McLennan Co. TX - Obits from June 1914 Submitted by Jane combs Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ------------------------------------------------ WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD Saturday, June 13, 1914 DEATH CLAIMS BABY GIRL L. C. MARTINEZ Venganza Martinez, aged little more than a month, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Leon C. Martinez, died at 4 o'clock this morning at the family residence, 522 North Second street. The child was born just two days before her brother, L. C. Martinez, Jr., was hanged at Pecos for the murder of Miss Emma Brown. The little one had never been strong, and the worry and strain under which the mother labored, due to the fact that her son was to be hanged, made the child's birth premature. Mrs. Martinez is able to be up now, though still very weak. The father intends to bury the bodies of both his children, his son and the baby girl, either at some place in the state of Durango, or else at Monterey. He will wait until conditions in the neighboring republic are a bit more settled before the date for interment is set. As stated before, the body of the boy is here, having been brought to Waco soon after the hanging. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD Saturday, June 13, 1914 NANCY GARRISON, PIONEER RESIDENT. IS DEAD Mrs. Nancy Garrison, for over fifty years a resident of McLennan county, died at 7:20 last night at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. L. L. Orelle, on the Dallas road, four miles north of Waco. Mrs Garrison would have passed her eighty-fourth birthday on July 11. She is survived by eight children. Her daughter, Mrs. Orelle, with whom Mrs. Garrison lived, is the only child living in McLennan County. She is survived by a number of grandchildren in this county. Mrs. Garrison was married three times. A daughter, Mrs. Annie Speegle, lives at Blue Rock Texas. Two son's live in the state of Washington, Jim Garrison and Young Staton. Tom Stewart, another son, lives in Burnett county. Mrs. Lillie Smith, a daughter, lives in South Texas. She also leaves a son in the Mexico. The funeral will be this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock from the residence of Mrs. Orelle. Burial will be at Greenwood cemetery. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD Sunday, June, 14, 1914 WACO WOMAN'S MOTHER DEAD Mrs. J. R. Amiott of 1520 Barnard, was called to Oglesby yesterday morning by the death of her mother, Mrs. J. T. Rogers. The funeral will take place this afternoon, interment to be made in Post Oak cemetery near Oglesby. Mrs. Rogers had lived in Oglesby many years, being one of the very highly esteemed residents of that portion of Coryell county. She had a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Besides her husband, she is survived by four children. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD Sunday, June 14, 1914 AGED RESIDENT DEAD J. F. Brooks, aged 73, died yesterday about noon, at his home, near Robinson. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock, interment to be made in the cemetery at Robinson. Mr. Brooks had been a resident of the Robinson community for many years ane was well known throughout the county. He is survived by his widow and three children. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD Monday, June 15, 1914 SUDDEN DEATH AT BARTLETT News was received here today of the sudden death at Bartlett, about 8 o' clock this morning, of Mrs.Charles Bailey, sister of Mrs. J. M. Witt, Mrs. Sallie Thurman and Dr. W. S. Ferguson of Waco. The two first named were with Mrs. Bailey when the end came. Mrs. Bailey was one of the most prominent and universally esteemed women of Bartlett. She was about 35 years old. Her husband and four children, the youngest an infant, only a few days old, survive. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD Tuesday, June 16, 1914 DEATH OF MRS. GIDNEY Estimable Woman Passed Away Sunday morning at West. Times-Herald Correspondence West, June 15-Mrs. Maude E. Gidney, wife of Dr. J. W. Gidney, died Sunday morning at 2 o'clock after ten days illnes, from an acute attack of memingitis. Her case was given every attention possible from the best physicians, locally and from Waco and Temple, but to no avail. Mrs. Gidney was in her 40th year and had been a resident of West for 15 years. She is survived by her husband, Dr. J. W. Gidney, and two children, her mother, Mrs. A. C. Mitchell, and brother, J. H.Mitchell, all of West, and a sister, Mrs. Hoxie of Electra, Texas. Hers was a lovable Christian character. She numbered her friends by her acquaintance. She will be greatly missed in her home, her church and by many friends. The remains were tenderly laid to rest in Bold Springs cemetery Sunday afternoon, after a short service by her pastor, Rev. W.. T. Kinslow, in the presence of a large gathering of friends. The mound was then buried beneath a bank of beautiful flowers in token of the love and respect in which she was held. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD Tuesday, June 16, 1914 STABBED BY WOMAN; DIES IN AMBULANCE Aged Man Found by Police Near Second and Jackson-Succumbs to Loss of Blood. 1.. C. Van Dorne, aged sixty years, died in the police ambulance about 10 o'clock last night, just before it reached the Provident Sanitarium. Twenty minuters before, the old man had been found by Deputy Constable E. H. Smith and Phil Hobbs, with knife wounds in half a dozen places about his head and shoulders, one of them severing the jugular vein. When he met the officers, he was driving in an old buggy from an alley on the South Second street between Jackson and Mary. He was too weak to do more than give the officers his name and say "A negro woman stabbed me". A negro woman was arrested about midnight and locked up as a suspect. No formal charge has been filed against her. The dead man was well known to police and business men on the square, having been a dealer in sacks and bottles for many years. He lost left arm earlier in life, it being amputated near the elbow. His body is being held by the John Fall Undertaking company to await findings in regard to his relatives. No arrangements have been made for the funeral. An inquest was held by Judge J. J. Padgett. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD Wednesday, June 17, 1914 HELD EIGHT MONTHS, M'GRATH BURIED HERE Yesterday the body of John McGrath, aged 38, which has been held at the undertaking establishment of L. C. Puckett, since the date of death, October 18, last year, was buried at Greenwood cemetery. The man was seized with a hemorrhage on Austin street, between Third and Fourth and died enroute to Providence sanitarium. Mr. Puckett made every effort to communicate with supposed relatives of McGrath in Colorado and California, Missouri and Illinois, but he was never able to find any one related to McGrath, neither was it possible to locate any one that knew the man. It is understood that McGrath has a wife and two children, but their addresses were never ascertained by Mr. Puckett. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD Friday, June 19, 1914 INFANT DEAD C. L. West, Jr., infant son of Mr.and Mrs. C. L. West, living at 692 Rusk street, East Waco, died this afternoon at 1 o'clock. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, interment to be made at Oakwood. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD Friday, June 19, 1914 DEATH OF MRS. MARY BOWERS Mrs. Mary Bowers, aged 37, died at 4:30 yesterday afternoon at her home, 916 Austin street. She had been ill about a year. The funeral arrangements have not been completed, pending advices from relatives. She is survived by her husband, I. D. Bowers, and five children. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD Saturday, June 20, 1914 DEATH IN WEST TEXAS OF TOM C. TIBBS, JR. News was received here this morning of the death at Junction City, Texas, last Thursday of T. C. Tibbs, Jr. The body will reach Waco tomorrow morning, accompanied by Mr. T. C. Tibbs, Sr. and her daughter, Mrs. Lida Robinson. Funeral arrangements will not be made until that time. This was the information contained in a dispatch from Wm. Winston of Rome, Ga. It was stated in the message that Mr. Tibbs had died rather suddenly. He had been in ill health for some time, and had been in West Texas for the benefit of his health. Mr. Tibbs left Waco several years ago. For awhile he lived in the east, and when he found that he could not stand the climate in that part of the country, he returned to Texas. Born and reared in Waco, Tom Tibbs had a host of friends here. Loyal and genrerous at all times to his friends, he would make any sacrifice to accommodate them or to render them a service. He made a brave fight for life, but his constitution had become weakened by the disease from which he suffered, and the best medical aid proved unavailing. The most sincere condolence is extended his mother and the other bereaved survivers. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD Sunday, June 21, 1914 FUNERAL TODAY OF TOM TIBBS, JR. It is expected that the funeral of T. C. Tibbs, Jr., who died last Thursday to Texas City Junction, will take place this morning, from the John Fall Undertaking company, interment to be made at Oakwood. Arrangements for the funeral were made yesterday by ex-Mayor J. H Mackey, a close personal friend of the Tibbs ' family. Mrs. T. C. Tibbs, Sr., and her daughter, Mrs. Lida Robinson, are due here this morning on the Cotton Belt train, coming from Rome, Ga. As stated in the Times-Herald yesterday. The decedent was the son of the late Major T. C. Tibbs, one of the pioneer business men of the city, and for so many years alderman in the City council from the first ward. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD Saturday, June 30, 1914 Mrs. T. H. BAXLEY DEAD Mrs. T. H. Baxley, aged 61, died last night at 611 South Fourth street, where she was rooming with Mrs. Charles W. Lane. Mrs. Baxley was a resident of Tyler, having been in Waco about three weeks. She has two cousins in this city, J. F. Baugh and M. C. Baugh. Her husband arrived from Tyler this morning and will take the body to Tyler tonight. Funeral services will be held in Tyler tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Baxley is survived by three sons, one in Houston, one in Nacogdoches and one in Tyler. Researching: (Arthur,VA,GA) (Baldwin,VA) (Burns,GA) (Butler,VA,GA) (Clements,KY) (Combs,VA,KY,TN,TX) (Crawford,GA) (Culver,AL,TX) (Duff,KY) (Duke(s),AL,TX) (Faris/Farris,IN,MS) (French,TX) (Johnson,GA) (Jones,FL,TX) (Kelly/Kelley SC,GA) (Lambert,TX) (Lane,VA) (Martin,MS,TX) (Oliver,KY) (Reeves,AL,TX) (Reynolds, AL,TX) (Rhoten,VA,TX) (Rosenberg,Ger,TX) (Schwar(t)z,Ger,TX) (Sorrow,GA) (Walker,TX) (Watts,GA) (Whitehurst,NC,AL,TX).