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About Ralph Sanford Caffey:

Name: Ralph Sanford Caffey
Death date: 18 Sep 1966
Death place: Rockdale, Milam, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 62 years
Birthdate: 10 Sep 1904
Birthplace: Texas
Marital status: Married
Father's name: Nick Caffey
Mother's name: Lucy Eiland
Occupation: Framer-Rancher
Residence: Rockdale, Milam, Texas
Cemetery name: I.O.O.F. Cemetery
Burial place: Rockdale, Texas
Burial date: 20 Sep 1966

About Effie Eula Gifford:

Caffey, Mrs. Effie of Rockdale. Age 79. Died 12/1986 (Sat.) at Richards Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Services held (Monday) at the Phillips & Luckey Chapel. Burial in the IOOF Cemetery. Rev. D.D. Simpson officiated. She was born 11/19/1907 in Aquilla, the daughter of John R. and Bertha E. Terrell Gifford. Married Ralph Sanford Caffey on 6/28/1933 in Milam Co. She formerly lived in the Sharp area and lived in Rockdale for the past 20 yrs. Member of the First Baptist Church of Rockdale. Preceded in death by her husban in 1966. Survivors: Sons, John Robert Caffey of Austin and Sanford Nick Caffey of Gladewater; brothers, Guinn Gifford and Kenneth Gifford, both of San Gabriel; 4 grandchildren.

About Billy Earle Caffey:

Name: Billie Earl Caffey
Death date: 09 Aug 1959
Death place: Buckholts, Milam, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 10 years
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 18 Nov 1948
Birth place: Texas
Marital status: Single
Father name: Ralph Caffey
Mother name: Effie Gifford
Occupation: School Student
Residence: Buckholts, Milam, Texas
Cemetery name: I.O.O.F Cemetery
Burial place: Rockdale, Texas
Burial date: 10 Aug 1959

Caffey, Billy Earl of Sharp Community. Age 10. Died ?/1959 (Sunday) on the family farm in Sharp Comm. Services held at Phillips & Luckey Chapel, Rockdale. Burial in IOOF Cemetery, Rockdale. Rev. N.A. Wilcoxsen of San Gabriel, Rev. Eugene Browder of Minerva and Rev. Roy C. Brewton of Rockdale officiated. He was born in 1928. Apparently the youngster was killed as he attempted to crank a tractor and it pinned him to the wall of a barn. His parents found him when they returned home from visiting. Survivors: Parents, M/M. Ralph Caffey; 2 brothers, John Robert Caffey of Rockdale and Sanford N. Caffey of Fort Knox, Ky.; grandmother, Mrs. Lucy Caffey and Mrs. Bertal Gifford, both of Rockdale.