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Submitted: 6/1/22 • Approved: 6/1/22 • Last Updated: 6/4/22 • R517465-G517465-S3
J. Burl France
November 15, 1881-December 8, 1971
Maude A. Smith France
January 3, 1885-July 6, 1973
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary J. Burl
HEREFORD - Last rites were to be held at 3 p.m. today in the Central Church of Christ for James Burl France, 90, who died Wednesday night in Deaf Smith County Hospital.
Officiating will be Bob Wear, a Littlefield minister. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery by Gililland Funeral Home.
Mr. France came to Hereford in 1900 and was a farm and ranch owner.
Surviving are his wife, Maude Anna; a son, Jack and a daughter, Mrs. G. D. Caison Jr., all of Hereford; and three grandchildren.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 10 Dec 1971, Fri - Page 18)
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: James Burl France
Race: White
Birth Date: 15 Nov 1882
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Residence Place: Deaf Smith County, Texas, USA
Physical Build: Slender
Height: Medium
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Spouse: Maude Anna France
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: James Burl France
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 15 Nov 1882
Residence Place: Hereford, Texas, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942
Relationship to Draftee: Head
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: James France
Death Date: 8 Dec 1971
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Male
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: James Burl France
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 90
Birth Date: 15 Nov 1881
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 8 Dec 1971
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: Columbus France
Mother: Rebecca Robinson
Spouse: Maude France
Certificate Number: 86415
*Obituary Maude A.
Funeral services for Mrs. James Burl France, 88, of 304 East Sixty, pioneer resident of Hereford, were conducted Saturday afternoon in Central Church of Christ, of which she was a member.
J.T. Martin, minister, and Bob Wear of Littlefield, former minister, officiated. Burial was in West Park Cemetery, directed by Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mrs. France died unexpectedly at her home early Friday.
Born Jan. 3, 1885, in Dallas County, she came with her parents from Cleburne to Hereford around the turn of the century, and was Maude Anna Smith before her marriage here Nov. 25, 1908. Her husband died Dec. 8, 1971.
She was a member of Pioneer Study Club more than 50 years and was honored by the club with life membership.
Surviving her are a daughter, Mrs. G.D. Caison; a son, Jack France; a sister, Mrs. C. Ora Cockrell, and three grandchildren, all of Hereford.
(Published in The Sunday Brand, Vol. 26-No. 2, Hereford, Texas, Sunday, July 8, 1973, Page 5)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Maude France
Death Date: 6 Jul 1973
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Female
Marital status: Widowed
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Maude Anna France
[Maude Anna Smith]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 88
Birth Date: 3 Jan 1885
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 6 Jul 1973
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: Tom Smith
Mother: Lillie Campbell
Certificate Number: 52216
Contributed on 6/1/22 by neldapat
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