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BOWNDS, Ira Jack of Thorndale & Rockdale. Age 84. Died 7/26/1953 (Sunday) in St. Edwards Hospital, Cameron. He had been in ill health for some years and was critically ill for a week before his passing. Services held (Monday) 7/27/1953 in Phillips & Luckey Chapel, Rockdale. Burial in the old Mesquite cemetery. Rev. O.J. Morgan, pastor of Tanglewood Baptist Church and Elmer Irby, Church of Christ minister at Rockdale, officiated.
He was BORN in Hays County, TX. His parents were M/M William Bownds. He had lived his life in territory adjacent to Thorndale, many years of which were spent at Watson Branch and had lived in Rockdale since 1941. Married to Miss Isabelle Waters on 1/1/1905.
SURVIVORS: His wife, Isabelle Bownds; children, Olan Edgar Bownds, Jackson Bownds of Rockdale, William Moda Bownds of Paradise, LA., Mrs. Roy Jackson of Galena Park, TX., Mrs. Monora Jackson and Mrs. A.C. Cranes both of Rockdale and Mrs. Hubert Jackson of Thorndale; 17 grandchildren and sister, Mrs. Alfred Morrison of Thorndale.
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BOWNDS, Ira Jack of Thorndale & Rockdale. Age 84. Died 7/26/1953 (Sunday) in St. Edwards Hospital, Cameron. He had been in ill health for some years and was critically ill for a week before his passing. Services held (Monday) 7/27/1953 in Phillips & Luckey Chapel, Rockdale. Burial in the old Mesquite cemetery. Rev. O.J. Morgan, pastor of Tanglewood Baptist Church and Elmer Irby, Church of Christ minister at Rockdale, officiated.
He was BORN in Hays County, TX. His parents were M/M William Bownds. He had lived his life in territory adjacent to Thorndale, many years of which were spent at Watson Branch and had lived in Rockdale since 1941. Married to Miss Isabelle Waters on 1/1/1905.
SURVIVORS: His wife, Isabelle Bownds; children, Olan Edgar Bownds, Jackson Bownds of Rockdale, William Moda Bownds of Paradise, LA., Mrs. Roy Jackson of Galena Park, TX., Mrs. Monora Jackson and Mrs. A.C. Cranes both of Rockdale and Mrs. Hubert Jackson of Thorndale; 17 grandchildren and sister, Mrs. Alfred Morrison of Thorndale.
Family Members
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Nealie Bownds
1910–1935
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Olan Edgar "Bud" Bownds
1912–1993
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Ollie May Bownds
1914–1916
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William Moda Bownds
1916–2002
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Nona Dee Bownds Jackson
1918–2009
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Myrtis Lee "Myrtie" Bownds Jackson
1919–1970
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I. B. "Iby" Bownds Jackson
1922–2012
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Loraine Ann Bownds Frederick
1924–2011
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Jackson Woody Bownds
1927–2010
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