He married Willie Rogers on December 10, 1890 in Polk County, Texas.
Father of Carrin, Zemmie Lee, Doris Foreman Rowe, Ransom Parson, Jr., Hill, Percy Eugene, Velma, Herman K., Hugh Graham Foreman.
Ex-Officer Foreman Dies at 82
R. P. Foreman, pioneer Texas sheriff, land banker and real estate man and father of five Houstonians, one of them Attorney Percy Foreman, died Saturday {February 25, 1950} in Livingston after a long illness. Mr. Foreman would have been 83 in March. A tall, robust man with a full head of handsome gray hair, he had been in excellent health until a few months ago when his heart began to go bad. He had been confined to his bed for about two months.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. William Pinckney Rogers Foreman; five sons, Zemmie L. Foreman of Livingston and Percy, Hill, Keith, and Hugh Foreman of Houston; two daughters, Mrs. P. R. Rowe Jr. of Houston and Mrs. Alvis A. Ward of Encino, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Emma Hoover of Mexia and a number of grandchildren.
Both Mr. Foreman and his widow came from old Texas families. Mr. Foreman's father, Zemmie Foreman, and Mrs. Foreman's father, William Pinckney Rogers, after whom she is named, were both officers in Hood's Texas Brigade during the Civil War.
Mr. Foreman was born in Limestone County and moved to Polk County when he was 19. He lived at Carmona, Livingston and Camden before moving again to Livingston, where he lived the last 41 years of his life in a stately old white house.
Mr. Foreman served 10 years as sheriff of Polk County, from 1908 to 1918, and was for a number of years the secretary of the Federal Land Bank there before going into the real estate business. He was a deacon in Livingston's Central Baptist Church and was active in the Masonic Lodge and the Eastern Star.
The Widow, a native of Polk County, is 79. She and Mr. Foreman celebrated their fifty-ninth wedding anniversary on Dec.10.
Besides the seven children who survive them, the Foreman's had three other children. One was Mrs. Fred Mauritz, for many years superintendent of schools in Sugar Land and Ganado, who died in childbirth in 1932. There were also two boys who died at early ages.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Central Baptist Church in Livingston. The Rev. Ben H. Wellmaker, pastor of the Central Baptist Church, and the Rev. W. B. Wadsworth, pastor of Livingston's First Baptist Church, will officiate. It will be a Masonic funeral, with burial in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Livingston. Members of Mr. Foreman's Sunday School class will be honorary pallbearers.
Percy Foreman named his four-year-old son William P. R. Foreman III after his mother.
***Obituary provided by contributor Virginia, original source unknown.
He married Willie Rogers on December 10, 1890 in Polk County, Texas.
Father of Carrin, Zemmie Lee, Doris Foreman Rowe, Ransom Parson, Jr., Hill, Percy Eugene, Velma, Herman K., Hugh Graham Foreman.
Ex-Officer Foreman Dies at 82
R. P. Foreman, pioneer Texas sheriff, land banker and real estate man and father of five Houstonians, one of them Attorney Percy Foreman, died Saturday {February 25, 1950} in Livingston after a long illness. Mr. Foreman would have been 83 in March. A tall, robust man with a full head of handsome gray hair, he had been in excellent health until a few months ago when his heart began to go bad. He had been confined to his bed for about two months.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. William Pinckney Rogers Foreman; five sons, Zemmie L. Foreman of Livingston and Percy, Hill, Keith, and Hugh Foreman of Houston; two daughters, Mrs. P. R. Rowe Jr. of Houston and Mrs. Alvis A. Ward of Encino, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Emma Hoover of Mexia and a number of grandchildren.
Both Mr. Foreman and his widow came from old Texas families. Mr. Foreman's father, Zemmie Foreman, and Mrs. Foreman's father, William Pinckney Rogers, after whom she is named, were both officers in Hood's Texas Brigade during the Civil War.
Mr. Foreman was born in Limestone County and moved to Polk County when he was 19. He lived at Carmona, Livingston and Camden before moving again to Livingston, where he lived the last 41 years of his life in a stately old white house.
Mr. Foreman served 10 years as sheriff of Polk County, from 1908 to 1918, and was for a number of years the secretary of the Federal Land Bank there before going into the real estate business. He was a deacon in Livingston's Central Baptist Church and was active in the Masonic Lodge and the Eastern Star.
The Widow, a native of Polk County, is 79. She and Mr. Foreman celebrated their fifty-ninth wedding anniversary on Dec.10.
Besides the seven children who survive them, the Foreman's had three other children. One was Mrs. Fred Mauritz, for many years superintendent of schools in Sugar Land and Ganado, who died in childbirth in 1932. There were also two boys who died at early ages.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Central Baptist Church in Livingston. The Rev. Ben H. Wellmaker, pastor of the Central Baptist Church, and the Rev. W. B. Wadsworth, pastor of Livingston's First Baptist Church, will officiate. It will be a Masonic funeral, with burial in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Livingston. Members of Mr. Foreman's Sunday School class will be honorary pallbearers.
Percy Foreman named his four-year-old son William P. R. Foreman III after his mother.
***Obituary provided by contributor Virginia, original source unknown.
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Family Members
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Archie Elbert Foreman
1891–1899
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Carrin Foreman Mauritz
1893–1932
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Zemmie Lee Foreman
1896–1977
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Doris Foreman Rowe
1898–1975
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Hill Foreman
1900–1954
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Percy Eugene Foreman
1902–1988
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Velma Foreman Ward
1905–1966
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Junius Taylor Foreman
1907–1909
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Herman Keith Foreman
1911–1990
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Hugh Graham Foreman
1912–1953
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Clyde B Foreman
1919–1984
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