Mrs. Birge was born in Searcy, Arkansas the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John H. Dye. Dr. Dye, a Methodist minister was head of Galloway College, now Harding College, Searcy. Mrs. Birge, widow of Nat B. Birge, long time head of the Birge-Forbes Cotton Co. and principal founder of Mrs. Tuck's shortening, died Saturday morning in a Sherman, Texas hospital.
After graduation from Calloway College, Mrs. Birge came to Sherman as a teacher of piano at Kidd-Key College and Conservatory of Music: She studied music under the late Harold von Mickwitz. After her marriage, she became active in the First Presbyterian Church, and was an officer in various groups of the church.
She was one of the founders of the old Civic League, and was a member of the board of the camp Fire Girls. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Survivors include two sons, Nat B. Birge and Jack S. Birge and a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Hopkins Sr.; a sister, Miss Amanda Dye of Searcy, Arkansas; seven grandchildren, Miss Patti Birge of Washington, D.C., Miss Sarah Birge of Winnsboro, Texas, Mrs. George Hopkins of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Lester Wright of New Jersey, Hammon Hopkins of Dallas, Texas, Arthur Hopkins Jr and Mrs. Joe Joiner of Sherman, and a number of great-grand-children.
Funeral services were held in the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. J. Allen Smith, pastor, officiating. Burial directed Dannel Funeral Home.
Elders of the church were Quentan and Hammond Hopkins of Dallas; George Hopkins of Houston, J. Frank Holt, Dr. John Ellis, Arthur Hopkins Jr., Joe Joiner and E. R. Thompson, all of Sherman, were pallbearers.
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Above bio was paraphrased from the obituary found on the local newspaper, Sherman-Democrat, page 10 on 17 January 1969.
After graduation from Calloway College, Mrs. Birge came to Sherman as a teacher of piano at Kidd-Key College and Conservatory of Music: She studied music under the late Harold von Mickwitz. After her marriage, she became active in the First Presbyterian Church, and was an officer in various groups of the church.
She was one of the founders of the old Civic League, and was a member of the board of the camp Fire Girls. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Survivors include two sons, Nat B. Birge and Jack S. Birge and a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Hopkins Sr.; a sister, Miss Amanda Dye of Searcy, Arkansas; seven grandchildren, Miss Patti Birge of Washington, D.C., Miss Sarah Birge of Winnsboro, Texas, Mrs. George Hopkins of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Lester Wright of New Jersey, Hammon Hopkins of Dallas, Texas, Arthur Hopkins Jr and Mrs. Joe Joiner of Sherman, and a number of great-grand-children.
Funeral services were held in the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. J. Allen Smith, pastor, officiating. Burial directed Dannel Funeral Home.
Elders of the church were Quentan and Hammond Hopkins of Dallas; George Hopkins of Houston, J. Frank Holt, Dr. John Ellis, Arthur Hopkins Jr., Joe Joiner and E. R. Thompson, all of Sherman, were pallbearers.
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Above bio was paraphrased from the obituary found on the local newspaper, Sherman-Democrat, page 10 on 17 January 1969.
Mrs. Birge was born in Searcy, Arkansas the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John H. Dye. Dr. Dye, a Methodist minister was head of Galloway College, now Harding College, Searcy. Mrs. Birge, widow of Nat B. Birge, long time head of the Birge-Forbes Cotton Co. and principal founder of Mrs. Tuck's shortening, died Saturday morning in a Sherman, Texas hospital.
After graduation from Calloway College, Mrs. Birge came to Sherman as a teacher of piano at Kidd-Key College and Conservatory of Music: She studied music under the late Harold von Mickwitz. After her marriage, she became active in the First Presbyterian Church, and was an officer in various groups of the church.
She was one of the founders of the old Civic League, and was a member of the board of the camp Fire Girls. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Survivors include two sons, Nat B. Birge and Jack S. Birge and a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Hopkins Sr.; a sister, Miss Amanda Dye of Searcy, Arkansas; seven grandchildren, Miss Patti Birge of Washington, D.C., Miss Sarah Birge of Winnsboro, Texas, Mrs. George Hopkins of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Lester Wright of New Jersey, Hammon Hopkins of Dallas, Texas, Arthur Hopkins Jr and Mrs. Joe Joiner of Sherman, and a number of great-grand-children.
Funeral services were held in the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. J. Allen Smith, pastor, officiating. Burial directed Dannel Funeral Home.
Elders of the church were Quentan and Hammond Hopkins of Dallas; George Hopkins of Houston, J. Frank Holt, Dr. John Ellis, Arthur Hopkins Jr., Joe Joiner and E. R. Thompson, all of Sherman, were pallbearers.
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Above bio was paraphrased from the obituary found on the local newspaper, Sherman-Democrat, page 10 on 17 January 1969.
After graduation from Calloway College, Mrs. Birge came to Sherman as a teacher of piano at Kidd-Key College and Conservatory of Music: She studied music under the late Harold von Mickwitz. After her marriage, she became active in the First Presbyterian Church, and was an officer in various groups of the church.
She was one of the founders of the old Civic League, and was a member of the board of the camp Fire Girls. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Survivors include two sons, Nat B. Birge and Jack S. Birge and a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Hopkins Sr.; a sister, Miss Amanda Dye of Searcy, Arkansas; seven grandchildren, Miss Patti Birge of Washington, D.C., Miss Sarah Birge of Winnsboro, Texas, Mrs. George Hopkins of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Lester Wright of New Jersey, Hammon Hopkins of Dallas, Texas, Arthur Hopkins Jr and Mrs. Joe Joiner of Sherman, and a number of great-grand-children.
Funeral services were held in the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. J. Allen Smith, pastor, officiating. Burial directed Dannel Funeral Home.
Elders of the church were Quentan and Hammond Hopkins of Dallas; George Hopkins of Houston, J. Frank Holt, Dr. John Ellis, Arthur Hopkins Jr., Joe Joiner and E. R. Thompson, all of Sherman, were pallbearers.
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Above bio was paraphrased from the obituary found on the local newspaper, Sherman-Democrat, page 10 on 17 January 1969.
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Nat and Pattie were married on 28 February 1906 and were the parents of two sons and two daughters.
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