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Funeral services for Mrs. Don “Dessa” Ross, 88, of Palacios, were held Sept. 22, 1991 at the Palacios Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Nickell officiating. Burial was in Palacios Cemetery. Mrs. Ross was born March 28, 1903 in Ashland, Ala. to Thomas E. Wright and Ida R. Lynch Wright. She died Sept. 21, 1991 at a Corpus Christi hospital. A longtime resident of Palacios, she was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Mary Jane Schroeder of Corpus Christi; a son, Don W. Ross, Jr. of Corpus Christi; two grandsons and two great-grandchildren.
Palacios Beacon, September 25, 1991 |
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Funeral services for Donald W. Ross were held at the Palacios Funeral home Sunday, January 14, at 2 p. m. with the Rev. Rayford Harris officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery. Born February 27, 1898 in Fort Worth, he was a resident of Palacios for many years, where he worked as a mechanic and at Camp Hulen during the 1940’s. For the past 15 years he had made his home in Corpus Christi. He was a civil service employee until illness forced his retirement. He died Friday, January 12, in a Corpus Christi hospital after a short illness. He is survived by his wife, Dessa; a daughter, Mrs. M. A. Schroeder and a son, Donald W. Ross, Jr., all of Corpus Christi, his mother, Mrs. Sallie E. Ross of Palacios; two sisters, Mrs. Jane Newton of Palacios and Mrs. Clyde Aldrich of Tyler and two grandchildren.
Palacios Beacon, January 18, 1968 |
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Funeral services for Fortune E. Ross were held Saturday afternoon July 12 at 4 o’clock in the First Baptist Church. The Rev. Rayford Harris, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and the Rev. John Fluth, pastor of the First Methodist Church, were officiating ministers. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery. Fortune E. Ross was born November 16, 1909 in Davidson, Okla., son of Mrs. Sallie Ross and the late D. W. Ross. He was married to Ruth Burns on January 17, 1942 and to this union two children were born. He and his family were visiting Mrs. Ross’ mother, Mrs. H. E. Holt in Port Neches when he suffered a heart attack and was rushed to the Park Place Hospital in Port Arthur where he died Thursday, July 10. His untimely death came as a shock to his many friends and relatives in Palacios. He had lived in Palacios for the past 40 years and was an Alcoa employee. He is survived by his wife, daughter, Barbara; son, Fortune E. Jr.; mother, two sisters, Mrs. Jane Newton of Victoria and Mrs. Clyde Aldrich of Tyler; two brothers, Don of Corpus Christi and Bill of Palacios.
Palacios Beacon, July 17, 1958 |
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Funeral services for Glenna Elizabeth Ross, 76, were held Nov 28 at 4 p. m. at the Palacios Funeral Home Chapel with interment following at Palacios Cemetery. Mrs. Ross was born June 10, 1907 in Mammoth, West Virginia and died Nov. 27, 1983. She was the daughter of Rick and Anna Whitlock Ross. Survivors include one son, Neil Ross of Lettering, Ohio; eight daughters, Eloise Myers of Roseville, Thelma Graury, Boyds, MD, Arlene Robertson, Dunbar, West Virginia, Karen Wolf, LaPorte, Sherry Harper, Houston, Forrest Claire Loudin, Charleston, West Virginia, Jenny Cutshaver of Palacios and Sandi Burr of Cross Lanes, West Virginia; three brothers, Donn Ross of Columbia, South Carolina, Garnett Ross of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia and Lawrence Ross and Louisville, Kentucky; 28 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Pallbearers were Lee Cutshaver, Rhett Cutshaver, Frank Harper, Guy Wolf and James Dunlap.
Palacios Beacon, November 30, 1983 |
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Funeral services for Hardy Ross, 89, of Palacios were scheduled for 3 p. m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, 1996 at the Palacios Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Hollas Hoffman officiating. Interment will be in Palacios Cemetery. Mr. Ross was born June 30, 1906 in Corsicana, Tx. to Martha Jane Brumbelo and Hardy Ernest Ross. He died Jan. 21, 1996 at Memorial Medical Center in Port Lavaca. A farmer and resident of Matagorda County since 1940, he was a very active member of the First Baptist Church of Palacios. He is survived by his wife, Ruby Copeland Ross of Palacios; sons Hardy E. Ross of Chappel Hill, Tx. and Rev. Frank Gilbert Ross of Durango City, Igo, Mex.; seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Palacios Beacon, January 24, 1996 |
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Hardy Ross, pioneer in the petrochemical industry, was born May 6, 1926 to J. Hardy Ross and Minnie Lee Jones Ross in Teague, Texas. After a full life of 80 years, Hardy died peacefully on March 24, 2007. He is survived by his wife Nita; his daughter Karen and husband, Dr. John D. Oswalt of Austin, Texas; his son George Hardy and wife Karen Schramek Ross of San Antonio, Texas. He is also survived by four grandchildren, Sara Oswalt Leete, Claire Oswalt, Matthew Ross, and Chris Ross; his brother, Reverend Gilbert Ross and wife, Carolyn of Dublin, Texas; sister-in-law and her husband Georgene and Dr. Thomas Brandon; and nephews Steven and Ross Brandon. Hardy grew up on his grandfather’s farm in Palacios, Texas. He attended Palacios High School where he graduated valedictorian of his class. He then entered Texas A & M University, where his studies were interrupted by World War II. Hardy was a Merchant Marine officer on a tanker in the South Pacific when Hiroshima was bombed in 1945. After completing his war service in the Army, Hardy returned to his studies in the School of Engineering at A & M, ultimately landing a chemical engineering position with DuPont in Orange, Texas. There he helped research and develop new uses for polyethylene plastics. He continued his work with Dow Chemical Company and later became vice-president of Cities Service Company’s petrochemical division. Hardy retired in 1982. However, his reputation marked him as a capable consultant in the U. S. and Japan. Retirement also brought the opportunity to design and construct Hardy’s own home in Chappell Hill. Later, he found great satisfaction in learning the craft of stained glass, providing art glass to many landmarks and residences in the area. Throughout his life, Hardy was an outdoorsman. He was an avid fisherman and golfer as well as an accomplished photographer. As an engineer and artisan, Hardy was a creator, always constructing something new and beautiful for his family, friends, and community. Private services were held on March 27, 2007 for Hardy’s family and close friends. His family expresses its thanks to friends for their loving support.
Palacios Beacon, April 4, 2007 |
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Funeral services for Ruby Ross, 89, of Palacios, were held Dec. 21, 1998 at the Palacios Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gerald Evans officiating. Interment was at Palacios Cemetery. Mrs. Ross was born Dec. 25, 1908 in Jewett, Tx. to the late Dossie Andrew and Mary Ellie Parish Copeland. She died Dec. 18, 1998 at Palacios Healthcare Center. Mrs. Ross was a member of the First Baptist Church and a resident of Palacios since 1937. She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law Hardy E. and Nita Ross of Chappell Hill, Tx. and Rev. Frank Gilbert and Carolyn Ross of Durango, Mex.; a sister, Ava Nell Maris of Calvert, Tx.; seven grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. Hardy Ross and two sisters, Minnie Holmes and Adelle Williams. Pallbearers were George Ross, Matthew Ross, Christopher Ross and Carrell Ramsey.
Palacios Beacon, December 23?, 1998 |
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One of Palacios’ oldest citizens, Mrs. Sallie Elizabeth Ross, passed away Sunday, July 6, after a lingering illness. Born October 7, 1875 in McMinnville, Tennessee, she had been a resident of Palacios for 47 years. Funeral services were held at 3 p. m. Tuesday, July 8, in the Palacios Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Holly A. Whitfield, of Victoria, and Rev. J. R. Gwin officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Jane Newton of Palacios and Mrs. Clyde Aldrich of Tyler; four grandchildren, Don Ross and Mary Jane Schroeder of Corpus Christi, Fortune Ross, in Viet Nam and Barbara Mixon of Baytown.
Palacios Beacon, July 10, 1969 |
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Alva Milton “Junior” Rowton, a former businessman and postmaster, died Thursday morning, April 19, in Wagner General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Saturday, April 21 at 11 a. m. in the Palacios Funeral Chapel with the Rev. J. R. Gwin officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery. Son of Mrs. Anice Rowton and the late Alva Sidney Rowton, he was born January 15, 1919, in Rosenthal, Texas. A graduate of Waco High School, he served in the Armed Forces from 1940 to 1944. A resident of Palacios since 1947, he operated a watch repair, jewelry store and the Capitol Drug before beginning his postal career as a temporary employee in April 1969. He later advanced to a substitute carrier and was promoted to Officer in Charge in May 1973. On January 5, 1974 he was appointed Postmaster and served until ill health forced his retirement in August 1977. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is survived by his wife, Johnnie and mother, Mrs. A. S. Rowton, both of Palacios; one daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Holloway of Corpus Christi; one son, John Milton “Butch” Rowton of Coden, Alabama and two grandchildren.
Palacios Beacon, April 26, 1979 |
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Funeral services for Georgia Anice Rowton, 90, were held Monday at 2 p. m. at the Palacios Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. J. R. Gwin officiating. Interment followed at Palacios Cemetery. Mrs. Rowton, the daughter of Howard and Georgia Ann Strahand, was born August 8, 1892 in Vernon, TX and died July 10, 1983 at Wagner General Hospital. She had been in the city for 40 years and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Johanna Rowton of Palacios; one sister, Gladys McWilliams of Waco; two grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.
Palacios Beacon, July 13, 1983 |
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Funeral services for John “Butch” Rowton, 41, of Palacios were held April 1, 1991 at the Palacios Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. W. S. “Doug” Blanton officiating. Burial was in Palacios Cemetery. Mr. Rowton was born Feb. 9, 1950 in Palacios to Johnnie S. Rowton and the late Milton Rowton. He died March 30, 1991 in a Bay City hospital. Born and raised in Palacios, he graduated from Palacios High School in 1969 and was a shrimper and a member of the Presbyterian church. He is survived by his mother, Johnnie S. Rowton of Palacios; a son, Joe Blair Rowton of Arkansas; and a sister, Phyllis Holloway of Corpus Christi. Pallbearers were Bruce Hart, Bobby Koch, Galon Johnson, Roy Seaman, David Meier and Johnny Penland.
Palacios Beacon, April 3, 1991 |
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Cleaveland [Cleveland] Roy Sr., 65, of Palacios, died Thursday in Wagner General Hospital. He was a member of the Baptist Church and a long time resident of Palacios. Roy was born in Bonus, March 3, 1913. Survivors are his wife, Queen Ester Roy of the home, seven sons, Cleaveland Jr. of Sherman, Lawrence, Thurman and Carl Lee all of Palacios, Donnell of Port Lavaca and Wayne of Lake Jackson; six daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Hudgins, Mrs. Ethel Colins, Mrs. Helen Pinkston, Mrs. Gladys Faye Hayes, Mary Yvonne Roy and Stella Kay Roy, all of Palacios. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:30 p. m. in the Pilgrim Rose Baptist Church in Bay City under the direction of Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home with Rev. Samuel Tims officiating. Pallbearers will be Cleaveland Roy Jr., James Roy, Donnell Roy, Lowell Wayne Roy, Thurman Roy, Carl Lee Roy and Lawrence Lee Roy.
Daily Tribune, June 1979 |
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Memorial services for James Edward Roy, 39, will be held at 2:00 p. m. on Saturday, June 19 at the Pilgrim Rose Baptist Church in Palacios. Officiating will be Bishop Charles Baker. Roy died June 13 at Wagner General Hospital in Palacios. Survivors include Roy’s daughters Jeanette of Corpus Christi and Clevonna of Palacios; his mother Queen Ester Roy of Palacios; his six sisters Myrtle, Ethel, Helen, Faye, Mary and Stella; and his six brothers, Cleveland, Jr., Lawrence, Dornell, Thurman, Wayne and Carl Lee. Roy was a resident of Palacios who attended the Baptist Church. Burial at Palacios cemetery will follow the services. Pallbearers will be Cleveland Roy, Jr., Thurman Roy, Carl Lee Roy, Lawrence Roy , Wayne Roy and Dornell Roy. Arrangements are by the Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home. Visiting hours are Friday from 4:00 to 9:00 p. m. at the Duncan-Roberts Chapel. Daily Tribune, June 17, 1983 Local Woman Charged in Stabbing Death A Palacios woman has been charged with a homicide following the stabbing death of her common-law husband last week. James Edward “Poppy” Roy, 39, of 801 9th Street, died of a knife wound to the lower neck at 9:45 p. m. June 13. Charged with the offense was 25-year old Darlene K. Adams. She was arraigned before Pct. 3 Justice of the Peace Jack Dooley and transferred to the Matagorda County Jail under $20,000 bond. According to police investigations, the stabbing took place near an intersection in the 800 block of Humphrey following a quarrel between the couple. A neighbor called police saying that a woman had stabbed her husband. Upon arrival at the scene, police found Roy lying in a pool of blood in the road with a knife wound in the lower neck. Ambulance attendants Wallace Barr, Jimmy Oglesby and Robert King transported Roy to Wagner General Hospital. Adams was arrested at a nearby house. Police found a blood covered fillet knife with a 6-inch blade in her purse. She reportedly told police that the stabbing had occurred because she was “tired of being beaten.”
Palacios Beacon, June 22, 1983 |
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Funeral services for Lawrence Roy, 50, were held Saturday at 2 p. m. at the Pilgrim Rose Baptist Church in Palacios with Rev. Leroy Monroe officiating. Interment followed at the Palacios Cemetery. Roy was born Nov. 11, 1934 to Cleveland and Queen Esther Clay Roy in Matagorda County. He died July 10, 1985 at M. D. Anderson Hospital in Houston. Survivors include a daughter, Darline Roy of Bay City; mother, Queen Esther Roy of Palacios; six sisters, Gladys Haynes, Myrtle Hudgins, Mary Bess, Ethel Collins, Stella Roy and Helen Pinkston, all of Palacios; and five brothers, Dr. Cleveland Roy, Jr. of Sherman, Donnell Roy of Port Lavaca, Thurman Roy and Carl Lee Roy, Sr. of Palacios, and Lowell Wayne Roy of Lake Jackson.
Palacios Beacon, July 18, 1985 |
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Funeral services for Mary Ella Hebert Roy, 88, of Palacios, will be at 2 p. m. Saturday, February 23, 2008, at First Presbyterian Church, Palacios, with Elder Eric Young, eulogist. Burial will follow at Palacios Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 until 8 p. m. Friday, February 22, at the chapel. She was born in Palacios, Texas, February 13, 1920 to Batiste Hebert and Dora Comier Hebert, and passed away on February 15, 2008, in Bay City, Texas. Survivors include: one daughter, Dora Jackson of Palacios; two sisters, Vida Polk and Mildred Wilson; and one brother, Rev. Leroy Hebert. Also: eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and a host of nieces, nephews , other relatives and friends. Arrangements are with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home, Bay City, Texas, (979) 245-5197.
Bay City Tribune, February 20, 2008 |
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Funeral services for Queen Eser Roy, 82, of Palacios will be at 2 p. m. Saturday, July 10, 1999 at First Presbyterian Church in Palacios, with Rev. Leroy Monroe presiding and Elder Eric Young, eulogist. Burial will follow at Palacios Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday until 9 p. m. in the Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home chapel. Mrs. Roy was born in Pierce, Tex. Saturday, Sept. 16, 1916 to Sear Clay and Rosie Jedkins Clay. She died Monday, July 5 at Wagner General Hospital in Palacios. She was a member of Pilgrim Rose Baptist Church. Mrs. Roy is survived by five daughters and five sons, Cleveland Roy, Jr. of Sherman, Myrtle Hudgins, Ethel Lee Clay, Helen Pinkston, Donnell Roy, Thurman Roy, Faye Jackson, Wayne Roy, Stella Byrd and Carl Lee Roy, Sr., all of Palacios; three children she reared, Carl Lee Roy, Jr., Doll Roy Marshall, and Equella Haynes; three sisters, Flora Dean Herndon and Rosie Lee Casey, both of Bay City, and Pearlean Burton of Brazoria; three brothers, Edward James Clay of New York, Frazier Clay of Hitchcock, and Clifton Clay of El Campo; 104 grandchildren consisting of 50 grandchildren, 45 great grandchildren, and nine great great grandchildren; a host of nieces and nephews including special niece, Dora Jackson Clay; and other relatives and many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Cleveland Roy, Sr.; one daughter, Mary Roy Bess; two sons, James Roy and Lawrence Roy, and four sisters, Gertrude Chavis, Lee Nolia Chester, Ruby Watson, and Dorothy Mae Clay. Serving as active and honorary pallbearers will be Rev. Harold Higgins, Lonnie Higgins, Luther Lee, Robert Roy, Isaac Roy, Bruce Jackson, R. L. Jackson, Harold Collins, Louis Herndon, Michael Roy, and Isaac Goodall. Arrangements are with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home.
Daily Tribune, July 9, 1999 |
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Funeral services for Guadalupe Rubio, 32, were held Dec. 29, 1983 at Iglesia Apostolicia Church with Rev. Alex Hernandez officiating. Interment followed at Palacios Cemetery. Mrs. Rubio was born April 9, 1951 in Matamoros Tamps, Mexico and died Dec. 26, 1983. She was the daughter of Felipe and Maria Alanis Lerma. Survivors include her husband, Ramiro Rubio Perez; daughters, Madel Rosario Saldivar, Rosalinda Rubio and Carmen Mary Rubio; sons, Joe Saldivar and Angel Saldivar; and sister, Estela Sanchez. Pallbearers were Prudencio Gonzalez, Luis Angel Prieto, Luis Angel Prieto, Jr., Carlos Pena, Felipe Sanchez and Jesus Rubio.
Palacios Beacon, January 4, 1984 |
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Funeral services for John William Rucker, 66, of Collegeport, were held Aug. 17 with the Rev. J. R. Gwin officiating at Palacios Cemetery. Rucker died in a drowning accident Aug. 14 at the Palacios Turning Basin. He had lived in Collegeport for the past eight years and was a commercial fisherman. Prior to moving to Collegeport, he was a plant supervisor with Phillips Petroleum in Louisiana. He is survived by his wife, Beatrice Wickens Rucker of Collegeport; daughter, Pamela Ruth Thomson of Houston; son, John W., Jr. of Collegeport; sisters, Tomzie Brooks of Arlington and Oleta Holbert of San Antonio; brothers, W. T. Rucker of Weatherford, Samuel Rucker of El Dorado and Bryan Rucker of Abilene; and five grandchildren.
Palacios Beacon, August 21, 1980 |
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Funeral services for Adela Ruiz, 91, were held Aug. 14 at 3 p. m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church with Rev. Don O’Brien officiating. Interment followed at Palacios Cemetery. Mrs. Ruiz was born Dec. 4, 1893 in Thomaston, TX and died Aug. 12, 1985 at Wagner General Hospital. She was the daughter of Natividad and Maria Martinez Wantillo. Mrs. Ruiz was affiliated with the Catholic Church. Survivors include three daughters, Pauline Buckley of Palacios, Antonio Ruiz of Port Lavaca and Mickey Arroyo of Austin.
Palacios Beacon, August 22, 1985 |
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Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Ruthven were held in the First Presbyterian Church Wednesday, January 17, at 3 in the afternoon with the Rev. Leslie E. Webb officiating. Interment was in the Palacios Cemetery. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Macy, she was born April 7, 1884. A resident of Palacios for 58 years, she passed away Monday morning January 15, in a Houston hospital after a lingering illness. Until her illness, she had been an active member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Tres Palacios Garden Club, Wednesday Club and Order of the Easter Star Chapter No. 125. She was preceded in death by her husband, Duncan Ruthven, two daughters, Frances and Elizabeth Ruthven. She is survived by two sons, Dr. Donald Ruthven and Dr. Hugh Ruthven, both of Houston; one sister, Miss Estella Macy of West Milton, Ohio; three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Palacios Beacon, January 18, 1968 |
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Sarah Elizabeth Ruthven, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Ruthven, was born January 6, 1912, died in El Paso, Texas, September 29, 1935. Born and reared in our city she was known and beloved by all. She was a member of the class of 1930 to graduate from our high school and during her sophomore year in college became ill of the malady that resulted in her early demise. While yet in her childhood she became a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which she was a devoted member of all its activities. She was especially interested in the local mission for the Mexican people, and spent many of her Sunday afternoons in this work. Elizabeth was a happy, cheerful disposition, and enjoyed helping to bring joy and gladness to all with whom she came in contact; thoughtful of her friends and loved ones even to the very last moments of her sojourn on this earth. Her remains were prepared for burial and brought to her home in this city, where funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon by Rev. G. F. Gillespie assisted by Rev. E. F. Kluck of the Methodist Church and Rev. G. D. McClelland of the First Baptist Church and Rev. E. A. J Seddon, Jr., of Bay City. Interment was made in the Palacios cemetery. Pallbearers were Thomas S. Brandon, Lance Williams, Matthew Burton, Coleman Clement, Henry Lawson and Sammy Hood, who had been lifelong friends and classmates at school. The floral offerings from friends and relatives from far and near attested the love and esteem held for her, and in the words of a poet unknown we offer the following tribute, the same given to a member of her class who preceded her to the other shore.
Near a garden wall a rose once grew,
As it grew and blossomed fair and tall,
Onward it crept, with added strength;
The light, the dew, the broadening view,
Shall claim of death cause us to grieve, --Selected.
Palacios Beacon, October 3, 1935 |
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Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ryman have the sympathy of the entire community in the loss of their little 18-months-old son, whose spirit was wafted home to its maker Sunday night, after suffering only a few hours from membranous croup. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon after which the remains were tenderly placed in the bosom of Mother Earth at the Palacios cemetery to await the resurrection morn.
Palacios Beacon, April 10, 1924 |
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