The following was published in the Big Spring Daily Herald on Wednesday, December 13, 1944:
Pioneer Resident
Dies At Local
Hospital Today
Mrs. David Philips, 82, pioneer resident of Big Spring and mother of a widely known family, died at a local hospital early Wednesday following extended illness.
Rites will be held at the Eberley-Curry chapel with the Rev. H. C. Smith, First Methodist pastor, in charge but time of the funeral is pending arrival of a son from Tennessee.
Born Bettie Stroud in new Middleton, Tenn. on Jan. 23, 1862, she came to Texas in 1882, setting with her husband and infant son at Tyler. In April of 1898 the family moved to Big Spring, and this had been her home continuously since.
Mr. Philips was a life-long and faithful member of the Methodist church and was active in its affairs until failing health intervened several years ago. She was widely known and loved throughout the area.
Burial will be beside the grave of her husband, David Philips, who died April 22, 1920.
Survivors included four sons, Col. H. F. Philips, Dallas, Shine Philips, Big Spring, Dr. Dan D. Philips, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., and Dr. Jesse Philips, Lubbock; one daughter, Mrs. B . D. Boswell, El Paso; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
The body will lie in state at the chapel until time for services. Pallbearers will be Dr. C. W. Deats, Dr. Woffard Hardy, Joe Flock, Cliff Talbot, Bob Piner, Grover Cunningham, W. E. Carnrike. Friends of the family will be considered honorary pallbearers.
The following information was supplied by Macy Myrick:
Tennessee State Marriage Bond #137
David Philips to
Bettie Stroud
10 Sep 1879, Smith County, Tennessee
Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Bettie Stroud Philips, 1944
Name: Bettie Stroud Philips
Death Date: 13 Dec 1944
Death Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 82 years 10 months 20 days
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1862
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: Thomas Stroud
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Adeline Davis
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Big Spring, Howard, Texas
Cemetery: I.O.O.F. Cemetery
Burial Place: Big Spring, Texas
Burial Date: 14 Dec 1944
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137866
Digital Film Number: 4029652
Image Number: 2554
Reference Number: 71596
Source Citation
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDP3-ZFP : accessed 10 Aug 2012), Bettie Stroud Philips, 13 Dec 1944; citing reference 71596, State Registrar Office, Austin, Texas.
Pioneer Resident
Dies At Local
Hospital Today
Mrs. David Philips, 82, pioneer resident of Big Spring and mother of a widely known family, died at a local hospital early Wednesday following extended illness.
Rites will be held at the Eberley-Curry chapel with the Rev. H. C. Smith, First Methodist pastor, in charge but time of the funeral is pending arrival of a son from Tennessee.
Born Bettie Stroud in new Middleton, Tenn. on Jan. 23, 1862, she came to Texas in 1882, setting with her husband and infant son at Tyler. In April of 1898 the family moved to Big Spring, and this had been her home continuously since.
Mr. Philips was a life-long and faithful member of the Methodist church and was active in its affairs until failing health intervened several years ago. She was widely known and loved throughout the area.
Burial will be beside the grave of her husband, David Philips, who died April 22, 1920.
Survivors included four sons, Col. H. F. Philips, Dallas, Shine Philips, Big Spring, Dr. Dan D. Philips, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., and Dr. Jesse Philips, Lubbock; one daughter, Mrs. B . D. Boswell, El Paso; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
The body will lie in state at the chapel until time for services. Pallbearers will be Dr. C. W. Deats, Dr. Woffard Hardy, Joe Flock, Cliff Talbot, Bob Piner, Grover Cunningham, W. E. Carnrike. Friends of the family will be considered honorary pallbearers.
The following information was supplied by Macy Myrick:
Tennessee State Marriage Bond #137
David Philips to
Bettie Stroud
10 Sep 1879, Smith County, Tennessee
Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Bettie Stroud Philips, 1944
Name: Bettie Stroud Philips
Death Date: 13 Dec 1944
Death Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 82 years 10 months 20 days
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1862
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: Thomas Stroud
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Adeline Davis
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Big Spring, Howard, Texas
Cemetery: I.O.O.F. Cemetery
Burial Place: Big Spring, Texas
Burial Date: 14 Dec 1944
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137866
Digital Film Number: 4029652
Image Number: 2554
Reference Number: 71596
Source Citation
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDP3-ZFP : accessed 10 Aug 2012), Bettie Stroud Philips, 13 Dec 1944; citing reference 71596, State Registrar Office, Austin, Texas.
The following was published in the Big Spring Daily Herald on Wednesday, December 13, 1944:
Pioneer Resident
Dies At Local
Hospital Today
Mrs. David Philips, 82, pioneer resident of Big Spring and mother of a widely known family, died at a local hospital early Wednesday following extended illness.
Rites will be held at the Eberley-Curry chapel with the Rev. H. C. Smith, First Methodist pastor, in charge but time of the funeral is pending arrival of a son from Tennessee.
Born Bettie Stroud in new Middleton, Tenn. on Jan. 23, 1862, she came to Texas in 1882, setting with her husband and infant son at Tyler. In April of 1898 the family moved to Big Spring, and this had been her home continuously since.
Mr. Philips was a life-long and faithful member of the Methodist church and was active in its affairs until failing health intervened several years ago. She was widely known and loved throughout the area.
Burial will be beside the grave of her husband, David Philips, who died April 22, 1920.
Survivors included four sons, Col. H. F. Philips, Dallas, Shine Philips, Big Spring, Dr. Dan D. Philips, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., and Dr. Jesse Philips, Lubbock; one daughter, Mrs. B . D. Boswell, El Paso; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
The body will lie in state at the chapel until time for services. Pallbearers will be Dr. C. W. Deats, Dr. Woffard Hardy, Joe Flock, Cliff Talbot, Bob Piner, Grover Cunningham, W. E. Carnrike. Friends of the family will be considered honorary pallbearers.
The following information was supplied by Macy Myrick:
Tennessee State Marriage Bond #137
David Philips to
Bettie Stroud
10 Sep 1879, Smith County, Tennessee
Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Bettie Stroud Philips, 1944
Name: Bettie Stroud Philips
Death Date: 13 Dec 1944
Death Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 82 years 10 months 20 days
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1862
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: Thomas Stroud
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Adeline Davis
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Big Spring, Howard, Texas
Cemetery: I.O.O.F. Cemetery
Burial Place: Big Spring, Texas
Burial Date: 14 Dec 1944
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137866
Digital Film Number: 4029652
Image Number: 2554
Reference Number: 71596
Source Citation
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDP3-ZFP : accessed 10 Aug 2012), Bettie Stroud Philips, 13 Dec 1944; citing reference 71596, State Registrar Office, Austin, Texas.
Pioneer Resident
Dies At Local
Hospital Today
Mrs. David Philips, 82, pioneer resident of Big Spring and mother of a widely known family, died at a local hospital early Wednesday following extended illness.
Rites will be held at the Eberley-Curry chapel with the Rev. H. C. Smith, First Methodist pastor, in charge but time of the funeral is pending arrival of a son from Tennessee.
Born Bettie Stroud in new Middleton, Tenn. on Jan. 23, 1862, she came to Texas in 1882, setting with her husband and infant son at Tyler. In April of 1898 the family moved to Big Spring, and this had been her home continuously since.
Mr. Philips was a life-long and faithful member of the Methodist church and was active in its affairs until failing health intervened several years ago. She was widely known and loved throughout the area.
Burial will be beside the grave of her husband, David Philips, who died April 22, 1920.
Survivors included four sons, Col. H. F. Philips, Dallas, Shine Philips, Big Spring, Dr. Dan D. Philips, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., and Dr. Jesse Philips, Lubbock; one daughter, Mrs. B . D. Boswell, El Paso; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
The body will lie in state at the chapel until time for services. Pallbearers will be Dr. C. W. Deats, Dr. Woffard Hardy, Joe Flock, Cliff Talbot, Bob Piner, Grover Cunningham, W. E. Carnrike. Friends of the family will be considered honorary pallbearers.
The following information was supplied by Macy Myrick:
Tennessee State Marriage Bond #137
David Philips to
Bettie Stroud
10 Sep 1879, Smith County, Tennessee
Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Bettie Stroud Philips, 1944
Name: Bettie Stroud Philips
Death Date: 13 Dec 1944
Death Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 82 years 10 months 20 days
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1862
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: Thomas Stroud
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Adeline Davis
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Big Spring, Howard, Texas
Cemetery: I.O.O.F. Cemetery
Burial Place: Big Spring, Texas
Burial Date: 14 Dec 1944
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137866
Digital Film Number: 4029652
Image Number: 2554
Reference Number: 71596
Source Citation
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDP3-ZFP : accessed 10 Aug 2012), Bettie Stroud Philips, 13 Dec 1944; citing reference 71596, State Registrar Office, Austin, Texas.
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