Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


[This is Autie Viola (Stroud) Richardson 02/08/1895 - 08/27/1986
 wife of Fred Barnett Richardson 12/04/1890 - 03/30/1983]


The Fairfield Recorder
Thursday, September 4, 1986 - Page 8 A

Autie Viola Richardson

Funeral services were held Friday afternoon for Freestone county native Autie 
Viola Richardson, 91, who died last Wednesday.

Mrs. Richardson was born Feb 8, 1895, in Freestone county and lived in Fairfield.
She was a homemaker and member of Calvary Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Richardson, who died March 30,
1983.

Services were conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Calvary Baptist Church with the 
Rev. Donald Pruitt officiating.  He was assisted by Dr. Bryon Orand.

Special music was provided by organist Frank O'Banion and Mr. and Mrs. Perry
Orand who performed "Grace Greater Than Our Sins" and "Beulah Land".

Burial was at Antioch Cemetery in Fairfield.

Pallbearers were Morris Wald, Sid Stroud, John Stroud, Wiley Stroud, Ralph 
Thompson and Warren Stroud.

Honorary pallbearers were J. D. Harris, Peyton Awalt, Leonard Denton, Glen 
White, C. L. Mullen, Curtis Freeman, Hollis Lambert, and Albert York.

Mrs. Richardson is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Gene Orand and Mrs. Mildred
Burkhart, both of Fairfield; a son, Newburn Richardson of Fairfield; three
sisters, Mrs. Linwood Orand of Wimberly, Mrs. Minnie Youngblood of Dallas and
Alma Hughes of Gallop, N.M.; a brother, Zack Stroud of Fairfield; six 
grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Arrangements were made by Capps Memorial Chapel of Fairfield.