Sunday, August 04, 2013

Ernest Barksdale (1883-1932)

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Ernest Barksdale, 49, died at his home, 2617 Beauchamp, Wednesday night.  (28 April 1932).  He is survived by a step-son, W.C. Kane; a daughter Miss Delores Barksdale; three sons, Ernest, J.A., and O. Barksdale; three sisters Mrs. T.A. McCollum, Mrs. Will Hartmer and Mrs. E.A. Kyeurz, all of Houston. 

He was a member of the B. or R.T., Bayou City Lodge No. 145.  Funeral services will be held at his home at 4pm Friday.  Burial will be in the Hollywood Cemetery, with Rev. T.J. Windham officiating.  Services at the grave will be in charge of Bayou Lodge No. 145, B. or R.T.  The pallbearers will be P.A. Chapman, L. Smith, C.E. Smith, D.W. Robinson, B.E. DeMoss.  The Fogle-West company is in charge of the body.

++ Obituary published in an unidentified Houston, Texas newspaper.  Cemetery records indicate the deceased was born in Brenham, Texas, with no exact date of birth given.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.


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