Ellis County Texas Archives Obituaries.....Collard, George   W. 1960
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The Ennis Daily News
Mrs. G.W. Collard
Is Laid to Rest
[Feb 16, 1960]

Funeral services for Mrs. G.W. Collard, 78, who died Tuesday morning at
Kerrville will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Bunch Funeratl Chapel, with burial
following in Rice Cemetery.  Rites will be conducted by Rev. Wallace N. Dunson.

Born May 28, 1881 in Georgia [Taylor County], Mrs. Collard lived most of her
life in the Alma Community, near here. She was a member of the Methodist Church.

Surviving Mrs. Collard are four sons: Hugh Collard of Ennis and Dallas; Hatton
Collard, Ennis; Theodore Collard of Arlington, and Frank Collard of Paul's
Valley, Okla.

She also leaves a brother, Rupert Ruffin of Sherman and 11 grandchildren and 11
great-grandchildren.

Mr. Collard died Feb 29, 1936

NOTES:
Sally Lee Ruffin Collard was the 6th child (2nd daughter) of Henry J. and W.
Virginia Jinks Ruffin. She came with her family from Taylor County, Georgia to
Alma Texas around 1886.

She married George Collard Sept 20, 1899.
Her life was a tragic one. She lost two young sons to diphtheria in 1904 (both
of them dying on the same day), her daughter, Genevieve died at age 19, and her
youngest son, Edward, died in WW II in Australia.

Additional Comments:
George Washington Collard married Sallie Lee Ruffin Sept 20, 1899.
He was born Oct 18, 1876 in West Clifty (Grayson Co) Kentucky.  He and his older
brother, Lewis, had come to Alma around 1898.

Their uncle was Williiam Whitfill one of the first arrivals to Alma from Kentucky.

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