Fannin County Texas Archives Obituaries.....Underwood, Washington December 8, 1971
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Richard Handwerk Richard@Handwerk.nam July 2, 2009, 2:22 am

Honey Grove, TX, 16 Dec 1971
Wash Underwood Services are Held Saturday

Honey Grove.
Frank Washington Underwood, 65 of 701 North Fifth street, a former Rice 
university football star, died in an Athens hospital Wednesday night, DEc. 8 
1971.  His death was sudden.  Funeral services were held at 10:30 am Saaturday 
at the Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dale Swain, Methodist 
minister and the Rev. Arthur Osborne, Presbyterian minister, officiating.  
Burial was in Oakwood cemetery.  Mr. Underwood was born Aug.23, 1906 at Honey 
Grove, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Underwood.  He graduated from Honey 
Grove high school where he was an outstanding athlete.  He later enrolled at 
Rice and was named to the all conference team while playing there.  He was 
later named to the Rice hall of Fame.  He married Miss Mary Virginia Street, 
May 21, 1930 in Houston.  Survivors are his wife, one son, Johnny Underwood of 
Athens; tow daughters.  Mrs. Emiy Fernandes of Pecos and Mrs. Martha Blevins of 
Fort Worth and four grandchildren.  He was amember of the McKenzie United 
Methodist church, Lodge 154, Af&Am, the Honey Grove fire department and the 
Chamber of Commerce.  He was an insurance agent at the time of his death.  He 
was in the grocery business many years.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/fannin/obits/u/underwoo614gob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/txfiles/

File size: 1.8 Kb