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Funeral services for John Adams Jr., 64, of Blessing will be held at 1 p. m. Saturday at Church of God of Prophecy, Palacios, with Bishop H. N. Hartsfield. Burial will be in Wilson Creek Cemetery, El Maton. Visitation will be until 9 p. m. today at Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home, Bay City. A wake will be held from 7 to 9 p. m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Adams was born July 28, 1923, to John Adams Sr. and Seawillow Moore and died Sept. 1, 1987, at Leisure Lodge Nursing Home, Palacios. He was a World War II veteran. Survivors include his wife, Edna Ruth Adams; three daughters, Carol of Huntsville, Bonnie of Houston and Julia of Palacios; a son, John Anthony of Blessing; his father, John Adams Sr. of Palacios; five sisters, Severa Martinez of Palacios, Elrose Gordon of San Antonio, Othella Lute and Gloria Glover of Houston, and Ruby Jean Adams of Washington; three brothers, Elvin Adams of LaWard, Antone Adams of San Antonio and Henry Adams of Washington. Pallbearers Leland Jackson, Ben Hadden, Earcel Hadden, Freddie Jackson, Larry Deadrick and Clifton Edwards. Honorary pallbearers include Earcel Mark Hadden, Freddie Jackson, Chencho Garcia, Darrell Harvey Hadden, Pat Garcia and Charlie Rivers. Arrangements are with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home, Bay City. Daily Tribune, September 4, 1987
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BAY CITY, Jan. 5.--Five persons were known to have been killed and 14 injured by a tornado which struck about five miles south of Bay City last night. Four of the dead were white persons and one a negro girl. The while persons killed were: Berdine Wiley, 12; Claude Wiley, 17, brothers, their uncle, Townsend Wiley, 45, and Dave Mayer, 40. Members of the Wiley family were killed when wind demolished their home. Mayer was struck by a flying piece of timber and died on his way to Bay City for treatment. The dead negro girl was named Brown. Her first name was not known. Other members of her family were injured. The storm struck about 8 p. m. It seemed to swoop toward the ground, demolishing everything in its path, and then to swerve upward. Its path was traced for several miles. Not a house was left standing in the stricken area. So violent was the force of the wind that in some places heavy blocks, foundations of houses, were torn from the ground. "About 7 o'clock it began to blow and the sky changed to a queer color," Justice of the Peace D. E. Capes, who held the inquests over the storm victims, said. "Everybody thought something was going to happen but they did not know what. It got steadily worse later." Justice Capes said that communication had not been established with all parts of the country yet and that the life and property toll might rise. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wiley were injured about the head, and a daughter suffered bruises. Bill Fondern's back and arm were broken, while his wife received a broken leg. A Mr. and Mrs. Kadeska also were hurt, but not severely. About an hour after the storm struck, crashing down from the southwest, a relief caravan was sent from Bay City to the neighborhood. Although several houses were blown away, it was believed the storm struck only the one community. The dead were brought to a morgue here and about ten others were taken to a hospital. Several negroes were reported seriously injured, and a number of negro houses in the path of the storm were demolished. The tornado cut a swath about 150 yards wide between Bay City and Wadsworth. The Wileys were killed when a house was destroyed and Mayer died en route to a hospital after having been struck on the head by a piece of timber. Some damage was reported in the vicinity of El Maton.
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Funeral services for Annie Bell Campbell, 67, of Matagorda will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at Jesus Free Will Holy Temple Church in Bay City with Bishop J. Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Wilson Creek Cemetery in Ashby. Visitation is until 9 p.m. today at the Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home chapel and from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church Wednesday.
Mrs. Campbell was born Aug. 15, 1925 in Houston to the late Alonzo and Josephine Wade Jackson and she died Dec. 17, 1992 at Matagorda General Hospital in Bay City.
She was a member of the Pentecostal church.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law; one daughter and son-in-law; one stepdaughter, several grandchildren; foster brother and sister; brother-in-law; nephew and a host of other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by one daughter and her husband, Clinton Campbell, Jr. who died Nov. 23, 1992.
Active pallbearers will be all family members and friends.
Arrangements are with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home in Bay City.
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Funeral
services for Clinton Campbell, Jr., 74, of Matagorda will be
held 2 p.m. Saturday at Jesus Free Will Holy Temple Church in
Bay City with the Rev. Dan Will officiating. Burial will be at
Wilson Creek Cemetery in Ashby. Visitation will be until 9 p.m.
today at Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home, 1300 Duncan.
Mr.
Campbell was born March 23, 1918 in Ashby to the late Mr. and
Mrs. Clinton Campbell, Sr. and he died Nov. 23, 1992 at Jeannie
Sealy Hospital in Galveston.
He was a
member of Rhema Fellowship Church.
Survivors
include his wife, two daughters, one son, one brother, one
foster brother, one nephew and a host of cousins.
Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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Mrs. Inez Easter Deadrick, 71, of El Maton died October 4. Survivors are: husband, Charles H. Deadrick of El Maton; children, Mrs. Agnes Deadrick White of Texas City and Charles H. Deadrick, Jr. of Houston; sisters, Mrs. Florence Roberts of Wilson Creek, Mrs. Minerva Gilmore of Houston, Mrs. Ethy McDaniel and Jeanette Johnson of La Marque; 9 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Free Zion Baptist Church, Blessing, Saturday, October 11, at 1 p. m. with Rev. Leroy Williams, and Bishop Harold Hebert officiating. Interment will follow at Wilson Creek Cemetery, El Maton. Visitation hours are 4 p. m. till 9 p. m. at the Chapel. Active pallbearers include: Earcell Hadden, Ben Hadden, Roy Miller, Douglas Pea, Amos Deadrick and Charlie Rivers. Duncan-Roberts in charge of arrangements. Daily Tribune, October 10, 1980
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Dossey, Mrs. Mary, 89, died in Matagorda General Hospital Wednesday. She was a resident of Wilson Creek community. Funeral services are set for 1 p. m. Sunday at St. Mary's Baptist Church, Wilson Creek, with the Rev. S. M. White officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, under the direction of Duncan Funeral Home. Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Inez Deadrick and Mrs. Florence Frances of Palacios, Mrs. Jeanette Johnson and Mrs. Minerva Gilmore of Houston, and Mrs. Ethey McDaniels of LaMarque, and one son, Tom Ways of Houston.
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Blessing--Funeral services for Clifton Edwards, 85, formerly of Blessing, who passed away July 3, 2009, will be held at 11 a. m. Saturday, July 11, at Free Zion Baptist Church in Blessing, with the Rev. Donnell Williams eulogist. Burial will follow at Wilson creek Cemetery in Elmaton. Visitation will be from 2 until 8 at Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home Chapel in Bay City. Arrangements with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home, Bay City, 979-245-5197.
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Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie Mae Hadden Edwards, 65, of Houston, are scheduled on Saturday, at 11 a.m., at the Free Zion Baptist Church in Blessing, with Rev. Ben Hadden officiating. Burial will follow at Wilson Creek Cemetery in Wilson Creek. Visitation will be Friday until 9 p.m. in the chapel of Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home, and Saturday from 10 until 11 am. at the church. She was born in Wilson Creek, Texas, Friday, Nov. 20, 1931, to Milton Hadden and Lesser Peters Hadden, and passed away Sunday, Aug. 31, 1997, at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Houston. Edwards attended Wilson Creek Community School, and continued her education at Hilliard High School in Bay City. Her religious affiliations included membership at the Spiritual Temple Church of God in Christ, Houston. Survivors include her husband, Clifton Edwards of Houston, and three children, Mrs. Elsie Kelley of Houston, Ms. Carolyn Edwards of Baytown, and Clifton T. Edwards of Houston. Also two sisters, Mrs. Edna Ruth Adams of Blessing, and Mrs. Inez Gloria Jones of Houston; and five brothers, Ercel Hadden of Blessing, Rev. Ben Hadden of Sweeny, Leland Jackson of Houston, Freddie Jackson of Palacios, and Nathan Jackson of Wharton. Other survivors include eight grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Lesser, two sisters, Georgia Hadden and Doris Eaton, and one brother, James M. Hadden. Serving as active pallbearers will be Matthew Mouton, Jr., Ercel Hadden, Jr, Darrel Hadden, John A. Adams, Guy C. Jones and Jason C. Jones. Honorary pallbearers will include Freddie Jackson, Leland Jackson, Nathan Jackson, Lewis Edwards, R. T. Edwards and Larry Deadrick. Arrangements with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home in Bay City.
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Funeral services for Dora Faniel, 88, of Bay City will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Free Zion Baptist Church in Blessing with the Rev. Elzie Bonner officiating. Burial will be in Wilson Creek Cemetery, El Maton. Visitation will be until 9 p.m. today at Duncan Roberts Funeral Home and from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Mrs. Faniel was born April 4, 1900, in Matagorda County to Jim and Easter Temple Hadden and died Oct. 7, 1988 in Bay City. She was a member of the Baptist church. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Clinton and Annie Bell Campbell of Bay City; a son, Melvin Faniel of Blessing; a foster son, A. G. Wilson of Galveston; two brothers, Johnnie Haden of Palacios and Mark Hadden of Dickerson; two grandchildren, Ellen Kay and Kenneth Ray Campbell; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers include Ben Hadden, Freddie Jackson, Clifford Gordon, David Rivers, Glenn Carter and L. D. Deadrick. Honorary pallbearers include Clinton Campbell, Jr., Melvin Faniel, Earcel Hadden, Kenneth Ray Campbell, Carlton Revis and Woodrow Gordon. Arrangements are with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home, Bay City
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Mr. Frank Faniel, 84, of Palacios, died June 27 at the V. A. Hospital in Houston. He was a veteran of World War I. Survivors include: wife, Dora Faniel of El Maton; two sons, Clinon Campbell of Bay City and Melvin Faniel of El Maton. The funeral will be held at Free Zion Baptist Church in Blessing on Sunday, June 29 at 2 p.m. with the Rev. E. Bonner officiating. Interment will follow at Wilson Creek Cemetery in El Maton. Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The Daily Tribune, June 29, 1980
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Funeral
Services for Melvin
FANIEL,
70, of
Blessing,
will be Saturday, April 23, 2005 at Free
Zion
Baptist
Church with the Rev. Ben
Hadden,
officiating. Burial will be in
Wilson
Creek
Cemetery in El Maton,
Texas.
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Last Thursday the neighborhood was startled by news that Aunt Rosa Farris was dead. She was found lying on the ground face downwards, as if she had fallen from her chair in the doorway--and had, from all appearances, been dead several hours. Her health seemed much better and the neighbors had seen her the day before. She was very old--no one knew her age. Her remains were laid to rest in the Wilson Creek Cemetery. Peace to her ashes!
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Sabrina Day Gardner, 40, of Houston passed away Jan. 20, 1996 at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital in Houston. She was born Sept. 5, 1955 in Bay City to Moses and Doris Day Gardner in Bay City. She attended Public School in Bay City and graduated from Bay City High School. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 27, 1996 at 11 a.m. at the Free Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Blessing with Rev. A. L. Jones officiating. Burial will follow at Wilson Creek Cemetery in El Maton. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 a.m. in the Chapel at Green's Mortuary. She is survived by a daughter, Shylandra Ornee' Gardner, two sons Charles Ray Gardner, Fred Xavier Gardner all of Houston; Aunts, Edna Ruth Adams of Blessing, Jessie Mae Clifton Edwards and Inez Gloria Jones of Houston, Jessie Mae and Roy Amey and Bobbie and Minnie Ellis of Bay City, and Helen and Ira Gordon of Blessing; uncles Earcel Mark and Mary Alice Hadden of Blessing, Ben Milton and Lorraine Hadden of Sweeny, Leland Lewis and Rose Jackson of Houston, Freddy Lewis and Vanessa Jackson of Palacios, Nathan O. D. and Sherie Jackson of Wharton and a host of cousins and other relatives and friends. Active pallbearers are Freddie Jackson, Jr., Maurice Jackson, Jason Jones, Anthony Adams, Darrel Hadden, Earcel Hadden, Jr., Chris Jackson and Clifton Edwards. Honorary pallbearers are Guy Jones, Fred Xavier Gardner, Ben Hadden, Freddy Jackson, Sr., Roy Amey, Ira Gordon, Charles Ray Gardner, Earcel Hadden, Sr., Leland Lewis, Nathan Jackson, Minnie Ellis and Rev. Murry Gardner. Green's Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
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Ira Gordon, Sr., 72, of Blessing, died August 9, 1976, in his home. He was born March 5, 1904 in Matagorda County. He is survived by his daughters, Mrs. Estelle Stewart, San Francisco, and Mrs. Alena Robinson, Bay City; his son, Ira Gordon, Jr., Blessing; his step-son, Harvey C. Grogan, Corpus Christi; his step-mother, Mrs. Ollie Gordon, San Antonio; his brothers, Jesse, Woodrow, and Oscar Gordon of San Antonio, and Emmitt Gordon of Palacios; his half-brother, Rev. Sterling Jones, San Francisco; his half-sister, Mrs. John Temple, Galveston; his uncle, Ed Beverly, Galveston; his grandchildren, Ira Gordon III, and Russell Fields, of Bay City, Mrs. Cassandra Denson, Houston, and Gail Gordon, Blessing; and his three great grandchildren, Suila Bouldin, Alisa Gordon and Ira Gordon IV, of Bay City. The funeral will be held in Free Zion Baptist Church in Blessing on Sunday, August 15 at 1 p.m. with Rev. Elzie Bonner, Jr. directing the service. Burial will follow in Wilson Creek Cemetery, Ashby. Active pallbearers will include John Temple, Aaron Temple, Jerry Temple, Bobby Temple, L. D. Deadrick, Jr. and Ben Haden, Jr. Arrangements are with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home.
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