Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


[Lemuel Hampton Withrow]

The Fairfield Recorder 
28 Sep 1944 issue

FORMER COUNTY OFFICAL DIES SUDDENLY AT HOME

  L. H. Withrow, aged 74, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Teague,
Monday morning.  Funeral services will be held today at First Baptist Church in
Teague at 4:00, burial following in Teague cemetery.  Odd Fellows in charge.
  Mr. Withrow was born September 8, 1870 in Gordensville, Ky.  He came to Texas
when a lad and was reared in the Ward Prairie community, later moving to Kirvin
and to Teague.  He served as commissioner of the Teague precinct several years.
He joined the Baptist Church in 1920. He was married to Miss Birdie Willard, 
August 6, 1894, and he is survived by his wife and ten children:  Mrs. L. H. 
Lindsey, Mrs. G. L. Gay, Mrs. Gus Harper, Mrs. Alvis Ashley, Mrs. R. W. Smith of
Teague, Mrs. M. D. Ashley, Tucson, Arizona; Mrs. H. A. Davis, Corpus Christi; 
Mrs. C. C. Roberts, Houston; J. W. Withrow and C. B. Withrow of Orange.
  He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ed Keller, Coriscana; Mrs. Will Lott 
of Dallas; three brothers, D. D. Withrow, Mexia; F. E. and W. W. Withrow, Teague
and 18 grandchildren.