Hunt Co., TX - Obituaries: Samuel C. Flournoy

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Samuel C. Flournoy
    Samuel C. Flournoy, 84, of Dallas, an early resident of Celeste, died on
October 26, 1978, in a Houston hospital.  Burial was in Restland Memorial Park
in Dallas.
    He was born on April 7, 1894, in Ryan, Oklahoma.  He was reared by his
paternal grandmother, his mother having died at the time of his birth.
    Flournoy married Fannie Mitchell of Celeste.  They lived in Celeste,
Greenville, and Corpus Christ.  For the last thirty years, their home has been
in Dallas.
    As a young man, he came to Ladonia then later to Celeste as a cotton
buyer.  For the remainder of his active years, he was with a Dallas firm
dealing in cotton.  He attended schools at Elk City, Oklahoma High school, and
a Catholic school there.
    Survivors include his wife, Fannie; a son, Samuel C. Flournoy, Jr., of
Houston; and four grandchildren.  A daughter, Frances, preceded him in death.
(November 10, 1978, The Celeste Courier)

Census
    In 1930, S. C. Flournoy, 36, married at 23, OK TX TX, was a merchant,
cotton buyer, living at 1433 Park Street, Greenville, Hunt County, Texas.  He
was married to Frances, 31, married at 19, TX MS AR.  Their children were
Frances, 7, TX; and Sammie, 7, TX.

    In 1920, he is listed as Chick Flournoy, 25, OK TX TX, cotton buying,
living in Celeste, Hunt County, Texas.  He is married to Fannie, 22, TX MS AR.
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