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McLean, 80 years old, who died Saturday at his home, 3440 Haynie avenue. The last rites were performed over the body at Highland Park Methodist church at 10 o^Òclock Monday morning. Assisting the Rev. Mr. Lee in conducting the services were the Rev. J. Sam Barcus, president of Southwestern university; The rev. Mr. Gober of Greenville, bishop John M. Moore, Dr. C. C. Selecman and Dr. R. S. Hyer. A quartet sang sacred songs under the direction of Mrs. E. C. Adleta. Burial was in Grove Hill cemetery. Active pallbearers were R. H. Shuttles, Jed Adams, T. L. McCullough, E. W. Pickard, W. B. Scott and L. C. Rucker. Dr. McLean, former president of the Southwestern university of Georgetown and of the Methodist Orphanage at Waco, had been a resident of Dallas nine years. All the honors of his denomination, except the rank of bishop, were conferred upon him during his long service for the Methodist Episcopal church, South. WACO TIMES HERALD Tuesday July 28, 1925 DEATH CLAIMS J.J. CARPENTER, AGED WACO MAN Prominent Confederate Veteran and Mason Dies Tuesday Morning J.J. Carpenter, aged 84, father of Mrs. J. N. House, 511 Turner, and a prominent Mason and Confederate veteran, died after a long illness at the home of his daughter, at 7 o^Òclock Tuesday morning. Funeral services will be held at the West Baptist church at 5 o^Òclock Wednesday. The funeral cortège will leave from the home of Mrs. House at 2 o^Òclock, and the body will be taken to West in Compton^Òs motor hearse. Burial will be in the cemetery at Bold Springs near West. Rev. C. E. Poe and Rev. O. B. Herring are the ministers in charge. Masons will have charge of the services. Mr. Carpenter had been a member of this fraternal organization for more than 40 years. Texan 49 Years Born in Georgia, Mr. Carpenter served with the Confederacy during all four years of the Civil War. He had been in Texas 49 years, living most of that time in West. For the past year or two he had resided with his daughter, Mrs. House. Mr. Carpenter for many years attended all the annual Confederate reunions. While his health was good, he was active in all the doings of the U.C.V. Of late years, however, he has been unable to attend the reunions . Mr. Carpenter^Òs wife died about a year ago. Surviving him are four daughters, Mrs. J. N. House, Waco; Mrs. W. L. Hughes, Hillsboro; Mrs. G. B. Janes, Valley Mills, and Mrs. W. L. Harris, West; and three sons, E. A. Carpenter, Kemp, Okla.; R. B. Carpenter, Robinsonville , and G. L. Carpenter, Childress. Grandsons Pallbearers Six grandsons will be the pallbearers. They are Lynn Harris, Lloyd Hughes, Ernest Hughes, Charles Goodall, Raymond Carpenter and Garland Carpenter. Honorary pallbearers will include the following: J. T. Bennett, H. E. Adherold, J. Denton, S. L. McKieg, S. B. Janes, G. R. Hurlock, Jeff West, T. M. Casey, Lee Williams, all of West; C. W. Nowolay, Waco; W. L. Hughes Sr., Hillsboro ; and Nathan Pearson, Lumpkin, Ga. The last named honorary pallbearer is 85 years of age and has been a comrade of Mr. Carpenter since their school days in Georgia. They served through the war together. WACO TIMES HERALD Wednesday July 29, 1925 FORMER WACOAN DIES AT ARLINGTON WEDNESDAY W. J. Lane, formerly of this city, died at 9 o^Òclock Wednesday morning at Arlington, where he had been living, according to messages received by his niece, Mrs. J. L.Quicksall, of 920 Speight. He was 51 years old, and had been in failing health for some time. He was the son of the late Dr. J. H. Lane, pioneer physician in Waco. He is survived by his wife, and a brother, Charles Lane, now living in Missouri. Mrs. J. L. Quicksall and Mrs. I. N. Odom of Waco are his nieces. WACO TIMES HERALD Wednesday July 29, 1925 EDDY WOMAN DIES IN WACO SANITARIUM Mrs. Ezra Shears, 33 years old, living near Eddy, died Wednesday morning at 11 o^Òclock in a local sanitarium. The funeral will take place at Eddy late Wednesday, the body to be taken there in the motor hearse of Wilkirson and Hatch. Mrs. Shears is survived by her husband and two children. WACO TIMES HERALD Wednesday July 29, 1925 SEARCH FOR WACO SISTERS MAN DROWNED AT N.O. City police officers are endeavoring to locate Waco sisters of James Black, a night watchman who was found drowned in the Mississippi river at new Orleans. The superintendent of police of New Orleans wired the Waco officers Wednesday morning, stating that it was believed sisters of the dead man lived in Waco. Their names were unknown by the New Orleans officers. Any information leading to the possible identity of the dead mans relatives will be appreciated by the officers. WACO TIMES HERALD Thursday July 30, 1925 DEATH IN FT WORTH OF WACO LADY^ÒS GRANDMOTHER Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Burroughs of 1523 North Thirteenth street, were called to Ft Worth on Tuesday morning by the sudden death of Mrs. Burroughs^Ò grandmother, Mrs. John Ransley, 86 years old. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. E. S. Parnum of Ft Worth and Mrs. E. M. Parnum , late of Waco, but now of Reading, Pa.; also seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mrs. Ransley had been a resident of Texas for the past 36 years, living at Gatesville and Marlin prior to making her home with her daughter in Ft Worth. She has been a frequent visitor to Waco and will be affectionately remembered by all who knew her here. The funeral was held from Trinity Episcopal church, Ft Worth, the rector, Rev. Lee W. Heaton, officiating. WACO TIMES HERALD Thursday July 30, 1925 BURIAL MRS. RODGERS THURSDAY AT 5 P.M. With Rev. John W. Kerns, pastor of the Central Christian church, officiating , the funeral of Mrs. Kathleen Egan Rogers, who died suddenly in Sherman, last Tuesday afternoon, will take place Thursday afternoon at 5 o^Òclock. Services will take place in Puckett^Òs funeral parlor, and interment will be made in Oakwood. The pallbearers are: Lin Orand, Wesley Mann, R. H. Roark, Wm. L. Edmond, Bart Moore Jr., Herman Rowe, Howard Mann and Clint Padgitt. WACO TIMES HERALD Thursday July 30, 1925 WACOAN DROPS DEAD IN STREET J. C. Gage Dies Suddenly Thursday Morning While Waiting for Car High blood pressure, resulting in an attack of apoplexy, caused the sudden death about 6:30 Thursday morning of J. C. Gage, 66 years old. He dropped dead at the corner of Brook avenue and Fifth street, while waiting for a street car. Parties observing Mr. Gage fall carried him to the home of his daughter, Mrs. A.E. Wright, 515 Brook avenue. Medical aid was summoned, but Mr. Gage had already passed away. The body was taken in charge by the Compton Undertaking company and an inquest conducted by Justice R. B. Stanford. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but burial will take place some time Friday. Mr. Gage who was employed as a watchman by the Cotton Belt, made his home with his daughter at 515 Brook avenue. He was born in Arkansas, having lived in McLennan county most of his life, the greater part of the time in Crawford. He had been a resident of Waco for about 15 years. Mr. Gage was a member of the Brook Avenue Baptist church. He had been a Mason for many years, serving as secretary of the Crawford lodge for about 25 years. He was known to and beloved by many here. Surviving Mr. Gage are two sons and two daughters, Roy M. Gage, Waco; E.R. Gage, Fort Worth; Mrs. A.E. Wright, Waco; Mrs. P.F. Walsh, Fort Worth,. He also has two sisters, Mrs. Wm. R. Smith, Waco, and Mrs. Nannie Sadler, Valley Mills. WACO TIMES HERALD Tuesday Aug. 4, 1925 BURIAL MRS. NORA DACK TUESDAY AFTERNOON Mrs. Nora Dack, 23 years old, living at Lorena, died Monday afternoon at 5 o^Òclock in a local sanitarium. Her death followed a brief illness. The funeral will take place Tuesday afternoon at 3, services to be held in the Speegleville Methodist church, where her body will be taken in Compton^Òs motor hearse. Rev. T. W. Layne will officiate. Surviving Mrs. Dack are her husband, R. R. Dack; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Spivey of Spring Valley; five brothers, Nick , Jim and Willy Spivey of Spring Valley; Clint Spivey of Walnut Springs, and John Spivey of Georgia; and three sisters, Mrs. Ora Tanksley and Mrs. Zora Ballew of Chalsworth, GA. And Mrs. Blanche Hedrick of Old Fort , Tenn. WACO TIMES HERALD Tuesday Aug. 4, 1925 MRS. VIRGINIA AKIN DIES TUESDAY AFTER ILLNESS SEVERAL YEARS Mrs. Virginia Akin, 66 years old, died Tuesday morning at 9 o^Òclock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Shumway, 1609 Columbia street. Her death followed an illness of several years. The funeral will take place Wednesday morning at 10, from the residence of Mrs. Shumway, with Dr. C. H. Booth, pastor of the Austin Avenue Methodist church, officiating, internment to be made in Oakwood. Mrs. Akin, who was a native of Alabama, had spent the greater part of her life in Texas, coming to this state with her parents in 1870. She was married on Feb. 23, 1876, to Jim Akin, who survives her. For many years Mrs. Akin had been a resident of Waco, and she was known and beloved by a legion of friends for her innate goodness, her unselfish service to others and her desire to bring joy and happiness into the lives of the distressed and unfortunate. In ???? Mrs. Akin joined the Methodist church here and her membership at the time of death was in the Austin Avenue Methodist church. She was a most sincere and exemplary Christian, her life being an inspiration to all who came in contact with her. Besides her husband, Mrs. Akin is survived by seven children, A. J. Akin, Hubbard; Mrs. C. C. Shumway and Mrs. James P. Alexander, Waco; Mrs. J. F. Farmer, Fort Worth; Mrs. Nora A. Hill, Los Angeles; James J. Akin, Graham and Mrs. Frank W Elliott, Amarillo. She also has one brother, Aaron Gamble, Waco. WACO TIMES HERALD Thursday Aug. 6, 1925 PARLYSIS IS FATAL FOR MRS. MARY FROUWEN; DIES SISTER^ÒS HOME Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A. Frouwen, 70 years old, who died Wednesday afternoon at 3:30, were held Thursday morning at 8 o^Òclock, in Compton^Òs funeral home, with Dr. J. M. Dawson, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiating. The body was then shipped to Dallas; where the funeral will take place Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Frouwen had been ill for some time, but her death was resulted from a stroke of paralysis, with which she had been afflicted for the past two weeks. She was born in Kentucky, but had lived in Dallas for the last 25 years, spending a considerable portion of her time in Waco for the last eight years. Mrs. Frouwen was the widow of a prominent Dallas dentist. Besides the sister here she is survived by four other sisters and one brother, Mrs. M.F. Vance, Beeville; Mrs. W. H. Young and Mrs. W. H. Belcher, Arkansas Pass; Mrs. M. L. Stallings, Brady; J.G. Atherton, Livermore, Ky. WACO TIMES HERALD SUNDAY Aug. 9, 1925 SISTER WACO JURIST PASSES AWAY AT HER HOME IN HOOD COUNTY Word has been received here of the recent death at her home in Tolar, Hood county, of Mrs. Sarah Kelly, about 70 years old, sister of Associate Justice J. A. Stanford of the Tenth court of civil appeals of Waco. Judge and Mrs. Stanford, who were spending a few weeks in Colorado, were called back home by news of her death. Mrs. Kelley died on Monday of last week and was buried the following Wednesday. She was a native of Arkansas, but she had lived in Tolar for the last 30 years, being one of the most prominent and highly esteemed women of that section of the state. She was a sincere, earnest Christian, whose life inspired all who came within the scope of her influence. Besides W. G. Kelly, her husband, Mrs. Kelly is survived by seven children, three brothers and one sister., Judge J.A. Stanford, Waco; Zach Stanford, Godley; Fayette Stanford, San Pedro, Mexico, and Mrs. Delia Morris; Mineral Wells. WACO TIMES HERALD TUESDAY Aug. 11, 1925 FORMER WACO MAN KILLED Times-Herald Special BROWNWOOD, Texas, Aug. 11. E.L. Harris, 27, of Wall, a little town near San Angelo, Tom Green county, was killed near here yesterday afternoon, about 5:30 o^Òclock, when a freight train going west on the Santa Fe struck the Ford truck in which he and J.W. Keel, 46, also of Wall were riding. The truck was loaded with DeLeon watermelons, en route to San Angelo. According to Keel, who is seriously injured and in a local hospital, Harris formerly lived in Waco and for the past few days or weeks had been in West Texas seeking work. The truck belonged to Harris. Keel was able to talk only at intervals and not much is known of the accident. His six children are due here tonight from San Angelo, he also formerly lived in Waco, but came west a few months ago for his wife^Òs health. Later Mrs. Keel died. Harris^Ò body was shipped to San Angelo this morning, but word received here since morning says that Harris will be shipped to Waco, where burial will take place Wednesday. Harris has a wife in San Angelo. It is not known whether he has any children.