Miss Geneva Wright married John Franklin Gilmore on 21 December 1889. The couple made their home on a ranch 10 miles southeast of Graham in the Henry Chapel Community.

The last episode in the long and colorful life of Mrs. Geneva Wright Gilmore, 82, of 902 Second Street, beloved matriarch of Young County, Texas ended.

Services were held at the First Methodist Church with Rev. Joe I. Patterson, of Mexia, former pastor and Rev. Robert Richmond, pastor of Salem Methodist Church officiating.

Miss Geneva Wright moved to Texas with her parents, stopping a short time at Weatherford before coming to Young County. They encountered many hardships along the way. They traveled by covered wagon.

Her father preceded his family to Young County and purchased the land for their future home. Her father built a log house with two logs sawed out for a window that had a plank shutter swung on leather hinges in the Conner Creek community.

Mrs. Gilmore united with the Methodist Church with her parents in 1887 and lived a devoted Christian life. She had lived in Young County, Texas for 70 years.

Mrs. Gilmore grew up with this region, saw it develop from that raw hard country it was when she came here to the rich industrial and farming area of today. It was during her residence the Indians were driven across the Red River into Indian Territory; the government conducted organized slaughter of the buffalo and one railroad after another penetrated into Northwest Texas and Young County.

In later years, when she and her family were financially secure and she had time to sit and dream, she did not look back or talk of the past as do many elderly people. She was interested in today and tomorrow. Yesterday had received her best and she was content to let it go. After her husband's death, she moved to Graham. A lively, alert woman, she had great interest in the activities and achievements of her children and grandchildren.

Survived by six daughters - Mrs. Homer Williams, Mrs. Bill Sanders, Mrs. Bob Wells, Mrs. Leonard Atwood, Mrs. Ruth Atwood, Mrs. Lucie Martin; three sons - Harvey Gilmore, E. B. Gilmore, Simon Gilmore; one sister - Mrs. Nora McClure; one brother - Alfred Wright; 26 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren.

Contributed by Dorman Holub