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Submitted: 5/14/21 • Approved: 8/23/21 • Last Updated: 8/26/21 • R418832-G0-S3
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
August 12, 1900, Maysfield, Milam County, Texas - December 5, 1958, Cameron, Milam County, Texas
*Obituary
Services Held For Ben Thweatt
Ben Thweatt, 58, died at 2:15 a. m. at St. Edwards Hospital in Cameron. He had been in declining health for several months.
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church Saturday at 3 p. m. with the Rev. Aubrey Russell officiating. Burial was in Pebble Grove Cemetery near Maysfield.
Mr. Thweatt, a retired Cameron businessman, was born August 12, 1900 at Maysfield.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Thweatt of Cameron; 5 brothers, John Thweatt, Maysfield, William Thweatt, Pearland, Gilford Thweatt, Herbert Thweatt and Vaughn Thweatt all of Maysfield; 2 sisters, Mrs. Roy Newton, Maysfield, and Mrs. Ralph Massengale of Freeport.
Pallbearers were: Donald Thweatt, Thomas Thweatt, Billie Thweatt, Jimmy Thweatt, Kenneth Thweatt, Bob Newton, Carroll McElwrath and A. D. Brown.
Marek - Burns Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Cameron Herald(Cameron, Texas), 11 Dec 1958, Thu, Page 9
Family Members
Parents
John Thomas Thweatt
1864-1941
Emma Lucinda Vaughn Thweatt
1869-1940
Siblings
John Ralin Thweatt
1890-1965
Danield Harmon Thweatt
1892-1937
Eulalia Thweatt Newton
1895-1989
William Bryant Thweatt
1898-1965
Thomas Gilford Thweatt
1902-1967
Herbert Thweatt
1905-1960
Vaughn Neviel Thweatt
1907-1995
Mariema Thweatt Massengale
1910-1982
Photo courtesy of: Karen Neal Morey
Contributed on 5/14/21 by lynst.peters62
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