Freestone Co, Tx - Obit of Zuma Steele    
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Freestone Co, Tx - Obit of Zuma Steele (never married) 


Mexia Weekly Herald, Friday, Jan 12, 1934 edition

MISS Z. STEELE, PIONEER WOMAN, DIES THRUSDAY

   Miss Zuma Steele, 62 years old, member of Mexia's oldest families, died late
   Thursday and was buried Friday in the city cemetery, following last rites
   conducted by Rev. E. H. Hudson at the First Presbyterian Church.  Miss
   Steele, who underwent a major operation a month ago, died at 7 PM Thursday
   of complications brought about by her advancing years.
   Born at the Steele homestead between Mexia and Cotton Gin, Aug. 27, 1871,
   Miss Steele was the daughter of the late Senator and Mrs. R. E. Steele.
   Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. W. B. [Walter Berry] Bonner [who is Ella
   Steele] and Mrs. T. E. [Thomas Emmitt] Wright [who is Josephine Steele], and
   one brother, R. [Robert] A. Steele.  She made her home at 602 Ross Avenue.
  Pallbearers included J. G. Coman, A. W. Bonner, Frank Evens, Revis? Finch, O.
  F. Watkins, Jake Stubbs, B. B. Hunt, Horace Chitwood, Don Caldwell, Herman
  Hitt and John Davis.  The J. I. Riddle Company was in charge.