The Wellington Leader
November 23, 1972
Mrs. J. B. Baumgardner, whose family has held a place of leadership in agricultural life of the area over a long period, died in Shamrock General Hospital at 8:00 a.m. Monday, November 20. She had been in ill health a number of months and critically ill several weeks.
Her home was at the family farm two miles south of Wellington.
The former Eva Lyle Godfrey, she had lived in the county since she was a 10 year old girl, coming with her parents, the late Lola and Kinson Marion Godfrey, at the turn of the century.
She was born August 26, 1891 in Ellis County and received her education in the Wellington schools. Eva graduated from Wellington (Texas) High School with the Class of 1912. She was married to Joe B. Baumgardner August 4, 1915, in Wellington.
A woman of distinction in many ways of life, that which was most to be noted was her devotion to her family. With her husband, she gave her children a love for learning and education, and saw all of her six sons and two daughters earn degrees from Texas Tech University, something not duplicated in that school's history.
She was a member of First Methodist Church, known for her quiet but positive faith, which was to be a support to so many of its pastors.
Mrs. Baumgardner made the gracious hospitality of Baumgardner Farm known around the world, as she was hostess to men and women who came from many nations. Most were friends of her children. She made all of them welcome and her interest in them was deep and sincere. Without being aware of it, she was showing them some of the strengths of American life.
Her capacity for friendships at home was deep and abiding, and she was frankly interested in people from every walk of life.
After Mr. Baumgardner's death November 23, 1954, she left Baumgardner Farm more often, and she traveled widely until her health began to fail.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. James Boswell, pastor, and the Rev. Hubert Thomson of Canyon officiating. Burial was in the family plot in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Kelso Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were O.V. Johnson, Calvin Hurst, Jimmie Cochran, Harvey Price of Clarendon, Albert Fulcher and Fred Cox.
Surviving Mrs. Baumgardner are her eight children: John Henry Baumgardner of Plainview; Forrest Baumgardner of Anderson, Missouri; Col. Haynes Bam Baumgardner of Lubbock; Robert Baumgardner of Brownfield; Dr. Marion Baumgardner of Lafayette, Indiana; David Baumgardner of Wellington; Mrs. C. M. (Barbara) Gordon of Grapevine; and Mrs. Robert (Priscilla) Jacobson of Adrian.
Other survivors are a sister, Mrs. Grady Brooks of Wolfforth; a brother, Col. Lola T. Godfrey of Roswell, New Mexico; 28 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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November 23, 1972
Mrs. J. B. Baumgardner, whose family has held a place of leadership in agricultural life of the area over a long period, died in Shamrock General Hospital at 8:00 a.m. Monday, November 20. She had been in ill health a number of months and critically ill several weeks.
Her home was at the family farm two miles south of Wellington.
The former Eva Lyle Godfrey, she had lived in the county since she was a 10 year old girl, coming with her parents, the late Lola and Kinson Marion Godfrey, at the turn of the century.
She was born August 26, 1891 in Ellis County and received her education in the Wellington schools. Eva graduated from Wellington (Texas) High School with the Class of 1912. She was married to Joe B. Baumgardner August 4, 1915, in Wellington.
A woman of distinction in many ways of life, that which was most to be noted was her devotion to her family. With her husband, she gave her children a love for learning and education, and saw all of her six sons and two daughters earn degrees from Texas Tech University, something not duplicated in that school's history.
She was a member of First Methodist Church, known for her quiet but positive faith, which was to be a support to so many of its pastors.
Mrs. Baumgardner made the gracious hospitality of Baumgardner Farm known around the world, as she was hostess to men and women who came from many nations. Most were friends of her children. She made all of them welcome and her interest in them was deep and sincere. Without being aware of it, she was showing them some of the strengths of American life.
Her capacity for friendships at home was deep and abiding, and she was frankly interested in people from every walk of life.
After Mr. Baumgardner's death November 23, 1954, she left Baumgardner Farm more often, and she traveled widely until her health began to fail.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. James Boswell, pastor, and the Rev. Hubert Thomson of Canyon officiating. Burial was in the family plot in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Kelso Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were O.V. Johnson, Calvin Hurst, Jimmie Cochran, Harvey Price of Clarendon, Albert Fulcher and Fred Cox.
Surviving Mrs. Baumgardner are her eight children: John Henry Baumgardner of Plainview; Forrest Baumgardner of Anderson, Missouri; Col. Haynes Bam Baumgardner of Lubbock; Robert Baumgardner of Brownfield; Dr. Marion Baumgardner of Lafayette, Indiana; David Baumgardner of Wellington; Mrs. C. M. (Barbara) Gordon of Grapevine; and Mrs. Robert (Priscilla) Jacobson of Adrian.
Other survivors are a sister, Mrs. Grady Brooks of Wolfforth; a brother, Col. Lola T. Godfrey of Roswell, New Mexico; 28 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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The Wellington Leader
November 23, 1972
Mrs. J. B. Baumgardner, whose family has held a place of leadership in agricultural life of the area over a long period, died in Shamrock General Hospital at 8:00 a.m. Monday, November 20. She had been in ill health a number of months and critically ill several weeks.
Her home was at the family farm two miles south of Wellington.
The former Eva Lyle Godfrey, she had lived in the county since she was a 10 year old girl, coming with her parents, the late Lola and Kinson Marion Godfrey, at the turn of the century.
She was born August 26, 1891 in Ellis County and received her education in the Wellington schools. Eva graduated from Wellington (Texas) High School with the Class of 1912. She was married to Joe B. Baumgardner August 4, 1915, in Wellington.
A woman of distinction in many ways of life, that which was most to be noted was her devotion to her family. With her husband, she gave her children a love for learning and education, and saw all of her six sons and two daughters earn degrees from Texas Tech University, something not duplicated in that school's history.
She was a member of First Methodist Church, known for her quiet but positive faith, which was to be a support to so many of its pastors.
Mrs. Baumgardner made the gracious hospitality of Baumgardner Farm known around the world, as she was hostess to men and women who came from many nations. Most were friends of her children. She made all of them welcome and her interest in them was deep and sincere. Without being aware of it, she was showing them some of the strengths of American life.
Her capacity for friendships at home was deep and abiding, and she was frankly interested in people from every walk of life.
After Mr. Baumgardner's death November 23, 1954, she left Baumgardner Farm more often, and she traveled widely until her health began to fail.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. James Boswell, pastor, and the Rev. Hubert Thomson of Canyon officiating. Burial was in the family plot in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Kelso Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were O.V. Johnson, Calvin Hurst, Jimmie Cochran, Harvey Price of Clarendon, Albert Fulcher and Fred Cox.
Surviving Mrs. Baumgardner are her eight children: John Henry Baumgardner of Plainview; Forrest Baumgardner of Anderson, Missouri; Col. Haynes Bam Baumgardner of Lubbock; Robert Baumgardner of Brownfield; Dr. Marion Baumgardner of Lafayette, Indiana; David Baumgardner of Wellington; Mrs. C. M. (Barbara) Gordon of Grapevine; and Mrs. Robert (Priscilla) Jacobson of Adrian.
Other survivors are a sister, Mrs. Grady Brooks of Wolfforth; a brother, Col. Lola T. Godfrey of Roswell, New Mexico; 28 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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November 23, 1972
Mrs. J. B. Baumgardner, whose family has held a place of leadership in agricultural life of the area over a long period, died in Shamrock General Hospital at 8:00 a.m. Monday, November 20. She had been in ill health a number of months and critically ill several weeks.
Her home was at the family farm two miles south of Wellington.
The former Eva Lyle Godfrey, she had lived in the county since she was a 10 year old girl, coming with her parents, the late Lola and Kinson Marion Godfrey, at the turn of the century.
She was born August 26, 1891 in Ellis County and received her education in the Wellington schools. Eva graduated from Wellington (Texas) High School with the Class of 1912. She was married to Joe B. Baumgardner August 4, 1915, in Wellington.
A woman of distinction in many ways of life, that which was most to be noted was her devotion to her family. With her husband, she gave her children a love for learning and education, and saw all of her six sons and two daughters earn degrees from Texas Tech University, something not duplicated in that school's history.
She was a member of First Methodist Church, known for her quiet but positive faith, which was to be a support to so many of its pastors.
Mrs. Baumgardner made the gracious hospitality of Baumgardner Farm known around the world, as she was hostess to men and women who came from many nations. Most were friends of her children. She made all of them welcome and her interest in them was deep and sincere. Without being aware of it, she was showing them some of the strengths of American life.
Her capacity for friendships at home was deep and abiding, and she was frankly interested in people from every walk of life.
After Mr. Baumgardner's death November 23, 1954, she left Baumgardner Farm more often, and she traveled widely until her health began to fail.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. James Boswell, pastor, and the Rev. Hubert Thomson of Canyon officiating. Burial was in the family plot in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Kelso Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were O.V. Johnson, Calvin Hurst, Jimmie Cochran, Harvey Price of Clarendon, Albert Fulcher and Fred Cox.
Surviving Mrs. Baumgardner are her eight children: John Henry Baumgardner of Plainview; Forrest Baumgardner of Anderson, Missouri; Col. Haynes Bam Baumgardner of Lubbock; Robert Baumgardner of Brownfield; Dr. Marion Baumgardner of Lafayette, Indiana; David Baumgardner of Wellington; Mrs. C. M. (Barbara) Gordon of Grapevine; and Mrs. Robert (Priscilla) Jacobson of Adrian.
Other survivors are a sister, Mrs. Grady Brooks of Wolfforth; a brother, Col. Lola T. Godfrey of Roswell, New Mexico; 28 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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John Henry Baumgardner
1916–1977
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Joseph Bailey Baumgardner Jr.
1917–1917
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Forrest Godfrey Baumgardner
1918–1990
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Haynes Madden Baumgardner
1920–2017
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Robert Welcome Baumgardner Sr
1923–2007
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Marion Fisher Baumgardner
1926–2020
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Infant Daughter Baumgardner
1930–1930
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David Maurice Baumgardner
1932–2011
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Priscilla Baumgardner Jacobson
1934–2014
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