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membership there and their children were
baptized and confirmed there.
Mrs. Helms was born in the Cayote
community in 1925 and lived with her
parents on farms in the Cayote, Bismark, and
Womack communities. She was baptized in
the St. John Evangelical and Reformed
Church in the Bismark community and
confirmed and married in the Zion (E & R)
United Church of Christ at Womack, where
she was active in various organizations and
a Sunday School teacher for many years. She
has two sisters; Mrs. Joe (Elsie) Mueller and
Mrs. Edwin (Mildred) Conrad; two brothers,
Ralph who married Ivy Mae Watson and
Harold who died in infancy.
Mrs. Helms attended the public schools at
Cayote, Valley Mills and Womack and gradu-
ated from Clifton High School in 1942. She
attended Draughon's Business College in
Dallas. She was employed at Community
Public Service Company (now Texas-New
Mexico Power Company) in Clifton for
eighteen years. She also worked at Goodall
and Witcher Clinic Hospital in Clifton,
Dallas County Tax Office and Texas Power
and Light Company in Temple.
After Mr. Helms was discharged from the
U. S. Army, he began employment with
Kincheloe Cleaners in Clifton, after which he
was employed by William Cameron and
Company. In 1954 he became one of the
founders and co-owners of Central Texas
Lumber Company in Clifton and worked
there until 1968, when he began employment
with Chupik Corporation in Temple. Since
then he has worked with this millwork
company in management in Temple, San
Antonio, Dallas and Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. Helms were blessed with
three children; one son, William Charles who
graduated from Clifton High School and
received a Business degree from the Univer-
sity of Texas at Austin. He began a banking
career in Houston with Texas Commerce
Bank in 1973 and worked there over ten
years. He is now associated with InterFirst
Bank in Austin where he is a Senior Vice-
President. Bill married Sallie Griffis of San
Angelo. They have one son, William Travis
and live in Austin.
A daugher, Becky Louise, graduated from
Clifton High School and received her degree
in Special Education from TWU in Denton,
graduating summa cum laude. She is em-
ployed by the H.E.B. Independent School
District and is teaching emotionally distur-
bed children in the North Richland Hills
schools. She and her husband, Kenneth
Charles Kirksey, have one daughter, Brittany
Louise, and live in Fort Worth.
The youngest daughter, Barbara Eliz-
abeth, attended public schools in Clifton and
Temple and graduated from Winston Chur-
chill High School in San Antonio. She
received a degree in Special Education from
the University of Texas in Austin and is
employed by the Dallas Independent School
District where she is teaching in a specialized
department for visually handicapped chil-
dren. She married James Don Alfred of Tyler
and they live in Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Helms enjoy being with
family and friends and while living in Clifton
were active in church, school and community
affairs. Mrs. Helms remains busy with her
hobby of various arts and crafts and Mr.
Helms enjoys gardening. They also love to
travel. Their future plans include retiring inClifton.
by Mrs. Calvert G. Helms
HELTON, DAVE FAMILY
F522
Dave and Lucy Helton, Wedding, 1910.attended Patton and Searsville schools and
spent several years as a cook with a railroad
construction crew. On June 19, 1910, Dave
was married to Lucinda Mary (Lucy) Snod-
grass, daughter of Mary (Henson) Snodgrass
and David Jerry Crockett Snodgrass who
came to Texas from Missouri. Lucy was born
December 4, 1887, near Holland, Texas,
spent her youth on a farm between Clifton
and Valley Mills and attended the McFadden
school.
Dave, accompanied by Lucy, continued to
work with the construction crew for several
years after which he farmed the Bass farm
near the Old Mill Dam. In 1919 Dave and
Lucy moved to Clifton in order to give their
children an opportunity for a good education.
Dave continued farming the Bass land as well
as doing odd jobs such as plowing gardens,
selling firewood, cooking for thresher crews,
and operating the water wagon which sprink-
led the graveled streets of Clifton. In 1920 he
was elected public weigher for the Clifton
area and held this position until his death on
November 12, 1931.
Lucy was left with eight children, ages 3-18,
to rear. She succeeded extremely well, but it
was necessary that she take in washing,
ironing, and sewing, and her five sons earned
money delivering papers, working in the
"corner drug store" and caddying at the local
golf course. In the spring of 1939 Lucy
contracted tuberculosis and spent six months
in the Sanatorium at San Angelo. She never
fully recovered and died from complications
on November 25,1946. Lucy was proud of her
children. All eight children were graduates ofChildren of Dave and Lucy Helton, L-R: Elbert, Burrell, Garland, David, Edgar; Seated: Velma, Kathryn,
Lucie.James David (Dave) Helton was born April
3,1885, near Meridian, Texas. He was the son
of John K. (Jack) Helton and Nancy Francis
(Alsup) Helton and was the grandson of
Judge Joseph K. Helton, an early Bosque
County settler who came from Tennessee to
Texas in 1842. Dave grew up on a farm,Clifton High School; seven were graduates of
or attended Clifton College; five earned
baccalaureate degrees; all five sons and two
sons-in-law served overseas in the armed
forces during World War II and all returned
home safely.
The children of Dave and Lucy Helton are:
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Bosque County History Book Committee. Bosque County: Land and People (A History of Bosque County, Texas), book, 1985; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91038/m1/381/?q=campbell: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.