Swisher Co. TX - OBIT: James Edward Markham, 1958 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Markham Lowe ==================================================================== FUNERAL AND OBITUARY NOTES FROM THE AMARILLO DAILY NEWS, MAY 2, 1958 James Edward Markham Canyon, May 1 (Special)-James Edward Markham, 75, retired farmer from Happy, died Wednesday afternoon at Neblett Hosp- ital in Canyon where he had been brought earlier in the day after suffering a heart attack. Born in Holland, Tex., July 8, 1882, he moved to this area in 1922. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and First Methodist Church of Happy. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday in the First Methodist Church in Happy with Rev. Walter C. Hadley, Pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Clyde Smith. Burial will be in the cemetery at Happy under direction of Warren-LaGrone Chapel of Canyon. Surviving are his wife, Ora of Happy, two daughter, Mrs. Eloise Havlek of Reno, Nev., and Mrs. C.R. Hancock of Happy; two sons, Murray and Harold, both of Amarillo; three brothers, W.W. of Cameron, Tex., Frank of Hereford and E.W. of Phoenix, Ariz; two sisters, Mrs. Seth Waddell of Bentonville, Ark., and Mrs. Austin McGuyer of Dallas; 12 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.