MRS. J. B. LAIR PASSES AWAY AT
CITY HOSPITAL
August 21, 1937 McKinney Courier Gazette
Funeral services for Mrs. J. B. Lair, 70 years, 10 months
and 11 days old, who died at the McKinney City Hospital Saturday afternoon,
August 21, at 3 o’clock after a two weeks’ illness, were held at the Anna
Baptist Church, of which she was a member, Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock,
conducted by Rev. George Umphrey, Pastor.
Interment followed in the Highland Cemetery, North of Melissa, with the Isaac
Crouch Funeral Home in charge.
Pallbearers were Grady Giles, Everett Slaughter, Herbert Rutledge, Hosey
Rutledge, Sam Baldwin and Lewis Baldwin.
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Marietta Strange was born in Kentucky October 10, 1866, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Strange. She had been a resident of this state and county for the
past fifty-three years.
She was preceded in death by her husband several years ago.
Surviving are eleven children, as follows: C. E., L. L., R. L., O. O., W. D., R.
E., and J. B. Lair, Jr., of Anna; Mrs. R. F. Strother, Mrs. Clyde Walthall and
Mrs. E. T. Massey, also of Anna, and Miss Lena Lair who is a Missionary in West
Africa.
Surviving brothers and sisters are: J. A. Strange of Princeton, R. E. Strange of
Wichita Falls, Mrs. J. W. Roach and O. A. Strange of Oklahoma; J. T. Strange of
Kentucky and Mrs. Jean Nichelson of Georgia.
Surname Index
Recommended
Citation:
"Mrs. J. B. Lair,
EARLY SETTLERS OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin County, Texas History
and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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