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Virgil Chron was born Oct. 5, 1900 in Paris. He met and married Nellie Jackson who was born in Howland in 1905. They had one son, Virgil Allen, when they moved to West Texas in 1925, but had five more children in the years to come, four boys: E.C., Joe, Nathan, Robert Thomas, Ivan Lee, and one daughter, Minnie Nell.
Virgil and Nellie lived in Crosby County until their deaths. Nellie passed away Dec. 20, 1975 and Virgil followed her shortly. He died Oct. 20, 1976. They have five remaining children.
RALLS (Special) - Services for Mrs. Nellie Chron, 70,of Ralls will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in Ralls First Baptist Church with the Rev. Floyd Haddock, pastor, officiating.Burial will be in Ralls Cemetery under the direction of Carter Funeral Home of Ralls.
Mrs. Chron died at 5 p.m. Thursday in Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after a lengthy illness.
A native of Howland, Mrs. Chron moved to Ralls in 1925.
Survivors include her husband, Virgil; four sons, V. Allen of Anchorage, Alaska, E.C. of Carrolton, Bob of Albuquerque, N.M., and Iwan of Ralls; a daughter, Mrs. Minnie Orm of Weatherford; a brother, Joe Jackson of Cone; two sisters, Mrs. Jewel Hobbs and Mrs. Estelle Doss, both of Lubbock; her mother, Mrs. Essie Funston of Lubbock; 19 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, December 20, 1975
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
RALLS (Special) Funeral services for Virgil Chron, 76, of Ralls will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Floyd Haddock, pastor, officiating.Burial will be in Ralls Cemetery under the direction of Carter Funeral Home.
Chron died Monday night in Lubbock´s Methodist Hospital after a lengthy illness.
He was a retired farmer. Chron moved to Ralls in 1925 from his birthplace, Rowland.
Survivors include four sons, Virgil Allen of Anchorage, Alaska, E.C. of Carrollton, Bob of Albuquerque, N.M., and Ivan of Ralls; a daughter, Mrs. Minnie Orm of Weatherford; four sisters, Mrs. E.D. Wells Sr. of Ralls, Mrs. Laverne Meachman of Lubbock, Mrs. Glen Hogue of Paris and Mrs. T.C. Smith of (remained of obit not saved)
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, October 20, 1976
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
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