Taylor Co., TX - Obituaries - Mrs. Hattie Provence Dark *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** The Abilene Reporter News Abilene, Taylor County, Texas Wednesday, January 19, 1944 Rites for Mrs. Dark Set For Wednesday Funeral for Mrs. Hattie Provence Dark, mother of Mrs. Herbert M. Preston, of Abilene, will be Wednesday from Elliott funereal chapel by Dr. Millard A. Jenkens, Baptist minister. Burial will be in Cedar Hill cemetery. Mrs. Dark died Tuesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. W.J. McNamara of Fort Worth. She formerly lived in Abilene, spending the years 1934 to 1942 here. The family lived at Ballinger for a number of years. Surviving: her husband, 3 daughters - Mrs. Preston, Mrs. McNamara, Mrs. Albert Gray of New York City; 6 grandchildren. Pallbearers: R.E. Kuykendall, Ollie McMinn, T.J. Bailey, R.T. Bynum, Alton Willingham, George Foster.