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I was born at Afton, Texas, August 30, 1909. My parents were William P. Harvey and Daisy McCarty Harvey. They married in 1904 at Afton. They farmed the Zinn farm at Afton. The McCartys came to this county from Erath County in 1898. The Harveys came to Dickens County from Stonewall County in the early 1900´s. My grandfathers and grandmothers were Mr. and Mrs. Joe McCarty and Mr. and Mrs. Steven Harvey.My wife is Helen Stephenson Harvey. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Vick Stephenson from Arkansas, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benjamin Pollard and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Charles Stephenson were her grandparents, also of Augusta, Arkansas. She came to this county in 1925 by train to Quanah, then to McAdoo on the mail car. We both attended school at McAdoo. I have farmed and done construction work in this county all my life. I met my wife at McAdoo School in 1925. We married January 14, 1928 at Dickens. We had 3 boys (deceased) and 2 girls; Libby Rich (Mrs. Troy Rich) and our other daughter is Virginia Havens (Mrs. Leon Havens) of Kalgary. We have five grandchildren. I joined McAdoo Baptist Church in 1933, and later moved to Afton Baptist Church. I was ordained as a Deacon in the Church in 1954. We later moved to Dickens and I have served in many capacities in my church. My wife was a member of the McAdoo Methodist Church in 1925. She later joined the Baptist Church and served the church in many ways. We moved from the farm at East Afton to Dickens in 1974 where we resided until 1985. I had a heart attack in 1982 which disabled me permanently. I sold my home in Dickens and moved to Crosbyton to be closer to my children and the doctor.
In 1938, I was working on the new highway going east of Dickens. I was drilling holes in a rock that had been cut for dynamite with a 90 pound air drill. Tom Hughes and I were drilling 28 foot holes in the cuts about 12 o´clock one night. We were drilling side by side with a 25 foot drill stem. We turned the air on to clean out the hole, and water came gushing out. The spring still is flowing at the roadside park just east of Dickens. We celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary January 14, 1978. Our children and grandchildren hosted the celebration in our home in Dickens. It was a very special day for us. At this time we were the only ones in either of our families to reach their 50th anniversary. Many friends and relatives were there, all our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren were present.
Source: "Dickens County, Its Land and People", Dickens County Historical Commission, ©1986
Submitted by Waynell Harris
Services for Lewis Clinton Harvey, 81, of Crosbyton, were at 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 6, in the Dickens Baptist Church. Rev. Robert Field, Amarillo, officiated, assisted by Rev. C.L. Atkinson, Afton Baptist pastor.Burial was in Dickens Cemetery under direction of Campbel Funeral Home.
Mr. Harvey died about 5:45 p.m. May 4, 1991 in St. Mary of the Plains Hospital in Lubbock, following a lengthy illness.
Born Auguust 30, 1909 in Dickens County, he made his home here until 1985 when he moved to Crosbyton. He was a retired carpenter. He married Helen Etta Stephenson on January 14, 1928 in Dickens. He was a member and a deacon in the Batist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Helen Harvey, Crosbyton; (two infant sons preceded him in death in 1934); two daughters, Libby Rich, Crosbyton and Virginia Havens, Kalgary; one brother, Lilburn Harvey, McAdoo; six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
©The Texas Spur, Thursday, May 9, 1991
From the scrapbook of Thelma Kimmel Scott
Services for Helen Etta Harvey, 82, of Crosbyton were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, 1994, in Dickens Baptist Church with the Rev. C.L. Atkinson, pastor of Afton Baptist Church, officiating.Burial was in the Dickens Cemetery under the direction of Campbell Funeral Home of Spur.
Mrs. Harvey died at 2:54 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, 1994 at her residence after a lengthy illness.
She was born Oct. 13, 1911 in Little Rock, AR. She married Lewis Clenton Harvey on Jan. 14, 1928, in Dickens. He died May 4, 1991.
She was a homemaker and a Baptist.
Survivors include two daughters, Libby Rich of Crosbyton, and Virginia Havens of Kalgary; two brothers, Vance Stephenson of Fort Worth and Robert Stephenson of Crosbyton; a sister, Rosalyn Gilliland of Lubbock; six grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and three great great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Donnie Shaw, Darrell Deere, Wayne Roberts, Johnny Zobac, Jimmy Loven and Jerry Tooke.
©Crosby County News & Chronicle, Oct. 13, 1994
Submitted by Waynell Harris
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