TYLER, Texas— Manziel Rites Held Monday, Funeral services for Tyler oil man and sports enthusiast Bobby Joe Manziel Sr., age 51, were held at 9:00 a.m. on Monday at Immaculate Conception Church with Msgr. Edward V. McCullough, pastor, officiating.
Relatives and friends of Mr. Bobby Manziel filled the church during the service. Burial followed at Rose Hill cemetery with Lloyd James funeral home directing. Mr. Manziel died early Friday morning in Mother Frances Hospital after a short illness. He was taken to the hospital Wednesday morning for treatment of a hemorrhage.
A native of Lebanon, Bobby Joseph Manziel came to this country at an early age. Bobby Joe Manziel Sr. held large oil interests in the Southwest and particularly in East Texas. It is doubtful if any wildcatter opened more fields than he did.
Mr. Bobby Joe Manziel Sr. was a director of the First National Bank of Quitman, now known as BankTexas and BTH Bank and a director of a Lindale, Texas, bank.
Bobby Joe Manziel Sr. also recently bought two hotels, one in San Benito and another in Marshall, Texas.
Jack Dempsey, former heavy weight boxing champion and a close friend of Mr. Bobby Joe Manziel, was one of the 10 pallbearers. Other pallbearers were Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd, Kaemel Antone, Ted Chilcote, Victor H. Elias, George F. Florey, Jake Maxwell, Peter Moosey, Ellis Samaha, and C. E. Woolman, chairman of the board of directors of Delta Airlines.
Mr. Manziel and Jack Dempsey were in partnership building a mammoth coliseum in Tyler, Texas, which is scheduled to open next year. A former sparring partner of the boxing champion, Mr. Manziel and Dempsey later were in the oil business together.
Bobby Joseph "Joe" Manziel Sr. is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Nolan Manziel; his mother, Mrs. Mary Korkmus Manziel; three sons, Bobby Joe Manziel Jr., Nolan Edward Manziel, and Norman Paul Manziel; four daughters, Mrs. Phillip Saleh, Merigale Manziel, Dorothy Suzanne Manziel, also known as Dottie Sue Manziel, and Vickie Lynn Manziel, all of Tyler. A grandson also survives. [Tyler Morning Telegraph, Tyler, Texas · Tuesday, November 13, 1956]
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He was a bantamweight boxer born in Lebanon who sparred and became friends with heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. He retired from boxing and moved his family to East Texas in the 1930s to try his luck in the oil fields as a wildcatter. Almost broke, he borrowed $400 from Jack Dempsey to drill for oil on the property of the New Hope Baptist Church in Gladewater.
The well was a gusher, and Manziel went on to discover nine other oil fields in East Texas and became quite wealthy.
Relatives and friends of Mr. Bobby Manziel filled the church during the service. Burial followed at Rose Hill cemetery with Lloyd James funeral home directing. Mr. Manziel died early Friday morning in Mother Frances Hospital after a short illness. He was taken to the hospital Wednesday morning for treatment of a hemorrhage.
A native of Lebanon, Bobby Joseph Manziel came to this country at an early age. Bobby Joe Manziel Sr. held large oil interests in the Southwest and particularly in East Texas. It is doubtful if any wildcatter opened more fields than he did.
Mr. Bobby Joe Manziel Sr. was a director of the First National Bank of Quitman, now known as BankTexas and BTH Bank and a director of a Lindale, Texas, bank.
Bobby Joe Manziel Sr. also recently bought two hotels, one in San Benito and another in Marshall, Texas.
Jack Dempsey, former heavy weight boxing champion and a close friend of Mr. Bobby Joe Manziel, was one of the 10 pallbearers. Other pallbearers were Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd, Kaemel Antone, Ted Chilcote, Victor H. Elias, George F. Florey, Jake Maxwell, Peter Moosey, Ellis Samaha, and C. E. Woolman, chairman of the board of directors of Delta Airlines.
Mr. Manziel and Jack Dempsey were in partnership building a mammoth coliseum in Tyler, Texas, which is scheduled to open next year. A former sparring partner of the boxing champion, Mr. Manziel and Dempsey later were in the oil business together.
Bobby Joseph "Joe" Manziel Sr. is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Nolan Manziel; his mother, Mrs. Mary Korkmus Manziel; three sons, Bobby Joe Manziel Jr., Nolan Edward Manziel, and Norman Paul Manziel; four daughters, Mrs. Phillip Saleh, Merigale Manziel, Dorothy Suzanne Manziel, also known as Dottie Sue Manziel, and Vickie Lynn Manziel, all of Tyler. A grandson also survives. [Tyler Morning Telegraph, Tyler, Texas · Tuesday, November 13, 1956]
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He was a bantamweight boxer born in Lebanon who sparred and became friends with heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. He retired from boxing and moved his family to East Texas in the 1930s to try his luck in the oil fields as a wildcatter. Almost broke, he borrowed $400 from Jack Dempsey to drill for oil on the property of the New Hope Baptist Church in Gladewater.
The well was a gusher, and Manziel went on to discover nine other oil fields in East Texas and became quite wealthy.
TYLER, Texas— Manziel Rites Held Monday, Funeral services for Tyler oil man and sports enthusiast Bobby Joe Manziel Sr., age 51, were held at 9:00 a.m. on Monday at Immaculate Conception Church with Msgr. Edward V. McCullough, pastor, officiating.
Relatives and friends of Mr. Bobby Manziel filled the church during the service. Burial followed at Rose Hill cemetery with Lloyd James funeral home directing. Mr. Manziel died early Friday morning in Mother Frances Hospital after a short illness. He was taken to the hospital Wednesday morning for treatment of a hemorrhage.
A native of Lebanon, Bobby Joseph Manziel came to this country at an early age. Bobby Joe Manziel Sr. held large oil interests in the Southwest and particularly in East Texas. It is doubtful if any wildcatter opened more fields than he did.
Mr. Bobby Joe Manziel Sr. was a director of the First National Bank of Quitman, now known as BankTexas and BTH Bank and a director of a Lindale, Texas, bank.
Bobby Joe Manziel Sr. also recently bought two hotels, one in San Benito and another in Marshall, Texas.
Jack Dempsey, former heavy weight boxing champion and a close friend of Mr. Bobby Joe Manziel, was one of the 10 pallbearers. Other pallbearers were Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd, Kaemel Antone, Ted Chilcote, Victor H. Elias, George F. Florey, Jake Maxwell, Peter Moosey, Ellis Samaha, and C. E. Woolman, chairman of the board of directors of Delta Airlines.
Mr. Manziel and Jack Dempsey were in partnership building a mammoth coliseum in Tyler, Texas, which is scheduled to open next year. A former sparring partner of the boxing champion, Mr. Manziel and Dempsey later were in the oil business together.
Bobby Joseph "Joe" Manziel Sr. is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Nolan Manziel; his mother, Mrs. Mary Korkmus Manziel; three sons, Bobby Joe Manziel Jr., Nolan Edward Manziel, and Norman Paul Manziel; four daughters, Mrs. Phillip Saleh, Merigale Manziel, Dorothy Suzanne Manziel, also known as Dottie Sue Manziel, and Vickie Lynn Manziel, all of Tyler. A grandson also survives. [Tyler Morning Telegraph, Tyler, Texas · Tuesday, November 13, 1956]
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He was a bantamweight boxer born in Lebanon who sparred and became friends with heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. He retired from boxing and moved his family to East Texas in the 1930s to try his luck in the oil fields as a wildcatter. Almost broke, he borrowed $400 from Jack Dempsey to drill for oil on the property of the New Hope Baptist Church in Gladewater.
The well was a gusher, and Manziel went on to discover nine other oil fields in East Texas and became quite wealthy.
Relatives and friends of Mr. Bobby Manziel filled the church during the service. Burial followed at Rose Hill cemetery with Lloyd James funeral home directing. Mr. Manziel died early Friday morning in Mother Frances Hospital after a short illness. He was taken to the hospital Wednesday morning for treatment of a hemorrhage.
A native of Lebanon, Bobby Joseph Manziel came to this country at an early age. Bobby Joe Manziel Sr. held large oil interests in the Southwest and particularly in East Texas. It is doubtful if any wildcatter opened more fields than he did.
Mr. Bobby Joe Manziel Sr. was a director of the First National Bank of Quitman, now known as BankTexas and BTH Bank and a director of a Lindale, Texas, bank.
Bobby Joe Manziel Sr. also recently bought two hotels, one in San Benito and another in Marshall, Texas.
Jack Dempsey, former heavy weight boxing champion and a close friend of Mr. Bobby Joe Manziel, was one of the 10 pallbearers. Other pallbearers were Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd, Kaemel Antone, Ted Chilcote, Victor H. Elias, George F. Florey, Jake Maxwell, Peter Moosey, Ellis Samaha, and C. E. Woolman, chairman of the board of directors of Delta Airlines.
Mr. Manziel and Jack Dempsey were in partnership building a mammoth coliseum in Tyler, Texas, which is scheduled to open next year. A former sparring partner of the boxing champion, Mr. Manziel and Dempsey later were in the oil business together.
Bobby Joseph "Joe" Manziel Sr. is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Nolan Manziel; his mother, Mrs. Mary Korkmus Manziel; three sons, Bobby Joe Manziel Jr., Nolan Edward Manziel, and Norman Paul Manziel; four daughters, Mrs. Phillip Saleh, Merigale Manziel, Dorothy Suzanne Manziel, also known as Dottie Sue Manziel, and Vickie Lynn Manziel, all of Tyler. A grandson also survives. [Tyler Morning Telegraph, Tyler, Texas · Tuesday, November 13, 1956]
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He was a bantamweight boxer born in Lebanon who sparred and became friends with heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. He retired from boxing and moved his family to East Texas in the 1930s to try his luck in the oil fields as a wildcatter. Almost broke, he borrowed $400 from Jack Dempsey to drill for oil on the property of the New Hope Baptist Church in Gladewater.
The well was a gusher, and Manziel went on to discover nine other oil fields in East Texas and became quite wealthy.
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