Services Held For Mrs. J.F. Andrews At Afton Nov. 14th
Funeral services were conducted at the Afton Baptist Church, Friday, November 14 for Mrs. J.F. Andrews. Rev. R.C. Brown was assisted by Rev. W.F. Poole, in conducting the services. Mrs. Andrews died in a Lubbock sanitarium November 13 after an illness of three weeks.
Pallbearers were: Robert Cook, Ray Cagle, Ross Cagle, Alvin Hazelwood, Clifton Cagle, and Doyle Cagle.
Flower bearers were: Billie Avara, Jean Byars, Doris Avara, Jimmie Lee Lawson, Betty Reynolds, and Lois Wells.
Juanita Josephine Benham was born in Baylor County, Texas, Nov. 16, 1912 to Mr. and Mrs. G.A. Benham, and came to Afton with her parents when they settled there.
She was married to J.F. Andrews December 14, 1928 at Dickens. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews made their home at Afton until 1938, then moving to Brownfield. She united with the Methodist church at the age of twenty. Mrs. Andrews was preceded in death by a sister, Mrs. Dennis Rasberry, in 1936.
Interment was made in the Afton Cemetery.
Surviving are: her husband, J.F. Andrews, and four children, Jonelle, Jackie, Danny Frank, and Darlene; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.A. Benham; three sisters, Mrs. Ed Laney, Portales, New Mexico; Mrs. Howard Floyd, Brownfield, and Mrs. Howard Clark. Gurdon, Arkansas; and one brother, G.A. Benham, Jr. of Afton.
© The Texas Spur, November 20, 1941
Transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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