Hopkins Co., TX - Obits: Mrs. Eunice L. Bays **************************************************************** 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 submitted, 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ Submitted by: June E. Tuck 1224be@neto.com> **************************************************************** Mrs. Eunice L. Bays, who passed away last Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the home of her son, Jim Bays, one mile west of town, was born in the Center Point community, five miles southwest of Brashear, June 5, 1857, being 73 years and 2 months old at the time of her death. She was united in marriage to James H. Bays in 1873 and to this union six children were born, two of whom have proceeded her in death, her husband having passed away several years ago also. The surviving children are Mrs. Ada Helm and H. B. Bays, Cumby, Texas; Mrs. O. L. Baxter and Jim Bays, Sulphur Springs; Twenty-three grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Bays had lived all her long and useful life in Hopkins County and had been a devoted member of the Presbyterian church for the past forty years. She was laid to rest in the Sunny Point cemetery, last Sunday, Aug. 3, 1930, at 3:30 p.m. to wait the resurrection morn. Written by one who loved her. (No name given)