Mrs. Augusta Antony, 72, writer and widow of the late Congressman E.L. Antony, died suddenly Tuesday morning at her home, 3415 Harvard avenue [Dallas, Texas]. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J.A. Brown of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Miss Beryl Antony of Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. L.C. McBride and Mrs. H.R. McInnis of Dallas, and Mrs. James Slack of Menard; and a brother, S.J. Houghton of Dallas. Mrs. Antony, the daughter of Judge J.A. Houghton, was born in Georgetown [Texas] in August, 1855. She was married in Milam County in 1876 and moved to Dallas in 1910. She was a member of the Dallas Penwomen's Club, the Texas Poetry Club, the Writers' Club and the Lawyers Wives' Club. Her last piece of writing was a poem in tribute to the late Mrs. J.C. Muse. She was a member also of the First Baptist Church. . . . Funeral services . . . will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. L.C. McBride, 5306 Gaston avenue. Mr. George W. Truett, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Earnest R. Tennant, R.J. Thorne, John W. Forrester, A.L. Pearson, T.A. Robinson, Leon M. Taylor. Honorary pallbearers will be: E.B. Muse, Judge Tom L. McCollough, Herbert Prince, Judge J.C. Muse, Judge Dexter Hamilton, Mayor R.E. Burt, C.F. O'Donnell, Newton Ayres, Cullen F. Thomas, Dr. C.M. Grigsby, Dr. R.B. McBride, John E. Forrester, J.N. Mendenhall and R.L. Thornton. Dallas Morning News. Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. October 1927.
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Mrs. Augusta Antony, 72, writer and widow of the late Congressman E.L. Antony, died suddenly Tuesday morning at her home, 3415 Harvard avenue [Dallas, Texas]. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J.A. Brown of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Miss Beryl Antony of Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. L.C. McBride and Mrs. H.R. McInnis of Dallas, and Mrs. James Slack of Menard; and a brother, S.J. Houghton of Dallas. Mrs. Antony, the daughter of Judge J.A. Houghton, was born in Georgetown [Texas] in August, 1855. She was married in Milam County in 1876 and moved to Dallas in 1910. She was a member of the Dallas Penwomen's Club, the Texas Poetry Club, the Writers' Club and the Lawyers Wives' Club. Her last piece of writing was a poem in tribute to the late Mrs. J.C. Muse. She was a member also of the First Baptist Church. . . . Funeral services . . . will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. L.C. McBride, 5306 Gaston avenue. Mr. George W. Truett, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Earnest R. Tennant, R.J. Thorne, John W. Forrester, A.L. Pearson, T.A. Robinson, Leon M. Taylor. Honorary pallbearers will be: E.B. Muse, Judge Tom L. McCollough, Herbert Prince, Judge J.C. Muse, Judge Dexter Hamilton, Mayor R.E. Burt, C.F. O'Donnell, Newton Ayres, Cullen F. Thomas, Dr. C.M. Grigsby, Dr. R.B. McBride, John E. Forrester, J.N. Mendenhall and R.L. Thornton. Dallas Morning News. Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. October 1927.
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