> Freestone County Obituaries > A new message, "Mr. F. R. Huckaby," was posted by Catherine Simmons on > Tue, 24 Oct 2000 > > Surname: Huckaby, Blake, McDonald > > > > --- > NAME: Catherine Simmons > EMAIL: [email protected] > DATE: Oct 24 2000 > URL: http:// > QRYTEXT: I have no connection to this family. > > Fairfield Recorder, Fairfield Texas > > Friday, Feb. 20, 1925 > > DEATH CLAIMS WELL KNOWN AND RESPECTED CITIZEN > Another of our old time citizen was removed when death claimed Mr. F. R. Huckaby at 6:20 last Saturday evening. He had been ill only a few days at the home of his daughter, Miss Fuller Huckaby. His remains were interned in the Fairfiled Cemetery the following afternoon with Masonic Honors, He having long been a member of the Fairfield Masonic Lodge. An enormous crowd gathered at the cemetery to pay their last respects. Represented citzens being present from Teague, Kirven, Oakwood, Wortham and near by and nearly every community in this county. Mr. Huckaby was nearly 78 years of age and his family moved here from Alabama when he was two years old, settling on the Adams place south of town. He moved to Fairfield and later to his home place east of Faifield. The last few years he hade been making his home in town with his children. He was a man of sterling character and of a happy cheerful disposition and was effectionaly called Uncle Frank by the younger generation of citizens! > who loved to be with him at all times. > He is survied by the following children: Mrs. Ples Blake of Greenville and Mrs. J. A McDonald and Fuller Huckaby of Fairfield > . > > > This is an automatically-generated notice. > > <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/FreestoneObits?admin> >