MORE NEWS FROM UNION PARISH


MORE NEWS FROM UNION PARISH Arkansas Father Kills His Former Sweetheart, Man ELDORADO (Ark.), July 5. A 38-year-old father, arrested as he drove through the country in a confiscated taxicab with the body of a, former sweetheart beside him, was accused by officers to-day of killing. the girl and a holiday companion, as a climax to many quarrels over her affections. The' accused man was listed as Clyde Gulley, of Farmerville, married and the father-two children. Officers said they arrested him following a dual shooting at a .highway sandwich shop near here. As. he drove the cab toward Bernice, La., slumped in the front seat beside him, dead, was Clarice Moore, 22. of Hutting, Ark.; Her companion, R. A. (Pap) Harper, 22, of Strong, Ark., was found shot to death on the ground at the sandwich shop. Horrified patrons' and employees of the establishment told officers Gulley, shot the two without warning and. Deputy Sheriff Elmer Nelson announced formal charges of murder would be filed against the. man today. Rites Set for Widow Of Pioneer Farmer Mrs. Nancy Findley Brasher, 90 whose husband pioneered diversified agricultural practices in Texas died at her home, 4009 Hall. Friday She was born Feb. 22, 1856 in Union Parish Louisiana. She moved with her husband, John Brasher, to Lamar County, near Paris, where he had extensive farming operations. They later moved to Bonham, Fannin County where he put into application farming methods which later came into general use. The Brashers ware active members of the Baptist church and took part in civic movements. He died in 1902. Dr. Marshall Craig will conduct services at 10 a.m. Monday at the Chas. F. Weiland Undertaking Company 2909 Live Oak. Burial services will be in Paris. Mrs. Brasher is survived by a son. Edgar Brasher, Arlington; five daughters. Mrs. Fred Fuller. Mrs. Bertie Hancock. Mrs. William Paine Jr., Mrs. Neil Keith, all of Dallas, and Mrs. J. W. Hyland of Evanston, Ill.; eleven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Current Issue: 1947-01-25 Page Page Three Dallas Morning News Woman Who Rode Ox Wagon to Texas 71 Years Ago Passes A resident of Texas since she came in an ox wagon with her parents from Arkansas and settled at Old Madisonville, then a community near Corsicana. in 1867, Mrs. Mary Ann Sarah (Sallie) Davis, 88. died suddenly Sunday at the home of her daughter. Mrs. E. W. Corr. 1515 Waweenoc Avenue. Born In Union Parish- La., the daughter of Capt Daniel Gunn who fought with the Confederate forces, Mrs. Davis was the wife of the late W. N. Davis. A Methodist for seventy-two years, she was a member of the Lisbon Methodist Church. She is survived by a son. W. A. Selman of Kemp: two daughters. Mrs. W. S. Tanner of Fort Worth and Mrs. Corr of Dallas, and a sister. Mrs. Dannie Blue of Rush Springs. Okla. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Poole Funeral Home, the Rev. Forest E. Dudley officiating Burial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery. November 7, 1938 Dallas Morning News Early Ranger, No Sissy, Dies At San Antonio SAN ANTONIO. Texas. May 2.- Capt B. D. Lindsey, who as a Texas ranger was part of the law west of the Pecos, died at his home Monday. He will be buried here Tuesday. Lindsey, former Bexar County Sheriff, trail driver, United States customs officer at Eagle Pass and Lieutenant of cavalry in the Spanish- American War, served in the rangers under Capt Dan Roberts, part of his where Justice off the Peace Roy Bean held court. Lindsey had praise for Bean's judicial procedure. He also was credited with pacification of Hamilton County feudists in the eighties.He thought modern officers depended too much on guns and authority and were weak as conciliators of trouble makers. Born in Union Parish, Louisiana, Lindsey came to Texas as a boy in 1870, living first at Waco. In later years be was connected here with a farm loan association and the Federal Land Bank of Houston. On last Jan. 21, four generations of the family attended his eighty-second birthday celebration. Survivors include his wife. Mrs. Mary Ellen Mitchell Lindsey; two daughters, Mrs. C. B. Meeks. San Antonio, and Mrs. F. R Youngblood, Austin; two sons, H M Lindsey. Sort Worth, and Ben & Lindsey, Houston.1938-05-03 Dallas Morning News HOME All data on this website is © Copyright 2009 by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters