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CARTER, Lottie…. Gloria B. Mayfield, Longview News-Journal    Feb 18, 1995

Graveside services for Lottie Carter, 98, of Shreveport, LA will be at 11 am Saturday at Rusk County Memorial Garden Cemetery with the Rev. Maurice Hill officiating. Burial is under the direction of Crawford-A Crim Funeral Home. Mrs. Carter died Thursday in a Shreveport nursing home. Born April 13 1896 in Sabine Parish LA she was a homemaker and a Methodist. Survivors include two daughters, Vera Steele of Dickinson and Clara Buck of Tyler; son, Haley H. Carter of Dayton, Ohio; 11 grandchildren and numerous great grand and great great grandchildren

Carter, Lottie( );98;Shreveport LA>Sabine Parish LA; Longview N-J;1995-2-18;glorybee

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CHAPMAN…..Henderson Times, Mar. 17, 1921
P. D. Chapman Dead
On Mar. 9, 1921 at his home in Henderson the soul of our good friend, and postmaster, Perry Duncan Chapman, departed to that great & mysterious beyond from which no traveler has ever returned. He was born in Rusk Co., Texas, on the 2nd day of July, 1854. His mother died when he was yet an infant. His mother's sister, Mrs. Mahala Young, took him into her family, reared, trained & educated him & it was from her that he learned early the lesson of life. He has been often heard to say to friends that to this good woman he was due a debt of gratitude that he could not live long enough to repay & he left this world believing that that debt had not been paid for her kindness to him from his infancy to the end. Dunk Chapman served as County Treasurer for many years of Rusk Co., retiring of his own volition over the protest of many friends. Was a man of few, firm words. Never dealt nor incouraged in dwelling in idle frivilous talk at any time about anything. No man ever had to make inquiry about how he stood on public questions, was always outspoken & always took the right side. Was quiet, kind and generous to a fault. A gentleman by nature, and a man of very fine judgement. The cry of an orphan child especially appealed to him & he would give his last dollar. It is singular how that man with so few firm words could make & keep so close to him so many good friends on whom he could call at any hour of his life. The reason for it is that he gave his life to his friends in a quiet, unassuming & unselfish manner. Numerous deeds of kindness were done by this good man that no one except the reciever knows about it. This is the reason his friends never left him even to the end. It is believed that more men, young & old, went to Dunk Chapman with their troubles than to any other one of our citizens. He lived a correct, clean & upright life. True to his church, country, friends & family. Many gathered at the Baptist Church to pay him their last respects on Mar. 10, 1921, the services conducted by Rev. J. M. P. Morrow of Carthage. It can be truly said that one of our best citizens is with us no more. R. T. B.
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COOKE….Henderson Times, Mar. 25, 1937
Henderson Mournes the Death of Rev. Ernest G. Cooke
Although he had not been located in Henderson for several years, the death of Rev. E. G. Cooke, who died suddenly in Wills Point Tues. morning, came as a heavy blow to many in Henderson, as he was one of the most popular ministers ever located here. While pastor of the local Methodist church, he ministered to everyone, whether a member of his church or not, and thus endeared himself to a wide circle. He was returned to Henderson some years ago for a second time, and always referred to Henderson as "home". Born & reared in England, he loved his adopted country intensely, and was a polished scholar & gentleman. After services were held in Wills Point, his remains were brought to Henderson, where services were also conducted at the local Methodist church, where he had served as pastor. There services were conducted by Rev. Goens, the present pastor, with some 10 or 12 other ministers present to pay their last tribute to a fallen brother. Interment took place in the Lakewood Memorial Park. Rev. Cooke is survived by his wife.

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COX…..Henderson Times, Mar. 25, 1937
A Sunday Funeral Grandview Church
Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock funeral services were conducted by Rev. T. H. Irwin in the Grandview Baptist church for Perry Lee Cox, followed by interment in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Perry Lee was the son of Mr. & Mrs. R. M. Cox of the Grandview community. He died at London last Thursday in the great explosion in the high school building. He was 10 years old. Besides his parents, he is survived by a little sister, Bobby Kate Cox

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CROW…..Henderson Times, July 5, 1923
Mrs. Dan Crow Dead
Mrs. Dan Crow, well known in this city, died at the old family home 3 miles east of Henderson Thursday after a short illness. Mrs. Crow had reached a ripe old age, her life being spent mostly in the community in which she died. She was a good christian woman useful in the church, in the home & in the community. Her passing will be keenly felt by the many friends who loved her for many virtues. Interment was at Crow graveyard Friday evening.

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Rusk County News     Aug 14, 1907

A Tribute of Respect Sandra Presley, g g granddaughter

.Mrs. Lucinda J. Crow, wife of M. M. Crow, was born in Mary county, Tenn., in 1828. Professed religion at 16 years of age. Not joining any church however until in 1852 when she joined the Methodist church at Bethel where her membership remained until her death which occurred in May 1907.Mrs. Crow was a charter member of Bethel church and as a Christian women none stood higher than she.

She was the mother of eleven children, eight of whom survive her.

The writer first knew her in 1882 and from that time on I have never known a woman whose whole life and more fully came up to the standard of a noble Christian character than did hers. As a mother she was kind and as a wife I have never seen a woman who seemed more attached to her husband than was she. To me it is perfectly beautiful to see old people whose lives have been associated together until they are as one.

From the standpoint of a lover of society, Mrs. Crow would not have ranked very high though she was the very best of company, but when it came to being a good neighbor none surpassed her. Her influence will last long after the stone which marks her grave shows age; and the effects of the summers heat and winters storms.

The gay things of earth charmed her but little, if at all, but to minister to those around her and meet the responsibilities of life as become a Christian woman, engaged uttermost time and attention.She was married to M. M. Crow in 1848, and no woman ever made a more devoted wife than she. It is sweet to know such people, and it is also inspiring, as well. The world is better for such a woman to have lived in it, and to mark out the good influences of such a character would be as impossible as to find the boundaries of the skies.

She will be missed by all. The community will miss her kind and loving influence, and the church will miss her exemplary life while the children will miss the love of a mother and her all soothing care in the time of affliction, and last, but not least, the husband will miss the companionship, affection and love of her who had been his daily companion for near 60 years.It looks like a pity that such noble characters can’t live always, but the world has been blessed with her godly life for nearly four score years and Heaven is entitled to her, and God took her. Then too, after having net the responsibilities of life for so long, surely she was from a human standpoint at least, entitle to her reward. Now bless the name of the Lord, she has it.

Friends, neighbors, children and husband, do not weep as those who have no hope, for she is gone to her Fathers house where she awaits with expectant joy you coming and where she will greet you by and by. Remember her noble life and her good advice, while she was with you, and imitate her Christian character, and even yet God will answer her prayers in saving you out of many distresses.

She was buried at the Crow graveyard, close to the family home where she lived for nearly 48 years.

JAS. I. LAVENDER.

 

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Henderson Times, Dec. 18, 1928
Jeff Davis Dead
Jeff Davis, a well known citizen of Rusk Co., living on the Jacksonville Hwy., died at his home Sunday, and will buried in the Davis Cemetery Mon. afternoon. Mr. Davis was born & reared in this county, and his death is regretted by a large number of friends & relatives. It will be recalled that his wife died suddenly several years ago while waiting for a train in the Mineola depot. Kindest expressions of sympathy are extended by the Times.

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Henderson Times, Feb. 3, 1921
Mrs. M. B. Dreeben Dead
Friends of the family in this ---yed the sad intern -ence Monday that Mrs. M. B. Dreeben was dead at the home of her daughter in Dallas. Mrs. Dreeben had many friends here who will regret to know of her death. (There was a tear across part of the above)