Creed. Katherine moved to South Texas and taught school at Provident City where she met Ivan. They married in 1930 and made their home on the Fenner Ranch at North Cordele. Their daughter, Patricia, was born in 1935 and passed away in 1952 after a brief illness with polio. Katherine was an early protector of the environment and had a great love for nature. She moved into Edna in the mid 80’s. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Ivan Fenner; daughter, Patricia Ellen Fenner; sisters, Maurine Parry, Mackey Cregg and Jenny Alley; and brothers, Ingram Creed, J. C. Creed and Lawrence Creed. Visitation will be 6 p. m. to 8 p. m. Sunday at Colonial Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 11 a. m. Monday, March 13, 2000, in Edna, Texas, at the First Presbyterian Church, with Rev. James M. Davis officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Edna. Pallbearers: Charles Fenner, Scott Fenner, William Stormont, Auswell Creed, Robert Bolling, Mike Scherer and Neal Hicks. Honorary pallbearers: C. D. Fenner, David Lancaster, Gail Morton, Dr. Larry Riedel, Callaway Vance, A. J. Peters, Othello Brooks, Edith Chinn, Betty Lee and Pattie Van Cura. Memorial contributions may be made to a family scholarship, The C. O. and Kitty Fenner Scholarship Fund, c/o Garland Sandhop, 608 N. Wells, Edna, TX, 77957 or the charity of your choice. Arrangements are with Colonial Funeral Home, Victoria, Texas, 578-3535.
Victoria Advocate, March 12 & 13, 2000 |
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Edna--Leta Eugenia Brigham Fenner, 97, of Edna, died Tuesday, June 3, 1997. She was born Jan. 4, 1900, in Blanco. She was a homemaker and was a member of First United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and Eastern Star. Survivors: daughters, Marjorie Neil Fenner Bolling of Houston and Leta LaNoe Fenner Scherer of Richmond, son, Cecil Don Fenner of Edna; sister, Ruth Brigham Hutcheson of Edna; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Preceded in death by: husband, O. B. Fenner; son, O. B. Fenner Jr.; sisters, Loise Perin, Ouida Mauritz and Addie Maude Watson; and brothers, Clarence Brigham and Bill Brigham. Services will be held at 11 a. m. today at First United Methodist Church, the Rev. Billy Hammond officiating. Burial will be at Memory Gardens of Edna. Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 782-2152. Pallbearers: Scott Fenner, Charles Fenner, Bob Bolling, Michael Scherer, Mike Meyers and Bruce Strane.
Victoria Advocate, June 5, 1997 |
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Edna—Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Beulah Fenner, 80, of Edna will be held at 2:30 p. m. Saturday from the Edna Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Fulton Fenner of Houston, a nephew, officiating. Burial will be in the Edna Cemetery under direction of Slavik Funeral Home. Mrs. Fenner was born April 7, 1894 at Temple, and had lived in Jackson County about 65 years. She and her husband, Joe Fenner, were married at Cordele in this county nearly 60 years ago. Mrs. Fenner, a longtime member of the Presbyterian Church, died Wednesday in a Victoria hospital. Surviving are her husband of Edna; a daughter, Mrs. Annie Lou Garrett of Edna; two sons, J. D. Jr. of Houston and William of Friendswood; 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Victoria Advocate, November 28, 1974 |
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Edna—O. B. Fenner, Sr., 83, prominent Jackson County businessman, civic leader and a former city councilman and school board trustee, died Friday in a local hospital. Fenner, who was manager of Edna Motor Co. from 1932 to 1956, and local distributor with his son, O. B. Fenner, Jr. of Edna, for Phillips Petroleum Co. and later Mobil Oil Co. from 1957 until his retirement in 1969, helped organize First National Bank of Edna, now First Bank of Edna. He served as chairman of the board for 14 years. Fenner also helped organize and build Mauritz Memorial-Jackson County Hospital in Ganado and served as a member of the board of directors for 17 years. He was a trustee of the Edna Independent School District from 1935 to 1949 and was a member of the executive council of the Boy Scouts for the Gulf Coast area for 25 years, holding the Silver Beaver badge. Fenner was an active member of First United Methodist Church, serving on the board of stewards and as Sunday School superintendent. During World War II, he headed the War Chest Drive for Jackson County and helped organize Teenville, a recreational organization for youths. He was chairman of the livestock sales committee of the Jackson County Fair Association for 11 years, served on the board of directors of the Centex Cotton Oil Mill for 12 years, was director and president of the Victoria Farm and Loan Federal Land Bank and was a member of the Edna Farmers Cooperative Gin, Edna Development Board, Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and United Fund. Fenner was honored in 1972 by the Edna Rotary Club of which he had been a member since 1933, as Rotarian Man of the year. Fenner, born March 14, 1896 in Golden Rod, to the late Charles Oscar and Kittie Cummings Fenner, became engaged in farming and ranching in Cordele after serving in the U. S. Army in the European Theater during World War I. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Russell Moon, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens of Edna under the direction of Jackson County Funeral Service. Pallbearers will be James Knudsen, Joe Cano, F. W. Patterson, Clyde H. Gerald and Mark and Wayne Myers. The family requests that in lieu of usual remembrances contributions be made to the organ fund of First United Methodist Church.; Also surviving are his wife, Leta Brigham Fenner of Edna; two daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Nell Bolling of Houston and Mrs. Paul Scherer of Richmond; another son, Cecil Don Fenner of Edna; a sister, Mrs. John W. Stormont of Victoria; a brother, Ivan Fenner of Cordele, 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Victoria Advocate,
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Ill only three days, she died of bulbar polio, the worst type, Monday at 10:45 a. m. in the Hedgecroft Hospital in Houston. She was Jackson County’s first polio fatality of the current season, and the 12th case. All others are recuperating, with Ernest Singleton, parts manager here, now able to walk with the aid of crutches. He is expected to be home within a few weeks. Funeral services for Miss Fenner were held at the Methodist Church in Edna. Rev. I. E. Walker, pastor and Rev. John Newton of Victoria, former Presbyterian pastor here officiated. The Slavik Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were Rolar Watson, Harry Larson, H. V. Hardy, Charles Davenport, Floyd Larson and James Clark. There were many lovely floral tributes and numerous friends contributed to the March of Dimes Funds in lieu of sending flowers. Patricia was born January 15, 1936, was a senior in the Edna High School and would have received her diploma next year. She was extremely well beloved by her school mates and adults alike. She first became ill Friday, complaining of a severe pain in her neck. She was taken to the Mauritz Memorial-Jackson County Hospital at Ganado and later rushed to Houston, where she was placed in an iron lung. Patricia was an only child. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her grandmother Mrs. Viola Creed of Roxton, Texas.
Edna Herald, August 7, 1952 |
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Edna—William W. Fenner, 77, of Edna, died at 6:45 p. m. Sunday, Feb. 3, 1991, in a Victoria hospital. Funeral services will be at 10 a. m. Tuesday at the Edna Presbyterian Chruch with the Rev. Harry Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens of Edna Cemetery under the direction of Slavik Funeral Home. He was born July 7, 1913, in Victoria, to the late Roy L. and Lorraine Whalen Fenner. He was a rancher and a member of the Presbyterian church. Surviving are his wife, Burma Wood Fenner of Edna; and a brother, Roy Fenner of Port Lavaca. Pallbearers will be Kenneth Williams, David Rose, Noble Moore, Herbert L. Meiton Jr., W. T. Smith, Hans Wittenburg, Hugh Ottley and John t. Vance Jr.
Victoria Advocate, February 5, 1991 |
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Edna—Funeral services for Joe Ferguson, 51, of Edna will be at 2:30 p. m. Sunday at Baptist Temple Church. He died Friday in an Edna hospital following a sudden illness. The Rev. Howard Boyd will officiate at the services. Slavik Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Surviving are his wife, Eva Ferguson of Edna; a daughter, Sandra Bryant of Edna; a son, Darrell Ferguson of Edna; three sisters, Pennie Arterbury of Duncanville, Levy Hester Jenkins of Devine and Ruby Van Sant of Edna; two brothers, A. C. Ferguson of Las Vegas, Nev., and Robert Ferguson of Edna, and four grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Ronnie Berry, Carl Elledge, Juan Vasquez, Elmer Chase, Gene Crozier, Todd Vanota, Donald Elledge and John Nelson. Honorary pallbearers will be Ed Goad, W. A. Chase, Oliver McDonald, Jack Tucker, Dennis Quarles, Carl Dewitt and Kenneth Bradley. In lieu of usual remembrances, donations can be made to the church of choice.
Victoria Advocate, May 5, 1985 |
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Edna—Emmett Ferguson Jr., 78, of Edna, died Monday, March 7, 2005. He was born May 9, 1926, in Victoria, to the late Emmett Sr. and Marie Boehm Ferguson. He was a farmer and rancher. Survivors: wife, Lula Mae Yendrey Ferguson; daughter, Betty St. Clair of Forney, Stepdaughter, Jo Ann Jansky of Edna; stepson, Fred Tarver of Edna; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and 13 stepgreat-grandchildren. Preceded in death by: stepdaughter, Wanda Tangorra; and one step-grandchild. Services will be 11 a. m. Thursday at Baptist Temple Church of Edna, the Rev. Danny Wilson officiating. Burial will be at Memory Gardens of Edna. Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 361-782-2152. Pallbearers: Freddie Tarver, Mike Goldman, J. Dale Brown, Kent St. Clair, Lawrence Hermes, James Hermes. Honorary pallbearers: Grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Victoria Advocate, March 8 & 10, 2005 |
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Hallettsville – Estelle Ferguson, 68, of Hallettsville died Monday, May 23, 1994. She was born May 11, 1926, at Lavaca County to the late Dennis and Bettie Gregory Miller. She married Emmett Ferguson Jr. on Dec. 21, 1946, in Hallettsville. She was a retired leather hand tooler. Mrs. Ferguson was a member of Church of Christ in Ezzell. Survivors: husband; daughter, Betty St. Clair of Forney; sister, Ocie Melacon of Beaumont; brother, Otto Miller of Victoria; and three grandchildren. Preceded in death by: parents; and two brothers. Visitation begins: 10 a. m. today, Kubena Funeral Hope chapel. Services: 2 p. m. Wednesday, at the funeral home chapel, with Randy Harshbarger officiating. Burial: Salem Cemetery, Kubena Funeral Home, Hallettsville, 798-3271. Pallbearers: Bill Butts, Bill Lyons, J. B. Moseley, Chuck Crawford, Clyde Bell and Fieldon Stevens.
Victoria Advocate, May 24 & 25, 1994 |
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Edna—Larry Dean Ferguson, 35, of Edna, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 1995. He was born Nov. 26, 1959, in Dimmitt to Carolyn Sue Brooks Anderson and the late Robert W. Ferguson. He was a driller employed by Delta Drilling Co. and he was a Baptist. Survivors: mother; son, Corey Dean Ferguson of Edna; sister, Darlene McDonald of Victoria; brothers, Ronald Wayne Ferguson and James Delbert Ferguson, both of Victoria, and Richard Lynn Ferguson of Edna; and grandmother, Gladys Brooks of Edna. Preceded in death by: son, Larry Dean Ferguson, Jr. Visitation: after 10 a. m. today, Slavik Funeral chapel. Visitation with family: 2 – 3 p. m. today, at the funeral home. Services: 2 p. m. Monday, Baptist Temple, the Rev. Howard Boyd officiating. Burial: Memory Gardens of Edna, Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 782-2152. Pallbearers: Daylon Thompkins, Ronnie Thompkins, David Whitley, Donald Whitley, Roger Pahmeyer and Frankie Cervenka. Memorials: Baptist Temple or donor’s choice.
Victoria Advocate, January 15 & 16, 1995 |
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Edna—Robert W. Ferguson, 60, of Edna, died Monday in a Victoria hospital following a short illness. He was born Sept. 21, 1926, in Los Angeles, Texas, to the late Arthur and Delia Creel Ferguson. A retired tool pusher, he had lived in Jackson County since 1960. He married Nov. 10, 1952, in Carlsbad, N. M. Funeral services will be held at 3 p. m. Wednesday at Baptist Temple in Edna, with the Rev. Howard Boyd officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens of Edna under the direction of Slavik Funeral Home. Surviving are his wife, Sue Ferguson of Edna; a daughter, Darlene McDonald of Victoria; four sons, Ronald Wayne Ferguson of Victoria and Richard Lynn, Larry Dean and James Delbert Ferguson, all of Edna; three sisters, Penny Arterberry of Bonham, Levy Jenkins of Devine and Ruby Mae Van Sant of Edna; and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by five brothers and two sisters.
Victoria Advocate, February 3, 1987 |
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Edna—Robert Nesbitt Fielder, 54, of Bay City and a former longtime Edna resident, died in Edna Wednesday after a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Friday at the Slavik chapel with the Rev. Travis Holland officiating. Burial will be in Edna Memory Gardens under direction of Slavik Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Robert Berryhill. E. L. Alexander, J. J. Jones, Bill Gerald, Cleo Milstead and John Anderson. Mr. Fielder was born Nov. 11, 1922 at Liberty, and was employed by Mobil Co. He formerly lived in Edna some 20 years. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II and a member of the American Legion. Surviving are a daughter, Debbie Sikes of Belton; two sons, Billy of Edna and Robert of McAllen; four sisters, Sue Barker of Palacios, Rita Wetherbee of Corpus Christi, Sandy Johnson of Cuero and Hilda Laza of Dayton; and three brothers, W. J. of Point Comfort and Ronald and John Charles, both of Dayton.
Victoria Advocate, October 20, 1977 |
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Edna—Chester Lee Fiew, 58, of Lake Charles, La., formerly of Edna died in a Lake Charles hospital Wednesday, June 19, 1991, following a brief illness. Mr. Fiew was born March 1, 1933, in Edna to the late Bennie Lee and April Lavanna Price Fiew and was an oilfield consultant and Baptist. Survivors: Wife, Ida Fiew; daughter, Tammy Martin of Sulphur, La.; sisters, Cynthia Findley of North Carolina, Faye Newman and Peggy Schautteet, both of Elgin, Jane New of Edna and Ann Tyler of Franklin, La.; brothers, B. L. John Fiew of Victoria and James Arnold “Joe” Fiew of Edna, a grandchild. Visitation from noon Friday until 2 p. m. Saturday at Slavik Funeral Home in Edna. Services 2 p. m. Saturday at Slavik Funeral Home chapel, the Rev. Brent Wayne New officiating. Burial in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 782-2152. Pallbearers: Glen Fiew, James New, Steve Lowry, Randall Hockert, Bobby and Randy Nickel. Honorary pallbearers will be all other nephews.
Victoria Advocate, June 21 & 22, 1991 |
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Edna—Donald Ray Fiew, 59, of Edna died Monday in a Victoria hospital following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held a 2 p. m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Edna with the Revs. David Koch and Jack Bourland officiating. Burial will be held in Memory Gardens of Edna under direction of Slavik Funeral Home. Mr. Fiew was born Aug. 16, 1929, in Frost, son of the late Bemmie Lee and Opal Price Fiew. An Edna resident since 1939, he was a U. S. Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict, and a member of First Baptist Church of Edna. He was employed as a field foreman with the Cordele Operating Co. and was the owner and operator of the Edna Sears Catalog Store since 1978. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Fiew of Edna; a daughter, Donna Tipton of Edna; a son, Glenn Fiew of Edna; five sisters, Cynthia Findley of Stone Mountain, Ga., Faye Newman and Peggy Schattee, both of Elgin, Jane New of Edna, and Ann Tyler of Franklin, La.; three brothers, Chester Lee Fiew of Lafayette, La., B. J. “John” Fiew of Victoria and James Arnold Feiw of Edna; and four grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Larry Adian, Jeff Tipton, Clyde Gerald, Louis Vaclavick, Manor Sowell and Scott Cone. Honorary pallbearers will be Robert and Tommy Terry, Joe Garcia, John Clinch, Eugene Cihal, Frank Wells, Dan Arnold and his nephews.
Victoria Advocate, October 5, 1988 |
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Mr. J. R. Fiew, a prominent citizen of the Upper Cordele section, passed away at a Victoria hospital Tuesday afternoon, October 3rd, following a protracted illness. The immediate cause of his death was heart trouble. The funeral service was conducted by his pastor, Rev. Pat Marse, at the Allen Memorial Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock. Interment was made in the Edna Cemetery. Pallbearers were Messrs. Julius Townsend, J. E. Reeves, Hubert Stierling, Davenport White, Ivan Fenner and Jess Kern. James R. Fiew was born February 28, 1886, in Vardaman, Miss. However, he had been a resident of Texas since early childhood. At Indianola, Oklahoma, Mr. Fiew was united in marriage to Miss Mary Bingham October 4th, 1906. In 1920, Mr. and Mrs. Fiew moved to Jackson County from Navarro County, Texas, and bought a farm in the Upper Cordele section where they have since resided. Jim Fiew, as he was known to a host of friends, was an honest, upright citizen; a man who was ever ready to take his full part in any enterprise or movement that had for its purpose the advancement and betterment of his community and county. He was truly a neighborly neighbor, and no man was ever held in higher esteem in the community in which he lived than Mr. Fiew. He had long been a member of the Presbyterian Church, and until his health failed he was a regular attendant upon the services of the church. In the passing of Jim Fiew his community and Jackson County have lost a good, clean citizen, and his passing brought genuine sorrow to many hearts. Besides his widow, he is survived by the following nephews and nieces: Messrs. E. W., B. L. and Norvell Fiew, Miss Ruby Jean Fiew, and Mesdames R. M. Cornelius, J. A. Roane, W. F. Benton, Du Montier and Neil McDonald. To all of the bereaved ones the Herald extends heartfelt sympathy.
Edna Weekly Herald, October 5, 1950 |
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EDNA - Margaret Souza Fiew, 79, of Edna, passed away Thursday,
Dec. 8, 2011. She was born July 8, 1932 in Tiverton, R.I., to
the late Arthur and Mary Souza. She was a retired owner/operator
of Sears Catalog Store in Edna and was a resident of Jackson
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Edna—Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Frances Fiew, 88, of Cordele will be held at 10 a. m. Thursday at the Jackson County Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Richard Stone officiating. Burial will be in Edna Memory Gardens, under direction of the Jackson County Funeral Service. Pallbearers will be Eugene Shefcik, Charles Davenport, Alvin Dittrich, Clyde Gerald, Tony Kubenka, Lamar Padon, Tommy Larking. Honorary pallbearers will be August Padon, Floyd Budd, Ivan Fenner, Floyd Larking, Rolar Watson, Charles Shefcik, Anton Kubenka and Fred Goppert. Mrs. Fiew was a native of Kentucky and the widow of the late James R. Fiew, who died in 1950. She died Tuesday in a local rest home.
Victoria Advocate, September 14, 1976 |
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Edna—Norvell “Buddy” Fiew, 78, of Edna, formerly of Bellville, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2000. He was born Oct. 20, 1922, in Pauls Valley Okla., to the late John and Lizzie Fiew. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, serving in WWII. He was a retired field superintendent for Exxon Corporation for 35 years. He was a member of Bellville Masonic Lodge, Bellville American Legion, and First Baptist Church in Edna. Survivors: wife, Frances Fiew; daughter, Sherrilynn Fiew of Galveston; son, Calvin Scott Fiew of Hornell, N. Y.; sisters, Helen Meyere of Waco, Evelyn Roane of Mathes, Sybil Cornelius of Edna, Ruth McDonald of LaGrange and Jane DuMontier of Eureka, Ark.; and one grandchild. Preceded in death by sisters, Jeane Qualtrough and Peggy Fiew; brother, Edwin “Joe” Fiew, John “Johnny” Fiew Jr., Printice “Prince” Fiew and Bemmie Lee “Red” Fiew. Visitation will be 6 – 7 p. m. Tuesday at Slavik Funeral Home chapel. Services will be 2 p. m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church, the Rev. Jim Gilbert officiating. Burial will be at Memory Gardens of Edna. Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 361-782-2152. Pallbearers: Glenn Fiew, Mike Tipton, Jerry Karl, Brent New, Martin Cornelius and Pierce Thedford. Honorary pallbearers: Donald Barnet, James Sestak, John Boroski, George Nofke, Edwin Haynes, Jim Colgrove and Judd Haynes.
Victoria Advocate, December 24 & 27, 2000 |
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Edna—Frances Fiew is now “Absent from the body and present with the Lord.” She passed away Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, at the age of 87. Frances was born on Dec. 1, 1923, in Bullard. She met and married Norvell “Buddy” Fiew of Cordele in Humble in 1946. He served in Three Theaters of WWII and was instrumental in liberating Jewish Concentration Camps in Germany. His branch of service was the Corp of Engineers Co “3” 111th Engineer Combat Regiment. Buddy and Frances lived in Bellville before moving to Edna. While in Bellville, Frances had her own beauty salon and eventually achieved a membership in the Eastern Star for over 50 years. Also while in Bellville, they adopted Calvin Scott (six years old) and Sherrilynn (three years old). They attended First Baptist Church in Bellville. This fellowship of believers helped Frances battle the disease of Polymyalgia Rheumatica. This disease eventually caused her blindness. She has also struggled with diabetes and congestive heart failure. These “weaknesses” made her strong and determined to be the best she could be. She loved being in her home with her beloved poodle, Apricot, and co-workers on a part-time basis. She never lost her sense of humor and positive attitude. Always looking for something “fun to do.” Frances is survived by her daughter, Sherrilynn Fiew of Santa Fe; one granddaughter; two great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Frances was preceded in death by her parents, Richard and Annie Hunter Johnson; husband, Buddy Fiew; son, Calvin Scott Fiew; four sisters and one brother. Visitation will be from 5 – 7 p m., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at Oaklawn Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, at Oaklawn Funeral Home. Ralph Bufkin will be officiating. Frances loved being with her friends and co-workers at Eddie’s Barber & Beauty Salon who loved her dearly. She was so thankful for the wonderful care and support she received over the years from Edna EMS. Citizens Hospital, Home Health Services in Ganado and Jackson County Hospital. DEAR ONE, YOU WILL BE MISSED. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS! Arrangements are under the direction of Oaklawn Funeral Home in Edna, 361-782-2221.
Victoria Advocate,
February 3, 2010 |
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Santa Fe -Sherrilynn Fiew, 56 of Santa Fe, Texas passed away
Monday, October 8, 2012 in Texas City, Texas. She was born in
Bellville, Texas.
Galveston Daily News, October 12, 2012 |
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Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Slavik Funeral Home for Charles Henry Finch, 86, who died Thursday, Dec. 13. He had been in ill health for some time. His home was in the Cordele community. Burial was in the Edna Cemetery and pallbearers were Clyde Gerald, Wm. Gerald, Rolar Watson, Floyd Larkin, Woodrow Reynolds and Donald Fiew. Mr. Finch was born in W__oga, Ill., Sept. 12, 1865, the son of Jesse Finch and Sarah Reed Finch. When ten years of age, his parents moved to Orient, Iowa. In 1888, he was married to Mary Elizabeth May Summers. To this union were born four children. Laura, now Mrs. J. O. B. Young of Port Arthur, Jesse Dean, now of Tulia; Anna, now Mrs. O. C. Gerald of Edna, and Clyde Everett of Edna. In 1911, Mr. Finch and family moved to Jackson County, where Mr. Finch has spent all but six years, when he lived at Tulia. Surviving are two daughters, two sons, nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Edna Herald,
December 20, 1951 |
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Edna—Clyde Everette Finch, 87, of Alice, formerly of Edna, died Thursday, Oct. 15, 1992. He was born Dec. 8, 1904 in Iowa to the late Charles Henry and Elizabeth Sumners Finch. Mr. Finch had lived in Jackson County for 83 years where he served as a deputy sheriff. He retired after 25 years of service with United Gas Co. and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Edna. Survivors: wife, Valtie Lydia Finch, son Clyde E. Finch Jr. of Alice; and one grandchild. Preceded in death by two sisters and one brother. Graveside services will be 3 p. m. Saturday at Memory Gardens in Edna, the Rev. Richard Jackson of First United Methodist Church, officiating, Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 782-2152.
Victoria Advocate, October 17, 1992 |
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Alice—Valtie Lydia Williamson Finch, 80, of Alice, formerly of Edna, died Saturday, Jan. 9, 1993. She was born April 6, 1912 in Seagoville to the late Wyley Otis and Edna Sallie Hurt Williamson. She married Clyde Everette Finch Dec. 8, 1935 in Edna. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. Survivors: son, Clyde Everette Finch Jr. of Alice and one grandchild. Preceded in death by: husband, Oct. 15, 1992. Graveside services: 2 p. m. Tuesday at Memory Gardens of Edna Cemetery, the Rev. Howard Boyd officiating. Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 782-2152.
Victoria Advocate, January 12, 1993 |
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Edna—Funeral services for Mrs. Theodosia Findley, 91, of Wharton and formerly of Edna will held at 3 p. m. Wednesday at the Slavik Funeral Chapel in Edna. The Rev. Russell Moon will officiate. Burial will be in the Memory Gardens of Edna under direction of the Slavik Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Arnold Chase, Harold Krenzler, Ernest Buderwig, Paul Dittrich, Arthur Braunholz and Simon Unger. Mrs. Findley was born April 2, 1889 in Clymer, Pa., and came to Edna in 1915. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Edna, and lived here until about two years ago. She died Monday in a Wharton hospital. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Zula Dittrich of Alief; sister, Mrs. Beulah Houck of Clymer, Pa.; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Victoria Advocate, July 23, 1980 |
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Edna—Funeral services for Walter Abe Findley, 58, of Georgetown, Ga., will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the First United Methodist Church of Edna, with the Rev. Russell Moon officiating. Burial will be in Edna Memory Gardens under direction of the Slavik Funeral Home. Mr. Findley was born Feb. 2, 1921 in Jackson County. He was a retired civil service employee. Surviving are his wife, Cynthia Findley of Georgetown; his mother, Dosia Findley; three daughters, Kathleen Tallman of Victoria, Connie Martin of Albany, Ga., and Jennifer Findley of South Carolina; and a sister, Zula Dittrich of Houston. Pallbearers will be Paul Dittrich, John Marek, Arthur Braunholz, George Miska, Harley Stell and Harold Krenzler.
Victoria Advocate, May 19 & 20, 1979 |
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Seadrift – Wanda LaVelle Browning Finke, 72, of Seadrift, passed away Monday, July 27, 2009 in Port Lavaca. She was born on March 28, 1937, in Edna, to the late James Harvey and Zenora “Zee” Harrell Browning. She was a homemaker and enjoyed bowling and quilting. She was a member of the Port Lavaca Quilt Guild, Port Lavaca Home Extension, and Port Lavaca Bowling League. She is survived by her husband, Arthur John “Buster” Finke Jr. of Seadrift; her sons, Johnny Coleman and wife Donna of Edna and Charles “Bucky” Coleman and wife Sandra of Midlothian; her brother, James Browning and wife Jeannie of Ganado; her niece, Charolette Whitley and husband Vince; great-nieces, Killette Whitley and Jaiden Whitley; and grandchildren, James Dean Coleman, Collin Coleman, and Eleni Coleman. She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, LaVerne Browning. Visitation will be from 6 p. m. to 8 p. m. today, July 29, 2009 at the Slavik Funeral Home chapel. The funeral service will be at 10 a. m. Thursday, July 30, 2009 at the chapel with Bro. Virgil Browning and Bro. Danny Wilson officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens of Edna. Pallbearers: Ronnie Hubenak, Mark Hubenak, Al Miska, Bryan Miska, Anthony Brown, and Erno Sattler. Memorials may be made to Seadrift Volunteer Fire Dept. or American Cancer Society. Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 361-782-2152.
Victoria Advocate,
July 29, 2009 |
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Edna – Funeral services for Mrs. Jewel C. Finley, 78, of Edna will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Jackson County Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Joe Webb will officiate. Burial will be in Memory Gardens of Edna under direction of the Jackson County Funeral Service. Mrs. Finley was born in Texas on Oct. 27, 1897 and lived in Jackson County most of her life. She was a member of First Baptist Church. She died Friday in a local hospital. Surviving are a foster daughter, Molly Ann Thurman of San Antonio; two-step-sons, Don of Little Rock, Ark. and Joe of Encinal, Tex.; and a brother, Jeff D. Cunningham of Placedo.
Victoria Advocate,
March 6, 1976 |
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Funeral services for Octal Z. Finley, 85, well-known Edna business man and former game warden were held at Slavik’s Chapel at 2 p. m. Saturday, with Rev. M. P. Burton officiating. Interment was in the Edna Cemetery. Pallbearers were George Barnes, Claudius Branch, Everett McDowell, Harrison Stafford, Jess Curlee and Basil Green. Honorary pallbearers were Tom Miller of Austin, R. R. Messer of Georgetown, H. D. Dodgen of Austin, Dr. J. W. Nixon of San Antonio and C. F. King of Devine. Mr. Finley, owner and operator of the Finley Motel just west of Edna on Highway 59 for the past 10 years, was born Jan. 15, 1876 in San Saba, a son of Dr. and Mrs. D. T. Finley. Before coming to Edna in 1951 he was a rancher and banker in Roswell, N. M., and was with the Texas Game and Fish Commission for 21 years. Mr. Finley joined the church at the first Bloy’s Camp Meeting in 1890 at Fort Davis, at the age of 13. He had been ill since June of 1960 and passed away here on Feb. 16. He is survived by his widow, Jewel Finley of Edna; two sons, Joe of Encinal and Don of North Little Rock, Ark.; a step-son P. G. Linney of Edna; a foster daughter, Milly Ann Thompson of San Antonio; a sister, Scotty Finley Beall of Santa Fe, N. M.; and three grandsons and one great-granddaughter.
The Edna Herald,
February 23, 1961 |
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Houston – Barbara Ann Jones Fisher, 43, of Houston, died Friday Oct. 30, 1998. She was born Nov. 11, 1954, in El Campo, to Ruth Mays Menefee of Edna and the late Walter R. Jones Sr. She was a telemarketer and a Baptist. Survivors: stepfather, G. E. “Buddy” Menefee of Edna; grandmother, Mervyn Eason of Thomaston, Ga.; sisters, Beverly Kay Daniels of Corpus Christi and Betty Beames of Edna; brothers, Mickey Jones of Edna and Walter R. Jones Jr. of Spring; stepsisters, Cindy Sorenson of Edna and Patty O’Connor of Aledo; stepbrothers, George Menefee III and Michael Menefee, both of Edna and Mark Menefee of Victoria. Preceded in death by: grandparents, Dewey and Ruby Mays. Services will be 3:30 p. m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church of Edna, the Rev. Jim Gilbert officiating. Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 782-2152. Memorials: First Baptist church, P. O. Box 417, Edna, Texas 77957
Victoria Advocate,
November 2, 1998 |
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Edna—Viola Fitch, 76, of Sinton and a former resident of Edna died Sunday in Sinton after a long illness. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Graveside services will be held Monday at 2 p. m. at Memory Gardens Cemetery with Jack Holt and Albert Jennings officiating. Survivors include two daughters, Barbara Moore of Sinton and Brownie Martin of Wharton; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Bennett Fitch.
Victoria Advocate, January 5, 1987 |
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Enda—William Bennett Fitch, 62, of 201 S. Robinson St., died at 3 a. m. Thursday in a Victoria hospital following an apparent heart attack. Mr. Fitch had been a resident of the Jackson County for the past 20 years. He was a 28-year employee of the U. S. Post Office and spent 20 of those years in the Edna Post Office. He was born Aug. 25, 1907, in Charco in Goliad County. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p. m. from the Jackson County Funeral Chapel with Albert Jennings of Yoakum and Jack Gilliand of Edna officiating. Burial will follow in Edna Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Wilburn Martin, Hughie Gregory, Pete Huntley, Sandy Maxwell, Doc Miller, Artie Baker, John Henry Long and Walon Houck. Surviving include his wife, Mrs. Viola Ann Fitch of Edna; two daughters, Mrs. Brownie Martin of Wharton and Mrs. Barbara Moore of Sinton; one sister, Mrs. Pearl Stevens of Edna and five grandchildren.
Victoria Advocate, December 26, 1969 |
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Port Neches—Coma Irene Fitzgerald, 88, former Edna resident, died Wednesday at a Nederland hospital after an illness. The Port Neches resident was born Sept. 12, 1899, in Mount Pleasant to James and Mary Adams. She was a member of Ridgewood Baptist Church, Port Neches, and had lived in Edna for many years. Services will be conducted at 9 a. m. Thursday at Pat A. Riley Funeral Home. Nederland, with the Rev. Charles Hunt officiating. Graveside services will be conducted at 3:30 p. m. Thursday at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Edna. Surviving are three daughters, Sue Allen of Port Neches, Ollie Jackson of Lexington and Sybil Peteete of Rockdale; three sons, John Fitzgerald Jr., Harold Fitzgerald and Malcolm Fitzgerald, all of Ingram; a sister, Jackie Murph of Lumberton; a brother, James Adams of Onalaska, 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Victoria Advocate,
December 24, 1987 |
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Funeral services for John Summerlin Fitzgerald Sr., 69, a resident of this county since, 1947, were held Tuesday at 10 a. m. at the First Baptist Church in Edna, with Rev. Jim Franklin officiating. Burial was in Edna Memory Gardens, under direction of Slavik Funeral Home. Mr. Fitzgerald was born May 22, 1895 in Mount Pleasant, Texas, and came to Jackson County about 17 years ago. He had operated a saw mill on his place north of Edna on the Navidad Road for the past six or seven years, and previously had a saw mill at two other locations, south and west of Edna. He died Sept. 13, in El Campo. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. J. S. Fitzgerald Sr. of Edna; three sons, John of Edna, Malcolm of Ingram, and H. E. of Ingram; three daughters, Mrs. W. L. Jackson of Katy, Mrs. Allen Peteete of Bryan and Mrs. Lloyd Allen of Port Neches; two brothers, Oscar of Bay City and Homer of San Antonio; three sisters, Mrs. Claude Harris of Houston, Mrs. Loy Edwards of Rock Springs, and Mrs. Francis Thompkins of Austin; and by 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Edna Herald,
September 17, 1964 |
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Funeral services were held at Red Bluff Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Annie Iola Fitzpatrick, 67, a resident of Jackson County for 44 years. Rev. Frank Holland of a Victoria Baptist Church and Mr. Scadden of the Vanderbilt Church of Christ officiated, and interment was in the Edna Cemetery. Pallbearers were Philip Henry, J. D. Greenawalt, M. F. Greenawalt, Charles Greenawalt, Fred Baker and James Fitzpatrick. Mrs. Fitzpatrick passed away Monday at 6:30 p. m. in the hospital in Wharton, after an illness of one week. She and her husband, John Fitzpatrick Sr., are residents of Lolita. She was born on Sept. 20, 1889 in Dallas, Texas. Besides her husband, she is survived by these children, John Jr., Clead and James of Lolita, Gille of Victoria, and Ethleen of San Antonio; also brothers Alton Fugua of Abilene, Jodie Fugua of California, Willie Fugua of Clyde, and Roy Fugua of San Antonio; and 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Edna Herald, February 21, 1957 |
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Edna—Funeral services for Bessie Lee Fitzpatrick, 80, of Victoria will be held at 3 p. m. Friday at the Jackson County Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Richard Leland officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens of Edna under direction of the Jackson County Funeral Service. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was born Nov 15, 1894 in Ecru, Miss. She lived many years in Jackson County before moving to Victoria. She was a member of the Victory Temple Church in Victoria, and died late Wednesday in a Victoria hospital. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Ruby Baker of Bangs, Tex., Mrs. Ruth Fox of Lolita, and Mrs. Louella Hrcek and Mrs. Annie Anderson, both of Corpus Christi; three sons, Lloyd Chapman of Fort Worth, James Fitzpatrick of Lolita and Johnny Divon Fitzpatrick of Edna; also two sisters, Fannie and Annie Bell; three brothers, Herman, Eurie and Amos; and by 19 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Victoria Advocate, March 14, 1975 |
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Ethleen Fitzpatrick, 64, of 804-A Linwood, died Friday morning at her home following a sudden illness. She had lived in Victoria for six years. A former resident of Kerrville, she was born Jan. 25, 1920, in Seagoville, the daughter of the late John Henry and Annie Fuqua Fitzpatrick. She was retired and a member of the Church of Christ. Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Sunday at Colonial Funeral Home Chapel, Bill York, Church of Christ minister, will officiate. Graveside services will be held at 3:15 p. m. Sunday at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Edna. Mrs. Fitzpatrick is survived by a sister, Gillie Fitzpatrick of Victoria; and two brothers, John H. Fitzpatrick of Victoria and James W. Fitzpatrick of Lolita. Pallbearers will be James L., Larry Dean, Ray Gene and Steve Fitzpatrick, and Kenny Sifford and Wayne Marek. Honorary pallbearers will be Sonny Marek, Charles, Johnny, Jimmy, Darren, Kevin and Alan Fitzpatrick and Denny Moore.
Victoria Advocate, February 4 & 5,
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Funeral services were held Tuesday from the First Baptist Church in Lolita for John Fitzpatrick Sr., 75, a resident of Lolita and a pioneer of the county. Rev. A. M. Averett of Lolita officiated, and interment was in the Edna Cemetery. Mr. Fitzpatrick passed away last Sunday morning in Wharton. He was born Feb. 12, 1882 in Mississippi and lived most of his life in Jackson County. He was a member of the Baptist church. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Wayne Key and Ethleen Fitzpatrick, all of Lolita; 11 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. He also is survived by one brother, Mike Fitzpatrick, of Fort Worth.
Edna Herald, January 30, 1958
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Lolita—Funeral services for Marguerite Fitzpatrick, 61, of Lolita will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Vanderbilt Church of Christ, with Tory Richardson assisted by James Prince officiating. Burial will be in the Edna Memory Gardens under direction of the Jackson County Funeral Service. Mrs. Fitzpagrick was born July 7, 1917 in Kaufman County, a daughter of the late Jessie W. Curlee and spent most of her life in this county. She was a member of the Divine Church of Christ and the AARP chapter, and an honorary member of the VFW Auxiliary. She died Monday in a Houston hospital after a lengthy illness. Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Salle Davis Cunningham of Placedo; step-father, Oscar Cunningham of Placedo; step-mother, Mrs. Susie Curlee of Edna; two daughters, Mrs. Sally Marek of Lolita and Mrs. Dalees Moore of Devine; five sons, Douglas Lee Callaway of Sugarland, Monte Jess Calloway of Edna; James L. Fitzpatrick of Bloomington, Larry D. Fitzpatrick of Victoria, and Paul T. Fitzpatrick of Ownersville, Mo.; brother, Douglas Curlee of Victoria and a half-sister, Marlene Curlee of Edna; and 11 grandchildren. Pallbearers will be James Larry and Paul Fitzpatrick, Douglas and Monte Callaway; Dennie Moore and Wayne Marek.
Victoria Advocate, February 21, 1979 |
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Edna—James Carroll Flanagan, 75, of Edna, died Wednesday, July 30, 2003. He was born Dec. 5, 1927, in Franklin, to the late O. B. Flanagan and Clifford Irene Parker. He worked in the oilfield and was a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors: wife, Belinda Damborsky; daughter, Wendy Flanagan of Edna; sons, Kelly Flanagan and Carlton Flanagan, both of Victoria, Casey Flanagan of Sealy, Brandon Flanagan, Dustin Flanagan, and Jeffrey Flanagan, all of Edna; sisters, Julie Morgan of Hearne, Wyona Storz of Mesquite, and Jo-Ann Haynie of Franklin; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Preceded in death by: first wife, Virginia Ann Dolly Flanagan; sister, Mary Lou Flanagan; brothers, Patrick Flanagan and Robert Flanagan; and grandson, Jeremy Flanagan. Graveside services will be 10 a. m. today at Memory Gardens Cemetery, the Rev. George Tompkins officiating. Oaklawn Funeral Home, Edna, 361-782-2221.
Victoria Advocate, August 1, 2003 |
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Edna—Edgar A. Fleury, 95, an uncle of Tom O’Brien of Victoria, died Saturday morning in a Victoria hospital. A resident of a Victoria nursing home for the past two years, Mr. Fleury ranched in the Blessing area before his retirement. He was born on Nov. 10, 1870, in Francitas. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at Slavik Funeral Home with the Rev. Stanley Petru of St. Agnes Catholic Church officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Floyd, Tom, Garrett and Jesse O’Brien, Roy Fenner and Ed Ludwig. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. L. F. O’Brien of Edna and nine other nieces and nephews. Victoria Advocate, March 6, 1966
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James Robert Fleury was born March 4, 1866, near Francitas, Jackson County, the eldest son of John Robert Fleury and Mary Adonia LaBauve. He died after a four-day illness in the Mauritz Memorial Hospital of Jackson County at 9 p. m. February 11 at an age of 88 years, 11 months and 7 days. At an early age he moved with his parents from their Jackson County home to a farm home on the East Carancahua Creek in Matagorda County. Here he grew to young manhood and as a young man was employed as a cowboy by neighboring ranchmen. While working as a cowboy he made several trips up the trail with the Texas Longhorns. Later he settled at Bay City where he resided until 1940 when he sold his home in Bay City and moved to Edna to live with his sister, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. O’Brien. Surviving relatives are his sister, Mrs. O’Brien; a brother, Edgar A. Fleury of Blessing; and a number of nephews and nieces. Those from out-of-town attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Carl V. Fleury of Bellaire, Mrs. Josephine Fleury of Wharton, R. M. O’Brien, Jesse O’Brien, Miss Nona O’Brien and Mrs. Edward Ledwig of Corpus Christi, and Dr. and Mrs. Roy Fenner of Port Lavaca. Graveside services were conducted by Father Balthasar Janacek with burial in the Edna Cemetery Saturday afternoon at 4 p. m.
Edna Herald, February 17, 1955 |
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Jackson County friends and relatives of Guy Austin Flournoy were deeply grieved by his death near his home in Crosby, Texas, Wednesday, May 6. Death came as the result of an automobile accident on Highway 90. Mr. Flournoy will be remembered here as one son of a family of 13 children of a pioneer couple, Dick and Odie Flournoy of the Morales Community. The family was a stabilizing influence in that community, and as the youngsters grew to adulthood, a number settled in Edna and continued to be a great influence in the religious and community life there. Mr. Flournoy married the former Eva Mae Hunt of the Cordele Community. They were the parents of one daughter, Wynona Rae Sanderlin. Mr. Flournoy’s happiness was enriched by the companionship of two grandchildren, Rhonda Kay and Barry Wayne. As Mr. Flournoy would have willed it, Rhonda Kay’s life was spared in the accident as his was taken. In Crosby, services were held at the First Baptist Church at 10 a. m. The graveside services were held in the Edna Cemetery at 4:00 p. m. with Rev. J. T. Barnett and Rev. Bob Holbrook officiating at both services. Pallbearers of Jackson County were Floyd Larkin at Cordele, Sheriff Lewis Watson, Bill Gloor, Lorane Miller and Wayne Miller of Edna and Andrew Utz and Victor Jansky of Morales, Texas.—Contributed
Edna Herald, May 14, 1964 |
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Edna—Eva Mae McFarland, 63, of Houston, a native of Jackson County, died Friday in a Houston hospital. Graveside services will be held at 3:30 p. m. Saturday in the Edna cemetery, with Jackson County Funeral Service in charge of local arrangements. Services will be held in Houston Saturday morning. She was born Jan. 23, 1911 in this county, and had lived in Houston for a number of years.
Victoria Advocate, March 16, 1974 |
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EDNA - Gladys June Floyd, 85, passed away Sept. 28, 2013. Born in Akron, Ohio on March 6, 1928 to the late Sylvester and Gladys Baker Dennis. Gladys was a LVN in the area for over 45 years. She is survived by her daughters, June Berry, Gloria Smith and Sandra Surginer; sons, Larry, Gary, Toby, and Terry Floyd; brother, Jack Dennis; and sister, Verna Mae Crist. She is also survived by twenty-five grandchildren; fifty-six great-grandchildren; nineteen great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents; a son, James Floyd; 2 sisters; and 1 brother. Visitation will be 5 - 7 p.m. on Thursday October 3, 2013 at Slavik Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 4, 2013 at First Baptist Church in Edna, with Rev. Robert Krause officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Edna. Services under the direction of Slavik Funeral Home, 209 N. Allen St., 361-782-2152.
Victoria Advocate, October 2, 2013 |
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Edna—Funeral services for James William Floyd, 20, of Edna who drowned in the Lavaca River Saturday morning, will be held at 2 p. m. Monday from the Baptist Temple, with Joe Wes Rubac officiating. Burial will be in the Edna Cemetery under direction of the Jackson County Funeral Service. Pallbearers will be Ricky Powell; Rex, David Ray and Jimmy Ray Lewis; and Benny and Johnny Lawrence Jr. Mr. Floyd was a native of Ganado, but attended the Edna public schools. He was one of two men who drowned Saturday when a boat with four men sank in the Lavaca south of the Farm Road 616 Bridge. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Gladys Floyd of Edna; father, Hiram Floyd of Houston; and four brothers and three sisters.
Victoria Advocate, May 10, 1971 |
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numerous adults and her teen-age classmates of Edna High
standing by prostrate with grief, Miss Patricia Ellen Fenner,
16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Fenner of the Cordele
community, was laid to rest in the Edna Cemetery Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o’clock.
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