World War I Veteran
Graveside Masonic rites for Bert Heafner, 88, former Crosby County pioneer; will be at 10 a.m. Thursday (today) in Ralls Cemetery. The Rev. David Ray, pastor of Ralls First United Methodist Church, is to officiate.
Mr. Heafner was claimed by death Saturday, Sept. 7, in a Los Angeles, Calif., hospital after a lengthy illness.
Carter-Adams Funeral Home of Ralls directed arrangements.
Mr. Heafner was born Oct. 4, 1896, in Bonham, Tex. Soon after his birth, his parents moved their three children via covered wagon to Crosby County in 1899. Their first home was a half dugout east of Cone.
He attended schools at Fairview and Emma and, after 1905, to Lincointon, N.C. He was a student at Seth Ward College in Plainview when it burned.
After serving briefly World War I, he "went North" in 1920 to Chicago. He married Miss Peggy Sheehan on Oct. 13, 1935, in Waukeegan, Ill. The couple moved in 1945 to California, where he was active in real estate until about two years before his death.
Mr. Heafner is survived by his wife, Peggy of 224 East Tamarac, Inglewood, Calif.; and three nieces, Bertie Joe Priddy of Ralls, Mildred Chauncey of Lubbock and Ouida Miller of Dennison.
Crosbyton Review, Sept. 12, 1985
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
Bernice Heafner passed away Oct. 12, 2002, at the age of 94. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bert Heafner. Bert and Bernice had no children.
Born in Rockford, IL, in 1908, she was a resident of Inglewood, CA, for more than 40 years. She was employed by Southern California Automobile Club as a legal secretary for more than 30 years, retiring in 1973. Bernice was active in the Southern California Auto Club Retiree´s Organization, the Southern California Retiree´s Organization and the Southern Califronia Executive Secretaries Association.
A graveside service was held Saturday, Nov. 9, 2002, at Ralls Cemetery in Ralls.
The Crosby County News & Chronicle, Friday, Nov. 15, 2002
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