The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 90, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 8, 1986 Page: 4 of 16
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Page 4 THE CUERO RECORD Sat., November 8, 1986
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Death Notices
1 I
George Washington Davis
marker dedication slated
Marion White
Services for Marion C. White,
81. of Cuero were conducted at Oak
Memorial Funeral Home Thursday
by the Rev. Mike Shilling, pastor of
First Baptist Church.
Burial followed in Oak Grove
C emetery in Yoakum.
Pallbearers were Odell White,
Allen Burris, Joel Burris, Tommy
Blackshear, John Pruetz and Ken-
neth White.
Mr. W hite, a retired painting con-
tractor, died in a Victoria hospital
Monday.
He was born in Dekalb, Miss.,
Aug 8, 1905, son of Josire and Ada
White.
Surviving are the wife, Mrs.
Dorothy White; three daughters,
Mrs. Loretta Slagel of the Philip-
pines, Mrs. Frances Burris of
Houston and Mrs. Linda
Blackshear of Moran, Texas; two
sons, Monroe White of Detroit,
Mich., and Kyle White of Albuquer-
que, N.M.; and six grandchildren.
Estella Campbell
WESTHOFF — Mrs. Estella
Campbell, 93, of Westhoff, died in
a Victoria hospital Wednesday
night.
Funeral services will be conducted
by the Res. J. G. Carpenter at St.
Thomas Baptist Church in Westhoff
at 11 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in
Westhoff Community Cemetery
under the direction of Jamison
Funeral Home.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Georgia D. Sims and Mrs. Myrtle
McMillan of Westhoff, and grand-
children.
‘Charlie* I assman 1
Carl Oscar ‘Charlie’ Lassman.
71, of Cuero, died at home Fridas
morning. -
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. Saturday at Freund Funeral
Home Chapel, the Rev. Stephen
Schur of the Zion Lutheran Church
of Mission Valley officiating. Burial
will follow in Hillside Cemetery.
Lassman was born r * ember 12,
1914, in Victoria County, son of Ar-
thur and Emelia Schrade Lassman.
He married Pearl Brandt in Victoria
on May 14, 1936.
Survivors include his wife; 1
daughter, Mrs. Alvin Gloria
Buendel of Cuero; 4 sons, Charles
of Cuero, Alton of Victoria,
Richard of Kingsville and John of
Telferner; 1 sister, Mrs. Elenora
Backer of Victoria; 3 brothers,
Melvin of Yorktown, Gus of Vic-
toria and Edward of Alabama; 11
grandchildren and 1 great grand-
child.
Nora Atkins
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Nora E
Atkins of San Jose, California, died
October 29 in San Jose.
She wsa born in Concrete, Texas,
on October 28, 1908, and was a
graduate of Cuero High School and
the University of Texas at Austin.
Funeral services were held
November 1 at the Chapel of Roses
in San Jose, Dr. Asa Collins 111 of-
ficiating. Burial followed in Oak
Hill Memorial Park in San Jose.
Paul Harryman
CORPUS CHRIS 11 — Paul E
Harryman, 70, of Corpus Christi,
formerly of Cuero, died Tuesday
morning in a Corpus Christi
hospital.
Born Jan. 19, 1916, in Cuero to
Johnnie and Katie Fuchs Har-
ryman, he was retired from South
Texas Construction Co.
Mr. Harryman was a member of
the Tuloso-Midway Baptist Church,
the Cuero Lodge No. 409
A F &A.M , the Sunset Lodge No.
1388 A.F.&A.M., the Corpus
Christi Commandery No. 57 K.T.,
the Corpus Christi Council No. 55
R.&S.M., the Corpus Christi
Chapter No. 91 RAM., the San
Antonio Consistory, and the Al
Amin Temple A.A.O.N.M.S.
Funeral services were Thursday in
the Sawyer-George Funeral Home
Chapel in Corpus Christi, with Dr.
A.D. Norris officiating. Masonic
graveside services were Thursdas in
the Hillside Cemetery in Cuero
under the auspices of Sunset Lodge
No. 1388 A.F.&A.M. and Cuero
Lodge No. 409 A.F.&A.M.
He is survived by his wife, Beulah
Williams Harryman of Corpus
Christi; two sisters, Ellen Goldman
of Cuero, and Mary Agnes "Sis”
Aldis of Yoakum; two brothers,
Jack Harryman of Victoria and
John Harryman of Yoakum.
The Masonic lodge served as
pallbearers
The Texas Historical Marker
dedication honoring George
Washington, Davis, an early
postmaster of Cuero and a hero of
the Battle of Gonzales, has been
slated for 3 p.m. Sunday.
Dedication ceremonies will take
place at the site of the marker,
which will be erected approximately
7 miles north of Cuero on Highway
183.
Master of Ceremonies for the
afternoon will be Dr. Lamar Fly.
Dr. Fly is a member of the DeWitt
County Historical Commission, and
he helped compile Davis’ personal
history.
The welcome has been prepared
by P.G. Schaffner, county commis-
sioner for Yoakum precint 2, and
Mrs. AW. Schaffner, another com-
mission member, will introduce the
special guests.
Boy Scout Troop 242, under the
direction of Scout Master Robert
keech, w ill present the Colors, w hile
Boy Scout Troop 245, under the
direction of Scout Master L.ibrado
Mende/, will ser\e as Honor Guard
The Invocation and Benediction
will be given b\ Reverend Warren
Two trophies won bv the Cuero
Lions C'lub in last weekend’s Rotar>
Club Lions c lub golf tournament
were presented to the Lions
Wednesday bv Rotarians Bill
Blackwell and John Marler.
A large trophv was given to the
I ions for the club’s victors in the
Hornung, pastor of First United
Methodist Church in Gonzales.
Registration and the handing out of
programs for the ceremony will be
handled by Davis’ great, great,
great, great granddaughters.
A history of the marker will be
given by James W. Watson, Davis’
great, great, great grandson. Alta
Cleveland and Lottie Thorn, Davis’
great granddaughters, will unveil
the marker.
Hugh Shelton Jr., Davis’ great,
great, great grandson, will recite the
marker insertion, which reads Pen-
nsylvania native George
Washington Davis (1797-1853)
brought his family to Texas in 1831.
He selected a league of land near
present-day Cuero in the Grcen-
DeWitt colony and became an active
participant in the movement
towards Texas Independence, serv-
ing as a delegate to the Second Con-
vention of Texas in 1833 and as a
delegate to the Consultation at San
Felipe in 1835. After the Revolu-
tion, Davis held a number of local
offices. He and his wife, Rebecca
(died 1846), are buried 1.8 miles
west ot this site.
lournament and a smaller trophy
was given to Lions Murray Tark-
mgton and Chester Wallace for their
first place finish in the tournament
Blackwell said he hoped the tour-
nament would become an annual af-
fair. Proceeds from the match went
to the Rotary Foundation '
Lunch Menu
i i Cuero Public School
Breakfast Dail>
Milk Dally
Monday: Submarine Dogs * Mustard, Fr
Fries w/Catsup, Cheese Sticks, Fruit
Tuesday: Cheese Enchiladas, Ranch Style
Beans, Fruii Pudding, Crackers, Bauer
Bread
Wednesday: Fried Steak, Rice A Gravy,
Green Beans. Gelatin a/Fruit, Hoi Rolls
Thursday: Pizza w/Cheese, Buttered Corn,
Mixed Fruit, Pickle Chips
Friday: Hamburgers, Potato Chips, Salad
A Pickles, Pinto Beans, Brownies
Senior ( lllzem
Milk A Batter Dally
Monday: Chicken Fried Steak, Whipped
Potatoes, Green Beans, White Bread. Peach
Cobbler
Tuesday: Holiday, Center Closed
Wednesday: Chicken Strips. Buttered Rice,
Broccoli w/Cheese Sauce, Hot Roll, Surprise
Dessert
Thursday: Mexican Beef a Rom, Apple
Raisin Salad w Pineapple, Mustard Greens,
Cornbread, Yellow Cake w/Chocolate
Frosting
Friday: King Ranch Chicken, Carrots, Let-
tuceA Tomato Salad. W heat Bread. Cookies
Wrslhoff School
Milk Daily
Monday: Breakfast, Cereal, Bananas
lunch Cheeseburgers, Let
tuce Tomaioes Pickles Onions, Pinto
Beans. Chilled Pears
luesday: Breakfast. Hot , ( akes Syrup.
Orange Juice l.uach. Meat Lost Tomato
Sauce, Mashed Potatoes. Seasoned Peas.
Fruit Salad. Bread Butter
Wednesday: Breakfast, IXsughnuts, Ap
pies I uach. Chili Beans. Seasoned Spinach.
Carrot Sticks, Fruit Gelatin, Cornbread But
ter
Thursday: Breakfast. Scrambled F.ggs.
Buttefed I oast Jelly. Pineapple Jukc I unch.
Sausage I inks. Potato Salad. Seasoned
Green Beans, Chocolate Pudding.
Bread Butter
Friday: Breakfast. Blueberry Mullins, Ap
pie Juice lunch, tuna Salad on lettuce.
Mixed Vegetables, Macaroni w Tomatoes.
Peach Cobbler. Bread Butter
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Berner, Homer H. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 90, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 8, 1986, newspaper, November 8, 1986; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth844323/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.