Cedarvale  - Bay City Cemetery

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Glenn E. Manofsky

Glenn Englebert Manofsky
July 9, 1932 – January 26, 1986

Funeral services for Glenn Englebert Manofsky, 53, of Bay City, will be held at 1:00 PM Tuesday at Holy Cross Catholic Church, with the Rev. Charles Sonnier officiating. Burial will be in Cedarvale Cemetery.

A rosary will be said at 7:00 PM today at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home.

Mr. Manofsky was born July 9, 1932, in El Campo to Adolph and Marie Skroban Manofsky and died at 3:45 AM January 26, 1986, at his residence.

A resident of Bay City since 1948, he was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Catholic Church.

Survivors include: his wife, Gloria Manofsky of Bay City; a son, Glenn Michael Manofsky of Bay City; three sisters, Judy Sassin of Wharton, Hattie Powell of El Campo and Dorothy Marr of Bay City; two brothers, Calvin Manofsky of Pratville, Alabama and Arnold Manofsky of Uvalde.

Pallbearers include Frank Sliva, Arnold Manofsky, Jr., Charles Marr, John Marr, Sidney Armatta, and James Craft.

Arrangements are with Taylor Brothers Funeral Home.

The Daily Tribune (date unknown)          Obituary courtesy of Susie Adkins
 

Oscar Leary Manofsky

Oscar L. Manofsky Dies in San Antonio

Mr. Oscar Leary [Larry?] Manofsky, 28, died in San Antonio, Friday, September 7.

He is survived by his son, James Leroy Manofsky and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Manofsky of Bay City; three sisters, Mrs. Hattie Guest, El Campo, Mrs. Victor Sassen, Wharton and Miss Dorothy Manofsky of Bay City; three brothers, Arnold and Calvin of Bay City and Glenn of Ellington Field.

Rosary was said at 7:30 Sunday evening. Services were from the Holy Cross Catholic Church Monday morning at 9:30 with Father C. J. Martin officiating. Burial was in Cedarvale.

Matagorda County Tribune, September 13, 1956
 

Tom D. Matthews         Sylvia Matthews

Thomas Dewey Matthews

July 12, 1898 – March 1, 1968

Matthews, Thomas Dewey, 69, Route 1, Bay City, passed away March 1. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Tuesday, at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home, with the Rev. Conrad Winborn of the First Methodist Church in Bay City and the Rev. Vernon Grumbles of the Assembly of God Church in Refugio officiating. Burial will be in Cedarvale Cemetery.

He was born on July 12, 1898, in Bay City, was a local rancher, a World War I Veteran and a member of the First Methodist Church. Survivors include: his wife, Sylvia Matthews; one daughter, Jeanette Barker of Bay City; and, one son, Thomas S. Matthews of Houston; also, four grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Clyde Ashcraft, Otha Birkner, Hayden Ellisor, Rodney E. Matthews, Charles Matthews, Frankie Harrison, Joe Birkner Jr., and Vernon Harrison. Funeral services are under the direction of Taylor Brothers Funeral Home.

The Daily Tribune, March 1968           Obituary courtesy of Susie Adkins

Sylvia McCabe Matthews

October 22, 1899 – December 17, 1983

Funeral services for Mrs. Sylvia McCabe Matthews of Van Vleck are set for 2:00 PM Tuesday at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Bob Sinclair officiating. Interment will be at Cedarvale Cemetery.

Mrs. Matthews, 84, was born October 22, 1899, and died December 17, 1983, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston. She was a resident of Matagorda County since 1926.

She is survived by: a son, Tom Matthews of Houston; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a brother, I. V. Haney of Pleasanton, Texas.

Pallbearers include: Wyatt Ashcraft, Clyde Ashcraft, Rodney Matthews, Steve Matthews, Jack Matthews and Robert Matthews.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by Taylor Brothers Funeral Home.

The Daily Tribune (date unknown)          Obituary courtesy of Susie Adkins

Walter D. Mayer          Elizabeth S. Mayer

Elizabeth Mayer
October 30, 1910 – November 22, 1999

Funeral services for Elizabeth Mayer, 89, of Bay City, will be at 10:00 AM on Saturday, November 27, 1999, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, with the Rev. Casey Jarzombek officiating. Interment will follow at Cedarvale Cemetery.

A Rosary will be said Friday, November 26, 1999, at 6:00 PM, at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will begin at 9:00 AM, at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home.

Mrs. Mayer died Monday, November 22, 1999, in Bay City. She was born on October 30, 1910, in Bay City, to Frank and Elizabeth Behmer Sherrer. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, Catholic Daughters, and the Alter Society.

Survivors include: daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Steve Ray and son, Donald Mayer, all of Lake Jackson; sister, Bobbie Burkhalter of Chatfield, Texas; two grandsons and three great-grandsons.

Arrangements are with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home.

The Daily Tribune, November 24, 1999
 

Harmon Jerome "Mac" McAllister          Mary Belle McAllister Ingram


Harmon Jerome “Mac” McAllister
1909 – 1963

Funeral services for Harmon Jerome McAllister, 53, Superintendent of Bay City Independent School District, will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday at the First Methodist Church.

McAllister, who had served as superintendent here since July 1, 1960, died in St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston in an unexpected relapse after what was apparently successful surgery. He succumbed at 4:30 AM Monday.

A resident of Bay City since 1936, McAlister resided at 2509 Avenue I with his wife, the former Mary Belle Richeson, and family. He was honored as Bay City’s “outstanding citizen of 1959” by the Chamber of Commerce, and had served as high school teacher and principal, business manager, school board member and president, and was Matagorda County auditor until appointment to fill the position vacated by retiring John Cherry.

McAllister had also been active in the Bay City Lions Club, Chamber of Commerce, Community Concert Association, Band Parents Club, Bay City Commander, The First Methodist Church, and in Boy Scout work.

Rev. Leslie LeGrand of Epworth Methodist in Houston will officiate at the Tuesday rites, and burial will be in Cedarvale Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Taylor Brothers Funeral Home.

Survivors in addition to the widow are one daughter, Julianne, two sons, Jerry and Bill, all of Bay City; father, Hugh Hunter McAllister, three sisters, Mrs. Kenneth Gilliland of Longview, Mrs. Wando Casey of Fort Worth, Mrs. Dan Hallmark of Tyler; two brothers, Sidney McAllister of Quitman and Bob McAllister of Dallas.

Pallbearers will be Dr. Paul Brewer, D. F. Wiginton, E. J. Faseler, B. E. Liston, John Hill and Pat Thompson

The Daily Tribune, June 17, 1963                  Courtesy of Susie Adkins

Mary Belle McAllister Ingram
(July 9, 1916 - April 23, 2010)

Mary Belle McAllister Ingram of Bay City, TX passed away on April 23, 2010 at her home, the Legacy Assisted Living, after fighting a valiant battle against Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and heart disease.

Mary Belle was born in Mankins, TX on July 9, 1916 to Vera Frazier Richeson (from Bomerton, TX) and Watkins L. Richeson (from Cherry Hill, AL). After graduating from high school in Mankins, she attended North Texas State Teacher’s College in Denton graduating in 1936 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. In later years she also obtained her Master’s Degree in Education from Denton. She taught for one year at South Lockett in west Texas. In the fall of 1937 she moved to Bay City and taught at Bay City High School. In subsequent years she taught fifth grade at Tenie Holmes Elementary and was librarian at Cherry Junior High School and McAllister Junior High School. Mary Belle felt her greatest contribution to teaching was leading the Junior Historians at McAllister.

In 1941, Mary Belle married Harmon J. McAllister. They had three children: Jerry, Julianne and Bill. Harmon became superintendent of schools in Bay City and died in 1963. In 1973, she married William J. Ingram, who died in 1983.

Mary Belle was active in many school organizations from the Girl Reserves in the 1930’s to the Junior Historians in the 1970’s. In 1978, she was first runner-up for the Texas Teacher of the Year award. She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church for almost 70 years and in 1980 authored 110 Years of Methodism, History of First United Methodist Church of Bay City, Texas, for which she received the Kate Warnick Award for excellence in publication of local church history. She was book chairman and chief compiler of Historic Matagorda County, a two-volume history published in 1986. In 1979 she authored a family history book, Listen To The Bell. In 2006, Mary Belle published Canebrake Settlements, which recorded the history of black people and their churches along Caney Creek during the nineteenth century.

Mary Belle taught school for thirty years and after retiring in 1978, she was active in the Matagorda County Museum, the Matagorda County Historical Commission, the Genealogical Society, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Landmark Commission. She received the Texas Historical Commission Award of Excellence in Preserving History in 1991 and the Ruth Lester Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.

Mary Belle was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, son Bill and sisters Vivian and Alice. She is survived by her children Jerry (Hope) McAllister of Hammond, WI and Julianne (Daryl) Thompson of Ashwood, TX; her six grandchildren, Juliellen & Christopher Galletti, Jennifer & John Runnells III, Troy & Lauren Thompson, Adrienne Palmer, Ruby & Brian Bodeker, and Ellie McAllister & Paul Hennings; she was very proud of her twelve great grandchildren, Christopher, Aubrey & Claire Galletti, Hunter & Chandler Runnells, Erin & Landon Thompson, Zachary, Trent & Ethan Palmer, and Coralee & Merritt Bodeker; a nephew and six nieces, including Jan (Fred) Raby of Elgin, TX to whom she was very close; and her devoted caregiver and friend Carolyn Boulden.

A special thank you to the Legacy Assisted Living staff and to special caregivers, Sherry Jones, Michelle Rodriguez, Hester Williams and Hope Barrera for taking such loving care of our mother and grandmother.

Mary Belle Ingram, educator, librarian, genealogist, historian, civic leader, church layman, patriot, friend, wife, mother, and grandmother, is a treasured loved one and citizen of her community, county, state and country.

Pallbearers are grandsons Troy Thompson, John Runnells III, Chris Galletti, Paul Hennings, Brian Bodeker, and friends Jim Allen, Bob Noster David Holubec and Mike Reddell. Honorary pallbearers are Sam Maglitto, Lamar Evans, Fred Walker, Eddie Jecmenek, George Durett, Charles Martinez and George Yeager.

Preferred memorials are William R. McAllister Scholarship Fund at Stephen F. Austin University, Matagorda County Museum and First United Methodist Church of Bay City.

Visitation will be held at Bay City Funeral Home from 2 – 4 PM Sunday. Funeral service will be 2 PM Monday, April 26, 2010 at First United Methodist Church of Bay City with interment at Cedarvale Cemetery.

“I have had a good and fruitful life, and hope I have not lived in vain but have left a legacy of service to my family, friends and church, and to this wonderful community that has been my home since 1938”. Mary Belle Richeson McAllister Ingram, 8/24/09

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Barbara Ann McDonald

Barbara Ann McDonald

1945 – 1945

Funeral services were held Wednesday, April 11, at 10:00 AM, at Cedarvale Cemetery for Barbara Ann McDonald, one-day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McDonald of Houston. The baby died at the Newgulf Hospital at 4:30AM Tuesday.

Services were conducted by Rev. R. L. Blankenship, with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Survivors are the child’s parents and one sister, Mrs. Charlie Walker of Bay City.

The Matagorda County Tribune, April 12, 1945      Obituary courtesy of Susie Adkins
 

Mary McDonald          Anna Lambert

Anna “Annie” Charlotte Lambert

1848 – 1934

Mrs. Annie Charlotte Lambert, age 85 years, 4 months and 3 days, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. J. C. McDonald, in Bay City Thursday evening.

She is survived by: her daughter, Mrs. J. C. McDonald; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Strieber of Yorktown, Mrs. Louise Shubeck of Cuero; one brother, Mr. George Zedler of Yorktown.

Funeral services will be held this Friday afternoon at 4:00 PM at Taylor Bros. Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Cedarvale Cemetery.

Newspaper unknown             Obituary courtesy of Susie Adkins
 

James Parker Medford           Dora Bennett Medford

Dora Bennett Medford

October 17, 1885 – December 28, 1964

Funeral services for Mrs. J. P. Medford, 79, of Markham will be Tuesday at 2:00 PM in the Taylor Brothers Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. R. E. Black will officiate with interment following in Cedarvale Cemetery.

Mrs. Medford passed away this morning in a local nursing home. She is survived by: one brother, W. L. Perry of Port Lavaca.

Pallbearers will be G. C. McElrath, M. V. Watkins, H. T. Barbour, John Quinney, Cecil Legg and H. M. Orr.

The Daily Tribune, December 28, 1964                  Courtesy of Susie Adkins
 

James Parker Medford Jr.

James Parker Medford, Jr.
October 7, 1919 – May 3, 1932

James Parker Medford, Jr., age 12 years, died this morning at the Loos Hospital, at 6:30 from diabetes. He was the old child of Mr. and Mrs. J. P Medford of Markham.

Funeral services will be held at Markham tomorrow afternoon and burial will be in Cedarvale Cemetery at Bay City, immediately after.

Walker-Matchett will be in charge of funeral arrangements.

Matagorda County Tribune, May 5, 1932                 Obituary courtesy of Susie Adkins