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Funeral services will be held for Ralph “Buddy” Clay Rudasill, 62, of Matagorda, 10 a. m. Thursday at Taylor Brothers Chapel. Rudasill died November 16, 1981 in Ranger. Survivors include wife, Mrs. Nadine Rudasill of Matagorda; daughter, Gwendolyn Williams of Santa Monica, Calif.; sons, Robert Rudasill of Fort Worth, Hugh David Rudasill of Sugarland, Rodney Keith Rudasill and Robert Darrell Greenhaw of Hoffman; sisters, Dell Elliott of Bryan and Jane Batton of Franklin; 11 grandchildren. Burial will follow services at the Matagorda Cemetery. Arrangements with Taylor Brothers Funeral Home.
Daily Tribune,
November 17, 1918 |
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Mrs. Carrie Rugeley Dies On Birthday Mrs. Carrie Robbins Rugeley, widow of the late Frank L. Rugeley, of 2320 Live Oak, died late Wednesday morning on her 95th birthday after an extended illness. A native of Matagorda County, Mrs. Rugeley was a member of one of Matagorda County’s pioneer families and the last charter member of the First Presbyterian Church of Bay City. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 3 p. m. in the Sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. A. T. Dyal, minister of the church, and Dr. John W. Lancaster, minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Houston officiating. Interment will follow in the Matagorda Cemetery under the direction of the Bay City Funeral Home. Survivors include six sons, F. M. Rugeley, Sam R. Rugeley, all of Wichita Falls, Edward R. Rugeley of Charleston, West Virginia and W. W. Rugeley of Bay City; two daughters, Mrs. C. P. Livesay of Bellaire and Mrs. Eloise Tippins of Bay City; 17 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great grandchildren. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
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May 21, 1964 |
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Frank Lewis Rugeley Frank Lewis Rugeley, after a lingering illness of two years or more, contracted congestion of the lungs during the very inclement weather of Christmas week and owing to his weakened condition succumbed in a few hours, breathing his last, Sunday afternoon, December 28, 1924, one son, Stanley, and daughter, Mrs. Pat Livesay, and his wife being the only members of the family present when the end came, although several friends were with them. During the long period of his illness he was never heard to complain although his sufferings were intense, often, yet he bore them with the great fortitude characteristic of his forebears. Mr. Rugeley was born in Matagorda County, February 24, 1855, where practically his whole life has been spent. January 17, 1883, he married Miss Ida Robbins, also a native Matagordian. To this union three children were born: Chester Rugeley, Mrs. P. D. Tippins (nee Eloise), and a little baby girl, the mother dying when this baby was very young and she survived her only nine months. Chester Rugeley lives in Wichita Falls and Mrs. Tippins at Lane City. After a time Mr. Rugeley again engaged in matrimony, choosing for his bride, December 18, 1890, Miss Carrie Robbins, a sister of his first wife. Children of this marriage are F. M. Rugeley and S. R. “Sambo” Rugeley of Wichita Falls, Mrs. Pat Livesay (nee Reba) of Port Arthur, Dr. E. W. Rugeley of City Point, Va., H. L. Rugeley of Corsicana, W. W. Rugeley and S. R. (Stanley) Rugeley of Matagorda. Mr. Rugeley’s parents were prominent pioneer settlers of this county, his father, Captain E. S. Rugeley, a native South Carolinian, played a prominent part in the civil war, in this county, and his mother, Mrs. Mary Smith Rugeley, was born in Alabama. Both were of English parentage and there never was a finer or more popular couple in this community. They were universally loved and though gone to their reward many years ago, are still sacredly and affectionately remembered by their surviving friends. Of this once large E. S. Rugeley family this recent death leaves only two of Mr. Rugeley’s sisters, Mrs. John Blair and Mrs. P. G. Brooks of Wharton. Also surviving him beside his wife, children and two sisters are eight grandchildren. All of his children were present for the last sad rites except his son who lives in Virginia. During Mr. Rugeley’s early married life he was salesman for Mr. W. B. Wadsworth in his business of general merchandise in this city, but later branched off for himself in a successful hardware business which for the past few years his sons here, owing to the ill health, have faithfully managed for him. In this capacity he came in contact with the general public and by his geniality, integrity and fidelity to his patrons, leaves a legion of friends to deplore his death and it will be a long time ere they cease to miss him and too, his sons will not only miss him in the social home gatherings but in his wife counsel and advice in business affairs. He was a member of Matagorda Lodge, I. O. O. F., and a consistent and faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, also a devoted husband and father and his passing out from that happy home leaves a vacancy that can not be filled. His family have the sincere sympathy of the entire community in their great bereavement as was evidenced by the large gathering for the funeral and the handsome florals that were placed on the grave. Rev. G. T. Storey, Presbyterian minister of Bay City, and he is also of the Presbyterian mission here took charge of the funeral services Tuesday afternoon, December 30, at the family residence, at 3 o’clock. After “Jesus Lover of My Soul” was sung by request, Mr. Storey, in his usual appropriate way gave a brief but comforting discourse on the life of the departed one. When the long cortege of relatives and friends reached the cemetery and while the grave was being filled, Mr. Storey impressively read “Lead Kindly Light” and “Asleep in Jesus.” A brief prayer concluded the obsequies. Out-of-town relatives present beside the sons and daughter, were Mrs. John Blair, Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Brooks and Mr. Leland Brooks of Wharton, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. W., Mr. Henry Rugeley, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Robbins of Bay City, Parker Robbins and wife from Gulf. Friends from Bay City were: Mrs. Thos. H. Lewis and son, A. H. Wadsworth, W. E. McNabb, Amos Lee, F. S. Taylor, J. D. Moore and Mrs. J. N. Ryman.
“Grant the bereft ones, the joy which brightens earthly sorrows;
Matagorda County Tribune,
January 9, 1925 |
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Frank Rochel Rusk  Photo courtesy of Heather Serrill Janise |
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Mrs. Baltis Ryman Sr., died Sunday morning, and was buried in the cemetery at this place on Monday. She has been an invalid for quite awhile and her death was not unexpected.
Bay City Breeze,
June 3?, 1899 |
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Mrs. Annie Ryman, just past her ninetieth year, died at the home of her son, Tom Ryman near Wadsworth, Sunday night at 11 o’clock. She was the relict of Peter Ryman. He died January 2, 1942. Mrs. Ryman, born in Poland, in 1854, was brought to this county in 1857 by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Petrucha. Her father served in the confederate army during the Civil War. As was the lot of many immigrants during that time, the lot was hard and they helped carve a country out of a wilderness, battling all odds. Miss Annie Petrucha became Mrs. Peter Ryman in 1871. To that union fifteen children were born. And there now are living fourteen children, four daughters and 10 sons, as well as fifty-five grandchildren and thirty five great grand children. A tolerant and loving Christian mother, Mrs. Ryman was an excellent example of that sturdy immigrant stock that helped make America. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Frank Butter, Mrs. J. J. Seerden, of Wadsworth, Mrs. Minnie Broussard of Matagorda, and Mrs. Tom Harris of Bay City. Ten sons surviving are Henry, of League City, Albert of Bay City, Alvin, Port Arthur, Nolan, Tom, Sam, Ben, Jessie, Fred and Clyde of Wadsworth. Three sisters, Mrs. Albert LeCompte, Mrs. Rosie C__eyer, and Mrs. Lizzie Sherrer and one brother, Tom Petrucha, survive. Funeral services were held Monday at 10:30 a. m., from the Wadsworth Baptist Church with Rev. Stagg of Houston, assisted by Rev. Derrick of Palacios, officiating. Burial was in the Matagorda Cemetery with Taylor Bros. Funeral Directors in charge of the services.
Matagorda County Tribune,
April 27, 1944 |
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B. A. Ryman Dead From Wednesday’s Daily A telegram was received here yesterday from Battle Creek, Mich., announcing the death of Mr. B. A. Ryman, who left here some weeks ago to enter Mayo Brothers Sanitarium for special treatment. Mr. J. Nye Ryman, president of the First State Bank and a son of decedent, left on yesterday afternoon’s train for Battle Creek to join and assist his mother who was with her husband when death occurred. Mr. Ryman, before his departure yesterday, did not announce any plans for the funeral as he did not know what day he would arrive with the remains. It will probably be in the early part of next week before he can arrive here. The death of Mr. Ryman, while a distinct shock to his many friends was not altogether unexpected, for his condition has been regarded critical for some time. The Tribune will have more to say of this good man and citizen in a later issue. Matagorda County Tribune, April 1, 1921 Mr. B. A. Ryman’s Obituary Matagorda, Texas, April 8.—With tear bedimmed eyes and heartfelt sympathy of the bereft ones, relatives and friends from all over Matagorda County gathered at the Ryman home Monday afternoon, April 4, to look their last, in this life, upon Mr. B. A. Ryman, who was lying in that last long sleep that knoweth no awakening until “that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall rise.” A peaceful smile seemed to linger on his face as he lay so silent amid the magnificent floral offerings that were being sent in all through the day. At the time set the casket was taken to the Methodist Church where Mr. Ryman had worshipped for many years and the building, the grounds and sidewalk were crowded by those who had come to pay their respects to the departed ones. They funeral services began with the sweet song, “Jesus Is All the World to Me,” by the choir. This was one of Mr. Ryman’s favorite hymns. His pastor, Rev. W. R. Crawford, read the funeral service and Rev. G. T. Storey of Bay City made a beautiful talk, appropriate to the life of the one who had passed away. The choir again took up the sweet strains of that beautiful hymn,
“Nearer, still nearer, close to my heart, and there were few dry eyes present for the assemblage fully realized what it meant to give up this lifelong friend. Then the largest funeral procession held in Matagorda, during our life time, began to wend its way to the cemetery where the casket was lowered into a bed of evergreen, the singers rendering “Nearer My God to Thee” the while. The blanket of white oleanders, made by the Woman’s Missionary Society, covered the newly-made mound and all the beautiful flowers laid there on and around it. Many colored people whom he had befriended and who have been in his employ from time to time, were present and weeping silently as he was laid to rest. While the bereft ones are prostrated with grief and all their friends grieve with them and miss him, they know he has attained the final peace of a faithful and well rounded out life and so they turned away from his tomb to take up the burdens of life again. Baltis Albert Ryman was born in Matagorda, August 22, 1859, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ryman who have both “gone on” long since. In 1880 he was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Williams, also of Matagorda, and of this union there were three sons—James Nye, George Carroll and Walker Bowie, the latter preceding him to the grave over ten years ago. Mr. Ryman was one of Matagorda’s prominent stockmen, was a member of the State Cattlemen’s Association and known all over Texas, demanding the respect and esteem of all who knew him, from his Christian principles and fair dealings with all men. He was always optimistic, a firm believer in the Golden Rule and proved it by his life. No better tribute could be paid any man. As a stockman, he amassed considerable property and was interested in the First State Bank at Bay City—his son, J. N. at present is president of the same. Soon after his marriage, he united with the Methodist Church and immediately set up a family altar which was never town down. He was superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school here for 21 years and had to give up the work a year ago, owing to ill health. His pew in the church was never vacant unless through illness or absence from town. He had absolute faith in a Divine Lord and all through his Christian life was doing good deeds for the Master’s cause. So as long as this generation lasts Mr. Ryman will be sadly missed in the church both for his faithful attendance and financial support. -----o----- Several years ago Mr. Ryman broke down in health and by advice of his physician slipped away to Rochester, Minn., and underwent a serious operation and after that seemingly regained his normal health, but again and again he had to return to Rochester for treatment. For the past year he has been under a physician’s care almost constantly and the second week in March he was…[remainder missing]
Matagorda County Tribune,
April 15, 1921 |
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In Memory of Carroll Walker Ryman Matagorda, Texas, Nov. 27.—Upon examination and advice of Houston physicians, October 6, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Ryman [traveled to the] Mayo [Brothers Clinic] at Rochester, Minn., for treatment [for their son, Carroll Walker Ryman]. They were accompanied by their baby son and Mr. Ryman’s mother, and followed by the prayers of loved ones and friends here that all would be well with dear little Carroll Walker. Her was under the care of some of the finest brain specialists in the United States for nearly three weeks at Rochester, and everything that could be was done to save him but when the operation took place November 11, for tumor on the brain, he never regained consciousness and in a few hours his life went out, the released spirit returning to God who gave it. When the sad message was flashed over the wires to us a pall of sorrow settled over our little town where the fellow was loved by all who knew him. The town flag waved at half mast as grieved friends made preparation for the broken hearted ones returning home with that semblance of the darling “in the baggage coach ahead.” The minds of their friends were with them all the way and when arrived in Bay City the night of November 14, several cars met them. In a little while Carroll Walker was back in the home he had loved so well and spoke so many times of returning to while on his bed of illness, yet, alas! he came not as we wanted him to come but according to the will of a wise, heavenly Father, to which his parents bow in humble submission. His companions, school mates and other warm friends of the family visited the home all through the next morning to once more look upon him who lay so peacefully in that last long sleep. At 3:30 that afternoon, Sunday, November 15, the beautiful white casket was borne to the Methodist Church and placed before the altar amid magnificent floral offerings from relatives and friends. “I am the resurrection and the life; He that believeth in me, though he were dead yet shall he live,” was the prelude to the beautiful and comforting burial service conducted by Rev. C. C Bell, pastor of the Methodist Church here. An impromptu choir of mixed voices softly sang “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere,” after which the service was continued, before a large gathering of Matagorda and out-of-town people. At the conclusion the male relatives took charge of the florals and were the pallbearers. From the church one of the largest funeral processions ever seen here followed the hearse to the cemetery and there Mother Earth gently received the casket that contained all that was left mortal of Carroll Walker to her bosom, and now he sleeps beneath the flowers that were placed there by the gentle hands of the men and women of the family. Carroll Walker Ryman was the eldest of three children of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Ryman—he was the pride of their hearts and the joy of the home; he was born June 6, 1914, and practically all of his short life was spent here. The Methodist Church was his second home where as soon as he began to talk almost, he has played a prominent part in all the junior activities, seldom missing a Sunday. He has often conducted the Junior League service and led in prayer and two years ago, on Mothers’ Day, after a forceful and impressive sermon by the presiding elder, R. W. Adams, he united with the church. He was always enthused and happy when engaged in this work and one Sunday morning previous to his joining the church, while sitting by his grandmother, Mrs. Ryman, he asked if he might partake of the sacrament. When she assented, with a radiant smile upon his face he followed her to the chancel and was the purest one that bright day, kneeling at the altar. He was considered intelligent far beyond his years and in school was a general favorite. He had a wonderful personality and was always so bright and cheerful that to know him was to love him. All his playmates say, “We surely do miss him,” and every day since his death, when available, they place white flowers on his desk at school. His mother said that all through the trying days at the clinic and at the hospital he never uttered one complaint and was brave and sweet until the last. He was too pure for this world so God took him home where he can care for him far better than we can. What a sweet assurance to the bereft ones that he is now numbered with the blessed. His parents and other near ones are broken hearted but brave, for they know there is a bright star shining for them in that “beautiful isle of somewhere” beckoning to them with beautiful immortal hands. May a wise Father “who doeth all things well: comfort them in these dark hours of their bereavement. Surviving him are his parents, his little sister and brother, his grandmother, Mrs. B. A. Ryman, and his grandparents at Bay City, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Walker—beside a host of other near relatives who lament his leaving them so early in life. Out-of-town relatives present the day of the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Ryman and family of Houston, Mrs. Stanley Rugeley of Wichita Falls, Mr. and Mrs. William Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Seamon Eidman, Mr. and Mrs. Payne Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Carr, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Lee, Rev. Mr. Paine, Judge and Mrs. W. E. McNabb of Bay City, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Walker of Markham. Quite a few friends were present from Bay City, also. By One Who Loved Carroll Walker
Matagorda County Tribune,
December 4, 1925 |
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Charley Nell Ryman, 66, of Wadsworth, [Matagorda County,] Texas
died Thursday, April 11, 2002. She was born May 20, 1936 in
Swartz, LA. to the late Frances Clingman and Martha Lou McMath
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Mr. Frank Ryman, a lifelong resident of Matagorda County, died at his home near Wadsworth at 5:10 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the age of 79 years, 8 months and 29 days. He had been ill since February 3. Mrs. Ryman died three years ago. Decedent is survived by five sons, Charlie, Eddie, Arthur, Ollie and Ernest, and three daughters, Mrs. Martha Mallory, Mrs. Rosie Hatchett and Mrs. Grace Sifford. All of the children are living in and near Wadsworth. The funeral was held from his late home near Wadsworth at 3 o’clock this (Monday) afternoon under the direction of Walker-Matchett Funeral Home, the Rev. Odis Rainer, pastor of the Bay City Baptist Church, officiating.
Daily Tribune?,
February 13, 1936 |
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Funeral services for Frank Paul Ryman, 44, of Wadsworth, Texas were
held Saturday, February 24, 2001 at 2 p.m. at the World of Life
Church, 6th Street and Park Ave in Wadsworth with the Rev. Melvin J.
Ryman and the Bro. Odom officiating. Burial followed at Matagorda
Cemetery in Matagorda, Texas. |
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