Kimble County, TX - Obits: Burt, Mrs. Charlotte, 1947 Tuesday, June 6, 2000 Submitted by: burtwyat@ctesc.net (Frederica Wyatt) ************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************* The Junction Eagle, June 12, 1947 Used with permission MRS. CHARLOTTE BURT FUNERAL HELD JUNE 11 Funeral services for Mrs. Charlotte Frederica Burt, 91, who died suddenly in her home here Tuesday morning about 5:30 o'clock, were held Wednesday afternoon at five o'clock from the Junction Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Thomas D. Murphy, minister, officiating assisted by Walter W. Lemmons, College Street Church of Christ minister. The Junction Chapter O.E.S. conducted the graveside rites. The Hodges Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Burial was made in the Junction cemetery. Mrs. Burt, daughter of a refugee family who fled Germany in 1849 during the democratic uprising in which her father, F. L. Bannowsky, served in the revolutionary army, was born in Burnet County, Texas, on June 4, 1856. On October 26, 1876, she was married to a physician, Dr. James Warren Burt, whom she first met when he was called to treat injuries she sustained when trampled by a horse. In 1883 they and their two young sons moved to Kimble County and established the home which served as a medical center, and often as a hospital, until the Doctor's death in 1913. For years she and her husband, both registered pharmacists, owned and operated the old "Rock Drug Store", which was prominent in early county history. The rock building on the main street of Junction which is now the Masonic Hall and her rambling pioneer style home are among the few remaining land marks of the town. During the 10 years or so following her husband's death the professional atmosphere of her home was maintained by her son, Dr. J. Fred Burt, now a retired physician, who kept an office in town both then and after he married and established a home of his own. Mentally alert in spite of confinement to a wheel chair and crutches, she kept informed of current affairs through visits from friends and by reading. Many went to her for historical facts and general advice and her name appears on a large number of "old date" birth certificates recorded during the wartime rush. Surviviors include one son, Dr. J. Fred Burt, two daughters-in-law, Mrs. J. Fred Burt and Mrs. Ernest M. Burt, five grandchildren: Mrs. Sidney Levinson of Los Angeles, California, Mrs. J. D. Sheppard of San Antonio; Mrs. Damon Maddux and Misses Imogene and Jo Fred Burt; and 6 great grandchildren. Pall bearers were the following nephews: Alfred Bannowsky, Guss Banowsky, Chester Banowsky, Matt Burt, Fane L. Burt and Don Reed. Note from Frederica: Died June 10, 1947 ==============================================================================================