TX Death Records: Alvin Atwood PARKER died in Wichita County on 28 Jan 1937, file #5833. You can get a certified copy of his death certificate from the Texas Department of State Health Services. (Vital Statistics Forms: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/reqproc/forms.shtm) Or you can get a photocopy of his death certificate at the Dallas Public Library (if you live in or near Dallas. Or if you can find someone in or near Dallas to go to the DPL.) If he lived in Gainesville (note the E in Gainesville), that's probably where his obit was published. It's probably in the Cooke County Library in Gainesville. You could try the Cooke County web site <http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcooke/cookeinfo.htm> or the Cooke County mailing list <http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/TX/cooke.html>. Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> cogdon@yahoo.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Parker, Thomas > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RAC.2ACI/1592 > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for information on the death of my grandfather Alvin Atwood Parker b Apr 1881 TX d 28 Jan 1937 he was married to Ollie Thomas, Cooke co. TX 1900. He died while working in Electra, Wichita, TX but the family lived in Gainsville, Cooke, TX. Obit would be of help or would someone know where to find a death cert that far back