J.D. McCormick Rites Are Today

Roby - Funeral for J.D. McCormick, Sr., 89, retired farmer, was to be at 2 p.m. Monday in First Baptist Church in Roby.

The Rev. Orvel Brantley, pastor, was to officiate, assisted by the Rev. Marshall Stewart, pastor of Hamlin Church of Christ.

Burial was to be in Roby Cemetery under direction of Weathersbee Funeral Home.

Mr. McCormick died at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Hamlin Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness.

Born Nov. 16, 1879 in Alexander City, Ala., he came to Fisher County in 1920 from Callahan County. He married Eunice Elizabeth Brooks in Whitesboro on July 9, 1905. She died July 8, 1967 in Roby.

He had been a member of the Baptist church since 1912, and was the last surviving charter member of El Paso Community Baptist Church.

Survivors include three sons, Clifton of Sweetwater, J.D., Jr. of Roby, and Rev. Weldon McCormick of Midland; three daughters, Mrs. H.P. (Gladys) Elam of Roby, Mrs. Henry (Lorene) Liebfried of Garland, and Mrs. A.E. (Hazel) Lane of Knoxville, Tenn.; one sister, Mrs. Anna Fuller of Alexander City, Ala.; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Joe Lane, Cecil McCormick, Don McCormick, Chris McCormick, Kevin McCormick, and Ronnie McCormick, all grandsons.

From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (1/20/1969)
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JONES COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Name: Joseph Daniel McCormick Sr.
Death Date: 18 Jan 1969
Death Place: Hamlin Memorial Hospital, Hamlin, Jones, Texas
Cause of death: Generalized carcinamatosis; carcinoma of prostate
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 89 years
Birth Date: 16 Nov 1879
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Joseph Daniel McCormick
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Fannie Duncan
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Pre. 4, Fisher, Texas
Cemetery: Roby Cemetery
Burial Place: Roby, Texas
Burial Date: 18 Jan 1969
Informant: J. D. McCormick, Jr., son, Roby, Texas
Film Number: 2137324
Digital Film Number: 4029798
Image Number: 1640
Reference Number: 11664
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Ancestry.com shows Joseph Daniel McCormick, Sr. is the son of Daniel Colin McCormick and Winnie Ann Duncan. Joseph Daniel McCormick, Sr. shows up in the 1900 census age 19 in Tallapoosa Co., AL, the son of Daniel C. and Winnie A. McCormick.

In the 1900 census, Fannie was Daniel Colin McCormick's sister, and census shows her a widow and no children with none living.

Three of Daniel Colin McCormick's children I have traced to this area in Texas:

(1) Joe McCormick who was reported born 16 Nov 1879 and was not on the 1880 census and showed birth as Sep 1880 on the 1900 census lived in Fisher County;

(2) Ada who married William J. Moore and reportedly died in Lubbock CO., TX.

(3) Charles Henry McCormick who died in Nolan Co., TX. [buried at Roby Cemetery, Roby, Texas]

Information courtesy of Barton Williams - March, 2016
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Above provided information confirmed on 3/09/2016 by phone with Jodie (Elam) Aycock of Sweetwater, Texas, daughter of Homer Price & Gladys Violet (McCormick) Elam. Aunt Gladys was daughter of Joseph D. McCormick, Sr. - Janie (Healer) Davis, Sweetwater, Texas.
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(Provided for sibling information)

Daniel McCormick
in the 1880 United States Federal Census

Name: Daniel McCormick
Age: 31
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Tallapoosa, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Winnie McCormick
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Shoe Maker

Household Members:
Name Age
Daniel McCormick 31
Winnie McCormick 38
Lizzie McCormick 13
James McCormick 12
Albert McCormick 8
Ada McCormick 6
Henry McCormick 5
Willie McCormick 5m
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