Hopkins Co TX - C. M. Patton, by R. W. Harris



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From the historical files of June E. Tuck, who does not validate or dispute

any historical facts in the article.



R. W. HARRIS WRITES STORY OF THE LIFE OF C. M. PATTON



(Dated 1932)



After a period of poor health for the past three years, nearly one year of

which he had been confined to his room, Chas. M. Patton painlessly passed to

his eternal reward at the family residence at half past two on Wednesday

morning, March 2, (1932)



Mr. Patton was born in Fulton, Mississippi, Oct. 4, 1873. He received his

education in the public school of his native State and at Oakland Normal

College in the same State. He also attended the University of Kentucky.



His parents were farmers and were well-to-do for those living in the years

immediately following the devastating effects of the Civil War. In the fall of

1893, Mr. Patton came to Texas and located at Itasca, where for several months

he was employed as a bookkeeper by a prominent firm of that place. In April or

May of 1894, he came to this place (Cumby) and for a time made his home with

an uncle, Robert Martin, who lived a couple of miles east of here. That year

he secured a position as life insurance solicitor, in which business he

continued until the fall of 1895, when he entered the employ of Brewer &

Greaves as a dry goods salesman.



In December of 1895, he was married to Miss Lena Brewer, daughter of the late

J. A. Brewer, the wedding taking place in the Methodist Church, located at

that time on what is know as Frisco Avenue, and after the wedding a reception

was held at the residence of Mr. Brewer where a large number of invited guests

partook of a sumptuous wedding supper.



Early in 1896, Mr. Patton and W. E. Brewer formed a partnership in the grocery

business, which continued until 1901 under the firm name of Brewer & Patton.

At the organization of the First National Bank in Cumby in March of 1901, Mr.

Patton was chosen as cashier which position he held until the bank merged with

the Cumby State Bank in 1929, with the exception of a few years when he was

president of the bank.



Mr. Patton was man of more than ordinary mental capacity and stood high in

banking circles over the State. For a year or two he was secretary of the

State Bankers Association. He was for many years a prominent Mason, having not

only taken the Blue Lodge degrees, but also the Royal Arch Chapter, the

Commandery and the Shrine, being, we think, at his death a member of the Hella

Temple Shrine of Dallas. He was many times Master of Hopkins Lodge No. 180, A.

F. & A. M. of Cumby, and High Priest in the Cumby Chapter. He was probably the

best informed man on the unwritten masonic lore of any man in Cumby. He took

great interest in Masonic work and when health permitted, rarely missed a

meeting of the order.



At his death he was a stockholder and director in the First State Bank of

Cumby, the F. & M. State Bank of Brashear, and the Sulphur Springs State Bank.

He was also heavily interested in farming lands and other investments.



About the first of April his health had become so impaired that he was forced

to take to his room and with the exception of from about the middle of April

to middle of June, when he went to League City, Texas, to be under the care

and treatment of his brother, Dr. O. Patton, he was not out of the house but a

few times. Mr. Patton was well educated and was a splendid conversationalist.

During his long residence in this place of about 38 years he had an extensive

acquaintance over a large section of this portion of Texas, and had hundreds

of friends who will be grieved to know he will be seen no more in the walks of

men.



He is survived by, two daughters, Miss Grace, who is connected with the city

schools of Commerce; Miss Ada, who is employed in the schools at Mexia, and

one son, Edwin B., who is a National Bank examiner, with headquarters in

Dallas; two brothers, Dr. O. Patton of League City, and Dr. E. A. Patton of

Fort Bayard, New Mexico; and one sister, Mrs. J. H. Stone of Jackson,

Mississippi, all of whom were present at his death with the exception of Mrs.

Stone.



He, having been identified for so long with the educational, religious,

business and civic life of this place and this writer having been rather

intimately associated with Mr. Patton for many years, we deeply feel that not

only us but the entire town and surrounding country has in his death sustained

a very material loss. To his grief-stricken family we extend our most sincere

sympathy. Funeral services were conducted in the First Christian Church in

Cumby, Thursday, March 3, at 2 p.m., by Rev. E. A. Ewell of Ft. Worth,

assisted by Revs. Fred P. Broyles and D. E. Cox of Cumby, and Rev. Alex

Hubbard of Duncanville, after which his Masonic brethren took charge of the

services, with interment immediately following in Cumby Cemetery. - "Cumby

Rustler"