GOUGH JOY wrote: > > Coverage goes back to 1884, but may be spotty. There is no obituary > listed for Wm Driggers in 1896. > Joy > > Bill & Lee Driggers wrote: > > > > Does anyone know if the McKinney newspaper goes back to 1895-6. My > > ggrandfather died in Bailey Texas. One of his granddaughters use to > > write for the McKinney paper..Rosa Lee Driggers Calhoun. William > > Driggers died in 1896. I would like to find a obit for him. > > > > Any info would be appreciated. Bailey may be covered by the Bonham or Paris Texas area newspapers, of which I have no information, but they are the county seats of Fannin and Lamar counties respectively. I can't remember when Collin and other counties were carved out of the original Fannin county, but it was way before your time in question. Mitzi Hammond Perkins