"Mrs. D. R. Criswell, 85, died in a local hospital shortly before noon today after two weeks of illness.
Mrs. Criswell was born in 1867 in Charleston, Miss., and moved to Milam County at the age of seven with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pollock. She had lived at Buckholts for the past 25 years. The mother of Cecil Criswell, a Milam County cotton buyer, her father had been a Confederate soldier in the Civil War.
Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p. m. Friday at the Buckholts Baptist Church, Rev. Horace Whitesides officiating, assisted by Rev. Perry Ellis. Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery.
Survivors include three sons, Cecil Criswell of Buckholts, Delmar Criswell of Abilene, and T. F. Criswell of Calvert; four daughters, Mrs. W.L. English of Moran, Mrs. George Goree of Dallas, Mrs. C. B. Lassiter of El Paso, and Mrs. F. N. Craven of Lubbock; 17 grand-children and 16 great-grandchildren."
The Waco News-Tribune November 14, 1952 Pg 10
1940 United States Federal Census
Texas Milam Other Places 166-21:
David R Criswell 81
Stella Criswell 72
Spouse:
David Robert Criswell
1858 - 1944
Child:
Delmar R. Criswell
1904 - 1993
.
Mrs. Criswell was born in 1867 in Charleston, Miss., and moved to Milam County at the age of seven with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pollock. She had lived at Buckholts for the past 25 years. The mother of Cecil Criswell, a Milam County cotton buyer, her father had been a Confederate soldier in the Civil War.
Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p. m. Friday at the Buckholts Baptist Church, Rev. Horace Whitesides officiating, assisted by Rev. Perry Ellis. Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery.
Survivors include three sons, Cecil Criswell of Buckholts, Delmar Criswell of Abilene, and T. F. Criswell of Calvert; four daughters, Mrs. W.L. English of Moran, Mrs. George Goree of Dallas, Mrs. C. B. Lassiter of El Paso, and Mrs. F. N. Craven of Lubbock; 17 grand-children and 16 great-grandchildren."
The Waco News-Tribune November 14, 1952 Pg 10
1940 United States Federal Census
Texas Milam Other Places 166-21:
David R Criswell 81
Stella Criswell 72
Spouse:
David Robert Criswell
1858 - 1944
Child:
Delmar R. Criswell
1904 - 1993
.
"Mrs. D. R. Criswell, 85, died in a local hospital shortly before noon today after two weeks of illness.
Mrs. Criswell was born in 1867 in Charleston, Miss., and moved to Milam County at the age of seven with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pollock. She had lived at Buckholts for the past 25 years. The mother of Cecil Criswell, a Milam County cotton buyer, her father had been a Confederate soldier in the Civil War.
Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p. m. Friday at the Buckholts Baptist Church, Rev. Horace Whitesides officiating, assisted by Rev. Perry Ellis. Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery.
Survivors include three sons, Cecil Criswell of Buckholts, Delmar Criswell of Abilene, and T. F. Criswell of Calvert; four daughters, Mrs. W.L. English of Moran, Mrs. George Goree of Dallas, Mrs. C. B. Lassiter of El Paso, and Mrs. F. N. Craven of Lubbock; 17 grand-children and 16 great-grandchildren."
The Waco News-Tribune November 14, 1952 Pg 10
1940 United States Federal Census
Texas Milam Other Places 166-21:
David R Criswell 81
Stella Criswell 72
Spouse:
David Robert Criswell
1858 - 1944
Child:
Delmar R. Criswell
1904 - 1993
.
Mrs. Criswell was born in 1867 in Charleston, Miss., and moved to Milam County at the age of seven with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pollock. She had lived at Buckholts for the past 25 years. The mother of Cecil Criswell, a Milam County cotton buyer, her father had been a Confederate soldier in the Civil War.
Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p. m. Friday at the Buckholts Baptist Church, Rev. Horace Whitesides officiating, assisted by Rev. Perry Ellis. Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery.
Survivors include three sons, Cecil Criswell of Buckholts, Delmar Criswell of Abilene, and T. F. Criswell of Calvert; four daughters, Mrs. W.L. English of Moran, Mrs. George Goree of Dallas, Mrs. C. B. Lassiter of El Paso, and Mrs. F. N. Craven of Lubbock; 17 grand-children and 16 great-grandchildren."
The Waco News-Tribune November 14, 1952 Pg 10
1940 United States Federal Census
Texas Milam Other Places 166-21:
David R Criswell 81
Stella Criswell 72
Spouse:
David Robert Criswell
1858 - 1944
Child:
Delmar R. Criswell
1904 - 1993
.
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