I don't have a Mrs. Ford in my family (at least not that I know of) but I have many Wrights from Bell Co and surrounding counties. Is there anyone who knows the Mrs. Wright mentioned? Thanks, Pat in OK Kathy Jones wrote: > > For those researching the Dallas Cemetery, the following obit appeared in the Bartlett Tribune and News on Friday, December 12, 1913. > > Grandma Ford Dead > > Yesterday afternoon, about > 1:30 o'clock, Mrs. Ford, familiar- > ly known as Grandma Ford, sud- > denly expired at her home in > this city. She had been sick for > the past week, confined to her > bed, but her condition was not > considered serious. While the > family were at dinner she at- > tempted to rise from her bed and > fell---never regaining conscious- > ness, and soon her spirit was > called where "the weary are at > rest." > Mrs. Ford was 82 years of age, > and was among the oldest set- > tlers of this section, ahving re- > sided in Bartlett with her son, > Ed Ford, and her daughter, Mrs. > Wright, for many years. She > was a member of the Christian > church, a good neighbor, a lov- > ing mother, who will be greatly > missed. Her husband preceeded > her to the grave several years > ago. She leaves one son and > two daughters to mourn her > death. They are: Ed Ford, > Mrs. Wright, Bartlett, and Mrs. > J. D. Jackson, Alpine. > To the bereaved we extend our > sympathy. May a kind Provi- > dence be over them, and may > they so live that when the sum- > mons shall come, they will be re- > united iwth the one for whom > they now mourn. > Mrs. Ford's remains will be > laid to rest in the Dallas ceme- > tery, near Holland tomorrow. > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Hosted By The Fine Folks At RootsWeb, For Genealogy > Bell County Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell