Jodie C. and Bessie Joplin moved from Clay County, Texas to Crosby County in 1927. Moving with them were their two daughters, Charlsie and Leota. They lived in Crosby County until 1932. At that ime they moved near the H.C. Hardin family in Dickens County. Two other children were born there, Bobbie and Milton. Jodie passed away January 1, 1967. Bessie lives in Crosbyton.Leota Joplin Thornton lives in Plainview. She has three children and four grandchildren.
Bobie Joplin married Ida Reeder. They live in Crosbyton.
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JOPLIN, Jodie Clifford 8/30/1896 1/1/1967 Born: Roby Married Bessie COVINGTON Nov 5, 1916 Buffalo Springs, Clay Co. Father: George W. JOPLIN Mother: Lillian BUTLER Survivors: wife, Bessie, 1 son, 2 dau, 5 sis,4 bro, 11 gc, 5 ggc. Source: Adams Funeral Home Transcribed by Bettye Odom
Services for Bessie Covington Joplin, 93, of Crosbyton were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, 1991, in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Lester B. Griffin, pastor, officiating.Burial was in Crosbyton Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home.
Mrs. Joplin died at 12:04 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, 1991, in Crosbyton Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.
She was born in Panola, Ky., and moved from Clay County to the McAdoo Pansy area in 1927. She married Jodie Clifford Joplin on Nov. 5, 1916, in Clay County. He died in 1967. She was a homemaker and member of First Baptist Church and the Homemakers Sunday School Class. She was a former member of the Pansy Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School and was a member of the Women´s Missionary Union. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include a son, Milton of Carrollton; three daughters, Charlsie Ratheal of Crosbyton, Loeta Thornton of Plainview and Bobbie Trull of McAdoo; two sisters, Carrye Morgan of Joy and Tommie Reeder of Stockton, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren and 24 great great grandchildren.
Crosby County News & Chronicle, December 5, 1991
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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