MRS. JACOB BRUCE MORROW, Obituary, 1963, Coke County, TX

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The Observer, Robert Lee, Texas - May 9, 1963

Funeral Rites for Mrs. Morrow Held Here Wednesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Jacob Bruce Morrow, 43, were held at
3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon in the First Methodist Church in Bronte.  
She died at 3:15 a.m. Tuesday in Bronte Hospital after a short illness.

The last rites were conducted by the Rev. A. S. Neely, pastor of
the church.  High school girls composed the choir.  Burial was in Fort
Chadbourne Cemetery under the direction of Clift Funeral Home.

Mrs. Morrow was the former Edna Wilburn.  She was born
Nov. 5, 1919, the daughter of J. F. Wilburn and the late Annie Clayton
Wilburn.  She was married Dec. 27, 1943, in San Angelo to Jacob Bruce
Morrow.

Mrs. Morrow was an active member of the Methodist Church, and
was a member and past worthy matron of the Bronte chapter, Order of
the Eastern Star.  She was a memeber of the Sorosis Study Club and was
a past president of that organization.  She was also active in all 
school activities in which her children participated and had served in 
several offices in the local Parent-Teachers association.

She was always a volunteer worker in the Fort Chadbourne community
in the various drives to raise money for health organizations and other 
charities.

Survivors include her husband; five children, Edna Marie, Jim, Laura,
Lisa, and Mary Jane; her father, J. F. Wilburn of San Angelo; two 
sisters, Mrs. Carrol Hulsey of Glen Rose and Mrs. Glendon Westbrook 
of San Angelo.

Pallbearers were Conda Richards, A. E. Bell, Jr., Bill McKown, Ralph
Richards, Jesse Parker, Clyde Lee, Royce Lee and Noah Pruitt, Jr.
(The Bronte Enterprise)

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