Hopkins Co., TX - Obit:  Professor J. Milton Womack

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WOMACK, J. MILTON, PROF. - Received a stroke of apoplexy Sunday afternoon from
which he died Monday night. Funeral services were conducted from the residence
by his pastor, Rev. Wallace Bassett, after which the body was shipped to
Dangerfield and taken to the Baptist church, and burial was in the family burial
ground. The Masonic order, of which he was an honored member, officiated at his
burial. He was born in Alabama, December 6, 1867. When about one year old he
moved from Jackson county, Alabama, to Cass county, Texas, where he was reared.
He married Miss Ada Thompson June 20, 1899, and to this union were born five
children, four of whom are living. He leaves two brothers and three sisters. He
was one of the most efficient educators in this state. He had been teaching 27
years, 14 years of which were spent as Superintendent of the Dangerfield
schools, two of which were spent as Superintendent of Mt. Vernon schools. His
work had just begun here. (S.S. Gazette, Fri., Mar. 5, 1915)