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Submitted: 9/9/20 • Approved: 10/17/20 • Last Updated: 10/20/20 • R350984-G350983-S3
November 7, 1877, Maysfield, Milam County, Texas - January 5, 1976, Denton, Denton County, Texas
*OBITUARY
KELSO
Mrs. Birdie M. Kelso, 95, died January 5 in Denton. Services were held at Denton and graveside service was held at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cameron Jan. 7.
Mrs. Kelso was born in Maysfield on Nov. 2, 1877 and had lived in Maysfield all her life until the last few years when she went to Fort Worth and Denton to be with her daughters.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alford Leroy Massengale, both came to Maysfield at an early age and were married there. Mrs. Kelso was married to E. D. Kelso of Maysfield Jan. 21, 1902. They were married in the old Massengale home which is still in the Massengale family. She was a Presbyterian Church and was christened in the 100-year-old Maysfield Presbyterian Church on the day it was dedicated and was the oldest member there.
Surviving are her daughters, Mrs. Kathelene Land Hoffman and Mrs. Mary K. Curry of Denton; three grandchildren, Mrs. Guy Laney of Denton, Jack Curry of Irving, and Kelso Land of Fresno, Calif.; and five great grandchildren.
The Cameron Herald(Cameron, Texas), 19 Jan 1976, Mon, Page 6
Family Members
Parents
Alfred Leroy Massengale
1846–1902
Amelia Worthington Williams Massengale
1842–1924
Spouse
Ernest Dickson Kelso
1875–1948
Siblings
Herbert Williams Massengale
1878–1943
Alfred Lee Massengale
1882–1945
Children
Kathleen Amelia Kelso Hoffman
1902–1980
Mary Leonora Kelso Curry
1905–1989
Photo courtesy of: Karen Neal Morey
Contributed on 9/9/20 by lynst.peters62
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