McLennan Co. TX - Mrs. Amelia Blocker McAlpine

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Waco Daily Times Herald
May 5, 1917

PIONEER RESIDENT OF WACO DIED LAST NIGHT

Mrs. Amelia Blocker McAlpine, aged 74, died at the home of Miss Ella Horn,
South Third street, last night at 11:50 o'clock.  Mrs. McAlpine was one of
the pioneer residents of Waco, having moved here in 1872 and continued to
make her home here until the time of her death.  She was born in Tuscumbia,
Franklin County, Alabama, May 7, 1843.  Her death came three days before her
seventy-fourth birthday anniversary.  Deceased is survived by three
brothers, Jim Ray, Will Ray, and Ed Ray, all of Waco, and also a niece, Miss
Minnie Watson, who had made her home with Mrs. McAlpine for some time past.
The funeral services will be held from the residence on South Third street
this afternoon at 5 o'clock, Rev. John Morris, pastor of the Fifth Street
Methodist Church, officiating.  Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
The pallbearers will be Davis Gurley, John Gurley, Ed Blocker, Cliff
Torrence, Pierce Kimbrough, and V.V. Damon.