Refugio Co., TX - Obits: J.E. Fox
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Newspaper Unknown, July 9, 1925
Death of J.E. Fox

July 9, 1925, Newspaper Unknown

Our worthy and highly honored old townsman, Mr. J.E. Fox, met with a sad and
tragic death last week.  On Thursday morning he was thrown form a horse and
sustained injuries which resulted in his death on Saturday night shortly after
12 o’clock.

The funeral took place from the family residence on Monday morning at 9:30
o’clock and was the largest we have ever seen in Refugio, there being 90 autos
in the procession.  The remains were conveyed to the Catholic church, where
services were held by Rev. Father B. J. Donado, after which interment was had
in the Catholic cemetery.  Many friends from every portion of the county and
from surrounding counties came in to attend the funeral.  The pallbearers
were:

Honorary – Wilson Heard, M. McGuill, J. M. O'Brien, L. H. Johnson, Ed Coward
and Eug. Low.

Active – John Power, Clement Heard, Ben Shelton, H. Strauch, Clay Murphy, Jim
Brightman.

Mr. Fox was born on April 6th, 1861, in Refugio, where he has continuously
resided ever since.  He was one of the best citizens and most inFluential men
in the county and had been successfully engaged in the stock raising business
all his life.  He was universally esteemed and honored by all classes, a good
and friendly neighbor, and a true and useful friend – a type of manhood
characteristic of his day and time.

Deceased is survived by three brothers and three sisters, C. P. and D. S. Fox
of this place and W. J. Fox of Houston; Mrs. W. W. Shay and Misses Nellie and
Fannie Fox of this city, besides numerous other relatives, all of whom have
the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in this sad bereavement.

Mr. Fox was a man of generous impulses and never forgot the hospitable ways of
the pioneer.  The stranger, even though a beggar, never failed to find food
and shelter if he sought it at his hands, and he was at home by the bedside of
the sick and delighted in al kinds and neighborly offices.

In the passing of this noble son Texas has lost one of its best citizens and
Refugio a most faithful friend.