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Transcribed by: Loudene Tollar, Member of Trinity
County (TX) Historical Commission The transcribed
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TRINITY COUNTY OBITUARIES

The following obituaries have been transcribed from
loose page scrapbooks held by Trinity County Museum.
The scrapbooks are in poor condition. We are very
grateful for the collection and donation to the museum
of these records. 

MRS. J.I. ATKINSON - Expires- Mrs. Ida Bell Atkinson,
dearly beloved citizen of Groveton passed on to her
reward Tuesday, October 9, 1945 at about 8:30pm after
a lingering illness of about 8 months.

Mrs. Atkinson has been in the business life of this
town for many years and made many friends, who will
miss her sadly.  She was always pleasant, had a smile
and a kind word for those she met.  She was never too
tired or busy to help those in need. She was a
faithful member of the Baptist Church.

She left her husband, J.I. Atkinson, two daughters
Mrs. W. E. Bell of Houston and Miss Ruth Atkinson of
Groveton, two sons Fred Atkinson of Abbeville La and
Marvin of Groveton, on granddaughter, Miss Anna Fae
Atkinson of Abbeville, La, on sister, Mrs. Clint
Atkinson of Houston.

Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3pm at
Groveton Baptist Church by Ray Funderburk.
Arrangements by Biscamp Funeral Home.


MRS. DORA HARRISON -Dies Here - Mrs. Dora Keen
Harrison died at 8 pm Friday, October 12 at her home
after several months of illness.  Funeral services
were held at the Groveton Methodist Church Monday,
October 15 by the pastor, Rev. Mounzon Lee, assisted
by Rev. Wadsworth of Livingston.  Interment was in the
Cedar Grove Cemetery, Trinity under the direction of
Renfro Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were:  Clayburn Dickey, Ira Collins, Frank
Ed White, Sherman Eaves, Dudley Warner and Ernest
Terry.

Mrs. Harrison was born in Bolds Springs in Polk
County, Sept 26, 1878 being 67 years and 16 days old
at the time of her death.

Survivors are two daughters Alta and Lucille Harrison
of Groveton, a son, Ben serving in the u s army en
route home from the ETO, a sister, Mrs. Gid Honsinger
of Trinity, three brothers, C. H Keen of Corpus
Christi, Jim Keen of Lufkin and B. L. Keen of
Gulfport, Miss., a number of nieces and nephews.

The out of town people who attended Mrs. Dora
Harrison' funeral were Miss Edna and Alma Dean Wright,
Mr. And Mrs. C E Ross, Mr. and Mrs. H. C Craig of
Houston, Z Foreman and Mr. and Mrs. H. Price of
Livingston.  Mr. John Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. R M Rogers,
Mrs. Cecil Rogers, Mrs. Hattie Hood and Mrs. Wainright
of New Willard.  Mrs. A P Keene and Mucie Bo of
Moscow, Mrs. W C Sadler and Mrs. Mary Sadler of
Huntsville, Mr. and Mrs. C. H Keene of Corpus Christi
and Mrs. and Mrs. Jim Keene and Mrs. Doris Wier of
Lufkin.


MRS. FRANK PLATT - Dies Here - Mrs. Frank Platt was
born on mar. 8, 1878 at Pennington and died Monday,
September 3, 1945 at her home in Groveton at 2:40 am
after suffering a parilectic stroke some four mo.
Before.

She was a member of the Methodist Church and was
married to Rev. Frank Platt on June 25, 1896.  To this
union was born 7 children, five of whom survive her.

Three daughters, Mrs. Marion Cromwell of Logansport,
La., Mrs. Katherine Garvy of Houston, Mrs. Laura Gene
Alexander of Washington, D.C.  Two sons, Paul and
Ernest Platt of Livingston, 8 grandchildren and one
great grandchild, three sisters, Mrs. Ernest Brunson
of Houston, Mrs. Ella martin of Center, Mrs. Edgar
Inman of Beaumont.  One brother, Tom Chandler of
Houston.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, 10:00am at
Groveton Methodist Church by Rev. E. L. Ingrum of
Huntsville, assisted by Rev. Funderburk and Godbey.
Interment in Glenwood Cemetery.


EDNA EARL MUCKLEROY - Dies Suddenly at Woodlake Home -
Edna Earle, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Vernon (Sam)
Muckleroy, died at noon Friday, June 13, at the home
of her parents at Woodlake.  She was at the dinner
table with her mother and father when death came
suddenly.

Edna Earle was 14 years, 12 days of at the time of her
untimely death, being born Feb. 1, 1927, in Crockett,
where she spent all of her life until the first part
of 19841, when she moved with her parents to Woodlake.
She had finished the eight grade this year in the
Groveton high School where she was a member of the
band.  Before coming to Woodlake she was a member of
the Crockett band and featured as a clarinet soloist.
The week before her death she had visited friends in
Crockett. She was beloved by her schoolmates at
Crockett and Groveton.  A member of the Methodist
church, she was faithful to her church vows.

Funeral services at the Crockett Methodist church
Saturday afternoon at 4:30 were attended by hundreds
of relatives and friends including the Groveton high
school band members.  Rev Harry Rankin officiated.
Song services were conducted by her girl friends of
Crockett accompanied by Joyce Thompson at the organ.
The local band and the Crocket band with their
directors, Mr. Lively and Mr. Darsey, attended to pay
their last respects.  Interment was in the Crockett
cemetery with the following acting as pallbearers: Roy
Lester Morrow and Buddy Anders, Grapeland, Hardy
Roberson, Groveton: Brent Bennett, Jacob Carprielian
and Preston Blalock, Crockett.

Survivors are her parents, Mr. And Mrs. Vernon
Muckleroy, Woodlake; her grandparents, Mr. And Mrs.
George Muckelroy of Precilla and Mr. And Mrs. T. M.
Buller of Crockett; a number of aunt, uncles, cousins
and friend who mourn her passing.


WOODIE H. POSTON - Citizens of the entire county and
adjoining counties were greatly shocked and deeply
sorrowed by the sudden passing to that "Great Beyond "
of Woodie Henderson Poston who died Saturday, Feb. 7,
1942 at 3:00P.M. near his home north of Groveton.

One of the best known, and most beloved characters of
Trinity county, Woodie H. Poston was born May 14,
1874, at East Prairie, nine miles north of Groveton,
and lived his entire life in this county.  He was the
second eldest child of the late Dr. Marion C. Poston
and Charlotte Davis Poston, pioneers of the county,
who preceded him in death several years ago.

In young manhood, Woodie was united with the First
Christian Church at East Prairie where he was a
staunch and active member and leader in the church, as
well as other civics of the community.  He was married
to Miss Caroline Hutto, daughter of Hill Hutto, a
county pioneer.  To this union were born five
children.  Two daughters, Mrs. Leroy Faver of Lovelady
and Mrs. W.T. Bruton of Wichita Falls, still survive.

Years ago, Woodie Poston and his family located in
Groveton and spent many years in town, moving about
fourteen years ago to his farm home two miles north on
the Groveton-Trinity highway.  Prior to this time he
served several years as city marshall of Groveton,
later being elected county commissioner of precinct
No. 1, servicing eight years.  For the past six years
and at the time of his death, he was engaged in the
lumber business, operating his won sawmill near his
home.

Funeral services were held at the home Sunday
afternoon at three o'clock with Rev. W. A. Reagan
officiating.  Burial was in the Glenwood cemetery
here.

Besides his wife and two daughters, the deceased is
survived by one grandchild, William Paul Faver; one
brother, Wiley S. Poston, Groveton, a well know lawyer
of the county; five sisters - Mrs. O.E. Avery, Pharr;
Mrs. Wesley Lee, Huntsville; Mrs. C. E. Forest,
Liberty; Mrs. Gatt Lucas, Trinity, Mrs. Louis Bass,
Groveton, six nephews and eleven nieces, and a host of
other relatives and friends.

As a tribute to the sacred memory of Woodie Henderson
Poston, our beloved husband, father, brother and
friend, we tenderly dedicate the following lines;

"When the mists have rolled in splendor -From the
beauty of the hills And the sunset warm and tender,
Falls in kisses on the rills-When we read Love's
shining letter _ In the rainbow of the spray: We will
understand it better, When the mists have rolled
away."


ALBERT REESE - (Obit published April 6, 1939) - dies
at home here - Albert Reese, well known Groveton
citizen died suddenly at this home here Tuesday
afternoon at about 5:45.  His wife, it was understood,
found him lying dead on the living room floor when she
entered the house from the yard where she had been
only a few minutes.  Rev. W. A. Reagan, a very close
friend, conducted the funeral services at the Groveton
Baptist church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Interment followed in the local cemetery with special
graveside rites conducted by the American Legion, of
which Mr. Reese was a member.  

William Albert Reese observed his forty-ninth birthday
on Feb. 11of this year.  He was much beloved man, a
faithful and enthusiastic worker in all departments of
his Sunday school and church, and will be missed
greatly by the Baptist church here.

From 1920-1924 Mr. Reese served as superintendent of
Trinity county.  He was postmaster at Groveton from
1924 until 1933.  He was a world war veteran, and a
Master Mason.  At the tie of his death Mr. Reese was
investigator for the Texas Old Age Assistance in
Trinity county, beginning with that work on Feb.14,
1936.

The affectionate esteem of the people of this city and
town was shown by the very large crowd attending the
funeral and by the many beautiful floral offerings.
Mr. Reese was a man on whom his pastor relied and a
loving father, husband and friend.

Survivors include his wife and three children, Peggy,
Mary Ann and Albert Neil, and his mother, Mrs. Sallie
Reese of Groveton; a brother, Charlie Reese of
Beaumont; and a sister, Mrs. Morris A. Jensen of Port
Arthur; and a number of other relatives.


JUDGE C. H.KENLEY - Dies in Houston- Judge C. H.
Kenley, long-time resident of Groveton and Trinity
county, died at 7 am Monday, April 13(1942), in the
Methodist Hospital in Houston following an illness of
several years duration. He had been in the Houston
hospital for treatment for more than a month.  His
daughter, Miss Carol and other relatives had been at
his bedside constantly for the past week.

Born on Trinity county farm near Pennington Feb 27,
1670(1870), Carrol H. Kenley was the oldest child of a
well-known family, and spent his life in this county.
He attended the private school, Steel School, and with
his family later moved to Nogalus Prairie.  At an
early age he became active in the public affairs of
Trinity county.  He served as county clerk for a
number of years, and then became Tax Collector.  Later
he was county judge for several terms and was active
in all good roads movements.  In 1896 he established
and continually until his death the first abstract
plant in Trinity county.  It has been stated that
Judge Kenley had had offices in the Trinity county
courthouse for more than fifty years.