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WIDENER BAYLOR of Phoenix,
Arizona, died at age 82 on 29 November 1986 after a brief illness. The descendant of Texas pioneer families, Mr.
Baylor was born 26 May 1904 in Uvalde and spent his youth on the Baylor ranch near Uvalde. His mother was Florence
Black, daughter of Permelia McKinney and Reading W. Black; his father was Henry Widener Baylor, Sr., Uvalde
County sheriff from 1884 to 1906 and the son of General John Robert Baylor. Mr. Baylor is survived by his wife
Hazel (Martin) Baylor, two daughters (Jacqueline Baylor Black of Phoenix and Florence Black Baylor of Redondo Beach,
California), a son (James Gordon Baylor of Riverside, California), four grandchildren (Val Baylor Black and Michael
James Black), Bret Charles Baylor and Katherine Celest Baylor), and several great grandchildren. Widener Baylor
was an enthusiastic member of the Southwest Texas Genealogical Society. We will miss his calls and fondly remember
his glee at each new discovery in his family research, his gratitude at finding El Progresso had left just enough
copies of the Reading W. Black Diary to permit him to purchase the books for himself and his family, and, most
of all, the enormous pleasure of having met him via the telephone and post office.
Source: “Branches and
Acorns” SWTGS Quarterly, Vol II, n. 4, p. 29 – June 1987
Miss Emma B. Coleman
Miss Emma B. Coleman, 25 years of age, died at 2931 Nashville street, Thursday of influenza. The body was shipped
to Sabinal, Tex., the same afternoon by McBean, Simmons & Hartford.
El Paso Herald
El Paso, Texas
October 18, 1918
BESSIE PEARL DeWITT, 85, of
Utopia died April 30, 1989 in Sid Peterson Hospital, Kerrville. She was the mother of SWTGS member Kathryn Gazaway.
Mrs. DeWitt was born Jan. 8, 1904 in Oklahoma Territory and married on Oct. 6, 1928 in Lindsey, Oklahoma to Larence
Franklin DeWitt who preceded her in death.
Mrs. DeWitt is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Kathryn and Oscar Gazaway, Utopia; grandchildren, Sherry
and Jim Payne, Patsy and Dan Halk, Larence Ervin Gazaway and Henry Michael Gazaway; and great-grandchildren, Christopher
Baker, Lorane Baker, Darrell Halk and Erin Elizabeth Halk.
She is also survived by a brother, Bob Burrow, Arizona; four sisters, Ruby Hayes, Vernie Cameron, Lucille Roberts
and Maudie Sherrill, all of Oklahoma; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, John Willie and Henry Burrow, and sister, Virgie Cox.
Graveside services were held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, in the Sabinal Cemetery. The Rev. Homer Stephens officiated.
Pallbearers were Mike Gazaway, Larry Gazaway, Roy Meyer, Troy Meyer, Jack Haynes and James Emerson.
Arrangements were by Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary.
Source: "Branches & Acorns" Vol. IV, No. 4 - June 1989
DORIS ALTHEA REAGER FOSTER, 60,
died Jul 21, 1989 at her residence. Services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 22, 1989, in the Utopia Baptist
Church, followed by burial in the Vanderpool Cemetery. The Rev. Homer Stephens officiated.
The daughter of Clyde and Elizabeth Montgomery Reager, she was born Sept. 19, 1928, at Traer, Kansas. She grew
up in Traer but finished her schooling at North Platte, Neb.
She was married Aug. 1, 1944, to Richard C. Young, Jr., and they had one son, Richard C. Young III. They were divorced
in 1946, but were remarried Jan 3, 1966, and she reared his two daughters, Leisa and Teresa Young. On March 1,
1976, she married Hoyt M. Foster.
Mrs. Foster served for several years as secretary/treasurer for the Utopia Emergency Medical Service. She belonged
to the Daughters of the American Revolution and a number of genealogical societies.
She is survived by her husband, Hoyt M. Foster, Vanderpool; son, Richard D. Young III, Orange, Tenn; four stepdaughters,
Leisa Elkins of Union City, Tenn, Teresa Gazaway of Utopia, Darlene Jackson and Bonnie Langram of San Antonio;
stepson, Charles Foster, Marion; and 14 grandchildren.
She is also survived by her mother, Mary E. Sage, North Platte, Neb; sister, Catherine Wilson, Fountain Hills,
Ariz; one nephew and four nieces.
The family has suggested that memorial be made to the Utopia EMS.
Arrangements were by Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary.
Source: "Branches & Acorns" SWTGS Quarterly, Vol. V, No. 1 - September 1989
EUGENE DAVIS KINCAID, JR., born
Feb. 23, 1916, died March 1, 1989 at his residence, 1205 Magnolia.
Graveside services were held Friday, March 3, at the Kincaid Ranch Cemetery in Zavala County with the Rev. Jerry
Scott, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating.
Survivors are his widow, Lochie Mundine Kincaid; son, E. D. Kincaid III, Uvalde; daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. George E. Light IV, Pearsall; granddaughter, Lochie Welch, Uvalde; grandsons, George E. Light V and Kincaid
Light, Pearsall; brother Wm. Alex Kincaid, Uvalde; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was the son of Eugene Davis and Adaline Vanham Kincaid. His grandfather, W. D. Billy Kincaid, went up the cattle
trails in the late 19th century and became a prominent rancher in Pecos and Brewster counties before retiring to
Uvalde about 1900. His grandmother Kincaid was the granddaughter of Capt. William Ware, pioneer Uvalde County settler
in 1852.
He was president of E. D. K. Ranches Inc. and A. V. K. Ranch Company, Inc., and former president of the Kincaid
Hotel Company at Uvalde.
Since 1962 he had been livestock inspector for National Finance Credit Corporation of Fort Worth.
Kincaid was a director of the First State Bank of Uvalde and for many years served on the board of First Savings
& Loan Association of Uvalde.
From 1951 to 1957, he was a member of the Uvalde School Board and had served as its president. He was also a member
of the Concho Calley Boy Scout Association.
On Nov. 12, 1938, he married Lochie Mundine of Uvalde.
Pallbearers for the service were Word B. Sherrill, Joseph B. Smyth Jr., Charles Cain, Dolph Briscoe Jr., and Jack
Van Cleve, all of Uvalde, Mike Felton of Fort Worth, Ken Rolston of Houston and George Light III of Lytle.
Honorary pallbearers were officers and directors of the First State Bank of Uvalde, W. T. Shurley, Jr., R. E. Franks,
Hixon Murray, Alan Carmichael, J. Gordon Moore and G. W. Nelson.
Arrangements were by Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary.
Source: "Branches & Acorns" Vol. IV, No. 4 - June 1989
JEWEL ARMSTRONG KINCAID, 80,
died July 19, 1989 at Uvalde Memorial Hospital.
Services for Jewel A. Kincaid, for many years fund-raiser par excellence for wothwhile causes in Uvalde and official
greeter for Uvalde, were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 22, 1989 in Rushing-Estes-Knowles Chapel, followed by burial
in Hillcrest Cemetery.
The Rev. Jerry Scott, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated.
Until illness caused her retirement, she had contributed many hours to organization such as Girl Scouts, American
Cancer Society, Uvalde de las Encinas Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Uvalde Garden Club, Uvalde
Community Concerts (organized in 1948), Uvalde Memorial Hospital Auxillary, Salvation Army, American Red Cross
and El Progresso Club.
She also served as Uvalde Roadrunners Club sweetheart for many years.
She was a delegate in 1956 to the State Democratic Convention, and in the 1970s worked tirelessly on the Briscoe
for Governor Committee. She often assisted former vice president John Nance Garner as an official hostess for his
birthday celebrations and other events.
For her contributions, she was recognized by the Uvalde Chamber of Commerce at its 50th anniversary banquet in
1971 as Woman of the Year. She had previously been similarly honored in 1959 when she was designated by the Chamber
of Commerce as Outstanding Citizen of 1958 and was presented an inscribed silver tray.
At the time of the 1959 presentation, it was written: "Mrs. Kincaid has long been known for her readiness
to take an active lead in raising funds for needed projects. She developed a community welfare commmittee which
gives assistance to the needy. She was co-chairman for advance gifts in the United Fund, finance chairman of the
High School PTA, member of the Garner Day Committee, chairman of the Heart Fund for Uvalde County, served as chairman
of the Uvalde Memorial Hospital Bookmobile and education director of the Cancer Society."
Mrs. Kincaid was born Aug. 12, 1908, in Batesville, daughter of Salvador and Lillie Lee Cude Armstrong.
She was married Feb. 21, 1931, to Frank T. Kincaid, member of a pioneer ranching family. His father was W. D. Billy
Kincaid who went up the cattle trails in the 19th century and became a prominent rancher. His mother was the daughter
of Capt. William Ware, pioneer Uvalde County settler in 1852.
Mrs. Kincaid is survived by two daughters, Jewel Frances Garwood, San Antonio, and Elizabeth Ann Riley, Uvalde;
six grandchildren, Frank K. Garwood of Irvine, Calif. Roy H. Garwood III and Brian K. Garwood of San Antonio, and
Arlene Duncan, Cindy Jacobs and Ginger Riley of Uvalde; and three great-grandchildren.
She is also survived by two brothers, George Armstrong, Uvalde, and Sal Alvin Armstrong, Fort Worth; and three
sisters, Marie Huffhines and Edith Rosenberry of Wichita Falls, and Lillian Lee Little of San Antonio and Uvalde.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Cordelia Lee Kincaid.
Pallbearers for the service were Judge Ross Doughty, Pete Knowles, former Gov. Dolph Briscoe, Frank Garwood and
Roy Garwood III.
The family has suggested memorials be made to the American Heart Assoc. or the chairty of one's choice.
Source: "Branches & Acorns" SWTGS Quarterly, Vol. V, No. 1 - September 1989
ETTA LOUISE BURNS MOORE, was
born Jan. 7, 1916 in Leakey, the daughter of John H. and Josephine (Truitt) Burns, and died Apr. 18, 1989 in Uvalde
Memorial Hospital.
She is survived by her husband, George Moore; two daughters, Mary Jo Osborne of Utopia and Molly Wilson of Granbury;
four sons, George Henry Moore of Utopia, Ray Moore of La Grange, Terry Moore of Sabinal, and Johnny Moore of El
Campo; twenty-two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; two sisters,
Johnnie B. Terrell of Kerrville and Mary Jewel Evans of Waco; stepmother, Reva Burns of Uvalde.
Mrs. Moore was preceded in death by her parents; three sons, David Lee, James Edgar, and Bob Adelbert; and a daughter-in-law
Myrtle Sellars Moore.
Louise Burns Moore was a charter member and true friend of the Southwest Texas Genealogical Society. As Librarian
of the Utopia Library, she received the Library's copy of the first issue of Branches and Acorns. Twelve
other area libraries have also received over the years free issues, but only Louise reacted promtly and generously.
At a time when the Society's Organizing Committee feared funds would not be available to publish the second issue
of Branches and Acorns, Louise Burns Moore sat down and wrote a check for $60.00 to cover membership dues
for herself, her two sisters, and Annalee Burns. Louise by her spontaneous action, gave us much needed hope that
the fledgling organization would survive.
Services, officiated by the Reverend Homer Stevens, were held at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, April 20, 1989 at the First
Baptist Church in Utopia, followed by burial in the Waresville Cemetery near Utopia.
Our thoughts are with the family and other friends of Louise Burns Moore. We grieve not for Louise but for ourselves
that we no longer have the joy of her presence. So long as we remember her and her sojourn with us, she will continue
to live for us and for coming generations.
Source: "Branches & Acorns" Vol. IV, No. 4 - June 1989
ROGER GRIGSBY SMYTH of Uvalde
died of a heart attack on Sunday, 5 April 1987. Dr. Smyth was born 16 May 1915 in the old Smyth home where he also
died. We think he would have liked the continuity of that. His parents were Marie Knox and Miller Smyth, the latter
being the eldest son of Epsie Belle Miller and Joseph Grigsby Smyth who in 1891 moved to Uvalde from Newton and
Jasper Counties, Texas. Dr. Smyth is survived by two sisters (Louise Smyth Maddox of Gastonia, North Carolina,
and Nell Smyth Roosa of Uvalde) and one brother (Lewis Miller Smyth of Uvalde) as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Roger, whom many of you know as Buster, was the sort of SWTGS member of whom we never have enough. He not only
attended the quarterly meeting and workshops but he also filed his car with others, many of whom might otherwise
have been unable to attend. An experienced historian and genealogist, he not only researched his own family but
he also shared his information and expertise with others. His exuberance was contagious, and it will be difficult
to find ten people capable of doing all that this one man did with ease and grace.
Source: “Branches and Acorns” SWTGS
Quarterly, Vol II, n. 4, p. 29 – June 1987
CORA MINNIE SPARKS, age 85,
passed away at her residence at Cline on July 11, 1991. She was born September 6, 1905 in Tilden and was married
to John Allen Sparks on February 16,1926, in Brackettville. He preceeded her in death on March 26, 1960. Mrs. Sparks
was a member of Alliance Baptist Church. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, John and Betty Sparks
of Shafter, and George and Sharon Sparks of Vanderbilt; four daughters and sons-in-law Josephine and Sam Lumsden
of Castroville, Joyce and Albert Burdett of San Angelo, Patsy and Jimmy Hicks of Corpus Christi and Faye and Larry
Allen of Cline; daughter-in-law, Tinker Trees of Uvalde; 22 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren. She is also
survived by a brother and sister-in-law, Ted and Bobbie Kuykendall of Uvalde; sister and brother-in-law Sarah and
Harold Scott of Tow; and two step-daughters, Leona Kuykendall of Roanoke and Gladys Shackleford of Camp Wood. In
addition to her husband, Mrs Sparks was preceeded in death by a son, Royce Sparks. Services were held at 5 p.m.
Saturday in Rushing-Estes-Knowles Chapel, Uvalde, follow by interment in the Sparks Cemetery at Cline. The Rev.
Mark Keil officiated. Pallbearers were deacons and elders of Alliance Baptist Church. Honorary pallbearers were
Mrs. Sparks grandsons.
Source: “Branches and Acorns” SWTGS
Quarterly, Vol VII, No. 1 - September 1991
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