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Funeral services for Harvey Pevehouse, 69, of Matagorda will be at 2 p. m. Saturday, August 14 at First Baptist Church of Matagorda with Rev. Ollie Southall officiating. Interment will follow at Matagorda Cemetery. Mr. Pevehouse died August 10, 1999 at his residence in Matagorda. He was born August 19, 1929 in Bryan to the late Lewis and Cora Bell Sills Pevehouse. Mr. Pevehouse was a member of God’s Church of Faith in Matagorda, a long-time resident of Matagorda and served in the U. S. Air Force. He is preceded in death by sister, Bessie Bruster and brother, James Watson. He is survived by wife, Elsie Fay Simons Pevehouse of Matagorda; daughters and son-in-law, Cathy and Ronnie Weaver and Stephanie Lynn Waldrop all of Matagorda; sons and daughter-in-law, Tony Pevehouse of Matagorda and Allen and Kelly Pevehouse of Bay City; sisters, Cora Simons of Somerville and Willie McMillan Caldwell; sister-in-law, Sylvia Pierce of Silsby; brother-in-law, Arnold Simons of Sweeny, 6 grandchildren, Sean and Wendy Walker, Jackie, Bryan and Hanna Grose and Jams Waldrop. Daily Tribune, August 13, 1999
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Mrs. Amelia Phillips age 87 years 11 months and 23 days old died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Freeman at Sargent this morning at 2 a. m. She is survived by two sons, Ed and Steve Phillips of Sargent and three daughters, Mrs. Laura McCullom of Houston, Mrs. Henry Freeman and Miss Olivia Phillips of Sargent, Texas. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Taylor Bros., and will be some time Wednesday. Daily Tribune, September 21, 1932 Mrs. Amelia Phillips The funeral services of Mrs. Amelia Phillips who died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Freeman at Sargent Tuesday morning at 2 a. m. was held today at the funeral parlors of Taylor Bros. at 2 p. m. Rev. G. T. Storey officiating. Active pallbearers were Dr. E. E. Scott, Layton Moore, Roy Shoultz, J. D. Moore, Will E. McNabb and Frank Vaughn. Burial was in the cemetery at Matagorda under direction of Taylor Bros.
Matagorda County Tribune,
September 22, 1932 |
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Word was received here this morning conveying the sad intelligence of the death of E. H. Phillips, Sr., an old and highly respected citizen of Matagorda county, which took place at his home on Kenner’s Prairie Tuesday. Decedent has been a citizen of this county for many years and at the time of his death was one of the oldest residents. He was widely connected, well esteemed and a popular old gentleman. The funeral, we have been informed, will take place in the Matagorda cemetery tomorrow.
Daily Tribune,
November 27, 1912 |
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The body of Frank Phillips, 43-year-old Houstonian missing since last Dec. 29 when his boat overturned in Matagorda bay, was found Saturday morning on the beach at Olivia Point, near Oyster Lake, 10 miles southeast of Palacios. The body was found by Anton Riha, El Campo fisherman. It had been on the beach for about two weeks, said W. T. Cox, justice of the peace in Bay City, who returned an inquest verdict of accidental drowning. Five civil air patrol planes and boats of the Coast Guard had conducted an intensive search for Phillips for days after he was swept away from two companions in the choppy bay waters. At Water’s Edge Justice Cox said the body was found at the water’s edge, partly hidden by driftwood. Walter C. Gosling Jr., brother-in-law of the dead man, and who, with another Houstonian, survived the boating accident, drove to Bay City Saturday night and confirmed identification. Justice Cox said the body was fully dressed and in the pockets were $4 in cash and a bill fold containing a pay check of the Southwestern Bell Telephone company for whom Phillips worked, a social security card, driver’s license and other papers. Riha, after finding the body, went to Blessing and notified Gillie McClude, Wharton county deputy sheriff, who in turn called Zeke Noble, Matagorda county deputy sheriff. The officers with Justice Cox, C. H. DeWolfe, liquor control officer, Savage Cartwright and Stewart Savage, Matagorda county ranchers, all went to the scene. After attempting unsuccessfully to reach the spot with a borrowed truck, they obtained a boat from Gus Benedict of Bay City. Savage and Benedict rowed to the beach and took the body out by boat. The body was taken to the Taylor Brothers funeral home in Bay City. It was found one and a quarter miles south of the bridge which crosses the entrance to Oyster lake and was some five or six miles from the scene of the boat accident. Phillips, who lived at 4301 Mt. Vernon, Montrose addition, was on a duck hunting trip with companions on Sunday, Dec. 29. Phillips, with his brother-in-law, Walter C. Gosling Jr. of 2715 Centenary, West University Place, and Curtis G. Buettner of 7215 Navigation, Magnolia Park area, shoved off from the Intracoastal canal in an army-type storm craft, headed for Phillips’ ranch on Matagorda peninsula. Boat Struck Log At the mouth of the canal, the boat ran into choppy water. Then it struck a log, capsizing and hurling the men into the water. Buettner was pinned under the boat. Gosling went to his aid and freed him. Then Gosling noticed that Phillips had drifted away from the boat in the strong current. He and Buettner tossed two life preservers to Phillips. Gosling yelled to him to leave a life preserver on the beach as a marker when he reached shore. The current swirled Phillips out of sight. Gosling and Buettner clung to the overturned boat four hours before they were rescued by a passing fishing boat. Phillips was born and reared in Matagorda county. He was a member of Cade Rothwell Lodge No. 1151 A. F. & A. M., and Arabia Temple of Houston. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Virginia Phillips; five sisters, Mrs. Gosling, Mrs. J. J. Bellew, Mrs. H. E. Allcorn, and Mrs. J. M. Brooks, all of Houston, and Mrs. Jack Phillips of Bishop; and two brothers, W. S. Phillips of Brenham and W. J. Phillips of Houston. An Episcopal funeral service will be held at 2 p. m. Monday at the Taylor Brothers funeral home in Bay City. Burial will be in the Matagorda cemetery and Masonic rites will be conducted at the grave.
Matagorda County Tribune,
January 2 and February 6, 1947 |
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When J. A. Phillips passed “over the river” last Monday evening the name of that family of Phillips passed into obscurity. He was a descendant of the third generation of pioneer families of this section of this country and although the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Phillips, he was the last to go. Both his parents preceded him to the grave several years ago. He is survived by four sisters: Mrs. J. D. Moore of Bay City, Mrs. Harold Inglehart, Mrs. Chas. Williams and Mrs. Elizabeth Pennington of Matagorda; seven nephews, four nieces and three grand-nieces. He was a member of the Episcopal faith and had lots of warm friends; if he had an enemy it is not known. Rev. Paul Engle of Bay City conducted the funeral rites beginning at the home and concluding at the grave. John A. Phillips, whom all his friends called “Jack” and the younger people, “Uncle Jack,” was born on Matagorda Peninsula, Dec. 26 1872 and departed this life Dec. 5, 1932, just in the shadow of his 60th birthday, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Inglehart, which residence was formerly the home of his parents. Here he spent the best years of his life, his parents moving here from the peninsula in the 80’s when he was a mere boy. Mr. Phillips had not been well for a long time but still able to mingle with his friends until several months ago when he began to fail rapidly yet he was always cheerful, always looking on the bright side and never gave up until the end was very near. He suffered excruciating pain that he bore with great fortitude but God was merciful and a little while before his death he ceased to struggle, smiled and softly slipped into that last long sleep. The funeral cortege was composed of many sorrowing relatives and sympathizing friends who saw him laid to rest amid lovely florals, near his parents whose graves he watched over with such tender care before he lost his health. The pallbearers were his nephews, viz: Donald, Arthur and Milam “Doc” Moore of Bay City; John Pennington, Preston and C. P. Williams, Jr. The many friends of the family sympathize with them in their great bereavement. “We know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even them that are called according to his purpose.” Rom. 8:28
Matagorda County Tribune,
December 15, 1932 |
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Memorial services for Margaret Elaine Phillips, 82, of Corpus Christi will be held 2 p. m. Wednesday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church with the Rev. Hugh B. Jones Jr. officiating. Miss Phillips was born April 27, 1906, in Matagorda to Robert W. and Charlotte Merinda Harris Phillips and died Sept. 26, 1988, in Corpus Christi. A resident of Bay City most of her life, she was employed by Dahne Drug Store for many years. She was an active member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church all her adult life. Miss Phillips was a long-time choir member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and coordinator of the Thrift House. Miss Phillips was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Robert Harris Phillips and Goodwin Jackson Phillips who was killed April 16, 1947 in the Texas City explosion; two sisters, Nina Claire Phillips Harrison and Lottie Mildred Phillips Singleton; and two nephews, Richard Clair Harrison and Jerrold Stacey Harrison. Survivors include two nephews, Robert Leslie Harrison of San Diego, Calif., and Carroll Phillips Harrison of Newport News, Va.; three nieces, Mary Elizabeth Stanley of Shingle Town, Calif., Eloise Lynn Denny of Chelan, Wash., and Phyllis Jean Hobbs of Corpus Christi who Miss Phillips made her home with for the last few months. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to St. Mark’s Episcopal Church or the American Cancer Society.
Daily Tribune,
1988 |
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