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Where thou art resting now
There we all must shortly lie
And wait the trumpet call,
Sleep of Death will then be o'er,
Past for aye shall be it's gloom,
For we'll wake on yonder's Shore.
(The Celina Record, Celina, Texas, Thursday, August 15, 1910) (3) Cemetery Records: Bettie
Calliham was born July of 1869 in Alabama and died August 7, 1910 in Celina, Collin County,
Texas. (Cottage Hill Cemetery, Collin County, Texas by Gayle Maxson, 2004, p. 388)
Henderson Lee Calliham: Four entries. (1) Lee Calliham died January 13, 1916; From
the Panhandle Herald of January 14. Lee Calliham is dead! His lifeless body lies today in the
family home, seven miles south of Panhandle in the Conway Community, and a wife and ten
children are heartbroken and suffering the pangs of deep sorrow and grief, while hundreds of
Carson County citizens are grieving with them, not only in sympathy, but because of the loss of a
dear good friend and citizen. "It is but natural that we speak kindly of the dead," said Judge Asbery
A Callaghan yesterday at noon just after he, in company with E. E. Carhart, J. E. Southwood, J.
M. Sanford, J. Sid O'Keefe, M. K. Callison and T. M. Clark, had returned from the death-stricken
home. "But I say it sincerely and from the depth of my heart that Lee Calliham was one among the
best of men I have ever known and I have known him intimately for many years. He loved his
family devotedly and not only provided well as to their material wants, but was a true companion
to them and in the home there was always sunshine and happiness. Truly one of God's noblemen
has gone to his final reward. I am deeply grieved because of his death." concluded the Judge, as
his eyes filled with tears of sorrow. Many similar expressions were heard by leading Panhandle
citizens yesterday afternoon. Mr. Calliham was over at Claude, Tuesday and while in the picture
of health, yet he expressed himself to some friends during the day as feeling unusually good. It
was late in the afternoon when he returned home and while seated by the fire surrounded by his
family, and eating pecans with them, when a pain struck him over the left eye and in a short while
he lost consciousness and never knew anything again up to the time of his death yesterday morning
at 9:15 o'clock. Several physicians were called as soon as he was stricken and two or more
constantly remained at his bedside until the hour of death. But only death could relieve the
suffering. Two of the sons were in New Mexico and cannot reach home until today. Two daughters
were in school at Denton and did not reach home until a couple of hours after their father had
passed away. The remainder of the family, together with a number of relatives and friends were at
the bedside when the end came. Funeral services will be at the Conway Church this afternoon and
interment at the Claude Cemetery will follow the service. Mr. Calliham was 51 years of age and
has lived in Carson County since he arrived at the age of maturity. During his long residence in
the county he has accumulated about ten sections of land and has it well stocked. His home is
modern and considered the finest residence in the county and his and his other farm improvements
are in keeping with the home. He also carried life policies to the amount of $6,750.00. In speakingPAGE 36
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