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CARTWRIGHT, Elizabeth (Mrs.
Peter) Died 8 Aug 1857. Ref: BB 3:6.9 "Jul" 1857 - Voucher "Carrying coffin
from Montgomery to her former residence;" 9 Aug 1857 - Voucher "For Coffin &
Box." Ref: BB 3:9. Cartwright Cemetery. Marker: "Elizabeth Ann Shaw
Cartwright 15 Jun 1783 - 7 Aug 1857." Ref: Cem 1:36. Contact
Valerie J. Adams
Richard "Ricky" Allen
Funeral services
for Richard "Ricky" W. Allen will be Friday, Oct. 27, 2000,
at 10 a.m., at Metcalf Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ed
Kucera officiating. Interment will follow in Cartwright
Cemetery under the direction of Metcalf Funeral Directors. A
Rosary will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2000 with
a visitation Thursday from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m., at Metcalf
Funeral Home. Mr. Allen was born June 16, 1956 in Houston
and passed away Monday, Oct. 23, 2000, in Montgomery. He was
preceded in death by his brother, Derrell Allen.
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Katherine "Nonnie"
Campbell
Cashner Funeral Home,
936-756-2126
August 14, 2001
Services for Katherine "Nonnie"
Campbell, 82, of Dacus, will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, August 15, 2001,
in Cashner Colonial Chapel with Chuck Bryce and Herb Campbell officiating.
Interment will be at Rabon Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5
p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, August 14, 2001, at Cashner Funeral Home. "Nonnie"
was born November 11, 1918, in Wetmore, Kan., and passed away August 13,
2001 in Dacus, Texas. She as a member of Dacus Baptist Church, West
Montgomery County Support Group and retired from Montgomery I.S.D.
Morgan Sykes
Cartwright III
Graveside Services for Morgan
Sykes Cartwright III, age 61, will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, Nov. 3, 2003,
at the Cartwright Cemetery. Family will received friends on Monday from 11
a.m., until noon at Metcalf Funeral Home prior to going to the Cartwright
Cemetery. Mr. Cartwright was born May 5, 1942, in Conroe, Texas and passed
away October 31, 2003, in Livingston, Texas. He retired from Shell Oil
Company after 25 years. Morgan is preceded in death by his grandparents who
raised him, Jasper and Morgan Cartwright, Sr.
Robbie "Bitsy"
Cartwright
Funeral services for Robbie
"Bitsy" Cartwright, 64, of Montgomery will be held Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003,
at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of Metcalf Funeral Directors with Harold Freeman,
Governor Clements, and Kenneth Turner officiating. Interment will follow in
Cartwright Cemetery. Bitsy was born Jan. 28, 1939, in Montgomery, Texas and
passed away Aug. 24, 2003 in Montgomery. She was loved by all who knew her.
Bitsy was very active in community affairs and will be greatly missed. Bitsy
was a wonderful woman with a zest for life. She never met a stranger and
could find something in common to talk about with everyone. She loved her
husband, children, and grandchildren with a passion. Bitsy gave a most
valiant fight for life, but in the end she was ready to be with the Lord.
E. W. “Bill” Farmer
Metcalf Funeral Home,
936-756-3311
July 18, 2000
Coldsprings, 1926-2000
E.W. “Bill” Farmer, 73, of
Coldsprings, passed away Monday, July 17, 2000. Bill was born Sept. 3, 1926,
in Ida, La. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and
great-grandfather.
He was preceded in death by his
wife, Vida Mae Farmer. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m.,
Tuesday, July 18, 2000, at Metcalf Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at
11:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 19, 2000, at Metcalf Funeral Home. Interment
services will follow in Rabon Chapel Cemetery.
Connor Reece Phillips
Updated:
10.01.07
Connor Reece Phillips,
12, of Montgomery went to be with the Lord on September 28, 2007
at his home in Montgomery. He was born September 10, 1995 in
Houston, Texas to Ronnie and Lou Ann Phillips. Connor is preceded
in death by his father, Ronnie. He is survived by his mother, Lou
Ann Phillips of Montgomery, and brother and sister-in-law, Ryan
and Brooke Phillips of Montgomery. Connor lived his life to the
fullest every day. He was a sixth-grade student at Montgomery
Middle School in Montgomery, Texas. He was a member of Dacus
Baptist Church where he enjoyed praising and serving his Lord. He
was also an active member of the Montgomery Dobbin 4-H Club where
his greatest love was to show pigs. Many of his greatest pleasures
were to be out in the woods riding his horse, penning cows, wild
hog hunting, team roping or hunting and fishing. He has touched
many lives over his 12 short years while battling cancer but he
never let it slow him down. His reply to all of us was always,
"It'll be all right." He will be greatly missed but will forever
be in our hearts. Visitation will be held Monday evening, October
1, 2007 from 6 - 8 p.m. at Metcalf Funeral Home. A celebration of
Connor's life is set for 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at Lone
Star Cowboy Church, Texas 105 West, Montgomery, Texas. Interment
will follow in Rabon Chapel Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will
be Jim Casey, Scott Knee, Jamie Kitkoski, Buddy Lane, Randy Roan,
Aaron Shead, Dennis Walls, Jacob West and Raymond Jordan
(honorary). In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the Dacus
Baptist Church Phillips Memorial Fund or M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center/Pediatrics. To leave a tribute in memory of Connor, please
visit
www.mem.com.
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Willard E. "Shorty"
Phillips
Metcalf Funeral Directors, (936)
756-3311
May 15, 2002
Funeral services for Willard E.
"Shorty" Phillips, 80, of Shiro, Texas, will be 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, May
15, 2002 at Metcalf Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Chuck Bryce officiating.
Mr. Phillips was born September 10, 1921 in Dacus, Texas and passed away May
13, 2002 in Huntsville, Texas. Mr. Phillips retired from Montgomery County
and was a former POW serving in the Army during WWII.
Fay Provose Sunday
Wallace
Addison-Smith Funeral Home,
(936) 890-0454
or 1(888) 249-4950
03/23/2005
Funeral service for Fay
Provose Sunday Wallace, 91, of New Waverly, will be held 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 24th at New Waverly church of Christ; interment to follow
at Rabon Chapel Cemetery in Montgomery. Family will receive friends from
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Addison-Smith Funeral Home. Mrs. Wallace was
born November 18, 1913 in Angelina County, Texas and passed away March 20,
2005 in Conroe.
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Stories
Does anyone know Ruben Vaughan's family?
by Jim Webre,
Courier staff
March 30, 2001
I don't know why, but a lot of
military history – and fabulous military history
– came my way in the past two weeks. I want to
share some of it with you, and maybe get your help in locating a few people.
Resting in Rabon Chapel Cemetery
outside Montgomery is Ruben L. Vaughan, who died June 14, 1943, near an
Australian township called Baker Creek.
Vaughan was one of 35 passengers
and six crew members aboard a B-17C making its way from Mackay, Queensland,
Australia, back to Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea, a return from R and R
afforded the military men fighting the Japanese during the early years of
World War II.
Vaughan is one of several
generations of American heroes and veterans from wars and conflicts dating
back to the Texas war for independence from Mexico.
There are so many stories buried
in the cemeteries of Texas, especially those in Montgomery and most of
Texas' oldest communities. Sometimes, I think the history of our state and
our heritage could be extrapolated from the headstones I have seen. Flu
epidemics in the early 1900s, wars and famine, accidents and simply old age.
And children who got sick and died when there was no such thing as CHPS and
Medicaid.
But the story of how Ruben L.
Vaughan died is a piece of history that leads back to Montgomery County and
a lot of other places. Teddy Hanks of Wichita Falls can tell you about it.
On behalf of the Bakers Creek Memorial Association, which is dedicated in
part to locating the survivors of the men who perished in that B-17C. "Most
of the families of the 35 passengers aboard the makeshift transport were
never informed how and where their loved ones died," Hanks said. Basically,
the United States Army Air Force, the air arm of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
Pacific campaign, were permitted to send a few men every so often to
Australia for a respite.
Guys were given 10-day leaves to
travel to Mackay. And one of the planes used to transport men and cargo was
an older model B-17 bomber that was unfit for combat duty and, therefore,
had been fitted out as a transport. The B-17C carrying Vaughan and the rest
of the guys left Mackay at about zero six hundred hours (6 a.m. for you
non-military types), and within a few minutes, it had crashed near the
community of Bakers Creek. Two men were still alive, one in critical
condition.
Foye Kenneth Roberts survived,
while the more seriously injured man died. Roberts was from Quanah, Texas,
up in Hardeman County, which is a place I used to cover when I worked the
regional desk in Wichita Falls. Roberts is now 80 years old or so and
confined to a nursing home in the seat of Wichita County, where he has been
since 1946 because of his debilitating injuries.
Roberts and the other dead
soldiers and airmen were disinterred in 1949 and brought home.
Hanks is trying to find them
based on records obtained from the Graves Registration Service of the
National Archives.
He's looking for a lot of
people, and the relatives of Ruben L. Vaughn are among them.
If you are related to Ruben L.
Vaughn, or if you know someone who might be related to him, call Teddy Hanks
at (940) 855-0602, or write him at 7585 Burkburnett Road, Wichita Falls,
Texas 76305-6684.
Montgomery County's own Bob
Feldman is a survivor of the last warship sunk by enemy action in World War
II.
He's having a reunion for other
survivors of that perilous culmination this weekend at his home in April
Sound. It's a four-day event that will include a paddle-wheel boat ride on
Lake Conroe, visits to NASA and other neat stuff.
Bob Quinn, the other April Sound
resident I told you about recently, will have a book signing for his novel
Damon at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1310 Lake Woodlands Drive, in, of
course, The Woodlands, from 7-8 p.m. April 7.
It's a great book about a young
man who joins the Navy while only 16 years old and comes of age in the
service. A lot of guys did this, including my Dad, rest his soul. The story
is worth a read. If you enlisted in the armed services back when it was
still possible to do so, you gotta buy this book. Heck, buy it anyway. Bob
is the author of other works as well, including a murder mystery.
Jim Webre covers unincorporated
Montgomery County and its smaller communities. If it's not Conroe or The
Woodlands, it's his. Write him at 100 Ave. A, Conroe, TX 77301; call (936)
756-6671, ext. 246; or e-mail him at courier@lcc.net.
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