Ref: O'DONNELL INDEX PRESS, June 1933, O'Donnell, Dawson County, Texas, reads as follows:
Death Claims Pioneer Resident Thursday
David Curtis Stevens, pioneer West Texan, and a resident of O'Donnell for the past ten years, passed quietly away at the family home here at eight o'clock Thursday evening, June 29.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at the Church of Christ, with Elder R. P. Drennon of Tahoka in charge of the impressive rites. Eight grandsons of the deceased acted as pallbearers. They were Leslie, Roy, and Ernest Stevens, Jack and Curtis Stevens of Tahoka, and Alvis, Cecil, and Lawrence Tredway, of O'Donnell. Interment was in the city cemetery.
Mr. Stevens and been bedfast for the past fifteen months, but had been seriously ill for less than two weeks. Attending physicians state that dropsy was the immediate cause of his death. His mind remained clear until the end, and he exhibited marked vitality even on the day of his death.
Mr. Stevens was born in Indiana, on February 14, 1851. He came with his parents to Texas in 1860, and settled in what is now known as Bell county. Here he grew to manhood, and here he was married, in 1873, to Miss Letitia Miller, with whom he spent 60 happy years. To this union were born seven children, two of whom died in infancy. Five, with their mother, live to mourn their father's death. They are Mrs. W. A. Tredway, of O'Donnell, D. A. Stevens of Tahoka, C. C. Stevens of Amarillo, Mrs. Irvin Durham of Bennington, Okla., and H. F. Stevens of Post. C. C. and Mrs. Durham were unable to be present for the funeral services.
Mr. Stevens had been a member of the Church of Christ for more than fifty years and his devotion to the church, his cheerfulness and patience with friends and the family during his long illness made him an example for all with whom he came in contact. Those who knew him best loved him and appreciated him the most.
He came with his family to Borden county in 1901, and to O'Donnell in 1922. It was Mr. Stevens pride that he had ginned cotton in seven counties, from the same farm. Materials used in the home in Borden county were freighted from Colorado City, long before the day of railroads in this section. His every conversation was rich with reminiscences of pioneer days.
Relatives present for the funeral services besides those already listed were C. J. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Miller of Abernathy; Leslie Stevens of Post, Ernest Stevens of Sweetwater, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stevens of Post, P. Z. Stevens and daughter Gladys, of Post; and Mr. and Mrs. Wade Ray of Wilson.
The Index joins with other friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved family.
Death Claims Pioneer Resident Thursday
David Curtis Stevens, pioneer West Texan, and a resident of O'Donnell for the past ten years, passed quietly away at the family home here at eight o'clock Thursday evening, June 29.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at the Church of Christ, with Elder R. P. Drennon of Tahoka in charge of the impressive rites. Eight grandsons of the deceased acted as pallbearers. They were Leslie, Roy, and Ernest Stevens, Jack and Curtis Stevens of Tahoka, and Alvis, Cecil, and Lawrence Tredway, of O'Donnell. Interment was in the city cemetery.
Mr. Stevens and been bedfast for the past fifteen months, but had been seriously ill for less than two weeks. Attending physicians state that dropsy was the immediate cause of his death. His mind remained clear until the end, and he exhibited marked vitality even on the day of his death.
Mr. Stevens was born in Indiana, on February 14, 1851. He came with his parents to Texas in 1860, and settled in what is now known as Bell county. Here he grew to manhood, and here he was married, in 1873, to Miss Letitia Miller, with whom he spent 60 happy years. To this union were born seven children, two of whom died in infancy. Five, with their mother, live to mourn their father's death. They are Mrs. W. A. Tredway, of O'Donnell, D. A. Stevens of Tahoka, C. C. Stevens of Amarillo, Mrs. Irvin Durham of Bennington, Okla., and H. F. Stevens of Post. C. C. and Mrs. Durham were unable to be present for the funeral services.
Mr. Stevens had been a member of the Church of Christ for more than fifty years and his devotion to the church, his cheerfulness and patience with friends and the family during his long illness made him an example for all with whom he came in contact. Those who knew him best loved him and appreciated him the most.
He came with his family to Borden county in 1901, and to O'Donnell in 1922. It was Mr. Stevens pride that he had ginned cotton in seven counties, from the same farm. Materials used in the home in Borden county were freighted from Colorado City, long before the day of railroads in this section. His every conversation was rich with reminiscences of pioneer days.
Relatives present for the funeral services besides those already listed were C. J. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Miller of Abernathy; Leslie Stevens of Post, Ernest Stevens of Sweetwater, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stevens of Post, P. Z. Stevens and daughter Gladys, of Post; and Mr. and Mrs. Wade Ray of Wilson.
The Index joins with other friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved family.
Ref: O'DONNELL INDEX PRESS, June 1933, O'Donnell, Dawson County, Texas, reads as follows:
Death Claims Pioneer Resident Thursday
David Curtis Stevens, pioneer West Texan, and a resident of O'Donnell for the past ten years, passed quietly away at the family home here at eight o'clock Thursday evening, June 29.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at the Church of Christ, with Elder R. P. Drennon of Tahoka in charge of the impressive rites. Eight grandsons of the deceased acted as pallbearers. They were Leslie, Roy, and Ernest Stevens, Jack and Curtis Stevens of Tahoka, and Alvis, Cecil, and Lawrence Tredway, of O'Donnell. Interment was in the city cemetery.
Mr. Stevens and been bedfast for the past fifteen months, but had been seriously ill for less than two weeks. Attending physicians state that dropsy was the immediate cause of his death. His mind remained clear until the end, and he exhibited marked vitality even on the day of his death.
Mr. Stevens was born in Indiana, on February 14, 1851. He came with his parents to Texas in 1860, and settled in what is now known as Bell county. Here he grew to manhood, and here he was married, in 1873, to Miss Letitia Miller, with whom he spent 60 happy years. To this union were born seven children, two of whom died in infancy. Five, with their mother, live to mourn their father's death. They are Mrs. W. A. Tredway, of O'Donnell, D. A. Stevens of Tahoka, C. C. Stevens of Amarillo, Mrs. Irvin Durham of Bennington, Okla., and H. F. Stevens of Post. C. C. and Mrs. Durham were unable to be present for the funeral services.
Mr. Stevens had been a member of the Church of Christ for more than fifty years and his devotion to the church, his cheerfulness and patience with friends and the family during his long illness made him an example for all with whom he came in contact. Those who knew him best loved him and appreciated him the most.
He came with his family to Borden county in 1901, and to O'Donnell in 1922. It was Mr. Stevens pride that he had ginned cotton in seven counties, from the same farm. Materials used in the home in Borden county were freighted from Colorado City, long before the day of railroads in this section. His every conversation was rich with reminiscences of pioneer days.
Relatives present for the funeral services besides those already listed were C. J. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Miller of Abernathy; Leslie Stevens of Post, Ernest Stevens of Sweetwater, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stevens of Post, P. Z. Stevens and daughter Gladys, of Post; and Mr. and Mrs. Wade Ray of Wilson.
The Index joins with other friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved family.
Death Claims Pioneer Resident Thursday
David Curtis Stevens, pioneer West Texan, and a resident of O'Donnell for the past ten years, passed quietly away at the family home here at eight o'clock Thursday evening, June 29.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at the Church of Christ, with Elder R. P. Drennon of Tahoka in charge of the impressive rites. Eight grandsons of the deceased acted as pallbearers. They were Leslie, Roy, and Ernest Stevens, Jack and Curtis Stevens of Tahoka, and Alvis, Cecil, and Lawrence Tredway, of O'Donnell. Interment was in the city cemetery.
Mr. Stevens and been bedfast for the past fifteen months, but had been seriously ill for less than two weeks. Attending physicians state that dropsy was the immediate cause of his death. His mind remained clear until the end, and he exhibited marked vitality even on the day of his death.
Mr. Stevens was born in Indiana, on February 14, 1851. He came with his parents to Texas in 1860, and settled in what is now known as Bell county. Here he grew to manhood, and here he was married, in 1873, to Miss Letitia Miller, with whom he spent 60 happy years. To this union were born seven children, two of whom died in infancy. Five, with their mother, live to mourn their father's death. They are Mrs. W. A. Tredway, of O'Donnell, D. A. Stevens of Tahoka, C. C. Stevens of Amarillo, Mrs. Irvin Durham of Bennington, Okla., and H. F. Stevens of Post. C. C. and Mrs. Durham were unable to be present for the funeral services.
Mr. Stevens had been a member of the Church of Christ for more than fifty years and his devotion to the church, his cheerfulness and patience with friends and the family during his long illness made him an example for all with whom he came in contact. Those who knew him best loved him and appreciated him the most.
He came with his family to Borden county in 1901, and to O'Donnell in 1922. It was Mr. Stevens pride that he had ginned cotton in seven counties, from the same farm. Materials used in the home in Borden county were freighted from Colorado City, long before the day of railroads in this section. His every conversation was rich with reminiscences of pioneer days.
Relatives present for the funeral services besides those already listed were C. J. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Miller of Abernathy; Leslie Stevens of Post, Ernest Stevens of Sweetwater, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stevens of Post, P. Z. Stevens and daughter Gladys, of Post; and Mr. and Mrs. Wade Ray of Wilson.
The Index joins with other friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved family.
Family Members
Siblings
