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Submitted: 8/12/22 • Approved: 8/13/22 • Last Updated: 8/16/22 • R531101-G531100-S3
March 2, 1862-January 28, 1946
Mother
At Rest
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Funeral Services For Mrs. Williams To Be Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs. D.C. Williams will be held this afternoon (Thursday) at 3 o'clock at the First Baptist Church. Rev. R.H. Cagle, pastor, will conduct the rites.
Interment will be in West Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Williams died at her home here Monday. She was 83 years of age.
She was born in Kentucky on March 2, 1862, and came to Texas in 1883. She has lived in Hereford since coming to this county from Lubbock in 1928.
She was married to D.C. Williams on March 20, 1880. Her husband died on September 21, 1921. She was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Surviving her are three daughters, Mrs. R.L. Cocanougher and Mrs. W.T. Graham of Hereford, and Mrs. T.T. Fisher of Lubbock; two sons, W.W. Williams of O'Donnel and C.E. Williams of Denver, Colorado; 24 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren; and one nephew, A.L. Vaughn of Kansas City, Missouri.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 46th Year-Number 5,, Hereford, Texas, Thursday, January 31, 1946, Page 1)
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Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
Name: Isabelle Riggs
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 21 Mar 1880
Marriage Place: Daviess, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: D. C. Williams
Film Number: 000582240
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Mrs D G Williams [Mrs D G Riggs]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 83
Birth Date: 2 Mar 1862
Birth Place: Kentucky
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 28 Jan 1946
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: Isac Riggs
Mother: Polly Pinkston
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