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Henry M. “Jinks” Landrum

Funeral services for Henry M. “Jinks” Landrum, 84, of Matagorda will be held 2 p. m. Sunday at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Cramer Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Matagorda Cemetery.

Mr. Landrum was born Dec. 12, 1903, in Matagorda and died Feb. 18, 1988, at Bay Villa Nursing Home.

He retired on Jan. 1, 1969, after 45 years with Texas Gulf Sulphur Company.

Survivors include his wife, Helen Coward Landrum of Matagorda; a daughter and son-in-law, Janice and Gardner Sherrill of Aransas Pass; and a sister, Ruby Petrucha of Bay City. He was preceded in death by a son, Henry J. Landrum.

Pallbearers will be Franklin Sherrill, Eddie Jecmenek, Douglas Yeamans, Neil Yeamans and Tommy Countz.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Matagorda United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 675, Matagorda, Texas 77457, or the Matagorda Cemetery Association, P. O. Box 133, Matagorda, Texas 77457.

Arrangements are with Taylor Brothers Funeral Home, Bay City.

Daily Tribune, February, 1988
 

Gladys V. Bell Lane

Photo courtesy of Heather Serrill Janise
 

A. E. “Gene” Lawhon

A. E. “Gene” Lawhon, 74, of Matagorda passed away April 7, 1995 at Matagorda General Hospital in Bay City. He was born October 9, 1920 in Matagorda to Clifford Eugene and Belle Elizabeth Smith Lawhon. He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, a member of the Matagorda Masonic Lodge #7 AF & AM, and a life long resident of Matagorda. He retired from Parker Bros. Shell Co. in 1987 after 55 years of service as a port captain and radio dispatcher. He is survived by his wife, Muriel Thrasher Lawhon of Matagorda, by two daughters and sons-in-law, Bonnie and Dr. D. L. Chalmers and Linda and Roy Moore all of Houston, by a Nephew, Dr. Joe Lawhon, DVM of Lampasas, Texas, by an Aunt, Mrs. Guy Smith of Lake Jackson, and by Five grandchildren Robert Uher of Los Angeles, California, Diana Chalmers of Dallas, Laura Moore, Justin Moore and David Moore all of Houston. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p. m. Monday, April 10, 1995 at Christ Episcopal Church in Matagorda with Rev. Karl Choate officiating. Burial was in the Matagorda Cemetery. Pallbearers were Wallace Nini, David Allen, George Deshotels, Tommy Countz, Ray Culver, and William Ryman. Honorary pallbearers were Davant Sterry, Roy Traylor, Gardner Serrill, Steve Parsutt, Herb Willke, Claney Baxter, Patrick Armstrong, and Gene Davis.

Arrangements were with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home in Bay City.

Unknown newspaper, April 11, 1995

Muriel Thrasher Lawhon

Photos courtesy of Heather Serrill Janise
 

Enone McNabb Lawhon

Mrs. Claude Lawhon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McNabb, was born in Matagorda county, Texas, on August 13, 1903. She was married to Claude Lawhon January 16, 1924, to this union was born one child, Catherine.

Aenone (as she was a affectionately known) was converted early in childhood and united with the Methodist Church. She went home to be with God on Sunday, May 17, 1931. The community suffers a great loss in the going of this good woman.

She was a faithful wife, a loving mother and a friend to all, we shall ever miss her. As her pastor I learned to appreciate her for her noble life. I have no word that will heal the wound that bleeds in the heart of her loved-ones as one who will, if you submit yourself to Him, bring you to meet her in the eternal home of the soul.

Servant of God, well done!
Thy glorious warfare’s past.
The battle’s fought, the race is won,
And thou art crowned at last.
C. A. Mangham

Daily Tribune, June 13, 1931
 

Emmett Lee Lawson

Belated reports reaching this office convey the sad intelligence of the passing away of another honored pioneer citizen of Matagorda County in the person of Mr. Emmett Lee Lawson, who died at his home in Matagorda on the 9^th of this month after short illness due to apoplexy.

Mr. Lawson was one of four generations who have made Matagorda and Matagorda County their home. He is survived by his wife and two sons. Harry, of North Carolina, and Sam, of Matagorda, and his mother who is now in her 88^th year, one brother and three sisters, Frank Lawson, of Houston, Mrs. S. A. Robbins and Mrs. Jesse Matthews, of Houston, and Mrs. Green Stewart, of Arizona, also survive him.

Decedent was a member of the Episcopal Church, of Matagorda, the oldest protestant church in Texas, and was buried from the church, Rev. Paul Engle, of this city, officiating.

Matagorda County Tribune, April 30, 1926
 

Mrs. M. E. Lawson

Mrs. M. E. Lawson, one of the county’s oldest pioneers and mother of Mrs. Jesse Matthews, formerly of this city, passed away at 6 o’clock at her home in Matagorda this morning.

The funeral of this splendid and lamented friend and neighbor will take place in the Matagorda cemetery tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, the Rev. Paul E. Engle of the Bay City Episcopal church and Mrs. Lawson’s pastor, as well, officiating.

In a future issue of the Tribune will appear a comprehensive sketch of the life of Mrs. Lawson.

Daily Tribune?, March 2, 1929
 

Nellie Adell Lawson

Funeral services will be held for Nellie Adell Lawson, 85, who died Sunday in the Matagorda House.

Lawson was born in Jayton Oct. 10, 1897.

She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Gene Lawson Richards of Bay City; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Culver of Matagorda, Mrs. Alice Smith of Bay City and Mrs. Nona Gilmore of Amarillo; one brother, Truman Murdoch of Jayton; three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

The funeral service will be held from St. Mark’s Episcopal Church at 2 p. m. Tuesday, Dec. 7 with the Rev. Milton McWilliams officiating.

Interment will be in the Matagorda Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be John Lawson Richards, Michael Pidgeon, Jack C. Pidgeon, Jack R. Pidgeon, Walter Ritz and Ray Culver.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Mark’s Episcopal Church of Christ Episcopal Church.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by Taylor Bros. Funeral Home.

Daily Tribune, December 6?, 1982