CARRIE RIVES - Obituary - 31 October 1966, Coke County, TX

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The Robert Lee Observer, 3 November 1966 - Robert Lee, TX

	Mrs. Carrie M. Rives, 85, died at 11:30 p.m. Monday in the
West Coke Hospital of a heart attack.
	Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 
Methodist Church with the Rev. Bill McKinley, pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Robert Lee Cemetery directed by Williams Funeral Home.
	She was born June 25, 1881 in Llano to pioneer parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Walker.  She married Tom E. Rives June 28, 1900 at
Sweetwater and came to Coke County in 1916.  They settled in the
Friendship community where they farmed until Mr. Rives' death in 1954.
	Survivors are three sons, Pat and Tom of Robert Lee, John of
Odessa, two daughters, Mrs. Daisy Trimble of Robert Lee, Mrs. Dora
Owen of Odessa; three brothers, Jess Walker of Lamesa, R. L. Walker
of Colorado City, Fred Walker of Sweetwater; two sisters, Mrs. S. A.
Ashley of Stanton and Mrs. Richard Finley of Bonham; 13 grandchildren
and 26 great grandchildren.
	Pallbearers were Raymond Cornelison of Rotan; L. B. Menielle
of San Angelo; Freeman Clark, J. B. Robertson, Victor Wojtek and
Glenn Waldrop, all of Robert Lee.

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