Lois David Witt and Emma Rebecca Austin Witt
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Witt, Lois David
Born: Apr 6, 1909 in Runnels Co.,Texas
Died: Nov 12, 1994 in Lubbock, Texas
Father: Howard Witt
Mother: Roxie Ophelia Hinson
Religion: Church of Christ
Married: Oct. 13, 1928 in Spur, Texas
Witt, Emma Rebecca Austin
Born: 1908 in Dickens County, Texas
Died: Mar 22, 1993 in Crosbyton, Texas
Religion: Church of Christ
1 dau, Patsy died in 1983.
Source: Adams Funeral Home
Transcribed by Bettye Odom

Obituary

CROSBYTON (Special) - Services for Lois D. Witt, 85, of Lubbock will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Crosbyton Church of Christ with William Eudy, minister, and Jim York of Sunray officiating.

Burial will be in Crosbyton Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home.

He died Saturday, Nov. 12, 1994, at St. Mary Hospital in Lubbock.

He was born April 6, 1909, in Runnels County. He moved from Kalgary to Crosbyton in 1946 and from Crosbyton to Lubbock in 1993. He married Emma Rebecca Austin Oct. 13, 1928, in Spur. She died March 22, 1993. A daughter, Patsy Kingsbury, died in 1983. A grandson, David Kingsbury, died in 1993, and a great grandson, Lance Scott, died in 1991.

He was a farmer and a terracing contractor.

He was a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors include a son, George Witt of Lubbock; two daughters, Velma Wall of Artesia, NM, and Chris Sides of Lubbock; a brother, Dee Witt of Brownsville; two sisters, Estella "Mazie" Maze of Lubbock and Dortha Drennan of Morton; 12 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; and 10 great great grandchildren.

Lubbock Avalanche Journal, November 4, 1994
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes

CROSBYTON (Special) - Services for Emma Rebecca Witt, 85, of Crosbyton will be at 3 p.m. today in the Church of Christ with Jim York, minister, officiating.

Burial will be in Crosbyton Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home.

Mrs. Witt died at 4:35 p.m. Monday in Crosbyton Hospital after a lengthy illness.

She was born in Dickens County and married Lois D. Witt on Oct. 13, 1928, in Spur. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ. She moved to Crosbyton from Kalgary in 1946. A daughter, Patsy Kingsbury, died in 1983.

Survivors include her husband; a son, George of Crosbyton; two daughters, Velma Wall of Artesia, NM, and Chris Sides of Lubbock; a brother, L.D. Austin of Eager, Ariz.; a sister, Pearl Stovall of Nesconset, NY; 13 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; and nine great great grandchildren.

Lubbock Avalanche Journal, March 24, 1993
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes





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