Spouse: Lizzie McCommas
Father: John H. McCommas
Man Born in County
Before Beginning of
Civil War Expires.
J. H. (Jack) McCommas, 78, of 5428 Worth, who was born in Dallas County in the pre-Civil War days when Dallas was a mere town, died Wednesday at a local hospital.
Mr. McCommas was born on the old Greenville road, now Abrams road, near where the Bob-O-Links golf course now is located, on January 14, 1857. He lived there until his marriage in 1882 to Miss Lizzie D. Fisher, daughter of the late Tom Fisher, former county commissioner. Then he moved to Mockingbird Lane and lived on a farm there until 1928, when he moved to 5428 Worth. His wife preceded him in death.
The late Elisha McCommas, for whom McCommas lane was named, was an uncle of J. H. McCommas.
Surviving Mr. McCommas are two daughters, Mrs. J. E. Body, Mrs. L. G. Godard and Mrs. A. L. Keyes, all of Dallas; ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mr. McCommas was a member of the Christian church.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon, the hour to be announced later.
- August 8, 1935, Dallas Morning News, Sec. II, p. 1, col. 2.
FUNERAL TO BE HELD FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR J. H.
M'COMMAS, 78
_________
Funeral services for J. H. (Jack) McCommas, 78, of 5428 Worth Street, who died Wednesday at a local hospital, will be held Friday at 4 p.m. at the Ed C. Smith Funeral Church, with the Rev. Ed Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Murray Boyd, Fred McCommas, Wallie McCommas, Leonard Godard, Jr., all grandsons, and Tom B. Fisher and Edgar Fisher, nephews.
Survivors are two sons, Charles McCommas and Raymond McCommas; three daughters, Mrs. J. H. Boyd, Mrs. L. G. Godard and Mrs. A. L. Keys, all of Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Jones Burgess, Mrs. Mattie Williamson and Mrs. Laura Vance, and ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mr. McCommas was a member of the Christian Church and a son of the late John McCommas, for whom McCommas' Bluff, where the first lock and dam on the Trinity River was located, was named.
He was a member of the Half Century Club, sponsored by The Times Herald. He was born in Dallas County during pre-civil war days on the old Greenville Road, now known as Abrams Road, near the Bob-o-Link golf course, which is operated by a nephew, Harry McCommas.
He later moved to Mocking Bird Lane. He was married to Miss Lizzie D. Fisher, daughter of the late Tom Fisher, county commissioner.
- August 8, 1935, Dallas Times Herald, Sec. II, p. 11, col. 7.
Father: John H. McCommas
Man Born in County
Before Beginning of
Civil War Expires.
J. H. (Jack) McCommas, 78, of 5428 Worth, who was born in Dallas County in the pre-Civil War days when Dallas was a mere town, died Wednesday at a local hospital.
Mr. McCommas was born on the old Greenville road, now Abrams road, near where the Bob-O-Links golf course now is located, on January 14, 1857. He lived there until his marriage in 1882 to Miss Lizzie D. Fisher, daughter of the late Tom Fisher, former county commissioner. Then he moved to Mockingbird Lane and lived on a farm there until 1928, when he moved to 5428 Worth. His wife preceded him in death.
The late Elisha McCommas, for whom McCommas lane was named, was an uncle of J. H. McCommas.
Surviving Mr. McCommas are two daughters, Mrs. J. E. Body, Mrs. L. G. Godard and Mrs. A. L. Keyes, all of Dallas; ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mr. McCommas was a member of the Christian church.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon, the hour to be announced later.
- August 8, 1935, Dallas Morning News, Sec. II, p. 1, col. 2.
FUNERAL TO BE HELD FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR J. H.
M'COMMAS, 78
_________
Funeral services for J. H. (Jack) McCommas, 78, of 5428 Worth Street, who died Wednesday at a local hospital, will be held Friday at 4 p.m. at the Ed C. Smith Funeral Church, with the Rev. Ed Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Murray Boyd, Fred McCommas, Wallie McCommas, Leonard Godard, Jr., all grandsons, and Tom B. Fisher and Edgar Fisher, nephews.
Survivors are two sons, Charles McCommas and Raymond McCommas; three daughters, Mrs. J. H. Boyd, Mrs. L. G. Godard and Mrs. A. L. Keys, all of Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Jones Burgess, Mrs. Mattie Williamson and Mrs. Laura Vance, and ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mr. McCommas was a member of the Christian Church and a son of the late John McCommas, for whom McCommas' Bluff, where the first lock and dam on the Trinity River was located, was named.
He was a member of the Half Century Club, sponsored by The Times Herald. He was born in Dallas County during pre-civil war days on the old Greenville Road, now known as Abrams Road, near the Bob-o-Link golf course, which is operated by a nephew, Harry McCommas.
He later moved to Mocking Bird Lane. He was married to Miss Lizzie D. Fisher, daughter of the late Tom Fisher, county commissioner.
- August 8, 1935, Dallas Times Herald, Sec. II, p. 11, col. 7.
Spouse: Lizzie McCommas
Father: John H. McCommas
Man Born in County
Before Beginning of
Civil War Expires.
J. H. (Jack) McCommas, 78, of 5428 Worth, who was born in Dallas County in the pre-Civil War days when Dallas was a mere town, died Wednesday at a local hospital.
Mr. McCommas was born on the old Greenville road, now Abrams road, near where the Bob-O-Links golf course now is located, on January 14, 1857. He lived there until his marriage in 1882 to Miss Lizzie D. Fisher, daughter of the late Tom Fisher, former county commissioner. Then he moved to Mockingbird Lane and lived on a farm there until 1928, when he moved to 5428 Worth. His wife preceded him in death.
The late Elisha McCommas, for whom McCommas lane was named, was an uncle of J. H. McCommas.
Surviving Mr. McCommas are two daughters, Mrs. J. E. Body, Mrs. L. G. Godard and Mrs. A. L. Keyes, all of Dallas; ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mr. McCommas was a member of the Christian church.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon, the hour to be announced later.
- August 8, 1935, Dallas Morning News, Sec. II, p. 1, col. 2.
FUNERAL TO BE HELD FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR J. H.
M'COMMAS, 78
_________
Funeral services for J. H. (Jack) McCommas, 78, of 5428 Worth Street, who died Wednesday at a local hospital, will be held Friday at 4 p.m. at the Ed C. Smith Funeral Church, with the Rev. Ed Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Murray Boyd, Fred McCommas, Wallie McCommas, Leonard Godard, Jr., all grandsons, and Tom B. Fisher and Edgar Fisher, nephews.
Survivors are two sons, Charles McCommas and Raymond McCommas; three daughters, Mrs. J. H. Boyd, Mrs. L. G. Godard and Mrs. A. L. Keys, all of Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Jones Burgess, Mrs. Mattie Williamson and Mrs. Laura Vance, and ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mr. McCommas was a member of the Christian Church and a son of the late John McCommas, for whom McCommas' Bluff, where the first lock and dam on the Trinity River was located, was named.
He was a member of the Half Century Club, sponsored by The Times Herald. He was born in Dallas County during pre-civil war days on the old Greenville Road, now known as Abrams Road, near the Bob-o-Link golf course, which is operated by a nephew, Harry McCommas.
He later moved to Mocking Bird Lane. He was married to Miss Lizzie D. Fisher, daughter of the late Tom Fisher, county commissioner.
- August 8, 1935, Dallas Times Herald, Sec. II, p. 11, col. 7.
Father: John H. McCommas
Man Born in County
Before Beginning of
Civil War Expires.
J. H. (Jack) McCommas, 78, of 5428 Worth, who was born in Dallas County in the pre-Civil War days when Dallas was a mere town, died Wednesday at a local hospital.
Mr. McCommas was born on the old Greenville road, now Abrams road, near where the Bob-O-Links golf course now is located, on January 14, 1857. He lived there until his marriage in 1882 to Miss Lizzie D. Fisher, daughter of the late Tom Fisher, former county commissioner. Then he moved to Mockingbird Lane and lived on a farm there until 1928, when he moved to 5428 Worth. His wife preceded him in death.
The late Elisha McCommas, for whom McCommas lane was named, was an uncle of J. H. McCommas.
Surviving Mr. McCommas are two daughters, Mrs. J. E. Body, Mrs. L. G. Godard and Mrs. A. L. Keyes, all of Dallas; ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mr. McCommas was a member of the Christian church.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon, the hour to be announced later.
- August 8, 1935, Dallas Morning News, Sec. II, p. 1, col. 2.
FUNERAL TO BE HELD FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR J. H.
M'COMMAS, 78
_________
Funeral services for J. H. (Jack) McCommas, 78, of 5428 Worth Street, who died Wednesday at a local hospital, will be held Friday at 4 p.m. at the Ed C. Smith Funeral Church, with the Rev. Ed Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Murray Boyd, Fred McCommas, Wallie McCommas, Leonard Godard, Jr., all grandsons, and Tom B. Fisher and Edgar Fisher, nephews.
Survivors are two sons, Charles McCommas and Raymond McCommas; three daughters, Mrs. J. H. Boyd, Mrs. L. G. Godard and Mrs. A. L. Keys, all of Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Jones Burgess, Mrs. Mattie Williamson and Mrs. Laura Vance, and ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mr. McCommas was a member of the Christian Church and a son of the late John McCommas, for whom McCommas' Bluff, where the first lock and dam on the Trinity River was located, was named.
He was a member of the Half Century Club, sponsored by The Times Herald. He was born in Dallas County during pre-civil war days on the old Greenville Road, now known as Abrams Road, near the Bob-o-Link golf course, which is operated by a nephew, Harry McCommas.
He later moved to Mocking Bird Lane. He was married to Miss Lizzie D. Fisher, daughter of the late Tom Fisher, county commissioner.
- August 8, 1935, Dallas Times Herald, Sec. II, p. 11, col. 7.
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