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Obituary of A. H. ARMSTRONG

Obits: The Celeste Courier, 11 August 1961, Hunt County, Texas

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CELESTE

A. H. Armstrong Died at Celeste Home After Long Illness

    A. H. Armstrong, a resident of Celeste for sixty-eight years, died at
his home Sunday, August 6, 1961.  Funeral services were conducted at the
First Baptist Church in Celeste at 3:00 PM, Tuesday, August 8, 1961.  The
Rev. A. W. Cunningham of Decatur, Rev. Earl Allen of Lufkin, and Rev. H. B.
Gideon of Celeste officiated at the funeral services.  Burials was in Forest
Park Cemetery, Greenville, with Masonic graveside services.

    Mr. Armstrong was born in 1875 in Amory, Mississippi.  He came to
Celeste when he was eighteen and as a young carpenter helped to build several
of the town's first buildings.  Later he was a prominent farmer until his
retirement at the age of seventy-two.  A 32nd degree Mason, he was a member
of the Miller Lodge No. 224 for over fifty years.  He was a member of the
First Baptist Church in Celeste.

    In 1900, he was married to Lura Elizabeth Smith.  All children born to
this union survive:  L. O. Armstrong of Lubbock, Leon Armstrong of Dallas,
Harold Armstrong of Celeste; two daughters; Mrs. Tila Mae Denney of Waco and
Mrs. Anita Brewer of Lamesa; six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and
several nieces and nephews also survive, including J. A. Pearce of Celeste.
    Pallbearers were Byird Glasscoe, Lem Warren, Jacque Bickham, George
McGee, Calvin Stapleton, E. H. Blankenship, Clarence Milton, all of Celeste,
and H. F. Brewer of Greenville.

    Out-of-town friends and relatives attending the Armstrong services were:
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Shumate, Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Shields, Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Brewer and Wayne, Mrs. Carrie Shipp, Mr. and Mrs. J. Garland Roach, Mr. H. S.
Holbrook, Miss Louise Poole, Mrs. Evan Weatherford, Mrs. Lucille Stratton,
Mrs. Cleo Wallace, Mrs. Willie Sumrow, Mrs. Doris Slaughter, Mrs. L. A.
Winton, Mrs. Garnett Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. Jake Jacobs (Greenville); R. A.
Tedford, W. Z. Brown, H. B. Lucas, M. B. McAlpine, Mr. and Mrs. Len Smith,
Mrs. Ruth Snyder, Mrs. Leon Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Pearce, Mr. and Mrs.
C. B. Smith, Dr. H. H. Guice, Mr. and Mrs. Van King, Deryle Wooten, and
Vickie Davis (Dallas); Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hanson, Wolfe City; Mrs. H. W.
Thompson, Rattan, Oklahoma; Mrs. Lucille Pearce, Antler, Oklahoma; James
Dennis Pearce, Beaumont; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Perkins, Corpus Christi; Miss
Beverly Brewer, Austin; Rev. A. W. Cunningham, Decatur; Rev. Earl Allen
Lufkin; Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Brewer, Longview; Ray Brewer and Roy Brewer,
Farmersville; Cujoe Bickham, Commerce; Mrs. Glen Daniels, Wylie; Mrs. Opal
Armstrong Sanders, Fort Worth; Mr. and Mrs. Alden Armstrong, Richardson, Mrs.
Frances Armstrong Wathall, Fouke, Arkansas; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Armstrong,
Denton; Mrs. Martha Sue Vehslage, Los Angeles, California; Mrs. Nelda Redman
and Karen, and Mr. C. L. Armstrong, Ector; Martin Evans, Durant, Oklahoma;
and Mrs. Alyne Falkner, Fruitland, New Mexico.

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