Jack County, TX - Obituaries - Mrs. Charles A. Worthington ************************************************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************************* The Jacksboro Gazette Thursday, February 24, 1910 The announcement was made on 20 February 1910 that Mrs. Charles A. Worthington had passed away. She was the wife of Mr. Charles Anthony Worthington and the niece of Mrs. Jeannette D. McConnell, Mrs. James W. Knox and Miss Alice Connor. She had spent several winters in Jacksboro previous to her marriage, and had made a large circle of friends. She was an accomplished lady of many personal charms. She was a Pennsylvanian by birth her home being the historic old town of Bethlehem, where her life was spent amid the pleasant surroundings of that interesting place where here family had resided for generations. To the old family burial ground at Mauch Chunk, near Bethlehem, her remains were taken for interment. Mr. Worthington was accompanied by James W. Knox to Mauch Chunk. The older ones addressed her as ÒMattieÓ and the younger as ÒMiss Mattie.Ó A beautiful name of a loving and loyal one. The funeral services were held at the beautiful Worthington home. Rev. O.T. Cooper, pastor of the Methodist Church conducted the service. Mrs. Mattie Connor Worthington, wife of Charles A. Worthington, niece of Mr. And Mrs. J.W. Knox and Miss Alice Connor was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Some seven years ago she came to Jacksboro. Here for seven years she has lived Ðthe first four in the happy home of her near kinspeople, Mr. And Mrs. J.W. Knox, and for these last three years in her own beautiful home as the devoted wife and companion of Mr. Charles A. Worthington. She was a loyal member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.