J. T. Dempsey, Obituary - Bowie County Tx. > Texarkana Funeral services for J. T. Dempsey, former deputy constable for precinct one, Bowie County, who was killed early Tuesday morning near Winnfield, La., will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday from the East Funeral Home, with the Rev. William A. Casseday. pastor of the Pine Street Presbyterian church officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lena Dempsey and a step son, Billy Joe Ballard both of Texarkana, two sons, Edward Dempsey and Paul, both of Wright City, Okla., and five daughters, Mrs. Edna Jefferson of Blakely, Ark., Mrs. Electa Grammer and Miss Lois Dempsey, both of Wright City, Okla., and Mrs. Lucille Hunnicut and Miss Lois Dempsey, both of Marlin, Texas. Active pallbearers will be William B. Culberson, H. F. Holden, W. B. Rochelle, G. H. Brooks, Dr. A. L. Peterson, Louis Harland, Walter Nichols, and the Rev. W. L. Hickman. Honorary pallbearers will be A. Brown, Dr. J. N. White, Orin Rehkopf, J. H. Cole, J. U. Nichols, P. K. Browning, the Rev. E. D. Browning, C. R. Pilkington, Pete Hayes, Delmar Wyatt, J. F. Meadows, Will Steel, Rollin Rodgers, Sr., Rollin Rodgers, Jr., Tommy Elliott, J. A. Still, Allen Brooks, Harry Monsarrat, S. H. Ball, T. J. Sheffield, and C. C. Bizell. 10/01/1936 Texarkana Gazette - Page 2, column 7 Submitted by: TRESAJJJJ@aol.com And: Virginia_johnson_1999@yahoo.com Date: 12/8/00 ******************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *******************************************************************