OBITUARIES, OLD HAMILTON CEMETERY
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APPLEWHITE, JOHN JOSEPH
CARRELL, GLADYS VERA (LIVINGSTON)
GERALD, MONA ELIZABETH (FERGUSON)
APPLEWHITE, JOHN JOSEPH
BIOGRAPHY
AS TOLD BY C. E. HORTON
[Editor's note: The following very short biographic
account ABOUT John Joseph Applewhite BY Mr. C. E. Horten was copied in
its entirety from the WPA Federal Writers Project. The URL given on the
previous page will take you to a page where you may enter C. E. Horten
in the Search box. The address that appears on the page with this
account cannot be entered here as a clickable link. -- ray w]
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Folkstuff - Pioneer lore
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FOLKWAYS
Mrs. [Edgorton?] Arnold, P.W.
Hamilton County, Texas
District B
No. Words 254
File No. 240
Page No. 1 REFERENCE
C. E. HORTON, HAMILTON, TEXAS TRANSPORTATION. "UNCLE APPLE"
For more than thirty years John Joseph Applewhite owned and operated
what was known as the "Frieghters". Powerful horses and big
dray wagons. He was a frieghter of the old days who, before the advent
of the railroads hauled through the scorching suns of summer or the
bitter winds of winter on roads heavy in hot sands or rutted deep with
mud in the winter, with a four-mule team. He hauled lumber that new
homes might grow, that land might be filled and cotton marketed. It was
a hard life, but life in the open always compensated "Uncle
Apple" as he was affectionately called.
"We've plenty of live on the rest of our lives,' he would say:
"But I work hard and have always worked hard, for that is the only
way to accomplish anything." After the building of the railroad in
1908 Mr. Applewhite sold his "frieghters" and went into the
dairy business. Previous to that time he frieghted from Hico, Clifton,
and Dublin to Hamilton.
There was a frieght line of four wagons of four mules each, and
sometimes the roads were so bad that it took from 3 to 5 days to make
the trip of 22 miles to Hico. The heavy loaded wagons would stick in the
mud and often it took eight horses to pull them out.
During the first seven years of this time Mr. Applewhite frieghted for
John S. Spurlin, C. E. Horton was "straw boss". He later went
into the frieghting business for himself.
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CARRELL, GLADYS VERA (LIVINGSTON)
The Hamilton Herald-News, 12/16/1998
Gladys Vera Carrell, 89, died Sunday, Dec. 13, at Hamilton General Hospital after a short illness.
Graveside services were Tuesday, Dec. 15, in the Old Hamilton Cemetery with Rev. Ed Wright officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Riley Funeral Home.
Mrs. Carrell was born Dec. 23, 1908, in Hamilton, the daughter of Henry Ewell and Roxie Mamie Bruner Livingston. She had lived most of her life in Hamilton County. She worked as a waitress, a nursing assistant in the nursing homes and later in home health care.
She was preceded in death by two brothers. Survivors include two sisters, Lois McPherson of Hamilton and Bernice Sanders of Meridian; and a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives.
GERALD, MONA ELIZABETH (FERGUSON)
The Hamilton Herald-News, January 1, 2004
Mona Elizabeth Ferguson Gerald, 89, of Hamilton died Dec. 27, 2003. Funeral services were held Dec. 29 in the Park Heights Church of Christ in Hamilton with burial in Old Hamilton Cemetery. Dick Stovall and Chris Frizzell officiated.
Mrs. Gerald was born July 26, 1914 at Hamilton, the daughter of Warner Pierce Ferguson and Daisy Doggett Ferguson.
She was married to P. M. Gerald at Hamilton on April 28, 1934. He precedes her in death with his passing on January 11, 1995.
Mrs. Gerald was born, lived and died in Hamilton, but she and Pope Miller traveled extensively to many countries on mission trips and vacations. She spent countless hours working with the World Bible School, encouraging and responding to thousands of people in many countries. She gave support to many missionaries including one African preacher that she corresponded with and was his major financial supporter.
She was a very involved and much loved member of Park Heights Church of Christ. You could count on her to be there whenever the doors were opened. For fifty years she was affectionately known as the Kool-Aid lady at Vacation Bible School, serving cookies, Kool-Aid and a smile.
Until her illness struck this summer, Mrs. Gerald was an avid community volunteer helping at the library, United Care, painting fingernails at the nursing home and delivering Meals on Wheels. She loved gardening, reading books and playing Mexican Train with her special group of friends.
Mrs. Gerald’s first profession was a hair dresser, but soon after her marriage to Pope Miller, she became his right hand and partner in developing the Gerald Company from a small feed store into a thriving feed mill, turkey hatchery, turkey dressing plant, and more. She put in long hours at the mill and did everything from blood testing turkeys, driving trucks, candling eggs, testing cream and raising chickens, to keeping the books.
Her favorite role was that of mother and grandmother. Her greatest joy was getting to help raise all her grandchildren as well as their buddies who thought of her as their grandmother too.
Survivors include her two children, Dixie Herring and husband Clint and P. M. (Bubba) Gerald Jr. and his wife Shirley, all of Hamilton; four grandchildren, Gerald Wayne Scott Jr., John Russell Scott, D’Layne Lenore Gerald and Colter Zane Gerald; four great-grandchildren, Miller Scott, Katy Scott, Rachel Scott and Jordan Scott.
Mrs. Gerald is preceded in death by a sister, Merle Laird and two brothers Theron and Bob Ferguson.
Pallbearers were Pete Jordan, George Tolbert, Jack Davidson, John Jones, Jim Ervin, Danny Hemphill, Jimmy C. Adams.
Riley Funeral Home
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