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Funeral services will be held for Merton Kerr Feather, 85, former city tax collector and Justice of the Peace, Thursday, October 20, at 3 p. m., with Rev. Rayford Harris officiating and Rev. L. W. Crouch assisting.
Services will be conducted at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home.
Mr. Feather, who moved to Palacios in 1909, was a native of Berrien Springs, Mich.
He was a member of the Baptist Church, and was an active Mason.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Susan Feather and four sons, Joe B. and Warren A., both of Palacios, W. Russell and Harold O., both of Houston.
He is also survived by eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Interment will be in Berrien Springs, Mich. [Rose Hill Cemetery]
Palacios Beacon, October 20, 1955 |
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Rites Monday For Susan B. Feather, Pioneer Resident
Mrs. Susan Brown Feather, a resident of Palacios for 48 years, was called to her heavenly home Sunday, September 15. She was 89 years four months and eight days old.
Mrs. Feather, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Brown, was born at Berrien Springs, Michigan on April 27, 1868. She was married to M. K. Feather on Nov. 18, 1891 and to this union four sons, Harold, Warren, Joe and Russell, were born. She was preceded in death by her husband and son, Joe.
On December 9, 1909, she and her family arrived in Palacios, where her husband and son, Joe, had come early that year to make their home. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church, Order of the Eastern Star, having served as worthy matron in 1928-29, and an honorary member of the Wednesday Club.
Funeral services were held at the Palacios Funeral Home at 10 Monday morning with Rev. L. W. Crouch and Rev. Rayford Harris officiating. The body was taken to Berrien Springs, Michigan, where it was interred Wednesday morning. [Rose Hill Cemetery]
She is survived by three sons, Harold and Russell of Houston and Warren of Palacios; eight grandchildren; five great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Etha Pennell and a brother, Frank Brown, both of Berrien Springs.
Palacios Beacon,
September 19, 1957 |
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W. A. “Shorty” Feather Dies in V. A. Hospital
Warren A. Feather, 67, son of the late M. K. and Susan Feather, passed away in the Veterans Hospital in Houston Tuesday afternoon.
Funeral services will be held in Palacios Thursday morning, May 14, at 10 o’clock but at press time full particulars were unknown.
Palacios Beacon, May 14, 1964 |
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Margareta Eugenia Horjea Feather
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Palacios Beacon, October 19, 1939
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A sign outside reads: Feather & Son, Insurance, and Joe Feather, who was born, the son of an insurance man in Berrien Springs, Michigan, in 1893, has been studying the business for a long time.
Joe’s son, Ed, a family man with a boy and a girl, is working closely with the business in view of the day when it’ll still be “Feather & Son,” but it’ll be his son, perhaps, who’s on the bottom of the sign.
Joe, who is a retired member of the Palacios Volunteer Fire Department, having served as secretary of the organization for 20 years, went to public schools in Michigan and Indiana.
He was raised in a family with three brothers, two who now live in Houston, and Warren A. “Shorty” Feather, who is city recorder here.
Joe’s father came to Palacios while a representative for the Coch [Koch?] Land Company, and the family moved to Palacios during the winter of 1909.
Joe’s father went into the real estate and insurance business here while his family grew up.
The Palacios businessman, as a young man, went back to Elkhart, Indiana for an appendectomy and decided to stay there. While working at the insurance business in Elkhart, he married his wife, Claire, and came back to Palacios in the fall of 1922.
Ed was born in Elkhart before the couple moved to Palacios. Joe and Claire took Ed and moved back to Indiana in the Spring of 1923, but came back here to live permanently in 1924. On October 16, 1926, their other son, Robert E. “Bob” was born.
Ed, who graduated from Palacios High School, attended business school at Massey Business College and then obtained his Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Houston.
He is a World War II veteran with 100 per cent disability.
Bob, who works for Ohio Oil Company in Seminole, Texas, is a graduate of Palacios High and the University of Houston. He is married and has two children.
Joe, along with his work with the fire department, was secretary and treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce for about 15 years and helped develop the paved highway system while working with the Chamber.
He can’t estimate the thousands of dollars in insurance he has sold during his long career, nor can he tell you the thousands of people he’s sold insurance to.
But one thing’s for sure, Feather & Son will probably be selling insurance for some time to come.
Palacios Beacon, November 1, 1956 |
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A lifetime of community service and personal accomplishments came to an end Monday afternoon with the death of Joe Barnard Feather. He died in the Bay View Hospital from a stroke suffered Sunday night.
Mr. Feather was born February 19, 1893, the son of M. K. and Sarah Feather, in Berrien Springs, Michigan. He attended public schools in Michigan and Indiana.
During the winter of 1909, Joe’s father, a representative of the Coch [Koch] Land Company, moved his family to Palacios. When a young man, Joe went back to Elkhart, Indiana for an operation and decided to stay there and work at the insurance business. While there he married his wife, Claire, and to this union, two sons, Edward M. and Robert E., were born. In 1924, he and his family moved to Palacios to live and went into the insurance business with his father.
Mr. Feather, a retired member of the Palacios Volunteer Fire Department, served as secretary of that organization for 20 years. He was also secretary and treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce for many years and while working with the chamber helped secure paved highways to Palacios. He was a member of the Baptist Church, the Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star, serving as Past [Worthy] Patron in 1945-46. He was a Charter member of the local Rotary Club.
He is survived by his wife, his mother, two sons, four grandchildren and three brothers, Russell, and Harold of Houston and Warren of Palacios.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Rayford Harris, assisted by Rev. L. W. Crouch, officiating. Burial was in the Palacios Cemetery with graveside services conducted by members of the Masonic Lodge.
Palacios Beacon, March 28, 1957
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Funeral services for Mrs. Joe B. (Claire) Feather were held Monday morning at 10 at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Rayford Harris and Rev. Ralph Masters officiating. Interment followed in the Palacios Cemetery.
She was born August 7, 1892 in Eau Claire, Mich., the daughter of the late Ed and Mary Shufflebotham Sanborn, and passed away Saturday evening, May 14. A resident of Palacios since 1924 when she and her husband, the late J. B. Feather who preceded her in death on March 25, 1957, moved here from Elkhart, Indiana. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church and the Order of Eastern Star Chapter No. 125.
She is survived by two sons, Edward M. Feather of Palacios and Robert E. Feather of Lovington, New Mexico; five grandchildren and one brother, Jay F. Sanborn of Rivera Beach, Fla.
Palacios Beacon, May 19, 1960 |
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Funeral services for Edward M. Feather, 84 of East Bernard, Tx. were
held Jan. 21, 2005 in the chapel of Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Home in
Rosenberg, Tx. with Chaplain Mike Kee officiating. Interment was at
Greenlawn Memorial Park in Rosenberg.
Mary "Fern" Feather,
90, passed away peacefully in her sleep in Dallas, November 8, 2014.
She was born July 27, 1924 in Clemville, to Harvey Earl Johnson and
Selma Zimmerman Johnson.
Fort Bend Herald,
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In
a small office on the corner of Fifth and Main a small built man
carefully studies developments in the insurance business and quietly
writes policies, aided by his son and two office workers.
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330 Main
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Location of the Palacios Library since 1967 |
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The Central Power and Light Company opened offices in the Feather building on Main Street.
Palacios Beacon, June 6, 1957 |
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Palacios Beacon, December 6, 1928 |
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In accordance with the duties involved upon me as Secretary of the City of Palacios, you are hereby notified that All Taxes due the City of Palacios are payable at the City Office in the Feather Building.
F. A. Sisson, City Secy.
Palacios Beacon, April 17, 1930 |
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J. R. Osborn, of West Columbia, has moved his shoe shop to Palacios and is located in the former Feather building on Main Street, first door west of Arnold’s Bakery. He has modern, electrically equipped machinery and is prepared to do all kinds of shoe work. The shop is in charge of C. H. Burton, also of West Columbia, who is an experienced shoe man.
Palacios Beacon, June 18, 1931 |
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G. Martino, of El Campo, who is arranging for a boys’ band in Palacios, was here Wednesday conferring with those who are planning to be members. Mr. Martino wishes to meet with all the boys and has arranged for a meeting in the Feather building, the former City Hall, on Saturday afternoon, April 1, at 2:30. If all can begin at the same time better progress can be made and more thorough instruction received, Mr. Martino says, and he is anxious to have as many as possible attend the opening class. This is a rare opportunity for our boys to get musical training from an efficient and experienced teacher.
Palacios Beacon, March 30, 1933 |
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Palacios Beacon, August 4, 1938 |
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Palacios Beacon, December 22, 1938 |
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Palacios Beacon, January 19, 1939 |
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Palacios Beacon, March 30, 1939 |
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John M. Glaros was arranging to open a dental office in the Feather Building. He planned to open his office Monday, February 25, 1946.
Palacios Beacon, February 23, 1956 |
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George Stevenson opened a book store in the Feather building.
Palacios Beacon, October 24, 1963 |
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The Coastal Division of the Texas game and Fish Commission has opened an office and laboratory in Palacios with Marine Biologist William C. Guest in charge. The office and laboratory is located in the Feather Building at 330 Main Street.
Palacios Beacon, May 2, 1957 |
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On September 14, William C. Guest closed the doors of Palacios’ first marine laboratory located in the Feather building since the first of this year.
Palacios Beacon, September 19, 1957 |
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The Palacios Library, Inc. moves forward another step, a big one. A sales contract has been signed for the purchase of the Feather building at the corner of Main and Fourth Street. This gives the library an ideal site from the standpoints of being where the people are, and providing parking.
Palacios Beacon, November 19, 1964 |
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The Library has completed the purchase of the Feather building property at the corner of Main and Fourth.
Palacios Beacon, December 10, 1964 |
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Palacios Beacon, January 14, 1965 |
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Another step forward for the Library. The Gun Club has started dismantling the Feather building. This should convince everybody that we are planning a new building.
Palacios Beacon, June 17, 1965 |
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The first building of the Palacios State Bank, then a city hall, and later known as the Feather Building, on the corner of Fourth and Main is being dismantled by members of the Palacios Gun Club to use the material for a club house at their gunnery range. The site will then house the new Palacios Public Library. All are working to rid the area of the old—and all should help to build the new. They need your help.
Palacios Beacon, July 15, 1965 |
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Bay City Tribune, August 19, 1965 |
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The new library site is cleared. The old Feather building is gone.
Palacios Beacon, September 23, 1965 |
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Palacios Beacon, September 30, 1965 |
