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Submitted: 12/3/21 • Approved: 12/3/21 • Last Updated: 12/6/21 • R471710-G0-S3
June 26, 1871-July 2, 1943
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. at the Baptist church for H.H. Pond, father of four sons in the armed forces. He passed away July 2.
Mr. Pond recently celebrated his seventy-first birthday. He was born on June 26, 1872 in Stanley county, North Carolina. In 1893 he moved with his family to Temple, Texas, and in 1895 he was married to Frances Cummie Stevens of Bell county, Texas. To this union ten children were born. Preceeding [sic] him in death were his wife and three children. Albert M., Nova Blanche, and Mrs. Ruth Jenkins. Seven sons survive and are as follows: Curtis of Wheeler; A.B. of Kelton; George of Pampa; Pfc. J.T. Pond, San Francisco; S.Sgt. W.H. Pond, Fort Warren, Wyoming; Lt. Woody Pond, Camp Hood, Texas; and Pfc. Harley D. Pond, Foreign service, who was unable to attend the services.
Mr. Pond moved with his family to Wheeler county in 1921 and remained until 1935. In 1934 he married Mrs. Eulah Stuart of Shamrock and in 1935 they moved to Blanket, Texas, where he made his home until about three weeks before his death. Mr. Pond lost his eyesight completely about six months ago and for the past three months had been confined to his bed. When he became seriously ill, his sons brought him to the Wheeler hospital for treatment.
At an early age he was converted and joined the Baptist church and was a member of the Baptist church in Blanket, Texas, as the time of his death.
Rev. O.O. Holladay conducted the funeral services and was assisted by Rev. A.C. Wood and Rev. G.W. Simmons. A quartet composed of Miss Evonne Hubbard, Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Meek, and Albert Hayter, sang several selections.
Pall bearers were J.Z. Baird, S.W. Whiteley, John Reed, Charles Lane, Jake Tarter and W.O. Weatherly.
Flower attendants were granddaughters, and were as follows: Mrs. Herman Jackson, Misses Earline Jenkins, Marjorie Nell Jenkins, Nina Merle Pond, Dorothy Pond, Billie Jean Pond, Aubrey Mae Pond, and Maxine Pond.
Interment was in the Wheeler cemetery under the direction of the Hunt Funeral home.
Survivors other than those mentioned are five sisters, Mrs. W.W. Crouch, Mrs. J.H. Weaver, Mrs. W.E. York, all of Victoria, Texas; Mrs. O.B. Roden, Baytown, Texas; and Mrs. W.B. Rittenhouse, Huntsville, Texas; four brothers, W.Y. Pond, Waco; T.W. Pond, Dallas; R.V. Pond, Corpus Christi, and C.W. Pond, Baytown, Texas; also seventeen grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and many other relatives.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume X, Number 30, Thursday, July 8, 1943, Page 1)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Henry H . Pond
Death Date: 2 Jul 1945 [sic]
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 35160
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Henry H Pond
Birth Date: 26 Jun 1872
Birth Place: North Carolina
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Blanket, Brown, Texas
Father: L C Pond
Mother: Dry
Age at Death: 71
Death Date: 2 Jul 1943
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Contributed on 12/3/21
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Record #: 471710