Veteran World War I
Earl Burl Autry was married 25 Dec 1922 to Maggie Josephine Winn in Leon Co., TX. Maggie died in 1950. She and Earl had two sons, Joe Earl and William; three daughters, Maggie Smith, and Mrs. Gerrold Long and Mrs. Glenn Stephens.
RALLS (Special) - Mrs. Mary Edith Autry, 65, of Ralls died Thursday afternoon in Crosbyton Hospital after several months of illness.Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Ralls First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Vernon O´Kelly, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Ralls Cemetery under direction of Carter Funeral Home.
A native of Hopkins County, Mrs. Autry moved to Ralls in 1942.
Survivors include her husband, Earl; a son, T.J. Thompson of Lubbock; two step-sons, Joe Earl Autry of Brownsville and William Autry of Ralls; a daughter, Mrs. Gene Reed of Floydada; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Maggie Smith of Fort Stockton, Mrs. Jessie Jean Long and Mrs. Katerine Stephens both of Wichita Falls; her mother, Mrs. Doris Watson of Sulphur Springs; two brothers, Earnest Watson of Sulphur Springs and Troy Watson of Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Bennet of Sweetwater, Mrs. O.G. South of Garland and Mrs. Cecil Clem of Dallas; 17 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
©Lubbock Avalanche Journal, August 25, 1972
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
Earl B. Autry, 78, of Ralls died about 7:50 a.m. Saturday at his home.Services were held at 10 a.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church in Ralls with the Rev. Vernon O´Kelly, minister, officiating. Burial was in Ralls Cemetery under direction of Carter Funeral Home.
A native of Lebanon, Okla., Autry moved to Ralls in 1944 from Leon County. Autry was a veteran of World War I.
Survivors include two sons, Joe Earl Autry of Brownsville and William Autry of Ralls; a stepson, T.J. Thompson of Lubbock; three daughters, Mrs. Maggie Smith of Fort Stockton, and Mrs. Gerrold Long and Mrs. Glenn Stephens, both of Wichita Falls; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Gene Reed of Floydada; a brother, Luke Autry of Ralls; two sisters, Mrs. Julia Pinkerton and Mrs. Florida Holland, both of Oklahoma City, 17 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
©Ralls Banner, November 29, 1972
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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