Breckenridge American – Wed. March 20, 1935
FUNERAL RITES ARE HELD FOR BRECK MOTHER
Passing of Mrs. Trammell Carries Thoughts of Many to Early Days.
Editors Note: In view of his intimate acquaintance with Mrs. Jossie Trammell during her lifetime, H.B. Furr of Breckenridge, today has been asked to write of her influence in the community.
By. H.B. Furr.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jossie Trammell, pioneer woman of Stephens county, were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the First Baptist Church. Rev. A.J. Morgan officiating, with Rev. W.Y. Pond assisting.
Mrs. Trammell died Tuesday morning at the home of a sister in Crowell, where she had gone to visit after an illness from which it was thought she was recovering.
A large crowd of friends of the family gathered to pay their respects to Mrs. Trammell and the many floral offerings bore witness to the esteem in which she was held.
Pallbearers were S.J. Osborne, H.B. Furr, Jesse R. Smith, C.M. Caldwell, M.M. Hamil and E.E. Conlee.
Burial was in Eastside cemetery by the side of her husband.
Typical West Texan.
Mrs. Jessie Trammell was born in Collin county, Texas June 22, 1857; was married to W.R. Blackburn in 1875 and came to Stephens county in 1877.
In company with her stalwart young husband, they became citizens of the then frontier of Texas, locating about 12 miles south from Breckenridge, which at that time was known as Picketville, where they engaged in the cattle and sheep business living in a small log hut, which she assisted in building, without floor or windows, yet because of its furnishing shelter from the summer suns and the blizzard's blasts was home to the young pioneers and so often have we heard her comment on the life in this little cabin, saying that some of the happiest days of her life were those spent in this same crude shelter.
The Pioneer Spirit.
She was indeed a pioneer and met the challenge of the West by facing the hardships and privations of frontier life, with neighbors very few and far between, yet with that determination born of necessity, every problem was worked out, every obstacle surmounted and success began to crown their mutual efforts, until they were enabled to erect a more commodious ranch house, where in the years following, they contributed to the world nine children, of whom one died in infancy. Five stalwart sons and three lovely daughters lived to manhood and womanhood. W.R. Blackburn and Bert Blackburn former honored citizens of Stephens county have passed on, while John, Ed and Frank Blackburn, and Mrs. J.F. McMinn, Mrs. Carl Woosley and Mrs. Albert Gentry survive.
Came in Covered Wagon.
Coming to Stephens county in a covered wagon, know at that time as a "prairie schooner" these young people, fired with an ambition to make of the unbroken wilderness, a suitable dwelling place for future generation, found innumerable difficulties to be overcome, serious problems to be met and hardships without number to be encountered, yet, with the fortitude born of a vision for the future, with the romance of their mutual love, and devotion to spur them on, ultimately became leading citizens of a civilization which followed as a result of their pioneering spirit. In 1893 there came to the life of this good woman, perhaps the greatest sorrow of her life in the passing of her devoted husband, W.R. Blackburn, after having proven himself, a loyal and faithful husband and father and an honored and respected citizen of his community, leaving her with the responsibilities of rearing a growing family of children yet despite the difficulties and stern realities of widowhood, she succeeded in educating and sending out into the world five splendid sons and three lovely daughters as her contribution to the future citizenship of her beloved state.
Eventful Life Closed.
Time is a great healer and some four or five years after the loss of her good husband, she was again married, to Rev. W.F. Trammell an honored minister of the gospel and a frontier leader in the Baptist Church.
To this union was born one son, B.H. Trammell successful young business man of Breckenridge whose influence is strongly felt in the civic and religious atmosphere of his native city.
After the death of her second husband, Mrs. Trammell made her home in Breckenridge until her death and in her modest, unassuming way, endeared herself to all with whom she came in contact, numbering her friends by her acquaintance. On Tuesday, March 19, 1935, the spirit of this godly woman slipped quietly away into the realms of the great unknown, in the conscious realization that her contribution to life and good citizenship was only limited by her ability to render service to God and her fellow beings.
Thus closes an eventful life, fraught with good works and kindly deeds and the jewels that shall adorn her crown in the great awakening will only reflect in a moderate way, her unselfish and devout life spent in the service of her God and His creatures. After life's fitful fever, may she rest in peace.
FUNERAL RITES ARE HELD FOR BRECK MOTHER
Passing of Mrs. Trammell Carries Thoughts of Many to Early Days.
Editors Note: In view of his intimate acquaintance with Mrs. Jossie Trammell during her lifetime, H.B. Furr of Breckenridge, today has been asked to write of her influence in the community.
By. H.B. Furr.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jossie Trammell, pioneer woman of Stephens county, were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the First Baptist Church. Rev. A.J. Morgan officiating, with Rev. W.Y. Pond assisting.
Mrs. Trammell died Tuesday morning at the home of a sister in Crowell, where she had gone to visit after an illness from which it was thought she was recovering.
A large crowd of friends of the family gathered to pay their respects to Mrs. Trammell and the many floral offerings bore witness to the esteem in which she was held.
Pallbearers were S.J. Osborne, H.B. Furr, Jesse R. Smith, C.M. Caldwell, M.M. Hamil and E.E. Conlee.
Burial was in Eastside cemetery by the side of her husband.
Typical West Texan.
Mrs. Jessie Trammell was born in Collin county, Texas June 22, 1857; was married to W.R. Blackburn in 1875 and came to Stephens county in 1877.
In company with her stalwart young husband, they became citizens of the then frontier of Texas, locating about 12 miles south from Breckenridge, which at that time was known as Picketville, where they engaged in the cattle and sheep business living in a small log hut, which she assisted in building, without floor or windows, yet because of its furnishing shelter from the summer suns and the blizzard's blasts was home to the young pioneers and so often have we heard her comment on the life in this little cabin, saying that some of the happiest days of her life were those spent in this same crude shelter.
The Pioneer Spirit.
She was indeed a pioneer and met the challenge of the West by facing the hardships and privations of frontier life, with neighbors very few and far between, yet with that determination born of necessity, every problem was worked out, every obstacle surmounted and success began to crown their mutual efforts, until they were enabled to erect a more commodious ranch house, where in the years following, they contributed to the world nine children, of whom one died in infancy. Five stalwart sons and three lovely daughters lived to manhood and womanhood. W.R. Blackburn and Bert Blackburn former honored citizens of Stephens county have passed on, while John, Ed and Frank Blackburn, and Mrs. J.F. McMinn, Mrs. Carl Woosley and Mrs. Albert Gentry survive.
Came in Covered Wagon.
Coming to Stephens county in a covered wagon, know at that time as a "prairie schooner" these young people, fired with an ambition to make of the unbroken wilderness, a suitable dwelling place for future generation, found innumerable difficulties to be overcome, serious problems to be met and hardships without number to be encountered, yet, with the fortitude born of a vision for the future, with the romance of their mutual love, and devotion to spur them on, ultimately became leading citizens of a civilization which followed as a result of their pioneering spirit. In 1893 there came to the life of this good woman, perhaps the greatest sorrow of her life in the passing of her devoted husband, W.R. Blackburn, after having proven himself, a loyal and faithful husband and father and an honored and respected citizen of his community, leaving her with the responsibilities of rearing a growing family of children yet despite the difficulties and stern realities of widowhood, she succeeded in educating and sending out into the world five splendid sons and three lovely daughters as her contribution to the future citizenship of her beloved state.
Eventful Life Closed.
Time is a great healer and some four or five years after the loss of her good husband, she was again married, to Rev. W.F. Trammell an honored minister of the gospel and a frontier leader in the Baptist Church.
To this union was born one son, B.H. Trammell successful young business man of Breckenridge whose influence is strongly felt in the civic and religious atmosphere of his native city.
After the death of her second husband, Mrs. Trammell made her home in Breckenridge until her death and in her modest, unassuming way, endeared herself to all with whom she came in contact, numbering her friends by her acquaintance. On Tuesday, March 19, 1935, the spirit of this godly woman slipped quietly away into the realms of the great unknown, in the conscious realization that her contribution to life and good citizenship was only limited by her ability to render service to God and her fellow beings.
Thus closes an eventful life, fraught with good works and kindly deeds and the jewels that shall adorn her crown in the great awakening will only reflect in a moderate way, her unselfish and devout life spent in the service of her God and His creatures. After life's fitful fever, may she rest in peace.
Breckenridge American – Wed. March 20, 1935
FUNERAL RITES ARE HELD FOR BRECK MOTHER
Passing of Mrs. Trammell Carries Thoughts of Many to Early Days.
Editors Note: In view of his intimate acquaintance with Mrs. Jossie Trammell during her lifetime, H.B. Furr of Breckenridge, today has been asked to write of her influence in the community.
By. H.B. Furr.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jossie Trammell, pioneer woman of Stephens county, were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the First Baptist Church. Rev. A.J. Morgan officiating, with Rev. W.Y. Pond assisting.
Mrs. Trammell died Tuesday morning at the home of a sister in Crowell, where she had gone to visit after an illness from which it was thought she was recovering.
A large crowd of friends of the family gathered to pay their respects to Mrs. Trammell and the many floral offerings bore witness to the esteem in which she was held.
Pallbearers were S.J. Osborne, H.B. Furr, Jesse R. Smith, C.M. Caldwell, M.M. Hamil and E.E. Conlee.
Burial was in Eastside cemetery by the side of her husband.
Typical West Texan.
Mrs. Jessie Trammell was born in Collin county, Texas June 22, 1857; was married to W.R. Blackburn in 1875 and came to Stephens county in 1877.
In company with her stalwart young husband, they became citizens of the then frontier of Texas, locating about 12 miles south from Breckenridge, which at that time was known as Picketville, where they engaged in the cattle and sheep business living in a small log hut, which she assisted in building, without floor or windows, yet because of its furnishing shelter from the summer suns and the blizzard's blasts was home to the young pioneers and so often have we heard her comment on the life in this little cabin, saying that some of the happiest days of her life were those spent in this same crude shelter.
The Pioneer Spirit.
She was indeed a pioneer and met the challenge of the West by facing the hardships and privations of frontier life, with neighbors very few and far between, yet with that determination born of necessity, every problem was worked out, every obstacle surmounted and success began to crown their mutual efforts, until they were enabled to erect a more commodious ranch house, where in the years following, they contributed to the world nine children, of whom one died in infancy. Five stalwart sons and three lovely daughters lived to manhood and womanhood. W.R. Blackburn and Bert Blackburn former honored citizens of Stephens county have passed on, while John, Ed and Frank Blackburn, and Mrs. J.F. McMinn, Mrs. Carl Woosley and Mrs. Albert Gentry survive.
Came in Covered Wagon.
Coming to Stephens county in a covered wagon, know at that time as a "prairie schooner" these young people, fired with an ambition to make of the unbroken wilderness, a suitable dwelling place for future generation, found innumerable difficulties to be overcome, serious problems to be met and hardships without number to be encountered, yet, with the fortitude born of a vision for the future, with the romance of their mutual love, and devotion to spur them on, ultimately became leading citizens of a civilization which followed as a result of their pioneering spirit. In 1893 there came to the life of this good woman, perhaps the greatest sorrow of her life in the passing of her devoted husband, W.R. Blackburn, after having proven himself, a loyal and faithful husband and father and an honored and respected citizen of his community, leaving her with the responsibilities of rearing a growing family of children yet despite the difficulties and stern realities of widowhood, she succeeded in educating and sending out into the world five splendid sons and three lovely daughters as her contribution to the future citizenship of her beloved state.
Eventful Life Closed.
Time is a great healer and some four or five years after the loss of her good husband, she was again married, to Rev. W.F. Trammell an honored minister of the gospel and a frontier leader in the Baptist Church.
To this union was born one son, B.H. Trammell successful young business man of Breckenridge whose influence is strongly felt in the civic and religious atmosphere of his native city.
After the death of her second husband, Mrs. Trammell made her home in Breckenridge until her death and in her modest, unassuming way, endeared herself to all with whom she came in contact, numbering her friends by her acquaintance. On Tuesday, March 19, 1935, the spirit of this godly woman slipped quietly away into the realms of the great unknown, in the conscious realization that her contribution to life and good citizenship was only limited by her ability to render service to God and her fellow beings.
Thus closes an eventful life, fraught with good works and kindly deeds and the jewels that shall adorn her crown in the great awakening will only reflect in a moderate way, her unselfish and devout life spent in the service of her God and His creatures. After life's fitful fever, may she rest in peace.
FUNERAL RITES ARE HELD FOR BRECK MOTHER
Passing of Mrs. Trammell Carries Thoughts of Many to Early Days.
Editors Note: In view of his intimate acquaintance with Mrs. Jossie Trammell during her lifetime, H.B. Furr of Breckenridge, today has been asked to write of her influence in the community.
By. H.B. Furr.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jossie Trammell, pioneer woman of Stephens county, were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the First Baptist Church. Rev. A.J. Morgan officiating, with Rev. W.Y. Pond assisting.
Mrs. Trammell died Tuesday morning at the home of a sister in Crowell, where she had gone to visit after an illness from which it was thought she was recovering.
A large crowd of friends of the family gathered to pay their respects to Mrs. Trammell and the many floral offerings bore witness to the esteem in which she was held.
Pallbearers were S.J. Osborne, H.B. Furr, Jesse R. Smith, C.M. Caldwell, M.M. Hamil and E.E. Conlee.
Burial was in Eastside cemetery by the side of her husband.
Typical West Texan.
Mrs. Jessie Trammell was born in Collin county, Texas June 22, 1857; was married to W.R. Blackburn in 1875 and came to Stephens county in 1877.
In company with her stalwart young husband, they became citizens of the then frontier of Texas, locating about 12 miles south from Breckenridge, which at that time was known as Picketville, where they engaged in the cattle and sheep business living in a small log hut, which she assisted in building, without floor or windows, yet because of its furnishing shelter from the summer suns and the blizzard's blasts was home to the young pioneers and so often have we heard her comment on the life in this little cabin, saying that some of the happiest days of her life were those spent in this same crude shelter.
The Pioneer Spirit.
She was indeed a pioneer and met the challenge of the West by facing the hardships and privations of frontier life, with neighbors very few and far between, yet with that determination born of necessity, every problem was worked out, every obstacle surmounted and success began to crown their mutual efforts, until they were enabled to erect a more commodious ranch house, where in the years following, they contributed to the world nine children, of whom one died in infancy. Five stalwart sons and three lovely daughters lived to manhood and womanhood. W.R. Blackburn and Bert Blackburn former honored citizens of Stephens county have passed on, while John, Ed and Frank Blackburn, and Mrs. J.F. McMinn, Mrs. Carl Woosley and Mrs. Albert Gentry survive.
Came in Covered Wagon.
Coming to Stephens county in a covered wagon, know at that time as a "prairie schooner" these young people, fired with an ambition to make of the unbroken wilderness, a suitable dwelling place for future generation, found innumerable difficulties to be overcome, serious problems to be met and hardships without number to be encountered, yet, with the fortitude born of a vision for the future, with the romance of their mutual love, and devotion to spur them on, ultimately became leading citizens of a civilization which followed as a result of their pioneering spirit. In 1893 there came to the life of this good woman, perhaps the greatest sorrow of her life in the passing of her devoted husband, W.R. Blackburn, after having proven himself, a loyal and faithful husband and father and an honored and respected citizen of his community, leaving her with the responsibilities of rearing a growing family of children yet despite the difficulties and stern realities of widowhood, she succeeded in educating and sending out into the world five splendid sons and three lovely daughters as her contribution to the future citizenship of her beloved state.
Eventful Life Closed.
Time is a great healer and some four or five years after the loss of her good husband, she was again married, to Rev. W.F. Trammell an honored minister of the gospel and a frontier leader in the Baptist Church.
To this union was born one son, B.H. Trammell successful young business man of Breckenridge whose influence is strongly felt in the civic and religious atmosphere of his native city.
After the death of her second husband, Mrs. Trammell made her home in Breckenridge until her death and in her modest, unassuming way, endeared herself to all with whom she came in contact, numbering her friends by her acquaintance. On Tuesday, March 19, 1935, the spirit of this godly woman slipped quietly away into the realms of the great unknown, in the conscious realization that her contribution to life and good citizenship was only limited by her ability to render service to God and her fellow beings.
Thus closes an eventful life, fraught with good works and kindly deeds and the jewels that shall adorn her crown in the great awakening will only reflect in a moderate way, her unselfish and devout life spent in the service of her God and His creatures. After life's fitful fever, may she rest in peace.
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