Cedarvale  - Bay City Cemetery

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Martin D. Meyers

Martin D. Meyers

March 21, 1898 – January 31, 1953

Funeral services for Martin D. Meyers, 55, of Cleveland, Ohio, who died here suddenly Saturday evening, are pending until some of the man’s relatives can be located, Sheriff Jack Cole said this morning.

According to Sheriff Cole, Meyers, a traveling cutlery salesman, was reported to his office as being very ill at the Sunnyland Courts about 5:00 Saturday afternoon.

After investigation Sheriff Cole’s deputies took the man to the Matagorda General Hospital, where he was checked in as a patient at 5:50 Saturday afternoon. Five minutes later the man was dead.

Apparently suffering from a heart condition, the Ohioan died sitting in a chair in his hospital room.

Driving a 1941 model Plymouth station wagon with a Cleveland, Ohio registration tag, number DD6800, the man had $519 in bills and some change on his person when he died, Sheriff Cole said.

The body is at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, while attempts are being made to notify any relatives of the deceased.

The Daily Tribune, February 2, 1953                 Obituary courtesy of Susie Adkins
 

Harris Milner          Verda R. Milner

Harris Milner
February 3, 1889 – July 21, 1955

 Funeral Services Held Here Saturday For Retired Lawman

Funeral services were held Saturday for Harris Milner, 66-year-old retired law enforcement officer, who died Thursday in Matagorda General Hospital.

Services were in the First Methodist Church, with the Rev. Garnet House officiating. Masonic services were held in the cemetery.

Mr. Milner was a Veteran of World War I and a member of the Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge, and the I.O.O.F.

He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Sally Bernice Milner; one son, John W. Milner; a sister, Bernice Milner; and two brothers, Joe and Foster, all of Bay City.

The Bay City News, July 28, 1955            Courtesy of Susie Adkins
 

J. Foster Milner          Janie S. Milner

J. Foster Milner

1895 - 1965

J. Foster Milner, 2421 5th St., passed away in the M. D. Anderson Hospital, in Houston, this morning.

Services will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday afternoon, at the First Methodist Church in Bay City. Interment will follow in Cedarvale Cemetery. Rev. Leslie Scott of Bay City’s First Methodist Church and Rev. Ray Williams of the Southmont Methodist Church, Houston, will officiate. Taylor Brothers Funeral Home is in charge.

Milner is survived by: his wife, Mrs. Janie Savage Milner of Bay City; one daughter, Dr. Alice Milner of Houston; one sister, Miss Bernice Milner of Bay City; and, one brother, Joe Milner of Bay City.

The family has expressed a wish that memorials be sent to the Patient Welfare Fund at M. D. Anderson Hospital in Houston.

The Daily Tribune, August 6, 1965           Obituary courtesy of Susie Adkins

Janie Savage Milner
February 26, 1898 – March 24, 1989

Funeral services for Janie Savage Milner, 90, of Bay City, were scheduled for 2:00 PM today at First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. W. E. Dugger, Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Cedarvale Cemetery, Bay City.

Mrs. Savage was born February 26, 1898, at the Savage Ranch, Matagorda County, Texas, to Greenberry and Amanda Franz Savage and died March 24, 1989, at Matagorda General Hospital, Bay City.

When Mrs. Savage was a young woman, she studied art with Frank Reaugh of Dallas who taught landscape and pastel and Jose Arpa of San Antonio. She also took music lessons with Anthony Rahe of Houston.

On July 2, 1932, she married J. Foster Milner who preceded her in death on August 2, 1965.

Mrs. Savage was organist for First United Methodist Church for 40 years before retiring in April 1975.

Survivors include: a daughter, Alice Milner of Lake Dallas, Texas, and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

Pallbearers include: Fred Walker, Abe Cornelsen, Harold Schietinger, E. J. Faselen, Wade Ashcraft and Don Jean Taylor.

Arrangements are with Taylor Brothers Funeral Home, Bay City.

The Daily Tribune, March, 1989           Obituary courtesy of Susie Adkins