Freestone County, Texas Obituaries (Submitted by Mike Pruitt on 16 May 2006) Mexia Daily News - dated Nov. 6, 1967: [Death Date: Nov 05, 1967] Dee "Faira" (Weldon) Black Funeral Services for Mrs. Dee (Faira) Black, 71, of Mexia will be conducted Wed. at 2 pm in the Ross Ave. Church of Christ. A native of Currie (Freestone County), Mrs. Black died Sunday night at 7:30 in Wortham Hospital. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Officating will be Mr. Kirk Castleman, minister of the Ross Ave. Church of Christ. Burial will be in Wortham City Cemetery, under direction of Riddle Funeral Home. Surviving are her husband, of Mexia, a daughter, Mrs. Clyde Mackey, of Mexia; three sons, Weldon Black of Mexia, Glenn Black of Houston and Vannoy Black of Haskell; two sisters Mrs. Ruth Murphy of Wortham and Mrs. Clyde Stubbs of Bowie; two brothers, Tom Weldon of Cleburne and Millard Weldon of Big Springs; and eight grand children.