Jones Co., TX - Obituaries - Frank Lindsey *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** Frank Lindsey Frank Lindsey, of Stamford, veteran train man, can listen to the train whistles now without worry. He retired on pension 1 July 1937, after 48 years and 16 days service on the raiilroad, making his last trip as conductor on the Wichita Valley between Stamford and Wichita Falls on 24 June 1937. O.E. Wilson, who has been working on the run to Spur is taking Mr. Lindsey's place. Mr. Lindsey started working on the railroad 8 June 1889, when he was a 19 year old youth. This work was on the Texas Pacific railway out of Longview. In 1903 he went to Tucson, AZ, for the Southern Pacific Railway and remained there for three years. He next went to Wichita Falls and worked on the Fort Worth and Denver until he came to Stamford in August, 1909, and started working on the Wichita Valley. He has worked here continuously since that time. Another man who recently retired on pension from service on the Wichita Valley was J.H. Lyons of Stamford, who was section foreman. The Stamford American Stamford, Texas July 16, 1937