Cedarvale  - Bay City Cemetery

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Mattie Mae Seerden

Mrs. Mattie Seerden Dies in Wadsworth

Services were held at 4 p. m. Friday at the First Methodist Church for Mrs. Mattie Mae Seerden, 71, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Josie Franzina, 2817 Fourth Street on Wednesday.

Mrs. Seerden was a native of Matagorda County, and made Wadsworth her home for many years.

Services under the direction of Taylor Brothers Funeral Home was officiated by Rev. Garnett House, with interment at Cedarvale Cemetery.

She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Josie Franzina, Bay City, Mrs. Maggie Fitzsimmon, Alice, Mrs. Annie Smith, Austin, Mrs. Leona Hale, Wadsworth, Mrs. Eugene Morgan, Port Arthur, one son, A. Seerden, three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Broussard, Mrs. Bertha Harris of Bay City, and Mrs. Katie Butler of Wadsworth, ten brothers, Henry, Albert, Nolan, Tommy, Sammy, Pennie, Alvin, Fred, Jesse and Clyde Ryman.

The Daily Tribune, August, 1956
 

Caroline C. Self

Graveside services for Caroline C. Self, 86, of Lake Jackson, are scheduled for 3 p. m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1994, at Cedarvale Cemetery with the Rev. Mike Aus of St. Peter Lutheran officiating.

Mrs. Self was born Feb. 29, 1908, in Guthrie, Okla., to Joseph B. and Mamie Rorbeck Cusick and died Sept. 18, 1994, in Plantation Health Care Center in Lake Jackson.

Survivors include a daughter and sister-in-law, Betty and Albert Kemp of Bay City; four grandchildren, six great-grandchidlren; five brothers and one sister.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the charity of your choice.

Services are under the direction of Dick r. Elkins, Bay City Funeral Home of Bay City.

The Daily Tribune, September 29, 1994
 

Nina M. Shibley

Mrs. Nina Mildred Shibley Dies Suddenly Sunday Night

Mrs. Nina Mildred Shibley, a resident of the city for the past three years, died suddenly at her home here in Bay City. Mrs. Shibley had attended church Sunday night and seemed in the best of health. She died soon after reaching her home.

Mrs. Shibley, a beloved Christian lady, had endeared herself into the hearts of the people in the city although she had lived here a comparatively short time. She moved here with her son, Ervin, when he came to Bay City with Mr. Frank Rakestraw to work at the Bay City Rice Mills. Mrs. Shibley was well read, interested in politics and took a delight in her church work and in an attempt to spread happiness and joy to others.

The Daily Tribune, January 15, 1940

Funeral Services Held Wednesday for Mrs. Shibley

Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 10:30 o’clock for Mrs. Nina Mildred Shibley, who died at her home Sunday night.

Mrs. Shibley is survived by a son, Ervin of Bay City; a sister, Mrs. G. R. Hitchcock of Delmar, New York.

The last rites were held from the First Presbyterian Church with burial in the Cedarvale Cemetery. The Taylor Brothers Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

The Matagorda County Tribune, January 18, 1940
 

Albert A. Shoultz           Hannah Shoultz

Albert A. Shoultz
1855 – 1930

Death just before midnight on Thursday, September 18, removed from life’s activities, dear friends and relatives another native citizen of this county, and a resident of Bay City since its earliest days, our friend, fellow townsman and good man, Albert A. Shoultz.

Mr. Shoultz died at the home of his son-in-law, A. E. Miller, Houston, Texas, after an illness of several days. The funeral will be held from the Baptist Church tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock, with the Rev. Odis Rainer, Baptist pastor, officiating. Interment will take place immediately following in Cedarvale Cemetery.

A little over a year ago, on August 28, 1929, the lifelong companion of this good man departed this life and left him to be looked after and cared for by their children. Everything was done for his comfort and welfare, but all the love and careful “looking after” on the part of his devoted son and daughters and of the sons-in-law and daughter-in-law could not bring him from under the spell of despondency which seemed to enshroud him from the moment his good wife left him. More than once he remarked to the writer, and we were good friends, “I am so lonesome.” And loneliness took him from this life to eternal companionship beyond. This modest, peace loving, quiet and sincere soul is happy now in the spirit world with the one who walked by his side through a long journey of life on earth.

Mr. Shoultz was born in Matagorda 75 years and 27 days ago and was reared and married there. When Bay City was young he moved to Bay City and has resided here uninterruptedly. He was a man of quiet and unassuming disposition, a friend of everyone, and strong and sincere in religious belief. He lived a life of simplicity and honesty and made a success of it in every way, for all who knew him respected and honored him.

Mr. Shoultz is survived by one son A. L. (Roy) Shoultz of this city, and by two daughters, Mrs. A. E. Miller of Houston and Mrs. D. A. Bomba of Raymondville. Eight grandchildren also survive him.

The Daily Tribune, September 19, 1930
 

Mary Earle Underwood

Mary Earle Underwood

Funeral services for Mary Earle Underwood, 84, of Bay City, will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home with the Rev. Harold Brown officiating. Burial will be in Cedarvale Cemetery, Bay City.

Miss Underwood was born May 18, 1900 to W. P. and Ida Wright Underwood in Texas, and died at 2 a. m. March 24, 1985, at Bay Villa Nursing Home.

A resident of Bay City for 73 years, she was a member of First Christian Church of Bay City.

Survivors include four cousins, P. A. McLendon of Bay City, Irma Wright and Mary Jewell Wright of Corsicana, and Myra Wright of San Francisco.

Pallbearers include Troy Curlee, Jerry Clark, Jeff Clark Jr., J. Fisher Smith, G. A. Jennings and Bert Bendewald. Honorary pallbearers are Otis Bickham and elders and deacons of First Christian Church.

Arrangements are with Taylor Brothers Funeral Home, Bay City.

Daily Tribune, March, 1985