Son of Wyatt R. and Laura M. (Brent) Cargile.
Gus moved to Corpus Christi in 1917. He was co-owner of Nueces Lumber Company and then owned and operated Gus Cargile Lumber Co from 1938 to 1943. From 1943 until 1959, he was a tax assessor for the Corpus Christi Independent School District. He was also associated with the Herman Waters Realty Co.
He was married to Anne. They had a son, Gus Cargile, Jr. and a daughter Mrs. James Easterling (Judith Cargile Easterling Benagh).
Gus was the brother of J.S. Cargile, Charles Cargile, Wyatt R. Cargile, Jr., Mary Lee Cargile, Janice Cargile, and Laura Gray Cargile (Laura Gray Cargile Caldwell 1886-1984).
Information extracted from Corpus Christi Times dated May 11, 1967.
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Gus's father, Wyatt R. Cargile, Sr. was a well-known land owner and former Justice of the Peace in Arkansas. He was shot to death in 1917 by another well-known man of the same area on the main street of Okolona. The two men had an altercation earlier in the day concerning a rooster fight. Wyatt felt the fight was too close to the main road and wanted it moved.
Information extracted from Daily Arkansas Gazette dated February 25, 1917
Gus moved to Corpus Christi in 1917. He was co-owner of Nueces Lumber Company and then owned and operated Gus Cargile Lumber Co from 1938 to 1943. From 1943 until 1959, he was a tax assessor for the Corpus Christi Independent School District. He was also associated with the Herman Waters Realty Co.
He was married to Anne. They had a son, Gus Cargile, Jr. and a daughter Mrs. James Easterling (Judith Cargile Easterling Benagh).
Gus was the brother of J.S. Cargile, Charles Cargile, Wyatt R. Cargile, Jr., Mary Lee Cargile, Janice Cargile, and Laura Gray Cargile (Laura Gray Cargile Caldwell 1886-1984).
Information extracted from Corpus Christi Times dated May 11, 1967.
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Gus's father, Wyatt R. Cargile, Sr. was a well-known land owner and former Justice of the Peace in Arkansas. He was shot to death in 1917 by another well-known man of the same area on the main street of Okolona. The two men had an altercation earlier in the day concerning a rooster fight. Wyatt felt the fight was too close to the main road and wanted it moved.
Information extracted from Daily Arkansas Gazette dated February 25, 1917
Son of Wyatt R. and Laura M. (Brent) Cargile.
Gus moved to Corpus Christi in 1917. He was co-owner of Nueces Lumber Company and then owned and operated Gus Cargile Lumber Co from 1938 to 1943. From 1943 until 1959, he was a tax assessor for the Corpus Christi Independent School District. He was also associated with the Herman Waters Realty Co.
He was married to Anne. They had a son, Gus Cargile, Jr. and a daughter Mrs. James Easterling (Judith Cargile Easterling Benagh).
Gus was the brother of J.S. Cargile, Charles Cargile, Wyatt R. Cargile, Jr., Mary Lee Cargile, Janice Cargile, and Laura Gray Cargile (Laura Gray Cargile Caldwell 1886-1984).
Information extracted from Corpus Christi Times dated May 11, 1967.
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Gus's father, Wyatt R. Cargile, Sr. was a well-known land owner and former Justice of the Peace in Arkansas. He was shot to death in 1917 by another well-known man of the same area on the main street of Okolona. The two men had an altercation earlier in the day concerning a rooster fight. Wyatt felt the fight was too close to the main road and wanted it moved.
Information extracted from Daily Arkansas Gazette dated February 25, 1917
Gus moved to Corpus Christi in 1917. He was co-owner of Nueces Lumber Company and then owned and operated Gus Cargile Lumber Co from 1938 to 1943. From 1943 until 1959, he was a tax assessor for the Corpus Christi Independent School District. He was also associated with the Herman Waters Realty Co.
He was married to Anne. They had a son, Gus Cargile, Jr. and a daughter Mrs. James Easterling (Judith Cargile Easterling Benagh).
Gus was the brother of J.S. Cargile, Charles Cargile, Wyatt R. Cargile, Jr., Mary Lee Cargile, Janice Cargile, and Laura Gray Cargile (Laura Gray Cargile Caldwell 1886-1984).
Information extracted from Corpus Christi Times dated May 11, 1967.
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Gus's father, Wyatt R. Cargile, Sr. was a well-known land owner and former Justice of the Peace in Arkansas. He was shot to death in 1917 by another well-known man of the same area on the main street of Okolona. The two men had an altercation earlier in the day concerning a rooster fight. Wyatt felt the fight was too close to the main road and wanted it moved.
Information extracted from Daily Arkansas Gazette dated February 25, 1917
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