Obituary for Mrs. Ruby Dennis DeFee  
     Died 7 March 1944


     Local School Teacher Dies

     Mrs. Ruby Dennis DeFee was Widow of Former City
     Secretary Here
 
     Mrs. Ruby Dennis DeFee, 61 year old School Teacher,
     died at 1 p.m., Tuesday, in a Texarkana hospital.
     She resigned her position as a teacher at the Spring
     Lake Park School a month ago due to ill health.
     Mrs. DeFee , who resided at 2717 Olive Street, had
     been a resident of Texarkana for the past 39 years.
     She was born in Hunt County, Texas.
     She was the widow of the late William J. DeFee, a 
     former City Secretary of Texarkana, Texas.
     An active member of the Eastern Star , she was a
     past worthy matron of that organization and a
     member of the Twentieth Century Sunday School class
     of the Central Christain Church here and a member of
     the Druggist Auxillary.
     She is survived by two sons, William J. DeFee, United
     States Army and Robert E. DeFee, Texarkana; two 
     daughters, Mrs. Ruth Mathews, Salt Lake City, Utah and 
     Mrs. Frances McLarty, Texarkana; two brothers, W.I.
     Dennis, Chickasha, Okla., and a J. H. Dennis, Itasca,
     Texas; a sister, Mrs. J.E. Risley, Dallas; and three
     grand children.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday at
     the East chapel with Rev. E. Hunt, Pastor of the
     Central Christain Church officiating. Burial will be
     in Hill Crest Cemetery.
     Active Pallbearers will be W.S. Chance Jr., C.A.Smith,
     W.H. McLarty, L.T.Lain, J.T. Burnett and Dr. J.W.
     Clements.
     Honorary Pallbearers will be friends of the family.


Submitted by William A. Sweeney, Grandson of Ruby DeFee.
Email: CLIQUEONE@aol.com

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