Jack County, TX - Obituaries - Bryan Whitaker, Mr. [J.A.] Welch, Mrs. Luther Smith ************************************************************************************* 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, January 30, 1919 Cundiff News Health of the community is better. Several families have suffered from influenza. Bryan Whitaker was the first one to pass away. [15 August 1896 - 12 January 1919] He was a noble young man and will be missed. Mr. [J.A.] Welch was buried 19 January 1919. He leaves his wife, 3 children, and his aged mother, [tombstone shows: 29 January 1872 - 18 January 1919] besides other relatives and friends to mourn his death. Monday, 20 January 1919 we witnessed the burial of Mrs. Luther [Beulah R.] Smith, the daughter of M/M C.E. Johnson. [tombstone: 10 August 1891 - 20 January 1919]. She left 3 sweet littler girls. We feel sad when we think of the homes being saddened by the deaths of our neighbors.