Obituaries

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Carl Hogg
R.J. Blanton
Robert Brake
Ida I. Blanton

From Ruth Walsh

Sherman Democrat, September 24, 1979
CARL HOGG - WHITEWRIGHT - Services for Carl D. Hogg, 91, former Denison school custodian who died Saturday at his home in Dallas, will
be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Earnheart Funeral Chapel in Whitewright. The Rev. James Walker of the First United Methodist Church will officiate. // Burial will be at Randolph Cemetery. // Mr. Hogg was born in Randolph, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hogg, and married Jennie Tingle on Sept. 22, 1934 in Durant. He was a member of the Randolph Methodist Church and worked for the Denison schools for 19 years before his retirement. // Surviving are his sons, Marvin Hogg of Dallas and Vernon Hogg of Milpitas, Calif.; stepson Leroy Tingle of Denison; stepdaughter, Mrs. Harvey Roberts of Sherman; sisters, Mrs. Pearl Dubins of San Bernardino, Calif. and Mrs. Ova Gray of Bonham; seven grandchildren, four step-grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. // Pallbearers are Roscoe Blanton, Paul Berriers, Michael Tingle, Gene Tingle, Leroy Tingle and Harvey Roberts. (Researcher's note: Jenie Tingle was the former Jenie Donie Blanton Tingle, daughter of Marion Thomas Blanton and Josephine Argenia Mathis, aka N.J. Matthews.)

Bonham Dailey Favorite, October 31, 1980
R.J. BLANTON - Funeral services for R.J. Blanton, 40, of Beckville will be
held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Wise Funeral Home Chapel with Rev.
O.R. Carry officiating. // Internment will be in Willow Wild Cemetery. // Mr.
Blanton was born in Fannin County on April 5, 1940. He was a drilling
supervisor for Well Tech Drilling Co. in Longview. He was member of the
Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a son and a daughter, Jason
Stuart Blanton and Melissa Blanton. His grandmother, Mrs. Mary Ethel
Blanton survived him one day before she passed away on October 30. // He
passed away Wednesday at the good Shepherd Hospital in Longview. // He is
survived by his wife, Mable Blanton of Beckville; one son, Jeffery Scott
Blanton, also of Beckville; three brothers, T.W. Blanton of Honey Grove;
Jimmy Blanton and Billy Blanton both of Carthage; two sisters, Mmes. Nell
Daniels of Ivanhoe and Robbie Hughes of Bonham. He is also survived by his
parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blanton of Bonham. // Pallbearers will be
Well-Tech employees. // The family will be receiving friends at the funeral
home Saturday night from 7 to 9 p.m. (Researcher's note: R.J. was the
grandson of William Newton "Billy" Blanton and Mary Ethel King. He was the
g-grandson of Marion T. Blanton and Josephine Argenia Mathis, aka N.J.
Matthews.)

Unidentified newspaper clipping, July 1981 (clipping probably from the
Leonard or Trenton paper)
ROBERT BRAKE - Leonard - Word has been received here that Robert
Brake, 60, a Leonard native, died July 11 in a Lubbock hospital.
Services were held July 13 in Slaton. // Mr. Brake was the son of Sam and
Hattie Hall Brake and married Nell Marie Dorsett in 1946 in Leonard.
They had lived several years in Slaton, where he was a self-employed
machinist. // Survivors are his wife; son, Bob Brake, and daughters, Mrs.
Sue Smallwood and Mrs. Sandra Stabono of Slaton; sisters, Mrs. Helen Smith
and Mrs. Ruby Minchey of Leonard; brothers, S.P. Brake of Plano and
Tommy Hall of McKinney and five grandchildren. (Researcher's note:
Robert 's birth name was George Robert Brake. In 1941 Robert
married Wanda Mae Browning who died July 11, 1942. Wanda was the
g-granddaughter of Josephine Evaline Blanton, dau of Benjamin F.
Blanton and Sarah L. Boone. Wanda Browning Brake is buried in the Burns
Cemetery, Trenton.)

Bonham Daily Favorite, July 8, 1982
IDA I. BLANTON - BONHAM - Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Isabell
Blanton, 88, of Rt. 1, Bonham, who died Wednesday afternoon at Medical
Plaza Hospital in Sherman, will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in the Wise Funeral
Home Chapel. // Mrs. Blanton, a homemaker, was born Dec. 3, 1893
to Mr. and Mrs. William Clark. She was the widow of John Royal Blanton,
who died Dec. 14, 1974. She was also a member of the Trinity Baptist
Church of Bonham. // Surviving her are two sons, Lesley Blanton, Edhube and
Wesley Blanton, Vidor; five daughters, Mildred Abbott, Ector,Glowrene
Wright, Pickton, Margaret Hill, Pine Forest, Helen Stinson and Bonnie
Kremling, both of Sherman; a niece whom she raised, Evelyn Blanton
Hawkins, Raceland, La; one sister, Mable Short, Sherman; 19 grandchildren;
24 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. //
The family will be at the funeral home from 7-8 p.m. tonight. (Researcher's
note: Ida was predeceased by a son, Harold J. Blanton who was killed in
World War II at Solarno, Italy.)
Sherman Democrat, p. B11
MRS. IDA BLANTON - Bonham - Services for Mrs. Ida Isabell Blanton,
88-year-old Bonham homemaker, who died Wednesday at Medical
Plaza Hospital in Sherman, will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at Wise Funeral Home
Chapel. // The Rev. Don Christian of Trinity Baptist Church will officiate and
burial will be in Willow Wild Cemetery. // Mrs. Blanton was born in Fannin
County, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Clark and married John Royal
Blanton. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. // Surviving are her
sons Lesley Blanton of Edhube and Wesley Blanton of Vidor; daughters,
Helen Stinson and Bonnie Kremling, both of Sherman, Mildred Abbott of
Ector, Glowrene Wright of Pickton and Margaret Hill of Pine Forest; a niece
whom she reared, Evelyn Blanton Hawkins of Raceland, La; sister Mable
Short of Sherman; 19 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and one great
great grandchild. // The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m.
Thursday.

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