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Submitted: 8/15/20 • Approved: 10/17/20 • Last Updated: 10/20/20 • R343840-G343840-S3
June 30, 1861, North Elm, Milam County, Texas - February 18, 1941, North Elm, Milam County, Texas
*OBITUARY
MRS. LUCENDA FULLER
CAMERON, Feb. 20. - (Spl) - Funeral services were held here for Mrs. Lucenda Fuller who died at her home in North Elm.
Mrs. Fuller was born on June 31, 1862 and had spent her entire life in Milam county.
Services were held from the North Elm church with the Rev. Cole officiating. Burial was in the North Elm cemetery.
The Austin American(Austin, Texas), 21 Feb 1941, Fri, Page 5
MRS. LOU FULLER IS BURIED AT NORTH ELM
Funeral services for Mrs. Lou Goodnight Fuller were held Wednesday at the North Elm Baptist church with interment in the North Elm cemetery at 3 p. m. Wednesday, Feb. 19th.
Mrs. Fuller was a native of Milam County and would have been 80 years of age on July 30th. She was born in 1861.
In 1880 she was married to J. R. Fuller who preceded her in death on July 10, 1930.
Thus has the life of another of our pioneers come to an end. They were of the generation of people who laid the foundation for our present civilization and on Wednesday when she was buried many who had known her through the years came to pay their tribute.
Mrs. Fuller was a decendant of the famous Goodnight family. The best known of these pioneers was Charles Goodnight who saw his first service as a cattle man near Jones Prairie before the Civil War. He later moved West to the Panhandle and there became famous for his ownership and operation of the famous Goodnight ranch.
Rev. Johnnie Cole of Waco, pastor of the church, conducted the service assisted by Rev. P. L. Caperton of Cameron.
There were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fuller seven children, six of whom survive as follows: Mrs. B. G. Rice, J. M. Fuller, Mrs. Claude Sproull, Mrs. R. F. Hurry, Mrs. Cecil Stevens, and S. R. Fuller. In addition there are thirty-five grand children and fourteen great grand children of the immediate family.
Two brothers, Charles Goodnight of Waco and Henry Goodnight of Del Rio and one sister, Mrs. A. J. Bird of Dublin survive.
Mrs. Fuller had been a devout member of the Baptist Church for many years becoming a member at the age of thirteen.
The Cameron Herald(Cameron, Texas), 27 eb 1941, Thu, Page 1
Family Members
Parents
Elijah Goodnight
1831–1920
Sarah Donaldson Goodnight
1836 – unknown
Spouse
James Runnels Fuller
1853–1930 (m. 1883)
Siblings
Sarah Elizabeth Goodnight Westbrook
1853–1916
Ann Elizabeth Goodnight Gandy
1858–1910
Cynthia Edna Goodnight Lindley
1868–1923
Charles Marion Goodnight
1870–1954
Althie Goodnight Bird
1875–1900
John Henry Goodnight
1876–1949
Children
Anna Fuller
1884–1887
Alma Vernettie Fuller Rice
1886–1951
John Middelton Fuller
1889–1956
Ethel Lee Fuller Sproull
1892–1973
Lola Caroline Fuller Hurry
1894–1966
Lillie Mae Fuller Stevens
1898–1971
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Contributed on 8/15/20 by lynst.peters62
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