Coryell Co. Tx - Obit for Mrs Claud (Sarah) Short Submitted by Bobbie Ross with permission of the Gatesville Messenger & Star-Forum Copyright, http://www.gatesvillemessenger.com/ ************************************************************************ 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/ *********************************************************************** Gatesville Messenger Aug.13, 1992 MRS. SHORT Mrs. Claud (Sarah) Short of Wimberly died there Saturday. She was 91. Services were held Tuesday at Scott's Funeral Home with Rev. Rex Tilly officiating. Burial was in Restland Cemetery. She was born February 16, 1901, in Coryell County, daughter of the late William L. and Annie Brown. She attended school at Ewing and Gatesville. She also attended Baylor University. She married William Claud Short in the Ewing community July 29, 1923. They lived in San Antonio for 18 years before moving to Gatesville in 1965. Mrs. Short was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Gatesville. Survivors include three sons, Doyle Short of Wimberly, Billy Short of Rockport and Gilbert Short of Victoria; one sister, Mrs. Rex (Lula) Clawson of Houston; nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.