This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lappington, Vinson, King Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5689 Message Board Post: Cameron Herald – Thur., 10 April 1902 Death - Miss Gertrude Lappington died at the home of Mr. & Mrs. J. M. King, in Cameron, last Saturday night after suffering with pneumonia for several days. Funeral was a 3 p.m. last Monday afternoon with burial in the Oak Hill cemetery. She was born in Mobile, AL in 1839. In 1890, she came to Texas from Franklin, LA and for the last 6-years had lived in Cameron. Since 1882, she has been with the Vinson children and has been with Miss Judith Vinson as a foster mother since 1888. For some time, was in charge at the Milam hospital administering to the wants of suffering humanity and to the hospital patients she endeared herself. [lengthy article]