Wise County Texas Archives Photo Tombstone.....Helm, William Arthur 
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Cemetery:           Aurora Cemetery
Name:               William Arthur Helm

Date Of Photograph: May 1, 1999
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William Arthur Helm was born in Wise County to Margaret Oates and Monroe (Roe) 
Helm.  Margaret died of the measles when William (W.A.) was only 2-3 years old 
and is buried in the historic Teague Cemetery a short distance from Aurora 
Cemetery.  W.A. was a prominent businessman in Decatur, owning the Decatur 
Motor Company and selling the first automobile in Wise County to J.J. Perkins 
of Wichita Falls, Texas.  He was an owner of Helm, Ward & Dillehay Mercantile 
and later, Western Auto on the square.  He was very active with the First 
Methodist Church of Decatur and rose to the rank of Royal Arch Mason.  He and 
his wife, Katherine Wells Hambright, had two children, Hiram Monroe Helm, Sr. 
and Kathryn Ruth Helm Douglass.  

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