MRS. TOM BILLINGSLEY

Mrs. Tom Billingsley, 42, niece of Mrs. Joel Baker of Athens, died at the home of her mother, Mrs. Walter Cook, in Frankston at 3:15 Tuesday following an illness lasting over a period of two years. Mr. and Mrs. Baker were called to Frankston Tuesday and reached there shortly before she expired.

Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ in Frankston Wednesday afternoon with burial following at the Frankston Cemetery.

Physicians attributed her death to creeping paralysis.

Mrs. Billingsley was born in Frankston and had lived there all of her life except for the past two years when she visited many points in trying to regain her health.

Surviving are her husband, her mother, Mrs. Walter Cook and two sisters, Mrs. Austin of Palestine and Mrs. Menge of Beaumont.

Attending the funeral from Athens were Mr. and Mrs. Joel Baker, the family of Tom Baker and Mrs. Victor baker.

Published in the Athens Review July 8, 1937

Obit courtesy of Wayne Smith - 11/28/2017
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ANDERSON COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE #34260

Name: Myrtie N Billingsley
Death date: 06 Jul 1937 (3:12 PM)
Death place: Frankston, Anderson, Texas
Cause of death: Brain hemorrhage; hardening of the arteries
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 42 years 19 days
Birth date: 6/17/1895
Birth place: Anderson County, TX
Marital status: Married
Spouse name: Tom Billingsley
Father name: W M Cook
Father birth place: TX
Mother name: Willie Lamb
Mother birth place: GA
Occupation: Housewife
Residence: Route 4, Frankston, TX
Cemetery name: Frankston
Burial place: Frankston, TX
Burial date: 7/07/1937
Informant: Tom Billingsley, Frankston, TX
Film number: 2117295
Digital GS number: 4120483
Image number: 281
Reference number: 34260
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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