Jones Co., TX - Obituaries - Elmer Mayberry *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** Elmer Mayberry Elmer Mayberry, 16 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mayberry, died in Stamford early Monday morning of knife wounds inflicted by his brother at their home at McCauley Saturday night. The boys are said to have quarreled over the use of an automobile. Other young men who were present are said to have encouraged the fight and the encounter, Elmer, the younger of the two, was slashed across the abdomen. The wounded boy was brought to the Stamford Sanitarium where he died later. Funeral was held at McCauley Tuesday at 3 p.m. Barrow Furniture Company had charge of the arrangements. The family is prominent in the McCauley and said to be wealthy. The Stamford American Stamford, Jones County, Texas Thursday, February 4, 1926