A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Texas > Henderson http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2413 Also visit our new sister site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=38416 Submitted by: Fourls1223 Article Title: Athens Weekly Review Article Date: June 15 1921 Article Description: Obituary of R. L. Gauntt Article Text: R. L. Gauntt Died this Morning Had been connected with business interests for past thirty years __________ R. L. Gauntt, one of the leading business men of the city died suddenly at his home at four 0'clock this morning. Pernicious malaria was attributed as the cause of his death. Mr. Gauntt had been confined to his home the past twow weeks , but Tuesday morning was able to come to town for a short time . Aabout 11 )'clock Tuesday, he had a chill and returned to his home. It was first thought to be an ordinary chill, but later developed that he suffered a conjestive chill. He had another chill at eleven o'clock Tuesday night and from then until four o'clock his conditioned grew worse. Funeral services will be held from the First Baptist Church tomorrow(Thursday) morning at eleven o,clock conducted by the pastor, Rev. M.L. Fuller. R. L. Gauntt, or , "General",as he was better known to his acquaintances was born at what is known as New York co! mmunity June 13 1862. As in the case of most other deaths occurring this year, he died within a few days of his birthday. He was the son of John and Martha Owen Gauntt who came to Texas to Texas in 1851 from the state of Georgia. Mr. Gauntt ws educated in the public schoold of New York and Myrtle Springs and gew to manhood at New York. on reaching his majority , he and his brothre moved to Athens and conducted a business under the name of Gauntt Bros, handling a general line of merchandise. Later the brother dropped out of the firum and business has been conducted a number of years under the name of R.L.Gauntt and the business was owned by he and his sons. On June 13 , his birthday, 1882, Mr. Gauntt married to Misss Tommie Broughton of Tyler, Texas. To this union six children were born , all of whom are living. They are Broughton, Douglas and Milton, Miss Mary Lee, Mrs. C.E. Antle (Martha Owen) and Miss Salena. In addition to his wife , he is survived by four brothe! rs, J.R. , W.M., J.B. and Dee Gauntt and two sisters, Mrs. tom Bell of tyler and Mrs. Roxie Mackey of LaRue. Note: Actually, the Owens came from Alabama, and it is thought they did come together. John W. Gauntt had a cousin living in Randolph Co , the same place that the Owens were in 1850 census. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ TX-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com