Obituary copied as printed from original that belonged to Marshall Houston and Roberta Denning. Note: Original did not contain dateline or newspaper name.

JACK COUNTY PIONEER DIES

Graham, Texas (Special) -
Mrs. Mary E. Denning, 91, resident of Jack County for 87 years, died Sunday morning at her home in Bryson.

Mrs. Denning, who is survived by 41 grandchildren, 73 great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren, moved to Jack County from Parker County when she was four years old.

Services are scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Monday at the Bryson Church of Christ of which she was a charter member. Officiating will be Wayne Baze, church minister. Burial will be in Cottonwood Cemetery under the direction of Morrison Funeral Home.

Mrs. Denning was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Hill. She was married to S.H. Denning who died in 1952.

Other survivors include nine sons, T.A. and Charles of Graham, O.W. of Floydada, Matt, Clarence, Luther and Douglas of Bryson, Homer of Sweetwater and Houston of Seymour; four daughters, Mrs. Ethel Cullers of Albuquerque, N.M., Mrs. Sterling Avants of Bryson, Mrs. I.G. Coly of Jacksboro and Mrs. Ernest Cowden of Graham.

Four brothers who survive also are Alex, Rob and Hardin Hill of Graham and Ed Hill of Wichita, Kansas.

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Mary Emmaline Hill Denning

Mary Emaline Hill was born October 12, 1867 and died May 3, 1959. She was the daughter of John W. Tobe Hill and Mary Jane Walden. Samuel Houston Denning and Mary Emmaline Hill were married October 9, 1842 in Lauderdale County, Alabama.

Samuel Houston Denning married Mary Emaline (Sissy) Hill on December 4, 1884 in Jack County, Texas. They lived on their farm South of Bryson and raised a family of 13 children.

HILL, Mary Emaline (Sissie/Sissy)
Birth Data: October 12, 1867, near Garner, Parker Co., Texas
Church Preference: Church of Christ
Occupation(s): Homemaker
Medical Data: Blind (Cataracts); had 1 unsuccessful surgery
Death Data: May 3, 1959, at the home of Daughter and Son-in-Law, Emma and Sterling Avants in Bryson, Jack Co., Texas, from Congestive Heart Failure
Disposal Data: Buried, May 4, 1959, Cottonwood Cemetery, Southeast of Bryson, Jack Co., Texas
Parents: John Tobe and Mary Jane (WALDEN) Hill
Siblings of Wife: Newton J. "Newt"; Nancy Ann; Thomas A. "Alex"; Elizabeth; William Robert "Rob"; Hardin; Walter, and Edward "Ed"