BARKLEY
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Gageby for G. C. Barkley who passed away at his home there last Thursday afternoon.
[The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 7, No. 21, Ed. 1, Friday, January 26, 1945 - Submitted by Robyn Greenlund]
BURGETT
Frank Burgett was found dead at his home across the tracks Friday morning about 10 o'clock. The body was discovered in the yard by a Hemphill County News carrier, Leoncio Parra, while delivering The News last week. Authorities believe Mr. Burgett died sometime Thursday afternoon. Mr. Burgett was a deputy sheriff under Tobe Oden, at Woodward, Okla., around 1896. Since that time he has resided in the Panhandle. With no living relatives to mourn his passing, he was buried in the Canadian cemetery Saturday evening at 6:30, age 81 years, 2 months,
and 20 days. [The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1, Friday, August 11, 1939 - Submitted by Robyn Greenlund]
GOLDSMITH
Ben Goldsmith, old-time Hemphill county resident, died Sunday from burns received Jan. 21.
[The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 2, No. 21, Ed. 1, Friday, February 2, 1940 - Submitted by Robyn Greenlund]
KINDEL
Harry Kindel, long time resident of Canadian, died here Monday morning. Mr. Kindel was born in 1890 and is survived by his wife, two brothers and one sister: Mrs. Earl Stuckey, of Wichita Falls. Funeral services were held at the Christian church Tuesday afternoon.
[The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 7, No. 21, Ed. 1, Friday, January 26, 1945 - Submitted by Robyn Greenlund]
KING
Mrs. S. M. King, who with her husband, operated a filling station near the County line, passed away Sunday at the age of 64 years. [The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 2, No. 22, Ed. 1, Friday, February 9, 1940 - Submitted by Robyn Greenlund]
MILLER
“Uncle John” Miller, the Panhandle's first blacksmith, died Friday at the age of 86 years. [The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 2, No. 22, Ed. 1, Friday, February 9, 1940 - Submitted by Robyn Greenlund]
PEET
Charley Peet, a brother of Billy Peet and Mrs. Jim Miller, succumbed after a long illness, Monday evening, at the age of 67 years.
[The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 2, No. 22, Ed. 1, Friday, February 9, 1940 - Submitted by Robyn Greenlund]
Mother of Mrs. PORTER
The mother of Mrs. C. E. Porter passed away this week.
[The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 7, No. 21, Ed. 1, Friday, January 26, 1945 - Submitted by Robyn Greenlund]
TODD
Mrs. Laura Virginia Todd, mother of Jep Todd, expired Monday afternoon following a week’s illness. She was 81 years of age. [The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 2, No. 22, Ed. 1, Friday, February 9, 1940 - Submitted by Robyn Greenlund]
WHITE
Terry White Passes Away
Terry White, longtime Hemphill county resident, died at a hospital in Albuquerque; N. Mex., Tuesday. Mr. White was born in Tennessee July 19, 1883, and spent some time in Illinois before moving to Hemphill county in 1908. He lived on a farm 12 miles southwest of Canadian until 1918, when he came to Canadian and engaged in the blacksmith business which he operated until failing health forced him to retire about two years ago. Mr. White joined the Presbyterian church in childhood and was a member of the local church for many years. He moved to 5615 East Central St.. Albuquerque, in April with the Charlie Hill family, with whom he had made his home for years. Terry was very quiet and his intimate friends knew very little about his past life. He was well liked and had a host of friends, all of whom mourn the passing of a good and kind man.
[The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 4, No. 43, Ed. 1, Friday, July 10, 1942 - Submitted by Robyn Greenlund]
Pneumonia Victims’ Bodies Sent Away Recall Time Militia Was Here
Friday and Saturday El Pasoans witnessed more military funeral moving through the streets that for two years, since the season in which the national guard troops were camped in the district. Almost all the organizations at and around Fort Bliss had details conducting bodies to the union passenger station. Dirges by the bands were heard at all hours and the firing squads at the station, giving the last salutes, wee frequently heard. Two captains and a lieutenant were among the dead.
Shipped Away Saturday
The following bodies of soldiers who died here of pneumonia, were shipped Saturday by Peak Undertaking company to eastern points:
Pvt. Thos. H. Culkin, aged 18, cavalry, unassigned, to Scranton, Pa.
Pvt. Chas. Ledbetter, troop K, 314th cavalry, to Blue Mountain, Miss.
Pvt. Raymond s. MacKell, 314th cavalry, to Quincey, Mass.
Pvt. James Sweeney, company B, 9th engineers, to Lansford, Pa.
Pvt. Winfield S. Tucker, cavalry, unassigned, to Mount Jewett, Pa.
Pvt. Wm. S. Eckhart, aged 24, 314th cavalry, to Weston, Ill.Funeral on Friday
The following soldiers’ bodies, pneumonia victims, were shipped Friday to the places named by the Peak Undertaking company:
Pvt. Phillip Smolders, 314th cavalry, shipped to relatives in Kalamazoo, Mich.
Lieut. John B. Gaston, quartermaster corps, to Montgomery, Ala.
Capt. John Hess, medical corps, to relatives in Medell, Mo.
Pvt. James H. Savelle, 10th cavalry, to Jacksonville, Fla.
Pvt. Amil R. Kickbush, cavalry, unassigned, to Fairpool, Mich.
Capt. Frank B. Sorgatz, medical corps, to Oklahoma City, Okla.
Pvt. Mealude Valdez, medical corps, to Gallup, N. M.
Pvt. Ed. H. Taylor, medical corps, to Glazier, Tex.Buried in Cemeteries Here
The following were buried here:
Pvt. Wm. T. Ellis, quartermaster corps, at Fort Bliss, Saturday.
Pvt. Claude E. Russell, medical corps, residing at 3546 Memphis street, El Paso, Saturday, in Evergreen cemetery.
Pvt. George Mansour, medical corps, Saturday, in Fort Bliss cemetery.El Paso Herald
El Paso, Texas
October 12, 1918
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