Last rites for Oscar Marrs, age 82, long-time resident of Dickens County, were conducted at the First Methodist Church, Spur, Sunday, with Rev. M.J. Morton officiating.Interment followed in the Spur Cemetery under the direction of Chandler Funeral Home.
Mr. Marrs was a native of Tennessee. He was born February 13(5?), 1867 and came to Dickens County in 1917. He was a member of the Methodist Church, having joined at an early age.
Survivors include four nieces, Mrs. Sarah Talbert, Tenn.; Mrs. Bertie Scarbro, Tenn.; Mrs. Orin Bethel, Washington; and Mrs. Alton Sprayberry, Lubbock. Two nephews, Jom McClarrin and J.C. Brown.
©The Texas Spur, June 16, 1949
Transcribed June 5, 2005, By Dickens County Historical Commission members.
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