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Ava <I>Cameron</I> English

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Ava Cameron English

Birth
Greenville, Hunt County, Texas, USA
Death
17 Jan 1957 (aged 84)
Greenville, Hunt County, Texas, USA
Burial
Greenville, Hunt County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Hunt County, Texas, Marriages 1846-1911, page 138:
groom: English, John L.
bride: Cameron, Ava
married: 27 Nov 1895
recorded: marriage volume I page 1
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Texas Deaths 1890-1976 (FamilySearch):
Name: Ava Cameron English
Death date: 17 Jan 1957
Death place: Greenville, Hunt, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 84 years 9 months 29 days
Estimated birth year:
Birthdate: 28 Mar 1872
Birthplace: Greenville Texas
Marital status:
Spouse's name:
Father's name: Alexander Cameron
Father's birthplace:
Mother's name: Pamelia Spradling
Mother's birthplace:
Occupation:
Residence:
Cemetery name:
Burial place:
Burial date:
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2135193
Digital GS number: 4120485
Image number: 01929
Reference number: 3474
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Thu, 17 Jan 1957, page 14, Mrs. John L. English Services Thursday

Mrs. John L. English, 2616 Henry Street, native of Greenville and member of a prominent pioneer family of this section, died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon after a brief illness.

Mrs. English was born in Greenville on the site of the present Sears-Roebuck Store at the corner of Lee and Wesley Street, the daughter of Alexander Cameron and Pamelia Spradling Cameron. She began her education in Greenville schools and atttended two finishing schools in Tennessee.

She was long-time member of Wesley Methodist Church, where she was head of the Beginners Department for more than 40 years.

She was married in Wesley Church in 1896 in a double ceremony uniting in marriage also her brother, Marvin Cameron, and Miss Bird Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. English moved to the site of the present home on Henry Street when they were married. Mr. English died in 1938 (sic).

Mrs. English was active in mucic club work in former years and was a former member of the Community Concerts. At the time of her death she was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Greenville Garden Club, and the Knife and Fork Club.

Her only son, Cameron English, precedd her in death on July 12, 1956.

Funeral services were to be conducted this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Gray Sorrells Chapel with the Rev. Cicero B. Fielder conducting the services. Burial was to be in Forest Park Cemetery with Carleton Sheram, Paul Mathews, W.E. DeWitt and Ellington Bush serving as pallbearers.

Survivors inlclude two grandchildren, A.C. English and Mrs. Hazel Marsh both of Houston and other relatives.
Hunt County, Texas, Marriages 1846-1911, page 138:
groom: English, John L.
bride: Cameron, Ava
married: 27 Nov 1895
recorded: marriage volume I page 1
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Texas Deaths 1890-1976 (FamilySearch):
Name: Ava Cameron English
Death date: 17 Jan 1957
Death place: Greenville, Hunt, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 84 years 9 months 29 days
Estimated birth year:
Birthdate: 28 Mar 1872
Birthplace: Greenville Texas
Marital status:
Spouse's name:
Father's name: Alexander Cameron
Father's birthplace:
Mother's name: Pamelia Spradling
Mother's birthplace:
Occupation:
Residence:
Cemetery name:
Burial place:
Burial date:
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2135193
Digital GS number: 4120485
Image number: 01929
Reference number: 3474
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Thu, 17 Jan 1957, page 14, Mrs. John L. English Services Thursday

Mrs. John L. English, 2616 Henry Street, native of Greenville and member of a prominent pioneer family of this section, died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon after a brief illness.

Mrs. English was born in Greenville on the site of the present Sears-Roebuck Store at the corner of Lee and Wesley Street, the daughter of Alexander Cameron and Pamelia Spradling Cameron. She began her education in Greenville schools and atttended two finishing schools in Tennessee.

She was long-time member of Wesley Methodist Church, where she was head of the Beginners Department for more than 40 years.

She was married in Wesley Church in 1896 in a double ceremony uniting in marriage also her brother, Marvin Cameron, and Miss Bird Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. English moved to the site of the present home on Henry Street when they were married. Mr. English died in 1938 (sic).

Mrs. English was active in mucic club work in former years and was a former member of the Community Concerts. At the time of her death she was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Greenville Garden Club, and the Knife and Fork Club.

Her only son, Cameron English, precedd her in death on July 12, 1956.

Funeral services were to be conducted this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Gray Sorrells Chapel with the Rev. Cicero B. Fielder conducting the services. Burial was to be in Forest Park Cemetery with Carleton Sheram, Paul Mathews, W.E. DeWitt and Ellington Bush serving as pallbearers.

Survivors inlclude two grandchildren, A.C. English and Mrs. Hazel Marsh both of Houston and other relatives.


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  • Created by: John Armstrong
  • Added: Sep 14, 2005
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11746236/ava-english: accessed ), memorial page for Ava Cameron English (28 Mar 1872–17 Jan 1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11746236, citing Forest Park Cemetery, Greenville, Hunt County, Texas, USA; Maintained by John Armstrong (contributor 46567031).