THE PARIS NEWS, 18 May 1959. 'J.W. (Bill) Musgrove, farmer-stockman of Cunningham and, for 10 years, owner-operator of the Bill Musgrove Big Country Stores in Paris, died suddenly Monday about 9:15 a.m. at home here, 317 6th SE. He had been in failing health several years. The funeral will be held probably Wednesday at Fry and Gibbs chapel, and burial made in Evergreen Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Maybelle Suddeth whom he married at Palo Pinto, 21 Jul 1922; these children: Mrs. Bruce Smith, Dallas; Mrs. Helen McCormick, Grants, N.M.; Mrs. W.F. Jessee, Paris, and John William Musgrove, Jr., Cunningham; seven grandchildren; a brother and three sisters, Cecil Musgrove and Mrs. J.A. Patterson, Paris; Mrs. Jack Bosley, Kilgore, and Mrs. Steve Stevenson, Longview. John William Musgrove, son of Theodore and Exa (Bagwell) Musgrove, was born in Fayette, Ala., 7 Jul 1902, coming to Lamar County in childhood. The family lived at Powderly where he had his first store. He moved to Arthur City and in 1928 to Cunningham, coming to Paris in 1950. He retired in 1952 when he sold the business to his son-in-law, W.F. Jessee and R.R. (Rook) Jordan. He had owned gins at Milton and Cunningham and acquired 1700 acres of land in the Cunningham area for his farm and stock operations. He was a member of First Baptist Church here and of the Masonic lodge at Deport, being a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner, and a former Chamber of Commerce director here.'
From an unnamed and undated article located in the Lamar County Genealogical Society Library, in the Taylor Collection, Box M. 'Last rites for J.W. (Bill) Musgrove, longtime farmer-stockman and merchant in Lamar County, will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Fry and Gibbs Chapel. The Rev. Gil Lewis, Baptist minister, will officiate, interment to be made in Evergreen Cemetery. Named pallbearers were Juarez Jordan, Rook Jordan, Sam Lewis, Ed Basinger, Edwin Cox and Cecil Oats. Mr. Musgrove, who moved here in 1950, died suddenly Monday morning at his home, 317-6th SE, having been in ill health several years.'
From an unnamed and undated article located in the Lamar County Genealogical Society Library, in the Taylor Collection, Box M. 'Last rites for J.W. (Bill) Musgrove, longtime farmer-stockman and merchant in Lamar County, will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Fry and Gibbs Chapel. The Rev. Gil Lewis, Baptist minister, will officiate, interment to be made in Evergreen Cemetery. Named pallbearers were Juarez Jordan, Rook Jordan, Sam Lewis, Ed Basinger, Edwin Cox and Cecil Oats. Mr. Musgrove, who moved here in 1950, died suddenly Monday morning at his home, 317-6th SE, having been in ill health several years.'
THE PARIS NEWS, 18 May 1959. 'J.W. (Bill) Musgrove, farmer-stockman of Cunningham and, for 10 years, owner-operator of the Bill Musgrove Big Country Stores in Paris, died suddenly Monday about 9:15 a.m. at home here, 317 6th SE. He had been in failing health several years. The funeral will be held probably Wednesday at Fry and Gibbs chapel, and burial made in Evergreen Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Maybelle Suddeth whom he married at Palo Pinto, 21 Jul 1922; these children: Mrs. Bruce Smith, Dallas; Mrs. Helen McCormick, Grants, N.M.; Mrs. W.F. Jessee, Paris, and John William Musgrove, Jr., Cunningham; seven grandchildren; a brother and three sisters, Cecil Musgrove and Mrs. J.A. Patterson, Paris; Mrs. Jack Bosley, Kilgore, and Mrs. Steve Stevenson, Longview. John William Musgrove, son of Theodore and Exa (Bagwell) Musgrove, was born in Fayette, Ala., 7 Jul 1902, coming to Lamar County in childhood. The family lived at Powderly where he had his first store. He moved to Arthur City and in 1928 to Cunningham, coming to Paris in 1950. He retired in 1952 when he sold the business to his son-in-law, W.F. Jessee and R.R. (Rook) Jordan. He had owned gins at Milton and Cunningham and acquired 1700 acres of land in the Cunningham area for his farm and stock operations. He was a member of First Baptist Church here and of the Masonic lodge at Deport, being a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner, and a former Chamber of Commerce director here.'
From an unnamed and undated article located in the Lamar County Genealogical Society Library, in the Taylor Collection, Box M. 'Last rites for J.W. (Bill) Musgrove, longtime farmer-stockman and merchant in Lamar County, will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Fry and Gibbs Chapel. The Rev. Gil Lewis, Baptist minister, will officiate, interment to be made in Evergreen Cemetery. Named pallbearers were Juarez Jordan, Rook Jordan, Sam Lewis, Ed Basinger, Edwin Cox and Cecil Oats. Mr. Musgrove, who moved here in 1950, died suddenly Monday morning at his home, 317-6th SE, having been in ill health several years.'
From an unnamed and undated article located in the Lamar County Genealogical Society Library, in the Taylor Collection, Box M. 'Last rites for J.W. (Bill) Musgrove, longtime farmer-stockman and merchant in Lamar County, will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Fry and Gibbs Chapel. The Rev. Gil Lewis, Baptist minister, will officiate, interment to be made in Evergreen Cemetery. Named pallbearers were Juarez Jordan, Rook Jordan, Sam Lewis, Ed Basinger, Edwin Cox and Cecil Oats. Mr. Musgrove, who moved here in 1950, died suddenly Monday morning at his home, 317-6th SE, having been in ill health several years.'
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