Jones Co., TX - Obituaries - Mrs. B.A. Witherspoon *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** Mrs. B.A. Witherspoon Funeral service for Mrs. B.A. Witherspoon, 76, was held at St. John's Methodist church. Mrs. Witherspoon died on Saturday, 27 March 1937. Rev. E.A. Reed, pastor of St. John's Methodist church, conducted the funeral and burial was in Highland cemetery near the grave of her husband who died in 1921. Mrs. Witherspoon was formerly Miss Leona Josephine Parker and was born in Alabama 20 November 1860. She and Mr. Witherspoon were married in Oakwood, Texas, in 1880. The family moved to Stamford in 1912. Survivors: 2 daughters - Mrs. R.A. Gardner, a teacher in the Stamford schools, Miss Lula Witherspoon of Stamford; brother - Joe Witherspoon of Tyler; 6 grandchildren - Joe Witherspoon, Jr., Beverly and Loland Witherspoon of Wichita Falls, Mrs. Milton Payne and Parker Gardner of Stamford; Bob Gardner of Galveston. Source: The Stamford American Stamford, Texas April 2, 1937