This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hubert, Sanders, McBurnett, Robertson, Bonner Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/8671 Message Board Post: Dallas Morning News, 10 Nov 1936 Resident of Rockdale Since Founding Dies Rockdale, Milam Co., Tex, Nov 9 – W. Frank Hubert, 89, died at his home at Minerva, seven miles north of Rockdale, Monday. Funeral services will be held at Minerva Tuesday. Hubert was one of the few surviving early day settlers of Rockdale. He was born at Nacogdoches, but came as a young man to this section of Milam County and soon after the founding of Rockdale, he opened a hardware and saddle business. He was the last surviving member of the old Rockdale Social Club, organized by a group of bachelors in 1874, the year Rockdale was established. Hubert married Miss Minerva May Sanders, whose grandfather came to Milam County in 1853 and for whom the town of Minerva was named. He had engaged in the farming industry at Minerva for many years and was known for his fine grape vineyards. He is survived by his wife, five children, Dr. J. S. Hubert of Cameron, Mrs. C. W. McBurnett of Dallas, Mrs. David Robertson and Ralph and Frank Hubert of Minerva, and one sister, Mrs. John S. Bonner of Rockdale.