Clara Glenn Walker daughter of Green B. and Sarah Thomas (Moore) Taylor.Clara Glenn Taylor married James Lucius Walker on October 20,1897 in Borden.The couple celebrated sixty years of marriage.
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Mrs. Clara Walker, 83, Dies In Fire Near Eagle Lake
An explosion apparently touched off by leaking butane gas caused a fire that claimed the life of Mrs.Clara Walker,83,former Osage resident,Wednesday night,July 4.
The explosion and fire destroyed Mrs.Walker's home,where she lived alone,about 7 miles south of Eagle Lake in the vicinity of Matthews.Her body was found among he ashes of what had been a room next to the kitchen.She usually kept all the inside doors closed and possibly after the explosion awakened her she had gone to the kitchen and opened the door before the fire overcame her.
Her daughter,Mrs.G.M. Cason,who lives half a mile away heard the explosion about midnight or shortly after and saw the glow from the flames.She tried to reach her mother's home but the heat prevented her from even passing on the road.She drove to Eagle Lake by another route and summoned help,but the fire by that time was beyond control.
Mrs.Walker,the former Miss Clara Taylor,was born and reared at Osage,northeast of here,on the Charlie Moore place,but had lived most of her life in the Eagle Lake section.She and her husband returned to live for several years with Mr.Moore,then moved back to the Eagle Lake area.Mr.Walker died about four years ago.
Mrs.Walker was a cousin of Mrs.H.B. Hopper and each year had been spending a few days of the summer in the Hopper home here.She had visited here Monday through Saturday of the week before her death.
Surviving in addition to Mrs.Cason is another daughter,Mrs.Skinner of Falfurrias,a son,three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were held Friday at the Eagle Lake Methodist church,with burial in Lakeside Cemetery.
Weimar Mercury,July 12,1962,page 1
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Mrs. Clara Walker, 83, Dies In Fire Near Eagle Lake
An explosion apparently touched off by leaking butane gas caused a fire that claimed the life of Mrs.Clara Walker,83,former Osage resident,Wednesday night,July 4.
The explosion and fire destroyed Mrs.Walker's home,where she lived alone,about 7 miles south of Eagle Lake in the vicinity of Matthews.Her body was found among he ashes of what had been a room next to the kitchen.She usually kept all the inside doors closed and possibly after the explosion awakened her she had gone to the kitchen and opened the door before the fire overcame her.
Her daughter,Mrs.G.M. Cason,who lives half a mile away heard the explosion about midnight or shortly after and saw the glow from the flames.She tried to reach her mother's home but the heat prevented her from even passing on the road.She drove to Eagle Lake by another route and summoned help,but the fire by that time was beyond control.
Mrs.Walker,the former Miss Clara Taylor,was born and reared at Osage,northeast of here,on the Charlie Moore place,but had lived most of her life in the Eagle Lake section.She and her husband returned to live for several years with Mr.Moore,then moved back to the Eagle Lake area.Mr.Walker died about four years ago.
Mrs.Walker was a cousin of Mrs.H.B. Hopper and each year had been spending a few days of the summer in the Hopper home here.She had visited here Monday through Saturday of the week before her death.
Surviving in addition to Mrs.Cason is another daughter,Mrs.Skinner of Falfurrias,a son,three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were held Friday at the Eagle Lake Methodist church,with burial in Lakeside Cemetery.
Weimar Mercury,July 12,1962,page 1
Clara Glenn Walker daughter of Green B. and Sarah Thomas (Moore) Taylor.Clara Glenn Taylor married James Lucius Walker on October 20,1897 in Borden.The couple celebrated sixty years of marriage.
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Mrs. Clara Walker, 83, Dies In Fire Near Eagle Lake
An explosion apparently touched off by leaking butane gas caused a fire that claimed the life of Mrs.Clara Walker,83,former Osage resident,Wednesday night,July 4.
The explosion and fire destroyed Mrs.Walker's home,where she lived alone,about 7 miles south of Eagle Lake in the vicinity of Matthews.Her body was found among he ashes of what had been a room next to the kitchen.She usually kept all the inside doors closed and possibly after the explosion awakened her she had gone to the kitchen and opened the door before the fire overcame her.
Her daughter,Mrs.G.M. Cason,who lives half a mile away heard the explosion about midnight or shortly after and saw the glow from the flames.She tried to reach her mother's home but the heat prevented her from even passing on the road.She drove to Eagle Lake by another route and summoned help,but the fire by that time was beyond control.
Mrs.Walker,the former Miss Clara Taylor,was born and reared at Osage,northeast of here,on the Charlie Moore place,but had lived most of her life in the Eagle Lake section.She and her husband returned to live for several years with Mr.Moore,then moved back to the Eagle Lake area.Mr.Walker died about four years ago.
Mrs.Walker was a cousin of Mrs.H.B. Hopper and each year had been spending a few days of the summer in the Hopper home here.She had visited here Monday through Saturday of the week before her death.
Surviving in addition to Mrs.Cason is another daughter,Mrs.Skinner of Falfurrias,a son,three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were held Friday at the Eagle Lake Methodist church,with burial in Lakeside Cemetery.
Weimar Mercury,July 12,1962,page 1
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Mrs. Clara Walker, 83, Dies In Fire Near Eagle Lake
An explosion apparently touched off by leaking butane gas caused a fire that claimed the life of Mrs.Clara Walker,83,former Osage resident,Wednesday night,July 4.
The explosion and fire destroyed Mrs.Walker's home,where she lived alone,about 7 miles south of Eagle Lake in the vicinity of Matthews.Her body was found among he ashes of what had been a room next to the kitchen.She usually kept all the inside doors closed and possibly after the explosion awakened her she had gone to the kitchen and opened the door before the fire overcame her.
Her daughter,Mrs.G.M. Cason,who lives half a mile away heard the explosion about midnight or shortly after and saw the glow from the flames.She tried to reach her mother's home but the heat prevented her from even passing on the road.She drove to Eagle Lake by another route and summoned help,but the fire by that time was beyond control.
Mrs.Walker,the former Miss Clara Taylor,was born and reared at Osage,northeast of here,on the Charlie Moore place,but had lived most of her life in the Eagle Lake section.She and her husband returned to live for several years with Mr.Moore,then moved back to the Eagle Lake area.Mr.Walker died about four years ago.
Mrs.Walker was a cousin of Mrs.H.B. Hopper and each year had been spending a few days of the summer in the Hopper home here.She had visited here Monday through Saturday of the week before her death.
Surviving in addition to Mrs.Cason is another daughter,Mrs.Skinner of Falfurrias,a son,three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were held Friday at the Eagle Lake Methodist church,with burial in Lakeside Cemetery.
Weimar Mercury,July 12,1962,page 1
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