W.J. Pickens Died Monday of Brights DiseaseNot only the family but the entire community sustained a loss Monday in the death of W.J. Pickens which occurred at his home three miles west of Spur.
Mr. Pickens had been suffering of brights disease for some time, but his condition was not considered serious until a short time before death. The remains were interred Tuesday in Spur Cemetery, there being a number of friends of the family present to pay a last tribute to a deceased friend.
W.J. Pickens was 65 years of age, a good man highly respected.
©The Texas Spur, July 17, 1925
from the records of Lillian Grace Nay
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