VITAL RECORDS - FREESTONE COUNTY, TX - DEATHS 1973 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Chuck H. Mahaffey - chm99@pacbell.net August 21st, 2001 http://www.rootsweb/~usgenweb/ ************************************************************************ Information in this database comes from the Texas Department of Health. As of March 2000, Birth Indexes from 1926-1995 and Death Indexes from 1964-1998 are available on the Internet, microfiche or CD-ROM. http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/registra/index.htm Summary of Death Certificates of People Who Died in Freestone County, Texas For the Year 1973 ************************************************************************ Date of Marital Name Death Sex Status Ahearn, Thomas W 19-Dec-1973 M Married Alldredge, Lula P 02-Sep-1973 F Widowed Allen, Murry C 22-Dec-1973 M Single Altman, Thomas D 05-Nov-1973 Unknown Anzley, Cornelius 20-Oct-1973 M Single Arnold, Sam F 31-May-1973 M Single Averhart, Fletcher 29-Oct-1973 M Single Ayers, Julia M 28-Apr-1973 F Single Baker, Ella M 13-Jan-1973 F Widowed Baker, Mary 12-Oct-1973 F Single Ballard, Mattie 20-Jul-1973 F Widowed Barger, Doris D 04-Nov-1973 F Single Barker, Julia E 15-Aug-1973 F Widowed Barnett, Leona 31-May-1973 F Separ/divorced Beaver, Vada 31-Dec-1973 F Widowed Beene, Vivian F 09-Jan-1973 F Separ/divorced Bell, Donnie H 30-Jun-1973 F Widowed Bennett, Clara 01-Jul-1973 F Widowed Bernal, Irasema G 15-Apr-1973 F Married Bottoms, Thomas E 04-Jan-1973 M Single Bounds, Dillon A 18-Feb-1973 M Single Bounds, Frances E 01-Oct-1973 F Widowed Bowen, Charles E 06-Sep-1973 M Widowed Bowman, T K 12-Nov-1973 M Single Boyd, Beatrice B 26-Oct-1973 F Single Brewer, Robert J 18-Jun-1973 M Widowed Brown, Harley W 19-Apr-1973 M Single Brown, Lillie B 28-Sep-1973 F Widowed Bulin, Emily M 09-Dec-1973 F Widowed Burleson, Jerry T 28-Jan-1973 M Single Burleson, Jerry G 28-Jan-1973 M Married Burleson, Dorothy J 28-Jan-1973 F Single Burnham, Sally 22-Apr-1973 F Widowed Cannon, Salina E 29-Jan-1973 F Separ/divorced Carter, Dessie O 07-Jan-1973 F Single Carter, Luke 21-Jan-1973 M Widowed Carter, Jacob 09-Apr-1973 M Married Carter, Rachel 25-Apr-1973 F Widowed Carter, Bessie 05-Oct-1973 F Widowed Castleberry, Lolo M 25-Oct-1973 F Widowed Chappell, John W 27-Jun-1973 M Married Claridge, Anna R 30-Dec-1973 F Widowed Clary, Ida R 07-Jun-1973 F Widowed Cole, Dollie M 11-Nov-1973 F Widowed Cooper, Birda L 13-Aug-1973 F Single Copeland, Roxie A 20-Apr-1973 F Single Dailey, Ola M 02-May-1973 F Widowed Daniell, Freda N 26-Jan-1973 F Separ/divorced Dodd, Oran L 03-Jul-1973 M Widowed Dounley, Thelma 24-Sep-1973 F Single Dowdy, Mattie C 12-Jun-1973 F Widowed Durham, Watson 01-Oct-1973 M Single Eagans, Stephen C 26-Oct-1973 M Single Earle, Attie M 29-Apr-1973 F Widowed Echols, Cleopatra 16-Jul-1973 F Single Edmond, Cullen 16-Jan-1973 M Separ/divorced Edwards, Charlie 28-May-1973 M Single Elliott, Minnie A 27-Sep-1973 F Single Emert, Anna L 29-Sep-1973 F Widowed Emmons, James P 21-Mar-1973 M Single Ezell, Mollie G 26-Aug-1973 F Single Ezell, Mollie G 26-Aug-1973 F Single Foley, Curtis E 24-Nov-1973 M Single Fore, Abbie L 06-Aug-1973 F Single Fox, Travis J 28-Mar-1973 M Single Frazier, Edgar 01-Jul-1973 M Married Fullerton, Effie 23-Oct-1973 F Widowed Gage, Lula V 19-Feb-1973 F Widowed Gillespie, Peter 07-Mar-1973 M Single Glenn, Iva R 14-Aug-1973 F Widowed Gorman, Roosevelt 21-Jan-1973 M Widowed Granberry, Laura R 20-Mar-1973 F Single Granberry, Hamp, SR 16-Jun-1973 M Widowed Grant, Dewey 06-May-1973 M Widowed Griffin, Henry D 26-Sep-1973 M Single Guggolz, Wanda 06-Jan-1973 F Single Hackney, Elaine H 27-Jun-1973 F Single Hackney, Lowell A 29-Jun-1973 M Widowed Harper, Johnson 29-Oct-1973 M Single Harrison, Geronie M 13-Aug-1973 M Single Haydon, Augusta 03-Oct-1973 F Single Haynes, Lillie P 22-Sep-1973 F Widowed Henderson, Thurman B 05-Jul-1973 M Single Henderson, Ezra 23-Nov-1973 Unknown Herring, Kathryn M 16-Jan-1973 F Widowed Higginbotham, George D 19-Sep-1973 M Single Hippel, Virgil L 10-Feb-1973 M Single Holmes, Leone L 16-Nov-1973 F Widowed Holt, Mattie 06-Feb-1973 F Single Hood, Harry I 21-Apr-1973 M Single Horner, Ory T 11-Oct-1973 M Single Howell, Joseph 08-Jan-1973 M Widowed Huckaby, William B, JR 06-Jun-1973 M Single Hudson, Winniefred D 27-Jun-1973 F Widowed Hullum, Gordon S 31-Jul-1973 M Single Hutcherson, Riley 13-Jan-1973 M Married Jackson, Walter H 16-Feb-1973 M Single Johnson, William G 19-May-1973 M Married Johnson, Arthur W 16-Jun-1973 M Single Johnson, Keith L 21-Oct-1973 M Married Jones, Teddy T, JR 06-Jan-1973 M Married Jones, Marilyn D 22-Apr-1973 F Married Jones, Iva L 30-Nov-1973 F Single Keeton, Roger 31-Dec-1973 M Single Keils, Nora R 26-Oct-1973 F Single Kennedy, Vernon L 14-Nov-1973 M Single Kilgore, Thelma O 31-Aug-1973 F Single King, Birdie 02-May-1973 F Widowed Kinney, Gladys 30-Jun-1973 F Single Knight, Lillie B 24-Oct-1973 F Widowed Kutch, Conn R 06-Nov-1973 M Single Lane, Vernon D 27-Aug-1973 M Married Lansford, Elmore 13-Dec-1973 M Single Leach, Laura L 10-Nov-1973 F Widowed Lee, Mattie V 09-Oct-1973 F Widowed Lewis, Angie P 06-Jun-1973 F Single Lewis, John O 08-Jul-1973 M Single Lillard, Rufus B 10-Aug-1973 M Married Livingston, Randolph 12-May-1973 M Single Livingston, Adam R 27-Aug-1973 M Single Long, Gaston V 23-Dec-1973 M Single Loyd, Joseph B 06-Jul-1973 M Widowed Magness, Ore C, JR 31-Oct-1973 M Separ/divorced Malone, Johnnie 12-Sep-1973 F Widowed Manahan, Terry S 28-Apr-1973 M Single Mathews, Cassie 22-May-1973 F Single Mcadams, Marion 27-Apr-1973 M Widowed Mcadams, Maurine L 23-Nov-1973 F Single Mcilveen, Loyd 24-Jan-1973 M Single Mckinney, James M 16-Jun-1973 M Single Mclin, Mildred E 11-Jun-1973 F Widowed Mcqueen, Willard H 26-Oct-1973 M Single Mcspadden, Eunice E 29-Jan-1973 F Widowed Meador, Mabel S 02-Feb-1973 F Widowed Melton, Florence 26-Mar-1973 F Married Miller, Ray F 26-Apr-1973 M Separ/divorced Missildine, Oliver L 08-May-1973 M Widowed Moffett, Lynn 30-Sep-1973 M Widowed Moncrief, Anna M 11-May-1973 F Widowed Moore, Karen E 04-Aug-1973 F Married Morrow, Tom O 18-Jan-1973 M Single Motley, Wright C 28-Jan-1973 M Widowed Newell, Kelly E 07-Apr-1973 M Single Newman, Everett H 21-Dec-1973 M Single Nichols, Bettie 01-Jan-1973 F Widowed Orand, Ellis E 24-Jul-1973 M Separ/divorced Owens, Cornelia L 01-Aug-1973 F Single Padgett, Mary J 03-May-1973 F Single Padgett, John W 03-Sep-1973 M Single Parker, Don L 12-Jan-1973 M Single Persons, Flora L 28-Jan-1973 F Separ/divorced Pinkard, Melba 15-Oct-1973 F Widowed Porter, Dora B 22-Jan-1973 F Widowed Ransom, Louise C 21-Jan-1973 F Single Raus, Gladys R 20-Jun-1973 F Widowed Riles, Mary L 18-Oct-1973 F Widowed Riley, Betsy 04-Jul-1973 F Widowed Roberts, Ona L 21-Sep-1973 F Widowed Robertson, Charlie C 19-Mar-1973 M Single Robertson, Clara M 13-Apr-1973 F Married Robinson, James P 22-Feb-1973 M Single Rodgers, Marion A 30-Aug-1973 M Single Rollins, Mattie 09-Jun-1973 F Single Rutherford, Nute D 24-Sep-1973 M Single Sartor, James H 04-Mar-1973 M Single Sawyer, Arvin A 16-Oct-1973 M Single Shanks, Roy L 01-May-1973 M Single Shumate, Bettie 06-May-1973 F Widowed Simpson, Willie L 13-Feb-1973 M Single Sims, Johnnie L 27-Feb-1973 M Married Sims, Emory E 14-Jul-1973 M Separ/divorced Smith, George W 21-Jan-1973 M Single Smith, Doris K 25-Mar-1973 F Single Smith, Autrey 28-Jun-1973 F Married Smith, Fenton R 13-Jul-1973 M Single Smith, Margaret E 08-Aug-1973 F Widowed Smith, Ernest H 02-Nov-1973 M Single Smith, Marvin T, JR 02-Dec-1973 M Single Solomom, Will K 04-Feb-1973 M Widowed Spillers, Clara 31-Oct-1973 F Widowed Sterling, George M 10-Nov-1973 M Single Steward, Washington W 10-Nov-1973 M Widowed Story, Ada 23-Dec-1973 F Single Strunck, Annie J 14-Aug-1973 F Single Tackett, Gerald J 06-Jun-1973 M Single Tatum, Elbert, SR 14-Feb-1973 M Single Taylor, Muggie 08-Nov-1973 F Widowed Terry, Govie M 07-Jul-1973 F Single Thomas, Andrew L, JR 28-May-1973 M Single Tice, Lawrence E 20-Apr-1973 M Single Tubbs, Myrtle 15-Apr-1973 F Widowed Tucker, Otis 08-Sep-1973 M Widowed Turner, Lee 06-Jan-1973 M Single Turner, Ora J 04-Mar-1973 F Widowed Turner, Shannon D 24-Jul-1973 M Married Utsey, Maudie M 22-Jan-1973 F Widowed Vickers, Joe N 15-Oct-1973 M Single Waldon, Lela 01-Sep-1973 F Widowed Ward, Vassie L 12-Sep-1973 F Widowed Ware, Parthenia S 04-Mar-1973 F Married Watson, Ruby O 09-Jan-1973 F Widowed Webb, Doris M 29-Dec-1973 F Single Welch, Minnie E 10-Jan-1973 F Widowed West, Henry G 05-Apr-1973 M Single Williams, Boyd 02-Jan-1973 M Widowed Williams, Ella M 14-Mar-1973 F Widowed Williams, Henry C 26-May-1973 M Single Williams, Johnnie 15-Jul-1973 M Single Winkler, Silas G 10-Oct-1973 M Single Woodall, James H 18-Sep-1973 M Single Woodard, Martha M 29-Sep-1973 F Single Woodruff, Bonnie I 15-Oct-1973 F Single Wyatt, George H 07-Feb-1973 M Widowed Wylie, Mable B 17-Sep-1973 F Single Yerby, Leta E 16-Feb-1973 F Single Yielding, Bertie 24-Apr-1973 F Widowed ==================================================== DEATH CERTIFICATE TRANSCRIPTIONS: Name : Fletcher Averhart Death date : 29 Oct 1973 Death place : 9 miles N. of Fairifeld, Freestone County, Texas Residence: Route 1, Box 83, Fairifeld, Freestone County, Texas Age at death : 67 years Gender : Male Race: Negro Marital status : Married BirthDate: 7-2-1906 Occupation: Retired Day Laborer Spouse name : Eth M. Averhart Father name : Ruben Averhart Mother name : Irene Gatney Burial: Baptist Cemetery in Fairfield, Texas Informant: Mrs. Etta M. Averhart (wife) Name: Rachel Carter Death Date: 25 Apr 1973 Death Place: Freestone County Hospital in Fairfield, Freestone Co., Texas Residence: Nolan St. in Fairfield, Freestone Co., Texas Race: Negro Gender: Female Marital Status: Widowed Occupation: Housewife Birth Date: 1881 Birthplace: , Texas Father's Name: Orange Strain Mother's Name: Manda Jackson Burial: Hopewell Cemetery in Fairfield, Texas Certificate Number: 21086 Name: Nettie Catherine Coates Death Date: 12 Feb 1973 Death Place: Methodist Hospital in Houston, Harris Co., Texas Residence: 512 E. Commerce, Fairfield, Freestone Co., Texas Gender: Female Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Birth Date: 11 Jan 1891 Age: 82 y Occupation: Housewife Birthplace: Texas Father's Name: Ike Casey Mother's Name: Catherine Lee Informant: Clifford Coates (son) Burial: Rehobeth Cemetery in Fairfield, Texas Name: Hamp Granberry Sr. Death Date: 16 Jun 1973 Death Place: Wortham Hospital in Wortham, Freestone Co., Texas Gender: Male Race: Negroid Death Age: 74 years Birth Date: Nov. 25, 1898 Birthplace: Texas Marital Status: Spouse's Name: Father's Name: Henry Granberry Father's Birthplace: Mother's Name: Melanda Batman Mother's Birthplace: Occupation: Cafe Owner/Operator Place of Residence: 713 North Echols in Mexia, Texas Cemetery: Bateman Cemetery Burial Place: Freestone County, Texas Burial Date: 24 Jun 1973 Informant: Hamp Granberry Jr. Name: Laura Ruth Granberry Death Date: 20 Mar 1973 Death Place: Freestone County Hospital in Fairfield, Freestone Co., Texas (1 day) Gender: Female Race: White Death Age: 72 years Birth Date: June 18, 1900 Birthplace: Texas Marital Status: Married Father's Name: J. T. Hitt Father's Birthplace: Mother's Name: Mamie Douglas Mother's Birthplace: Occupation: Housewife Place of Residence: 656 E. Commerce in Fairfield, Freestone Co., Texas Cemetery: Fairfield Cemetery Burial Place: Fairfield, Texas Burial Date: 22 Mar 1973 Informant: Dorothy Fay Granberry (daughter) Certificate Number: 44848 Name: Dewey Grant Death Date: 06 May 1973 Death Place: Freestone Co. Hospital in Fairfield, Freestone Co., Texas Residence: Route 1, Winkler, Freestone Co., Texas Gender: Male Race: Colored Marital Status: Widowed Birth Date: 12 Oct 1908 Birthplace: Navarro Co., Texas Father's Name: Jonas Grant Mother's Name: Martha English Informant: Jhu Grant Cause of Death: Car Accident Burial: Pleasant Hall Cemetery in Navarro Co., Texas Death Certificate: 84265 Name: Augusta Haydon Death Date: 03 Oct 1973 Death Place: Fairview Manor Nursing Home in Fairfield, Freestone Co., Texas Residence : Reunion St. in Fairfield, Freestone Co., Texas Gender: Female Race: Caucasian Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 26 Mar 1889 Age: 84 y Occupation: Retired Housewife Birthplace: , Texas Father's Name: William Coates Mother's Name: Augusta Lee Informant: L. B. Haydon (son) Cemetery: Fairfield Cemetery in Fairfield, Texas Name: Roger Keeton Death Date: 31 Dec 1973 Death Place: Freestone Co. Hospital in Fairfield, Freestone Co., Texas Residence: P.O. Box 72 - Fairfield, Freestone Co., Texas Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Race: Negro Birth Date: 13 Aug 1913 Age: 61 Birthplace: Freestone, Texas Occupation: Carpentering Father's Name: David Keeton Mother's Name: Bessie Gafney Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery in Freestone Co., Texas Name: Angie Perle Lewis Death Date: 06 Jun 1973 Death Place: Freestone County Hospital in Fairfield, Freestone Co., Texas Residence: Rt 1, Centerville, Leon Co., Texas Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Occupation: Housewife Birth Date: 14 Jan 1910 Birthplace: Leon Co., Texas Father's Name: J A Carrigan Mother's Name: Theodocia Smith Informant: W. D. Lewis (spouse) Buried: Centerville Cemeetery in Centerville, Leon Co., Texas Name: John Owen Lewis Death Date: 08 Jul 1973 Death Place: Fairfield, Freestone Co., Texas Residence: 5A NW Apartments, Corsicana, Navarro Co., Texas Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Race: White Occupation: Retired Auto Parts Mechanic Birth Date: 25 Apr 1895 Birthplace: , Texas Father's Name: John H Lewis Mother's Name: Tulah Wilson Burial: Birdston Cemetery in Streetman, Texas Death Certificate: 60499 Name: Mattie Rollins Death Date: 09 Jun 1973 Death Place: McGee Nursing Home in Teague, Freestone Co., Texas Residence: Teague, Freestone Co., Texas (80 yrs) Gender: Female Race: Negroid Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 15 Aug 1889 Age: 83 Occupation: Housewife Birthplace: Texas Father's Name: Jeff Busby Mother's Name: Martha Informant: Walter Rollins Burial: Grove Island Cemetery in Freestone Co., Texas Name: Vassie Lee Ward Death date: 12 Sep 1973 Death place: Freestone County Hospital in Fairfield, Freestone Co., Texas Gender: Female Race or color (on document): Causasian Age at death: 67 years Birth date: 10-6-1905 Birth place: Texas Marital status: Widowed Father name: Benjamin F. Philllips Mother name: Inez Willard Occupation: Retired Residence: Keechi St. in Fairfield, Freestone Co., Texas Cemetery name: Lake Chapel Burial place: Fairfield, Texas Burial date: 9-13-1973 Name: Doris Mae Cope Webb Death Date: 29 Dec 1973 Death Place: Teague, Freestone Co., Texas Gender: Female Race: Death Age: 69 years Estimated Birth Date: 1904 Birthplace: Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Riley Webb Father's Name: Burney B. Cope Father's Birthplace: Mother's Name: Nona Baker Mother's Birthplace: Occupation: Place of Residence: Cemetery: Burial Place: Burial Date: