Obituary: A. C. McAulay, November 1951

Contributed by Brenda Scott Hines
March 2015
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Bronte Enterprise, Coke County, TX - November 1951

Nov. 1951 Funeral Services Held Wednesday For A. C. McAulay

Funeral services for A. C. McAulay were held from the First Methodist 
Church in Bronte Wednesday afternoon at 2 p. m.  Interment was in the 
Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Newby Davis and Clift 
Funeral Homes. Rev. J. E. Fuller, pastor of the Bronte Methodist Church, 
officiated. Mrs. I. M. Cumbie was organist for the services.

McAulay was born December 1, 1908 at Maverick and attended the Bronte 
and Maverick schools. He married Miss Bonnie Pairish October 2, 1932. 
He was farming three miles north of Maverick.

A member of the Methodist Church, he was also a member of the Masonic 
Lodge. Masonic rites were conducted at the graveside.

MeAulay was killed Monday morning when a gun accidentally discharged, 
hitting him in the abdomen. He had stopped his car at a gate on the 
Claude Gentry Ranch and apparently was reaching for the gun to shoot 
at something when the accident occurred. A man on the way to see Gentry 
found him still alive but he was dead upon arrival at a Ballinger 
hospital.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bonnie McAulay; a daughter, 
Mrs. Eddie Sue Carter of Roy, Utah and his parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. J. E. McAulay of Maverick.
 
Pallbearers were Don Edmiaston, W. H. Maxwell, Jr., Pete Gentry, 
Claude Gentry, Leona Bowden and Royce Lee. His widow has designated 
that all of his many friends be considered as honorary pallbearers.

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