Edinburg, Jan. 22, 1937 – Many friends gathered at the First Methodist church here at 2 p.m. Friday where funeral services were conducted for John C. McWhorter, 37, former manager of the Review Printing Company. The American Legion was in charge of graveside services which included an 8 gun salute and the playing of Taps. A squad of Fort Brown soldiers fired the salute.
Rev. Dallas Lee officiated at services and Rev. J. W. Albritten, Methodist pastor, assisted. The Kreidler Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Edinburg business houses remained closed through the services.
Mr. McWhorter died Wednesday after several days' illness at the county-city hospital here. Although he had influenza at the time of his death, he had been suffering from internal injuries received in an automobile accident in 1925.
Born September 22, 1899 at Madisonville, Texas, Mr. McWhorter moved five years later with his family to Cisco, where he started work in the printing and engraving business.
While in Cisco he also was employed at a bank there, and later was a salesman for a wholesale grocery company. A graduate of the old Simmons College, he worked on a newspaper staff at Abilene during his four years in college.
In 1917 he enlisted in the United States army and was stationed at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and later at Waco.
After the war in 1922 McWhorter married Miss Gladys Olyer and worked in several Texas towns, Moran and Abilene among them. While living in Moran in 1925 he suffered the serious injuries in the automobile accident.
He moved to the Rio Grande Valley the same year and was made editor of the Rio Grande Valley Weekly Sun at Pharr. In 1926 he became editor of the Weekly Review in Edinburg and shortly after became manager of The Review Printing Company when the paper was changed to a daily. McWhorter was head of the printing company until he died. He was usually prominent in civic club work and public projects at Edinburg.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Gladys McWhorter; a daughter, Jean; a son, Jack; a brother, Ray – all of Edinburg. Also his mother, Mrs. W. E. McWhorter of Cisco; and four sisters, Mrs. Sam B. Kennedy, Abilene; Mrs. Allie M. Brooks, Winters; Mrs. C. P. Marlow, Peacock; and Miss Bobbie Grace McWhorter, Cisco.
Out-of-town people who attended the funeral are Mrs. Mary Townsend, an aunt, Mrs. Eugene Oyler, a cousin, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Marlow of Peacock; Mrs. Allie M. Brooks of Winters, and Mrs. W. E. McWhorter of Cisco.
"The Brownsville Herald," 22 January 1937, p. 11
Many thanks to Patty McGinty for the obit information.
Rev. Dallas Lee officiated at services and Rev. J. W. Albritten, Methodist pastor, assisted. The Kreidler Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Edinburg business houses remained closed through the services.
Mr. McWhorter died Wednesday after several days' illness at the county-city hospital here. Although he had influenza at the time of his death, he had been suffering from internal injuries received in an automobile accident in 1925.
Born September 22, 1899 at Madisonville, Texas, Mr. McWhorter moved five years later with his family to Cisco, where he started work in the printing and engraving business.
While in Cisco he also was employed at a bank there, and later was a salesman for a wholesale grocery company. A graduate of the old Simmons College, he worked on a newspaper staff at Abilene during his four years in college.
In 1917 he enlisted in the United States army and was stationed at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and later at Waco.
After the war in 1922 McWhorter married Miss Gladys Olyer and worked in several Texas towns, Moran and Abilene among them. While living in Moran in 1925 he suffered the serious injuries in the automobile accident.
He moved to the Rio Grande Valley the same year and was made editor of the Rio Grande Valley Weekly Sun at Pharr. In 1926 he became editor of the Weekly Review in Edinburg and shortly after became manager of The Review Printing Company when the paper was changed to a daily. McWhorter was head of the printing company until he died. He was usually prominent in civic club work and public projects at Edinburg.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Gladys McWhorter; a daughter, Jean; a son, Jack; a brother, Ray – all of Edinburg. Also his mother, Mrs. W. E. McWhorter of Cisco; and four sisters, Mrs. Sam B. Kennedy, Abilene; Mrs. Allie M. Brooks, Winters; Mrs. C. P. Marlow, Peacock; and Miss Bobbie Grace McWhorter, Cisco.
Out-of-town people who attended the funeral are Mrs. Mary Townsend, an aunt, Mrs. Eugene Oyler, a cousin, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Marlow of Peacock; Mrs. Allie M. Brooks of Winters, and Mrs. W. E. McWhorter of Cisco.
"The Brownsville Herald," 22 January 1937, p. 11
Many thanks to Patty McGinty for the obit information.
Edinburg, Jan. 22, 1937 – Many friends gathered at the First Methodist church here at 2 p.m. Friday where funeral services were conducted for John C. McWhorter, 37, former manager of the Review Printing Company. The American Legion was in charge of graveside services which included an 8 gun salute and the playing of Taps. A squad of Fort Brown soldiers fired the salute.
Rev. Dallas Lee officiated at services and Rev. J. W. Albritten, Methodist pastor, assisted. The Kreidler Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Edinburg business houses remained closed through the services.
Mr. McWhorter died Wednesday after several days' illness at the county-city hospital here. Although he had influenza at the time of his death, he had been suffering from internal injuries received in an automobile accident in 1925.
Born September 22, 1899 at Madisonville, Texas, Mr. McWhorter moved five years later with his family to Cisco, where he started work in the printing and engraving business.
While in Cisco he also was employed at a bank there, and later was a salesman for a wholesale grocery company. A graduate of the old Simmons College, he worked on a newspaper staff at Abilene during his four years in college.
In 1917 he enlisted in the United States army and was stationed at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and later at Waco.
After the war in 1922 McWhorter married Miss Gladys Olyer and worked in several Texas towns, Moran and Abilene among them. While living in Moran in 1925 he suffered the serious injuries in the automobile accident.
He moved to the Rio Grande Valley the same year and was made editor of the Rio Grande Valley Weekly Sun at Pharr. In 1926 he became editor of the Weekly Review in Edinburg and shortly after became manager of The Review Printing Company when the paper was changed to a daily. McWhorter was head of the printing company until he died. He was usually prominent in civic club work and public projects at Edinburg.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Gladys McWhorter; a daughter, Jean; a son, Jack; a brother, Ray – all of Edinburg. Also his mother, Mrs. W. E. McWhorter of Cisco; and four sisters, Mrs. Sam B. Kennedy, Abilene; Mrs. Allie M. Brooks, Winters; Mrs. C. P. Marlow, Peacock; and Miss Bobbie Grace McWhorter, Cisco.
Out-of-town people who attended the funeral are Mrs. Mary Townsend, an aunt, Mrs. Eugene Oyler, a cousin, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Marlow of Peacock; Mrs. Allie M. Brooks of Winters, and Mrs. W. E. McWhorter of Cisco.
"The Brownsville Herald," 22 January 1937, p. 11
Many thanks to Patty McGinty for the obit information.
Rev. Dallas Lee officiated at services and Rev. J. W. Albritten, Methodist pastor, assisted. The Kreidler Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Edinburg business houses remained closed through the services.
Mr. McWhorter died Wednesday after several days' illness at the county-city hospital here. Although he had influenza at the time of his death, he had been suffering from internal injuries received in an automobile accident in 1925.
Born September 22, 1899 at Madisonville, Texas, Mr. McWhorter moved five years later with his family to Cisco, where he started work in the printing and engraving business.
While in Cisco he also was employed at a bank there, and later was a salesman for a wholesale grocery company. A graduate of the old Simmons College, he worked on a newspaper staff at Abilene during his four years in college.
In 1917 he enlisted in the United States army and was stationed at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and later at Waco.
After the war in 1922 McWhorter married Miss Gladys Olyer and worked in several Texas towns, Moran and Abilene among them. While living in Moran in 1925 he suffered the serious injuries in the automobile accident.
He moved to the Rio Grande Valley the same year and was made editor of the Rio Grande Valley Weekly Sun at Pharr. In 1926 he became editor of the Weekly Review in Edinburg and shortly after became manager of The Review Printing Company when the paper was changed to a daily. McWhorter was head of the printing company until he died. He was usually prominent in civic club work and public projects at Edinburg.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Gladys McWhorter; a daughter, Jean; a son, Jack; a brother, Ray – all of Edinburg. Also his mother, Mrs. W. E. McWhorter of Cisco; and four sisters, Mrs. Sam B. Kennedy, Abilene; Mrs. Allie M. Brooks, Winters; Mrs. C. P. Marlow, Peacock; and Miss Bobbie Grace McWhorter, Cisco.
Out-of-town people who attended the funeral are Mrs. Mary Townsend, an aunt, Mrs. Eugene Oyler, a cousin, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Marlow of Peacock; Mrs. Allie M. Brooks of Winters, and Mrs. W. E. McWhorter of Cisco.
"The Brownsville Herald," 22 January 1937, p. 11
Many thanks to Patty McGinty for the obit information.
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