Taylor Co., TX - Obituaries - John Barton Girand, Jr. *********************************************** 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 Newws Tuesday, June 24, 1986 John B. Girand John B. Girand, 91, a longtime postal worker and retired farmer died Monday at his Abilene home. Graveside services will be Wednesday at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Fry Funeral home of Tuscola. Rev. David Puckett will officiate. Girand was born in Graham and moved to Abilene at the age of 6 months. He was married to Ira Belle Alexander in Cisco. He worked for the postal department in Abilene from 1919 to 1952 when he retired and moved to Tuscola where he farmed. He returned to Abilene in 1983. He was a veteran of World War 1, a member of Barracks 1, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, and a charter member of the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest. Survived by his wife; a sister - Anna Gile of Abilene; 2 foster children - Dorothy and Ernest Mayfield of Tuscola.