Runnels County, TX Obituaries

Runnels County

Obituaries

Barbara J. Morgan
Barbara J. Morgan, 62, of Astoria, died Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2000, at the Astoria Healthcare Center.
She was born Feb. 5, 1938, in Winter, Texas, the daughter of Walton A. and Bertha L. (Fuller) Harwood. She married John W. Groves, Jr., on Feb. 27, 1956, in Comanche, Texas. She then married Paul D. Morgan on April 12, 1974, in Dodge City, Kan. He preceded her in death, along with one daughter Aubrey and one brother, J.C.
Surviving are one son, Johnny (wife Mary) Groves of Astoria one daughter, Barbara Leann Groves of San Antonio, Texas; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was a line worker for Texas Instruments for nine years. Services were Friday, Oct. 27, at Shawgo Memorial Home in Astoria with Pastor Gary Schultz officiating. Burial was Tuesday at Eula Cemetery in Eula, Texas. Memorials may be made to the Spoon River Hospice Association. [Rushville Times (Fulton County, Illinois), November 1, 2000, page 14A, column 3, Contributed by Sara Hemp]

J. Fount Thomson
Ballinger, Texas, March 31- J. Fount Thomson, an old man and respected citizen of this place, died this morning. He was one of the early settlers of Texas and an ex-Confederate veteran. [Dallas Morning News, 3 Apr 1900, submitted by Barbara Ziegenmeyer