Florence Neeley Graves, 18771945 (aged 68 years)

Name
Florence Neeley /Graves/
Given names
Florence Neeley
Surname
Graves
Birth
Type: Birth of Graves, Florence Neeley
22 January 1877
Colorado, Texas, United States of America
Latitude: 29.645095 Longitude: -96.514893
State: Texas
Country: United States of America
Birth of a son
4 September 1896 (aged 19 years)
Colorado, Texas, United States of America
Latitude: 29.645095 Longitude: -96.514893
State: Texas
Country: United States of America
Death of a son
16 September 1900 (aged 23 years)
Osage, Coryell, Texas, United States of America
Latitude: 31.524608 Longitude: -97.56474
State: Texas
Country: United States of America
Burial of a son
Address line 2: Osage Cemetery
State: Texas
Country: United States of America
INDI:EVEN:ADDR:NOTE: @N0782@
Birth of a son
Death of a husband
16 June 1926 (aged 49 years)
Weimar, Colorado, Texas, United States of America
Latitude: 29.703011 Longitude: -96.780533
State: Texas
Country: United States of America
Death
Type: Death of Graves, Florence Neeley
10 November 1945 (aged 68 years)
Burial
Type: Burial of Graves, Florence Neeley
Address line 2: Osage Cemetery
State: Texas
Country: United States of America
INDI:BURI:ADDR:NOTE: @N0782@
Family with Elmer David Blair
husband
18741926
Birth: 4 March 1874 23 18 Colorado, Texas, United States of America
Death: 16 June 1926Weimar, Colorado, Texas, United States of America
herself
18771945
Birth: 22 January 1877Colorado, Texas, United States of America
Death: 10 November 1945
son
18961900
Birth: 4 September 1896 22 19 Colorado, Texas, United States of America
Death: 16 September 1900Osage, Coryell, Texas, United States of America
4 years
son
daughter
Private
Burial
Shared note

Osage Cemetery
Origin of name: after the community in which it is located
Location: at the intersection of County Roads 205 and 208
Map: 2996-313, Borden Quadrangle (marked)
Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 720878E, 3292198N (NAD83/WGS84)
Earliest known year of death: 1867
Earliest known year of birth: 1788
Most recent known burial: 2007
Racial mix: all white
Comments: 1. On July 21, 1875, Rowan and Leonora Dixie Green deeded a single acre for the cemetery to the trustees of Osage Cemetery (see Colorado County Deed Records, Book S, p. 165).
2. William Bennett Scates and his wife, Sarah Ann Scates, were originally buried in the Osage Cemetery. Both were moved to the Texas State Cemetery in Austin in 1929. William B. Scates, who was born June 27, 1802 and died February 22, 1882, was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and a soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto. His wife, the daughter of John and Margaret (Edwards) McMillan, lived from July 28, 1819 until April 28, 1881. She married William B. Scates on March 25, 1850. Earlier she was married to a man named Wilson.
Surveyors: unknown
Date surveyed: unknown
Auditors: Bill Stein
Date audited: 1988
Number of known burials to date: 172

from http://www.columbustexas.net/library/cemeteries/abtcem.htm

Shared note

From http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcolora/obits/obitsblair.htm

Mrs. Florence Blair Dies Suddenly of Heart Attack

Mrs. Florence Graves Blair, widow of the late Elmer D. Blair, died suddenly last Friday of a heart attack, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Janak, Jr., here. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon, at the Hubbard Funeral Home, with interment in the Osage Cemetery. The Rev. J. L. Atkinson, pastor of the local Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. John R. Campbell of Tatum, conducted the services.

Pallbearers were J. A. Blair, E. W. Blair, W. H. McConnell, J. F. Taylor, Sam Garrett and Lee Graves.

A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Graves, Mrs. Blair was born January 22, 1877, at Osage. She was united in marriage to Elmer D. Blair on November 28, 1895. The couple spent their entire life in the Osage community. After the death of her husband June 16, 1936, Mrs. Blair made her home with her daughter, Mrs. John Janak, Jr. She was a faithful member of the Osage Methodist Church.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. John J. Janak, Jr., of Weimar; one son, Howard Graves Blair of Orange; a foster son, Chas. D. Campbell of Buckholts; five grandchildren, Howard Cameron Blair and Gloria Jean Blair, John David Janak, Donald Janak and Dorothy Janak; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Garrett of Katy and Mrs. Chas. Taylor of Patterson. One son Lester Blair, born Sept 4, 1896, died Sept. 16, 1900.

The Mercury extends sincere condolence to the bereaved family.

Weimar Mercury, 16 November 1945
From the files of Dorothy Albrecht

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