Hopkins Co., TX - Obit - W. T. Howard 1923
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HOWARD, W. T. - Cumby, Hopkins Co., Texas - June 26, 1923 - The body of W. T.
Howard, who died at his home in Durant, Ok., last Friday night, was brought to
this place, his former home, for burial Sunday morning. Funeral services were
held at the Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. E. G. Butler, pastor of the
First Baptist Church in of Durant, assisted by the Rev. W. P. Ray, pastor of
the Cumby Baptist Church. Mr. Howard was born in Alabama, Dec. 17, 1850. His
father dying when he was small, his mother, in company with other relatives
moved to Texas late in 1854, and on Christmas Eve of that year passed through
this town then known as Black Jack Grove, and located in a few miles west of
here, near the present town on Campbell. They moved from their Alabama home in
ox wagons. With exception of the last few years, Mr. Howard had spent
practically all his life since moving to Texas, in or near this place. He
moved to Durant a few years ago where he was engaged in the retail grocery
business. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Ellen Mitchell of
College Station, Texas, and Mrs. Cora Cross of this place, and three sons,
Charley, Ambrose and Leon, all of Dallas, Texas. ( Dallas Morning News, June
27, 1923)