THOMAS CICERO KIRKSCEY

     Thomas Cicero Kirkscey, b January 11, 1892 in Athens, Henderson County, Texas, d February 1, 1972 n Rosebud, Falls County, Texas and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery in Lott, Falls County, Texas - was a son of Dr. Foster G. and Addie L. (Deupree) Kirkscey. Thomas Cicero's mother died when he was just over me month old, and his father died when he was six years of age - and he was reared by his paternal Grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Cicero Luther Kirksey Kirkscey) of Lott.

     On December 31, 1909 in Yell County, Arkansas, Thomas Cicero married Bernice Barnett, b November 1, 1894 in Yell County, Arkansas, d July 1, 1959 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery in Lott, Texas - a daughter of Dr. William Newton and Lily May (Baird) Barnett. Thomas and Bernice resided in Lott, Belfalls, and Rosebud, Texas during their nearly fifty years of married life, and they had four children:

     W. G. Kirkscey, b May 1914 in Belfalls, Falls County, Texas - married Bernice Davis. No further information.

     Addie Mae Kirkscey, b August 22, 1917 in Belfalls, Falls County, Texas, d November 16,1920 there.

     Fairie Lucille Kirkscey, b January 30, 1922 in Belfalls, Falls County, Texas - married first to John Edgar Masters, Jr.; and married second to Leo Edward Kahler, Jr.

     Thomas Dupree Kirkscey, b August 23, 1928 in Lott, Falls County, Texas - married July 25, 1948 in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas to Bena Ray Taylor.

     Thomas Cicero and Bernice (Barnett) Kirkscey were members of First United Methodist Church in Rosebud, Texas; and he was active in several businesses in the Lott-Rosebud area of Falls County during his lifetime.

CORRECTION

Submitted by

Kathy Kirkscey Kanak

     W. G. Kirkscey was born May 25, 1913, in Belfalls, Falls Co., Texas, d April 12, 2002 and is buried in Memorial Park South Woods Cemetery in Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.  He married Mamie Bernice Davis on October 16, 1934 in Waco, McLennan Co., Texas.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 273 column 2 and page 274 column 1.  
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