McAfee
Obituaries
The
Bastrop (Texas) Advertiser, October 28,
1926
DEATH OF ALBERT H. McAFEE
On Sunday afternoon, Oct.
17, death came and claimed another one of Bastrop's pioneer citizens, Mr. Albert
H. [sic] McAfee, of Cedar Creek, who has made his home in Bastrop county since
he moved to Texas, forty five years ago. Funeral services were conducted at his
home in Cedar Creek the Rev. Paul C. Bell, of the First Baptist church of
Bastrop officiating.
Deceased was born December
4, 1849, in Iowa. Surviving him two daughters, Mrs. Mettie [sic] Mason and Mrs.
Cora Rose of Kenedy, and Mr. A. H. McAfee of Thorndale.
The Advertiser joins with
the many friends of the family in extending its deepest sympathy in this their
sad hour.
MRS. NETTIE MASON
LAID TO REST SUNDAY
Nettie McAfee, the daughter
of Mrs. and Mrs. Albert McAfee was born in Arkansas January 9, 1879. On
September 29, 1897, she was married to C. J. Rose and two sons were born of this
union. Mr. Rose passed away December 11, 1901. On December 15, 1902, she was
married to B. W. Mason. Three daughters and one son was born of this marriage,
the son passing away in infancy. Mr. Mason passed away August 20, 1925 and since
that time Mrs. Mason has made her home with her children.
She passed away very
suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Horace Hodge, on Aug. 5, 1949.
Besides
Mrs. Hodge two other daughters, Mrs. J. H. Kunkel of Elgin, and Mrs. James Byrum
of Rusk, Texas, and two sons, Albert Rose, of Dale, Texas and Charlie Rose, of
Houston, Texas survive. One brother and two sisters and 14 grandchildren also
survive.
Mrs.
Mason was converted early in life and united with the Baptist Church. She has
lived consistent to her convictions throughout her long and useful life, and a
large number of relatives and friends count their own lives richer for her
having lived among them.
Funeral services were conducted from the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. H. Kunkel, and the Elgin cemetery at 3 o'clock Sunday
afternoon with Rev. T. E. Holt, of McDade, and Rev. Seaborn Kiker, of Elgin in
charge. The large crowd of relatives and friends and the many flowers attested
to the love and admiration felt for Mrs. Mason and her family. The high
character of her sons and daughters stand as a monument to her memory that will
never fade.
All
the children and all the grandchildren except one were present for the funeral.
Six grandsons served as pallbearers.
Mrs. A. H. McAfee Buried Here Tuesday
Mrs. Susie B. Mason McAfee passed away at
her home here at 8:55 o’clock Sunday night, January 12, at the age of 63 years,
one month and 27 days.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon, January 14, at the Marrs Memorial Chapel in Smithville, with
the Rev. O. W. Summerlin pastor of the First Baptist Church of Bastrop,
officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery.
Pallbearers were five grandsons as follows:
Maurice Lowden, Bastrop; Gene Worthington, Mexia; W. D. Martin, Jr., Shawnee,
Oklahoma; Richard Lee Martin, Fort Worth; Earl Liard, Jr., Pasadena; and three
nephews, Harold Eugene Mason, Humble; Emil Branum, Houston; and Elwood H.
Houston, Texas City.
Survivors include her husband, A. H. McAfee,
Bastrop; one son, Alvin B. McAfee, Bastrop; five daughters, Mrs. DeFlay Martin
and Mrs. Edward Lowden, both of Bastrop; Mrs. Stayton Worthington, Talco; Mrs.
Edgar Wilson, Austin; Mrs. Henry Lee Mathison, Wortham; three sisters, Mrs. John
Kunkle and Mrs. Horace Hodge, both of Elgin; Mrs. James Byrum, Rusk; one
brother, H. T. (Jack) Mason, Humble; eighteen grandchildren, two great
grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
The daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Burl
Wilkes Mason, Mrs. Susie Mason McAfee was born on November 16, 1894 in
Smithville. She was united in marriage to A. H. McAfee in Austin on August 22,
1912. As a young bride she made her home in Cedar Creek, moving to Bastrop with
her family in 1936. Mrs. McAfee became a member of the First Baptist Church of
Cedar Creek in 1918, and transferred her membership to the First Baptist Church
here in 1953.
Although in failing health for a number
years preceding her death, Mrs. McAfee was aspired with faith and courage up
until the end. She was a devoted wife and mother, gifted with a friendly
personality that endeared her to all who knew her. Relatives and friends from
out of town attending the services were H. T. (Jack) Mason, Mrs. Lorraine
Griffin and Harold Eugen Mason, Humble; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Singleton, Mrs. Elmer
O’Quinn, Emil Branum, Robert Branum, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Weber, Houston; Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Laird Jr., Pasadena; Mrs. Bryson Hardee, Jacqueline Sue, Austwell;
Mrs. Pete Rose Jr., Luling; John Kunkle, Elgin; W. D. Martin, Jr., Shawnee,
Oklahoma; Richard Lee Martin, Ft. Worth; Gene Worthington, Mexia; Mrs. and Mrs.
Stayton Worthington and Patsy, Talco; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lee Mathison and
children, Robert, Jerry, Bobby Dan and Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Price, Wortham; Mrs.
Claude V. Stubbs, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Houston and Mr and Mrs. George Weber,
Texas City; Mrs. Betty Hellums, Mrs. H. C. Rose, Lockhart; Mrs. Pete Rose Jr.,
Luling; Mr. and Mrs. James Byrum, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Kitcher and Suzanne, Mrs.
E. V. Daniels and Glenda, Rusk; Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wilson Jr. and Jean Anette,
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Alexander, Mrs. Mae Walker, Mrs.
Wallace McDougal, Austin; Mrs. Fred Thornton, Dallas; Mrs. Will Hess, Mrs.
Carlos Goodman, Rosanky; Mrs. Minnie Martin, Mrs. M. D. Turner, Mrs. Rosa
Turner, Mrs. S. T. Simmons, Mrs. O. F. Wamel, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Alexander, Cedar
Creek; Mrs. Ben Anderson, San Antonio; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Huebel, Charles
Nauman, Mrs. Fred Barry, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Baylor, Mrs. Edith Champion, Mrs.
Marie Fritz, Mrs. Allen Thompson, Mrs. Marie Gray, Mrs. Bernice Perkins, Mrs.
Aubrey Jones, Mrs. Frank Furr, Mrs. W. J. Sommerfeld, Jimmy Nutt, Clay Hodges,
Mrs. Rosa Evans, Claude Aldridge, Smithville; Also Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Meuth, Mrs.
D. H. Maney, Miss Birdie Hewatt, Miss Sam Shelburns, Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Campbell, Mrs. Laura Keilberg, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Meauth, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Seidell Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Seidel and Mr. and Mrs. Kahanek.
From Cherokeean Herald of Rusk, Texas
Thursday, March 23, 1995
Pat Harmon
Graveside services for Ethel (Pat) Harmon,
72, of Rusk were at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Piney Grove Cemetery at Gallatin with
the Rev. Don Copeland officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of
Boren-Conner Funeral Home.
Mrs. Harmon died Sunday in East Texas
Medical Center Rusk. She was born Nov. 29, 1922, in Bastrop had lived in Rusk
for two years. She was a homemaker and a Methodist.
Survivors are a son, J. E. Wilson, Jr. of
Gonzales; three daughters, Jeanne Parsons of Gallatin, Jerrie Brown of New
Summerfield and Nelda Norwood of Pflugerville; three sisters, Blanche
Worthington of Mount Pleasant, Dovie Lowden and Beulah Martin, both of Bastrop;
11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Bastrop Advertiser,
November 6, 1969
Services Held for Mrs. Mathison
Mrs. Barbara Sue Mathison, 41, passed away
at the local hospital early Friday morning, October 31, following a lengthy
illness.
Funeral services were held at 10 o’clock
Saturday morning from the First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Charles Young
officiating. Burial was in the Wortham Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Maurice Lowden of Bastrop,
Richard Martin of Austin, W. D. Martin of Garland, Dwain Mathison of Richland,
Clinton Mathison of Marshall and A. C. Mathison of Wortham.
Survivors include her husband Henry L.
Mathison; five sons, Robert L. Mathison of Baytown; Jerry A. Mathison, Bobby Dan
Mathison, Jimmie Wayne Mathison and Kenneth Dale Mathison, all of Bastrop; four
sisters, Mrs. Stayton Worthington of Mt. Pleasant; Mrs. DeFlay Martin of Austin;
Mrs. Edward Lowden of Bastrop and Mrs. Douglas Harmon of Austin; one brother,
Alvin B. McAfee of Bastrop; two grandchildren, Michael Alvin Mathison of Bastrop
and Ronald Dale Mathison of Baytown.
Mrs. Mathison was born on September 28, 1928
at Cedar Creek, the daughter of Albert H. and Susie Mason McAfee. She attended
the Bastrop Schools, and on December 26, 1942, she was married to Henry L.
Mathison in Bastrop. They made their home here until 1945, when they moved to
Wortham. In 1961 they returned to Bastrop and have lived here since that time.
A interested worker in the Baptist Church, she was a teacher in the Sunday
School and a member of the Woman’s Missionary Union.
H. C. “Buddy” Rose
H. C. “Buddy” Rose, 69, of Gonzales County, died
Monday, October 23. He was born September 9, 1926, to Albert and Dixie Pollard
Rose in Bastrop County.
Mr. Rose served in the U. S. Navy in World War II. He
was a member of B. P. O. E. – Gonzales Chapter #2413, a 32nd Degree Mason, and a
Shriner.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday, October 28, at
the McCurdy Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Bill Bailey officiating. Burial
followed a the Bunton Cemetery.
Pallbearers were George Williams, Danny Sloan, Henry
Condel, Donald D. Howell, Benny Engelke, James Mosely, Glen Martin, and Mitchell
Fairchild.
Survivors include his wife, Elaine Rose, of
Gonzales; his daughters, Robin Rose and Rhonda Jackson, both of Lockhart; his
step sons, Dred Martin III and John Martin, both of Houston, and Glen Martin of
Gonzales; his step daughters, Teresa Washichek and Penny Christian, both of
Gonzales, and Dawn Kirby of Katy; his brother, Pete Rose of Luling; his sisters,
Betty Jean Hellums of Lockhart and Gail Coers of McMahan; three grandchildren;
and 10 step grandchildren.
(Published Luling Newsboy Signal, November 2,
1995)
Eula Aileen Rose
Services for Eula Aileen Rose were held at
Central Baptist Church at 10 a.m. Friday, February 5 [1993], with Rev. Wes Brown
officiating. Interment was in the Luling City Cemetery, under the direction of
O’Bannon Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Mitchell Fairchild, Keith
Garner, Bair Bairrington, Ray Seay, Rusty Hellums, and Dean O’Bannon.
Mrs. Rose was born in Lockhart on August 14,
1926, to Jasper Collins Abbott and Elizabeth Lee English Abbott. She was a
homemaker, and was a member of the Elks Ladies Auxiliary and the Orioles.
She died Wednesday, February 3, in the Edgar
B. Davis Hospital, following a lengthy illness.
Survivors include her husband, Pete Rose, of
Luling; her father, Cy Samuel, of Del Rio; two daughters and sons-in-law, Debra
and Jim Bob Owens of Lockhart and Jackie and Monroe Fairchild of Luling; and
three grandchildren, Mitchell Fairchild and Laurie Fairchild, both of Luling,
and Matthew Owens of Lockhart.
Funeral Services
Held for A. H.
McAfee
Funeral services for Albert Henry McAfee,
75, were held Saturday morning, March 22, at 10 o’clock from the First Methodist
Church with Rev. Fred P. Bishop and Rev. O. W. sumerlin officiating.
Pall bearers were all grandsons, Maurice
Lowden, Bastrop; Richard Lee Martin, Forth Worth; W. D. Martin, Jr., Shawnee,
Oklahoma; Gene Worthington, Mexia; Bryson Hardee, Austwell; Earl Laird Jr.,
Pasadena. Interment was in Fairview cemetery.
Mr. McAfee died quite unexpectedly, due to
a heart condition. He had been in apparent good health and been working in his
garden just previously to his death.
Mr. McAfee was born in Arkansas on July 9,
1882, the son of Albert and Mary Brock McAfee. He and Miss Susie B. Mason were
united in marriage on August 22, 1912 in Austin, Texas. They made their home in
Cedar Creek until January 1936 when they moved into Bastrop with their
children. He was employed as a grocery clerk until his retirement. He was a
member of the Methodist church.
He was well known in this section of the
county and a friend of all who knew him.
He was preceded in death by his wife on
January 12, 1958.
Survivors include one son, Alvin McAfee,
Bastrop; five daughters, Mrs. Edward Lowden and Mrs. DeFlay Martin, Bastrop;
Mrs. Stayton Worthington, Talco; Mrs. Edgar Wilson, Austin; Mrs. Henry Lee
Mathison, Worth; 18 grandchildren and 27 greatgrandchildren; one sister Mrs.
Cora Rose of Beeville.
Among the friends and relatives from out of
town attending the services were Mrs. and Mrs. Edgar Wilson, Jean Swafford and
J. E. Wilson, Austin; Mr. and Mrs. Stayton Worthington and Patsy of Talco; Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Lee Mathison and children, Robert, Jerry, Bobby, Jimmy and
Kenneth Dale, of Wortham; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Laird Jr. of Pasadena; Mr. and Mrs.
Bryson Hardee and Jacqueline Sue of Austwell; Richard Martin, Fort Worth; W. D.
Martin, Jr., Oklahoma; Robert L. Branum and Jack E. Branum of Houston; Mr. and
Mrs. John Kunkle, Elgin; Bobby Joe Kunkle, College Station; Mrs. Vinson F.
Koehler, Dale; Mrs. James A. martin, Mrs. Minnie Martin, Mrs. Dewey Turner, Mrs.
H. C. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Yoast, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Alexander all of Cedar
Creek; Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Martin and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Anderson of Austin;
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson, San Antonio; Mrs. Sam Wilson and Miss Shirley Wilson,
Alum Creek.
