Hopkins Co., TX - Obit - Miss Malona Branom 1905 ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: June E. Tuck USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** BRANOM, MALONA, MISS - "Woman Frozen To Death At Austin" - The body of Miss Malona Branom, aged 45 years, an inmate of the state insane asylum, was found in a field in the vicinity of the colored, death, dumb and blind institute. The woman escaped from the asylum Friday and the authorities sent searchers and officers from the sheriff and police dept. were detailed to look for her, but was not found until yesterday. The body was accidently discovered. The woman was frozen to death. She had been in the asylum for _? months, coming here from Cumby, Hopkins County, where she was a member of a prominent family of that locality. Her relatives were notified and two of her brothers reached here this evening and will accompany the remains which will be shipped to Cumby for burial. (Fort Worth Telegram, Feb. 14, 1905)