Cedarvale  - Bay City Cemetery

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Sadie Acker

Funeral Services For Mrs. Acker, 80, Held In Funeral Home

Final rites for Mrs. Sadie Acker, 80, were held at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home Sunday.

Mrs. Acker died in the Matagorda General Hospital Saturday. She was a member of the First Methodist Church.

Burial was in Cedarvale Cemetery.

Survivors include two sons, S. A. Matthews and Tom Matthews.

Daily Tribune, November 10, 1955
 

George Wallace Adams

George W. Adams

George William [Wallace] Adams, 63, of Rye, Texas died June 3 at his residence. He was a former resident of San Antonio for 14 years where he served with the Bexar Co. Sheriff’s Dept. Reserve before moving to Rye and retiring with the Highland Park State Bank in Dayton. Survivors include: wife, Deana Adams of Rye; daughter, Martha Lacy of Matagorda; son, Gene Thompson of Uvalde; several step-children; sisters, Willie Mae Hutchins of Dallas, Allie Joy Laudermilk of Los Angeles; brothers, Charlie Adams of Bay City and Ed Adams of Bay City and Ed Adams of Rye; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday, June 4, at 2 p. m. at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. James E. Cowart officiating. Interment was at the Cedarvale Cemetery with pallbearers being: Johnny Ryman Jr., Lonnie Williams, Andy Anderson, Felton Munson, Odie Sweeny, Bill Lacy; honorary pallbearers: members and officers of the Bexar Co. Sheriff’s Dept. Reserve. Arrangements under the direction of Taylor Bros. Funeral Home.

Daily Tribune, June 5, 1978
 

Sidney A. Anderson     Matilda P. Anderson

Matilda Anderson
Mrs. Anderson, 55, Rites In Cedarvale

Mrs. S. A. “Matilda” Anderson, 55, a former county resident, passed away in Luling Hospital Thursday and funeral services have been planned at 10 a. m. Saturday at the Blackwell Funeral Chapel in Luling.

Graveside services will be at 2:30 p. m. Saturday in Cedarvale Cemetery, Rev. Lawrence Greenhaw of the Markham Methodist Church officiating.

Surviving Mrs. Anderson are husband, S. A. Anderson of Luling, a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Taylor of San Antonio; two sons, Sidney Anderson and Otis Anderson, both of Houston; six grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Agnes Gless of Richmond, Mrs. Victoria Winningham of Houston and Mrs. Vera Siegel of Angleton; and two brothers, Victor Mitchon of Buckeye and Emil Mitchon of Ganado.

Daily Tribune, November 11, 1966
 

Carrel Harvey Davidson

Funeral Services For Carroll Davidson Held Here Monday

Funeral services for Carroll H. Davidson were held Monday afternoon with burial in the Cedarvale Cemetery. Elder H. V. Gividen of the Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints officiated.

Mr. Davidson died from injuries received last Thursday.

Pallbearers were John Hlavinka, Jerry Walker, George Wainner, Rex O. Brannon, William Sifford, and Lorenzo Demars of Brigham City, Utah.

Honorary pallbearers were Harrison Murray, Walter Chambless, Ike Sheppard, William Walker, John Tanner, Frank Hlavinka, Bill Hubbard, Frank Lacina, Eugene Barker, George Walker and Robert Simpson.

Matchett-Newman Funeral home was in charge of the arrangements.

Matagorda County Tribune, June 19, 1947
 

Lucy Mary Dawdy

Mrs. Dawdy’s Services Held Friday From Funeral Home Chapel

Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Mary Dawdy, 74, were held Friday from the Taylor Brothers Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Cedarvale cemetery.

She is survived by two sons, Harry of Ashwood and J. E. Jr. of Markham; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Dawdy of Blessing; one nephew, Richard Dawdy of Bay City.

Daily Tribune, February 7, 1952

Funeral Rites For Mrs. J. E. Dawdy

Mrs. J. E. Dawdy, age 74 years, died in the home of her son, Harry R. Dawdy of Ashwood, January 31^st after a short illness. Mrs. Dawdy was a lifetime resident of the county living in the Markham vicinity.

Other survivors include another son, J. E. Dawdy, Jr., one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Dawdy of Blessing and a nephew, R. P. Dawdy of Bay City.

Funeral services were held from the Taylor Bros. Funeral Home at 2:30 p. m. February 1^st with Rev. M. H. Keen and Rev. R. E. Black officiating. Interment was in the Cedarvale cemetery.

The pall bearers were George Hatchett, E. J. Ashcraft, Hoyt Johnson, Lewis Harper, Stewart Burkhart, D. F. Wiginton, B. B. Rhodes and Haskel Knowles.

Daily Tribune, February, 1952
 

Arthur Roy Young

Arthur Roy Young

Young, Arthur Roy, age 29, 2919 Nichols, died as a result of automobile accident injuries Friday night. Services will be at 3:30 PM Monday at the Taylor Bros. Funeral Chapel. Dean Bullock of the Church of Christ will officiate. Interment will be at Cedarvale Cemetery.

Survivors include: his wife, Donna, of Bay City; father, Richard C. Young of King’s Ferry, New York; one son, Anthony Ronald Young; two brothers, Richard C. Young, Jr. and Allan Young, both of Pennsylvania.

Pallbearers will be Jack Kemp, Jimmy Hines, John Herrin, Carl Yerkes, Gary Wycoff, and Jimmy Cannon. He had been a resident of Bay City for five years and was a member of the Church of Christ.

The Daily Tribune, April 29, 1968

Traffic Fatality

Matagorda County recorded its third traffic fatality of 1968 Saturday when Arthur Roy Young, 29, was killed in a one-car accident 11 miles south of Bay City on State Highway 60.

Department of Public Safety Patrolman Cecil Taylor investigated the accident and said Young was apparently alone and lost control of his car on a curve, running into a rice field at a high rate of speed. The car was a total loss, Taylor said.

Justice of the Peace D. B. Hinton said Young’s death was accidental. Young was an employee of AMF Tuboscope and had been a resident of Bay City for five years.

The Daily Tribune, April 29, 1968           Obituary courtesy of Susie Adkins
 

Josef Zernicek

Josef Zernicek

September 8, 1884 – June 6, 1951

Jos. Zernicek Found Dead Beside Tractor Wednes.

Josef Jernicek, about 66, died sometime yesterday afternoon, judged about 12:00 o’clock, and was found about 4:30 o’clock by a Negro man near the Sears and Roebuck Farm just off the Skelly Road north of Bay City.

The body was found near a large tractor, which had evidently stalled in a ditch. The body was evidently dragged considerable distance before the tractor stalled. Justice of the Peace W. T. Cox had not returned a verdict as of 1:00 o’clock this afternoon, but said that an autopsy may be performed later.

Mr. Jernicek was enroute home with groceries and the tractor, which he was driving, and body was found in a ditch off the Skelly Road north of Bay City, Mr. Cox said. A foot was tangled in a lever of the tractor, Sheriff Jack Cole reported late yesterday afternoon, and added that he believed the body was dragged considerable distance before the tractor stalled. Mr. Jernicek was expected home by relatives about noon yesterday.

Funeral services will be held at the Holy Cross Catholic Church Saturday morning at 9:00 o’clock, with Father C. J. Martin officiating. Rosary will be held at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home tomorrow night at 8:00 o’clock. Arrangements are being made by Taylor Brothers Funeral Home.

Survivors include six daughters and five sons. Surviving daughters are Miss Mary and Martha Jernicek of Bay City, Mrs. Tony Henrich of Bay City, Mrs. Frances Hudgins of Lane City, Mrs. Josephine Green of Brownfield, and Mrs. Louise Seward of Temple, Oklahoma. Sons surviving are Josef, Franz, Emil, and Alvis Jernicek of Bay City and Ludwig Jernicek of Wadsworth.

Funeral Services Here Saturday For Josef Zernicek

Rosary for Josef Jernicek, 66, who was found dead Wednesday will be held tonight at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home at 8:00 o’clock with funeral services to be held at the Holy Cross Catholic Church tomorrow morning, with Father C. J. Martin officiating.

Justice of the Peace W. T. Cox rendered a verdict of death by heart attack following the finding of Mr. Jernicek’s body near the Sears and Roebuck farm. Mr. Jernicek’s body was found near a tractor which he was riding and which evidently dragged him considerable distance before stalling in a ditch where the body and tractor were found.

A foot was tangled in a lever of the large tractor, where it evidently caught following the fall of his body. The tractor kept moving and finally stalled near the Skelly Road near the Sears and Roebuck farm. Mr. Jernicek was enroute home with groceries at the time of the attack.

Surviving daughters are Miss Mary and Martha Jernicek of Bay City, Mrs. Tony Henrich of Bay City, Mrs. Frances Hudgins of Lane City, Mrs. Josephine Green of Brownfield, and Mrs. Louise Seward of Temple, Oklahoma. Surviving sons are Josef, Franz, Emil, and Alvis Jerniek of Bay City and Ludwig Jernicek of Wadsworth.

The Daily Tribune, June 7, 1951           Obituary courtesy of Susie Adkins