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Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson

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from Ruth Walsh

Gainesville Register, Friday, July 19, 1918
MRS. ELIZABETH ROBINSON DIES YESTERDAY EVENING,
   Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson (nee - Temperance Isabelle Elizabeth Blanton and
widow of Major Lee Robinson), aged 71 years died about 7 o'clock Thursday
evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harvey, 808 east California street.
Deceased was the mother of Mrs. Harvey (nee Lucy "Lizzie" Robinson) and is
survived by other grown children.  Funeral services were held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey at 3:30 this afternoon, conducted by Rev. Fount Jones,
after which the remains were taken to Leeds (sic - Reeds) Cemetery, east of
the city for interment.  The funeral was under the direction of George J.
Carroll.
   RECORD of the George J. Carroll Funeral Home, Gainesville, TX  reveal
that on the morning of July 19, 1918 a Mr. Ed Harvey signed a order for the
funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson who had died "night before".  That
Elizabeth Robinson's parents were Josiah Blanton and Lucy Westbrook.  That
Ed Harvey paid $$224.50 for the funeral to be handled that afternoon (July
19) in his house.  The $224.50 included the casket, service, conveyance,
opening and closing of grave in Reed Cemetery.

 

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