Hopkins Co., TX - Obit - W. F. Center 1923 ***************************************************** 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 ***************************************************** CENTER, W. F. - Cumby, Hopkins Co., Texas - Jan. 15, 1923 - F. W. Center, for over 40 years a blacksmith, died here Friday morning. Mr. Center was a Confederate veteran, came to Texas in 1877, locating at Cumby, then known as Black Jack Grove, and until four years ago continued to have a blacksmith shop. Funeral services were held Saturday morning, conducted by Rev. Fred Adams of Sulphur Spring, with burial in the Cumby cemetery. All the business houses in town were closed for the funeral. (Dallas Morning News, Jan. 16, 1923)