Camp Hulen was a military base. The CCC Company 1805 may have been stationed there for a short while. I have found nothing that stated that they were ever there. The different CCC companies moved from place to place, project to project all over the state. Joe Boyd Williams SRT Cape Carancahua, Texas -----Original Message----- From: Jan [mailto:toni@stic.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:43 PM To: TXMATAGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TXMATAGO] Re: CCC Camp near Palacios Here is another site for CCC Camp (aka Camp Hulen). Just run a google search with the term "Camp Hulen." http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/qbc17.html -----Original Message----- From: Joe Williams [mailto:joekate@direcway.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 1:41 PM To: TXMATAGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TXMATAGO] Re: CCC Camp near Palacios >From a google search on the CCC Texas. Project Company Date Railroad City SP-9 1805 6/11/1933 Palacios Palacios Hope this is of some help. Joe Boyd Williams SRT Cape Carancahua, Texas -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Basicbetsy@al.com Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:52 PM To: TXMATAGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXMATAGO] Re: CCC Camp near Palacios This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3073.1 Message Board Post: My brother and Uncle also served in this CCC Camp but I can't find a record of it. If you find out anything, would you let me know how so I can check the records of my brother? Thank you very much B. Samuels ==== TXMATAGO Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address TXMATAGO-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- ==== TXMATAGO Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net ==== TXMATAGO Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net

Here is another site for CCC Camp (aka Camp Hulen). Just run a google search with the term "Camp Hulen." http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/qbc17.html -----Original Message----- From: Joe Williams [mailto:joekate@direcway.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 1:41 PM To: TXMATAGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TXMATAGO] Re: CCC Camp near Palacios >From a google search on the CCC Texas. Project Company Date Railroad City SP-9 1805 6/11/1933 Palacios Palacios Hope this is of some help. Joe Boyd Williams SRT Cape Carancahua, Texas -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Basicbetsy@al.com Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:52 PM To: TXMATAGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXMATAGO] Re: CCC Camp near Palacios This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3073.1 Message Board Post: My brother and Uncle also served in this CCC Camp but I can't find a record of it. If you find out anything, would you let me know how so I can check the records of my brother? Thank you very much B. Samuels ==== TXMATAGO Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address TXMATAGO-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- ==== TXMATAGO Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net

It was also called Camp Hulen. My great grand uncle by marriage served there. Here is a site. http://www.kwanah.com/txmilmus/1940/hulen.htm Jan -----Original Message----- From: Joe Williams [mailto:joekate@direcway.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 1:41 PM To: TXMATAGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TXMATAGO] Re: CCC Camp near Palacios >From a google search on the CCC Texas. Project Company Date Railroad City SP-9 1805 6/11/1933 Palacios Palacios Hope this is of some help. Joe Boyd Williams SRT Cape Carancahua, Texas -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Basicbetsy@al.com Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:52 PM To: TXMATAGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXMATAGO] Re: CCC Camp near Palacios This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3073.1 Message Board Post: My brother and Uncle also served in this CCC Camp but I can't find a record of it. If you find out anything, would you let me know how so I can check the records of my brother? Thank you very much B. Samuels ==== TXMATAGO Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address TXMATAGO-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- ==== TXMATAGO Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net

The Texas Parks and Wildlife site has a historical story of the CCC that mentions Company 1805. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/historic_sites/ccc/ Joe Boyd Williams SRT Cape Carancahua, Texas -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Basicbetsy@al.com Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:52 PM To: TXMATAGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXMATAGO] Re: CCC Camp near Palacios This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3073.1 Message Board Post: My brother and Uncle also served in this CCC Camp but I can't find a record of it. If you find out anything, would you let me know how so I can check the records of my brother? Thank you very much B. Samuels ==== TXMATAGO Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address TXMATAGO-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D-

From a google search on the CCC Texas. Project Company Date Railroad City SP-9 1805 6/11/1933 Palacios Palacios Hope this is of some help. Joe Boyd Williams SRT Cape Carancahua, Texas -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Basicbetsy@al.com Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:52 PM To: TXMATAGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXMATAGO] Re: CCC Camp near Palacios This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3073.1 Message Board Post: My brother and Uncle also served in this CCC Camp but I can't find a record of it. If you find out anything, would you let me know how so I can check the records of my brother? Thank you very much B. Samuels ==== TXMATAGO Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address TXMATAGO-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D-

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3073.1 Message Board Post: My brother and Uncle also served in this CCC Camp but I can't find a record of it. If you find out anything, would you let me know how so I can check the records of my brother? Thank you very much B. Samuels

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/plB.2ACI/3629.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so much for the prompt reply. This informaton is a great help in putting my Grandmothers family together. Now that I know the daughters married name maybe I will be able to make contact with her. Thanks again. Pat

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eggleston, Shearer, Hodges, Oden, Luska Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3631 Message Board Post: EGGLESTON Graveside services for Egbert Elem Eggleston, 80, were held Aug. 2, at 2 p.m. at the Palacios Cemetery with Rev. Doug Blanton officiating. Eggleston was born July 22, 1904 in Atlanta, TX and died July 31, 1904[sic] (1984) at his residence. He was a retired self employed retail merchant and had been a resident of the area since 1931. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Peggy Shearer of Victoria; two sisters, Verna Hodges of Oakwood, TX and Vera Oden of Baton Rouge, LA; and two grandchildren, Kelly Luska and Zayne Luska of Victoria. The Daily Tribune Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas August 3?, 1984

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eggleston Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/plB.2ACI/3629.1 Message Board Post: EGGLESTON Graveside services were held for Irene Eggleston, 77, of Palacios, 2 p.m.today (Monday) at Palacios Cemetery. Officiating at the services was the Rev. J. H.? Gwin. Eggleston died April 30, 1983 at Wagner General Hospital. Survivors include husband, E. E. Eggleston of Palacios; daughter, Peggy Shearer of Victoria; 2 grandchildren. Arrangements with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home Palacios. The Daily Tribune Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas May 2, 1983 EGGLESTON Graveside services for Egbert Elem Eggleston, 80, were held Aug. 2, at 2 p.m. at the Palacios Cemetery with Rev. Doug Blanton officiating. Eggleston was born July 22, 1904 in Atlanta, TX and died July 31, 1904[sic] (1984) at his residence. He was a retired self employed retail merchant and had been a resident of the area since 1931. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Peggy Shearer of Victoria; two sisters, Verna Hodges of Oakwood, TX and Vera Oden of Baton Rouge, LA; and two grandchildren, Kelly Luska and Zayne Luska of Victoria. The Daily Tribune Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas August 3?, 1984

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eggleston, Jordan, Shearer Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3630 Message Board Post: EGGLESTON Graveside services were held for Irene Eggleston, 77, of Palacios, 2 p.m.today (Monday) at Palacios Cemetery. Officiating at the services was the Rev. J. H.? Gwin. Eggleston died April 30, 1983 at Wagner General Hospital. Survivors include husband, E. E. Eggleston of Palacios; daughter, Peggy Shearer of Victoria; 2 grandchildren. Arrangements with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home Palacios. The Daily Tribune Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas May 2, 1983

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eggleston/Jordan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/plB.2ACI/3629 Message Board Post: I am looking for an Obit and/or place of burial of Egbert Eggleston ( E.E. Eggleston) and Irene Jordan Eggleston. Egbert was born July 4, 1904 and died July 1984 in Palacios, Matagorda Co., TX and Irene was born Jan. 28, 1906 and died April 1983 same location according to the Social Security Death Index. Irene was my grandmothers sister. Any help or advice on how to find these records would be appreciated. Thanks. Pat

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Romig, Garr Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3628 Message Board Post: Frances Garr Romig was born in 1902 in Independence, KS to Hershel and Florence Garr. She died in 1960 in El Campo, TX. She was married to Ivan Romig and had three children. If anyone has information and/or photos of Frances or her immediate family, please contact me directly at c_gunter@hotmail.com. Any help is greatly appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: James, Hightower, Smith, Woodard, Lunford, Spradley, Rideaux, Moses Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3627 Message Board Post: JAMES Roosevelt James, 72, of Pledger, Texas passed away, Friday, June 27, 2003 in Houston, Texas of natural causes. He was born October 27, 1930. Funeral services will be Thursday, July 3, 2003 at 1 p.m. at Union Baptist Church, Pledger, Texas with the Rev. E. Bonner, officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday, July 2, 2003 from 1 to 9 p.m. Burial will follow at Union Baptist Cemetery, Pledger, Texas in Pledger, Texas. He is survived by: his four sons: Wilford James (Rosie), Mallorey James (Pattie), Kenneth James and Penard James, two stepsons, Johnny Jones (Anette) and Willie Jones (Bernice); five daughters: Margaret Hightower (Thomas), Evelyn Smith (Howard), Paula Woodard (Kim), Flora Lunford (Michael), and Tyra Spradley (Charles); two stepdaughters: Naomi White (Albert), and Alice Faye Walker (Percy); two brothers: R. L. James (Nina), and Freddie James (Cookie) ; two sisters: Earlene Rideaux and Odessa Moses; and 81 grandchildren ; and a host of great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Pallbearers: Wilford James, Pernard James, Mallory James, Johnny Jones, Kenneth James, Ervin Woodard. Honorary Pallbearers: Ray Hudson, Eric James, Shawreilburgess, Shaw Ray Hudson, Michael Lundford, Jr., Mallory James, Jr., Kendricksgary, Paul Woodard and Charles Spradley, Jr. Arrangements are with E. Viola and Son Funeral Home. A00014D2003JL02 The Bay City Tribune Wednesday, July 2, 2003 Matagorda County, Texas

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Sherry, Byrd, Sullivan, Taylor Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3626 Message Board Post: Tonya Annette Smith Feb. 28, 1962 — Jan. 26, 2006 Tonya Annette Smith, 43, of Bay City, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2006, at her residence. She was born February 28, 1962, in Bay City, to Eugene Hershall and Bobbie Elizabeth Byrd Sherry. Mrs. Smith was a lifelong resident of Bay City and a member of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church. Tonya is survived by: her husband, Gordon M. Smith of Bay City; daughter and son-in-law, Natasha and Shane Sullivan of Bay City; son, Gordon W. Smith of Bay City; sister and brother-in-law, Lynette and the Rev. Tommy Taylor of Brookshire; one grandchild, Kory Sullivan of Bay City; and parents, Eugene and Bobbie Sherry of Bay City. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, January 30, 2006 at the Apostolic Pentecostal Church, with the Rev. Sam Starks officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Van Vleck. Pallbearers will be Turner Jay, Chris Owen, C.J. Ratliff, Greyson Smith, Shane Sullivan and Tommy Taylor. Donations may be made to the Apostolic Pentecostal Church, 5701 7th St., Bay City, TX 77414, (979) 244-3633. Arrangements with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home of Bay City. (979) 245-4613. The Bay City Tribune January 29, 2006 Matagorda County, Texas

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Loose, Janise, Nemec, Bailey Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3625 Message Board Post: Henry Loose March 18, 1943 — Jan. 25, 2006 Henry Loose, 62, of Markham, Texas, died January 25, 2006, at the Select Specialty Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born March 18, 1943, in Matagorda County, Texas, to the late Marcell and Annie Georgia Janise Loose. Mr. Loose was a member of the Catholic Church of Bay City, and a resident of Markham since 1973. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1961 until 1964, and retired in 1997 as a plant operator for Dow Chemical Co. with 28 years of service. Survivors include: daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Jeff Nemec of Markham; sister, Letha Mae Bailey of Bay City; brother, Walter Loose of Angleton; and three grandchildren, Dustin, Dylan and Derek Nemec, all of Markham. He was preceded in death by his wife, Connie Loose, in October 2000. The rosary was held at 7 p.m. Thursday, January 26, 2006, at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home and the funeral service was held at 10 a.m. Friday at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, with the Rev. Casey Jarzombek officiating. Interment followed at Roselawn Memorial Park. Pallbearers were J.B. Frieley, Ram Menardo, Wayne Anderson, Manuel Anzaldua, Harry “Bubba” Janise and Benito Trevino. Arrangements with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, Bay City (979) 245-4613. The Bay City Tribune January 29, 2006 Matagorda County, Texas

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kocian, Bucek, Wasek, Dornak, Smith Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3624 Message Board Post: Lottie Lee Kocian Feb. 8, 1921 — Jan. 24, 2006 Mrs. Lottie Lee Bucek Kocian, age 84, of Bay City and a former resident of Hungerford, died Tuesday, January 24, 2006, in a Bay City nursing home following an extended illness. She was born on February 8, 1921, in Hungerford, Texas, the daughter of the late William Bucek and Liddie Wasek Bucek. Mrs. Kocian was a longtime resident of Hungerford until moving to Bay City in 1979 to live with her sister, Georgie. She married William A. (Willie) Kocian on April 4, 1946, in Wharton, and he preceded her in death on July 17, 1975. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Wilton J. Bucek and Leonard J. Bucek. Mrs. Kocian was protestant by faith. She was a homemaker all of her life and a member of the S.P.J.S.T. Lodge No. 148 in El Maton. She enjoyed hunting and fishing with her husband and she had a deep appreciation for her pets. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday, January 27, 2006, at the chapel of the Wharton Funeral Home, with Mr. Paul Jones officiating. Burial followed in the Wharton City Cemetery. Survivors include: two sisters, Georgie B. Dornak of El Campo, and Evelyn Smith of Houston. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive. Pallbearers were her nephews, J.W. Bucek, Ken Bucek, Dennis Dornak, Dr. Douglas Dornak, Craig Fendley and Laddis Kocian. If desiring, the family requests memorials to the charity of your choice. Funeral services were under the direction of the Wharton Funeral Home. The Bay City Tribune January 29, 2006 Matagorda County, Texas

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brooker, Martin, Shipman, Price, Davidson, O'Neal, Lanier Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3623 Message Board Post: Edgar Brooker March 31, 1924 — Jan. 26, 2006 Edgar Brooker, 81, of Cedar Lane, died January 26, 2006, at the Veterans Regional Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born March 31, 1924, in Jupiter, Florida, to the late Abner and Bessie Martin Brooker. Mr. Brooker was a member of the Cedar Lane Baptist Church and a resident of Cedar Lane since 1990. He served with the 1st Marine Division during World War II. He participated in occupations of Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu and the Palau group of islands. He was wounded in action September 1944. Mr. Brooker retired as a supervisor from Serta Mattress Co. after 40 years of service. Survivors include: his wife of 60 years, Kathryn Shipman Brooker of Cedar Lane, Texas; son and daughter-in-law, Raymond Lee and Nancy Brooker of Bay City; sister, Nina Jean Price of Florida; brother, Elmer Brooker of Okeechobee, Florida; five grandchildren, Katie Brooker, Justin D. Brooker, Amanda L. Brooker and Mycah K. Brooker, all of Bay City, and Jannell Bostic Davidson of North Carolina. He was preceded in death by: his son, Edgar Lee Brooker; brothers, Cecil, Kermis, Edward, and Lecoats Brooker; and sisters, Bessie O’Neal and Gladys Lanier. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 29, 2006, at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Zack Nicholson officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Van Vleck, Texas. Arrangements with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home. The Bay City Tribune January 29, 2006 Matagorda County, Texas

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Spoonemore, Nance, Sims, Strickland, Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3622 Message Board Post: Georgiann Spoonemore Nov. 7, 1933 — Jan. 20, 2006 Georgiann Nance Spoonemore, 72, passed away Friday, January 20, 2006, at her residence in Canyon Lake, Texas, following a long illness. She was born in Galveston, Texas, on November 7, 1933, to parents David Beall and Albrae Sims Nance. She and her husband owned and operated the Spoonemore’s Office Supply in Bay City for many years. She was a very dedicated member of the First Christian Church of Bay City, where she served as a deaconess and an elder and also served as a Sunday School teacher, led Bible studies and sang in the church choir. She also was active in Women of Faith. After retiring and moving to Canyon Lake, she became a member of The Cradle of Texas — Emmaus Community, and The Red Hat Society of Canyon Lake. She was preceded in death by her parents and her oldest daughter, Patricia Kay Spoonemore. She is survived by: her husband of 53 years, James David Spoonemore; son and his wife, David and Juliet Spoonemore; daughter and her husband, Sandra and Michael Strickland; a grandson and his wife, Hugh and Jamie Strickland; and two great-granddaughters, Malyn and Alexa. A visitation will be held from 5 until 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, January 29, at the First Christian Church in Bay City, with the Rev. James Meurer officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park in Van Vleck. Ladell Sump, Tom Quirk, Richard Ward, Johnny Ryman, Bennie Stevens, C.V. McKelvy, Mike Post and Tommy Lane will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Arden Aldridge, Don Wertz, Forrest Burkhart, Scott Dickerson, Carter Franklin, Ed Miller, Jerry Tallas, Albert Ainsworth and the BCHS Class of 1951. Arrangements are under the direction of Bay City Funeral Home. The Bay City Tribune January 25, 2006 Matagorda County, Texas

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shamrock, Broom, Dillin, Barker, Cachia, Kachnovich, Traniello, Marder Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3621 Message Board Post: Margaret Shamrock Sept. 13, 1938 — Jan. 22, 2006 Margaret Louise Shamrock, 67, of Bay City, Texas, passed from this life on Sunday, January 22, 2006. She was born September 13, 1938, in Sparingburg, Texas, to Ben Youing Broom and Mamie Lou Dillin Broom. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, daughter and sister. Margaret leaves wonderful memories with her family. She is survived by: her children, Nikki Barker and Penny Cachia, both of Bay City, Texas; brothers, Kenneth Broom and wife Xan of Arlington, Texas, and Curtis Broom and wife June of Jacksboro, Texas; sister, Joyce Kachnovich of Lufkin, Texas; grandchildren, David Barker of League City, Texas, Daniel Barker of Waco, Texas, and Madison Traniello of Bay City, Texas; one aunt, Ethelene Mader of Poolville, Texas; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends. Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, B.Y. and Mamie Broom of Graford, Texas. Memorial services for Margaret will be held at 2 p.m. January 28, 2006, at the Poolville First Baptist Church at Poolville, Texas. Special thanks to Dr. Canon, Angels Home Health, Houston Hospice and The Legacy. In lieu of flowers or gifts, please send memorials to the American Cancer Society or Bay City Girls in Scouting, Troop No. 39. The Bay City Tribune January 25, 2006 Matagorda County, Texas