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Montgomery County Obituaries

ADAMS, Melvin H.
(Unknown newspaper; Waco, TX. Sep 1955)
Melvin H. Adams, 51, of Waco, died Thursday in a Houston hospital. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Marie Adams; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Adams, all of Waco; two brothers, Cyril S. Adams of Houston and Leon M. Adams, LaMarque. Body sent to Waco for services and burial. Levy Funeral Directors.

ADAMS, Meyer
(Unknown newspaper; Houston, Texas May 1956)
Meyer Adams died Wednesday at his home. Member Temple Beth Israel. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Bertha Cohen Adams, Houston; daughter, Mrs. Toby Wolf, Cincinnati, Ohio; sisters, Mrs. Harry Schwartzberg, Tyler; Mrs. Beatrice Dubinski, Houston; brother Dave Adams, Waco; two grandchildren. Services Thursday Levy Chapel with Dr. Hyman Schachtel and Rabbi William S. Maley officiating. Entombment in Beth Israel Mausoleum. Pallbearers: Abe Davis, Sol. Davis, Max Wagner, Adolf Wagner, Julius Zinn, Al Stone. Levy Funeral Directors.

ADAMS, Mildred
(Unknown newspaper; Feb 1, 1959)
Mrs. Mildred Adams of 7634 Arnim St., died Sunday. Survivors: Husband, Stacy Adams; son, Edward E. Adams; daughter, Mrs. JoNeita Bencal; granddaughters, Judy Sue Adams, Sharon Renee Bencal; mother, Mrs. T. W. Hines, all of Houston; sister, Mrs. A. J. Bay, Corpus Christi; brothers, Walter B. Hines, Houston, James L. Hines, Puerto Rico, Benton W. Hines, New Orleans, LA, Gerald A. Hines, Houston; daughter-in-law, Mrs. Helen Adams, son-in-law, John Bencal, both of Houston; 10 nephews and seven nieces. Chapel services Tuesday, Rev. R. L. Hollems officiating. Burial South Park Cemetery. Pallbearers: J. W. Curtis, J. B. McIver, Fred Lammers, J. D. Hester, Walter Houtzer, Les Guillot. Fogle West Mortuaries.

ADAMS, Neal Newland
((Unknown newspaper; Bammel, Texas; Jan 11, 1957)
Neal Newland Adams, 67, Bammel, died Friday. Member Cade-Rothwell Masonic Lodge 1151, A. F. & A.M., United States Navy Fleet Reserve. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Dorothy Emily Adams; daughter, Mrs. Garland Procise, both of Bammel,; son, Hope W. Adams, Houston; sisters, Mrs. Ruth McGaffey, San Antonio, Mrs. Gail Reaneau, Houston; five grandchildren. Services Monday, Heights chapel, Rev. Carl Biar. Burial Reshaven Cemetery. Heights Funeral Home.
(On back of card): Funeral services for Neill Newland Adams, 67, of Bammel, will be held Monday at the Heights Funeral Home.
Adams, retired owner of Adams and Burroughs Co., a refrigeration sales and service company here, died Friday in Tomball Hospital following a long illness.
At the time of his death Adams was operating a dairy in Bammel.
Born in Lissie, Texas, Adams was the son of Hope Adams, a frontier sheriff who was killed in a gun battle in Wharton in 1895. Adams and his two sisters were reared and educated in a Masonic home in Ft. Worth.
After 16 years in the Navy, including submarine duty in World War I, Adams was discharged with the rank of chief petty officer. He came to Houston in 1932 and founded the firm he headed until his retirement in 1944.

ADAMS, Mrs. Nettie G.
(Unknown newspaper; Houston, TX Dec 2, 1957)
Mrs. Nettie G. Adams, 82, died Monday at her residence. Resident of Houston 10 years. Member of Methodist Church. Survivors: Daughters, Mrs. Ray Coats, San Antonio, Mrs. Henry Jonas, Houston; son, Sam J. Adams, Dallas; sister, Mrs, Forrest Mathis, Dallas; brother, Emmett Godbold, Louisville, KY; several nieces and nephews; four grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren.
Remains to be forwarded Monday to the Sparkman-Brand Funeral Home, Dallas, for services and burial there. Pat H. Foley & Co.

ADAMS, Mrs. Olga
(Unknown newspaper; Beaumont, Texas Apr 24, 1957)
Funeral for Mrs. Olga Adams, 76, who died in a local nursing home Wednesday, will be held in Bastrop Friday. A native of Bastrop, Mrs. Adams had resided there until she moved to Beaumont eight years ago. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Emily Rabb, Beaumont.

ADAMS, Osborn Cecil
(Not an obit. 1953)
Age 23, Rt. 1, Box 178, Fairbanks, TX, b. May 13, 1929 Beaumont, Texas; gr Sch: Orangefield High: 35-43; H Sch: Klein H Sch 43.7; Pfc, USMC, 4/17/48-4/16/52; Wkd Union Nat Bank, Houston 47-8; Nat Biscuit Co. 52; Nat Bank Commerce, 1953.

ADAMS, Oscar W.
(Unknown newspaper; Houston, TX Sep 1, 1958)
Oscar W. Adams, 49, died Monday. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Clara H. Adams of Houston; son, Larry Joe Adams of Houston; sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Lucas of Crossville, ILL, Mrs. M. G. Sillaway of Joplin, Mo. Services Wednesday Heights Funeral Home chapel, Rev. J. A. Richardson officiating. Burial in Memorial Oaks Cemetery. Heights Funeral Home.

ADAMS, Pleasant Rivers
(Unknown newspaper; Houston, TX Oct 3, 1958)
Pleasant Rivers Adams, 72. died Friday. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Miller Adams; daughter, Mrs. Ethel Scurlock; sons, Jesse James Adams, John Denson Adams, all of Houston; two nephews, Charles Adams, Baton Rouge, LA; Dr. D. H. McCall, Dallas; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. Services Monday Heights Chapel, Rev. W. Edwin Crawford. Burial Forest Park Cemetery. Pallbearers: Leon Smith, Roscoe Osborn, Douglas Osborn, Thomas C. Carroll, G. W. Stewart, Dee Bryan. Heights Funeral Home.

ADAMS, Quintus S., Sr.
(Unknown newspaper; Houston, TX Jan 1956)
Quintus S. Adams, Sr., 65, died Tuesday in a local hospital.. Born in Linden, Ala. Lived in Houston 27 years. Member First Methodist Church, Mobile Masonic Lodge, Mobile, Ala, York Rite, Abba Temple Shrine, Knights Templar. Past commander and past high priest of Knights Templar. Member of Knights of Pythias. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Marie Rain Adams; son, Quintus S. Adams, Jr; grandsons,Richard Spenser Adams, Donald Rain Adams, all of Houston; three sisters, Miss Massalena Adams, Mrs. Olive Lundy, both of Mobile, Ala, Mrs. L. M. Davidson, Port Arthur; brother, S. M. Adams, Mobile, Ala; number of nieces and nephews. Body will be sent to Roche Funeral Home, Mobile, Ala. for services Thursday afternoon. Settegast-Kopf Co.

ADAMS, Richard Ellis
(Unknown newspaper; Houston, TX Oct 1955)
Richard Ellis Adams, 55, died Friday. Member Park Place Lodge 172, A.F.&A.M. Park Place Chapter 731, O.E.S., United Steel Workers of America, Mansfield Chapter 28, R.A.M. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Nell Adams, Houston; son, John Adams, Mansfield, Ohio; five sisters, Mrs. Mildred Sackman, Mrs. Alice Young, Mrs. Kathleen Peiffer, all of Mansfield, Mrs. Lulu Crowl, Shiloh, Ohio; Mrs. Nancy Norvell, San Angelo; three brothers, D. C. Adams, Mansfield, Ohio; T. C. Adams, Greens Bayou, O. M. Adams, Galveston; two grandchildren.
Services Monday Callaway Funeral Home, Rev. Fred Markus officiating. Burial in South Park Cemetery, auspices of Park Place Lodge No. 1172,A.F.&A.M. Callaway Funeral Home.

ADAMS, Robert Coy
(Unknown newspaper; Jan 22, 1859)
Robert Coy Adams, 65, of 822 Beacon, died Thursday in his home. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Alice Adams; son: Frank M. Adams; stepson, George N. Brown; sister, Mrs. C. B. Scogin, all of Houston; three grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; two nieces. Services Saturday Howard Funeral Home chapel Rev. Robert Colley officiating. Burial San Jacinto Memorial Park. Howard Funeral Home.

ADAMS, Mrs. Roberta
(Unknown newspaper; Beaumont, TX Jan 24, 1958)
Mrs. Roberta Adams, 87, died Saturday. She was a native of Grand Cane, LA, and had resided in Beaumont one year. Funeral arrangements are being made by Roberts and Pipkin-Brulin. Last rites will be conducted in Center. Surviving are sons, Herman of Teneha, Hartwell and John B. of Center, and Fred of Beaumont, and daughters, Mrs. Oma McFarland of Teneha, Mrs. Ella Sauer and Mrs. L. Walker of Houston, Mrs. Bee McDonald of Center and Mrs. Velma Wooly of Beaumont.

ADAMS, Ray T. Sr.
(Unknown newspaper; Houston, TX Dec 31, 1958)
Ray T. Adams, Sr., 60, died Wednesday. Member Oaks Christian Church, Spring Lodge No. 1174, A.F.&A.M., Electrical Works Local No. 66. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Ethel Adams; sons, Raymond T. Adams, Jr., Roy Adams; daughter, Mrs. Grace Smith; brother, H. R. Adams; three sisters, Mrs. Gellissia Beinhorn, Mrs. Lucinda Weise, all of Houston, Mrs. Ellen Wooster of Hot Springs, Ark; seven grandchildren. Services Friday chapel of Ray Duval Funeral Home, Rev. William Montague and Rev. W. H. Hogg officiating. Graveside services auspices of Spring Lodge No. 1174, A.F.&A.M., and burial in Rosewood Park. Ray Duval Funeral Home.

ADAMS, Thomas Jefferson
(Unknown newspaper; Conroe, Texas Feb 22, 1971)
(From a remembrance card from Metcalf Funeral Directors)
Mr. Thomas Jefferson Adams, b. Sep 9, 1894 Montalba, Texas; Passed away February 22, 1971 Tomball, Texas; Survivors: Wife: Mrs. LuDelle Adams of Conroe; one daughter, Mrs. Martha Gandy, Conroe; two grandchildren, Miss Susan Gandy and Mr. Bill Gandy, both of Conroe; one brother, Mr. R. F. Adams, Baytown; two sisters, Mrs. W. D. Nixon and Mrs. V. Johnson both of Palestine, Texas; one niece and four nephews. Clergyman: Rev. Cliff Herrington, Pastor First Baptist Church of Conroe, officiating. Interment: Garden Park Cemetery. Pallbearers: Homer Shaw, Perry Williams, Edward Gandy, Dan Alley, Lynn Coker, J. W. Simpson, Casey Jones, Jim Talley; Honorary Pallbearers: Seth Dorbandt, Ash Durham, Joe Dan Ivy, Gene Reeves, Judge Ernest Coker, Sr.

McGuffin, Josephine
Footprints, Vol. 15, 1972,
OBITUARIES; DEATH NOTICES FROM THE TEXAS BAPTIST HERALD
Abstracted by Mildred Bagley Smith.

Page 5: "Miss Josephine McGuffin died in the town of MOntgomery 11 Sep 1870, in the 27th year of her age. She united with the church in MOntgomery in 1861. (Oct 26, 1870: 3.3)
{Submitted by V. Hartman}

Smith, Mildred Bagley
Footprints, Vol. 15, 1972,
OBITUARIES; DEATH NOTICES FROM THE TEXAS BAPTIST HERALD
Abstracted by Mildred Bagley Smith.
Page 50: "Hezehiak H. ABNEY died at his residence in MOntgomery County (no date). He was born in Jackson Co. GA 18 Jan 1827. He was baptized into the fellowship of Danville Baptist Church by Elder N. T. BYARS in Jul. 1860. "His membership continued there until Dec. 1869 when he and other brethren, holding letters of dismission, came together and formed Spring Hill Baptist Church eight miles east of Danville, where he continued his membership until his death." He left a wife and five small children. "Done in Conference by order of the Church, March 11, 1871." (Apr 19, 1871: 3.4)
{Submitted by V. Hartman}

Stewart, C. B.
C. B. Stewart, aged eighty-one, one of the signers of the Texas declaration of independence, died at Montgomery, Texas, July 28th. Only one signer of the declaration now survives.
The Daily Morning Astorian (Astoria, OR)
Wednesday, August 12, 1885
{Submitted by Jim Dezotell}

Johnson, David Hart -- 54, of Splendora, Texas, formerly of Rushville, passed away Thursday, July 5, 2007 at his home. He was born on May 14, 1953 in Beardstown, Illinois, the son of Beverly and Melba Johnson. Surviving are his wife, the former Nancy Jackson, his parents Beverly "Budgie" and Melba Johnson of Rushville, three daughters: Shawn Willing (Chris) and Sheri Johnson all of Quincy and Catrina Swenson (Joseph Carter) of Cleveland, Texas, step children: John Jackson of Quincy, Jennifer Baughman (Michael) of Peoria, 6 grandchildren: Khristopher, Kutter, Adreanna, Timothy, John Michael, and Gregory, two sisters: Debra Logan and (George) of Virginia and Dixie Moorman (Earl) of Palmyra and several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.

David attended Rushville High School and Morrison Technical School, where he studied drafting. He was the assistant manager of the Steak N Shake in Quincy and the Flying J in Houston, TX. He was particularly proud of his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Graveside services will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, at the Rushville City Cemetery. Calling hours will be from 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 Thursday at the Wood Funeral Home in Rushville.
[submitted by Sara Hemp who notes:His mother is Melba Crumley, daughter of Herbert Franklin Crumley and Flossie "June" June Brackett. |