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Death claimed one of the most interesting and well-known men of this area, in the passing of Thomas Eugene McArthur, 65, on Thursday, August 19 at the West Texas hospital, Lubbock, after an illness of over a month.It is a fitting tribute to call Mr. McArthur one of the "Trail Blazers" of the west, having settled here 52 years ago. He has been instrument in the upbuilding and developing of this part of the country into what now is, that those who come after may enjoy the fruits of his pioneer years. Men like Mr. McArthur are served in the memory of their fellowmen.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. in the Church of Christ with C.V. Allen officiating. Interment was in the Spur Cemetery with Campbell Funeral Home in charge.
Pallbearers were Bill Putman, M.L. Rickles, Ed Fuqua, A.A. Fry, E.S. Lee, O.P. Meadors. Flower bearers were Misses Dorothy Foote, Jo Ann Smith, LaVoris Lee, Mineola Ward, Evelyn Pickens and Imogene Fry.
Mr. McArthur was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William McArthur and was born Jan. 29, 1878, and moved to Dickens county with his family 52 year ago. He was married to Miss Susie Allcorn Jan. 9, 1912, at Spur. Four sons were born to his union: Herman, Tommie, Jimmie and Woodrow McArthur.
The McArthur families are among the oldest pioneer settlers in Dickens County where they have had ranching interests for many years. Their ranch homes are land marks in the Red Mud Community, being settled and established before Dickens county was organized. At 16 years of age, Mr. McArthur drove the mail hack from Double Mountain to Espuela, which at that time was sparsely settled and a long desolate drive for a lad. Soon after this he worked for the O-O ranch where he was the "official" bronc buster.
Those surviving include his widow and four sons; Herman, Tom, Jimme and Woodrow. Tom is in the army and at this time is stationed in Sicily. Three brothers, Jim, Bill, and Ed McArthur; two sisters, Mrs. Maud Scott and Mrs. Liz Scott of Spur. Two grandchildren also survive.
©The Texas Spur, August 26, 1943
Funeral services for Mrs. Susie Eudora McArthur, 84, were held Tuesday at 1 a.m. in the Spur Church of Christ with minister Randy Mashburn officiating.Mrs. McAthur died April 1 in the Crosbyton Hospital. The former Susie Allcorn, she married Tom E. McArthur in Clairemont in 1912. She had lived in Kent County since 1911. She was a member of the Church of Christ and had retired from stock farming. Her husband died in 1943.
Survivors include three sons, Tommy and Woodrow, both of Spur; Jimmy of Lubbock; one sister, Mrs. Coleta Rose, Carlsbad, NM; three brothers, Frank Allcorn, OK; Debe Allcorn, Oregon and Manse Allcorn, CA; nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers included JuDon Rickels, Louis Arnold, Elmer Maben, Clyde Grisham, Gwyn Long and Wallace Shipman.
Burial was in the Spur Cemetery.
©The Texas Spur, April , 1979
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