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| Birth Date: Nov. 27, 1885 | Birth Date: Sep. 30, 1893 | |
| Death Date: Mar. 18, 1973 | Death Date: Feb. 16, 1984 |
H. (Harville) and Ruth Lemonds Work moved from Whitlock, Henry Co., TN to Crosbyton, Mar. 14, 1921 by train. Household goods, along with a Model T Ford were shipped in a freight car. The Tennessee neighbors called this the "Wild and Woolly West." In the fall of 1921, H. traded his Model T Ford for a farming outfit. In the trade, he received a span of mules, a wagon, a one row planter, a slide go-devil, a surrey, a cow and a bicycle.H. farmed four years after coming to Texas. He then entered the highway construction business and did State Highway construction ten years. In 1939 he again started farming and farmed until his retirement in 1957. He owned 640 acres of land in Smith community 11 miles southwest of Crosbyton.
H. and Ruth had three children: Rozelle, Geneva and Robert. Rozelle Work Miller has spent most of her adult life in Maryland and Virginia. She has three children, Sharon, Gail and Dawn. They all live in Washington DC area. Rozelle was a teacher and for several years with Department of Education in Maryland working in special education. Geneva Work Hutto lived at Amarillo from 1932-69. She is presently living in Crosbyton. Geneva worked as a bookkeeper and secretary for several years. Geneva has two children, Robert Paul and who lives in Dallas, and Kenneth Willard Hutto who lives in Houston. Robert came back to Crosbyton and entered the farm implement business. In 1949 he sold out and entered the insurance business, in 1970 he sold his business and started farming. In Jan. 1971 he was appointed County Judge of Crosby County. Robert was on the original board of directors of White River Municipal Water District and served 13 years on that board. He is also one of the original directors appointed in 1957 of Pioneer Memorial Museum. Robert has three children, Wiley Claude and Martha Ruth by marriage to Mary Higginbotham of Chilicothe, and Larry Jennings Work by a former marriage to Florence Aynes. Larry lives in Idalou.
Funeral services for Harville Work, 86, were held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Primitive Baptist Church. The Rev. L.M. Handley, pastor, officiated.Work, who died about 8:40 a.m. in the Crosbyton hospital, was buried in Crosbyton Cemetery, King Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
A native of Dickson County, Tenn., he moved to Crosby County in 1921 where he was engaged in farming and road construction work.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Judge Robert Work of Crosbyton; two daughters, Mrs. Geneva Hutto of Crosbyton and Mrs. Roselle Miller of Silver Springs, Md.; eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Crosbyton review, March 23, 1972
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
CROSBYTON (Special) - Services for Ruth Lemonds work, 90, of Crosbyton will be at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Bobby Rine and the Rev. Al Jennings officiating.Burial will be in Crosbyton Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home.
She died at 9 a.m. Thursday in Crosbyton Hospital after an illness.
She married Harville Work in Whitlock, Tenn., in 1910. He died March 18, 1972. She lived in Crosbyton since 1921.
Survivors include a son, Robert of Crosbyton; two daughters, Geneva Hutto of Crosbyton and Rozelle Miller of Columbia, Md.; eight grandchildren; 14 reat grandchildren; and a great great grandchild.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, February 17, 1984
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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