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Father: George Bernard ERATH
Mother: Jessie RANDALL
Biography
I, George Edwin Erath, was born October 15, 1912 in Dickens County to George Bernard Erath (11/23/1886 - 6/10/1961) and Jessie Lenora Randall (4/20/1893 - 1/15/1985).I graduated from Spur High School with the class of 1931 and on March 9, 1938 married Grace Beatrice Patterson in Spur.
Gracie was born December 11, 1917 in Jayton, Kent County, Texas. We have one daughter, Linda Nell Erath Jackson, born December 28, 1938, and she has two daughters: Sherri and Denice. Linda lives in Lubbock, Texas.
My grandfathers, William Merrell Randall and Walter Erath, and my great-grandfather, George Barnard Erath surveyed Erath County and McLennan County (Waco). I have the sword my great-grandfather, G.B. Erath used in the battle of San Jacinto when Texas won its independence. Gracie and I lived on the farm for many years, but now own our home on West Harris Street in Spur.
Two other children were born to George Barnard and Jessie Erath: a daughter, Leila Lee, who married Raymond Bailey and they had three daughters: JoAnn, Margaret and Lillian Grace; and a son, Walter M. Erath who never married and died in 1982 at the age of 60. Leila Lee and Raymond are both deceased - Raymond in 1980 and Leila Lee in 1984. All our family members who are deceased are buried in Spur Memorial Cemetery.
Written by: Geroge ErathSource: Dickens County History...its Land and People © Dickens Historical Commission; Printer: Craftsman Inc. Lubbock, Texas 1986
Submitted by Gerald Farley
Services for George Edwin Erath, 80, of Spur, were at the Highway 70 Church of Christ at 2:30 p.m. Ernie Bishop, church minister, officiated. Burial was in Spur Memorial Cemetery with Campbell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.Mr. Erath died Sunday, September 11, 1994 at Methodist Hospital, Lubbock, following a brief illness. He was born in Dickens County October 7, 1913 and had lived here most of his life. He married Gracie Patterson in Spur on March 9, 1938 and she survives him.
Mr. Erath was a farmer and a member of the Steel Hill Church of Christ. He was a Mason. He is preceded in death by a daughter, Jessie "Bitsy" Erath on July 23, 1994.
Other survivors include a daughter, Linda Jackson, Lubbock; two grandchildren, Shari and Pat Murchison, Lubbock and Denise and Lee Schilling, Dimmitt; two great grandchildren, Jesica Murchison and Magen Murchison, both of Lubbock.
Pallbearers included Jackie Young, Clomer Randall, Dwight Dillashaw, Robert Hahn, Mutt Hagins and Danny Randall.
©The Texas Spur, September 1994
Services for Gracy Patterson Erath, 84, of Lubbock, formerly of Spur, were held at 11 a.m. Saturday April 6, 2002 at Hwy 70 Church of Christ with Ernie Bishop officiating. Burial was in Spur Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Campbell Funeral Home of Spur.She died Wednesday, April 3, 2002 in Lubbock.
She was born Dec. 11, 1917 in Jayton to Henry and Nora Harrison Patterson. She married George Erath on March 9, 1938, in Spur. He preceded her in death on Sept. 11, 1994. She was a former member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She was a homemaker and a member of Highway 70 Church of Christ.
She was also preceded in death by one daughter Jessie "Bitsy," Erath in 1994.
She is survived by one daughter, Linda Jackson of Lubbock; a brother, Jerry Patterson of Denver City; one sister, Clydie Boydstun of Ceres, Calif.; two grandchildren, Shari Murchison and Denise Schilling; and four great-grandchildren, Jesica Murchison, Magen Murchison, Shelby Schilling and Amy Schilling.
©The Texas Spur, Thursday, April 11, 2002, page seven
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