Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Bell Read, 68, a resident of Dickens County all her life, were held last Friday at the Spur Church of Christ, C.V. Allen, officiating.Mrs. Read had been a resident of Spur since 1927.
She is survived by her husband, John Read, her mother, Mrs. Susan Cross, Spur; two daughters, Ms. Horace Puckett, Lubbock, and Mrs. M.B. Fowler, Sacramento, Calif. Sisters are Mrs. Edna Fuqua and Mrs. Dessie Mae Benson, Spur and Mrs. Ann Roten, Wharton, Tex. Two brothers, Jim Cross, Hereford and Elmer Cross, Spur, also survive with 2 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Interment was in Spur cemetery, Campbell's Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
©The Texas Spur, June 26, 1958
from the records of Lillian Grace Nay
Funeral services for a pioneer cattleman, John Quinton Read, 79, were held Friday, Jan. 26 at 3 p.m. in the Spur Church of Christ. Gary Williams, minister officiated; assisted by Rev. Clarence Stephens, pastor of First Methodist Church, Spur.Mr. Read died Jan. 24 at his home west of Spur. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
At the age of 15, John Read went on his first cattle drive. For many years he was employed by the Spur Co. as a cowboy. Later, he owned a ranch in Kent County.
He is preceded in death by his first wife, Minnie Read, who died in 1958.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. John Read, of Spur; two daughters, Dot Fowler, Fair Oaks, CA; and Leta Read, Lubbock; one half sister, Mrs. Belle Lamb, Greenville; two half brothers, Mac Read, Delwin and Woodrow Read, of Graham; two grandsons and two great grandsons.
Pallbearers included Howard French, George Nally, Ellis Draper, Gifford Phillips, Bill Schmidt, and Herman Bostic.
Interment was in Spur Cemetery.©The Texas Spur, February 1, 1968
Transcribed by Becky Hodges, September 2004
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