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Ruben Preston Feagans

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Wise County Messenger, Decatur, TX, November 1982
RUBEN PRESTON FEAGANS
   Ruben Preston Feagans, 81, of Decatur died Saturday, Nov. 6 at a Decatur
hospital.
   Services were Monday at Bell Baptist Church in Decatur, where he was a
member.  The Reverends Sam Rector and Henry Walton officiated.  Burial was
in Greenwood Cemetery.
   Pallbearers were Marcus Rasco, Welton Redwine, Ray and David Mosley , Lee
Reeves, Marlow Saunders, Harless Rhine Sr., and Sam Chilton.
   Feagans, born April 1, 1901 in Whitewright, was the widower of Addie
Morris.  They were married Aug. 28, 1937.
   Survivors include a son, Robert R. Hammock of Hereford; daughters Mrs.
J.C. Elliott of Goree, Mrs. B.B. Auburg of Midland, Mrs. S.C. Bennett of
Marietta, GA., Mrs. Silas Locklear of Fort Worth and Tommie Sue Feagans, of
Decatur; sister, Grace Whitfield of Snyder; 15 grandchildren; and 18
great-grandchildren.
   Coker Funeral Home in Decatur made arrangements.  (Ruben was the son of
Preston Lane Feagans and Laura Emily Binion.  He was the grandson of Daniel
Feagans, a CSA vet, and Mary Ann Blanton.  His great-grandparents were the
Fannin and/or Grayson County pioneers, Stephen Fletcher Blanton and Sarah
McDaniel and Jackson Feagans and Annie Liles aka Annie Lyles.)

TRIBUTE (by step-daughter George Ann Hammock Auburg)
TO REUBEN PRESTON FEAGANS   2 April 1901- 6 November 1982
   Reuben Preston Feagans was the middle child and only son of Preston Lane
Feagans and Laura Emily Binion.  He had an older sister, Bertha Irene and
one younger, Christina Grace.
   As a youngster, Reuben was expected to work along side his father, rather
than attend school, as did his sisters.  Though his formal education was
limited, he was literate.  As an adult, he subscribed to a variety of
magazines related to farming, as well as one or two that carried current
news items.  For his wife, he carried subscriptions to one or two popular
magazines for women.  Reading was a family pastime and was always
encouraged.
   Throughout his adult life, Ruben lived near his parents.  As they became
older, he assumed more responsibility for them.  Until the age of
thirty-six, he lived the life of a bachelor.  Therefore, he was very capable
in the kitchen, and cooking was one of the things he enjoyed doing very
much.
   Reuben met the widow, and mother of four children, who would become his
wife at the Baptist church in South Plains, Texas, where he was the "song
leader".  Music was very much a part of his life.  He learned to sing very
well by attending "singing schools", which were part of community life as he
was maturing.
   Reuben "courted" Addie for a number of months before he left the area to
move to Wise County, Texas, with his parents in January 1937.  Frequent
exchange of letters between the two kept the relationship intact, until he
returned to marry her in August of that same year.
   Immediately following the wedding, Reuben moved his new family to Wise
County, where for a number of years he made his living by farming and dairy.
There were times during his life that he "worked for wages" in town to
supplement the income from the farm or dairy herd.  About 1951, however, the
family moved into Decatur, and he began working at General Dynamics in Fort
Worth.  He later worked for a firm that manufactured mobile homes.
   The last five or six years of his life, Reuben's activities were limited,
because of a massive heart attack that almost ended his life.  He was able
to continue attending church, however, until a massive stroke totally
disabled him about a year prior to his death.
   Addie died in October 1981, and the following month, Reuben suffered his
first stroke, and had to be placed in a rest home so he could receive
adequate care.  A few months later, he suffered a massive stroke, which
ultimately resulted in his death.