Mrs. O.R. Brown
Colorado City, May 29 - Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Kiker Chapel in Colorado City for Mrs. O.R. Brown, 31, who died in a local hospital Saturday morning. Mrs. Brown had been ill since the birth of a daughter two months ago.
Following the funeral, which was held at 1:30 with the Rev. G.W. Parks of Roscoe officiating, the body was taken to Roscoe and buried beside Mrs. Brown's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Tarter.
Pallbearers were Grove Leer, Frank Lee, Leadall Breeden, R.C. Prescott, Herman Davis and Woodie Holden.
Mrs. Brown was born Lily Tarter in Kentucky on April 19, 1908, and came to Colorado City with her family from Roscoe 13 years ago. She was married here in 1927 to O.R. Brown.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by the following: four children, Overton, Verna Mae, Lily Fae, and Bertha, age two months; four brothers, Henry, George, Sam and Clifford Tartar, all of Colorado City; two sisters, Mrs. Marvin Smith of Maryneal and Mrs. Hill Hines of Colorado City.
Kiker & Son had charge of arrangements.
From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (5/30/1939)
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MITCHELL COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: Lillie Tarter Brown
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 27 May 1939
Event Place: C.L. Root Hospital, Colorado, Mitchell, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Nephritis; post labor
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Wife of: Overton Ray Brown
Birth Date: 19 Apr 1908
Birthplace: Kentucky
Father's Name: Marion Tarter
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Name: Katie Cox
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: Housewife
Residence: Route A, Loraine, Texas
Burial/Removal: Roscoe, Texas
Date: 28 May 1939
Informant: O.R. Brown, Colorado, Texas
Certificate Number: 24795
GS Film number: 2118017
Digital Folder Number: 005144946
Image Number: 01090
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3M8-12W : accessed 17 September 2015), Lillie Tarter Brown, 27 May 1939; citing certificate number 24795, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,118,017.
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Mrs. O.R. Brown
Colorado City, May 29 - Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Kiker Chapel in Colorado City for Mrs. O.R. Brown, 31, who died in a local hospital Saturday morning. Mrs. Brown had been ill since the birth of a daughter two months ago.
Following the funeral, which was held at 1:30 with the Rev. G.W. Parks of Roscoe officiating, the body was taken to Roscoe and buried beside Mrs. Brown's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Tarter.
Pallbearers were Grove Leer, Frank Lee, Leadall Breeden, R.C. Prescott, Herman Davis and Woodie Holden.
Mrs. Brown was born Lily Tarter in Kentucky on April 19, 1908, and came to Colorado City with her family from Roscoe 13 years ago. She was married here in 1927 to O.R. Brown.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by the following: four children, Overton, Verna Mae, Lily Fae, and Bertha, age two months; four brothers, Henry, George, Sam and Clifford Tartar, all of Colorado City; two sisters, Mrs. Marvin Smith of Maryneal and Mrs. Hill Hines of Colorado City.
Kiker & Son had charge of arrangements.
From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (5/30/1939)
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MITCHELL COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: Lillie Tarter Brown
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 27 May 1939
Event Place: C.L. Root Hospital, Colorado, Mitchell, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Nephritis; post labor
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Wife of: Overton Ray Brown
Birth Date: 19 Apr 1908
Birthplace: Kentucky
Father's Name: Marion Tarter
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Name: Katie Cox
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: Housewife
Residence: Route A, Loraine, Texas
Burial/Removal: Roscoe, Texas
Date: 28 May 1939
Informant: O.R. Brown, Colorado, Texas
Certificate Number: 24795
GS Film number: 2118017
Digital Folder Number: 005144946
Image Number: 01090
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3M8-12W : accessed 17 September 2015), Lillie Tarter Brown, 27 May 1939; citing certificate number 24795, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,118,017.
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