From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Thursday, March 8, 2001, p. 5:
FORT WORTH - Mary Elizabeth Amos, 102, a retired cashier for the T&P Railroad, died Tuesday, March 6, 2001, at a local care center.
Graveside service: 1 p.m. Friday in Greenwood Memorial Park.
Mary Elizabeth Amos was born April 9, 1898, in Chicago, Ill. She lived the Oklahoma land rush and with her family trekked from Chicago to Oklahoma when she was a girl to stake their place on earth.
In 1916, she married Alvin E. Amos and moved to Fort Worth. They built a home on East Davis Avenue in 1923, where she lived until a few years ago.
She was a Red Cross emergency technician during both world wars and worked as a cashier at the Stockyards railroad depot. She was an expert seamstress and baker and was said to make the best pecan pies in all of Fort Worth. She loved to hunt upland game and to fish, particularly at Lake Worth. Her secret to long life was getting along with everybody, regardless of background.
Survivors: Grandson, Glenn Amos of Ashburn, Va.; and great-grandchildren.
FORT WORTH - Mary Elizabeth Amos, 102, a retired cashier for the T&P Railroad, died Tuesday, March 6, 2001, at a local care center.
Graveside service: 1 p.m. Friday in Greenwood Memorial Park.
Mary Elizabeth Amos was born April 9, 1898, in Chicago, Ill. She lived the Oklahoma land rush and with her family trekked from Chicago to Oklahoma when she was a girl to stake their place on earth.
In 1916, she married Alvin E. Amos and moved to Fort Worth. They built a home on East Davis Avenue in 1923, where she lived until a few years ago.
She was a Red Cross emergency technician during both world wars and worked as a cashier at the Stockyards railroad depot. She was an expert seamstress and baker and was said to make the best pecan pies in all of Fort Worth. She loved to hunt upland game and to fish, particularly at Lake Worth. Her secret to long life was getting along with everybody, regardless of background.
Survivors: Grandson, Glenn Amos of Ashburn, Va.; and great-grandchildren.
From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Thursday, March 8, 2001, p. 5:
FORT WORTH - Mary Elizabeth Amos, 102, a retired cashier for the T&P Railroad, died Tuesday, March 6, 2001, at a local care center.
Graveside service: 1 p.m. Friday in Greenwood Memorial Park.
Mary Elizabeth Amos was born April 9, 1898, in Chicago, Ill. She lived the Oklahoma land rush and with her family trekked from Chicago to Oklahoma when she was a girl to stake their place on earth.
In 1916, she married Alvin E. Amos and moved to Fort Worth. They built a home on East Davis Avenue in 1923, where she lived until a few years ago.
She was a Red Cross emergency technician during both world wars and worked as a cashier at the Stockyards railroad depot. She was an expert seamstress and baker and was said to make the best pecan pies in all of Fort Worth. She loved to hunt upland game and to fish, particularly at Lake Worth. Her secret to long life was getting along with everybody, regardless of background.
Survivors: Grandson, Glenn Amos of Ashburn, Va.; and great-grandchildren.
FORT WORTH - Mary Elizabeth Amos, 102, a retired cashier for the T&P Railroad, died Tuesday, March 6, 2001, at a local care center.
Graveside service: 1 p.m. Friday in Greenwood Memorial Park.
Mary Elizabeth Amos was born April 9, 1898, in Chicago, Ill. She lived the Oklahoma land rush and with her family trekked from Chicago to Oklahoma when she was a girl to stake their place on earth.
In 1916, she married Alvin E. Amos and moved to Fort Worth. They built a home on East Davis Avenue in 1923, where she lived until a few years ago.
She was a Red Cross emergency technician during both world wars and worked as a cashier at the Stockyards railroad depot. She was an expert seamstress and baker and was said to make the best pecan pies in all of Fort Worth. She loved to hunt upland game and to fish, particularly at Lake Worth. Her secret to long life was getting along with everybody, regardless of background.
Survivors: Grandson, Glenn Amos of Ashburn, Va.; and great-grandchildren.
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