T.C. Elkins was born August 3, 1900 to Douglas and Elizabeth Elkins in Strawn, Texas. He started school in Santo, Texas, and finished in Sharps Valley in Palo Pinto County, Texas. As many of the pioneer families of Texas, he finished his education at an early age to go to work and help support the family. He worked in the Cedar Breaks until going to work in the oil fields where he worked until he was 19. He met and married Lois Lorain White on October 11, 1919 with the Justice of the Peace of Strawn, Texas officiating.Lois Lorain White was born to Ben and Donna White on September 23, 1903. She attended Strawn schools until she finished.
T.C. worked in the oil fields in Lamoore, Colorado, and then went to work for Barrett Brothers Hardware in Anson, Texas until they came to Spur to make their home in 1932. He went to work for Clayton & Smith Plumbing Co. for 3 years then started plumbing independently. On August 21, 1920 they had their first son, Floyd Chester, then on September 18, 1924 their second son, Alfred Lee was born. T.C. and his sons worked in partnership in Spur Plumbing for years until his retirement due to health in 1975.
T.C. and Lois have seen Spur grow from dirt streets and open plains to our fair community in which they still reside with their son, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Source: Dickens County History...its Land and People © Dickens Historical Commission; Printer: Craftsman Inc. Lubbock, Texas 1986
Submitted by Gerald Farley
ELKINS, Lois W. White
Born: Sep 23, 1903, Strawn, TX
Died: Mar 18, 1996, Lubbock, TX
Father: William J. WHITE
Mother: Bonnie EUBANKS
Services for T.C. (Bug) Elkins, 86, were held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Highway 70 Church of Christ with minister Richard Trull officiating.Elkins died February 14, about 4:40 p.m. in Lubbock General Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was a retired plumber and a member of the Church of Christ.
Born August 3, 1900, in Palo Pinto County, he had been a resident of Dickens County since the 1930´s. He married the former Lois White on Ocober 11, 1919 in Strawn.
Survivors include hi wife, Lois Elkins, Spur; one son, Alfred Elkins, Spur and a sister, Minnie Brown, Olney; five grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. One son, Floyd, preceded him in death in 1975.
Burial was in Spur Memorial Cemetery with Campbell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
©The Texas Spur, February 1987
From the scrapbook of Thelma Kimmel Scott
Services for Lois W. Elkins, 92, of Spur, were at 10:30 a.m. March 20, 1996, in the Highway 70 church of Christ with Ernie Bishop, Panhandle, and Charles Ball, local church minister, officiating.Burial was in Spur Memorial Cemetery under direction of Campbell Funeral Home.
Mrs. Elkins died March 18, 1996 at St. Mary Hospital, Lubbock. She was born in Strawn and moved to Spur in 1929 from Anson. She married Tony Chester Elkins in Strawn. He preceded her in death on February 14, 1987.
She is survived by a brother, Cotton W. White of Mineral Wells and a daughter-in-law, Vida Elkins of Spur; five grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sons. Alfred Elkins, 1987 and Floyd Elkins, 1975.
©The Texas Spur, March 21, 1996
From the records of Lillian Grace Nay
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