From First 100 Years Nolan County Texas, Pages 398-399, published in 1985 by the Nolan County Genealogical Society (out of print, but transcribed with permission):
FANNIE LOUISA WHITTENBURG-ABBIE MAUDE WHITTENBURG
Fannie Louisa Whittenburg was four years of age and Abbie was two when they came to Nolan County with their parents, Tom Whittenburg and Lucy Nunn. Tom and Lucy had been absent from the county for five years, living in Falfurrias (Brooks County, Texas) where the girls were born. Their childhood was spent on the Whittenburg farm north of Sweetwater on the Roby Highway. Both were members of the First Christian Church and graduated from Sweetwater High School, Fannie in 1927 and Abbie in 1930.
In 1921, when Fannie was eleven, she became ill with osteomelitis, a purulent inflammation of the bone in her knee. This illness is significant to the history of Nolan County because there was no hospital and Drs. A.A. Chapman and L.O. Dudgeon had only recently installed the first X-ray machine in Sweetwater in their offices. They were able, by its use, to diagnose this infection. The surgery was performed in the living room of the family home with Tom's nephew, Dr. Henry Bennett of Lamesa, administering the anesthetic (chloroform). A sheet was tacked above the hospital table to prevent dust and contamination.
After high school, Fannie attended Mary Hardin-Baylor and Southwest Texas State Universities and Our Lady of the Lake (San Antonio). She worked in public schools of Texas as a teacher and counselor for 37 years, retiring in 1973 to become an artist and write her families' histories.
Fannie was married in 1935 to Paul Henry Suffel of Tuleta, Texas. He was a graduate of Texas A&M and a teacher of vocational agriculture. They have one son, Richard Paul Suffel of Walker Energy in Houston, and two grandsons, Sean and Scott.
Abbie took jobs with Mr. McCorkle in the auto finance business, Chrysler Corporation, and as a typist in Sweetwater. She was married in 1931 to Jeptha T. Whorton, who was employed by Texas Electric Service Company, Eskota Station. He was transferred in 1933 to Wink, Texas, where both their children, Tommie Louise and James Tennison, were born. In 1943, they moved to Tahoka, Texas, where Jep worked for an implement company, farmed and did contracting and building houses. Abbie studied and kept General Motors double entry books for 10 years, owned and operated her own dress shop, "Abbie's Fashion Shop", for 16 years until the fatal auto accident which took Jep's life on 30 May 1964.
Abbie then moved to Lubbock and got her insurance and state and national securities licenses after attending Louisiana State University. She was the first woman with Continental Casualty company to produce $25,000 in premium dollars her first year in Lubbock.
Abbie's family includes children Tommie Louise Beckwith (divorced), who is a financial aids officer at Texas Tech University; Byron and son Christopher; Karon Bybee and children Stephanie, Bradley, Andy and Kristi; and son James Tennison Whorton who has sons Jeffrey and Jay.
Lynson Easton Thomas, Jr., an independent oil wildcatter, and Abbie were married 16 June 1984 in Lubbock.
Fannie and Abbie own property on Paradise Point, Lake Buchanan, Tow, Texas, and when Abbie's house (which L.E. has designed so beautifully for the lots) is built, they will be living near each other for the first time since they grew up in the family home in Sweetwater.
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FANNIE LOUISA WHITTENBURG-ABBIE MAUDE WHITTENBURG
Fannie Louisa Whittenburg was four years of age and Abbie was two when they came to Nolan County with their parents, Tom Whittenburg and Lucy Nunn. Tom and Lucy had been absent from the county for five years, living in Falfurrias (Brooks County, Texas) where the girls were born. Their childhood was spent on the Whittenburg farm north of Sweetwater on the Roby Highway. Both were members of the First Christian Church and graduated from Sweetwater High School, Fannie in 1927 and Abbie in 1930.
In 1921, when Fannie was eleven, she became ill with osteomelitis, a purulent inflammation of the bone in her knee. This illness is significant to the history of Nolan County because there was no hospital and Drs. A.A. Chapman and L.O. Dudgeon had only recently installed the first X-ray machine in Sweetwater in their offices. They were able, by its use, to diagnose this infection. The surgery was performed in the living room of the family home with Tom's nephew, Dr. Henry Bennett of Lamesa, administering the anesthetic (chloroform). A sheet was tacked above the hospital table to prevent dust and contamination.
After high school, Fannie attended Mary Hardin-Baylor and Southwest Texas State Universities and Our Lady of the Lake (San Antonio). She worked in public schools of Texas as a teacher and counselor for 37 years, retiring in 1973 to become an artist and write her families' histories.
Fannie was married in 1935 to Paul Henry Suffel of Tuleta, Texas. He was a graduate of Texas A&M and a teacher of vocational agriculture. They have one son, Richard Paul Suffel of Walker Energy in Houston, and two grandsons, Sean and Scott.
Abbie took jobs with Mr. McCorkle in the auto finance business, Chrysler Corporation, and as a typist in Sweetwater. She was married in 1931 to Jeptha T. Whorton, who was employed by Texas Electric Service Company, Eskota Station. He was transferred in 1933 to Wink, Texas, where both their children, Tommie Louise and James Tennison, were born. In 1943, they moved to Tahoka, Texas, where Jep worked for an implement company, farmed and did contracting and building houses. Abbie studied and kept General Motors double entry books for 10 years, owned and operated her own dress shop, "Abbie's Fashion Shop", for 16 years until the fatal auto accident which took Jep's life on 30 May 1964.
Abbie then moved to Lubbock and got her insurance and state and national securities licenses after attending Louisiana State University. She was the first woman with Continental Casualty company to produce $25,000 in premium dollars her first year in Lubbock.
Abbie's family includes children Tommie Louise Beckwith (divorced), who is a financial aids officer at Texas Tech University; Byron and son Christopher; Karon Bybee and children Stephanie, Bradley, Andy and Kristi; and son James Tennison Whorton who has sons Jeffrey and Jay.
Lynson Easton Thomas, Jr., an independent oil wildcatter, and Abbie were married 16 June 1984 in Lubbock.
Fannie and Abbie own property on Paradise Point, Lake Buchanan, Tow, Texas, and when Abbie's house (which L.E. has designed so beautifully for the lots) is built, they will be living near each other for the first time since they grew up in the family home in Sweetwater.
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The Above Information Furnished By:
Janie Healer Davis (#46586213)
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From First 100 Years Nolan County Texas, Pages 398-399, published in 1985 by the Nolan County Genealogical Society (out of print, but transcribed with permission):
FANNIE LOUISA WHITTENBURG-ABBIE MAUDE WHITTENBURG
Fannie Louisa Whittenburg was four years of age and Abbie was two when they came to Nolan County with their parents, Tom Whittenburg and Lucy Nunn. Tom and Lucy had been absent from the county for five years, living in Falfurrias (Brooks County, Texas) where the girls were born. Their childhood was spent on the Whittenburg farm north of Sweetwater on the Roby Highway. Both were members of the First Christian Church and graduated from Sweetwater High School, Fannie in 1927 and Abbie in 1930.
In 1921, when Fannie was eleven, she became ill with osteomelitis, a purulent inflammation of the bone in her knee. This illness is significant to the history of Nolan County because there was no hospital and Drs. A.A. Chapman and L.O. Dudgeon had only recently installed the first X-ray machine in Sweetwater in their offices. They were able, by its use, to diagnose this infection. The surgery was performed in the living room of the family home with Tom's nephew, Dr. Henry Bennett of Lamesa, administering the anesthetic (chloroform). A sheet was tacked above the hospital table to prevent dust and contamination.
After high school, Fannie attended Mary Hardin-Baylor and Southwest Texas State Universities and Our Lady of the Lake (San Antonio). She worked in public schools of Texas as a teacher and counselor for 37 years, retiring in 1973 to become an artist and write her families' histories.
Fannie was married in 1935 to Paul Henry Suffel of Tuleta, Texas. He was a graduate of Texas A&M and a teacher of vocational agriculture. They have one son, Richard Paul Suffel of Walker Energy in Houston, and two grandsons, Sean and Scott.
Abbie took jobs with Mr. McCorkle in the auto finance business, Chrysler Corporation, and as a typist in Sweetwater. She was married in 1931 to Jeptha T. Whorton, who was employed by Texas Electric Service Company, Eskota Station. He was transferred in 1933 to Wink, Texas, where both their children, Tommie Louise and James Tennison, were born. In 1943, they moved to Tahoka, Texas, where Jep worked for an implement company, farmed and did contracting and building houses. Abbie studied and kept General Motors double entry books for 10 years, owned and operated her own dress shop, "Abbie's Fashion Shop", for 16 years until the fatal auto accident which took Jep's life on 30 May 1964.
Abbie then moved to Lubbock and got her insurance and state and national securities licenses after attending Louisiana State University. She was the first woman with Continental Casualty company to produce $25,000 in premium dollars her first year in Lubbock.
Abbie's family includes children Tommie Louise Beckwith (divorced), who is a financial aids officer at Texas Tech University; Byron and son Christopher; Karon Bybee and children Stephanie, Bradley, Andy and Kristi; and son James Tennison Whorton who has sons Jeffrey and Jay.
Lynson Easton Thomas, Jr., an independent oil wildcatter, and Abbie were married 16 June 1984 in Lubbock.
Fannie and Abbie own property on Paradise Point, Lake Buchanan, Tow, Texas, and when Abbie's house (which L.E. has designed so beautifully for the lots) is built, they will be living near each other for the first time since they grew up in the family home in Sweetwater.
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The Above Information Furnished By:
Janie Healer Davis (#46586213)
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FANNIE LOUISA WHITTENBURG-ABBIE MAUDE WHITTENBURG
Fannie Louisa Whittenburg was four years of age and Abbie was two when they came to Nolan County with their parents, Tom Whittenburg and Lucy Nunn. Tom and Lucy had been absent from the county for five years, living in Falfurrias (Brooks County, Texas) where the girls were born. Their childhood was spent on the Whittenburg farm north of Sweetwater on the Roby Highway. Both were members of the First Christian Church and graduated from Sweetwater High School, Fannie in 1927 and Abbie in 1930.
In 1921, when Fannie was eleven, she became ill with osteomelitis, a purulent inflammation of the bone in her knee. This illness is significant to the history of Nolan County because there was no hospital and Drs. A.A. Chapman and L.O. Dudgeon had only recently installed the first X-ray machine in Sweetwater in their offices. They were able, by its use, to diagnose this infection. The surgery was performed in the living room of the family home with Tom's nephew, Dr. Henry Bennett of Lamesa, administering the anesthetic (chloroform). A sheet was tacked above the hospital table to prevent dust and contamination.
After high school, Fannie attended Mary Hardin-Baylor and Southwest Texas State Universities and Our Lady of the Lake (San Antonio). She worked in public schools of Texas as a teacher and counselor for 37 years, retiring in 1973 to become an artist and write her families' histories.
Fannie was married in 1935 to Paul Henry Suffel of Tuleta, Texas. He was a graduate of Texas A&M and a teacher of vocational agriculture. They have one son, Richard Paul Suffel of Walker Energy in Houston, and two grandsons, Sean and Scott.
Abbie took jobs with Mr. McCorkle in the auto finance business, Chrysler Corporation, and as a typist in Sweetwater. She was married in 1931 to Jeptha T. Whorton, who was employed by Texas Electric Service Company, Eskota Station. He was transferred in 1933 to Wink, Texas, where both their children, Tommie Louise and James Tennison, were born. In 1943, they moved to Tahoka, Texas, where Jep worked for an implement company, farmed and did contracting and building houses. Abbie studied and kept General Motors double entry books for 10 years, owned and operated her own dress shop, "Abbie's Fashion Shop", for 16 years until the fatal auto accident which took Jep's life on 30 May 1964.
Abbie then moved to Lubbock and got her insurance and state and national securities licenses after attending Louisiana State University. She was the first woman with Continental Casualty company to produce $25,000 in premium dollars her first year in Lubbock.
Abbie's family includes children Tommie Louise Beckwith (divorced), who is a financial aids officer at Texas Tech University; Byron and son Christopher; Karon Bybee and children Stephanie, Bradley, Andy and Kristi; and son James Tennison Whorton who has sons Jeffrey and Jay.
Lynson Easton Thomas, Jr., an independent oil wildcatter, and Abbie were married 16 June 1984 in Lubbock.
Fannie and Abbie own property on Paradise Point, Lake Buchanan, Tow, Texas, and when Abbie's house (which L.E. has designed so beautifully for the lots) is built, they will be living near each other for the first time since they grew up in the family home in Sweetwater.
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The Above Information Furnished By:
Janie Healer Davis (#46586213)
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