The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1978 Page: 3 of 8
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Former Sheriff Frank Jobe of Oroasett, Ait; three broth-
described Mr. Akard as a fine ers, Irvin Hardgrave of Mis-
man and good officer. souri, Lawrence Sanders of
Mr. Akard was bom March Irving and Wilber Sanders of
27, 1906 in Fannin County,
Texas, son of Charlie and Ida
Mae Wallace Akard.
He was a member of the
Baptist church.
He was married to Helen
Louise McDonald in 1945 in
Hugo, Okla.
Survivors include his wife of
Sulphur Springs; a son, Gene
Akard of Dallas; a daughter,
Mrs. Sevene Bartley, of Tulsa,
Okla.; and three sisters, Mrs.
Cortie Jones of Bonham, Mrs.
Lora C r i s t m a n of Clinton,
Okla., and Mrs. Maxie Clark
of Amarillo.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p m. Sunday at Tapp Fu-
neral Home, with Dr. Jack
Robbins, pastor of First Bap-
tist Church, officiating.
Burial was in North Hop-
kins Cemetery, with Don
McDonald, Herschel McDon-
ald, C. W. Grayson, Frank
Jobe, Rick Bartley and Cald-
well Jones serving as pallbear-
Mary Ellen Forsythe Ishmad
at Shirley on Feb. S, 1896. She
was a member of the Metho-
dist church.
Sher was married to J. Aud
Stewart Dec' 24, 1915 at Shir-
ley.
Survivors include her hus-
band; two sons, Oddi Stewart
of Lancaster and Bobby Stew-
art of Irving; a sister, Mrs.
Maggie McCorkle of Sulphur
Springs; five grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Final rites were held at 11
a.m.. Monday at Tapp Fu-
Baptist Church at 1 p.m.
Tuesday, with the Rev. A. E.
Hammond officiating. Burial
was in the Liberty Ceme-
tery with Romie Hennen,
John Dyce, Monroe Combs,
J. T. Long, Haskell Knight
and Curren Stubbs, serving
as pallbearers.
Tapp Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Beth Corder of Houston were
held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at
be be)d at 2 p.m. Tuesday at
Brookside Funeral Home oa
the Eastex Freeway at Lauder
Road in Houston.
Travis L. Neas, 58, Route 1, Mrs. Corder died at 4:40
SSkTnt M^m^H^5 5110 Ctto&l to hLST’
where he was rushed after be- Survivors include her bus-
coming ill at home. "7 band, Gene Corder; children
Mr. Neas was a truck driver Brenda Wright Roars. TJwU
for Wingo Feed Co. Inc. of Sul- Wright Jay, Nancy Corder,
phur Springs. Lanny Wright, Thomas Cbr-
He was born at Brashear on der, Ronnie Corder, Randy
Sept. 18, 1110, son of Homer Corder and Robert Corder; a
and Bertha Wller Neas. He gfcter, Mrs. Ivy White of Sul-
was a member of the Brashear pfamr Springs; and seven
Baptist Church. grandchildren
He was married to Merle Mrs Corder was preceded
Nichol in Hopkins County on ta ^ by her parents, Mr
JaP- **>1M1- ...... and Mrs. Lester Lindley, and
Survivors include his wife; a brother, Raymond Lindley
was in Moore Memorial Gar-
dens in Arlington.
Mrs. Mitchell died Friday.
She was born in Hunt County
and was a fanner resident -of
Hopkins County. She was a
retired office worker at
North American Aviation and
Teroco Aircraft Company. Sha
was a member of First Bap-
tist Church in Grand Prairie.
Survivors indude her hus-
band, 0. L. Mitchell; a son,
T. C. McLaren of Wlsner, La.;
a step-son, Johnny IfitcbeO
of Quinlan; a stepdaughter,
Mrs. Russell Prack of Hous-
ton; two sisters, Mrs. Mamie
McLaren and Mrs. Homer
Ponder, both of Dallas; a sis-
ter-in-law, Mrs. E. C. Hous-
Mfs. Bertha Mae BttDock, ton of Sulphur Springs; a
Travis Neas
Marian Davis
Mrs. Marian Irene Davis,
80, 74051 Gatehouse Drive, neral Home with the Rev.
Dallas, died at 8:30 p.m. Fri- George Topper and the Rev.
day in Richardson Medical J. O. Walker officiating. Burial
Center. was in the Brashear ceme-
She was bom Aug. 10, 1918 tery. ___—_
in Hopkins County, daughter
of William and Kate King D , _ „ .
Goodaon. She was a member bertnO DUllOCK
of the Baptist church.
Survivors include two sons,
Lawrence N. Taylor of Dal- 72, of 8334 Creel Oeek, Dal- nephew, Elwood Houston, and
las and Donald W. Taylor of las, died Monday in a Dallas a niece, Mrs. Velma Owens,
Tacoma, Wadi.; her step hospital. both of Sulphur Springs,
mother, Mrs. Nora Goodson of Funeral services were held
Corpus Christ!; two sisters, at 10 a.m. Wednesday at _
Mrs. Frankie Rands and Mrs. Bethel Baptist Church, with Fir# CsOlltQfl#
Doris Dykes, both of Corpus burial in Black Oak Cemetery
Christ!, and four grandchi-1 near Pickton. Hits $88,000
dren. A native of Pickton, she was T '
Funeral services were held a member of Bethel Baptist Sulphur Springs firemen
at 2 p.m. Monday at Tapp Ftt- Church. {’ad a busy month in Novem-
neral Home with the Rev
George Topper officiating.
Burial was in City Cemetery.
Instructor
Charles Vestas, a specialist
with the Texas Education
Aptncy and the Department
of Agriculture Engineering
at Texas AliM University,
will be the instructor for an
oxy-acetylene welding short
course far adult farmers
Dec." 11-14 at Sulphur Bluff
High School. Farmers may
contact Superintendent
Bruce Fietden or Curtis
Walker Jr., vo-ag teacher,
for additional details' about
Mm course. Fee is SIS far the
O. C. AKARD _
Death claims-
veteran law
officer Akard
Syble Cunningham
Mrs. Syble Cunningham, 62,
Route 1, Emory, died at 1:58
a.m. Sunday in Memorial
by Don Morris and the Rev. Hospital. She formerly was
Tim Msbe officiating. Burial a civil service employee and
was in the Brashear Ceme- held membership in the Metb-
tery with Jack Smith, Earl odist church.
Gene George, Tom Wingo, She was bom Sept. 2, 1815
Harvey Ethridge, Edd Bear in Wichita Falls, daughter of
den and Jimmy Hale served John and Alice Frazier Haig-
She was married to
J.H. Hardgrave
Johnie H. Hardgrave, 71,
of 106 N. Joplin, Russellville,
Ark. died Tuesday at his
residence.
Mr. Hardgrave was a mem-
ber of the Missionary Baptist
Church and was a retired
U. S. Army master sergeant
He was • licensed funeral di-
rector and a member of Unit-
ed Commercial Travelers and
Masonic Lodge No. 274.
Services for Mr. Hardgrave
will be at 2 pm. Friday in the
Russellville Missionary Bap-
tist Church with the Rev.
William Canard officiating,
Interment will be in Rest-
haven Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Hardgrave is survived
by his wife, Mn. Alma Watts
Hardgrave of RoueOville; his
mother, Mrs. Viola Sanders
of Russellville; two sons,
Johnie R. Hardgrave of Sul-
phur Springs and Tim Hard-
grave of Dover, Ark.; a
daughter, Mrs. Janet Courson
O. C. (ftx) Akard, 70, 701
Houston Street, a veteran law
enforcement officer in Tennes-
see and Texas, died unexpect-
ly about noon Friday at a
medical clinic where he had
gone after becoming 01 at
home.
Mr. Akard, who was appoint-
ed to fill an unexpired term as
Constable, Precinct 1 of Hop-
kins County early this year,
was formally elected to the
office in November. Earlier,
be had served as a deputy
sheriff in Hopkins County prior
to his appointment u consta-
ble He also served as court
bailiff to the district courts
here.
In Tennessee, Mr. Akard had
served as a chief deputy and
then Sheriff of Sullivan Coun-
ty He also had served as fire
marshal for Eastern Tennes-
son of Como; two sisters, Firemen responded to 22 Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Allan
Mrs. Ivan Turner and Mrs. calls in the city and 14 in the recently spent time visiting
Linnle Mwtang both of DnI- calmly. with Dr. and Mrs. Keith HID
las; one grandchild, and two Among the city calls were a and children, Kyle and Addle
grass fire, three auto fires Lee in Victorville, Cal. While
and five trash fires. There there they visited points of
were 11 public service calls interest in 8an Bemadino. Dr.
and 10 miscellaneous calls. Hill is a captain in the Air
The county calls included Force atatiooed at Georgia Air
Services for Mrs. Vida E. ^ght grass fires, three bouse Force Base in the desert near
“. . ‘ ‘ ___L_____ —j. Los Angelas.
wood.
on N*. Mrs. Aud Stewart
Survivors include her hus-
band and three daughten,
Mrs. Norine Tong, Mn. Ka-
ren Turner and Mrs. Julie
Johnston.
Funeral services were
held at the South Liberty
great-grandchildren.
Mn. Aud Stewart, 82, Route
1, Brashear, died at 7:45 p.m.
gSSWo^S.0*"'"1 Viola Mitch.
She was born Nerva Ish- f _ ____
mael, daughter of Shade and Mitchell, 87, of Grand Prairie flies and one auto Are.
John D. Barton, 1106 Wood-
land, Austin, died at 1 p.m.
Wednesday.
His wife, who survives, la
the former Paula McCorkle of
Sulphur Springs, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mn. Claude
McCorkle.
Other survivors include a
daughter, Mn. Jeryi Thomp-
son, and two grandchildren, all
of Garland; his mother, Mn.
Alvina Barton, and a brother,
Joe Barton, both of Austin.
Funeral services were held
at the Wllke-Clay Funeral
Home in Austin Friday.
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Mr Akard had worked at
performing his duties Thurs-
day and had told friends he
thought he was coming down
with a cold and did not feel
well.
Fellow courthouse and law
enforcement o f f i c I a 1 s had
warm praise for Mr Akard.
“His death was really a
shock to the courthouse
group." Judge L E. Gold-
smith said. "He always had
something pleasant to say."
Sulphur Springs Chief of Po-
lice A B. Wall commented:
"It’s going to be a tremendous
loss to the community. It’a
going to be extremely difficult
to replace him."
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Keys, Clarke & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1978, newspaper, December 8, 1978; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth780414/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.